Zhao Dafa gave red envelopes of New Year's money to Pei Ziheng's brother and sister and the twins, and all four children.

As a token of reciprocity, Shen Mingzhu and Pei Wenping also gave New Year's money to Zhao Yun and his sister.

The twins received the red envelope and handed it to Pei Wenping for safekeeping.

Guoguo was still young, so her New Year's money was collected by Shen Mingzhu, while Pei Ziheng kept his own.

Zhao Dafa has always been generous and lets his children spend their own New Year's money.

Zhao Yun put the red envelope directly into his pocket after receiving it, but Liang Xiaowen opened the red envelopes given by Shen Mingzhu and Pei Wenping for New Year's money on the spot.

One is fifty and the other is five dollars.

"Mom, this red envelope is only five yuan..."

Liang Xiaowen's voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for everyone present to hear.

The harmonious atmosphere suddenly became silent and awkward.

The most embarrassed person was Pei Wenping, because she was the one who gave the five-yuan red envelope.

Children in rural areas would smile so much when they received fifty cents or one yuan as New Year’s money.

In the city, people with average financial conditions usually give their children one or two yuan as New Year's money, while those with better financial conditions give three or five yuan.

Pei Wenping knew that the Zhao family was well off, so she put five yuan in the red envelopes given to Zhao Yun and Liang Xiaowen as New Year's money.

It was not until she was keeping the New Year's red envelopes given by Zhao Dafa for the twins that she realized she had given too little.

The red envelope given by Zhao Dafa was thick and heavy, estimated to be no less than thirty yuan.

She had been thinking of finding another one for Zhao Yun's brother or sister later, but she didn't expect Liang Xiaowen to do this.

"What nonsense are you talking about, kid? You think five dollars is too little. I really spoil you."

Zhou Hui scolded her daughter a few times, then smiled at Shen Mingzhu and Pei Wenping, "Children are ignorant, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."

Shen Mingzhu smiled faintly, "The child is still young, there will be opportunities to teach him rules in the future."

The implication is that if the child is ignorant, then you adults are also ignorant, right? When the child opened the red envelope, didn't you stop him?

Zhou Hui's smile froze. Just as she was about to say something, she heard her stepson snort at her daughter, "If you think it's too little, you can give it to me. I don't think it's too little."

Pei Ziheng also looked at Liang Xiaowen: "In the countryside, five yuan is enough to pay for a semester's tuition. If you donate it to those children who can't afford to go to school, they will be grateful to you."

"You all bully me!"

Liang Xiaowen was just a young girl after all, and she was thin-skinned. After being bullied like this in public, she couldn't hold back her pride and ran away crying.

Zhou Hui said goodbye to everyone apologetically and went to chase her daughter.

Zhao Dafa patted his knees and stood up, smiling and trying to smooth things over, "It's not a big deal, the New Year's money is just a token of my appreciation, some are high and some are low, don't take it to heart."

"Sister, Xiao Pei, I have to go to the next store, so I'll leave first. You guys go about your business."

Pei Yang was busy changing his daughter's diaper, and Shen Mingzhu got up to see the father and son out.

She put her hand on Zhao Yun's shoulder and chatted with Zhao Dafa as they walked out. "Brother Zhao, there are a lot of things going on at home these days, so I can't entertain you properly. When I have some free time in a few days, I will invite you and sister-in-law to come home and have a good meal."

Zhao Yun was the first to cheer, "Great! I like Aunt Mingzhu's cooking the most! Aunt Mingzhu, can you make roast duck? I love your roast duck, it's better than the one in the restaurant."

"Okay, what else do you want to eat?"

Zhao Yun rattled off a bunch of dishes, causing Zhao Dafa to scold him, "You bastard, you get excited just talking about food, you don't study that hard."

"How dare you say that to me? You haven't even studied as much as I have."

Zhao Dafa was annoyed by his son's words. He turned to Shen Mingzhu and said, "This brat has been refusing to obey my discipline since he was young, and he also refused to study hard. Thanks to your Ziheng, he has also learned well."

"Sister, you see the kids from our two families get along well, how about we become godparents?"

In the past, Zhao Yun called her godmother twice, and her son was angry for several months.

