In the room, Fang Xiwan sat on the kang. There were several stoves burning around her, and the room was very warm.
An An and Kang Kang were also lying beside her at this time, their little heads nodding as if they were taking a nap, looking very cute.
When the children came in, they immediately took off their cotton jackets.
"You guys are all the same. You're still cold, and you're saying you're not afraid of catching a cold even if you take off your clothes."
Fang Xiwan said this unhappily, but one could see her love for these children in her eyes.
"Grandma, it's too hot in this room! And wearing so many clothes is too clumsy. We also want to learn how to make dumplings from you!"
Gu Yuner walked up to her side with a very sweet tone.
"You, these six months of private school have not been in vain. Your little mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter!" Fang Xiwan said with a smile as she looked at Gu Yun'er, whose body had become slimmer and more graceful. She then stretched out her floury hand and touched her little nose.
In an instant, Gu Yuner turned into a little cat.
Shen Ningsi saw this scene when he just walked in. He couldn't help but cover his mouth and burst out laughing.
"Mom, my grandmother bullied me, and you are laughing at me here!" Gu Yun'er deliberately pretended to be angry and looked at Shen Ningsi with a hurt face.
"I don't think your grandmother bullied you at all. She just felt sorry for you." After Shen Ningsi finished speaking, he walked to the basin and washed his hands. After drying them with a dry towel, he sat next to Fang Xiwan.
"Sisi, let's make the dumplings this year, just the mother-in-law and I. We can also teach the kids so they don't learn how to make them later!"
Fang Xiwan looked at their eager expressions and couldn't help but smile and spoke.
"Grandma, Yun'er knows you are the best!" After saying that, Gu Yun'er hurriedly went to the side to wash her hands, sat next to them, and looked at the dough on the table with an eager look on her face.
"Hehe, Brother Xiuwen, Brother Xiuwu, you're going to eat the dumplings I made this year. Don't you think Yun'er is amazing?"
After Gu Yuner finished speaking, she imitated Shen Ningsi, took out a dough, and prepared to roll it into a round dough.
But Shen Ningsi had already made several dumplings, and the dough in her hands was either thin or thick.
Gu Yun'er didn't give up. She kneaded the dough into dough again and repeated the same action randomly.
But after trying several times, he failed to look as handsome as his mother and grandmother, and a look of helplessness appeared on his face.
"Haha, Yun'er, making dumplings is not an easy task. When rolling out the dumpling wrappers, you must apply even pressure, just like this..."
Shen Ningsi put a dumpling he had just peeled aside and taught Gu Yuner how to roll out the dumpling skin.
Before long, a dumpling wrapper that Gu Yuner had just rolled out appeared in her hand, and an excited expression appeared on her face.
Then he showed off in front of Gu Xiuwen and the others with a smug look on his face. When the father and his two sons saw this scene, they couldn't help but laugh softly.
At this time, Shen Ningsi's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had already put clean copper coins in the dumplings.
When Gu Hong and his two sons saw this scene, their eyes immediately widened, as if they were trying to remember which dumplings had the copper coins in them.
I don't know when the fireworks outside stopped. After all, the people in Wanning Village are not as rich as those in the town. It is not easy for them to set off fireworks until now.
It was quiet and dark outside at this moment.
After sitting in the room for a while, the children felt too hot and wanted to go out to get some fresh air without even putting on any clothes.
He was stopped by the sharp-eyed Gu Hong.
"You will definitely catch a cold if you go out like this. Tomorrow is New Year's Day!" Seeing the serious expression on his face, the children quietly retracted their feet.
"Gu Hong, did your family buy only this many fireworks this year?"
Shen Ningsi looked at the bamboo basket full of dumplings beside him and couldn't help but look up and ask.
"There are still some in the warehouse."
Gu Hong didn't know why Shen Ningsi asked him this.
"Then take the children out to set off fireworks. Otherwise, it will be boring for them to stay in this house."
After Shen Ningsi finished speaking, he pointed at Gu Yuner who was beside him. She was happily making dumplings just now, but after making only a few, she looked listless.
After all, this is the true nature of children. They no longer have to be submissive like before and live a life they don't like because of adults' preferences.
Sure enough, when the children heard that there were fireworks in the warehouse, their eyes lit up immediately and they surrounded Gu Hong.
After a while, Gu Hong led them out, and fireworks began to be set off in the yard again, and beautiful figures appeared in the sky.
At this time, most of the children in the village are still awake, and only by staying up late can they receive New Year's money from their families.
Seeing someone setting off fireworks here again, there was envy in their eyes.
Then they started clamoring to set off fireworks, just like their parents did.
But the people in Wanning Village would never squander their spare money like that. They just wanted to store more food at home in preparation for the famine, having learned from my previous experience.
"What are you arguing about?! That's the general's house, setting off some fireworks is normal! If you're capable, you can become a general in the future, and you can set off as many fireworks as you want during the New Year!"
This is what most parents said to their children. Then, many children stood in the yard, looking at the fireworks in the sky not far away, with envy on their faces.
But there were also some brave ones who walked cautiously to the outside of their yard and watched the four father and sons setting off fireworks together in the yard.
Unaware of Gu Hong's bad reputation, the children secretly left after watching for a while.
They waited until the next day to show off to the other children in the village what they had seen that night.
Soon it was midnight.
Shen Ningsi and Fang Xiwan had already wrapped the dumplings.
An An and Kang Kang had already fallen asleep on the kang at this time. After all, they were still young, and it was not easy for them to hold on until now.
"You can eat dumplings in a moment. After you finish eating the dumplings, I'll give you all New Year's money. The first person to eat the dumpling with the copper coin inside will get an extra portion!"
Fang Xiwan looked at the children with a smile on her face.
Sure enough, after hearing what he and she said, not only Gu Xiuwen and Gu Xiuwu, but even Gu Yun'er beside them looked eager to try.
"Grandma, Yun'er wants to eat six dumplings!"
Gu Yun'er immediately walked to Fang Xiwan's side. A pot had been placed in the room at some point, and steam was bubbling from it.
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