Two and a half hours later, half a pot of white rice, a large pot of stewed goose in an iron pot, a dish of braised fish, a bowl of stir-fried cabbage, and a pot of pork ribs and winter melon soup were successfully served on the table.
It was already dark outside, and a few little kids were playing in the living room with candles lit. When they saw the food on the table, they immediately gathered around, shouting "Wow, wow" with bright eyes.
"Mom, there are so many dishes today!" Yi Tiao grinned happily.
"Mom, I know. Many dishes are called 'splendid.'" Er Tiao suddenly thought of a word. Although he wasn't good at math, he was very good at Chinese, and the teacher always praised him...
"Yes, it's abundant. We'll make something even more abundant later." Seeing the kids so happy, Cheng Zhenzhu was infected by her emotions and couldn't help laughing out loud.
"There are four dishes~" San Tiao went to the table and counted the dishes, shaking his feet happily. Liu Tiao, who was standing next to him, grabbed his chopsticks and was ready to eat, just waiting for his mother to say that the meal was ready.
"That's great~" Lu Jianxian and Lu Siqi were already qualified rice eaters. They didn't need anyone to hold them or pull them. They stepped on the bench and climbed onto the high stool, waiting to dig rice...
"Eat," Cheng Zhenzhu said, taking her bowl and sitting down. Today's table was indeed quite rich, with fish, goose, soup, and vegetables. It was indeed a good year. It was a pity there was no snow on Sanshi Island, otherwise all these little kids could have snowball fights or something, which would have been a lively occasion...
******Hai City, heavy snow is falling.
The Cheng family began their New Year's Eve dinner at eight o'clock. Watching the heavy snow falling outside, Zhao Fangrui couldn't help but think of her second daughter and grandchildren. They'd received a letter saying they were busy and might not be coming for the New Year. Now it was already New Year's Eve, and they still hadn't shown up, so they probably weren't coming...
"My second sister said that something happened to her and she seemed very serious. Could something have happened?" Cheng Zhenbao said while gnawing on a pig's trotter.
"What are you talking about on New Year's Day? What could possibly happen? You're just saying something unlucky..." Cheng Fugui glared at Cheng Zhenbao. If it weren't New Year's Day, he'd have wanted to give his idiotic son a good scolding. How could someone curse their own sister like that?
"Fortunately, I asked Zhenbao to get two more cans of snake wine, otherwise you, Dad, would have nothing to drink. This snake wine from my elder sister is really effective. The leaders of Jiawang are also very satisfied with it. They all said they want more..." Cheng Zhenyu touched her already pregnant belly happily, and then took a big sip of the red date and fish maw soup that her mother specially made for her.
Ever since Jiawang drank the snake wine that her eldest sister had made, she had been feeling wonderful for a while, and she actually got pregnant. If she could really give birth to a son, she would definitely give her eldest sister a big red envelope!
Wang Xiaomei saw her elder sister-in-law give her a special look, and smiled smugly. She turned her eyes away and didn't take it to heart. "Didn't the second sister say she would write to us later? The letter hasn't arrived yet, let's wait a little longer."
"Hmm, wait, wait. Anyway, I can't hold back what happened before." After experiencing the two major setbacks caused by his second daughter, Cheng Fugui is now very at peace. His daughter's husband died, and he helped raise a child without any relatives. No matter how busy he is now, it can't get past these two things...
Much later, Cheng Fugui realized it wasn't his own generosity that was truly unforgiving; it was his second daughter's. She wasn't just raising a child without any relatives or friends; she was helping to raise four children! Each one was well-fed and plump, with strong bodies. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she was raising them like her own sons...
Of course, that was a story for later. At this time, Cheng Zhenzhu's sons on Sanshi Island were competing to wash the dishes.
One: "Mom, mom, let me wash the dishes..."
Er Tiao: "I'll wash it, I'll wash it!"
After dinner, the others were particularly attentive, some collected the bowls, some collected the chopsticks, some scooped water, and even the twin little kids joined in the work, leaving no room for Cheng Zhenzhu to get involved.
"Okay, you guys wash." Cheng Zhenzhu sat by and watched with interest. She probably knew what the little kids were thinking...
"Seven, eight, it's okay, just sit down and we'll wash them. And six, don't do it anymore. What kind of work are you doing? If you get your hands dirty, we'll have to wash them for you..." Er Tiao muttered while washing the dishes.
"I'm going to wash it!" Liu Tiao was told, feeling a bit unconvinced. He touched the dishes more vigorously, "Shua, swish, swish", as if he was going to scratch the surface of the dishes.
"It's up to you then." Er Tiao spread his hands. Liu Tiao couldn't hold the team back much anyway, so at most he'd just ignored it...
"Mom, I've finished washing the dishes." San Tiao washed his hands and nestled into his mother's arms. Then Yi Tiao, Er Tiao, and the others gathered around him, ready to fight, their smiles revealing a hint of "you know what I mean."
Cheng Zhenzhu smiled, and understood in her heart, "Well, it's all because of your mother's goodness. Mother has prepared New Year's gifts for you. Go to your room and look for them. Jianxian and Siqi, you can also look for them. Auntie has prepared some for you..."
There were no snowball fights this year, so she decided to let the children find their own red envelopes to make it more fun. There were ten red envelopes in total, so the more they found, the more they got. If they didn't find any, it would just mean they were unlucky...
"Okay!" Yitiao turned around and quickly ran to his room to get under the covers. He had used last year's New Year's money to buy firecrackers, and it was all gone, so he needed to replenish it!
Liu Tiao had never experienced the magical effects of money, but seeing his two brothers eagerly searching for it, he also looked through it. Soon, he pulled out a red paper package from under the pillow with his little hands and stuffed it into his pocket happily.
"Another one, hehe..." Liu Tiao was very good at hiding things, and he was also very accurate in finding things. He found another one very quickly and was very happy. The other brothers and sisters were envious.
"For mom~" San Tiao's head turned, and he followed Liu Tiao, and found a lucky guy. He was not greedy for money, so he handed the red envelope to Cheng Zhenzhu and climbed onto the bed in a Buddhist manner.
San Tiao is truly a docile little idiot. Cheng Zhenzhu tucked San Tiao into bed, stowed his red envelope, and made a note of it. San Tiao is now a small-time millionaire. Yi Tiao and Er Tiao coaxed Liu Tiao's money into buying firecrackers, and now all three are penniless...
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