After closing at 3 PM, the store manager began clearing out the staff.
Those guests who were still not satisfied could only leave grumbling and saying they would come again next year.
After Yun Jin and the other guests left, she gathered all the staff on duty: "Here are this month's wages and New Year's red envelopes. I wish everyone a prosperous Year of the Monkey and all the best!"
I understand what working people are thinking: if they don't have money for the New Year, they can't make ends meet.
Yun Jin was upstairs just now, and she and the finance department calculated her salary and even prepared a New Year's red envelope.
She made money and was generous with it.
The monthly red envelope reward of six yuan is not much, but it can still buy a few kilograms of meat.
There's also a New Year's gift package prepared by Yun Jin, containing melon seeds, peanuts, fried dough twists, and crispy candy—all things useful for the New Year.
Everyone who received the red envelopes beamed with joy and said in unison, "Wishing the boss lady a prosperous business and abundant wealth!"
Yun Jin smiled and nodded. After handing out red envelopes to everyone, she told them to go home and rest early, spend more time with their families, and come back to work at 10 a.m. on the first day of the Lunar New Year next year for a New Year's red envelope.
Everyone was overjoyed to hear that there would be red envelopes as well.
The shop couldn't be left unattended, so Yun Jin asked Li Xiaojun to work overtime and stay at the shop during the Chinese New Year.
Li Xiaojun had no objections, and Yun Jin even gave him an extra ten yuan for overtime pay.
For the sake of those ten yuan, Li Xiaojun didn't go anywhere.
And you know what? Thanks to him, late at night, while others were enjoying family reunions, some people were stealing chickens and dogs, which alerted Li Xiaojun. He shone a flashlight over and scared three or four people away in a panic.
It wasn't that they couldn't beat Li Xiaojun with his broken leg; it was that he had a gun.
They dared not confront them head-on and could only flee in disarray.
Li Xiaojun didn't chase after him, knowing that a man with a broken leg couldn't catch up anyway; he just needed to scare him away.
Luckily, he had a gun; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to defeat three of them alone.
Of course, Yun Jin only found out about this the next day when she met Li Xiaojun.
At this time, Yun Jin took Li Aimei back with her. She also brought gifts. He's mother said to Li Aimei, "Since you've come all this way, why bring gifts? You can call them sister-in-law and they're family. Don't be so polite in the future."
Li Aimei smiled and nodded, and very observantly helped out in the kitchen.
Yun Jin wanted to help, but He's mother disapproved: "Go and watch over Xiao Niangao. We're in the kitchen; if there are too many people, we won't be able to move around properly."
Knowing Yun Jin's cooking skills, Mother He didn't make things difficult for her.
Sister-in-law He knew that Mother He favored Yun Jin, and with Li Aimei's help, her life was much easier, so she didn't say anything.
When the sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner was served, the He family ate together. Mr. He was not at home; he had been picked up and taken away, and it was said that there were other arrangements and he didn't need to wait for him.
With He's mother there, everyone enjoyed their New Year's Eve dinner just as happily.
This was the most sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner Li Aimei had ever eaten, with chicken, duck, fish, meat, prawns, and braised lion's head meatballs.
Fearing that Li Aimei wouldn't dare to pick up food, Madam He gave her a lot of delicious food. Seeing that Madam He was taking care of her, Yun Jin ate her own food, as well as the shrimp that He Tingchuan had peeled. They were sea shrimp.
They ate them one bite at a time, and they were so delicious!
The little rice cake tastes exactly like her.
She likes what Yun Jin likes to eat.
He Tingchuan peeled shrimp all by himself and fed the mother and daughter.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, tea was prepared, and those who needed to take a bath went to take one, while those who wanted to eat and drink continued to eat and drink.
The family had a color TV, and this was the first time Li Aimei had ever watched one.
Yun Jin bought the color TV. Xiao Niangao liked color TVs, so Yun Jin bought one for her. When the people in the compound found out that her family had a color TV, they all came to see it and eventually asked Yun Jin to buy it for them.
Yun Jin had Zhou Da purchase a batch of color TVs, earning a considerable amount of commission from the purchase.
There's a Spring Festival Gala tonight, so Yun Jin and the others sat on the sofa waiting to watch it when it started broadcasting.
Mother He took out red envelopes, one for each of the two children and Li Aimei.
Li Aimei was embarrassed to accept the red envelope: "Grandma Rice Cake, I'm already working, I can't accept a red envelope."
Mother He said, "This is your first time celebrating the New Year at our home. Keep this red envelope. We won't prepare any more red envelopes for you next year."
Li Aimei looked at Yun Jin.
Yun Jin nodded, and Li Aimei blushed as she accepted the gift.
Seeing that they all had red envelopes, He Ziqian looked longingly at his mother, who rolled her eyes at him and said, "You're all grown up, and you don't have one."
He Ziqian said, feeling wronged, "Grandma, you don't like me anymore, do you?"
These words disgusted Mrs. He: "Get out, get out! Aren't you ashamed? I'm already being lenient by not disliking you, I even like you!"
He Ziqian had made a fool of himself.
Sister-in-law He glared at him, took out the red envelopes she had prepared, and Xiao Niangao got a red envelope again, as did Li Aimei.
When it was Yun Jin's turn, everyone received a red envelope. He Zizhen happily thanked her, saying, "Thank you, Auntie!"
Little Rice Cake took the red envelope and said, "Thank you, Mom! I love you the most!"
As she spoke, she looked at He Tingchuan.
He Tingchuan gave a red envelope to Xiao Niangao and also to He Zizhen.
Sister-in-law He laughed and said, "Your family still gives gifts separately?"
Little Rice Cake said, "Dad promised to give me a big red envelope!"
He Zizhen smiled and said, "Then I'll benefit from my sister's fame!"
That's indeed the case. If it weren't for the fact that Xiao Niangao was going to be given to her, then He Zizhen wouldn't have received it either.
As for Li Aimei, Yun Jin is of the same generation as her, so there's no need to prepare a red envelope.
As soon as the Spring Festival Gala started, everyone was drawn to the female host's red shirt. Sister-in-law He exclaimed, "I think I have one of those shirts. It was given to me by Nian Gao's mother."
"It's almost the same style." Yun Jin knew this red shirt, so when she saw it in Hong Kong, she bought several of them.
"I never thought I'd be able to wear the same outfit!" Sister-in-law He exclaimed, admiring how beautiful the female host looked. She thought that when spring came, she would also wear a black dress, which would surely look great on her too.
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