Ye Yaodong smiled helplessly and shook his head. He stuffed the money into her arms and stood up. "Don't bother. Go back to your room and sleep. It's already the first day of the new year. You can't sleep for a few hours. Every household will set off firecrackers again."
The old lady was also very persistent. She pulled his clothes and refused to let him go. She insisted on stuffing the bag of money into his pocket and said, "Take it. Otherwise, I won't be able to sleep peacefully. Just think of it as New Year's money for you. Anyway, you have to support me in my old age. I will eat your food, drink your drinks, live in your house, and spend your money. If you don't take it, I will move back to my hometown tomorrow and eat your father's money."
Ye Yaodong really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The passion he had just felt for the fan had been ruined by the constant shirking of responsibility.
Without waiting for him to take it out and return it, the old lady immediately walked into the house nimbly after she finished speaking.
After entering the house, she waved at him before closing the door and said, "Hurry back to bed, it's late."
"You know it's late, but you still wait until now."
She laughed and said, "Go back to the house, go back to the house, remember to keep some for yourself, don't hand it all in."
Seeing him take out the red paper bag from his pocket again, the old lady quickly closed the door.
Ye Yaodong smiled helplessly and weighed the banknotes wrapped in red paper in his hand. It was not very heavy, but it felt heavy in his heart.
The old man couldn't save much money. The money he saved was either from his youth or from his children. It's estimated that there is only a little over 200 yuan in it, which is probably about the same as the money given to him on his deathbed in his previous life.
After taking a look at it, he held it tightly in his hand and walked into the house.
Ah Qing was also half asleep at this time. How could she sleep peacefully until he came back
After hearing the door creak open, she woke up, supported herself on the bed with her arms, sat up against the headboard, and looked at the watch beside the pillow.
"You're back! What's in your hand?"
Ye Yaodong stretched out the money in his hand towards her for her to see.
"The New Year's money the old lady gave me!"
"Ah? New Year's money?"
"Well, I didn't expect that I would receive New Year's money from both my father-in-law and my grandmother this year. It's really a bumper year, and my fortune is quite prosperous."
Lin Xiuqing was helpless in the face of his playful and nonsensical behavior.
"Can't you be more serious?"
"How am I not serious? I call this humor and being interesting, do you understand? Most people are not as interesting as me."
"You have no sense of humor, and you have no sense of fun. I've never heard you say a few serious words. When I ask you a question, you just talk nonsense."
Ye Yaodong passed the bag of money through the gap in the railing beside the bed and placed it on her legs in front of her. "I'm not kidding. The truth is just as I said. This is really the New Year's money the old lady gave me. It's just that most of her savings are in here. She gave it all to me."
Lin Xiuqing opened her mouth in surprise, "Why are you so generous this year? Not only did he give a few lucky money to the kids, but he also gave you all the money? She seems to be in good spirits now, much better than at the end of last year. She should be fine for a few more years, right? Why did he give you the money so early? Did he plan it so early?"
"Alas, she thought that I would be successful this year, and the little money she had saved would not be of much use to me, so she generously gave lucky money to the children."
"I also thought that if I gave it to her now, it would still be of some use and could still come in handy, so I thought of giving it to her early. Anyway, she is old and can't work, and she won't be able to save much money in the future. It doesn't matter if I give it to her early or late. Giving it to her early can help me."
Ye Yaodong sat on the chair with his feet crossed and one hand on the table. His heart was filled with the old lady's words. He didn't want to go to bed for a while. He just wanted to talk to someone and share the complicated feelings in his heart.
Lin Xiuqing also looked at him with a complicated expression, "You are really your grandma's sweetheart!"
Ye Yaodong: “…”
He didn't want to hear that from his sweetheart.
"And then the old lady gave it to you, and you accepted it?"
"I can't refuse. I don't need her money to support my family. The older she gets, the more stubborn she becomes. She said that if I don't accept her, she will move back to her hometown tomorrow and eat my father's food instead of mine."
"Alright, then take it. It will be yours sooner or later anyway."
"She wrapped it in red paper very well, so don't open it or touch it. Just put it in the drawer and lock it up."
"Um."
Lin Xiuqing also got up from the bed and took the key to unlock the door.
Ye Yaodong put his arm around her waist and let her sit on his lap. "I'll put the money away. What are you doing?"
"Hug you. Do you think the old lady felt that she didn't have much time left, so she gave me the money in advance? I heard that some elderly people can feel when their time is coming to an end."
Thinking about this, he felt a little uncomfortable. He hoped that this was really the end of his life!
Originally, the old lady could only live until 1985 in her previous life. It’s already 84 years since the Chinese New Year. When her eldest cousin was arrested and sentenced last year, the old lady fell ill and lay in bed for several days. Could it be that she was seriously injured
Lin Xiuqing originally thought that he had sexual thoughts again, but she didn't expect that he was just hugging her and talking to her, so she didn't struggle.
