Among the Zhou family members, Mr. Zhou still adheres to the tradition of staying up all night to celebrate the New Year.

Therefore, the Zhou family has always been accustomed to eating dumplings after midnight.

The same custom is also followed in Hexing Village.

So Xu Jingmin followed him back to the Lu family.

It was actually just past ten o'clock when I got home.

So everyone chatted in the living room first.

Lu Youxi made tea for everyone and took out a variety of nut snacks that he had prepared before the New Year.

Although I ate very much at night, I didn’t feel any burden to eat some melon seeds or something like that. I could drink tea, eat some nuts, and watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Outside the window, the sounds of firecrackers and fireworks continued to rise and fall, never quieting down.

The sound was so loud that even when the TV volume was turned up to almost maximum, it was still mostly drowned out by the sound of firecrackers outside.

But even though I couldn't hear the content of the TV program clearly, it didn't affect the good atmosphere tonight.

The smile on Xu Jingmin's face never faded.

Although the Lu family's living room is not that spacious, the house is clean and the lighting is warm and bright.

There are all kinds of snacks and fruits on the coffee table, which are pleasing to look at even if you are not hungry.

It feels great to have a room full of people and it’s lively and bustling.

Xu Jingmin breathed a sigh of relief.

She hadn't felt this way in a long time.

There were still ten minutes until midnight, so Liu Yusu put on an apron and went to the kitchen to cook dumplings.

When Xu Jingmin saw this, she hurriedly followed.

"Mother-in-law, I'll go with you." Xu Jingmin said.

Xu Jingmin could tell at a glance that she couldn't do anything. Liu Yusu smiled and said, "Everything is ready. Just put the dumplings in the water. It won't be a big deal. Just sit there and wait for the bell."

"Then I'll stay here with you." Xu Jingmin leaned lazily against the wall.

Liu Yusu felt warm in her heart and did not refuse.

Lu Youxi came over soon after, but the kitchen was too small to accommodate so many people, so Liu Yusu sent Lu Youxi away.

Xu Jingmin was left in the kitchen chatting with Liu Yusu about some daily trivia in life.

From time to time, you could hear their laughter coming from the kitchen.

There were also continuous voices of “yes, yes, yes” in agreement.

Lu Youxi returned to the living room again and saw that only Lu Zhenguo was watching the Spring Festival Gala in the living room.

This is Lu Zhenguo's habit. He has to watch the show no matter whether it is interesting or not.

Lu Youxi was about to ask where Zhou Shuyan and Lu Youxue had gone when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the two, one big and one small, standing on the balcony.

Lu Youxue was lying on the windowsill, looking up at the fireworks blooming in the sky outside.

Zhou Shuyan stood quietly beside him.

Lu Youxi approached and saw the light of the fireworks shining on the two people's faces.

It was the first time that Lu Youxue saw such beautiful fireworks. In the past, in Hexing Village, it was a great thing to have a sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner during the Spring Festival, and no villager would spend money to buy fireworks.

Fireworks are meant to be watched for fun, and they are gone after they are set off, so most people think it is a waste.

Lu Youxue had only seen fireworks on TV before. This was his first time seeing them with his own eyes, and he couldn't take his eyes off them.

The light from the fireworks made his eyes appear especially bright.

Lu Youxi stood silently beside Lu Youxue.

Noticing that there was another person beside him, Lu Youxue looked up and found that it was Lu Youxi. He said excitedly, "Sister, the fireworks are so beautiful!"

"I was negligent this year and didn't think of buying this." Lu Youxi was not very interested in these things in his previous life, and he didn't think of putting them away when he saw them in this life.

Lu Youxue never mentioned it, and Lu Youxi really ignored it.

"The New Year will last until the 15th. Other shop owners may close during the Spring Festival, but the fireworks and firecrackers vendors will definitely not take a holiday. I will go buy some tomorrow, and we will have a good time tomorrow night." Zhou Shuyan said to Lu Youxi and Lu Youxue.

Although Lu Youxue was envious, he felt embarrassed when others wanted to buy him something.

"This... is quite expensive..." Lu Youxue knew that his family's financial situation was better now.

But Lu Youxi is so busy and hard-working, and Liu Yusu said that it is especially difficult now that Lu Youxi's company is just starting out.

Before the holiday, students in the class started talking about what types of fireworks and firecrackers their families bought for the New Year.

He just listened and never came back to tell others about it, because he was reluctant to let Lu Youxi spend more money.

Even if Zhou Shuyan brought it up first, Lu Youxue felt that Zhou Shuyan probably didn't earn as much as Lu Youxi.

I feel embarrassed to ask Zhou Shuyan to buy it.

"It's nothing, I only buy this once a year." Zhou Shuyan said shamelessly, "We can be extravagant once in a while, we're not afraid."

"Thank you, brother-in-law!" Lu Youxue grinned and shouted happily.

Zhou Shuyan: “…”

Good boy, this is the first time Lu Youxue calls him brother-in-law.

If he had known that fireworks could bribe this guy, he would have done it a long time ago.

Zhou Shuyan couldn't help but push further, "Call me like this from now on, and I'll buy you something else."

Lu Youxue thought about it and decided not to embarrass Zhou Shuyan. "I'll call you that from now on, and you don't have to buy me anything else."

At this time, the sound of TV hosts counting down in unison came from the living room.

As the word "1" fell, a melodious and deep bell sounded from the TV.

Zhou Shuyan turned to Lu Youxi and said, "Happy New Year."

For some reason, Lu Youxi felt like crying.

She had never spent the New Year with her family like this before.

When they were in Hexing Village, their family never had a good New Year.

The only ones who were happy were the Lu family's elders and Lu Zhen's family.

Even Lu Zhenguo felt depressed, and it showed on his face, so he couldn't be truly happy.

In her previous life, after she was admitted to Peking University, she did not even return to Hexing Village for the New Year.

He would rather stay in the imperial capital than go back to Hexing Village and suffer.

I don't want to see the disgusting faces of the two elders of the Lu family and the Lu Zhen family.

I don't want to see Liu Yusu's timid behavior, and I don't want to see Lu Zhenguo keep silent and just drink when he is angry.

Later, she married Lin Jingshen.

The Lin family's New Year celebrations are no less exciting than those in Hexing Village.

It was another disturbing scene.

It was the first time in two lifetimes that Lu Youxi was spending a harmonious, lively and wonderful Spring Festival like this.

Although the sound of firecrackers outside was deafening, her heart was indescribably peaceful.

"Happy New Year." Lu Youxi looked up at Zhou Shuyan, the light from the fireworks shining on her face, reflecting light and dark.

Whenever the light of fireworks illuminated her face, it made her face look particularly bright.

If there wasn't a road between them, Zhou Shuyan really wanted to kiss her.

Lu Youxue looked up at Zhou Shuyan, then at Lu Youxi.

It's not that he knows nothing. He is in junior high school this year and knows a lot of things.

(End of this chapter)