Yan Xiaonan put the red envelopes into her pocket, then took out five more from another pocket and handed them to Duoduo: "Here you go, this is for your brother, this is for you, this is for your sister, and this is for your grandparents."
Duo Duo happily accepted the red envelope, but felt a pang of sadness in his heart. He was so tired, having to take care of his grandparents and his older brother and sister.
Duoduo got off to a good start, and then red envelopes flew everywhere in the eight-courtyard house. Eventually, no one knew whose red envelope they had received or who had received theirs.
But the happiest people were definitely the children, including Liu Jin, who had about seventy or eighty red envelopes in their hands. Even if each one contained a hundred yuan, that would amount to seven or eight thousand yuan.
In fact, the red envelopes given by Ye Ren and Grandma Yan were each worth at least 500 yuan, so the children made a fortune today.
Liu Jin stuffed all the red envelopes in his hand into En Ming's hands. En Ming pouted and said no, because he already had many and couldn't carry any more.
It turned out that Tianru and Yushu had also given red envelopes to Enming, but Enming refused them all. They had never seen a child who didn't want money; Enming was one of them.
Yan Xiaonan hugged Enming and laughed, "Why wouldn't you take the money?"
Enming blinked her cute eyes and said, "Money is useless."
Well, everyone laughed. Perhaps for Enming right now, money really is useless.
After dinner, the women all went to knead dough to make dumplings and glutinous rice balls. They said that dumplings were for the first day of the Lunar New Year, noodles for the second, and dumplings for the third, so that people could go home.
But the Ye family are from Shanghai, and they eat tangyuan (sweet rice balls) on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, symbolizing family reunion.
The children completely put aside their studies, some playing, some running around, and some watching cartoons.
Yan Xiaonan, however, was concerned about the film and television company, so she called Liu Jin and Ye Chenming and went to Ye Ren's study.
Enming clung to Yan Xiaonan, unwilling to leave, so Yan Xiaonan simply took Enming to the study.
"Grandpa, I suddenly have an idea, but I don't know if it will work?" Yan Xiaonan asked.
"What idea?" Ye Ren asked, intrigued.
"Liu Jin told me that the TV series 'Educated Youth' has finished filming. I want to discuss with the director whether to schedule this series first," Yan Xiaonan said.
Ye Ren immediately understood Yan Xiaonan's meaning: "Nannan, you want Liu Jin to become famous first, and then have Liu Jin advertise for securities companies and real estate companies."
Yan Xiaonan smiled, pursing her lips. Grandpa is Grandpa, talking to him is so easy.
Liu Jin knew, of course, that Nan Nan wanted to open a securities company and a real estate company, and he wholeheartedly agreed.
"Auntie, let's advertise the TV series 'Educated Youth' first. My master and the director both said that this show is sure to be a hit."
"What did your master say?" Ye Ren asked.
Dean Tan is the former dean of the Beijing Academy of Traditional Opera, and he is very knowledgeable about film, television, and performance.
Besides, Dean Tan is now the general manager of Yan Xiaonan's film and television base, so these matters are naturally his responsibility.
“Auntie, my master will be coming to wish Grandpa Ye a Happy New Year tomorrow, as will Director Yang Ping. They’ll probably be back around the fifth day of the Lunar New Year,” Liu Jin said.
Yan Xiaonan nodded. Since Dean Tan is coming tomorrow, let's talk about these things tomorrow.
"Grandpa, you should get some rest. I'll keep watch tonight," Ye Chenming said.
Ye Ren nodded and, with Ye Wen's help, returned to his room. After washing up briefly, he lay down on the bed.
Fu Qingping was already fast asleep. Looking at his wife sleeping so soundly, Ye Ren shook his head and sighed. They were getting old and couldn't stay up late anymore.
As the clock struck twelve, bursts of fireworks and firecrackers lit up the entire courtyard.
The group woke up Grandma Yan and Ye Ren, who were fast asleep. They put on their coats and went out of the house. Looking at the colorful fireworks in the sky, they smiled happily.
Yan Xiaonan stood in the center of the courtyard, holding a piece of gold in her hands. Its dazzling light danced in the air as she turned.
Holding Enming in his arms, Ye Chenming watched Yan Xiaonan swirling in the dazzling light, and a classical poem involuntarily came to mind:
The east wind at night releases a thousand trees of flowers, and blows down stars like rain.
BMW's sculpted carriages fill the road with fragrance.
The sound of phoenix flutes stirs, the jade pot shines, and fish and dragons dance all night.
Moths, willow branches, and golden threads; laughter and sweet fragrance linger.
I searched for him a thousand times in the crowd, but suddenly when I turned around, there he was, in the dim light.
Nan Nan was the shining pearl he had been searching for. How fortunate Ye Chenming was to have Yan Xiaonan in this lifetime.
When the sky quieted down, Yan Xiaonan coaxed Grandma Yan and Cuihua to go to rest, and then took the children back to the backyard.
Little did she know that tonight's brilliance was not only etched in Ye Chenming's memory, but also in the memories of Liu Jin and the others.
Because of their biological clocks, no matter how late they went to bed at night, Cuihua and Xuemei would get up and go to the kitchen as soon as the dawn broke.
The dumplings I made last night are ready to be cooked, along with those plump glutinous rice balls floating on the creamy white soup.
Ye Ren and Fu Qingping each picked up a bowl of glutinous rice balls, the original sesame filling, sweet in their mouths and sweet in their hearts.
Grandma Yan also took a bowl of dumplings, took a bite, and found the filling of chives and meat, full of the flavor of Mushroom Village.
Yan Daqiang and Yan Xiaoqiang also took large bowls of dumplings and ate dumplings with their mother.
“Mom, things are getting better and better now. When Nan Nan was little, we used to eat dumplings secretly.” Yan Xiaoqiang recalled those days.
Grandma Yan nodded in agreement. Back then, Nan Nan had it so tough. She had fainted countless times trying to help grow cotton and rice.
Thinking of this, they all started cursing Bei Nan, because Nan Nan had been in a coma for more than half a month.
Bei Nan never expected that old stories from decades ago would be brought up by Nai and the others.
Today is the day Yan Daqiang, along with Xue Ying, their two sons and daughters-in-law, and their grandchildren, went up the mountain to pay New Year's respects to Xue Honggen.
Xue Honggen only allowed Xue Ying to take Yan Xiaonan, Hua Meili, and the newborn baby up the mountain. As for Yan Aiguo, he had him taken to the hospital to recuperate.
Before leaving, Yan Aiguo held his son tightly and refused to let go. In the end, he could not persuade Baoguo to give in and could only ask Xue Ying to ask Xue Honggen to name his son.
Anyway, Yan Ai's two children were raised by Xue Honggen, so having one more wouldn't make a difference.
Yan Xiaonan and the others drove up the mountain, wisely restraining their supernatural abilities; she dared not show off here.
When Xue Honggen saw Yan Xiaonan and the others, he stood up excitedly and then pulled Yan Xiaonan to the study to ask for some of the mountain god's energy.
Knowing that this thing would be extremely beneficial to his body, Yan Xiaonan agreed with a smile. In an instant, Xue Honggen felt so comfortable that he almost wanted to sleep.
It was Yan Xiaonan who reminded him that Yan Aiguo's son was still waiting for him to name him, and only then did he slowly come out.
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