"Not really. She looks so happy every day, watering and weeding, sowing and harvesting vegetables, and feeding the chickens and ducks. She looks so flexible, how can she be fast? She must be thinking about your success and not counting on her money to save for you."
"That's right, then let her water the plants and feed the chickens every day. At least it's more comfortable than lying in bed without moving."
She chuckled, unlocked the jar with money, put the key back in the jar, moved her butt, and turned to look at him.
"You don't seem very happy to receive such a large amount of New Year's money."
Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "Do I need this little money?"
Lin Xiuqing flicked his forehead and said, "How arrogant! You were just short of this little money before."
"Don't mention the past. It's been so many years. You keep bringing it up all day long."
"How many years? How many years do you think it has been?"
"All three babies have been born, and they can run away this year, so stop bringing it up all the time."
It's already the first day of the new year, and people say there's nothing wrong with this year.
"What are you doing?" Lin Xiuqing slapped his restless hands.
"I didn't do anything. I just checked your conscience for you. Ask yourself, am I becoming more and more successful? I am a good grandson, a good son, a good father, and a good husband!"
How could he make such shameless words and actions sound so natural
"It's so late now, already one o'clock, it's past the time for the New Year's fireworks..." Lin Xiuqing said the last sentence in a very low voice, and she felt very embarrassed.
Ye Yaodong also smiled in the crook of her neck, feeling that she was somewhat led astray by him.
"The New Year's Eve fireworks have already passed, aren't there still New Year's fireworks?"
Lin Xiuqing: “…”
She bit her lower lip. Where did he get all these new terms
"What other guns are there?"
Ye Yaodong was kissing when he heard this and laughed so hard that his shoulders shook.
"You can have any kind of cannon you want, opening cannon, closing cannon, cannon, sky rocket, now let's fire the first cannon of the new year..."
Lin Xiuqing laughed and patted his shoulder. She also found it very funny. "I've never seen you understand serious things, but you know everything about this mess."
"Just so-so, third in the village!"
"Who is first and second?"
"Maybe it's the old rogue in the village?"
"The same to you!"
"I'm not old, I'm still a strong young man!"
"Stop it, go to bed..."
"Right here, that bed creaks so loudly, it's so annoying. When I have enough money, I'll change it to a Simmons mattress!"
"It will be cold..."
"If you move, you won't feel cold anymore..."
The cold wind was howling outside the house, and the windows were making noises from time to time. The shadows of people reflected on the windows were also swaying dimly. The room was bustling with activity, with a polarization between inside and outside.
The weather on the first day of the Lunar New Year was exceptionally good. The sun was shining brightly early in the morning. Although the north wind was still howling, it could not blow away the bright smiles on people's faces. Everyone put on new clothes happily and walked back and forth in the village. The first sentence they said when they met was "Happy New Year!"
Ye Yaodong also got up early to set off firecrackers and burn incense to the Kitchen God and his wife.
The children happily put on their new clothes and ran around the door. Early in the morning, their pockets were full of firecrackers again. Even wearing new clothes could not stop them from picking up firecrackers!
Anyway, it’s New Year’s Day, so you can’t hit or scold your children!
Lin Xiuqing stood at the door and called several times: "It's time for dinner!"
Everyone was having fun and didn't pay any attention to what was said.
It was not until she stepped forward and pulled their ears that the two boys followed her home obediently, and Ye Chenghu kept muttering as they walked, "It's New Year's Day, you can't hit the children..."
Lin Xiuqing looked down at their already black knees and her hands started to itch. She felt that she would have to break the rules if she couldn't make it through the first few days of the first lunar month.
Ye Chenghu also felt his mother's gaze. He lowered his head to take a look, then pulled Ye Chengyang towards the house in a brotherly manner.
"Why are you running like this? Come on, come on, time for breakfast." The old lady greeted them with a smile from inside the house and quickly sat down.
"Hey, fried sweet potato noodles for breakfast?"
"This is not sweet potato vermicelli, this is shark fin. It looks a bit like sweet potato vermicelli." The old lady explained with a laugh, and divided it into half for each of them. Ye Chenghu's piece was bigger, so it had a little more.
The bowl of shark fin in front of the two brothers was made by Ye Yaodong after spending several days' hard work. He deliberately left it at home yesterday instead of bringing it to the old house.
It was just a small portion, and there were so many people, who would eat it? There was not even a piece of meat per person, and the old lady also said that she would fry it this morning and give it to the two children for breakfast.
"Your father took great pains to make this. It was made from a few fins of a huge shark a few days ago. They are very expensive when sold outside, so he couldn't bear to eat them. I'm giving them to you. Eat them quickly."
"Wow, Dad, that's great, can I bring it to the door and eat it?"