If this really happens, wouldn't my son be so angry that he would die? Zhao Dafa's next words made Shen Mingzhu feel relieved, "Hasn't your Guoguo been adopted as a goddaughter yet? Why don't you recognize her as my goddaughter, and Zhao Yun will be her brother from now on."

Shen Mingzhu did not agree immediately.

She needs to discuss this matter with Pei Yang.

It is not an easy task to visit godparents casually. You have to find someone to match your horoscope with first, and only those with compatible horoscopes can do the visit.

When Shen Mingzhu returned to the living room, Pei Wenping returned the red envelope that Zhao Dafa had given to the twins to Shen Mingzhu with a nervous look on her face.

"Mingzhu, I just checked. These two red envelopes are too big. Please find some time to help me pay them back."

Shen Mingzhu pushed the red envelope back and said, "Sister, Brother Zhao has given it all, so just keep it."

"But this is too much. One is fifty, and two together are a hundred."

It was more than her monthly salary. "If I had known earlier, I should have asked you first, so it wouldn't be so embarrassing."

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Shen Mingzhu smiled, "Our economic conditions are far behind Brother Zhao's. When he prepared the red envelope, he must have weighed the pros and cons. I'll just have to wait for a chance to repay the favor in the future."

"Don't worry, Brother Zhao is not the kind of person who cares about every little thing."

Pei Wenping was still worried. "But I think his wife is quite dissatisfied. She almost slapped me in the face for taking advantage of me. This matter caused a lot of trouble."

"It's not her turn to be the head of the Zhao family yet, so don't worry about her."

Shen Mingzhu had long experienced Zhou Hui's pettiness.

When she was in confinement, Zhao Dafa brought a lot of expensive supplements. Zhou Hui also implied something about her in her words and deeds, thinking that she was taking advantage of the Zhao family.

If you ask her, Zhou Hui is not a smart person either.

If the opponent is smart, he will know that Zhao Dafa’s weakness is Zhao Yun.

As long as Zhao Yun is well-educated, Zhao Dafa will give him whatever he wants, right? Why would she care about the courtesy Zhao Dafa gave her? ...

Not long after Zhao Dafa and his son came out of Pei's house, they met Zhou Hui and her daughter who were waiting for them.

Liang Xiaowen had been coaxed by Zhou Hui and was now lying in Zhou Hui's arms, acting coquettishly.

"Let's go to your mother's house first." Zhao Dafa greeted the mother and daughter.

Zhou Hui led her daughter along with Zhao Dafa. She glanced back at the lazy and careless Zhao Yun behind her and said with a half-smile, half-seriously, "Xiao Yun is really something. Instead of helping her own family, she helps outsiders. Xiao Wen was so angry that she cried for a long time."

"I'm helping the right people instead of my relatives."

Zhao Yun is fearless and even Zhao Dafa doesn't give him face, let alone Zhou Hui, his stepmother.

Liang Xiaowen pouted coquettishly, "Dad, look at my brother, he is right to bully me!"

Zhao Dafa smiled and touched Liang Xiaowen's head, with a kind fatherly look on his face, "Xiaowen, if your brother bullies you, I will teach him a lesson. However, if you receive red envelopes or gifts in the future, you can only open them when you return home. It is impolite and against the rules to open gifts and red envelopes in front of outsiders. Remember?"

Zhao Dafa was apparently lecturing Liang Xiaowen, but Zhou Hui felt her cheeks burning.

It is the mother's fault if a daughter is not well educated. Saying that Liang Xiaowen has no rules does not mean that she has not taught her daughter well, right?

"Dafa, today's incident was also my negligence. I forgot to collect the red envelope for Xiaowen. I will pay attention to it next time."

Zhou Hui took over the conversation, and Zhao Dafa also stopped talking. "Fortunately, Sister Shen and Brother Pei are both generous people who won't care too much, otherwise the relationship between our two families would be broken."

Just break it off, so that you won’t be taken advantage of by the Pei family.

Zhou Hui complained in her heart, but pretended to be virtuous on the surface, "When I'm free in a few days, I'll take Xiaowen to apologize. By the way, that girl today must be Pei's eldest sister-in-law, why is she at her parents' house with her child so early in the morning on the first day of the new year?"

(End of this chapter)