New Year's Eve arrived quickly before we knew it. On this day, Lin Xue and her family came to the alley and gathered together.
Lin Xue and Song Lili cooked, while Zhang Shengtian led his brothers Zhang Qinghua and the children in a thorough cleaning and putting up couplets, all of them busy and smiling.
Seeing how happy they were, Song Lili felt happy too, and she became even more energetic in doing things.
Lin Xue didn't mention the past, perhaps because she knew there was no way to change it, so she accepted it.
Anyway, he was very happy, watching the children running around outside, chatting and laughing with Song Lili, and seemed to be enjoying himself.
"Lili, why don't we invite Daqing's family over too? Otherwise, it might feel a bit lonely with just the whole family."
After pasting up the couplets, Zhang Shengtian suddenly said to Song Lili.
Without a second thought, Song Lili nodded and said, "Great! More people means more fun. The New Year needs to be lively. I have no objection."
In fact, Song Lili had wanted to do this for a long time, but she was afraid that other family members would object, so she held back from saying anything.
Now that Zhang Shengtian has brought it up himself, how could Song Lili possibly disagree? Of course, she'd wholeheartedly agree!
Whether the others genuinely agreed or were hiding their disagreement, no one said no, so Song Lili assumed everyone agreed.
She wiped the water off her hands and smiled brightly, "Shall I go call someone?" She really wanted to share this joy with Yang Mei.
Over the years, although she had long since realized that the present generation and the future generations were different, there was still a different kind of feeling between them.
It's naturally different for them too.
Therefore, Song Lili was very happy to be able to spend the New Year with them.
At Daqing's home, Yangmei was also preparing food for the New Year, but she always felt that something was missing, and the happy feeling of the past was not there.
It just felt so deserted, with only a few people around, and the empty feeling made her lose her enthusiasm and energy to prepare.
So, when Yang Mei saw Song Lili, she was quite surprised and asked, "Lili, what brings you here?"
Tonight is not a good time for visiting, so why is Lili here at this hour?
Yang Mei muttered to herself, but still smiled and was in a good mood.
"Sister Yangmei, why don't you bring the children to my house for dinner? We can all stay up together tonight to make it more lively."
"My boss sent me to call you over. Hurry up and tidy up your house so we can come over together. The food is almost ready."
"Go to your house?" Yang Mei was taken aback, seemingly not expecting that Song Lili had come here for this very reason.
“Yes, let’s hurry up and go, let’s all have some fun together.” Song Lili reached out and pulled Yang Mei.
"Why is Lili here?" Daqing also came out of the door and asked happily when he saw Song Lili.
"I invited you all to spend New Year's Eve together, so hurry up and go," Song Lili said with a smile.
“Okay, I’ll go call the kids.” Daqing hesitated for a moment, then immediately agreed. He then said to Yang Mei, “Meimei, tidy up the kitchen too, let’s go over there.”
Daqing also felt that it was a bit lonely for his family of four to spend New Year's Eve together, so he was feeling uneasy.
Just then, Song Lili came to call him, and he thought it would be more lively with more people around. So he immediately agreed.
“Okay, I’ll go put out the fire.” Yang Mei immediately got to work.
She was initially hesitant, but upon hearing Daqing's agreement, she immediately made up her mind and turned to go into the kitchen.
Daqing went inside to call the two children who were looking at the couplets, but Song Lili didn't go in and waited at the door.
Since she was leaving soon anyway, she decided not to bother going in, as it would just be an extra step.
Within minutes, the group turned off the lights and closed the door, then went into the alley with Song Lili.
When they arrived in the alley, Zhang Shengtian and his group were already waiting. Upon seeing Daqing's family, they greeted each other happily.
"Please sit down quickly, I'll go to the kitchen to get the dishes, we'll be able to eat in a little while," Song Lili said, and went to the kitchen.
Yang Mei followed Song Lili into the kitchen. "Let me help you."
Song Lili didn't stand on ceremony. "Sure, but I've already prepared most of what I need. All that's left is to pour the sauce into the cold dishes."
When Song Lili went to call Yang Mei's family again, they found that everything was already prepared and they were just waiting to eat.
So, even if Yangmei wanted to help, there wasn't much she could do; at most, she could help carry the dishes.
"Lili, you're so diligent. You do everything so well that I can't help you at all. I have so much energy but nowhere to use it." This made him feel very powerless.
Song Lili found this amusing. "Sister Yangmei, what are you talking about? I just started preparing earlier, so everything was ready."
Moreover, with Zhang Aiai helping out, two people are always faster than one, so naturally everything was ready.
"You're just being modest. I can see you're very capable. Back when Qinghua kept getting married, I even suspected there was something wrong with him."
"How was I supposed to know he was targeting you? When I found out about you two, I was incredibly surprised. You wouldn't believe it, it took me a long time to accept it."
After all, Zhang Qinghua was several years older than Song Lili, and back then no one would have imagined the two of them being together.
When Zhang Qinghua reached marriageable age, Song Lili was still a teenager.
Yang Mei thought, "Many people probably didn't expect these two to get together, right?"
But what's the result now? It's something many people must envy, right?
Without even thinking, Yang Mei knew the answer, because she had heard people in the village say that Song Lili was such a good girl, how could Zhang Qinghua have married her?
Many people regret not having the foresight to recognize Song Lili's talent earlier.
No. Song Lili is so capable and educated, and she's even a college graduate's daughter-in-law—which family wouldn't want her?
Yang Mei was also filled with emotion when she thought about these things.
Song Lili was unaware of these things, or rather, she could think of them but chose not to.
There are many hindsight experts, and many people become greedy when they see benefits, so it's not surprising.
She just smiled and said, "Sister Yangmei, you're very hardworking too. Look at you, you've had a great relationship with Daqing for so many years."
The love story between Daqing and his wife is also very well done; it's simple and happy.
So, it's also very good.
"Alright, alright, we're both very happy, we're both doing great," Yang Mei said with a smile. "Why do we sound like we're flattering each other?"
"Let's not say it. If someone hears us, they'll think we're both narcissistic." It's embarrassing to be praising each other like that. It's better to keep those good things to ourselves and not say them aloud.
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