Chapter 124: Staying Up All Year Long
Upon hearing Jiang Yingying's words, Jiang Yang ran to the kitchen door with his legs spread out. He first took a deep breath of the aroma, and then he asked, "Dad, uncle, is there anything to eat?"
Jiang Chao was indeed his dear old father, and he said mercilessly: "Eat, eat, eat. Just stand there and eat the air."
Jiang Yang's mouth drooped for a moment after hearing what he said.
But soon, he stood up straight, puffed out his chest, and raised his chin slightly. He coughed twice like a little adult, "I was sent here by my aunt, Dad. These days, I've been the one running errands for my aunt. Don't you know that?"
He Yan had already filled a small bowl with fried meatballs and handed it to Jiang Yang, "Yangyang, take it. You guys can eat this bowl first. There will be fried fish later. Come and get it if you want some."
"Thank you, uncle."
Jiang Yang thanked them politely, but when he met Jiang Chao, he put on a different expression, hummed twice at him, and then walked steadily to Jiang Yingying and Xu Zhishu with the small bowl in his hand.
Jiang Chao heard the child's hoarse voice from a distance, "Aunt, Mom, I'm here. The fried meatballs smell so good. Uncle wants to have fried fish later. I want to eat some."
"Auntie, is it delicious?"
"This was fried by my uncle. My uncle is so nice! He is much better than my dad. My dad can't even bake a cake..."
Jiang Chao was so angry after hearing this that he almost dropped the kitchen knife in his hand.
“This child…”
He Yan reached out and patted Jiang Chao on the shoulder, saying, "Yangyang is such a good kid."
Jiang Chao stared at him with wide eyes, "Are you serious?"
"Of course, Yangyang is such a good kid."
After He Yan finished praising this, he continued his journey of selling all kinds of explosive goods. In the afternoon, Jiang Yang, Jiang Yingying and Xu Zhishu went to their yard.
He Yan and Jiang Chao were still busy in the kitchen preparing tonight's dinner, so Jiang Yingying and the other two went to the room over there to boil some hot water for a bath.
On the night of New Year's Eve, people should take a bath early, change into new clothes, and have dinner earlier than usual.
Jiang Yingying and the other two changed into new clothes, and Jiang Chao and He Yan took turns to take a bath. As everyone was looking forward to it, the reunion dinner arrived.
"Thank you for the hard work of our two chefs today."
“Thank you for your hard work.”
"Dad, uncle, you are so nice."
Jiang Chao cried out, "Jiang Xiaoyang, Jiang Xiaoyang, am I your good father again now?"
Jiang Yang chuckled twice, trying to please others.
This reunion dinner was filled with laughter thanks to the presence of Jiang Yang, the little funny guy. The black back would stand up from time to time and walk around their feet, but most of the time it would lie quietly at Jiang Yingying's feet.
After dinner, Jiang Yingying and Xu Zhishu sat on the lounge chairs in the yard. Jiang Chao also had his own small lounge chair here.
Two adults and one child lay down, admiring the night sky above their heads. He Yan brought them cakes and hot drinks from time to time.
Jiang Yang clamored to stay up together until the New Year's Eve, and before ten o'clock, he fell asleep on the recliner.
Xu Zhishu called Jiang Chao and asked him to take the child back to his room to sleep.
Jiang Chao and He Yan were discussing combat methods. They were getting very excited, but they were still worried about their son. He hurriedly picked up the child and returned quickly.
Xu Zhishu and He Yan were also concerned about Jiang Yingying's health, and told her early on that she didn't need to stay up tonight.
Jiang Yingying smiled and said: She is not a three-year-old child. She will go back to her room to sleep when she is sleepy.
However, it seems that she is in good spirits at the moment. Seeing Xu Zhishu's concerned look, Jiang Yingying whispered, "Sister-in-law, you forgot that we used to talk at night, and I am very good at staying up late."
Xu Zhishu's eyes fell on her gently, "It's different now than before..."
Jiang Yingying rubbed her belly and said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I'm much better now than in the past few days. I just felt uncomfortable for a while when I got up in the morning, but after noon, I was full of energy."
Xu Zhishu listened to her words and looked at the playful expression on her face, and she made him smile.
"You are so clever and make me laugh."
"Sister-in-law, please continue. I want to hear more about what Captain Li did in the end. What did he do when he got home and saw his wife fighting with her mother?"
Seeing that she looked energetic and didn't seem to be forcing herself, Xu Zhishu coughed and continued, "I heard that when Captain Li came in, he saw the two of them fighting and wanted to go up and separate them, but... "
"Oh my god, Captain Li really failed to stop the fight and was beaten by two people instead?"
"Yes, I even went to ask your brother. Captain Li went to the army the next day and there were several nail marks on his face."
"Ahem, I heard that Captain Li's mother and his wife were furious. When they saw the other party beating their own son/man, they lost their minds. If one party hit Captain Li a few times, the other party would also hit Captain Li a few times, even the scratches would be the same..."
"hiss!"
Jiang Yingying and Xu Zhishu gathered together to talk about all kinds of gossip in the family compound, while He Yan and Jiang Chao were talking about training methods and their views on future military reforms. Time passed quietly without them noticing.
The family had already bought firecrackers and fireworks. At midnight, Jiang Yingying and Xu Zhishu were still lying on the recliners, while He Yan and Jiang Chao each lit a string of firecrackers.
Crackling, crackling!
Amid the sound of firecrackers, Jiang Yingying and Xu Zhishu looked at each other and laughed in unison, "May you be healthy every year!"
Jiang Yang woke up to the sound of firecrackers. When he found himself in the room, he was stunned for a long time, then got up, dressed, put on shoes, and went out.
He pushed open the gate and ran to Jiang Yingying and the others.
"Dad! Mom, aunt, uncle, why didn't you call me when you set off firecrackers?"
To be honest, Jiang Yingying and the other three were still very surprised to see him running over from home. No one had expected that this guy would wake up!
Jiang Yingying and Xu Zhishu looked at each other with a little guilt. Firecrackers and the like were already a thing of the past. They each had a bowl of glutinous rice balls in front of them. After eating, they planned to wash up and go back to the house to sleep.
Compared to Jiang Yingying and He Yan's slight guilty conscience, the parents Xu Zhishu and Jiang Chao sat there steadily, as if they were in a trance.
Jiang Chao winked at Xu Zhishu and pulled her hand as if asking for help.
Xu Zhishu ate the glutinous rice balls in his mouth, looked at Jiang Yang, and asked, "Do you want to eat glutinous rice balls?"
"eat!"
"Go to the kitchen and get it yourself. If you can't reach it, just stand on a small stool."
"Oh." Jiang Yang responded softly, and ran to the kitchen, waiting for him to finish his small bowl of dumplings.
Xu Zhishu added, "I'm sleepy. Say goodbye to your aunt and uncle and go back to sleep."
"Oh~Aunt, Uncle, I'm going back now. See you tomorrow, Blackback, I'm leaving now. Don't miss me."
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