Ye Xiaoxi cried out instantly, but when the meat in her mouth was about to fall off, she caught it with her hand and stuffed it back, bit it a few times and continued to cry.

"Why are you crying? You have eaten so much."

"Ye Chenghu, if you keep talking, the new year's money will be halved later."

Ye Chenghu immediately covered his mouth and said vaguely: "I won't tell."

Lin Xiuqing also coaxed the little fat man in her arms, "Don't listen to my brother's lies. This is someone else's goose, not ours. Haven't you seen our goose? It's still there."

Ye Xiaoxi cried while chewing the meat in his mouth, "Really?"

"Really, eat it quickly, I bought this."

She shrugged her shoulders, slowly put away her tears, and continued to eat the fragrant meat. She finished all the meat in the bowl and inserted two fish balls with chopsticks before leaving the table.

"You have to take your chopsticks back after you finish eating. You can't play with them, you know?"

"Uh-huh."

Ye Chenghu also quickly put down his chopsticks, "I've finished eating too. Where's my New Year's money?"

"After you finish eating, go take a shower. After you take a shower, I'll give you lucky money."

"I still have to wait for the shower... I've been waiting all day..." Looking at his mother's eyes, Ye Chenghu could only suppress his eagerness and go to fetch water to take a shower first. He was afraid that if he protested for a while, he would have to pay for the new year's money again.

Halved.

Ye Chengyang also hurriedly put down his chopsticks and went to take a shower. He hadn't even put on his new clothes yet.

"Remember to put on your sleeves. If you roll on the floor after taking a shower and soil your new clothes, you can wear tattered clothes tomorrow, the first day of the Lunar New Year."

The two of them responded while fetching water.

They had the New Year's Eve dinner relatively early, and it was still dark after dinner. Lin Xiuqing was afraid that the two children would get too dirty playing and not survive the night, so she didn't ask them to take a bath so early. She planned to let them take a bath after the New Year's Eve dinner.

Maybe I can survive tomorrow.

After taking a shower, Ye Xiaoxi also put on a beautiful big red flower cotton-padded jacket, and tied a small Jiujiu and a red hairpin on her head, which looked particularly festive.

But she was still young, and Lin Xiuqing was afraid that she would get dirty after playing with the older children for a while, so she put a blouse on her before she went out, so that if she got dirty, it would only be the blouse.

As the new year's money, she only gave each of them 5 cents, and Ye Xiaoxi only had 5 cents. Just so you know.

Several children from next door came over to call Ye Chenghu and the others after dinner, and she also gave them one dollar each by the way, as usual, so as not to make it difficult for the neighbors to give.

Before they went out to play, she also told them that if their aunts gave them lucky money, they should remember to take it back and tell her not to put it in their pockets, as they would drop it if they ran around outside.

All three of them were fine, but no one came back until it was completely dark and they were about to go to bed.

Lin Xiuqing started burning gold and silver treasures after dinner, and then she was busy cleaning up. She also washed all the family's clothes at night so as not to pile them up for the New Year, and she didn't have time to take care of her children.

When she finished her work, the children were nowhere to be found, and her husband was nowhere to be found, so she had to search all over the village for the children again without any time to spare.

After dinner, Ye Yaodong took a shower and went to find friends to play cards. He didn't come back until he went to Mazu Temple to offer incense at twelve o'clock at night.

As soon as she opened the door, Lin Xiuqing's crackling chatter sounded.

"I ran away after dinner. No one was seen. I didn't know how many children I had to look at."

"I ran away before I finished eating. I even took a shower before leaving. What do the children want to watch? Just play by themselves. Whose children play with adults following behind? Just let them play by themselves.

Anyway, it will be good if you know where to go when you go to bed and know which way to open the door."

As soon as he locked the door, he started to take off his clothes.

"Do you know where you went to play those nights?"

"where?"

"They went to the aqua toilet to set off firecrackers and blow up shit. I looked everywhere but couldn't find it. In the end, other people's children came to me and complained, saying that our group of children blew up other people's children."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help laughing, "Isn't this normal? It's better if it doesn't blow up. Anyway, the shit will stick to others. At most, we can drag them back and beat them up, and take advantage of the Chinese New Year to give them some skin.

It’s good to be tight, otherwise you won’t be able to fight tomorrow on the first day of the new year if you want to.”

"I play with everything every day, but I am older than the one who celebrates the New Year. I have pocket money in every pocket. Your daughter's pockets were coaxed away by these two boys at night."

"Then we really have to fight."

"Even the New Year's money given to them by my elder sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law at night was secretly hidden by me, and she didn't come back to tell me, for fear that I would take it from them."

"Then what?"

