However, the New Year is coming and they have to prepare for the wedding, so Lin Shumei can't go over for dinner recently because Lin Shuchao and Qin Hong are too busy to meet every day.
Qin Hong has also moved back to her own home these days, helping her sister-in-law take care of her little niece, packing up New Year's goods, and preparing her own dowry.
Her dowry was neither too much nor too little, consisting of six quilts and quilt covers, pots and pans, a large wardrobe which was temporarily kept at the carpenter's house, and five thousand yuan in cash.
Qin Hong's elder brother and sister-in-law also knew about this money, but they had no objection, because when Qin Bai got married, the betrothal gift plus various red envelopes and wine and food money was almost this much.
Moreover, Qin Dayou will have to help them buy a house when the time comes. Besides, no matter how much the house costs later, the house they live in now will be given to Qin Bai by default.
As a vested interest, Sister Qin Hong will not offend her sister-in-law and father-in-law for the money.
In her opinion, her sister-in-law married into a wealthy family. She didn't need her to help her parents in the future, but at least she shouldn't need her parents to help her financially, so she just gave the money.
The Lin family gave a betrothal gift of 8888, but Qin Dayou didn't keep any of it, giving it all back to his daughter. Qin Hong also prepared some new daily necessities for herself, so that she could have a grand wedding.
Lin Shu rushed back on time because he had only so many days to write reports, and he tried to make it in for both the New Year and his brother's wedding.
This year was also a lively year. It felt like the family had not been together for a long time. On New Year's Eve, except for Lin Shuying, everyone drank a little wine. Liang Shengdi was especially so. She took a sip of rice wine and a bite of crab. Before people around her noticed, the whole jar of wine in her hand was almost finished.
When Chen Chunhua also looked at her with a drunken look, Liang Shengdi had already started talking nonsense, saying everything.
"When I was little, I never dreamed of doing this. I wish I could sit with my feet up and do nothing but eat meat."
"When I was fleeing famine, I thought the road was so long. No matter how hard I walked, I could never reach the end. Now, there are cars everywhere. If I say I'm going to Shanghai, I can go to Shanghai. Hehehe~"
"People like me used to be called heartless. No one would help me if I fell into a pit one day. I never thought I would live to have many children and grandchildren. Hehehe~ After being a great-grandmother, I will be a great-great-grandmother now~ Hehehe~"
"Good people don't live long, but evil deeds last for thousands of years. Guoqing, why is your father's fate so bad? He worked hard all his life, but he didn't even get to enjoy the good life..."
"I've lived a fulfilling life. Even if I die tonight, I can still brag to Lin Wenxuan~ Hehehe~"
"grandmother!"
"Milk!"
"mom!"
"Mom! What are you talking about!"
At first, everyone was quite moved by what she said, but the more Mrs. Liang spoke, the less restrained she became. As she got older, the more unscrupulous she became, and the less others could bear to hear the word "death."
"Hehehe, what are you afraid of~ Hehehe~" Liang Shengdi was drunk and felt light-headed. She just wanted to laugh. Seeing everyone at the table looking at her, she laughed even harder.
"Are you full? You don't want to eat anymore? Come, I'll give it to you..."
"Grandma, please don't eat yet. Have a drink of water first." Chen Chunhua was almost drunk by Liang Shengdi. She stood up and poured her a glass of water, which was then taken by Lin Shuying, who was sitting next to Liang Shengdi, and brought to her mouth.
"I don't want to drink it~ This thing has no taste, I want to drink... Coke!"
"Okay! I'll get you a Coke!" As long as it's not alcohol.
"Grandma, don't let your imagination run wild. You have to live a long life. Whether the baby in my belly is a boy or a girl, you have to watch it grow up, get married, and then give birth to a great-grandson for you to see."
"Then let my brothers get you a big chair. Sit in the middle of the main hall, and watch the little ones below you. They'll call you ancestor!"
"Ancestor? Hehehe...hahaha..."
Old Mrs. Liang, who was holding a can of Coke, was really happy now, especially when she heard that she might become an ancestor one day, she couldn't stop laughing.
"That's right, Mom, didn't you say something last time when you came back from chanting sutras with the old lady in the village...
If you only have children but no grandchildren, you will have to kneel down and listen to the King of Hell in hell. If you have grandchildren, you can stand and listen to the King of Hell in the underworld. If you have great-grandchildren, the King of Hell will have to move a chair for you to sit on...
What about the great-great-grandsons?"
"Hehehehehe..." Liang Shengdi blushed, still remembering what she heard at that time, "Then eight sedan chairs will be needed to carry me to the underworld, hahahaha..."
"Is that so?" Chen Chunhua slammed her fist into her hand and continued talking excitedly about Lin Guoqing's topic. Although this kind of thing was feudal superstition, at least the old lady was happy to hear it.
"Even the King of Hell has to be respected. Not everyone can have this privilege! So you have to be alive!"
"You have to stay alive!" Liang Shengdi smiled and took another sip of Coke. "Even if your father comes to call me down to reunite, I have to make him wait a little longer."
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After Liang Shengdi finished drinking the Coke, she was carried back to her room by the two sisters Shuying and Shumei to sleep. The others cleaned up the dishes and collapsed on the sofa to chat, watch TV, and wait for the Spring Festival Gala.
Lin Guoqing was a little unhappy, "I feel like Mom seems a little old."
At least compared to when he and Chunhua went to the black market to sell vegetables, and the old lady carried a bunch of radish tops up the mountains and down the rivers alone, she has aged a lot.
Chen Chunhua looked at him with amusement, "It's been so many years, we're almost grandparents, how can we not be old?"
"...I mean, her mentality has aged a lot..." Lin Guoqing looked towards the elderly room over there and sighed, "In the end, people live by the breath they breathe..."
"Don't overthink it. It's New Year's Day, and I just coaxed one kid, and here you are again." Chen Chunhua interrupted his thoughts, "Mom is fine! If she said she would live a hundred years, she will live a hundred years."
Without mentioning anything else, just say that Chen Chunhua was reborn when she was 74 years old. Old Mrs. Liang was 102 years old and still curled up in a chair. She was a well-known longevity old man, but she rarely went to the hospital.
Even though he had no teeth, he still told her that she wanted to eat meat, with more fat and stewed until the meat was tender.
Just based on Mrs. Liang's energy, Chen Chunhua didn't believe that she wouldn't live long since her conditions were so good in this life.
"Stop imagining nonsense. If you have the time, why not find something new for your mother to eat? Whether it tastes good or not is another matter. Let her try it first.
There are so many delicious things waiting for her in this world, she might not be happy even if you let her go earlier than you!"
Lin Guoqing: ...
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