After Wang Mengyao finished cooking the last dish, Lu Yunzheng also took out the dishes from the other pot, cleaned the pot, and started to boil water and cook dumplings.
Wen Chuan was outside cleaning the table and starting to serve the dishes.
Seeing this, Lin Tingwan quickly called back the children who were playing outside.
Seeing that the children's faces were all red, he quickly said, "Come into the house and warm yourself up. Are you freezing to death?"
The little girl shook her head with a smile on her face, "It's not cold, aunt."
Lin Tingwan smiled helplessly. These kids were having so much fun that they didn’t care about the cold at all.
Even if it's cold, I won't bring it back home.
After bringing clothes of several people into the house, he came out to get some hot water so that several people could wash their hands and faces and prepare for dinner.
Looking at the food on the table, Lu Zihang's stomach began to growl.
"Aunt, when can we eat?"
Lin Tingwan took the towel and whispered, "We'll eat after your uncle finishes cooking the dumplings."
After Wen Jingyao washed his face, he walked over to his father and said with a smile, "Dad, it's New Year's Day, Aunt Wanwan has given me some New Year's money, shouldn't you show some appreciation as well?"
As she spoke, she blinked at Wen Chuan, her eyes full of anticipation.
Wen Chuan rubbed his head and said jokingly with a smile: "Then do you have to wish me a happy new year?"
As he spoke, he called Lu Zizhou and several other children over.
With a smile on his face, he said, "I have prepared the New Year's money. Let each of you say a New Year's greeting and let me hear it. Let's see who can get the New Year's money first."
The little girl looked back at her aunt, and seeing that her aunt just had a smile on her face and didn't try to stop her, she knew that she could accept the red envelope.
She immediately stepped forward cleverly, grinned and said, "Happy New Year, Uncle Wen. I wish Uncle Wen all his wishes come true, everything goes well, and he becomes more handsome and younger every year!"
As soon as these words came out.
Not to mention Wen Chuan, even Wang Mengyao in the kitchen grinned. They thought this girl was very clever and liked her very much.
Wen Chuan even handed her a red envelope and pinched her face affectionately.
"Zi Xin is awesome. This New Year greeting really touched my uncle's heart."
The little girl received the red envelope and immediately thanked him, "Thank you, uncle."
Seeing that Lu Zixin had already received a red envelope, Wen Jingyao said, "I hope that Dad will get a promotion in the new year, never get hurt again, get fewer beatings from my mom, and be healthy and have everything go well!"
After hearing this, Wen Chuan quickly sealed his mouth with a red envelope.
"Don't talk nonsense. When did your mother beat me?"
Wen Jingyao immediately grabbed the red envelope and muttered with a smile: "My mom wants to beat you once a day, but Dad, next time my mom beats you, can you please not use me as a shield? My mom is not ambiguous when she beats me!"
"You little brat."
Wen Chuan felt a little embarrassed when he saw his son reveal all his secrets.
Fortunately, Lu Zizhou and Lu Zihang greeted each other together and gave a long string of New Year's greetings, as if they had prepared them in advance, which also changed the topic.
Immediately, each of the four children received a red envelope, and all of them were distributed.
After Lu Yunzheng brought out the dumplings, he also smiled and joked, "We've prepared enough!"
"Of course. As an uncle, I must be well prepared."
Wen Chuan grinned.
Then he looked at Lin Tingwan's belly and said softly, "Sister-in-law, you won't be able to make it this year, so I'll prepare for it next year!"
"You don't have to spend so much money. You're so young and you don't even know what lucky money is!"
Lin Tingwan curled her lips and smiled.
The main thing is that there are five children in her family. If she gives too much, it would be a waste of money. That's the meaning of the New Year's money. She doesn't want to make it so awkward.
Wen Chuan waved his hand and retorted: "No, these are my nephews and nieces. As an uncle, I have to give them New Year's money."
Lu Yunzheng just happened to come out and asked, "Is that right, Yunzheng?"
Lu Yunzheng put the dumplings on the table and responded softly, "That's right. If you give less, it won't do."
“It definitely can’t be less!”
After the food was served, everyone took their seats.
Lu Yunzheng and Wen Chuan didn't drink either. After all, there was a pregnant woman next to them, and it would be a bit of a waste to drink with the food.
But before eating, Wen Chuan said, "This is the first time our two families have been together for the New Year. It's quite lively, much more lively than when our family of three is together for the New Year."
"I also want to thank my sister-in-law for preparing so much food today. Of course, my wife is the chef and she has worked very hard too, hahahaha."
Wang Mengyao gave him a cold look and then distributed the chopsticks to everyone.
Lin Tingwan took the chopsticks and responded with a smile: "Political Commissar, thanks to my sister-in-law for cooking tonight, we are all gathered together as a family, so let's not say those polite words, and try these dumplings."
"Hurry up and eat. Don't use those tricks at home."
Lu Yunzheng teased Wen Chuan with a smile, picked up a dumpling and put it in Lin Tingwan's bowl.
Then he gently reminded: "There are two dumplings with red date pits in them, be careful when eating."
Lin Tingwan raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect that Lu Yunzheng also knew this custom.
Then he picked up the dumpling and took a bite. He immediately felt something hard and blinked.
After spitting out the date pit, he whispered, "Is this it?"
Looking at the small date kernel in her palm, Wang Mengyao grinned, "Oh, Wanwan has good luck this year. It's a good omen."
Lin Tingwan turned her head and glanced at Lu Yunzheng. Although he looked so indifferent, she subconsciously felt that it couldn't be such a coincidence. How could he have eaten it all of a sudden?
But she didn't ask any more questions and just thought she had eaten it all.
When the children saw that she had eaten a date pit, they also scrambled to eat the dumplings, wanting to eat the other date pit.
Even the vegetables are eaten less.
Seeing the children eating happily, Lin Tingwan and others also ate and chatted. It was a long night and they still had to stay up all night, so there was no need to eat in such a hurry.
The whole night was filled with bright lights and family happiness.
Even Lin Bokang and Song Zhihua, who were far away in the production team Niu Mupeng, secretly made dumplings and had a New Year's Eve dinner.
The two of them looked at the dumplings and the boiled meat in front of them, and their hearts were filled with emotion.
After eating two dumplings, Song Zhihua sighed and said, "If my daughter hadn't sent us flour and meat, we wouldn't even have dumplings. I wonder if my daughter had dumplings?"
Lin Bokang curled his lips and smiled.
He comforted her softly, "Eat quickly. With Yun Zheng here, how could Wan Wan not have dumplings?"
"That must be better than what we eat. Yun Zheng can't treat Wanwan badly no matter what. Let's eat quickly so that we can go to bed early after eating. This year, we won't stay up all night to celebrate the New Year."
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