He climbed into bed and glanced at Ye Xiaoxi who was sleeping huddled in the corner. After covering her with a quilt, he pulled the quilt over her.

"I went to the dry toilet and brought them all back. They didn't say anything when asked, and ran upstairs to hide. Then I asked your daughter if she had any red envelopes, and she said her brother had taken them."

"The two children then ran from upstairs to the stairs, dropped her two red envelopes, and said they were keeping them for her to prevent her from losing them."

"When I asked them about their red envelopes, they refused to talk about life or death. They even went upstairs to lock the door and didn't come down all night. This was because they made sure they couldn't fight tomorrow, the first day of the Lunar New Year."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but laugh again, "I'm quite thoughtful, and I know how to get through tonight first."

"In a few days, if you save up and fight together, you can escape the first grade of junior high school, but you can't escape the fifteenth grade."

"If you are brought back, you will be beaten anyway, so you might as well keep your New Year's money tightly."

Ye Yaodong has a warm and soft jade in his arms, but his hands are not honest anymore.

Lin Xiuqing slapped his hand away and glared at him, "This is how you taught me."

"How could I teach them? They understand it themselves."

"I couldn't bear to spend my own money to buy firecrackers, so I used the five cents in your daughter's pocket to buy them. However, your daughter only said that her brother had taken them, but couldn't tell the specific details. A Hai and the others were beaten up and down.

He hid and told me, and then I found out."

"Then we're going to fight."

"Stop being a hooligan, we just finished yesterday..."

"Aren't you just looking forward to the New Year's Eve party? If I don't behave well tonight, won't you be disappointed?"

"It's long past time, not counting the New Year's Eve celebrations..."

"That's okay. In previous years, it was New Year's Eve. This year, it was changed to the first shot of the New Year. It's the first day of the new year. Of course, we have to fire the first shot of this year. This is all in 1985. Please cooperate well and use your young wife's temptation...

"

Lin Xiuqing couldn't hear the word "young woman" now. These two words, which were quite serious in the first place, made people think wildly when speaking to him...

Early the next morning, Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang swaggered downstairs to wash their faces and brush their teeth as if nothing had happened. They turned a blind eye to Lin Xiuqing's cold eyes, and cheerfully said Happy New Year and wish you good fortune.

"You two can probably laugh longer than the fifth day of the Lunar New Year."

Ye Yaodong also squeezed out toothpaste and followed them to brush his teeth. The father and son squatted neatly in a row.

"Dad, didn't everyone say that the first seven days can't make us happy for two more days..."

"Bah", he hit it directly with the hammer, "Shut your stinky mouth, it will bring bad luck for the New Year."

"What's wrong? I didn't do anything." Ye Chenghu covered his head and looked at his father blankly. He didn't know what he said wrong.

"If you had said those words directly to your mother, you wouldn't have had to spend this year."

"Why?"

"You can ask your mother after fifteen."

Ye Chengyang asked hesitantly: "Dad, will Mom forget about the new year's money in a few days?"

"Do you think she'll forget?"

Ye Chengyang blinked his eyes, his face full of sadness.

But Ye Chenghu said vaguely with his mouth full of bubbles: "Aren't we going to grandma's house to pay New Year's greetings? We can go to grandma's house for a few days and come back when school starts. Mom must have forgotten."

"It's a beautiful idea. Who wants to keep you for a few days? Let's have fun these few days, and then tighten up a little after the New Year. Anyway, everything that should be happy is over."

"Then I'll spend all the money. When my mother wants to take my money and give me a wife, she won't be able to get it, or I'll be beaten in vain."

"You don't want a wife?"

"No, I want to use my money to buy firecrackers."

"Very good. When you grow up, don't ask me for money and say you want to pick up girls."

"Hey, Dad, we are all wearing new clothes. Are we going to take a group photo today?"

"Yes, your grandpa and grandma will come over in a while. We will take a group photo after breakfast."

Ye Chengyang said hurriedly: "Dad, I want to sit on the motorcycle and shoot!"

Ye Chenghu also quickly raised his hand, "I want it too! I also want to stand next to the tractor and take pictures!"

"OK."

Of course, all the big new items added this year have to be photographed. If the big ship hadn't been able to dock, he would have wanted to park all the boats at home and take a photo.

But it doesn’t matter, it’s only two years until all ten of his ships are assembled. When they are all assembled, the pictures will be better, more spectacular, and more shocking.

On New Year's Day, everyone is dressed brand new and neatly, and their faces are full of joy, which makes it the best time to take photos.

After the meal, he also remembered it and asked several children to call Huimei and Aguang over. This year it was considered a group photo, a family portrait.
To be continued...