"Fortunately, I don't have to study anymore, otherwise it would be terrible to get up early every day." Rona said exaggeratedly.
"Not everyone is like this. For someone like my third sister-in-law, maybe it works better at night." Qiao Mo said with a smile.
"Yes, Seventh Sister-in-law is right. You'll know when you try it when you get back."
Time passed as everyone talked and laughed, and soon it was midnight. The men who were playing cards finished their game and went to the yard to set off firecrackers, while the women went to the kitchen to cook dumplings.
Hu Zhen distributed the dumplings, giving ten to each man, ten to each woman, and up to ten to each child.
Qiao Mo was not hungry yet, so he gave half of the dumplings in his bowl to Kang Mingyuan.
After eating dumplings, the elderly, women and children went back to their rooms to rest, while the men continued to play cards and stay up late.
After Kang Mingyuan sent Qiao Mo back home, he lit the kerosene stove and boiled water: "Mo Mo, it's cold in bed. I'll fill a hot water bottle for you before you go to sleep."
"No need to fill the hot water bottle. I'll be warm after practicing it for one week." Qiao Mo poured the hot water from the thermos and used it to rinse his mouth, wash his face and soak his feet. Then he curled up in the quilt and practiced the "Herbal Secret". Soon his body warmed up, and soon the quilt was also warm.
After the water on the fire boiled, Kang Mingyuan reached in and touched her quilt, and found that it was indeed warm inside. He stopped filling the hot water bottle and poured the boiling water into the thermos. He used the rest of the time to wash himself and soak his feet. After taking care of herself, he went to the bed to check on Qiao Mo. Seeing that she had calmed down, he quietly left and went to the main house to stay up all night with several brothers.
The next day, Qiao Mo was awakened by the sound of whips. She opened her eyes and saw that the sky outside was still gray. Then she remembered that today was New Year's Day. She felt around and found that there was no one around and the quilt was cold. He should have gone to bed long ago, or he might not have come back to sleep all night.
She sat up, put on her clothes, put on her socks, put on her pants, got out of bed, slipped into the space, went to the wooden house to wash up, came out, put on her down jacket, and went out.
"Sister-in-law, are you up?" As soon as she went out, she saw Wang Meilan coming out from the opposite side with two children.
"Well, happy New Year to sister-in-law, Xiaojun, and Xiaoliang."
"Happy New Year to my younger brother and sister."
"Aunt, Happy New Year."
"Hey, let's go to the main house." Qiao Mo took Xiao Jun's hand and walked towards the main house.
Wang Meilan also followed behind, holding Xiaoliang's hand: "Sister-in-law, did you sleep well last night?"
"I slept soundly, but was still woken up by the sound of firecrackers."
"There are many elderly residents around here. They all follow the old custom and eat at dawn," Wang Meilan explained.
"Are we up too late?"
"It's not too late. In our family, men always make breakfast on New Year's Day. It's just the right time to go there now." Wang Meilan smiled and shook her head. Because men have to stay up all night, they are responsible for making breakfast on this day, so women don't need to get up too early.
"We are really lucky, otherwise, it would be too torturous to get up before dawn to make breakfast in such a cold day." A gust of cold wind blew, and Qiao Mo couldn't help but shrink her neck. She didn't know what was going on. The weather has been particularly cold these days. She had never been so cold when she went to the black market at four o'clock before.
"The temperature has dropped again. It looks like it will snow today." Wang Meilan also pulled the scarf around her neck.
"It's snowing during the New Year, which is inconvenient for relatives." Qiao Mo heard the howling north wind and knew that there was a high possibility of snow that day.
"My sister-in-law is right. The snow didn't come until later." Wang Meilan said dissatisfiedly.
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