When Liu Guilan came over to help make steamed buns, sugar buns, rice buns, bean buns, and fried radish balls for the New Year, she was surprised to see the extra grains and fruits in Ye Weiwei's house.
Ye Weiwei claimed that she got it through connections in town, and Liu Guilan didn't suspect anything.
Huo Jiang and Zhao Lingdang's wedding date has been set for the 20th day of the first lunar month.
Liu Guilan has been very busy at the old house these days, and she has indeed neglected this place a bit.
She adored the large pumpkins and winter melons in the house; they were so perfectly shaped.
Ye Weiwei gave her three of them, telling her to take them back and divide them up, which made Liu Guilan very happy.
I kept saying that I wanted to save all the seeds to plant in the vegetable garden next year.
Huo Xiao didn't return until noon on the 29th of the lunar year.
Just as Liu Guilan finished frying the meatballs, she saw Huo Xiao standing at the door. He said irritably, "You brat, you finally know how to come back! Why didn't you stay out until after the New Year?"
Huo Xiao reached out and picked up a meatball, popped it into his mouth, and was about to reach for another when Liu Guilan tapped his hand, "Get out of the way! Weiwei hasn't eaten yet!"
Huo Xiao touched his sore hand, feeling wronged, and complained, "Mom, you can't be so biased! I'm your own son!"
Liu Guilan glared at him, annoyed: "Look at you, so pathetic, competing with your own wife for attention. A grown man like you has no shame!"
Huo Xiao shrugged, turned around and said to the person behind him, "Second brother-in-law, you see? I have no status at all in the family now!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Guilan and Ye Weiwei quickly looked behind Huo Xiao and saw a tall, handsome man with a smiling face.
It was Ye Huaijin.
"Second Brother!" Ye Weiwei excitedly ran outside, startling Liu Guilan, who quickly reminded her to slow down, afraid that she would fall.
"Little sister!" Ye Huaijin quickly stepped forward to greet her. "You're about to become a mother, why are you still so clumsy?"
Ye Weiwei pouted: "I'm just too happy, it's your fault for not writing to tell me beforehand."
Ye Huaijin quickly begged for forgiveness: "Okay, it's Second Brother's fault."
Ye Weiwei said coquettishly, "That's more like it!"
After exchanging a few words with Ye Weiwei, Ye Huaijin quickly greeted Liu Guilan: "Aunt Liu, hello, I am Weiwei's second brother, Ye Huaijin. My little sister has gone to so much trouble for you."
From the few words Huo Xiao and Liu Guilan exchanged just now, Ye Huaijin could tell that this mother-in-law was really good to her younger sister.
Liu Guilan smiled broadly: "We're all family, let's not be so formal. To be honest, Huo Xiao is really lucky to have married such a wonderful wife as Weiwei."
Little Star, who was practicing calligraphy in the study, heard the noise and poked her little head out. When she saw Ye Huaijin, her big eyes lit up instantly, and she rushed out like a little leopard.
"Second Uncle!"
"Little Star!"
Ye Huaijin looked at his nephew, who had changed drastically since the last time they met, picked him up, lifted him above his head, and tossed him in the air.
Little Star's cheerful and excited chirping and laughter filled the courtyard.
The uncle and nephew cuddled for a long time, reluctant to part, until Liu Guilan called out that it was time to eat, and then they went to wash their hands and eat.
Lunch consisted of fried meatballs, stewed cabbage with cured pork, egg and winter melon soup, and steamed buns with bean curd and rice.
Most of the ingredients were produced in Ye Weiwei's space, nurtured by her supernatural abilities, and contained some wood-type energy, making them taste exceptionally good.
With Huo Xiao and Ye Huaijin, two big eaters, there wasn't even any soup left.
After finishing her meal, Liu Guilan went home first, seeing that there was nothing else to do, and told Ye Weiwei to have a good talk with Ye Huaijin and his sister.
Ye Huaijin then remembered that he had brought gifts, so he opened the two large packages and took out the contents one by one.
Looking at the two large, fully packed packages, Ye Weiwei once again enjoyed the benefits of having a shopaholic brother.
Everything Ye Huaijin could think of, from food and household items to toys, was bought. He bought everything he could think of that Ye Weiwei could use.
Of course, Little Star also received a share, but his gift, along with the gifts he was preparing for the Huo family, only filled less than one package, which was nothing compared to Ye Weiwei's.
Even so, Ye Huaijin was still annoyed, "You should have written to me earlier. You didn't even prepare a gift for my nephew this time."
Ye Weiwei couldn't help but twitch her lips. "Second brother, you didn't actually use all the money you've saved up over the years to buy me things, did you?"
"You really underestimate your second brother!" Ye Huaijin couldn't help but tap Ye Weiwei's head with his index finger. "Your second brother has enough money, so don't try to save me any."
Hearing this, Ye Weiwei stopped talking. Ye Huaijin took something out of there, and she cheered with delight, greatly pleasing Ye Huaijin, who was a doting brother.
The two had just finished unpacking the packages, which filled the kang (a heated brick bed) and the table, and hadn't had time to tidy up when they heard someone calling Ye Weiwei from outside.
Wu Dayou and his wife Zhao Yue'e stood at the door, holding their daughter Jiajia and a small basket.
They came to ask Ye Weiwei to write couplets, and their basket contained red paper and six eggs.
Ye Weiwei didn't think much of it; it was just writing New Year couplets, so she agreed on the spot. It just so happened that they hadn't written any couplets for their family either, so they could write them together.
The desk in the study is large enough, and there are writing brushes and ink in the house.
Huo Xiao prepared the ink, and soon Ye Weiwei finished writing the couplet for Wu Dayou's house.
Zhao Yue'e was overjoyed. "Ye Zhiqing, your handwriting is much better than the old accountant in our village."
Although she didn't know many characters, watching Ye Weiwei hold the pen and write was incredibly beautiful, and the characters looked very powerful.
She gave Ye Weiwei the six eggs from the basket as a thank-you gift, which was an unwritten rule in the village.
Every year when they go to ask the old accountant to write couplets, they always bring something as a token of good luck.
Of course, if she went to the old accountant, he would only give her two eggs at most. She only took a few more because she knew that Huo Xiao often exchanged eggs from the village recently.
Little Jiajia is still young and needs to eat an egg every day. There are only two chickens in the family, and they don't lay eggs as often in winter, so these six eggs were hard-earned.
Ye Weiwei refused to accept them, but Zhao Yue'e insisted that it was the rule. In the end, Ye Weiwei had no choice but to keep the two eggs and give them a small bag of cakes. After much persuasion, she finally got the two to accept them and send them off.
Wu Dayou and Zhao Yue'e's family walked home with the written couplets. The villagers on the way saw them and knew that Ye Weiwei had written them. Those who didn't have couplets written at home were eager to do so and hurried home to get red paper to ask for the calligraphy.
Ye Weiwei is the village's lucky star. With couplets written by the lucky star, the family will surely be blessed with good fortune during the New Year, and everything will go smoothly in the coming year.
Before long, the courtyard of Ye Weiwei's house was filled with people asking for couplets.
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