This year's Spring Festival, Shen Mingzhu did not return to Anping Town, but spent it at home.
Pei Wenping did not go to Chen's house either, but stayed with their family of four, four children and three adults, which was quite warm and happy.
"Balala energy, I'm the little fairy, transform!"
In the yard, Pei Tang and his sister and the twin brother and sister were playing and laughing while setting off fireworks.
Shen Mingzhu, Pei Yang and Pei Wenping sat around the oven where chestnuts and peanuts were roasting, drinking tea and chatting while warming themselves by the fire.
Bang bang!
As two explosions were heard, two huge and dazzling golden fireworks bloomed in the night sky not far away.
The flowers are beautiful and dreamy, almost covering the entire sky.
Pei Tang and his friends stopped playing and happily ran outside the yard to find the best spot to watch the fireworks.
Pei Wenping followed him out worriedly.
Seeing that everyone had gone out, Pei Yang also pulled Shen Mingzhu outside.
Watching the dazzling fireworks rising into the sky one after another, Pei Tang guessed happily: "I know who is setting off the fireworks, it must be Uncle Ning Yuan!"
Chen Xiaolu was curious: "How do you know?"
Pei Tang pointed to the location where the fireworks were launched and said, "That's the top of Mingyuan Mountain. I've been there before. It's so beautiful up there, like a castle. There's also the Flower and Fruit Mountain and the racecourse where you can ride horses."
Hearing this, Chen Xiaolu showed envy on her face, "I haven't been there yet."
Pei Tang held her hand, and said in a friendly manner, "Then if Aunt Xueqi invites me to play next time, I will take you with me."
"OK."
"Do you like riding horses?"
Hearing his brother's voice, Pei Tang turned his head and saw his brother's handsome face illuminated by the fireworks. He couldn't help but stretch out his claws and hold his brother's hand.
"Yeah, riding a horse is really fun, brother, have you ever ridden one?"
Pei Ziheng squeezed her fleshy palm and said, "I'll take you for a ride when I have time."
Before Pei Tang could be happy, Chen Xiaochao came over and said, "You guys want to go horseback riding, I want to go too, take me with you!"
Pei Ziheng glared at the other party and said, "You can go if you want. Just call me brother and come and listen."
"elder brother!"
Pei Ziheng laughed with an ambiguous tone, but Chen Xiaolu was so angry at her brother's servile behavior that she rolled her eyes.
Pei Tang laughed directly and rudely: "Brother Xiaochao, you are so shameless. You are older than my brother, okay?"
Pei Ziheng is two years younger than the siblings and should be their cousin.
However, Pei Ziheng is tall, and due to long-term exercise and boxing practice, his physique is upright and well-proportioned. He looks much more mature and stable than Chen Xiaochaocheng.
"Guoguo, you have no idea about your brother's strength. Outside, people respectfully call him Pei Lao. I am making a profit by calling him brother, don't you understand?"
Pei Tang rolled his eyes cutely, "I don't know whether you make money or not, but the way you try to curry favor with my brother is really strange. If you meet me outside in the future, don't call me. I don't want people to know that we know each other."
"I just shouted, Guoguo, Guoguo!"
"I won't answer you even if you yell at me."
Not far away, Shen Mingzhu, who was listening to the four children's laughter, suddenly sighed: "It's been eleven years in the blink of an eye."
Pei Yang raised his hand and put his arm around her waist, then continued with a smile: "Yes, we have been married for eleven years. What kind of marriage is this called?"
Pei Wenping answered quickly: "Tin wedding!"
"Yes, a tin wedding, honey. Shouldn't we commemorate it? How about a pair of tin rings?"
Shen Mingzhu glanced at the man and said nothing.
What she was thinking was not the same as what Pei Yang said.
Not far away, Pei Ziheng turned his head and looked quietly towards Shen Mingzhu.
In this world, he is the only one who can understand Shen Mingzhu's thoughts and concerns.
He is the only one who knows the secret that his mother came here from another world. In other words, he and his mother are the closest people in this world.
