Chapter 75 The Joy of Receiving Red Envelopes
At noon, the family happily had a hot pot meal. Father and Mother Gu were busy for a long time, but they only had one serving of sweet and sour spareribs. The rest were prepared in advance for the evening. In the afternoon, the family had to prepare New Year's goods, after all, the reunion dinner in the evening was the highlight.
In the afternoon, we sorted out the gifts that we would give to each family for the New Year’s greetings in the next few days, allocated time, and the whole family gathered together to make dumplings.
Although they said they were making dumplings, in reality only the elders and Gu Muruan were seriously making edible dumplings. Gu Mochen was playing online games with Pei Yan, Gu Muyan and Gu Muxi were watching variety shows with a small piece of dough, and Gu Mocheng and Lu Qingqing were accompanying Gu Jingnian to make small animals with dough.
Gu Moci continued to serve everyone, making fruit salad. Gu Muwan and Gu Muruan were also learning how to make dumplings.
"Nuanbao, you are so amazing. Why am I so clumsy?" Gu Muwan curled her lips and looked at the dumplings with the stuffing exposed.
"Sister, if you were clumsy, the designs of those clothes would have been strangled in the cradle." Gu Mochen, who was playing games at the side, responded quickly.
Gu Muwan ignored him and continued to look at Gu Muran by holding onto her arm.
"Nuanbao, who did you learn this from? It's so good! It looks better than the ones made by grandpa and grandma." After Gu Muwan asked, her mother poked her arm. Gu Muwan knew what her mother meant, but she always felt that based on her understanding of her twin sisters, if Nuannuan could tell them about her past experiences, they would be able to get closer to Nuannuan and Gu Muwan would truly let go of the past.
Gu Mu Nuan didn't pay much attention to this question and answered directly: "I learned it from the owner of a handmade dumpling restaurant."
"Nuanbao, can you please tell me in detail?" Gu Muwan asked her softly.
Gu Muruan nodded. She knew that Gu Muwan asked her to speak out not to express guilt, but to understand her previous life.
Speaking of which, he was one of the few kind-hearted bosses Gu Muran met when she was a child.
During the winter vacation of the year when she was about to graduate from elementary school, with the consent of the orphanage director, she went to the town during the day to see if there was any odd jobs she could do. She saw a dumpling restaurant recruiting temporary workers, so she went in and met the boss. The boss did not say anything bad to her, but smiled and said that she was too young and did not meet the requirements.
At that time, Xiao Ye Nuan did not leave immediately, but tried to negotiate conditions with the boss. She only wanted one-third of the salary and could try working for a day.
The boss guessed that her family might be poor, and after asking, he found out that she was an orphan. Although she was in an orphanage, everyone knew the situation there, so he softened his heart and agreed.
Xiao Ye Nuan learned how to make dumplings from the boss, who praised her talent. After half a day, he realized that Xiao Ye Nuan was as good as a temporary worker, so he agreed to her request at the normal price of 40 yuan for half a day.
Ye Nuan stayed there for a week. The boss was going home for the New Year and paid Ye Nuan 300 yuan in wages.
Gu Muran didn't recall what happened afterwards: she happily took it back to the director, who told her to keep it for herself and told her that she would have a lot of money to spend and should save it, as she would have to rely on herself after leaving the orphanage...
After telling the story of the past, Gu Muwan sighed and said, "The boss is such a good person, Nuanbao, I want to eat the dumplings you made today." The others also tacitly understood and said nothing else.
Gu Moci handed her a fruit cup and asked her to eat it. Gu Muran looked at her family in front of her and felt really happy.
Dumplings are just the staple food for the New Year’s Eve dinner in City S, so you don’t need a lot. It just took a little longer to make different dumpling fillings, but several people finished wrapping them quickly together.
Finally, at night, the New Year's Eve dinner carefully prepared by Gu's parents was served. The reunion dinner on New Year's Eve was a true reunion in the Gu family.
Gu's parents prepared the favorite dishes of Grandpa Gu, Grandma Gu, themselves, and each of their children, making a New Year's Eve dinner. Grandpa Gu raised his glass, and the whole family started eating.
At eight o'clock in the evening, while eating, the elders took out red envelopes first. Gu Munuan received four thick red envelopes, which felt heavy in her hands and she felt really good. What she didn't expect was that Gu Mocheng and Gu Moci also prepared red envelopes for everyone, not only for her younger brothers and sisters, but also for her grandparents and Gu's father and mother.
"You two little brats, you give me red envelopes every year." Grandpa Gu said with a smile.
"Dad, they earn so much money, it's only right that we share it with them." Father Gu was very happy about it. He could even get some of the red envelopes he sent out back, and it was money in the hands of two businessmen. It felt good to get it for free.
But the one who received the most red envelopes was little boy Gu Jingnian. He even carried a small schoolbag to put them in, which made the whole family laugh.
After dinner, everyone gathered in the living room to watch the show and chat. Gu Muwan suddenly said loudly: "Everyone, pay attention, look at the group, everyone is sending out New Year's red envelopes. Big brother and second brother, the task of sending out red envelopes is left to you, and we are responsible for grabbing them."
Gu Mocheng and Gu Moci were clearly aware of their sister's arrangements: What else can they do? Send it.
One night, Gu Muran truly experienced the joy of receiving red envelopes.
The young people stayed up together to celebrate the New Year and went to bed after midnight.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the family set out on the journey to pay New Year's greetings.
Gu Muwan, Gu Muran, and Gu's parents went to visit the homes of their friends in the neighborhood to wish their elders a happy new year, and then went to visit Gu's father's mentor. In short, at the end of the day, Gu Muran received quite a few red envelopes.
In addition, the sentence she and Gu Muwan heard most today was: Oh, this is Nuannuan and Wanwan, they look so alike, but Wanwan is a little taller than Nuannuan.
Gu Muruan: ...Why does it sound a bit uncomfortable?
In the next few days, apart from visiting the elders to pay New Year's greetings, Gu Murun mostly spent her time lying down at home with Gu Muwan to rest. After all, the hard-earned rest time should be cherished.
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