He touched the gold-plated label on the bottle and sighed, "In previous years, I would just go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy two kilograms of bulk Shaodaozi. This year, I can drink Moutai. Life is really getting more and more promising..."
The room was bustling with activity. Li Mingli and a few little kids were eating heartily at the dinner table.
One grabbed a handful of fried meatballs, the other gnawed on half a sausage, their mouths full of grease.
The youngest, Li Anyang, couldn't reach the food, and anxiously pulled at the corner of Wu Xiaomei's clothes.
"Well, my Minghua is still filial!" Li Guifang said with a smile as she distributed food to the children. "You bought me such good wine. Tomorrow I must go out and show it off and make those old guys jealous!"
"You're right, Mom!" Li Minghua poured another half cup for his mother. "You've worked hard all your lives, so it's only natural that you drink something good!"
As he spoke, he put a piece of crystal clear bacon into each of his parents' bowls and said, "When business is more prosperous next year, our whole family will go to Yingbinlou for New Year's Eve dinner!"
"That's a great idea!" Li Guifang grinned, turning to poke Li Mingyuan, who was busy eating. "You should learn from him! Look at your brother. He knows how to make money and shows off in front of his family."
Li Jianghai squinted his eyes and took another sip of wine. His Adam's apple rolled as he swallowed it down. He smacked his lips and said, "Let the children spend it! This means our Li family is going to be rich."
Then he raised his glass and said, "Come on, one more!"
Outside the window, the sound of firecrackers to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year has become continuous, making the glass windows buzz.
The laughter in the room was getting louder and louder, the food on the eight-immortals table was steaming, and the feeling of the New Year was becoming stronger and stronger in this glass of wine, a pair of chopsticks of food, and a joke.
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