Chapter 95 Sweet Potato Gourd
"Dad, Happy New Year! Mom, Happy New Year!"
Lu Guodong and Wu Qingyun couldn't stop smiling and handed over a red envelope.
"Happy New Year Ping An, Happy New Year Xiao Yue."
Lu Ping'an took Shen Xiaoyue by the hand and walked around the yard to pay New Year's greetings, then took out two small bags and handed them to Si Xia and Si Yu.
"Yours."
Si Xia and Si Yu looked at each other and shouted in unison: "Happy New Year, uncle! Happy New Year, aunt!"
The two little ones happily ran to Lu Jun and Sun Min, Lu Yong and Tan Li, Lu Guodong and Wu Qingyun to wish them a happy new year, and received the red envelopes with a smile.
In fact, there were only a few cents in the red envelope, but for two children, it was enough to eat popsicles for a long time.
"Go and call your brother to come over for lunch."
Lu Guoliang went to the county town yesterday to have New Year's Eve dinner with his daughter. It's probably about time for him to come back.
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Guoliang's voice came from the door: "Brother, sister-in-law! Happy New Year!"
Before the others could react, the two younger ones came over first.
"Happy New Year, Grandpa!"
"Congratulations on your prosperity, give me the red envelope!"
Lu Guoliang smiled and touched his little head with one hand: "Okay, okay, Happy New Year, take it."
"I was just talking about you, why did you come so early today?"
Lu Guoliang reached into his pocket and said, "Here, these are some fruits that Xiaojia bought for me to bring to you. I came here early this morning. Xiaojia and the others will be back tomorrow."
"Okay, okay, let Xiaojia come over for dinner tomorrow."
Lu Guodong took the fruit, found a clean plate, washed it, and placed it in the middle of the table with the other snacks.
"Wife, are you hungry? I have steamed sweet potato balls in the pot."
The sweet potato balls these days have more sweet potatoes and less starch. Even after frying, they still taste soft and sticky, with a sweet sweet potato flavor, even when cold.
Steaming it has a different flavor.
"Eat something."
Shen Xiaoyue felt a little greedy.
Lu Ping'an put the sweet potato balls on a chopstick, which looked like a string of candied haws.
"Uncle! Candied haws!"
"Sister, it's a sweet potato gourd."
Siyu stuffed a pear that had just been cut into pieces into his mouth.
He was still teething and couldn't chew a whole pear, so Sun Min could only peel and cut it for him.
"Uncle, I want a sweet potato gourd, too."
Lu Ping'an's eyes slanted: "This is what I made for your aunt. If you want to eat it, ask your father to make it for you."
Si Xia turned around and hugged Lu Yong's thighs when she heard this: "Dad! I want to eat sweet potato gourds too!"
She still had a piece of glutinous rice cake in her mouth, her speech was slurred, and her saliva was almost dripping onto Lu Yong's pants.
"You want to eat everything. I think you look like a sweet potato gourd."
Several people burst into laughter.
Until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people visit relatives and friends to wish them a happy new year almost every day.
Shen Xiaoyue felt that she had become visibly rounder.
She lay on Lu Ping'an's legs and took a look at her bulging belly from eating too much.
"Lu Xiaogou, have I gained weight?"
Lu Ping'an rubbed the flesh around her waist, which felt very good.
"No."
"You are just too full. Let me massage it for you."
Thinking of something, Shen Xiaoyue ripped off his clothes.
"Wife, we'll have dinner soon, don't worry."
Shen Xiaoyue poked at her still obvious abdominal muscles, holding her face and chuckled: "It's okay for me to be fat, but you can't, you have to keep it up~"
Lu Ping'an was speechless. He hooked her hair with his fingertips and turned it around, staring at her intently: "Wife, Dad asked us to attend Zhao Linlin's wedding banquet tomorrow."
Shen Xiaoyue sat up, looking surprised: "Tomorrow?! Xie Ning and Zhao Linlin?!"
Although I knew the news a long time ago, when the day finally came, it was still a little hard to believe.
She hadn't thought about this person for a long time.
Lu Ping'an did not miss the shock on her face and was not very happy: "Wife, they are getting married, why are you so excited?"
"Tsk, what do you mean by excited? I'm just happy. I'm married, and he's married too. It's a done deal, and the parents of both sides can't bring us together anymore."
Shen Xiaoyue hooked his palm and said, "We'll go get a marriage certificate when the time comes."
When Lu Pingan heard this, he also laughed out loud: "This is indeed very happy. Then we must prepare well and give Xie Zhiqing a big gift tomorrow to celebrate his marriage."
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The next day.
"Wife, can I wear this?"
Lu Ping'an fiddled in front of the mirror for half an hour, applying oil and wiping his face, which made Shen Xiaoyue feel inferior.
She didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Lu Xiaogou, why are you dressing up so nicely for someone's wedding?"
"Humph, who told him to covet my wife? I want to let him see clearly that he is not even a hair's breadth away from me."
"Even if you don't dress up, you'll look better than him. Okay, get ready to go out. Dad and Mom just came to urge you to go."
Lu Ping'an was smoothed over and nodded with satisfaction.
Xiahe Village is very close to Dahe Village. It only takes 30 minutes to walk down the river to reach it.
"Xiaoyue!"
Hu Qingqing pounced over.
"Secretary Lu, Aunt Wu, Comrade Lu, Happy New Year."
Hu Qingqing stood up and greeted them.
"Happy New Year, Qingqing."
She hasn't seen Shen Xiaoyue for more than ten days.
Hu Qingqing applied for home visit leave during the Spring Festival and went home to visit her relatives.
"Qingqing, why are you thinner after the New Year?"
Shen Xiaoyue pinched Hu Qingqing's haggard little round face, a little puzzled.
"Well, it's a long story."
Shen Xiaoyue greeted them and then pulled Hu Qingqing aside.
"What's wrong? Did your family bully you?"
Hu Qingqing had a sullen face and fell dejectedly on Shen Xiaoyue.
"You can't say it's bullying... Well, it's hard to say. If I eat one more piece of meat at home, I'll get scolded. My brother is almost growing into a pig, but grandma said he's too thin and told him to eat more. I'm so thin, but she also said girls should eat less meat or they'll get fat. It's really infuriating!"
"I didn't even dare tell them that I made some money following you, for fear that they would take it away."
"And they introduced me to a guy. You know, that guy is fifteen years older than me. A full fifteen years! He even has a child. I don't know what to say!"
"He kept telling me he was an honest man. Guess what? He was honest. He was so honest that he just got out of prison!"
"I asked him for a long time before I found out that he used to beat his wife. He said he has turned over a new leaf and doesn't beat her anymore! Does that mean he doesn't beat her anymore? That means he doesn't have a wife anymore!"
"Anyway, I don't know what to say. I'm back before the New Year is even over."
Shen Xiaoyue sighed, every family has its own problems.
"Xiaoyue, let's start studying after the New Year. I want to take the college entrance examination and don't want to stay at home anymore."
Shen Xiaoyue smiled and scratched her nose: "Are you active now? I asked you to learn before, but you didn't learn."
"Oh, I'm afraid your comrade Lu will get jealous."
"Are you not afraid now?"
Hu Qingqing shuddered: "It's more terrible not being able to eat meat."
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