"Look at what you're saying. I only went to junior high school, and I'm not as good as your dad. Back then, they all used calligraphy brushes, but now we all use pencils. What's so special about my writing?"
There was no need to go get it; while Ye Xiaoxiao was making dumplings in the kitchen, Lao Qi had already delivered the Spring Festival couplets.
Before long, Li Chenyang had already put up the Spring Festival couplets.
As evening fell, the sound of firecrackers began to ring out.
It's time to stay up all night to welcome the New Year. Because there are children at home, Li Chenyang went out, saying he was going to Sun Hongjun's house for drinks. He'll be back late, so don't wait for him.
Ye Xiaoxiao simply closed the door and continued eating and drinking with her son. They couldn't even bring out the TV for the New Year. They couldn't even watch the Spring Festival Gala.
"Son, let's figure out a way to get the TV out next year, so it'll be more lively during the New Year." Right now, it doesn't even have an antenna. It's useless.
Originally, Ye Xiaoxiao thought that since it was the Lunar New Year, the eve of the Lunar New Year should be very peaceful. However, when Ye Xiaoxiao couldn't stay awake any longer and wanted to hold her son to sleep after 10 o'clock, she heard the sound of arguing coming from next door.
The sound must have been Ma Yanling being beaten by Chen Shengli, pointing to the sky and cursing, crying and cursing.
“Ma Yanling, if you ever dare to play mahjong over there again, I’m divorcing you.”
"Ah...you dare hit me? I'll fight you to the death..."
...She couldn't hear very clearly inside the house. Seeing that her son was asleep, Ye Xiaoxiao quickly got dressed and went to the yard. She opened the door, intending to go and see what was going on, but there were already quite a few people gathered at the door. It was the New Year, and most people didn't go to bed until midnight. Many of them were quite bored, and they came over as soon as they heard the noise.
The door next door was wide open, and the sounds of fighting could be heard coming from inside. Chen Shengli's daughter was crying incessantly.
"What on earth is going on? What's happening during the Lunar New Year?"
Before Ye Xiaoxiao could even ask a question, she heard someone else speak.
"Sigh, I was looking for a wife before and after the victory, but I don't know who I heard it from, but they said that Yanling was playing mahjong with someone in the east. When I went over to take a look..." It was too dark to see who was speaking.
"Tell us quickly, what did you see?" Everyone was getting anxious.
"There were four men in the room, and Yanling was the only woman. Yanling was actually sitting on Zhou Kuan's lap. Do you think that's acceptable? Shengli got angry and got into a fight with Zhou Kuan. He dragged Yanling back and that's how it happened."
Ye Xiaoxiao was stunned. Weren't people in the past supposed to be honest? Weren't people in this era supposed to be conservative? Good heavens, they're even more open-minded than she, a transmigrator.
“Ma Yanling, I never thought you could be so shameless. Let me tell you, after the New Year, we’re getting a divorce. You filthy bitch, go back to your parents’ house.”
Ye Xiaoxiao saw through the gaps in the crowd that Chen Shengli slapped Ma Yanling again. Ma Yanling cried and screamed. She had been so arrogant just moments before, but now she was clinging to Chen Shengli's leg, begging for his attention.
"Victory, I beg you, please forgive me this time. I will never do it again. Please let me go this time."
Upon hearing Zhou Kuan's name, Ye Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered that Zhou Kuan's wife had hanged herself because she found out about his infidelity. However, this happened several years later.
"I think Ma Yanling usually just hangs around with Zhou Kuan, who knows what they're up to?" A woman next to her said, though she couldn't quite make out who she was.
Ye Xiaoxiao saw her aunt Li Shulan pull her aside and glare at her, saying, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Just then, Ye Xiaoxiao saw someone running towards her from the roadside. As they got closer, she saw it was Aunt Chen leading Uncle Chen and his wife—Chen Shengli's parents. Ye Xiaoxiao usually went to their house to fetch water, paying them fifty cents a month.
When Uncle Chen's family came over, they closed the door. They didn't know what was happening inside. Anyway, Ye Xiaoxiao went home after the door was closed. It was quite cold that night.
Li Chenyang returned home at midnight. He set off a string of firecrackers outside the door, officially marking the beginning of 1982.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Chenyang got up very early, before dawn. He even woke Ye Xiaoxiao up.
"It's not even dawn yet, why are you waking me up?" Ye Xiaoxiao opened her eyes, not wanting to get out of bed.
"Let's make dumplings! We need to get up early on New Year's Day. After we eat dumplings, we'll go and wish our parents a Happy New Year." Although Li Chenyang went to bed late last night, he was full of energy now.
"Then you go and start the fire." Ye Xiaoxiao had no choice but to get dressed first. She got up, washed her face, and brushed her teeth. Her precious son was sleeping soundly. The room was also very warm.
After Ye Xiaoxiao finished tidying up, Li Chenyang called out that the water was boiling and asked her to come and cook the dumplings. The dumplings she had made yesterday were on the counter, but they had all frozen because of the cold weather. Ye Xiaoxiao glared at Li Chenyang.
"Can't you even make dumplings? You have to wait for me to do it."
"Of course it has to be you. You're the eldest son in our family, the most precious thing. You don't even tell me how much to put in the pot. If I put it all in, you'll punish me again later." Li Chenyang just sat in front of the pot and tended the fire.
But just as the two of them were about to pick up their bowls to eat, the argument next door started again.
"What's wrong?" Li Chenyang came home very late yesterday and didn't know what had happened next door.
Ye Xiaoxiao pulled him into the house and then told him what had happened last night.
"I knew those mahjong players were up to no good. Everyone else was a guy, what was she doing there, a woman?"
Li Chenyang knows how to play cards, but he only plays a couple of rounds with his friends and doesn't gamble. This is true.
Moreover, when the original owner played cards with his sisters at home, he would flip the table. You can play a couple of rounds, but you can't gamble.
If you're gambling, don't blame me for being ruthless.
“I called her last night and even said I was going to send her back to her parents’ house. Luckily, I don’t know her well.”
Ye Xiaoxiao was eating dumplings one after another when she bit into a coin. She took it out and saw it was five cents.
"I managed to eat this money. Looks like I'm going to make a fortune this year." Ye Xiaoxiao put the five cents on the table.
"You can send it, I can send it. Don't interfere in their family affairs. I think Ma Yanling will end up getting a divorce sooner or later. Don't get involved with her."
At this moment, Li Chenyang was actually thinking about getting Sun Hongjun and the others to build houses on the left side as soon as possible, so that his wife and Aying could have a companion in the future.
As for the third son, because of the incident at the baby's one-month celebration last time, he didn't want to be neighbors with the third son anymore. The third son's wife was so troublesome; if she really lived here, they would be arguing every day.
Li Chenyang thought he should talk to his father later and ask his third son to build a house in the west so that he could be closer to them and not come over.
[Complete 13% of the task to modify Li Chenyang, reward: 100 yuan.]
"No, Tongzi, what's wrong with you? You were giving me a thousand before, and now you're only giving me a hundred? Have you gone crazy from the New Year?" Ye Xiaoxiao's happy face suddenly turned into a frown.
"What's wrong? Why do you look so down? It's the New Year, cheer up."
Li Chenyang thought his wife hadn't eaten enough. He said he would go and make her more dumplings.
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