When they got home, the elderly couple were covering their legs with a blanket and curled up on the sofa watching TV.
When Jiang Xia returned, the elderly couple barely asked him a few questions, focusing intently on watching TV, which made him feel somewhat awkward.
"Mom, I'm going to take a shower."
"Go ahead, go ahead." Xia Shanshan glanced at him indifferently before looking away.
Jiang Xia was a little surprised that his mother, who loved gossip, had suddenly stopped. However, it was just as good that she wasn't asking any questions, and he was too lazy to explain.
He went back to his room, got some clean clothes, took a shower, and then went to sleep.
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Time flies, and it's New Year's Eve in the blink of an eye.
Jiangxia got up early in the morning and hung lanterns and pasted couplets with Jiang Wende.
After finishing breakfast and spending an hour cleaning the house, Xia Shanshan said to Jiang Xia, "Our whole family is going to Yan Wan's house for a reunion dinner at noon. Do you want to go by yourself first, or come with me and your dad later?"
Jiang Xia naturally chose the former without hesitation. At this point in time, finding his wife was of course more important.
Watching her son leave the house, Xia Shanshan gave Jiang Wende a wink and moved all the gifts she had bought a few days ago into the trunk of the car.
I need to take advantage of today's Chinese New Year to give that brat a little shock from his mother.
The weather was great on New Year's Eve. The continuous rain of the past two days disappeared, and the sky cleared up, becoming a clear, bright blue.
As Jiangxia walked down the street, basking in the warm winter sun, he felt a sense of comfort throughout his body.
Wanzhou City was decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers, and the streets were bustling with people wearing new clothes and beaming with smiles.
This is his first year after his rebirth. In this relatively simple and honest era, the festive atmosphere of the New Year feels even stronger than in later generations.
After finally managing to hail a taxi, Jiang Xia knocked on his wife's door about twenty minutes later.
It was Lin Yanwan who opened the door for him. She was slightly surprised that this guy had arrived so early today.
"Happy Chinese New Year, honey," Jiang Xia said with a smile.
"Calling someone that at home will get you killed..." Sigh, she forced herself to hold back the words. It was Chinese New Year, and saying such things was unlucky.
"Keep your voice down, or my dad will give you a piece of his mind if he hears you." Lin Yanwan frowned her delicate eyebrows.
"Hehe, that's not necessarily true."
She stepped aside and took out Jiang Xia's usual slippers from the shoe cabinet. Ji Wanqiu came out of the kitchen at this moment and couldn't help but smile when she saw Jiang Xia: "Xiaxia is here? Where are your parents?"
"Mom, Happy New Year." After saying this, he replied, "They won't be here for a while. I had nothing else to do, so I came to see if there was anything I could help with."
"Yes, there really is. I'll put up the couplets at home with your dad in a bit," Ji Wanqiu said with a smile. "By the way, have you had breakfast yet? I'm cooking glutinous rice balls."
Jiang Xia blinked: "Not yet, I want to eat two big ones."
"What kind of filling do you want? We have mixed grain filling, brown sugar peanut filling, and black sesame paste filling."
"Hmm, I want to eat brown sugar peanuts."
"Okay, you can play for a while, I'm still kneading the dough."
"Uh-huh!"
Lin Yanwan tossed a rag to Jiang Xia: "Come and help me wipe the windows."
"Where's Xiaoman? I haven't seen her." Jiang Xia asked, patting Yuyuan's cat head.
"Still sleeping."
"No, I have to go wake her up. How can someone so young be sleeping?" he said with a smile. Then he put down the rag, knocked on Xiaoman's bedroom door, but there was no response. He turned the handle and pushed the door open.
On the bed piled with various toys, my sister-in-law was fast asleep, hugging a Talking Tom pillow.
"Xiaoman, wake up, get up." Jiang Xia said, sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Ugh, brother-in-law, Xiaoman is so sleepy, I want to go back to sleep." Xiaoman only opened her eyes a crack, her voice drowsy.
"But today is Chinese New Year! Sleeping in will affect the whole year! Xiaoman, do you want to be a lazybones for the whole year?" Jiang Xia pinched her sister-in-law's nose. She was wearing Jerry's pajamas and looked a little cute.
"Huh? Chinese New Year!?"
Xiaoman suddenly opened her eyes: "No! Xiaoman doesn't want to be a lazybones!"
"Haha, that's a good girl. Xiaoman is the most diligent. Get up quickly."
Jiang Xia touched his sister-in-law's face. Xiao Man's eyes rolled, and she got up and knelt down before Jiang Xia, bowing her head properly.
"Brother-in-law, Happy New Year! Wishing you prosperity and good fortune! May my sister and brother-in-law be of one heart and mind, grow old together, enjoy good health, have all your wishes fulfilled, and have a baby soon."
She finished speaking in one breath, and no one knows how long she had secretly practiced.
Lin Yanwan, who was standing at the door, twitched her face slightly. Everything was normal until now, but what was with the "early birth of a son" nonsense!
"Brother-in-law, where's the New Year's red envelope?" the sister-in-law chuckled.
"A red envelope? I've already prepared one for you. But what I said just now wasn't enough. Would you like me to say a few more words to my brother-in-law?" Jiang Xia took out a red envelope from his pocket, but didn't give it to her.
"Well, I wish my sister and brother-in-law a happy marriage, a long and happy life together, double happiness, lots of fun, and many pregnancies."
Lin Yanwan: "?"
Is this really not a wedding blessing?
"Excellent work, deserves a reward!"
Jiang Xia smiled broadly, glanced back at his wife, and winked, "See? Xiaoman is urging us to try harder to have a baby."
He handed over the thick red envelope and couldn't help but ask, "Xiaoman, who taught you all these things?"
"Brother-in-law, Xiaoman taught herself!" Xiaoman proudly raised her little face.
"Xiaoman is amazing." Jiang Xia gave a thumbs up.
"Hey~ Brother-in-law, even if you praise me like this, Xiaoman won't be happy."
My sister-in-law shyly covered her face, her small body twisting as if she was very embarrassed.
Lin Yanwan walked over, took out the new clothes she was supposed to wear today from the closet and threw them at her: "Xiaoman, dinner is almost ready, get up quickly."
Upon seeing her sister, Xiaoman immediately launched into her usual tactic: "Happy New Year, sister! I wish you and your husband a happy marriage, a blissful life together, a lifelong bond, and many children. May you have a clean and healthy pregnancy and five children in total."
Hearing this, Lin Yanwan felt dizzy. Was it not enough to say it once, that he had to say it a second time? And who wanted to have five children with him!
"Hey, sister, Xiaoman is wishing you a Happy New Year! Here's your red envelope!" Xiaoman smiled and stretched out her little hands to her sister.
"No, this isn't a New Year's greeting at all!" Lin Yanwan said through gritted teeth.
"Huh? But my brother-in-law thinks Xiaoman's wishes are very good. She said Happy New Year, Happy Wedding, and May you have a baby soon." Xiaoman said blankly.
"Hmph, go ask whoever thinks that's right for your New Year's money!"
As she spoke, Lin Yanwan couldn't help but glare at Jiang Xia, wondering what kind of person he had raised Xiaoman to be!
Jiang Xia chuckled: "Xiaoman, don't worry, if your sister won't give you any, your brother-in-law will. It's just New Year's money, your brother-in-law has plenty!"
(End of this chapter)
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