Chapter 461 It’s New Year Again

On the night of New Year's Eve, it snowed heavily. Xia Juanjuan lit a coal stove in the house and the fire was burning brightly. Everyone gathered around the stove to eat dumplings and there was a large table of New Year's Eve dinner.

After dinner, there was a fruit plate full of melon seeds, White Rabbit milk candies, and fried peanuts. Everyone gathered around to eat the melon seeds and chat.

The TV was on, but the first Spring Festival Gala hadn't been held yet, so there wasn't anything interesting to watch and everyone was just talking.

After talking for a while, they went their separate ways and went back to sleep.

Early the next morning, the triplets and Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei were the first to get up. They all wore new clothes and went to each house to wish a happy new year.

This was also the rule set by Xia Juanjuan. It was a different rule on other days, but on the first day of every Lunar New Year, everyone in the family, young and old, including Chunyan and Aunt Wang, had to buy new clothes, which marked the beginning of a new year.

Aunt Wang was the one who worked as a domestic servant in the Rong family. Now she had a little kid at home. Lin Yuru and Shen Wanxue were not young anymore, so most of the housework was left to Chunyan and Aunt Wang. Aunt Wang's children were grown up and had started their own families, so she packed her bags and moved in.

Since we live under the same roof, new clothes are naturally indispensable.

Xia Juanjuan runs a clothing store. What will happen if her family can’t wear new clothes during the New Year?

Not only in the courtyard, but also to the Fu family, Xia Juanjuan would personally deliver new cotton-padded clothes.

Mr. Fu and Fu Weixin said they didn't need it and thought she was wasting money, but on the first day of the new year, they still had to wear the clothes sent by their granddaughter/daughter-in-law neatly!

This year, a little girl named Jiaojiao was born. Xia Juanjuan made a bright red down jacket for her herself. After Jiaojiao put it on, her little face looked even rosier and tenderer. When she smiled, she had two dimples that warmed people's hearts.

Perhaps she heard the voices of her brothers in the yard. Jiaojiao anxiously leaned towards the bed, making "Uh! Hmm!" sounds from time to time, trying to attract her brothers' attention.

While Li Zhan was dressing her, he couldn't help but laugh and scolded, "Three little bastards, all you know is to use your New Year's money to buy firecrackers to play with."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Not only firecrackers, but also rice cakes, egg rolls, and fruit leather!"

Nowadays, there are more and more kinds of snacks. A small shop has opened at the entrance of the alley, selling popsicles in summer and various snacks in winter. It is simply a paradise for children.

As they were talking, the triplets came in: "Dad, Mom, our little sister hasn't dressed yet? Let's take her to pay New Year's greetings!"

Xia Juanjuan glared at them and said with a smile, "Do you think your parents don't know that you are planning to take all your sister's New Year's Eve money for yourselves?"

When the triplets heard this, they couldn't help but smile guiltily and said, "Mom, look at what you said? We...are planning to save it for our little sister first! When our little sister grows up and becomes sensible, we will buy her lots of snacks!"

Xia Juanjuan chuckled twice: "The abacus beads are well placed, but it's a pity that they are useless. However, if you can get first place in the final exam next semester, your father and I will give you a large reward. How about it?"

The triplets were a little depressed after hearing the first half of the sentence, but they immediately perked up after hearing the second half: "Mom, are you serious? Tell me how much reward you're going to give me first?"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "How about five yuan per person?"

When the triplets heard this, their eyes lit up!

Five yuan! The salary of a big worker is only thirty or forty yuan a month. If it is converted into three or four thousand yuan, it is equivalent to the purchasing power of five hundred yuan!

"Mom, you have the final say! No, there is only one first place winner. How can we count the three of us? Doesn't that mean only one person can get it?"

Xia Juanjuan said, "If you can take the first three places, the first place will get five yuan, the second place will get four yuan, and the third place will get three yuan. That should be ok, right?"

Why not!

The triplets were full of energy: "Mom, just wait for the money!"

As he was speaking, there was a sudden knock on the door.