"Good boy, happy birthday!"
Qi Siling hugged her tightly and spoke softly in her ear.
Xia Youyou snuggled into his chest, her lips curled sleepily, "Thank you."
The two fell asleep and woke up early the next morning.
On the first day of the New Year, although we don’t have to visit relatives, we still have to get up early to wish our grandparents a happy new year.
Qi Siling held Xia Youyou and helped her put on her clothes. After leaving the room, she regained consciousness.
The winter wind was too sharp, and it stung her face. Qi Siling put her cloak and hood on her, hugged her, and went to the front yard.
When Liu Hui saw the two of them come out, she went back to the kitchen and brought the prepared breakfast into the main room. "Come and have breakfast."
"Mom, Happy New Year!" Xia Youyou shivered from the cold and greeted Liu Hui with a smile.
"Happy New Year! Come soon." Liu Hui held her hand distressedly, and was relieved to find that it was still warm. With Qi Siling around, he would take good care of Youyou.
Cao An also came in from outside at this time, picked up the buns and started eating.
Xiao Hai was there with Old Man Xiao last night, so there were only four of them at home.
"I've prepared a lot of food for you, Si Ling. You can put it in the space. You won't have to cook it yourself when you go south." Liu Hui scooped a bowl of chicken soup and handed it to Xia Youyou.
"Thank you, Mom. Actually, there's no need. We can do it ourselves." Qi Siling was truly grateful.
"It's just for backup. When you don't want to cook it, you can take it out and eat it directly. There's not much."
"Okay, thank you, Mom."
"We're family, why be so polite?" Liu Hui watched Xia Youyou slurping her soup and touched her head with satisfaction.
As he was speaking, Xiao Hai brought the little kids over to wish them a happy new year.
The main room suddenly became lively again.
Liu Hui smiled and stood up to prepare fruits and tea for them. Cao An handed out the red envelopes that he had prepared long ago.
"Thank you Aunt Liu! Thank you Brother Cao!" Zi Bo thanked his brothers and sisters loudly, and his pockets were filled with candies by Liu Hui.
Qi Siling also gave them red envelopes and took Xia Youyou there to pay New Year's greetings to her grandfather.
After Cao An paid New Year's greetings to the old man, he took the gifts and went to Naru Home.
The wedding was to take place in seven days. He was delighted, but he had to hold back and act extra calm in front of his parents.
Today is the day when the future son-in-law comes to pay New Year's greetings. Na Ru's mother prepared a table of delicious food. As expected, Na Ru's father is drunk again.
Cao An took Na Ru home. Today she also wanted to go to Liu Hui to wish her a happy new year. It was also her first time to visit the old house.
When she saw Liu Hui waiting at the door, she shyly came out of Cao An's arms and jumped off the front bar of the bicycle.
"Aunt."
"Hey!" Liu Hui held her hand, feeling a little cold. She turned around and pinched Cao An, "Look how cold Xiao Ru is! Her hands are icy!"
Without waiting for Cao An to react, he pulled Na Ru into the gate.
Cao An grimaced in pain and followed in carrying his bicycle.
Liu Hui just felt that her son was not doing enough. Compared with Qi Siling taking care of Xia Youyou, it really couldn't be compared!
Na Ru felt warm in her heart, shook Liu Hui's hand back, and said with a smile that it was okay.
Qi Siling was sitting with Xia Youyou in the main room. When he heard the noise outside, he knew someone had arrived.
When I got to the door, I saw people.
"That's Sister Ru!"
Cao An glared at her. Why don't you have the foresight? You should call her sister-in-law! But he didn't dare to say it out loud. His biological mother was still around, and she was very partial!
"Youyou, Happy New Year!" As Naru stepped into the main room, he felt warm instantly.
Qi Siling understood Cao An's inner complaints and politely called her sister-in-law, because it was not appropriate for him to call her sister Ru.
Naru's face flushed, and she only nodded slightly, "Happy New Year."
Cao An patted Qi Siling's shoulder with satisfaction and said, "This young man is teachable!"
Qi Siling turned the hand off her shoulder in disgust and went to help make tea.
Cao An was disappointed. He took the gift that Na Ru brought and put it on the table beside him. He sat next to Na Ru and gave her some fruit.
Liu Hui held Na Ru's hand, took off the emerald green bracelet from her wrist, put it on her hand, and took out a red envelope from her pocket, "Auntie gave it to you."
Just as Na Ru was about to refuse, she held his hand and said, "You're getting married to An Zi in a few days. Don't be polite to me."
Unable to refuse, Naru continued, "Thank you, Auntie."
Seeing that she accepted it, Liu Hui patted her hand and said, "Eat some fruit. I'll take you over there later to pay New Year's greetings to the old man. We'll also have dinner there tonight. It's lively and crowded."
Na Ru nodded. On the way here, Cao An told her about the relationship between the old man of the Qi family and the old man of the Xiao family. She also knew that Xiao Hai called Liu Hui "Mom".
The last time the two families met, she only met the two old men, and she didn't know the ten boys yet.
Qi Siling brought the tea over and Na Ru took it with both hands.
After sitting for a while, the group got up and went to the Qi family's old house.
Na Ru was a little surprised to see the two courtyard houses facing each other. She had heard about it before, but seeing it still seemed a bit magical.
It's also fate.
Who could have known that they would meet and that the old houses of the two families would be together?
After greeting the two old men, Naru was surrounded by ten curious little carrot boys.
Zi Bo was particularly enthusiastic, "Happy New Year, sister-in-law, have some fruit."
Na Ru shyly took a large custard apple and looked at Cao An helplessly.
Cao An received a signal from his daughter-in-law and hurried over to rescue people.
"Go play, your sister-in-law is shy!"
Xiao Hai had already prepared the table, "Brother Cao, Brother Qi, come over and continue. I want to win back the money I made last night!"
Xia Youyou also took Naru and pushed her onto the mahjong table, "Sister Naru, they want to play poker, let's play mahjong and win some money from the old man! I lost so badly yesterday!"
Narulian waved his hands, "I don't know how!"
Liu Hui sat between them and said, "I'll teach you!" She was going to cook dinner and couldn't let those boys cook all the time.
Old Master Qi blew his beard and pointed at Xia Youyou. "It's our ability to beat you. Who made you stupid?"
"Hmph!" Xia Youyou shuffled the mahjong tiles fiercely and moved closer to Ru to discuss strategy.
Qi Siling stood behind her, looked at her, rubbed her head, and was dragged away by Xiao Hai.
Cao An was not spared either.
The whole afternoon was spent playing cards, but even when the game was over, some of the fun was still going on.
Seeing her like this, Cao An said, "Wait until after we get married before playing."
Na Ru glanced at him with anger in her eyes, then went to the kitchen with Xia Youyou to help serve the dishes.
Liu Hui was waving a spatula. Seeing the two of them coming in, she hurriedly chased them away, "Go away, there's a lot of fumes in the kitchen. Don't let them get on you."
Zi Bo, who was helping out nearby, heard this and hurriedly blocked the doorway. "Two sisters-in-law, just go sit down and wait for your meal! The kitchen is a man's place!"
Na Ru was shocked. What does this mean?
Xia Youyou raised her eyebrows, pinched Zi Bo's face, and pulled Na Ru away.
After dinner, Cao An sent Na Ru back.
Xia Youyou and Qi Siling waited until late at night and took off directly in the yard.
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