As soon as this thought came to his mind, he felt inexplicably better.
…
Although the fireworks are beautiful, it is really cold if you stay outdoors for a long time.
When their stiff hands and feet regained some feeling and seeing that the time was almost up, Shen Mingzhu took out the red envelopes she had prepared in advance, one for each of the four children.
“Thank you, Mom!”
"Thank you, aunt!"
Seeing Shen Mingzhu start to distribute New Year's money, Pei Yang and Pei Wenping also took out the red envelopes they had prepared in advance and distributed them one by one.
After receiving the New Year’s money, the children think that New Year’s Eve is over.
Pei Wenping wanted to stay up all night with Shen Mingzhu, but her two children were not doing well, so she had to take them home to sleep. She had to go to the Chen family to wish the two elders a happy new year early the next morning.
After Pei Wenping and her two sons went back, Shen Mingzhu forcibly woke up her daughter who was pecking at rice like a chicken, took out a New Year's wish book, and put a pen in her daughter's hand.
"You are the youngest, so you write first. What is your wish for the coming year?"
Pei Tang's eyes were sleepy, but he picked up the pen without hesitation: I hope there will be no homework during the winter and summer vacations!
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Shen Mingzhu caressed her daughter's head lovingly, and said softly, "Baby, you have to learn to distinguish between dreams and wishful thinking."
Pei Tang was so sleepy that he woke up in anger: "Then I'll change it. I want to be the director of the Education Bureau and cancel all the homework for all the elementary school students in the city!"
"Come on, I also want to be the mother of the director of the Education Bureau."
After coaxing her daughter into a happy smile, Shen Mingzhu handed the pen to Pei Ziheng again, "Son, what is your wish for the coming year?"
Pei Ziheng said: "Ladies first, Mom, you go first."
"All right."
Shen Mingzhu put the pen back, thought for a while, and wrote on the wish book: I hope to lose ten pounds next year.
When she finished writing, Pei Yang immediately took over the pen and wrote: I don’t want my wife to lose ten pounds, just three pounds at most.
Just after he finished writing, he was kicked by Shen Mingzhu, but he was grinning happily.
When I turned around, I saw my son wrote in the wish book: I hope my dream will come true.
"How could you tear down my stage?"
Pei Ziheng replied: "If I were you, I wouldn't ask this question, so as not to humiliate myself."
Pei Yang was choked and felt a pain in his chest: "Between being a son and being a rebellious son, you choose to be a rebellious son, right?"
Shen Mingzhu happily leaned over and kissed her son on the cheek, "Thank you, son. Mommy loves you."
"You're welcome."
Pei Ziheng looked calm, but the tips of his ears were faintly tinged with red.
Pei Tang shook Shen Mingzhu's arm and said coquettishly: "Mom, I want a kiss too."
"MUA~"
Shen Mingzhu was not stingy and gave her daughter a big kiss on the face.
When Pei Yang saw this, he also pinched his throat to ask for a kiss, but Shen Mingzhu rolled her eyes and said that she had read the message but did not reply.
…
The next day was New Year's Day, and Shen Mingzhu got up very early.
After washing up, I was boiling water and kneading dough for breakfast when Pei Yang yawned and came into the kitchen.
Seeing her making glutinous rice balls, I couldn't help but nag: "This thing is so sweet and sticky. I don't know why you like to eat it."
Shen Mingzhu glanced at him calmly and said, "On New Year's Day, don't force me to beat you up."
Hearing her say this, Pei Yang immediately embraced her waist from behind, his expression showing intimacy and flattery: "Happy New Year, honey."
"Go wash your face and brush your teeth, and wake up the kids."
"Yes, sir."
After kissing her on the cheek, Pei Yang went out happily.
Shen Mingzhu scooped some hot water and added it to the basin while stirring the glutinous rice flour with chopsticks.
She learned the skill of making glutinous rice balls from her grandmother.
In her previous life, she lived in the south, and she would eat glutinous rice balls on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year every year, which meant a happy and complete new year. (End of this chapter)