Chapter 309: A Year's Plan Begins with Spring
Old Mrs. Wan held little Fubao in her arms, then looked at Guihua who was standing in the corner and waved to her.
"Guihua, come here. It's your turn to wish grandma a happy new year. Grandma has also prepared a red envelope for you."
Guihua was a little bit incredulous and her eyes widened, but everyone was looking at her with a smile, so she felt a little embarrassed.
Guihua quickly waved her hand: "No need, grandma, I eat and live for free in our house, and I get red envelopes, but I haven't even thought about asking for red envelopes."
Liu reached out and pulled Guihua out from behind the crowd, with a smile on her face: "Guihua, grandma gives it to you, just take it, and have a happy New Year."
Mrs. Liu liked Guihua very much. At first, her maternal love was overflowing and she felt sorry for Guihua. Later, Guihua often helped her take care of Wanyu, and she did a very good job. Gradually, Mrs. Liu liked Guihua even more.
Old Mrs. Wan is old and has difficulty taking care of the children. Second Sister-in-law Wan has to do a lot of housework and has no time to help her. Fourth Brother Wan works in the shop and has no time to come back. He comes back once or twice occasionally. The couple spends a night together and then leaves the next day. As a result, Wan Yu is no longer close to his father.
Fortunately, there is Guihua, who is more experienced in raising children than Liu, a novice. Guihua knows a lot of things that Liu doesn't know, but she is only seven years old.
After Guihua was pulled out by Liu, she felt even more embarrassed. Finally, with the encouragement of several children, Guihua knelt down shyly and kowtowed to Old Lady Wan.
"Happy New Year, Grandma. I wish you a long life and peace every year."
Guihua didn't know how to say anything auspicious. She had never been to school and couldn't read a single word, but she had a good memory. She remembered what the Wan family children had said just now, so she picked out two sentences and put them together and said them out.
After hearing this, Old Mrs. Wan happily handed the red envelope to Guihua.
"Here, Osmanthus, this is your red envelope."
Guihua's eyes were a little moist. During the days she stayed at the Wan family, she gradually got rid of some of her bad habits. This was because Wan Ersao, Old Lady Wan and Liu would point them out to her, and Guihua would correct them immediately and would never make the same mistake again.
Guihua didn't even know that some of her habits were bad. After all, Chen never said anything to her, letting her fend for herself and never teaching her what was right and wrong.
It has only been more than two months since Guihua came to the Wan family, and she has almost been reborn. In the Wan family, she always lives in an atmosphere of harmony and joy. This feeling makes her nostalgic and makes her more determined to start a new life.
After the children’s red envelopes are distributed, it’s the adults’ turn.
"Come, you have some too. Mother has never given you red envelopes. From now on, as long as I live for one year and the family conditions allow, I will give you red envelopes to make up for the regrets of mother and son."
Mr. Wan is already in his forties. Although he felt a little embarrassed to receive a red envelope for the first time, he felt inexplicably happy in his heart. After all, when he was a child, he envied those children who could get New Year's money. Although it was not much, maybe only one penny, but one penny was already squeezed out of their teeth for their family at that time.
If crying wasn't forbidden during the New Year, Boss Wan would definitely hug Boss Wan and cry at this moment.
Each of the red envelopes given by Old Lady Wan to the adults contained 88 coins, meaning prosperity in the coming year.
Although this amount of money is not much for the children who can earn money nowadays, it is also a token of goodwill from Grandma Wan. It is for good luck and to make up for the shortcomings. No one cares about the money anymore.
After handing out the red envelopes, Wan Ersao and Wan Sansao quickly took out all kinds of snacks and fried mountain products and set up a table, one table on the kang and one table on the ground. The women and children were chatting and eating on the kang, while the men sat around a table on the ground talking about this year's harvest.
Before she knew it, it was midnight. Old Lady Wan yawned. She was too old to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year. However, as this was her first year at the border, she still wanted to persevere.
Although the border is barren, the New Year is very lively. Although a heavy snowfall has brought inconvenience to people going out, it still cannot stop the excitement of the villagers of Shizi Village from going out to visit the temple fair.
There is a custom of visiting temple fairs in the border areas from the first to the eighth day of the first lunar month every year.
There are all kinds of fun and delicious food at the temple fair, as well as jugglers, dragon dances...
The Wan family had no relatives to visit at the border, so after dealing with those who came to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year, the whole family went to visit the temple fair.
It was Xiao Fubao’s first time to visit a temple fair. It was also the first time she had seen such a scene. She found it both lively and novel.
"Wow!! Daddy, how can that guy spit fire from his mouth? Third Aunt, can you make braised pork for me on top?"
Little Fubao hugged Wan Laoer's neck, screaming excitedly, and then called out to Wan Sansao who was walking behind him.
This made everyone in the group burst into laughter.
Guihua has been following Wan Ersao carefully. There are many people here, and she heard that there are many beggars. If you are not careful and get taken away by a beggar, you will never come back.
"We can't eat the braised pork, how about we go buy something else to eat?"
Wan Laoer shook his daughter, and little Fubao immediately nodded excitedly.
"Wow, Daddy, the shoes that person is wearing are so long? They are taller than Fubao."
Wan Lao Er smiled and explained, "That's called stilt walking."
"Daddy, look, that worm over there is so long."
Wan Laoer's eyes were so busy that he couldn't keep up, and his daughter pointed at the dragon dance not far away and started yelling.
"Girl, that's not a bug, that's a dragon. It's called a dragon dance. It glows at night and looks even better."
Little Fubao nodded with a smile, and looked around with his big eyes, and saw many small vendors hawking their wares around.
Little Fubao quickly searched his pockets.
"Daddy, Fubao has money, Fubao wants to buy delicious food."
Wan Laoer smiled and held down Xiao Fubao's little hand.
"What do you want to eat today? Daddy will buy it for you."
"Great, Daddy will buy it for Fubao, and also for Sister Guihua."
"good."
It was almost dinner time and the sounds of hawkers could be heard everywhere.
"Oil-splashed noodles, delicious and chewy, if they don't taste good, I won't charge you..."
"Grilled lamb kebabs, every bite is delicious..."
"Wontons, thin skin and lots of fillings, free soup..."
"Steamed buns, meat buns, steamed buns, white steamed buns, steamed buns..."
Old Mrs. Wan hadn't seen such a lively scene for a long time. She was in a very good mood. Surrounded and coaxed by her daughters-in-law, the smile on her face never stopped. She had never dared to imagine such a good day before.
After the walk, everyone was full.
It was already dark when the few of them went back home.
The Spring Festival was spent in eating, drinking, and having fun.
After the Lantern Festival, Boss Wan will take Shen and Wan Hu back to the county town.
It’s time for the children to go to school and for the Wan family’s shop to open.
Everything became busy and orderly again.
March is here in the blink of an eye, spring is back, and all things are reviving.
That morning, Old Mrs. Wan got up and asked Second Brother Wan and his wife to carry out the money box that had been kept there for several months.
"Second brother, this is the money that Boss Shen gave to Xiao Fubao. I have not given it to you until now. Today I will officially give it to you. As the saying goes, a year's plan begins in spring. Our family has nothing to give to Fubao. This money is just a lie. Why don't you think about how to make more money with this money and give it to Xiao Fubao as a dowry. Xiao Fubao will also be confident, right?"
Although she had known about the money in the box, Wan Ersao was still shocked when she saw so much silver again. She and Wan Laoer were both peasants, so how much money could they earn?
Wan Laoer and Wan Ersao were worried about the box of money.
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