"Let's set off firecrackers!"
As Mingming called out, the sound of firecrackers popped. The two children turned sideways, covered their ears and closed their eyes. However, they unconsciously wanted to see the firecrackers explode, so they quietly lifted one eyelid and peeked over.
Lin Wei also covered one ear and touched Ruirui's head with her other hand: "Go in!"
Ruirui raised his head and glanced at Lin Wei, but did not move. He turned his head to look at the firecrackers. It was not until Zong Shao came over and said that dinner was ready that he turned around reluctantly, but he kept looking outside as he walked in.
After Lin Wei and the two children walked in, Zong Shao closed the door, blocking out the sound of firecrackers. The only sound in the room was Lin's mother's enthusiastic greetings, asking what they wanted to drink.
Mingming didn't hesitate: "I want to drink soda!"
"Okay, I'll give you a soda. Where's Ruirui?" Lin's mother asked again.
Rarity said, "I want a soda, too."
Lin's mother distributed soda to the two children, and then asked Lin Wei and Zong Shao. Before Zong Shao could answer, Lin's father said, "Xiao Zong, have a drink with me."
When his father-in-law spoke, Zong Shao naturally said without hesitation: "Okay."
Lin Wei said: "I drink glutinous rice wine."
She bought two kinds of liquor in total, one was boxed Xifeng liquor, and the other was glutinous rice wine brewed by locals.
The former was considered a relatively high-end liquor in that era, with a fairly high alcohol content, but the taste was average, and Lin Wei couldn't drink it anyway. But Lin's father loved to drink this kind of liquor. He had also tried coconut wine, glutinous rice wine and lychee wine, and felt that they were sour and sweet without much alcohol taste. Therefore, Xifeng liquor was specially prepared for him, and Zong Shao drank it with him.
The glutinous rice wine was prepared for herself and Lin's mother. Lin's mother had a similar taste to her daughter and could accept glutinous rice wine, but her alcohol tolerance was not very good and she basically got drunk after one glass, so she didn't pour much for herself.
After pouring the wine, Father Lin suggested that everyone clink glasses.
Everyone raised their glasses. Because they were using a large round table, Rui Rui was obviously not tall enough to touch the glass even with his arms, so he shouted, "Me, me, me! And we!"
When the adults saw this, they raised their wine glasses and clinked them with the two children one by one.
After clinking glasses, Mingming was satisfied. He raised his head and drank all the soda in the cup. Then he held the cup in both hands and stretched it in front of Lin Wei: "Mom, I'm done!"
Lin Wei looked down and saw his empty cup. She picked up the opened soda on the table and filled it up for him. She said, "Eat your food first, don't keep drinking soda." She also filled up Ruirui's cup.
"I know!"
Mingming agreed immediately, stretched out his chopsticks, poked a fish ball and started to take a bite.
Ruirui followed suit and also picked up a fish ball and ate it.
Father Lin took Zong Shao to eat, drink and chat. At the beginning, the two of them mainly ate the food, but when Father Lin got drunk, they mainly started drinking. Zong Shao was still holding his chopsticks at first, but as his father-in-law kept clinking glasses with him, he had to put down his chopsticks and drink with him.
Seeing this, Lin's mother poked her husband's arm with chopsticks and said, "Take it easy. Don't drink too much on New Year's Day."
Father Lin said "OK, OK" perfunctorily, but quickly filled up the glasses for himself and Zong Shao. Mother Lin rolled her eyes and wanted to say something, but Lin Wei stopped her and said, "It's New Year's Day, let them drink."
Zong Shao also said: "Don't worry, Mom, I can drink quite well."
"Look, since your daughter and son-in-law said so, stop worrying about it and just eat your meal." Father Lin said as he raised his glass and clinked it with Zong Shao's.
Mother Lin was very angry, but she didn't say anything else. She turned around and talked to Lin Wei.
Without the restraint of his wife, Lin's father pulled Zong Shao to drink even harder. In the end, he didn't eat much and was already drunk. Zong Shao was fine. He didn't drink often, but he had a good alcohol tolerance. He looked quite sober at the moment. When he saw his father-in-law fall down, he put down his glass and said, "I'll take Dad upstairs to lie down for a while."
Lin's mother said angrily: "What's the point of sending him a gift? Just let him lie here and drink whenever he eats. It's endless."
"Dad is also happy about the New Year." Lin Wei said to smooth things over, and stood up and helped the man up and went to the second floor with Zong Shao.
But the stairs in their house weren’t wide enough, and two people could barely fit side by side, but three people couldn’t really squeeze in. In addition, Mr. Lin was very drunk and staggered as he walked, so it was a bit difficult to help him up.
“Let me carry Dad up.” Zong Shao said as he stepped in front of Lin’s father and let him lie on his back.
Zong Shao had just drunk nearly a pound of liquor. Although he had a good alcohol tolerance and looked fine, drunk people were heavy. In addition, Lin's father was tall, so Lin Wei couldn't help but feel a little worried and asked, "Are you okay?"
Zong Shao turned around and looked at Lin Wei with burning eyes: "Do you think I can do it?"
Lin Wei reflexively looked at Lin's father, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was so drunk that he started talking nonsense, and glared at Zong Shao. But he didn't care much and even chuckled twice.
Seeing that they were standing still at the bottom of the stairs, Lin's mother thought that there was no way to get Lin's father up, so she advised: "Just let him sleep on the sofa."
But as soon as she finished speaking, Zong Shao carried Lin's father on his back and said in a loud voice: "Don't worry, Mom, I can do it." Then he carried Lin's father upstairs.
Lin Wei was worried, so she followed behind and held onto Lin's father's shoulders as he walked up.
