When Huo's mother heard this, she realized it was true.
Logically speaking, since Meng Yuan is from Beijing, she and her husband should have visited her parents' home the day after they returned.
But they've been back for over ten days now, and they rarely even mention going back to their parents' home, let alone going back.
Previously, Mrs. Huo had been busy and hadn't thought about it too deeply.
Now, after being pointed out by Mr. Huo, he realized that something was amiss.
“Since she doesn’t want to talk about it, just pretend you don’t know,” Mr. Huo said.
After thinking about it, Huo's mother agreed.
So the next day, he called his four daughters-in-law over and gave each of them fifty yuan.
They also added some extra cigarette and alcohol coupons, as well as sugar coupons.
The group was somewhat surprised when they saw the money notes handed over by Huo's mother.
"Mom, why are you giving us money all of a sudden?"
"It's almost Chinese New Year, so your dad and I discussed it and decided that you can handle the gifts for your in-laws this year."
Mrs. Huo said in a joking tone, "Can your father and I take a break just this once?"
What's wrong with that?
A while ago, my mother-in-law went out early and came home late every day to buy New Year's goods.
They were worried about not having a chance to help their mother-in-law with her work.
Upon hearing this, the group quickly accepted the money and tickets.
"Thank you, Mom."
Meng Yuan was the last to answer, but her tone was noticeably more relaxed than usual.
"Thank you, Mom, for taking such good care of me."
"It's alright, everyone go ahead and get busy."
With the New Year's gift issue resolved, Mrs. Huo felt a great sense of relief.
When Mr. Huo returned home from get off work at noon, he brought her some good news.
Upon learning that the supply of fireworks and firecrackers had been somewhat relaxed this year, Mrs. Huo was overjoyed.
Although fireworks are only allowed on Lunar New Year's Eve, the policy is much more relaxed than in previous years.
So the next day, the men in the family took the initiative to line up and buy a box of fireworks and a string of firecrackers.
Jiang Si, having nothing else to do, went along too.
I also bought a lot of lanterns and paper-cut window decorations.
In addition to the lanterns hanging at home, Jiang Si also bought a red lantern for each child to carry, even for Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao.
The children were overjoyed.
With fireworks and lanterns, the festive atmosphere of this year's Lunar New Year seems especially strong.
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