It's already the 30th of the twelfth lunar month. After working overtime for the past few days, everyone has caught up with production. So, yesterday at the end of the workday, we informed the workshop workers that they didn't need to come to work today, but they would still be paid as usual. They would work from 1 PM to 9 PM on the first day of the new year, so everyone could stay home for the holiday and then work overtime to earn money. Everyone agreed.
Early in the morning, Qiao Xiaoni was woken up by her mother to clean the house, and her dream of sleeping in was thwarted.
I walked into the living room in my pajamas and there was already breakfast ready on the table.
Li Meihua: "Hurry up and eat, then tidy up the house. We still need to prepare a reunion dinner and seal the doors. I wonder how things are at home now. Is your second brother home preparing the reunion dinner?"
"With Sister Yulan here, he probably won't be spending the New Year at home this year, so you don't need to worry about him." Qiao Xiaoni took a bite of the fried dough stick and nodded repeatedly. The dough rose well today, and it tasted delicious.
“You’re right, he won’t be lonely with Yulan by his side.” Li Meihua sat down and decided to eat some more. Her son-in-law’s tofu pudding looked delicious and made her hungry again.
After a simple breakfast, Qiao Xiaoni put on an old set of clothes and began today's spring cleaning.
Li Meihua wanted to stay and help, but they asked her to leave, leaving only the two of them at home.
Su Chenhao had no intention of doing any work. He had Momo use a cleaning spell, and the whole house became bright and clean.
Place the couplets on the table, and then seal the door when the time comes.
Qiao Xiaoni sat on a chair with her legs propped up on the coffee table, holding a bowl of fruit in her hands.
"Great, we can stay home all day today."
"You can stay home tomorrow if you want. Production has been arranged, so it's up to us whether we go or not." After finishing with Momo, Su Chenhao escorted him back to his room to avoid being a third wheel.
Silently gazing at the distant sky, I felt a sense of unease, as if something bad had happened recently, so I didn't argue with him.
Qiao Xiaoni looked towards the direction of Momo's house: "Have you noticed that he's been acting strangely lately? He seems distracted no matter what he eats."
"Who cares!" Before Su Chenhao could finish speaking, a sharp headache struck his head, the third time this month. At first, he didn't take it seriously, just thinking it was a headache attack, but now he realized it wasn't that simple.
"What's wrong with you?" Qiao Xiaoni asked, noticing his strange expression.
"It's nothing, I just haven't been sleeping well lately, and my head keeps aching." Su Chenhao rubbed his temples to ease the pain.
Qiao Xiaoni was shocked to hear this, so she gave him a check-up but found nothing wrong with him.
"It's probably because you haven't been sleeping enough lately. Go to bed early tonight, around 8 pm."
"Mmm," Su Chenhao replied, but inwardly he felt that the headache might not be so simple. He decided to go to the hospital for a checkup after the New Year to see if there was something wrong with his head.
Five minutes later, the throbbing headache disappeared, as if nothing had happened. Su Chenhao's expression slowly returned to normal.
Qiao Xiaoni felt extremely distressed; it must be because he was overworked. That's what triggered his tension headache.
We sealed the door in advance in the morning, then locked it at my parents' place so we could cook a reunion dinner together.
Qiao Haisheng took out the firecrackers he had bought to show off; they came in all shapes and sizes.
"Come and see, I bought so many firecrackers to celebrate this year."
Li Meihua laughed: "You old rascal, you used to tell me you didn't like setting off firecrackers, but yesterday you asked me for 20 yuan and bought this whole bunch."
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