Led by Grandma Wang Cuihua, the adults each said a blessing and everyone began—
The men in the Ye family drink baijiu (Chinese liquor), the women drink tea, and the children drink honey water…
They raised their glasses together and took a big gulp.
After finishing the drink, I ate a few bites of rice, ate a few more mouthfuls, and then started sending New Year's greetings and red envelopes:
[This is essentially a wish for one's family.]
Yingbao and her brothers each said a few auspicious words and received their red envelopes.
happy!
Thinking back to the New Year's greetings and receiving red envelopes, it feels like such a distant memory. She's almost forgotten what it felt like to receive them, what to buy, and where to get the delicious food and fun activities...
well!
Yingbao tried hard to suppress her restless heart; she couldn't spoil the fun during the New Year.
We can't treat her like a baby anymore; her loving family members will understand...
The Ye family was celebrating the Chinese New Year with great joy and smiles on their faces.
In a desolate and sparsely populated area far away in Beijing, in what was essentially an abandoned house, a woman completely covered up stood still and looked around.
You might think it's just a beautiful woman standing there, gazing at the beautiful scenery in the distance, but that's not the case. If Yingbao were here, she would definitely recognize that this woman is Sister Lin, whom she met at the Xingtai Hotel.
She held a cigarette between her index and middle fingers and took a deep drag.
It seems strange not to be at home with your husband, children, and a warm bed during the Lunar New Year.
But most people didn't see her. Even if a few did see her, they assumed she was there for something and didn't think much of it.
The pedestrians and shops on the street had already closed the day before, all busy celebrating the New Year, happily eating big fish and meat, and drinking the long-awaited liquor, because their wives usually controlled their liquor intake and wouldn't let them drink too much.
During the New Year, they finally took pity on us and granted us more authority.
Their stomachs were so full of cravings for alcohol that they didn't have time to think about anything else!
Mind your own business.
Suddenly, Sister Lin stopped smoking and looked in the opposite direction from where she had come from. She threw the cigarette in her hand, stomped on it twice, and began to wait.
After finishing their meal at the Ye family's house, Yingbao and her brothers wanted to open the red envelopes to see how much money was inside.
Unexpectedly, Grandma called out to them, and Wang Cuihua, as if anticipating something, asked, "Yingbao, Mingchen... are you looking for a place to open red envelopes?"
Waaaaaah... So embarrassing! Grandma caught us red-handed. We were all too embarrassed to answer, so we just looked at each other, not wanting to step forward.
Perhaps Grandma Wang Cuihua was getting impatient, she coughed lightly a few times, and then Yingbao's little brother Mingchen and cousin... the little ones immediately nodded, they didn't want to upset their grandma.
Yingbao has the imperial sword and is the darling of the family, while they don't.
Wang Cuihua looked at the group with amusement at their protective attitude towards the red envelopes, and continued, "Grandma gave us these red envelopes, so we definitely won't ask for them back. But you can't open them today. You have to put them under your pillows for a day, and you can only look at them on New Year's Day."
As Wang Cuihua said this, she was thinking at the same time: "Grandma doesn't know if your mother will confiscate the red envelopes."
Although Zilin, Mingchen, and Yuezhou, the three younger children, didn't know why their grandmother wanted them to see it tomorrow, they still complied with her request, patting their chests and promising, "Grandma, don't worry, we'll put it away properly when we get back, under the pillow, and we'll see it tomorrow..."
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