Chapter 16 The Red Envelope That Cannot Be Given
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Zhuang Chaoying came to visit his parents-in-law and pick up Huang Ling and the children.
After staying at Huang's house for one night and giving Huang's father and mother a promise for one night, the family returned to Suzhou on the third day of the junior high school entrance examination.
On the way back, Zhuang Chaoying took good care of Huang Ling and the two children.
He asked cautiously about Huang Ling's health.
"It's nothing. They say it's because of anger. The anger is stagnant and the knot in the heart can't be resolved, so it became a disease over time." Huang Ling began to talk nonsense seriously.
“How to treat it?”
"How to treat it? Use Taoist methods."
Zhuang Chaoying was confused. How could he go to Guangzhou for medical treatment and become a Taoist?
He then asked: "How does the Taoist method treat it?"
"I would rather die than let my friend die."
"When I'm in a bad mood, it means someone is jinxing me. I have to kill him, and then I'll feel better."
"When I curse someone, it's not me creating bad karma, it's his retribution!"
"The simplest bad breath, the most extreme pleasure!"
Zhuang Chaoying: “…”
Anyway, there is no point in chatting anymore.
He then instructed: "It's ok for you to say such nonsense in front of me, but don't say such nonsense in front of others!"
"Of course I am. I'm not as stupid as you. I just said this to you because I thought you were too scared to repeat what I just said to anyone else."
Zhuang Chaoying: "You are still angry with me"
"Then you're overthinking it. You're not that important."
Zhuang Chaoying felt that although Huang Ling was very close to him, there seemed to be a huge abyss between them.
The two returned to the alley.
The Zhuang, Lin, and Wu families had previously agreed to get together after Huang Ling returned, and would arrange to have a gathering at the Lin family's house.
So everyone came to the Lin family.
Huang Ling brought a box of crispy candies, a specialty of her hometown, to the Lin family to wish them a happy new year. The Wu family followed in, and the two adults and three children unexpectedly came empty-handed.
A hint of displeasure flashed in Song Ying's eyes.
Huang Ling said, "Sister! Did you forget something?"
Zhang A-mei looked around and pretended to be confused: "No! No."
If you have no shame, you are invincible.
Song Ying glanced at Huang Ling and said, "Old Wu! I heard you're thirty, and you've been working the night shift at the factory since the first and second days of the Lunar New Year. You're not young anymore, and you're working so hard to earn overtime pay!"
Before Old Wu could respond, Huang Ling immediately followed up:
"Of course not! Old Wu has a heavy burden! Look, of the three children, only one has new clothes to wear. It would be hard for the family to celebrate the New Year. Otherwise... wait a minute! If you can't finish these cakes, take them home. The children like them. One by one, you can share them!"
Huang Ling patted the pancake.
Old Wu felt a little embarrassed, but Zhang A'mei was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water and let them tease her.
Anyway, as long as you don’t have to take anything out of your own pocket and don’t spend any money, it’s fine.
Thinking of this, Zhang A-mei began to take out the red envelope from her pocket, feeling a little embarrassed: "Should I just... as soon as I enter the house?"
Huang Ling stepped forward and held her hand tightly.
"That's not right! Song Ying, isn't it? Old Wu, you worked non-stop during the New Year to earn overtime pay. How can our children still receive your red envelopes?"
Huang Ling blinked at Song Ying, and Song Ying understood and immediately said:
"That's right! We don't do this! The three families just need to have fun together! No need for these formalities!"
"No, it's Chinese New Year, I just want to..."
Huang Ling pressed the red envelope hard and said:
"That's really unnecessary! We all live in the same alley, so we're family, right? Besides, what's the point of giving and receiving red envelopes? It's not like someone's child will suffer any loss, right? We can just sit together, have a cup of tea, and chat."
“That’s not good!”
"That's it! Tunan, you take the lead! Just greet the elders and say auspicious words! Sister, if you bring this up again, I'll be mad! This means you don't treat us as family!"
Tunan stood in the middle of the room sensibly and began to say auspicious words to the elders.
Next is Xiaoting.
Zhang Min is also quite talkative.
Only Wu Shanshan and Wu Jun lowered their heads, feeling shy and embarrassed.
Later, Xiaoting told everyone about eating cake and watching TV at her grandfather's house, and the matter of the New Year's red envelopes was just passed.
But Huang Ling was on high alert, ready to hold Zhang A-mei down as soon as she put her hand into her pocket.
But she was exhausted.
After seeing off the Wu family, Song Ying slapped her on the back and started laughing, unable to stop.
"Ouch, that hurts! Your hand is so heavy!"
The two of them laughed and twisted into a ball and went back into the house.
Song Ying said: "Sister Ling, you are really amazing!"
Huang Ling sneered, "Giving a red envelope during the Chinese New Year is nothing, but I just can't stand seeing her slamming the abacus beads into people's faces, treating everyone like fools! She thinks our kindness is stupid."
"That's right, that red envelope can still reach the child! Don't even think about it!"
"If we really want to care about the children, we might as well ask them to come and have a meal and make some clothes for them."
"Sister Ling, you are right!"
After returning to the house, Huang Ling took out the red envelope from her pocket and handed it to Dongzhe.
"Dongzhe, here's your red envelope! In the new year, grow up quickly and stop giving your mom trouble!"
"Got it, Aunt Huang!"
Song Ying also gave Tuanan and Xiaoting a red envelope each.
Huang Ling also gave Song Ying a bag of Guangdong sausages.
She had no intention of taking it out just now, which meant it was specially reserved for her.
When Huang Ling and her family returned home, Song Ying opened Dongzhe's red envelope and saw that there was two yuan inside.
Song Ying was deeply moved.
"I gave the two children one dollar in red envelopes, but Sister Ling was afraid I'd get hurt, so she gave me two dollars."
Lin Wufeng also nodded quickly: "Sister Ling is a good person to get along with. She always thinks of you and Dongzhe in everything."
The Wu family also returned home.
Zhang A-mei didn't get any benefit and was very unhappy.
Originally, she thought that she could get at least three dollars back for giving out one dollar and fifty cents, but unexpectedly, she didn't receive a dime now.
I just drank a glass of water and ate a handful of melon seeds.
She was a little angry.
"To be honest, Huang Ling is quite shrewd!"
"Is she smart? You are cunning and people have seen through it!" Wu Jianguo spoke.
"Do I still want these fifty cents or one yuan from them?"
"I said, I made three new sets of clothes, not for the children, but because I was afraid of what others would say about you! You know! Shanshan goes to queue up to buy meat every day, Xiaomin sleeps at home, and the whole street is watching!"
Chen A-mei couldn't refute it and could only say angrily:
"Xiao Min hasn't been feeling well lately! I'll let her go later. As for the clothes, I saw that Shanshan and Xiaojun's were still new, so I thought I'd wait until they were taller and couldn't wear them anymore before changing them!"
Wu Jianguo sighed.
Today, he finally found out. It is estimated that their family affairs have become the talk of the streets.
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