After finishing her IV drip on the third day, the doctor prescribed some medication and gave her some instructions before Lu Chuqing was discharged and went home.
When she got home, Lu Yongkang and Cai Min both patted her on the shoulder and expressed their heartache.
They were saying, "How could you get sick during the Lunar New Year?" implying that the coming year would be unlucky, and they were filled with worry and concern.
The younger generation didn't believe in these things, and they all chimed in, saying that Lu Chuqing had brought on her illness in advance, and that everything would go well for her in the coming year.
In the evening, the whole family busied themselves preparing the New Year's Eve dinner. Lu Chuqing, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was taken care of by her two older brothers, watching TV and eating snacks.
As night fell, firecrackers went off one after another, crackling and popping to announce the arrival of the Spring Festival.
One table wasn't enough, so they put two tables together to make a long table.
When it was time to eat, the table was full of plates.
Firecrackers exploded outside, while inside, the house was bustling with joy and laughter.
The New Year's Eve dinner lasted a long time. In the end, we ate dumplings, and the whole family went upstairs to the living room to watch the Spring Festival Gala.
Lu Chuqing nestled in her uncle Lu Jun's arms watching the program, while Lu Chengyang took Chai Shuhua's phone and started snapping pictures of himself and his family.
They specifically chose to take pictures of Lu Chuqing when she made a fool of herself, and in no time they had taken a lot of unflattering photos of her.
Seeing him laughing like a goose at her unflattering photos on his phone, Lu Chuqing didn't even bother to roll her eyes. She then slowly ate the handful of sunflower seeds that her uncle had peeled for her.
As the night grew deeper, Lu Chuqing, unable to resist the sleepiness in her young body, couldn't stay up until midnight and fell asleep in Lu Jun's arms.
Seeing that the little dumpling had fallen asleep, the two boys who had said they would stay up until midnight also succumbed to sleepiness and fell asleep one after another.
When the old-fashioned clock struck, firecrackers crackled and popped outside. Seeing their neighbors also setting off firecrackers, they smiled at each other and said, "Happy New Year!"
The closed door blocked out the sound, and the sleeping person drifted off into a sweet dream, quietly growing another year older as we bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new...
After the New Year, the next thing to do is visit relatives.
Lu Yongkang has few siblings. He is the eldest brother, followed by his second sister, and he is the third child. He also has a younger sister.
The Lu family's old residence is not in Yangcheng City, but in Tanshui County, which is one level below it.
Since Lu Yongkang moved to Yangcheng, he has had little contact with his siblings. In addition, his eldest brother and second sister have passed away, and he is not familiar with the younger generation. Only on big occasions like the Lunar New Year will a few younger family members come to visit.
Brother Lu has two sons and two daughters, Sister Lu has one daughter and one son, and Little Sister Lu has three daughters and one son.
This year, the eldest son of Brother Lu and the daughter and son of Sister Lu came, but no one from Sister Lu's family came.
Actually, Lu Yongkang has never visited Lu Xiaomei's family since he arrived in Yangcheng.
In previous years, Lu Yongkang went there every year. After several years, he stopped going and replaced him with Lu Jun. The man went for two or three years, and then stopped going altogether.
The relationship between the two families has been severed.
I thought I wouldn't be coming this year, but it was already lunchtime here, and the dishes were all on the table, ready to be eaten, when Lu Xiaomei's son and youngest daughter arrived with Lu Xiaomei, this old woman.
That's truly a case of being lucky rather than early.
After the dishes were served, the group exchanged pleasantries and began to eat.
When visiting relatives, meals are usually not served too early. It's usually only served when it's almost 1 a.m. and there are no more people coming.
Lu Yongkang was not a stingy person, so he naturally prepared a lot of dishes to entertain his relatives.
But the number of people is fixed; even if we prepare more, it won't be so much as to be wasteful.
So with so many people suddenly joining, the originally plentiful and abundant dishes now seem meager and insufficient.
Lu Xiaomei's family came with all their children. There were four adults, and each family had three children. Two of them were still growing and developing, so they ate just as much as the adults.
With so many people, Lu Jun, Lu Ying, and Cai Min were all urgently adding dishes in the kitchen, but they still couldn't keep up with the eating speed.
Both families had children with them, and the group of kids were chattering and making a lot of noise.
The three children in the family had already been given lunch and were upstairs watching TV and slurping noodles while holding their instant noodle boxes.
In fact, relatives are all close, but because of the distance and lack of contact, they gradually become estranged.
The three children couldn't play with the other children and would quietly watch TV upstairs early in the morning.
There are doors on both the main staircase and the smaller staircase leading to the second floor. The two boys had already checked the doors beforehand and told their elders not to open the doors upstairs when they arrived.
The elders were amused and agreed with smiles.
However, after a few rounds of drinks, the children became too noisy, so Lu Yongkang called out, "Kids, go upstairs to watch TV. Your brother Chengyang is up there!"
A group of children, big and small, ran noisily towards different staircases.
Some children don't want to watch TV; they just have a curiosity to explore a stranger's home.
They've been to all the places downstairs; there's nothing new there.
They hadn't been upstairs yet, and were all eager to explore, so they ran up to the second floor.
However, the door on the second floor could not be opened.
The noise from them pushing open the door reached the ears of the three of them. Lu Chengyang stood up, glanced at the door, and then slurped up his instant noodles.
"Eat quickly, those annoying guys are coming up."
Even through the door, the chattering was still jarring. Lu Linqi's face fell instantly, and she swallowed the noodles in her mouth, saying, "Why are they so noisy?"
"Didn't their parents tell them not to run around or make noise when they're at someone else's house?"
Lu Chuqing didn't express her emotions and focused on eating her instant noodles.
Her mouth is too small now, and she eats slowly. Lu Chengyang and Lu Linqi finished eating one after another, but she still had half left to eat.
The children outside, seeing that the gate wouldn't open, leaned over the fence and shouted to the adults eating in the yard, "This gate won't open! We can't get in!"
Hearing the noise, Lu Yongkang turned around and shouted upstairs, "Chengyang! Chengyang! Open the door! Your younger siblings are all watching TV!"
The boy reluctantly poked his head out and listlessly replied, "Oh."
After agreeing, he pulled his head back and urged Lu Chuqing to eat quickly.
Those downstairs who saw the boy who only appeared for a few seconds started talking, "Was that Cheng Yang from Da Jun's family?"
Chai Shuhua smiled and responded.
The woman then said, "Time flies! In the blink of an eye, you've grown into a young man!"
As she spoke, she reached out and touched Chai Shuhua's hand through the other person, her eyes full of envy. "Chengyang looks just like my brother Dajun, such a handsome young man!"
Chai Shuhua's hand froze for a moment, then she said with a smile, "How could that be! I was just about to say that your Jiabao is the real handsome man!"
Upon hearing this, the woman's eyes lit up with a smile. "Oh my! You know what, my Jiabao is really good-looking, he has all the best features of both me and his dad!"
"So many girls at school were chasing after him, handing him love letters! Even the school principal's daughter was one of them!"
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