On the second day of the Lunar New Year, married daughters bring their sons and husbands back to their parents' home to pay New Year's greetings.
Xie Ailian's old mother is still there, but this year she doesn't plan to bring Wang Zhaozhao with her. She will go back alone and come back after having lunch.
Now that her life has improved, the desire to compare or show off has faded.
However, we still have to brag about what we should brag about.
Wang Sibing is already married and has to go to Yier Village with Qiao Li to pay New Year's greetings, but Wang Zhaozhao is not worried about eating the food cooked by her grandfather because her eldest aunt and second aunt will be back.
In fact, although she didn't cook much in her previous life and this life, the few times she did cook, she was well received. She felt good about herself and was willing to do it.
There's just no chance.
"Aunt, uncle, Happy New Year." Wang Daju's family arrived first. Wang Zhaozhao, who was in the main room, saw them and immediately stood up to greet them.
"Cousin, cousin, happy new year."
"Happy New Year, Happy New Year."
Everyone looked very happy.
After welcoming the guests into the main hall, Wang Zhaozhao set the table, added sugar, and used the boiling water in the thermos to make sugar water for them. He also took out melon seeds, peanuts, and sugar and placed them on the plates.
After sitting and talking for a while, Wang Erju and others arrived.
Wang Zhaozhao also made some sugar water and filled the plates of melon seeds, peanuts, and sugar on the table.
When everyone was gathered, Wang Dahai began to give red envelopes to his four grandsons. Then, Wang Zhaozhao also received red envelopes from his two uncles, and his cousins in turn received red envelopes from their uncles.
It’s so lively.
After a while, Wang Baojia came over with Wang Weiguo.
Two years ago, Shi Haiyan was almost forced to divorce Wang Sanbing by her biological father. She sold him for a good price and they have cut off all contact. She has not returned to her parents' home for New Year's greetings since last year.
Therefore, on the second day of the New Year, Wang Baojia and his family did not need to go out.
Instead, the brothers Wang Xingwen and Wang Xingwu went to visit their grandparents.
Their mother passed away, and they gradually lost contact in the early years. In the past two years, the two brothers have grown up and started school, so they have started to keep in touch again.
Wang Daju and Wang Erju soon became restless and rolled up their sleeves to find work to do.
The same went for Zhao Aimin and Qiao Kunshan, and Wang Dahai didn't stop them. Although he would go to the county town with them after the New Year, the house and private land could not be left idle.
The adults had left, and the younger ones like Wang Zhaozhao stayed in the main room to play.
Knowing that his cousins were also going to school this year, Wang Baojia asked them how their academic performance was.
"I can't read, but my brother can," said Zhao Qihua.
"My brother and I are both above average," Qiao Tieguang also said.
Hearing this, Wang Baojia patted Zhao Qihua on the shoulder, acting like a good brother, and said, "Alas, it's the same in our family. I'm not good enough, but my brother is great."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but talk about his sad story.
“…”
After hearing what he said, Zhao Qihua and the others really didn't know how to comfort him.
Wang Zhaozhao spoke up at this time, "Cousins, please tell me about your grades. What were your scores on the final exam?"
"I got 77 out of 80, and my brother got 100 out of 2." Zhao Qihua came first.
"I have one 90 and one 91, and my brother has one 89 and one 95." Qiao Tieguang followed.
After listening to this, Wang Zhaozhao turned and looked at Wang Baojia.
Wang Baojia: “……!”
"No! Cousin, do you mean you can't read 80 and 77?" Then why is it that he is so happy every time he passes the exam?
"Compared to my brother, I can't read. Oh, compared to your brother, even worse."
“…”
Wang Baojia opened his mouth, then pouted and didn't want to talk anymore.
Wang Zhaozhao snorted and laughed at him, then turned to Zhao Qihua and the others and said, "Next semester, if the three cousins' grades are not worse than this semester, and the cousin's grades are above 80 points, we can go to the city to play together."
"It's not fair!" Wang Baojia jumped up.
"Sit down." Wang Zhaozhao glared at him.
"oh."
Wang Baojia sat back reluctantly, and Zhao Qihua and the others started to verbally attack him.
The noise was so lively that it could blow the roof off the house.
In the afternoon, Wang Baojia invited Zhao Qihua and others to go out and play together, only Wang Weiguo followed Wang Zhaozhao quietly.
Later, Wang Xingwen and Wang Xingwu came back, and Wang Baojia came again to call them away.
No doubt about it, it must be a war game.
On the afternoon of the second day of the Lunar New Year, Hebian Village holds its grandest annual war game.
Because many teams have more foreign players, like Wang Baojia and his team, they have four more at a time, and some others have seven or eight more.
The team division is also very simple, Chen family team and Wang family team.
Wang Xingwu is the backbone of the Wang family's boys' war games.
It’s not an exaggeration at all. Wang Zhaozhao heard the sound of “charge” several times at home. The sound was so loud, wow!
When it was almost five o'clock and the battle was over, Wang Baojia and his men rushed back.
I just ran to get some cold water and drank it all in one gulp.
"You've been sweating all over, and now you're drinking cold water like this. Are your skin itchy? Go and wipe it off quickly!" Xie Ailian, who had just returned from her mother's house and was talking to her two daughters in the room, came out when she heard the noise.
Several people scattered like birds and beasts.
Xie Ailian threw a red envelope to Wang Zhaozhao, "This is from your grandma."
"Huh? I didn't go to wish my grandma a happy new year, but she still gave me a red envelope?" Wang Zhaozhao was quite surprised.
"Of course I asked for it for you."
“…”
Wang Zhaozhao felt a little embarrassed to accept the red envelope. She didn't even go there, so why was her grandmother asking for the red envelope for her?
Xie Ailian rolled her eyes at her. "If you don't want it, just give it to me. Let me tell you, your grandma has a lot of money. She's so bubbly when she holds it in her hands that she can't bear to spend it. That's because she knows you'll study hard and make a name for yourself. If I ask her for one, she'll give you one..."
No one else can have it.
Her second sister goes back to her mother's home every day and wants to live there. She says that her mother is old and she needs more company. Isn't it because she heard that their mother has hidden some gold?
Wang Zhaozhao's eyes widened in surprise. "Wow...it turns out that grandma is actually a person with a story?"
"If she had a story, how could she have survived until now? My grandmother was once a maid in a wealthy family. I heard that she was very much loved by the master and was rewarded with a lot of gold and silver. Later, when she got old, she returned to her hometown and married a peasant... It's all old news, anyway, that's what happened."
Xie Ailian shook her head and stopped talking.
Whether it is gold or not, it is not her turn to own it, and she has never coveted it. Although the old lady is old, she is not confused.
She even felt that none of that actually existed. The old lady had intentionally leaked some information, and from time to time, leaked a little to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren to keep her brothers and sisters-in-law hanging. Otherwise, during the famine and the previous years, people might have died.
In the past two or three years, the old lady's life has become increasingly better. Not only are her brothers and sisters-in-law vying to please her, but her good second sister has also become the most filial daughter in the world.
"Wow, my grandma is such a wise old woman." Wang Zhaozhao admired her sincerely.
Xie Ailian snorted and laughed. There’s a saying that goes, “Age makes wisdom.”
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