In the past two years, thanks to the garment business, each of my three sons in my hometown has been able to save a lot of money.
Tang's mother thought, since the youngest daughter-in-law prepared New Year's money for the children, the other three daughters-in-law would feel embarrassed not to give it to them, right?
They should be able to afford one dollar per child.
Besides, after all the exchanges, the money will eventually return to the hands of each party.
Only the second and third sons' families have few children, so each of them will lose 2 yuan. She will find a way to make it up to them later.
So he agreed on this number with Lan Guoer.
Lan Guoer didn't think too much about it. It was completely out of her love for the children at home.
Li Jinhua watched Tang Feng happily fiddling with the one-yuan money in Lan Guoer's red envelope, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, feeling secretly delighted!
The money came so quickly. In just a short while, she earned six dollars!
Tang's mother glanced at her and looked at her pocket, obviously hinting her something.
Li Jinhua followed Tang's mother's gaze and looked at her own pocket. She suddenly realized that Tang's mother wanted her to give red envelopes to the children as well!
But why should she? That's a lot of money!
Li Jinhua pretended not to understand what Tang's mother meant, gave her a fake smile, and turned her head away and stopped looking at her.
Tang's mother looked at her shameless appearance and gritted her teeth.
If she hadn't considered that today was New Year's Eve, she would have wanted to kick her out of the house!
The eldest son's wife has seen the limit. Even a shallow-minded person can only accept these few things!
Tang's mother simply ignored her and glanced at Zhao Lai Di and Zhang Xiao Cui indifferently.
From the way Tang's mother looked at Li Jinhua, Zhao Lai Di understood what Tang's mother meant.
But it seemed that the old lady was determined not to spend a cent. If she gave one dollar to each child, wouldn't she lose four dollars?
She was wondering if she could just give one dollar to each of the three children in the fourth family, when she saw Zhang Xiaocui take out ten one-dollar bills from her pocket and give them to the children in the family one by one.
"It was my fault for not thinking carefully enough to give the children red envelopes in advance."
In the past two years, the fourth child's family did not celebrate the New Year at home, and no one gave red envelopes to the children. Zhang Xiaocui really did not expect this to happen.
"It doesn't matter whether you give a red envelope or not, as long as it's a thoughtful gesture!" Tang's mother was very satisfied with Zhang Xiaocui's performance.
Seeing Zhang Xiaocui take action, Zhao Lai Di hurriedly took out ten one-yuan bills from her pocket and distributed them to the children.
She knows her mother-in-law's temper best!
If she doesn't pay the money today, even though she may appear calm on the surface, she will definitely suffer a great loss later!
Thinking about the food and meat she had missed out on because of the wrong things she had done over the years, Zhao Lai Di felt like she had lost out.
Li Jinhua calculated the twelve dollars she had earned and made up her mind to continue to cheat to the end!
"Look, I came here in a hurry and didn't prepare anything! I'll make it up to the kids later."
The second, third and fourth sons' families had all been given money, so she couldn't just keep pretending to be confused, so she spoke vaguely.
As for when she would come back? Anyway, her memory was not good, and she might have forgotten everything after dinner.
Mother Tang took a deep breath and said nothing more.
The men obviously didn't pay attention to what was happening here. Led by Old Man Tang, they started drinking and fighting.
"Hello, brothers, six is a good start, five is the best..."
"Come on, come on, fill it up!"
There are people at the table, toasting each other and having a great time.
"Mom, is Lie another year older after today? My brother said Lie will be three soon. Is he right?"
Xiao Lie asked while gnawing on a chicken wing and baring his little teeth.
In her previous life, Lan Guoer always counted her age in years, and she was really confused about the age in Chinese lunar calendar this time.
The triplets were born on the Mid-Autumn Festival in 1976. They are only one year and three months old now, but according to the lunar age calculation, they will be three years old after today...
"I've already said that he's three years old in lunar age, and our actual age is just over one year old."
Xiao Ling angrily knocked his silly brother on the head and gave him a look of contempt.
Lan Guoer: “…”
Let the naughty child be educated by the naughty child! She really didn't know how to explain this problem.
"Guo'er, I've always wanted to ask you, how do you usually teach your children? Why are these little ones so smart?"
Zhang Xiaocui looked at her little son who could hardly walk in her arms, and then looked at the triplets who were sitting at the table and eating on their own without any care, and she felt so envious!
Lan Guoer: “…”
Can I still eat properly? Why are these questions getting more and more difficult?
She, a double-degree doctoral student, was completely stunned by the question!
"Third Aunt, my younger brother is also very smart. He just hasn't grown up yet. When he grows up, he will be as smart as Nuannuan and his brothers."
Xiao Nuan answered the question for Lan Guoer in a baby voice.
"Nuannuan is right. My brother just started to understand things a little later than you guys."
Lan Guoer rubbed the little girl's hair, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Zhang Xiaocui,
"Every child's situation is different. These three just developed their ideas earlier. Don't worry, sister-in-law. Little Shitou will be like them soon."
Tang Wen and Zhang Xiaocui's son's full name is Tang Qiang, and Xiao Shitou is his nickname.
After hearing her say this, Zhang Xiaocui finally felt better.
Come to think of it, among all the children in the village, are there any like the triplets? They are only a little over a year old and they are so articulate!
If you really compare, her son is much smarter than other children!
According to the custom in the village, people have to stay up all night on New Year’s Eve.
The younger children couldn't bear it and went to sleep.
Li Jinhua was in poor health, so after the New Year's Eve dinner, Tang's mother asked Tang Long to take her home.
Everyone else gathered on Tang's mother's kang, eating melon seeds and chatting.
"Mom and Dad, Guo'er, there's something you don't know yet, right?" Tang Wen suddenly said,
"The Wen family's eldest son, Wenshun, is said to be very lucky!"
Mother Tang and Old Man Tang looked at each other, then at Lan Guoer, and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
"As for that damned fellow from the Wen family, tell me, what luck did he have?"
Lan Guoer was originally brought to this poor mountain valley by the old Wen family, who wanted to sell her later. Fortunately, Tang's mother intervened in time and brought her back home.
"Everyone has just heard about it, but we don't know if it's true or not!" Tang Wen scratched his head.
“I heard that before winter, Wenshun dug up a century-old ginseng in the mountains and sold it for over 200 yuan!
You say, this isn't just luck, what is this?"
"Is this true?"
Tang's mother was cracking melon seeds, looking a little unconvinced.
"Whether it's true or not, he won't tell anyone, so how can we know? But his family is busy building a new house after the New Year! I think this is probably true."
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