Leng Youyou looked at Xiang Wentian. She had never asked, and Xiang Wentian had never told her, but she knew that Xiang Wentian had already started planning something secretly when he said to her, "I'll take care of everything."
It’s not that she doesn’t trust Xiang Wentian, but she doesn’t want to ask and put too much pressure on Xiang Wentian. If she fails, Xiang Wentian will feel too much guilt.
Because she had full confidence that even without Xiang Wentian's help, she could still make the Leng family give up on her crying and shouting. It would just take longer and would not be so smooth.
"This... Brother Xiang and I were not the ones who came up with the idea, nor were we the ones who implemented it. We just contributed some insignificant opinions.
Xiaotian, can you tell me?"
Bai Changlu looked at Xiang Wentian.
"Originally, I wanted you to spend the New Year peacefully, and then tell you. But since we are talking about this today... Wentian, it's better to tell your Aunt Wen, so that they can know it earlier and make preparations earlier."
Xiang Huaixin also looked at Xiang Wentian.
Leng You: “…”
This generation is a bit confusing.
"Okay." Xiang Wentian nodded.
There was no sound afterwards.
"Oh! Let me say it..." Bai Changpu had never seen a child as frugal with words as Xiang Wentian, so impatiently he told him the entire plan in detail.
Everyone had a happy New Year's lunch but they were also a little worried. The one who was most worried was Wen Jiuyue. She was afraid that she would not be able to get Leng You over. When she thought of this, life lost most of its meaning.
After dinner, none of them went out to work, but sat on the kang to further discuss the house building, whether there were any omissions in the plan, and how to prevent the Leng family from causing trouble after a period of time after Leng You came over.
Before they knew it, it was already night. Daheishan Village also had the custom of staying up all night to celebrate the New Year. But since her husband passed away, Wen Jiuyue no longer had the heart to do so. Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu had been wandering outside for many years, with nothing to eat or clothes to wear, so naturally they were not in the mood to do so.
But this New Year's Eve, because the material conditions have been greatly improved, and more importantly, because a new hope has been injected, everyone's heart has become hot.
The most important thing is that they have now become "plague" figures that the whole village is afraid to avoid, so there is no need to worry about being seen as two men staying in a widow's house, which would bring any criticism to Wen Jiuyue.
So everyone chatted enthusiastically while waiting for Wen Jiuyue to prepare everything, and then started making dumplings together.
The filling was still made of roe deer meat, and in order to bring good luck, Wen Jiuyue also specially made five dumplings with peanuts in them.
At exactly twelve o'clock, sporadic sounds of firecrackers were heard in the village again.
In Wen Jiuyue’s low adobe house, plates of hot dumplings were served on the table.
They did not set off firecrackers, not because they were reluctant to buy them, but in order not to attract the attention of the villagers. The place was only four miles away, and if they set off firecrackers here, the villagers would definitely hear them.
Everyone sat cross-legged at the table on the kang. As if they had made an appointment, Xiang Huaixin, Bai Changpu and Wen Jiuyue each took out two red envelopes and gave them to Leng You and Xiang Wentian respectively.
"Thank you Grandpa Xiang, thank you Grandpa Bai, thank you Grandma Wen!" Leng You did not refuse the red envelopes given by the elders for the New Year, because the touch in her hands told her that they did not give more than ten yuan, which was exactly what Leng You wanted.
In fact, she knew that Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu had no money at all, let alone Wen Jiuyue, and these people would never have the nerve to use the money she had given them as New Year's money.
"Thank you!" Xiang Wentian also put it away.
"Let's eat!" Bai Changlu picked up the chopsticks.
The New Year’s Eve dinner officially begins.
"Hmm?" Leng You bit out a peanut in one bite.
"Ah! Our Youyou is the luckiest one. She got to eat the peanuts at the first bite." Wen Jiuyue exclaimed happily.
"Good omen!" Bai Changpu practiced medicine all his life and did not believe in ghosts and gods. However, in the process of practicing medicine, he did encounter many phenomena that could not be explained by medicine. So he said these three words not just to suit the occasion.
"Don't get burned." Suddenly a dumpling was put into Leng You's bowl, and Xiang Wentian whispered a warning.
"Oh!" Leng You looked up at Xiang Wentian and nodded.
"Huh?" He took a bite and bit into the peanut again.
"Oh my God! What a blessing our Youyou is!" Wen Jiuyue was extremely excited.
Mainly, she thought of what Bai Changpu said about "a good omen", and wondered if this indicated that Leng You's departure from the Leng family would go smoothly.
Leng You looked up at Xiang Wentian again.
Xiang Wentian stood still, picked up a dumpling, paused before taking a bite, and then ate it indifferently.
"Brother, you got to eat the peanuts too, right?" Leng You said in an affirmative tone.
"Hmm!" Xiang Wentian only responded lightly, still calm and composed.
"That's great, that's great! All the blessings are given to these two children." No one can compare to Wen Jiuyue's happiness.
"This..." Xiang Wentian picked up another dumpling for Leng You. Leng You looked at his face again without any answer. He took a bite and found it was another peanut.
"It's amazing!" Acorus calamus' face was full of surprise.
"Girl You will definitely be right in the future." Xiang Huaixin has been a soldier all his life and does not believe in ghosts and gods. He is only speaking based on the character of Leng You that he knows. Of course, he is speaking based on the drastic change in Leng You's personality after she fell into a deep valley and was rescued by Xiang Wentian.
"Brother, you eat too." Even Leng You himself didn't know which nerve had suddenly malfunctioned, and he picked up a dumpling and put it into Xiang Wentian's bowl.
As she retracted the chopsticks, her nerves were repaired. What on earth did she do?
Mr. Xiang San is a man with severe mysophobia. She had heard about this in her previous life, and she saw it with her own eyes in this life.
One day, she suddenly discovered that Xiang Wentian went to the hot spring at the bottom of the valley to take a bath alone, and he went there frequently.
Another thing is that his clothes are clean every day, and his white shirt is so white that it is almost dazzling. Even though he carries so much goods every day, he can still maintain this appearance.
Apart from her, he had no physical contact with anyone else, including his father Xiang Huaixin.
Leng You: “…”
He didn't make contact with anyone, but he always held her hand, and every day he either carried her on his back or hugged her. Especially when he hugged her, his chin would occasionally brush against her face, and when the wind was strong, he would even press her face into his neck...
Thinking of this, my heart beat abnormally.
Leng You naturally had no evil thoughts. She could guarantee that Xiang Wentian was definitely not a pedophile and was only fifteen years old.
Most importantly, her current body was just that of an eight-year-old child, and she looked dry and weak, with signs of severe malnutrition all over her body. Special blessings and more than a month of eating and sleeping well could not improve this mood-damaging appearance much.
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