Li Yao didn't intend to pay attention to him. Thinking that he would not leave, he walked away.
Unexpectedly, the knocking on the door became louder and louder.
"Go!" Ning Jia pushed him.
Li Yao got up helplessly, opened the door, and saw Li Xu standing at the door with a thin quilt wrapped around him: "Fifth brother, do you have something serious to say?"
Look at his unsatisfied expression. Doesn't Li Xu understand why?
I could only say helplessly: "Brother, I'm sorry! Um... I want to ask if my sister-in-law has any more of that..."
Before he could finish his words, Li Yao slammed the door shut: "No."
Li Xu: “…”
Ning Jia heard it clearly in the room and couldn't help laughing.
"Still laughing! I'll make you laugh enough tonight..."
As the night deepened, the snowstorm became heavier.
The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ning Jia prepared New Year's money for all the children in the family and put them in several small red envelopes cut out of red paper.
After the sound of firecrackers, An Ye and Ning Jia went to the kitchen together to prepare food. In the north, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
The dumplings were already made last night, and all we had to do was cook them.
The hot pork dumplings tasted delicious. After each person finished a big bowl of dumplings, they began the most important Spring Festival activity - New Year's greetings.
Although we have separated, New Year’s greetings are still necessary.
As the eldest in the family, Li Gang led the whole family to kneel down in front of Old Lady Xu, saying auspicious words to wish a happy new year.
Old Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "Get up, everyone! Come and give some lucky money to our children."
When they heard that they were going to give out money, Zhaodi and Pandi clapped their hands happily. Yingdi was only two years old and didn't understand what lucky money was, but seeing her sisters happy, she clapped her hands too.
"Here, ten cents per person! Take this money and go buy some candy later!"
Zhaodi got the money and was very happy.
After all, for children, buying three pieces of fruit candy for one cent is already a good thing.
I thought that was the end, but unexpectedly An Ye took out a red envelope from his pocket: "Come here, Aunt Wu also has a red envelope!"
"What is a red envelope?" Zhaodi asked with her head tilted.
"The red envelope contains money." Ning Jia explained to them, "It's a symbol of prosperity."
Hearing that there was money to be gained, the three kids came to An Ye to line up.
An Ye handed out the money: "Take it all, and then thank me!"
Zhaodi was a big kid after all, and he was very sweet-mouthed, so he immediately said, "Thank you, Aunt Wu! I hope Aunt Wu will give us another little brother soon!"
An Ye: “…”
Children are the heart, and this is still the truth in this era.
But why did she sound a little... awkward?
Li Xu was delighted: "Truth, that's right!"
An Ye had given out all the red envelopes, and Ning Jia also took out the red envelopes: "Does anyone else want one?"
“Yes, yes, yes!”
"Then each of you say something to me!"
Li Yao smiled and said, "It's not easy to get a red envelope from you."
"Of course! If you want, just tell me!"
Zhaodi: "I wish Auntie good health and ever-prettier beauty!"
Pan Di: "Me too."
Yingdi: "What does it mean to be obedient?"
Ning Jia burst out laughing: "Auntie has received your blessings. Come, take the red envelopes for each of you, go back to the room and take a look quietly. Do you understand?"
Zhaodi is a grown-up kid after all, and her mind is much narrower than those two.
She immediately put the red envelope in her pocket. She was sure that the money in the red envelope given to her by Auntie was definitely more than that given to Pan Di and Ying Di.
Yingdi was young and didn't know what was in the red envelope, so he handed it directly to Liang Lanlan.
But Pan Di didn't listen at all. He tore open the red envelope in front of everyone and took out a one-yuan note from it: "This is... this is one dollar! Auntie gave me one dollar! Auntie Five also gave me one dollar! They are all more generous than grandma. Grandma is such a stingy person and only gave me ten cents!"
Old Mrs. Xu's face turned visibly ugly.
She gave 10 cents to each of her children and one dollar to each of her two daughters-in-law. Isn't this a slap in her face?
Liang Lanlan was delighted.
Two dollars for one child, so four dollars for two children.
Li Yuan was seriously ill and spent all the dozens of dollars he had, not a penny left.
Now she had earned four yuan, which was equal to the amount of money a person earned in a month. She hurriedly thanked Ning Jia and An Ye: "Thank you so much, my two brothers and sisters-in-law! I'm sorry for your expense!"
An Ye: "It doesn't cost any money, just to get a good start during the New Year."
Ning Jia: "I just think the child is cute!"
Ning Jia and An Ye both gave New Year's money. Pan Di's eyes rolled and turned to Lin Xiaoxi: "Aunt Qi, you haven't given the money yet!"
Lin Xiaoxi really hated Ning Jia and An Ye in her heart.
What kind of New Year’s money should be given?
Everyone else has given it, so will she?
If she doesn't give it, it would seem that she is particularly ungrateful.
But if I give it once a year, doesn’t that mean I have to give it every year?
And the third child has two children!
I didn't do anything that day, and three dollars flew out of my pocket! Thinking about this is really infuriating!
Zhaodi stepped forward and held Pandi's hand: "Sister, we can only accept New Year's money if it is given by adults. We cannot accept it if adults don't give it to us! Aunt Wu and Aunt Ni are obviously prepared to give money, and Aunt Qi didn't give any money, which means she is not prepared to give money. We can't embarrass Aunt Qi."
Pan Di tilted his head and stared at her, looking as if he didn't understand: "Why don't you prepare? Could it be that Aunt Seven is the same as Grandma? Grandma is an old stingy person, and Aunt Seven is a little stingy person!"
Liang Lanlan was frightened and hurriedly covered the child's mouth, but the words were still said.
Lin Xiaoxi was played by the two children and felt very embarrassed: "Who said Aunt Qi is a little bitch? Aunt Qi didn't prepare those fancy red envelopes, but she did have money!"
After saying that, she took out three one-yuan bills from her pocket and put one dollar in each person's hand.
The three children were delighted.
The happiest person must be Liang Lanlan, who earned $10.10 on New Year's Day without doing anything!
Lin Xiaoxi forced a smile on her face, but she was furious inside. Ning Jia and An Ye looked at each other and raised their eyebrows at each other tacitly.
Finally, after the New Year's greetings were over, Liang Lanlan was in a good mood and started talking: "Look how lucky our Li Xu and Li Yao are, they married An Ye and Ning Jia. We can't even get a piece of cloth during the New Year, but look at the couple, they are wearing cheap clothes!"
Even if she didn't say it, everyone saw it.
But no one asked.
Zhaodi also hurriedly tugged at her own old clothes: "Look, mine are also old! The cloth given by Aunt Wu and Aunt Wei was given to me and my mother! My mother also has old clothes!"
After the child said this, everyone's eyes fell on Bai Jinfeng.
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