Seeing this, Lu Cheng understood his second brother and his wife's feelings. He was afraid that if he ate here, the people in the old house would be unhappy, so he tried his best to persuade them to stay, "Stay! If you don't want to eat, Xiaomei will want to eat too."
Lu Jianmin and his wife had no choice but to let Lu Cheng pull him to sit down at the dining table.
Lu Cheng and Lin Yuexi were busy, and soon they brought the hot food to the table. Lu Xiaomei's eyes sparkled, and she couldn't help but smile at the table full of delicious food.
Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun also sat back at the dining table, and the atmosphere gradually eased.
During the meal, Lu Jianmin couldn't help but say, "Third brother, this time it's all thanks to Dad for coming forward, otherwise I don't know how this matter would end."
Lu Cheng nodded slightly, a trace of helplessness flashed across his face: "Second brother, I don't want to make the relationship so awkward, but my eldest brother and the others are going too far."
Wang Lijuan sighed softly: "Weier has been spoiled by his grandmother and parents. Sooner or later, something bad will happen to him."
Lin Yuexi served soup to everyone and said with a smile: "Let's not talk about the past, let's have a good meal." Everyone agreed and started to eat with their chopsticks.
Lu Xiaomei ate with gusto and occasionally chatted happily with Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun.
After the meal, Lu Jianmin and Wang Lijuan helped to clean up the dishes, and they were chatting and laughing in the kitchen.
After cleaning up, Lu Jianmin walked to the living room and said to Lu Cheng seriously, "Third brother, if you have any problems in the future, just ask, don't carry it alone."
Lu Cheng felt warm in his heart and patted Lu Jianmin on the shoulder: "Second brother, I feel at ease with your words."
As it was getting dark, Lu Jianmin and his wife prepared to take Lu Xiaomei home.
Seeing that they were about to leave, Lin Yuexi went to the kitchen and took out a roast duck and seasonings and said, "I'll give this roast duck to you to eat during the New Year!"
Lu Jianmin and Wang Lijuan refused repeatedly, but Lin Yuexi said, "Second brother, second sister-in-law, just take it! I still have something to trouble you with."
Seeing this, Lu Jianmin and his wife took over and said, "Third sister-in-law, just tell us what you want. As long as we can do it, we will not refuse..."
Lin Yuexi smiled and said, "It's nothing. It's just that after the Chinese New Year, we will move to the county town to live permanently. No one is taking care of our house, so we would like to ask you to come and live here and take care of it..."
When Lu Jianmin heard that they were to live in Lu Cheng's house, he quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, we can come and visit from time to time, but we absolutely cannot live here..."
"Why not? It's not good to have no one living in the house. Besides, I have so many things in my house. I'm afraid they will be stolen if no one lives there..." Lin Yuexi said quickly.
In fact, Lin Yuexi didn’t want them to come and see the house at all. Instead, she planned to give the house and everything inside to Lu Jianmin and his wife!
She knew that after she left, Li Xiuying would definitely take the house and all the things in it, so it would be better to give them to Lu Jianmin's family.
Lu Cheng didn't expect Lin Yuexi to be so generous, but thinking about the courtyard house in the county town, there was really no need to keep this house.
Besides, he only wanted Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law's family to look after the house, and he didn't say he would give it to them. If he wanted to go home, he would still have a place to go. So he said to them, "Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law, Yuexi said so, so you can move in!
Besides, those adobe houses of yours are really uncomfortable to live in, you can move back when you have enough money to build a big tiled house..."
When Lu Jianmin and his wife heard Lu Cheng say the same thing, they knew that they were sincere and answered it.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng and Lin Yuexi sent them to the door. Lu Xiyun was still a little reluctant, so she held Lu Xiaomei's hand and said, "Sister, we will move to the county town after the New Year. You have to come and play with me more often these few days..."
Lu Xiaomei pulled Lu Xiyun's hand and said, "Okay, I'll come to your house to pay New Year's greetings after the New Year!..."
"Okay! Xiaomei, when the time comes, I will come to your house first, and then you will come to my house..." Lu Xiyun said.
After saying that, the two waved goodbye.
Over the next few days, the weather gradually cleared up, the ice and snow began to melt, and the roads became muddy. Lin Yuexi's family of four simply stayed at home and prepared things for the New Year.
During the days of preparation for the New Year, Lin Yuexi used the abundant supplies in the space to start making a variety of delicious New Year's goods.
She made some fresh meat into bacon and sausages and hung them under the eaves to dry. The rich aroma filled the courtyard.
Lu Cheng took Lu Ziyan to clean the house together, cleaning every corner of the house. The father and son talked and laughed while working.
Lu Xiyun was not idle either. She found some colored paper and learned to cut paper-cuts with great interest. Although she cut them crookedly at first, she was not discouraged. After many attempts, she gradually cut out beautiful patterns.
Lin Yuexi was pleased to see her daughter's serious look and came over to give her guidance from time to time. In the following days, they pasted window flowers, wrote Spring Festival couplets, and posted Spring Festival couplets.
Lu Cheng found a brush, ink, paper and inkstone and placed them on the stone table in the yard. Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun gathered around excitedly, staring at the inkstone, watching their father Lu Cheng slowly grinding the ink, and the fragrance of ink gradually spread.
Lu Cheng picked up the brush, rinsed it in clean water, shook it dry, dipped it in ink, and splashed it on the red paper. His brushstrokes were steady and powerful, and each stroke was written with vigor and elegance. After a while, a couplet with the words "A harmonious family brings a hundred blessings, and peace is worth a thousand gold" and the horizontal banner: "Full of blessings in the world" appeared before his eyes.
Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun applauded, their eyes full of admiration for their father. Lin Yuexi also thought that Lu Cheng wrote well.
Seeing that their father wrote so well, Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun clamored for Lu Cheng to teach them.
Lu Cheng looked at the children's expectant eyes, smiled and nodded in agreement. He first asked Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun to stand beside him, took their little hands, and taught them how to hold a pen.
"Hold the pen steadily, your fingers shouldn't be too strong or too loose, just like this..." Lu Cheng explained patiently, and the children imitated him seriously, their little faces full of concentration.
Under Lu Cheng's guidance, Lu Ziyan and Lu Xiyun began to practice simple strokes on red paper.
At first, their hands were out of control, the lines they wrote were crooked, and ink splashed everywhere.
Lu Ziyan was a little anxious and used too much force, and the brush almost slipped from his hand. Lu Cheng quickly held his hand and comforted him: "Don't worry, calligraphy is a slow process, just practice a few more times and it will be fine."
Lu Xiyun also encountered difficulties. The strokes she wrote were always different in thickness and she couldn't write well. But she didn't give up and tried again and again.
Lin Yuexi watched from the side, feeling distressed and relieved. She handed over tissues from time to time to help the children wipe off the ink stains that accidentally got on their faces.
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