Early the next morning, Lin Qing and Gu Nanxun got out of bed and woke up the children one by one.
While the children were washing up, I went to the kitchen thinking of preparing a simple breakfast.
"Xixi didn't have anything to do today, why didn't you sleep a little longer!"
Zhao Xi was an orphan and had no relatives in Beijing, so she didn't need to visit any relatives. Lin Qing didn't expect that she would come to the kitchen early to help prepare breakfast.
"You know I'm used to getting up early to exercise, and I'm just killing time anyway. Besides, I enjoy cooking. You have to take care of the kids in the morning, so this is just something I can do."
As Zhao Xi ladled the food from the pot onto plates, she said with a grin. She really didn't think there was anything wrong with getting up early. She had been used to getting up early to exercise for many years, and even though she no longer needed to fight, she didn't want to give up the habit. And as she said, she just enjoyed doing things in the kitchen; preparing some breakfast was really nothing!
"You! I really don't understand you. It's so cold, why can't you just sleep in?"
Lin Qing smiled and shook her head, but didn't offer any opinion. Everyone has different ideas; she likes to sleep in, but that doesn't mean others do.
With Zhao Xi's help, Lin Qing brought the food to the dining room. At this time, Gu Nanxun also came over with the children. After they finished breakfast together, Gu Nanxun checked the time and then led the children to the Chen family.
When Lin Qing and Gu Nanxun arrived at the Chen family home with their children, Lu Xianghong and Chen Bin had just arrived as well. The adults were chatting in the living room while the children played in the yard.
"Great-grandfather, great-grandmother, grandfather, grandmother, second grandfather, second grandmother, eldest uncle, eldest aunt, second uncle, second aunt, third uncle, and little uncle, Happy New Year!"
As soon as Gu Nianqing entered the room, she greeted each of the elders in the house sweetly.
The remaining four younger children followed suit and went with their older brother to wish the elders in the house a Happy New Year.
"Great-grandfather, great-grandmother, grandfather, grandmother, second grandfather, second grandmother, eldest uncle, eldest aunt, second uncle, second aunt, third uncle, and little uncle, Happy New Year!"
Chen Guozhong and Liu Xiuyun immediately beamed with joy. Liu Xiuyun even stepped forward and pulled up the children, saying with a smile, "Oh my! Our Chen Chen is so sensible. Yichen, Shulan, Zichen, and Ziyao are also very sensible. They are all good children. Here, these are red envelopes from your great-grandmother and great-grandfather."
Liu Xiuyun looked the children up and down, then happily took out a red envelope from her pocket and gave one to each of them.
She originally planned to give the red envelopes to the children during lunch, but she was so charmed by them that she couldn't help but bring forward the red envelope distribution.
"Thank you, Great-Grandma! Thank you, Great-Grandpa!"
Gu Nianqing accepted the red envelope from Liu Xiuyun and then thanked Liu Xiuyun in a serious manner.
"Thank you, Great-Grandma! Thank you, Great-Grandpa!"
The fourth son followed closely behind his elder brother and thanked Liu Xiuyun.
When Zhao Xuan saw that her mother-in-law had already given out red envelopes, she also took out the red envelopes she had prepared and distributed them to the children.
"Thank you, Grandma! Thank you, Grandpa!"
"Thank you, Grandma! Thank you, Grandpa!"
Seeing this, Hu Ying chuckled and teased, "Sister-in-law, your grandsons are so sweet-talking. Look how they've charmed their mother. They've already distributed the red envelopes that were supposed to be given out at the dinner table."
After saying that, he turned around and distributed the red envelopes he had prepared to several children.
"Thank you, Second Grandma! Thank you, Second Grandpa!"
"Thank you, Second Grandma! Thank you, Second Grandpa!"
After hearing Hu Ying's praise, Zhao Xuan couldn't help but smile.
"Second Aunt, look at what you're saying! Which of our children hasn't wished the elders a Happy New Year? If you ask me, it's just that Grandma is biased. My Rui Rui was the first to wish them a Happy New Year, but I didn't see Grandma give him a red envelope!"
Just as everyone was enjoying themselves, Liu Hong suddenly said sourly.
Liu Hong is the wife of Chen Yaohua, the second brother, and also the sister-in-law of Lin Qing and Gu Nanxun.
As soon as Liu Hong finished speaking, the sounds inside the room stopped abruptly, and the room fell silent in an instant.
Although the children didn't understand why, they saw that the adults were not speaking, so they also stopped talking and followed the adults' gaze to Liu Hong.
"If you can't speak properly, then don't speak at all!"
Zhao Xuan suddenly snorted coldly and said unhappily, "This second son's wife is really petty and jealous. Sigh! It's hard on her second son."
Thinking of this, Zhao Xuan couldn't help but look at Chen Yaohua, her eyes full of apology.
After Liu Hong finished speaking, Chen Yaohua's face darkened, but upon meeting his mother's apologetic gaze, he smiled gently at her. He didn't care who his wife was or who she married; his only requirement for her was that she take good care of the children and be sensible. But Liu Hong…
"Come on, children! These are red envelopes from your aunt!"
Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Wang Lin, the wife of the eldest brother Chen Zhihua, who is also the sister-in-law of Lin Qing and Gu Nanxun, immediately took out the red envelopes she had prepared and smiled as she distributed them to the children.
"Thank you, Auntie, thank you, Uncle!"
"Thank you, Auntie, thank you, Uncle!"
Chen Aihua glanced at her second sister-in-law, smiled, and took out her red envelope, saying to the children, "!"
"Here, this is a red envelope from your third uncle!"
"Thank you, Uncle!"
"Thank you, Uncle!"
Seeing that Liu Hong hadn't given the children any red envelopes by now, Chen Yaohua couldn't help but sigh. He took out the red envelopes he had prepared from his pocket and distributed them to the children.
"Thank you, Second Uncle!"
Gu Nianqing's eyes darted around, and he deliberately only thanked his second uncle, ignoring his second aunt Liu Hong. Don't think he didn't know what his second aunt Liu Hong meant just now; he wouldn't thank her at all!
"Thank you, Second Uncle!"
The other children, except for Gu Shulan, didn't know what had just happened. But seeing that their eldest brother only thanked their second uncle, they followed suit and also thanked their second uncle.
Upon seeing this, Chen Aihua immediately winked happily at Gu Nianqing, and the two of them revealed a knowing smile.
Seeing this, Liu Hong became even more unhappy. She was already unhappy because everyone was coaxing the fourth brother's children while ignoring her own. Now that the children were ignoring her, she became even more unhappy. But she had already upset her mother-in-law, so she could only sit there and be angry in silence.
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