Fang Xiwan couldn't help laughing when she saw Gu Yuner's playful look.
"Okay, okay, let alone six, I'll make you sixty!"
Fang Xiwan said this with a loving look on her face. With these children taking care of her during this period of time, her heart knot has been relieved a lot.
As the midnight bell rang in the village, several children sat down at the table at the same time.
They didn't hesitate to pick up the dumplings from their bowls and eat them in big mouthfuls.
Everyone wants to be the first person to eat the dumpling with a copper coin in it.
"I?"
Just as the children were wolfing down their dumplings and preparing to eat their second one, Shen Ningsi suddenly put down her chopsticks, then reached into her mouth and took out a copper coin.
"This good omen of the new year is still on you!"
Fang Xiwan looked at the copper coins in Shen Ningsi's hand and said with a smile.
When the children saw that the first copper coin was eaten by their mother, they did not show any dissatisfaction on their faces. Instead, they congratulated her one by one and then began to eat it voraciously.
Since they can't do the first one, then let them do the second one!
But the next moment, Fang Xiwan also put down the chopsticks in her hand, and after a while, another copper coin appeared in her hand.
The children really like this grandmother, so they don’t have any objections.
After Shen Ningsi, Gu Hong and a few other children said some auspicious words, they lowered their heads and started eating again.
But the third person who knew about the copper coin was actually Gu Hong. When the children saw this, they could only sigh and their movements in eating dumplings were not as smooth as they were at the beginning.
Shen Ningsi looked at them like this, secretly covering his mouth and smiling foolishly.
This innocent scene will change as they grow older, so every minute and every second now is so precious.
“I ate it!”
Just as Shen Ning was thinking, Gu Yuner's excited voice suddenly rang in their ears. She then took out the copper coin in her mouth and jumped in front of Shen Ningsi.
"Mom, this is Yun'er's blessing for the new year. Now I give it all to you. I hope you can give us some more brothers and sisters!"
After Gu Yuner finished speaking, she looked at An An and Kang Kang who were sleeping soundly beside her with a big smile on her face.
Shen Ningsi felt it was not right to answer the question or not to answer it at this moment.
She had experienced the pain of childbirth and didn't want to go through it again, but looking at the eager look on the child's face, she nodded and took the copper coin in her hand with a smile.
Looking at the loving mother and filial son, Fang Xiwan was deeply moved.
"Mom, I ate it too!"
"Me too!"
At this time, Gu Xiuwen and Gu Xiuwu also took the copper coins they had eaten and brought them to Shen Ningsi like cash.
Gu Hong watched this scene from the side, feeling extremely envious, but as the head of the family, he couldn't say it out loud and could only watch.
It is said that no one knows a child better than his mother. When Fang Xiwan saw the expression on her son's face, she couldn't help but chuckle.
"This is for you!"
Shen Ningsi took the copper coins given to him by the children as if they were treasures, and then handed his own to Gu Hong.
Although Gu Hong looked nonchalant, his hands moved very quickly.
"Well... since you gave it to me, I'll accept it reluctantly. Unlike these little bastards, I'm so kind to them, but each of them is so partial to me!"
Gu Hong was about to say a few swear words, but suddenly remembered that today was New Year's Eve, so he forced himself to hold it back.
Seeing the angry look on his face, both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law laughed.
"Dad, why are you so anxious? You are the one who has made the greatest contribution to this family, but of course the first copper coin should be given to mother. We have prepared it and will give it to you when we have the second one."
Gu Xiuwu glanced at Gu Hong.
Then he sat back in his seat and slowly started eating dumplings.
Just now he just wanted to be the first to eat the copper coin, so he didn't taste the dumplings. Now he was calm and relaxed.
Gu Xiuwen and Gu Yuner also sat back down at this time and slowly and methodically ate the dumplings in front of them.
When Gu Hong saw this scene, he couldn't vent his anger even if he was angry!
When the children got the second copper coin, they really handed it to Gu Hong.
Only then did the dissatisfaction on his face gradually disappear.
"Okay, after eating the dumplings, let's all rest for a while and then go back to rest. We still have to get up early tomorrow morning to celebrate the New Year!"
As the oldest person in the family, Fang Xiwan couldn't help but remind the other party at this time.
"Tonight, An An and Kang Kang will sleep with you two. It's New Year's Day, and the whole family must be together."
After Fang Xiwan finished speaking, she pointed to the two babies sleeping soundly on the kang.
"As for these boys, they are all grown up!" Fang Xiwan said, looking at Gu Xiuwen and his two siblings standing beside her.
When they heard her say this, disappointment instantly appeared on the faces of the children.
"Mom, how about we sleep on this kang tonight? An'an and Kang'kang can sleep between me and his dad, Yun'er can sleep next to me, and Xiuwen and Xiuwu can sleep next to their dad!"
Shen Ningsi naturally noticed the fleeting loneliness in the eyes of these three people, and his heart couldn't help but tighten.
After nearly two years of living together, she has already treated these three children as her own.
"That's fine, anyway, this kang is big enough, it won't be too crowded for you guys to sleep on!"
Fang Xiwan naturally noticed it, and didn't want these children to be separated from Gu Hong and the others, so she went back to her room to rest.
There was no conversation all night, and the family huddled together, feeling especially affectionate.
Gu Hong got up early in the morning. There is a custom in Wanning Village that whoever can grab the first bucket of water from the village well in the new year will definitely be the richest family in the village that year!
When Gu Hong woke up, he sat up from the bed quietly, afraid of waking up the people who were sleeping soundly. He put on his coat and went out.
When he walked outside, the Liu couple were already waiting there.
Fang Xiwan also dressed up early and sat in the yard kneading dumplings. The scene looked so warm.
"mother!"
After greeting Fang Xiwan, Gu Hong picked up the bucket beside him.
Although they also have a well in their yard, it is still less old than the well in the village.
"Are you going to fetch water from the village well?"
Fang Xiwan saw what he was thinking at a glance.
"Yes, when Sisi and the children wake up, they will be able to use the first bucket of well water this year!"
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