This year's Spring Festival was much more lively than last year's.
Since his house was spacious enough, Nian Xiaoweiguo simply invited several relatives over.
Liu Changhe and his wife, along with Liu Ye's family, and of course, several people living in Xiaotun, including Xiao Mengjie and her daughter, were all invited.
The old lady loves a lively atmosphere, so let her have her fill. The villa has dozens of rooms; there's no shortage of places to stay.
Liu Qing, Liu Ye, Xiao Shanshan, Xiao Jian, Hu Zi, Zhang Huihui, Xiao Mengjie, seven or eight young people of similar age gathered together, plus Xiao Jiang and Xiao Yue, two troublemakers, you can imagine how lively this family was.
The old lady was overjoyed to see a group of energetic and lively young people all day long. She was always busy taking care of her grandchildren's food, drink, and clothing.
Xiao Jian and Zhang Huihui hadn't seen each other for half a year, so there was no awkwardness when they got together again. They were still as talkative as before.
Since Xiao Mengjie's mother, Gu Meiying, was brought to the villa, Xiao Weiguo took her to the county hospital again before the Lunar New Year.
Several experienced doctors examined her and said her mental state had improved significantly. If things continue like this, it's not impossible for her to recover and become a normal person.
This news was undoubtedly a huge surprise for Xiao Mengjie.
Back then, her father left home and ran off with another woman, and her mother became like that. For a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl like her, it felt like the sky had fallen.
In addition, the abuse she suffered at the hands of other family members made this poor girl live a hellish life every day.
At that time, she thought that this was how her life would be.
With a mentally ill mother to support and the stigma brought by her father, what hope is there for her life?
It wasn't until the appearance of Xiao Weiguo and his brothers that they were pulled out of their misery.
Not only did they give Liu Ye's family's small courtyard to live in, allowing them to escape from that hellish family environment.
Xiao Weiguo also gave her a large sum of money, which improved her mother's condition.
With the help of Xiao Weiguo and his brothers, the villagers no longer dared to gossip about her.
Otherwise, Tiger's fists are not to be trifled with, and Xiao Weiguo's prestige in the village also makes many people wary.
Now, she has moved into Xiao Wei's family courtyard house.
That courtyard, in today's rural areas, could practically be called paradise.
She and her mother no longer had to worry about making a living; in fact, they lived a life that the whole village envied.
Let alone living in Xiao Weiguo's house, just being able to get even a little bit of a connection with him is enough to brag about to people from other villages.
A few days ago, Xiao Jian said that his older brother was going to take them to the county to celebrate the New Year together, and Xiao Mengjie was a little nervous at the time.
During the Spring Festival, people usually reunite with their own families. No matter how good Xiao Weiguo's family is to his own family, they can't really be considered family.
I'm afraid I'll have to spend this New Year alone with my mother.
Unexpectedly, when picking up Xiao Jian, Xiao Weiguo and Jiao Bai each drove a car and took the mother and daughter to the county town.
The little girl was undoubtedly excited, which showed that Xiao Weiguo's family no longer considered her and her mother as outsiders.
Being able to integrate into such a family is something Xiao Mengjie never dared to dream of before.
There was only one thing she couldn't understand: why Xiao Weiguo was helping her like this for no apparent reason. She could guess that there must be another reason, but no matter who she asked, no one could tell her.
In fact, only Xiao Weiguo and Jiao Bai knew the truth about this matter. Even Xiao Jian and Hu Zi didn't know the reason, so how could she possibly ask them?
Since she couldn't find the reason, Xiao Mengjie could only attribute it all to the kindness of Xiao Weiguo and his brothers. She vowed countless times in her heart that as long as someone needed her and her daughter, she would repay Xiao Weiguo's family for the rest of her life, even if it meant her own destruction.
Xiao Weiguo had no idea what she was thinking.
The reason I helped her at the beginning was indeed just to fulfill my promise to Xiao Feng.
As they spent more time together, everyone—including him, Xiao Jian, and Hu Zi—could see that this girl was truly a good girl.
She is not only kind-hearted, but also a responsible and good girl.
This can be seen from the fact that she took care of her mentally unstable mother all by herself.
Humans are emotional beings. Gradually, living together every day, the brothers subconsciously began to regard her as family.
On New Year's Eve, a group of young people cleaned up the villa inside and out, and pasted couplets, New Year pictures, and big "Fu" characters everywhere.
We had a simple lunch of dumplings, and in the afternoon, several cars drove out of the villa.
According to local custom, the afternoon of New Year's Eve is the time to visit the graves of one's ancestors.
Since Liu Changhe had no children, Xiao Weiguo specially asked him to bring Xiao Jiang along. As his godson, it was only right for Xiao Jiang to accompany him to pay respects to their ancestors.
Liu Erzhu drove Liu Ye's minivan, taking Liu Qing back to Xiaotun. Like Xiao Weiguo's family, his ancestral graves were also there.
Xiao Weiguo and Xiao Jian were driven by Jiao Bai, following behind Liu Erzhu's car, and also headed towards their hometown.
Everyone else, including Grandma, was busy preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner. They brought out all the good food and started making preparations.
The van and the Crown entered the village and then separated. The ancestral graves of the Liu family and the Xiao family were located in opposite directions, one in the south of the village and the other in the north.
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