Even when he's angry, little Duolu is still so indecisive; the adults are exasperated.
Duofu, a brotherly friend, placed a piece of mutton on Duolu's plate with his chopsticks: "Duolu, eat some meat, this is delicious."
Upon hearing about the delicious food, Duolu immediately shifted his attention, digging his spoon straight into the mutton.
Duo Shou saw Duo Lu being distracted by a piece of meat and sighed helplessly. Duo Fu's usual weary expression was skillfully displayed by Duo Shou, making the adults feel heartbroken once again.
Yu Rujia picked up some goose intestines and vegetables with her chopsticks and put them into the little guy's bowl: "This is delicious, Duoshou, eat more."
Even with all his cunning, Duoshou was still a child, and his attention was quickly diverted.
After dinner, Gao Shujing and Gao Guojing cleared the table and took out the red envelopes they had prepared beforehand, stuffing them into the hands of the little ones: "A new year, a new beginning. This is your uncle's New Year's money. May you brothers grow up happily."
Duofu still remembered receiving red envelopes before, so he accepted the envelope with both hands and politely replied, "Thank you, Uncle."
The remaining three children, unaware of the meaning of the red envelopes, followed Duofu's actions and replied with a respectful "Thank you, Uncle," before starting to ponder the meaning of the red envelopes.
Duoshou was the first to discover how to open the red envelope. He took out a one-cent coin from it. No matter how smart he was, the little kid who had never seen money before was still confused and looked at the one-cent coin from left to right.
Unable to figure it out, the little guy waved the bill and asked in a childish voice, "Uncle, what's this?"
Gao Guojing squatted down and explained to the little guy, "This is a dime, which can buy a lot of candy."
Having no experience with candy, Duo Shou Mengmeng asked, "I know candy is edible. Is this tasty?"
Candy is too big for little kids like them; they could easily choke on it. So, the snacks we keep for them at home are usually cookies or pastries.
Upon hearing about food, Duolu and Duoxi rushed to Gao Guojing, interrupting his conversation with Duoshou, and handed him a dime taken from a small red envelope.
Duolu: "Uncle Guojing, buy some candy." The warrior's principle is: who cares what it tastes like, try it first.
Duoxi also stuffed a dime into his hand: "Buy, buy, buy."
Gao Guojing realized he had made a mistake. Duoshou and Duolu were a little better off, as they were almost two years old. Duoxi, however, was too young to eat candy.
Gao Guojing immediately corrected him: "Uncle misspoke. It's cakes and cookies. Uncle will buy them for you when he goes to town."
To distract the kids, Yu Rujia took out the red envelopes she had prepared for them, one for each of them, each containing one cent.
The kids accepted the red envelopes with practiced ease and quickly forgot about what had just happened.
With a youthful spirit, Gao Guojing took out the fireworks he had bought earlier and shouted excitedly, "Kids, let's play with fireworks!"
None of the children except Duofu had ever seen fireworks. Even Duofu, being younger, had almost forgotten about them.
Hearing Gao Guojing's greeting, they all gathered around him, clamoring to play.
Gao Guojing took out a firecracker, lit it, and it shot off into the fire, traveling a long distance.
Seeing these things for the first time, the boys' adventurous nature kicked in, and they followed Gao Guojing to the backyard to have a great time.
Yu Rujia had enjoyed the hot pot meal and had taken off her coat when it got hot. Now that she had some free time, she felt a chill. She went back to her room to put on another coat, and when she came out, Gao Shujing was already waiting in the courtyard.
Seeing the person come out, Gao Shujing tightened his hands behind his back, encouraging himself. Yu Rujia didn't dislike him, and even enjoyed his care, so his chances of success were high.
Yu Rujia asked, puzzled, "Fourth Brother, why aren't you going to play with them? What are you doing standing here all by yourself?"
Gao Shujing stepped forward, his eyes losing their usual gentleness and becoming burning and greedy: "Rujia, I have something I want to tell you."
Seeing this, Yu Rujia, who had been a gossipmonger countless times and had also been involved in many gossip herself, knew in her heart that Gao Shujing was about to break the ice.
Yu Rujia did not answer, but simply waited quietly for his action.
When Gao Shujing, who is usually calm and composed, confesses his feelings to the girl he likes, he is just like any other young man, with a mix of nervousness, anticipation, and shyness.
Gao Shujing: "Rujia, perhaps I can't give you the life you had in the Xia family before, so you don't have to lift a finger, but I will try my best to make you do less work and live as comfortably as possible."
"Someday in the future, I will make sure you live a better life than the Xia family ever did. I love you, and I would like to ask you to give me the opportunity to take care of you."
Yu Rujia replied softly, "Okay."
It had nothing to do with romantic love; it was simply because Gao Shujing was a person who suited her perfectly in both appearance and personality.
Having lived for hundreds of thousands of years and seen too many things, the old monster did not believe that love could last, but he was not against relationships between men and women. If Gao Shujing changed his mind, they could just break up.
Hearing the answer he wanted to hear, Gao Shujing's rapidly beating heart paused for a moment, then an explosive joy welled up inside him; he had succeeded.
Gao Shujing tried hard to suppress his joy, but the effect was not very obvious. A bright smile, like sunshine, crept onto his face, and the tenderness in his eyes was not as reserved as usual.
Gao Shujing reached out and slowly placed his hand on Yu Rujia's hair, bringing the two closer together until they could feel each other's breath: "Rujia, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I won't let you down."
Being so close, the faint fragrance emanating from him wafted into Yu Rujia's nose, making her somewhat distracted.
Yu Rujia reached out and grasped the hand that was messing with her hair, thus creating some distance between them, her face full of smiles.
Yu Rujia: "Fourth Brother, you'll have to keep your promise for the rest of your life. You should know that I'm not someone you can easily get along with."
With a huge weight lifted from his heart, Gao Shujing was in the mood to think about other things: "If you were an easy person to get along with, I wouldn't have been attracted to you. Besides, you have a group of thugs behind you. If I dared to treat you badly, you can imagine what would happen to me."
That's a must. In the past, Yu Rujia only had Han Meifeng blindly protecting her, and the Jing generation of the Xia family were all suppressed by her and couldn't turn the tables.
Now, the Xia family values Ru Jia more than any of the Jing generation. If Gao Shujing dares to displease Yu Ru Jia, not to mention anyone else, his own father, Xia Taishun, will be the first to rush out and beat him so badly that he can't get out of bed.
I doubt many wives can have such a powerful backing as Yu Rujia.
After finishing what he wanted to do, Gao Shujing took out a red envelope that he always kept close to his body and handed it to Yu Rujia: "Rujia, this is your New Year's money. I wish you a happy new year and peace every year."
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