On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Lin Wanwan gave sister-in-law Yuying and brother Dayong a year-end bonus of 100 taels each, and everyone in the family also received 10 taels. After a year of hard work, everyone was happy together.
The purpose of life is to be happy. Money is something you can't bring with you when you are born and you can't take with you when you die. The most important thing is to enjoy life while you can.
She has earned enough this year. The sugar and stewed pork businesses have earned more than 200,000 taels. She also has four shops that have earned more than 30,000 taels. If she works hard for a few more years, she will be able to pay off the 857 energy points she owes.
Lin Wanwan also sent the village welfare to the head of the village, 1,000 taels of silver in cash, and almost every family and every person could get one tael of silver, which made the villagers very happy! After all, she occupied so much land in the village, and she should be given dividends for the money she made.
The New Year gifts prepared in advance were also sent to the village head's house, the homes of various ethnic groups, Mr. Lin's house, Suchun's house, and my grandfather's house. They all had to be taken care of.
After the holiday, Lin Bai stuck to her every day, following her wherever she went, like a little follower.
"Sister, why don't you give Xiaobai a red envelope? Why do everyone else have one but Xiaobai doesn't?"
Lin Wanwan touched his head and asked, "What do you need money for? We don't need anything at home."
"But Xiaobai also wants to save money! He wants to save money for his sister in the future!"
Lin Wanwan was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"Well, I'll give it to you on the first morning of the new year and wrap it in a big red envelope, okay?"
Lin Bai was happy then and took her hand and walked forward.
On New Year’s Eve, everyone gathered together again to have the New Year’s Eve dinner, and the house was very lively.
On the morning of the first day of the New Year, Lin Wanwan continued to give out red envelopes. During the Chinese New Year, others received red envelopes until their hands were tired, but she gave out red envelopes until her hands were tired.
After eating dumplings, she took Lin Bai and Sister Yuying out to pay New Year's greetings. After a walk, they finally came to Grandma Suchun's house.
Her house is very different this year than it was last year. The mud walls have been torn down and replaced with blue bricks, and the thatched roof has been replaced with mud tiles. It is no longer a small dilapidated house.
Lin Wanwan walked in with Xiaobai. Grandma Suchun was already sitting in the main hall waiting for them. There were a lot of cakes on the table. When she saw them coming, she quickly waved and called them over.
"Happy New Year, grandma!"
Xiaobai immediately threw himself into her arms and shouted, "Happy New Year, Grandma! Have you prepared a red envelope for Xiaobai?"
"Hahaha, yes, yes, yes!"
She took out two red envelopes from her pocket and gave one to each of them.
He talked to them for a long time, and when it was getting late, he let them go back.
Many people still came to wish her a happy new year. Lin Shitou and others also came. Lin Wanwan immediately pulled them aside and continued playing mahjong.
On the third day of the Chinese New Year, she took Lin Bai to her grandfather's house to pay New Year's greetings.
At the end of last year, the village counted that each household raised about 500 ducks, and the total number in the village was more than 30,000. My grandfather's family was even more impressive, with nearly 100,000 chickens and ducks by the end of the year.
Lin Wanwan felt that it was about enough. From now on, the chickens and ducks would not only be sent to Baiweiju in the county, but also to other braising shops. Those in distant places would not need to be slaughtered, and those nearby could be directly cleaned and transported on ice.
While the weather was still cold, she asked people to build several large ice storages in Shili Village and had them fill them with ice. If the ice at the farm ran out, they could come here to get more.
During the Chinese New Year, the plum trees on the mountain are in full bloom, and the fragrance is wafting in the air. Many of them were transplanted last year, not only plum trees, but also many orange trees, grapefruit trees, and camellia trees. They will definitely be very beautiful when the flowering season arrives.
The Lantern Festival was still very lively. Her four stores continued to organize lantern riddle guessing activities like last year, but this year's lanterns were designed by her and 857, and they invited Master Zhang, the best lantern maker in the county.
The styles are novel and unique, with various colors. Master Zhang couldn't take his eyes off the patterns as soon as he saw them. He immediately took his apprentices to work on them, forgetting all about making only three lanterns a year and diving into the lantern making process.
Because of the large number of unique lanterns, her shop shines brightly during the Lantern Festival, and the door is crowded with people. The pink gauze lanterns and various cute little animals fascinate the girls, and some exquisite and elegant ones with landscapes and beauties painted on them are also very popular with students.
Not to mention the top prize, the four patterns are plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. The best silk gauze is used as the base, and a picture is lightly drawn on one side, which is then embroidered by the most skilled embroiderer. Lifelike flowers are sewn on the other three sides, with different colors, shapes and sizes, and the flowers are in clusters and exquisite.
As long as you pass the third level, you will be rewarded with a lantern. Many people come here for the first prize, but most people are stumped at the sixth and seventh levels.
In the end, the first prize of Baiweiju was snatched away by Shen Mo again. It was the one embroidered with plum blossoms. The surrounding area was covered with large patches of plum blossoms, lotus flowers with lighter colors, as if large patches of flowers were climbing all over the window.
After Shen Mo got it, people around him immediately offered to buy it with a large sum of money, but he rejected them all.
When they saw that the first prize of Baiweiju had been won, they rushed to Wanxiang Pavilion, but no one won it. Only one student passed the ninth level, but he stopped there, which made people feel sorry.
There was no point in regretting it, as it was only one step away. The next day, Lin Wanwan received news that someone in Yongcheng had also won the first prize last night, but no one revealed their name, and no one knew who it was.
The two remaining lanterns are hung in the store as a souvenir every year.
The plum blossoms on the farm were in full bloom, and Lin Wanwan had someone put up a notice board on the roadside, telling people who came to see the flowers that it was only for seven days, as they would be picking the flowers after seven days, so they should hurry.
It is very convenient to have the signboard. If I have any problems in the future, I can write them down and people who come to visit will see them.
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