"What time is it now?"
"It's already past eight."
"It's so late, why don't you hear the rooster crow?"
Ning Jiali smiled faintly and said, "The chickens have all finished crowing."
"Really?" Xu Xiuwen said, sitting up, leaning his back against the headboard, preparing to get dressed and get up.
Since she was wearing long underwear, there was no need for Ning Jiali to avoid it.
Xu Xiuwen quickly put on his clothes and went to the backyard.
Chapter 266 New Year and New Book
It’s really cold today.
As soon as he walked from the front room into the yard, a gust of cold wind made Xu Xiuwen shiver.
Walking along the cobblestone path in the yard, I came to the kitchen.
This morning's breakfast was dumplings.
Ning Jiali calculated the time to wake him up, so the dumplings were cooked just in time when he finished washing up.
Ning Wanqiu smiled and said, "I put a dollar in it. Whoever eats it will have his or her wish come true next year."
Xu Xiuwen turned to Ning Jiali and said, "Then you have to eat a few more. Maybe you can get a coin and get a good grade in the test tomorrow."
Ning Jiali smiled and said, "Cousin, don't look down on me. I can get good grades even if I don't eat coins."
These words made Xu Xiuwen, Ning Wanqiu and grandma all laugh.
In the end, it was Ning Jiali who really got one dollar.
When she took the coin out of her mouth, she shouted in surprise: "Grandma, Third Aunt, Cousin, I ate it, I ate it."
"It seems that Lili will be admitted to a good university tomorrow. When you pass, Third Aunt will buy you a mobile phone." Ning Wanqiu said.
Xu Xiuwen also nodded and said, "My mom will buy you a mobile phone, and I will buy you a laptop for you to use at school."
Ning Jiali shouted happily when she heard this, "Thank you, Third Aunt, thank you, cousin, you are so kind."
The breakfast time ended with laughter.
After eating dumplings, Xu Xiuwen began to post couplets.
My grandfather had bought them in advance, but they are used to posting couplets on New Year’s Eve, so he didn’t post them in the first two days.
Ning Wanqiu had already prepared the paste in advance.
Xu Xiuwen held the couplet and Ning Jiali held the bowl of paste.
As the saying goes, when men and women work together, work becomes less tiring.
The two of them pasted couplets and the word "Fu" on every door, from the front door of the front house to the small house in the backyard.
My uncle and aunt didn't arrive until just before lunch.
My aunt is a person who is greedy for money.
Because Xu Xiuwen lent them money, not only did she not care about being slapped last time, but she also took the initiative to say hello when they met.
This would have been unthinkable in the past.
It is true that money makes the world go round.
After lunch, more people came to pay New Year’s greetings in the afternoon.
Almost all close relatives bring their children to pay New Year’s greetings.
Ning Wanqiu gave red envelopes.
My aunt loves money like her life, so it is absolutely impossible to ask her to give her money.
In a blink of an eye, it was night.
This is the first Spring Festival that Xu Xiuwen has celebrated after his rebirth, and the atmosphere is much more harmonious than in previous years.
After dinner, Xu Xiuwen went into the house and began to call or send text messages to everyone he knew to wish them a happy new year.
Of course Secretary Li and the counselor should wish everyone a happy new year first.
Some people may say, since there are so many people visiting during the Chinese New Year, if I don’t go, others won’t remember.
That would be totally wrong.
If you wish someone a happy new year, others may not remember it. But if you don’t wish someone a happy new year, others may remember it for a long time.
And as the saying goes, burn more incense on weekdays and someone will help you in times of need.
So it’s definitely a good idea to wish Secretary Li and the counselor a happy new year.
In addition to Secretary Li, there are classmates and friends who I have a good relationship with in college.
Xu Xiuwen didn't miss any of them.
Sending text messages is troublesome, and replying to text messages is even more time-consuming and troublesome.
Xu Xiuwen was busy until 9 o'clock in the evening before he finished replying to everyone.
Finally, Xu Xiuwen started calling his girlfriends to wish them a happy new year.
By the time everything was over, it was already eleven o'clock.
Xu Xiuwen was getting ready to wash up and go to bed. He went to the kitchen in the backyard, poured some hot water from the thermos, and then soaked his feet in a basin.
Grandma and Ning Wanqiu were both awake. They were busy in the kitchen and chatting.
Grandma also took out 200 yuan from her pocket and gave it to Xu Xiuwen.
This is the New Year’s money given by my grandma.
Although he made money, the New Year's money given by his grandmother had special meaning, so Xu Xiuwen accepted it with a smile.
After soaking his feet, Xu Xiuwen returned to the front room. As soon as he reached the door, he saw a dark shadow on the ground behind the door curtain.
He pushed aside the curtain on the door and walked in with his head lowered.
Ning Jiali stood beside the bed.
When the cousin saw him coming back, she stretched out her hands and asked with a smile, "Cousin, where is my New Year's money?"
Xu Xiuwen simply waved his hand to knock her hand away, and said unhappily: "You are one year younger than me, and you ask me for New Year's money?"
Ning Jiali's hand was knocked down, but she was not angry at all. She smiled and said, "One year younger is still younger. You are my cousin after all."
"No, if you want to ask my mom, go ask her yourself."
Ning Jiali was still not angry, "Third aunt has already given me New Year's money, cousin, guess how much she gave me?"
"300 or 500?"
In previous years, Ning Wanqiu gave 200 yuan as New Year’s money, but this year she might give a little more.
Ning Jiali shook her head and said, "Third Aunt gave me one thousand yuan."
"My mother is really willing to do it."
He thought of the red envelopes Ning Wanqiu had sent out in the afternoon. Although he didn't know how much money was in them, each one should be no less than 100 yuan, which means it's almost 1,000 yuan in total. Together with the red envelope for Ning Jiali, it's 2,000 yuan in total.
And that’s not all. My eldest aunt’s family, my second aunt’s family, and my youngest aunt’s family will also have to give out red envelopes when they come back on the second day of the Chinese New Year.
After a new year, nearly 5,000 yuan in red envelopes and New Year's money were given out. Xu Xiuwen could only sigh that his mother was so generous.
Ning Jiali suddenly became quiet.
Xu Xiuwen felt strange and looked over with a puzzled look on his face.
Ning Jiali's face was rosy, and she looked particularly beautiful under the light.
Xu Xiuwen thought to himself: With such a pretty little cousin, I don’t know which man will take care of her in the future.
Ning Jiali looked up at Xu Xiuwen.
She suddenly called softly, "Cousin~~"
The voice is soft and sweet, so sweet that it makes people feel numb inside.
Xu Xiuwen asked, "What's wrong?"
Ning Jiali's eyes sparkled under the light, looking particularly moist and beautiful.
She asked, "Cousin, are you serious about buying me a computer?"
Xu Xiuwen thought it was something else, but when he heard it was this, he laughed.
"Of course it's real. I'll buy it for you as long as you get into college."
Ning Jiali asked quietly, "What if I only got a second or third place?"
Xu Xiuwen reached out his hand, rubbed his cousin's head, and said in a doting tone: "Second-tier and third-tier colleges are all college-level, I'll buy them for you as well."
Ning Jiali was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes when she heard this.
Growing up, her mother was obsessed with money and would call her a money-loser whenever she was unhappy.