Chapter 33 was a bit of a surprise.
“We’ve already eaten! We had dumplings, which we made ourselves,” Yao Shula said immediately.
"Yes, I got up early this morning to make them," Yao Shuxin added.
"Grandma, I even helped start the fire!" Yao Shuli quickly added.
Grandma Yao nodded, opened her handkerchief, and took out the New Year's money she had prepared the night before.
"Grandma gave these to you, take them!" Grandma Yao said as she stuffed five cents into each of the three people's hands.
Yao Shula was a little surprised. She could think of giving it to Yao Shuxin and Yao Shuli, but why would she give it back to herself?
"Grandma..." Yao Shula didn't know what to say for a moment.
Grandma Yao looked at Yao Shula, thought for a moment, then took out a one-yuan coin from her handkerchief and quickly stuffed it into Yao Shula's hand.
"Take it! They're all still kids before they're married!"
Buy some candy for my younger siblings.
"You only ate dumplings, not glutinous rice balls?" Grandma Yao continued to ask.
The three siblings quickly shook their heads.
They ate dumplings, but they didn't know how to make glutinous rice balls.
Making glutinous rice balls requires glutinous rice flour, which needs to be scalded with boiling water, and the fillings also need to be prepared by yourself, which is a bit troublesome.
Upon hearing this, Grandma Yao immediately called out towards the west room.
"Xiaochun, make some glutinous rice balls for Shula and the others. It's the Lunar New Year, they should eat some glutinous rice balls."
Third sister-in-law Zhong Xiaochun immediately put on an apron and went to make glutinous rice balls for the three siblings.
Following her third sister-in-law was her eldest aunt. When she saw the three siblings, she was taken aback for a moment, and then she put on a smile again.
"Shura, Shuxin, Shuli, you're all here!"
Yao Shula immediately led her younger siblings to greet their aunt, and added, "Happy New Year, Aunt!"
Upon hearing this, my aunt said, "Happy New Year to you all too," and then turned to go back inside.
In the instant she turned around, she saw Grandma Yao staring at her...
Startled for a moment, she quickly turned around and pulled out a handkerchief containing money from her pocket.
With a forced smile, she gave each of the three siblings 50 cents as a New Year's gift.
When Yao Shula and her two siblings saw this, they exclaimed, "Oh dear, it seems they've been disciplined by their grandmother these past few days..."
"Thank you, Auntie! I hope you have a wonderful New Year."
May you have a prosperous New Year!
"Two children in three years!"
Yao Shula and her two siblings immediately offered to give them money.
Hearing these words, Auntie felt much better.
Oh well, it's only one dollar and fifty cents. I'll just consider it a few more nice words to hear...
It's the Lunar New Year, so it's good to wish for good luck.
"Okay, Happy New Year to you all! After you finish eating the glutinous rice balls, go play in the main room! Your cousins are all there!"
"There are melon seeds, peanuts, sorghum candy, and peanut brittle on the table. Please help yourselves." The eldest aunt immediately invited the three siblings to eat.
Yao Shula and her two siblings immediately nodded in agreement.
After watching her aunt return to the main room, Yao Shula waited with her younger siblings in the kitchen to eat glutinous rice balls.
Grandma Yao was also in the kitchen keeping the three siblings company.
"Did only the three of you siblings eat last night?" Grandma Yao asked.
"Yes! It was just the three of us eating. There was meat and vegetables, and we ate quite well!" Yao Shula said immediately.
"I told you to come over here, but you wouldn't. Fine, Shura is an adult now and can take care of her younger siblings."
"Your dad... didn't he come to see you?" Grandma Yao lowered her voice.
Yao Shuxin and Yao Shuli remained silent, simply watching Zhong Xiaochun put the wrapped glutinous rice balls into the pot.
Yao Shula looked at Grandma Yao with complete composure.
"He has his own family now, how could he care about us anymore!"