Although Zong Shao reeked of alcohol, he walked up the stairs steadily. He reached the second floor in no time, took Lin's father to the second bedroom, and made him lie on his side.
After adjusting his father-in-law's sleeping position, Zong Shao stood up and looked at Lin Wei: "How is it?"
Lin Wei glanced at him, turned around and said, "Let's go eat."
Zong Shao followed, and after walking out of the second bedroom, he put his arm around Lin Wei's waist, brought her to the master bedroom, and kissed her against the door. As the smell of alcohol invaded her mouth, Lin Wei was forced to look up. Because of surprise, her eyes opened wider than usual. She stared straight at Zong Shao and almost forgot to breathe.
Seeing her breathing becoming more rapid, Zong Shao released her lips and said calmly but with a hint of pride: "Can I do it?"
After Lin Wei calmed down her breathing, she did not answer him, but only asked: "Are you drunk?"
"No." Zong Shao denied it flatly. He put his left hand around her waist and his right hand on the back of her neck, stroking her smooth skin with his thumb from time to time.
Lin Wei didn't want to argue with the drunkard. She pushed him with her weak arms and said, "Let me go first. We still have to go downstairs to eat."
"You haven't answered my question yet."
"Weiwei, Xiaozong, are you still eating?"
Lin Wei heard her mother's voice calling from downstairs, and she said loudly, "Come right over! Look, mom is calling us."
"You answer me first." The drunk Zong Shao was very stubborn.
Lin Wei didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Is this matter so important?"
“Very important!”
Lin Wei was helpless: "Okay, okay, you're the best, is that enough?"
Zong Shao raised the corners of his lips and lowered his head to kiss Lin Wei's lips. Lin Wei was frightened: "If you don't go down, my mother is coming up!"
Zong Shao had no choice but to turn the deep kiss into a light kiss on the corner of the lips.
After her body was freed, Lin Wei immediately opened the door and walked out, saying as she walked downstairs, "After Dad leaves, I won't let you drink so much again."
When Lin's mother, who was standing at the stairs, heard this, she asked, "Xiao Zong is drunk too?" Then she saw Zong Shao turning the corner and walking up the stairs to the next floor. His steps were steady and his eyes were clear. He didn't look drunk at all.
But the young couple didn't say anything, and Lin's mother didn't ask any more questions. She invited them to sit down in the dining room and said, "Come on, let's eat some food, no more drinking."
Lin Wei responded, and the next second she realized something was wrong: "Why are all the soda bottles empty?"
She bought a total of four bottles of soda yesterday. Her mother opened two bottles before dinner and poured a glass for each of the two children, leaving a little more than one bottle left. Later, Mingming asked Lin Wei to pour soda, so Zong Shao opened the two bottles in front of him. She then poured a glass for each of the two children, and there was still a little more than one bottle left.
But now, there are only four empty soda bottles left on the table, and Mingming and Ruirui both have full cups of soda.
Lin Wei held the empty bottle and asked seriously, "What did you drink?"
Seeing Lin Wei angry, the two children became dumbfounded. Mingming said in a muffled voice, "Isn't it drinkable?"
"Then I didn't let you drink it all!"
Ruirui retorted, "But mom didn't forbid us to finish it."
It was quite reasonable. Lin Wei laughed angrily and asked, "After drinking so much soda, do you still have room for vegetables?"
Ruirui had clearly discussed it and agreed that the dishes could be eaten every day, and with so many dishes, Dad, Mom and Grandma definitely wouldn't be able to finish them, so there would be more left in the evening. But after this meal, their mother might not let them drink soda anymore. Normally, their mother doesn’t let them drink soda very often.
Ruirui would quickly finish the soda when the adults are not around, thinking that if he doesn't drink a little now, he might not be able to drink in the evening.
Therefore, they are not in a hurry at all now, because they will have enough stomach to eat delicious food in the evening!
Seeing Mingming's eyes rolling around, Lin Wei knew that the two brothers had other plans. She snorted in her heart, picked up her chopsticks and ordered a few dishes, saying, "Let's finish these dishes and not leave any for them."
Mother Lin and Zong Shao glanced at the two children and agreed immediately: "Okay."
The two brothers who were busy calculating: "..."
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Because they secretly drank a bellyful of soda, the two brothers could only watch their parents and grandmother devour delicious foods such as sweet and sour pork ribs, braised chicken with potatoes, and braised fish.
Although they moved their chopsticks a few times before drinking the soda, this could not completely make up for their hurt hearts, so the two brothers were depressed until they took a bath at night.
However, after returning to the room, the two children received big red envelopes from their mother and grandmother respectively.
After receiving the red envelopes, the two children quickly opened them.
The first thing he opened was the red envelope given by Lin's mother. Since he had learned a lot of words, Mingming took out the two banknotes inside and quickly calculated the total amount: "Two dollars!"
Lin Wei would bring her two children with her whenever she went to a state-owned restaurant, a vegetable market or a supply and marketing cooperative. In addition, they worked hard to earn money, so they knew very well how hard it was to earn two yuan and what a huge sum of money it was.
Therefore, when I was holding the money, my left eye clearly read "surprise" and my right eye read "get rich quickly", and I was so happy that I almost fainted.
But even happier things are yet to come. Ruirui opened the red envelope given by his mother. There was only one dollar bill inside, but there were two big words written in the middle - Five Yuan!
Mingming couldn't contain his excitement and asked, "Are we going to publish it?"
Ruirui calmed down a little, but his voice was a little trembling: "Okay, it seems so?" It was the first time he had seen so much money in his life.
Seeing the two children's excited looks, Lin Wei, who had originally planned to collect the red envelopes tomorrow in the name of saving them for them, decided to postpone collecting the red envelopes until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.
Let’s keep them happy for a few more days!
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