Zhang wanted to argue, but Grandma Gu spoke up: "Can't a child hide money? Eldest daughter, in front of your father and me, aren't you considered a child? Are you planning to hand over all your hidden stash of money? Fine! New Year, new beginnings, hand it over and your father and I will consider it a New Year's red envelope!"
Zhang immediately shook her head: "Hehe, Mother, I was just joking. No, no, I don't have any secret stash of money!"
“Yes,” Uncle Gu nodded very seriously. “In those smelly shoes you’ve kept under the bed for half a year, there were some loose silver coins, weren’t there? And in your dowry cabinet, there were smelly socks with those too. Oh, and… sob sob…”
Zhang was so angry that she covered Gu's mouth.
That damned Gu Shouren!
The Gu family all laughed.
The Yang family father and daughter, as well as Grandma Xiao, were all quite envious of this family.
Especially the Yang family father and daughter, unlike Grandma Xiao who only came once, they spend the Spring Festival at the Gu family home every year. In the past few years, the scene of the Gu family celebrating the Spring Festival has never been as warm as this year.
In the past few years, almost every year there have been arguments between Zhang and Cai, Gu Hui and Gu Nian dislike each other, Grandma Gu scolds Gu Shouxin, Grandpa Gu and Uncle Gu try to persuade Grandma Gu, and Uncle Gu sometimes sides with Grandma Gu and sometimes with Gu Shouxin.
It was just as lively, but that liveliness was chaotic and disorderly, with family members treating each other like enemies.
After eating the glutinous rice balls, the rest of the family, except for Zhang and Renren, went to the mountains to pay respects at their ancestors' graves.
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After returning from visiting the graves, each member of the Gu family carried a piece of firewood and placed it in the woodpile behind the kitchen, symbolizing wealth in the coming year.
Then it's time for the kids to say congratulations on receiving the red envelope.
Grandpa and Grandma Gu treated all their grandchildren equally, giving each of them a red envelope containing twelve coins, representing the twelve months of the year. This was called "Monthly Red Envelope."
Uncle Gu made some money selling New Year's goods before the Lunar New Year, and he also gave the children a six-coin red envelope. Uncle Gu Shouxin and Uncle Gu Si also gave six coins each, which together made up for a smooth and auspicious day.
Zhang was heartbroken. You see, in previous years, neither the eldest nor the second branch of the family gave red envelopes. Only the fourth uncle, who was not yet married, had spare money to give red envelopes to the children.
When she felt a pang of heartache, Zhang would take out the loose silver coins from her smelly shoes and socks to calm her down.
After receiving the red envelopes, the children went to play in the village, going door to door asking for candy, which is also a custom in Sanchakou Village.
On this day, no matter how stingy a family is, they must at least prepare peanuts and melon seeds to put in a basket for the village children.
Gu Hui and Gu Nian were too old to join in the fun, so they went to Grandma Xiao's place to find Lu Zheng, who had just returned to the village.
"What's up, Sister Huihui? Niannian?" Lu Zheng felt a little disappointed that he didn't see Gu Xin.
"Ah Yuan, there's a group fight tomorrow, wanna go?" Gu Hui was quite direct, just like her uncle, she didn't mince words.
"?" Lu Zheng looked at the two of them in confusion.
“The Zhang brothers, Da Hu and Xiao Hu, plus their cousins, make thirteen people in total. Our Gu family has five siblings, plus Auntie's son, Guo Rui, making six in total. If you go, that makes seven. We'll be seven against thirteen,” Gu Hui said.
"Right in our village?" Lu Zheng asked, having already agreed upon hearing the names Zhang Dahu and Zhang Xiaohu.
“No, on the way from our village to Gaojia Village, I just made an appointment with Zhang Dahu. Tomorrow after noon, we’ll have a fight on that hillside in Caotanggou. The loser will not cause any trouble afterward and will let the winner bully him!” Gu Hui said.
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