"Besides, we made him lose face so badly, he must still be holding a grudge against us!" Yao Shula said frankly.
Grandma Yao pursed her lips, her expression somewhat unpleasant.
This third son is just plain stupid.
They don't want their own daughters or sons, but eagerly go out of their way to take care of other people's children...
It seems I haven't been asking him for enough money each month. After the New Year, I'm definitely going to find this third son and give him a good thrashing.
Try to save up three to five yuan more for living expenses.
If you don't ask for it yourself, in the end it just benefits someone else, and you end up using it to support them...
"Don't worry, Grandma will definitely help you get revenge!"
Shura, just focus on taking care of your younger siblings and living a good life. Don't worry about anything else!
"Grandma will back you up!" Grandma Yao said, patting her chest.
Yao Shula nodded immediately.
"Yes, we know Grandma is the best!"
When it came to extracting money from Yao Guohua, Yao Shula and Grandma Yao shared the same goal.
...
In no time, Zhong Xiaochun had cooked the glutinous rice balls.
The three siblings each had a bowl containing four glutinous rice balls.
The glutinous rice balls made by Old Yao's family were all quite large, at least larger than the kind of glutinous rice balls with auspicious shapes that Yao Shula ate in her later life.
It has a sesame and white sugar filling, and there should also be lard in it.
One bite and the sesame filling oozes out—it's incredibly fragrant!
The three siblings enjoyed their meal. They had dumplings for breakfast and now they had glutinous rice balls. Hmm, they could skip lunch...
The three siblings hadn't even finished eating their glutinous rice balls when the door to Old Yao's house was pushed open.
A person who shouldn't be here today appears before everyone.
My aunt's only daughter, Yao Chunian, has returned.
According to tradition, a married daughter should return home with her husband and children on the second day of the Lunar New Year!
Yao Chunian is the eldest granddaughter of the Yao family, and Grandma Yao liked her for a while.
Before the Lunar New Year, Grandma Yao set aside a lot of good dishes from the New Year's meal, preparing to welcome her great-aunt and youngest great-aunt back on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
Now……
Yao Chunian brought the child back by herself...
Looking at Yao Chunian's face, there was no smile, only a frown, and his great-grandson also had a bitter face.
Grandma Yao immediately knew that something must have happened.
"Chun Nian is back! And she brought Qiang Qiang back with her."
"Have you eaten yet? If not, I'll make you dumplings and glutinous rice balls." Grandma Yao immediately asked.
Upon hearing this, the aunt, who had originally intended to ask something, immediately led Yao Chunian and her grandson toward the kitchen.
"Yes, Spring Festival, have you eaten yet? If not, ask your third sister-in-law to make you dumplings and glutinous rice balls."
Upon hearing this, Yao Chunian immediately felt aggrieved.
"Mom, Grandma, I can't live like this anymore. I... I want to divorce Zhang Tiesheng. I can't live like this anymore."
The Yao family members...
Upon hearing this, Yao Shula and her two siblings, without caring that the glutinous rice balls were still warm, hurriedly stuffed them into their mouths.
There's going to be some excitement! Let's finish eating quickly and watch the show.
"Big sister, come sit down, I've already warmed the stool, it's perfect for you to sit here!" Yao Shula quickly got up to make room for Yao Chunian.
"Big sister, do you want some water? I'll pour you some!" Yao Shuxin hurriedly went to find a cup.
"Big sister, have some sunflower seeds, we can talk while we eat!" Yao Shuli considerately took a handful of sunflower seeds out of her pocket and placed them in front of Yao Chunian.
Yao Chunian opened his mouth, then suddenly felt a little embarrassed...
"Tell me! You went back to your parents' home on the first day of the Lunar New Year! What happened?"
"Stop crying! You dare to shed tears on the first day of the Lunar New Year!" Grandma Yao immediately became unhappy when she saw Yao Chunian was about to cry.
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