Chapter 212: Preparations before the New Year (Part 2)
Baoya suddenly felt a little lost.
He Chunxiu patted her head and comforted her, "The New Year is coming soon, maybe you're preparing New Year's goods at home. Don't you have all the gifts ready? Then you can wait for Grandma Yu to come and give them to her. It's not a big deal."
This was the only way. Baoya, Yunhua and Yunyue nodded together, carefully put away their gifts, and took them back home.
As for the ingredients Baoya brought, they couldn't be kept for long, so she planned to pick up her eldest brother and bring him back to the shop for lunch, and then cook them directly for everyone to eat together.
Soon, the four brothers and sisters went to Yucai Academy where Yun Chengfu studied.
Perhaps it was because the New Year was approaching, but Mr. Qi finished class extra early today. When Baoya and the others arrived at the academy gate, most of the students had already left.
Fortunately, Yun Chengfu is quite serious and is still discussing academic matters with Mr. Xiao Qi in the Qiuzhi Hall.
Just as we were chatting enthusiastically, four dark little heads popped in from the doorway and lined up to look inside.
Yun Chengfu didn't notice it at all, but Mr. Xiao Qi caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye.
He twirled the brush in his hand, tapped Yun Chengfu on the head with the brush handle, and said with a smile, "Okay, Jinzhi, let's stop here for today."
Yun Chengfu didn't understand what was going on. He thought that Qi Mo was impatient because of what he said. His expression paused, "Mr. Qi, I...did I misunderstand that line of poetry just now?"
Qi Mo smiled: "You understand correctly. If we continue to discuss this, I don't know how long your four brothers and sisters will be lying at the door."
"Huh?" Yun Chengfu was stunned.
Turning around and seeing Baoya and the other four, he smiled a little embarrassedly: "Why are you here? It's all because eldest brother was too engrossed just now and didn't even notice."
Baoya stuck out her pink little tongue and said mischievously, "It's okay. Did we come at the wrong time and disturb Big Brother and Mr. Xiao Qi from studying?"
Qi Mo shook his head: "Come in and sit down, Jinzhi and I are just chatting casually, it's nothing serious."
After getting permission, Baoya and the other three rushed in and sat down obediently around Qi Mo.
I don’t know if it was because of Mr. Xiao Qi’s aura of a teacher, but as soon as they came in, they unconsciously sat in a row, their little bodies straight, their hands on their knees, sitting upright.
Qi Mo found it interesting and said with a smile, "It's amazing that all the children in the Yun family are so obedient."
Yun Chengfu was very pleased to see his younger siblings being so well-behaved, but he still said modestly, "Perhaps it's the influence of the strong atmosphere in the Knowledge Seeking Hall."
"After the New Year, Yucai Academy will open a new class. It should be specifically for those children who have not yet been enlightened or have just been enlightened to learn to read and study. Do you want to come?" Qi Mo asked.
Baoya, Yunhua and Yunyue nodded together, and even Yun Chenglu nodded repeatedly.
"Of course!" the four children agreed together.
Zhao Zhilan had agreed before that after the New Year, she would send them to study here too. Then, they would be able to study in the same academy as their eldest brother.
"Not bad." Mr. Xiao Qi nodded with satisfaction, "Then we'll see you after the New Year."
With an older brother like Yun Chengfu, he guessed that these children must have received enlightenment.
Although how well they will learn in the future depends on themselves, with such an atmosphere and full support from their families, these children should not be bad.
When the five children returned to the shop, He Chunxiu and Yun Sanlang had already prepared lunch.
As the New Year is approaching, there are fewer people coming to the shop for breakfast than usual, and basically there are no customers around noon.
Wang Cailian and Yun Dalang also came back with their New Year's goods, including more than 50 kilograms of pork, some candies, melon seeds, and drinks.
What surprised He Chunxiu and Yun Sanlang the most was that Wang Cailian actually had a heavy bleeding and bought candied haws and sugar figures for each child.
Thinking back to when she had just brought Baoya home, Wang Cailian was still frowning because Baoya ate a few extra buns.
Now she even takes the initiative to buy things for her children. The change is truly earth-shattering.
"Sister-in-law, how can I ask you to spend money on this?" He Chunxiu felt a little embarrassed.
Now that she had made some money, Wang Cailian actually felt a bit frivolous. She waved her hand and said, "That's nothing. I haven't bought anything for the children in all these years, just a string of candied haws and some sugar figurines."
Baoya was very happy that her aunt was so generous, so she used the ingredients given to Grandma Yu to make a famous southern dish, white-cut chicken.
Several people gathered around a small table put together in the store, eating white steamed buns with a few side dishes and the white-cut chicken made by Baoya, and they enjoyed it very much.
After lunch, He Chunxiu and Yun Sanlang packed up the shop and prepared to close it and go home for the New Year.
Since it is my own shop, when to open for business is entirely up to me.
After being busy for so long, the couple decided to go home early to celebrate the New Year and spend time with their family and children.
Baoya lay on the counter, holding the brush in her little hand, and wrote the sign carefully: Our shop is closed on New Year's Day and will open to welcome customers on the 16th day of the first lunar month.
Yun Chengfu looked at her serious expression and couldn't help but reach out and pinch the little round hair buds on her head.
Yunhua and Yunyue took a rag and wiped the plaque that Lord Fang had given them, then covered it with a cloth to keep away the dust.
Yun Chengfu and Yun Chenglu put the tables, chairs and benches in order.
After everything was packed up, Yun Sanlang locked the shop door, and several people drove the donkey cart and ox cart, taking the children back to Feishui Village.
On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Rongyue and Yun Erlang drove an ox cart to the town to buy roast chicken and some other things their family needed.
On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, it was He Chunxiu and Yun Sanlang's turn to come to town.
At the same time, the house was cleaned from top to bottom in preparation for the New Year.
The five children also decorated their own rooms. After waiting for Yun Chengfu for so long, the house-cleaning competition that Baoya and Yunyue had been looking forward to finally arrived.
Early in the morning on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the five children stood at their doorsteps on time as if they had made an appointment.
Yun Chengfu made five fortune sticks, writing five numbers from one to five.
The youngest Baoya draws lots, and whoever draws the lot first gets to visit that person's house first.
Baoya held the stick box with her tender little white hands and shook it, and soon a stick fell out.
Yun Yue quickly bent down to pick up the stick and said excitedly, "Let me see who's the first one!"
But when she saw it, the smile froze on her face.
As soon as Yun Chengfu saw her like this, he knew what was going on.
But he deliberately teased her, "Yueya, who's the first one?"
Yun Yue pouted and flipped the skewer over, showing it to everyone, and said angrily, "It's me!"
Yunhua quickly comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay. It doesn't matter who goes first. It will be your turn sooner or later anyway."
"Humph," Yun Yue raised her head proudly and waved her hand, "Then follow me. Don't scare you!"
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