In a blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve. The Shen family was busy for a while. There were students and gentry who came to ask Shen Lao San for calligraphy, people who came to ask Old Man Shen and Shen Mingshu for couplets, and people who gave gifts to Shen Mingzhu.

The family has been busy for a while, and finally we can relax on New Year's Eve.

Everyone in the Shen family sat together to have the reunion dinner. There was no modern New Year's Eve party or fireworks feast here, only the family sitting together to have the reunion dinner.

What is special today is that the Shen family invited Saint Aunt, Old Wang, and Wang Mang to celebrate the New Year together.

The second and third branches of the Shen family sat at two tables in total, and the servants brought by the Saint Aunt also set up two tables in another room.

The Shen family was bustling with activity. Third Mr. Shen, Old Mr. Shen, Old Mrs. Shen, Mrs. Su, Second Mr. Shen, Shen Mingshu, and Shen Mingzhu sat at the main table and had a reunion dinner with Saint Aunt, Old Mr. Wang, and Wang Mang.

Mrs. Zhong was timid, so she sat at the children's table and ate with them.

At first, Old Man Shen and Old Second Shen were a little reserved when they saw the Saint Lady and Old Man Wang, who had extraordinary temperaments.

The third son of the Shen family was in the group, Old Wang was always kind, and Saint Auntie deliberately restrained some of her coldness. With little Wang Mang making jokes from time to time, the reunion dinner of the Shen family was particularly lively.

The Holy Lady, or the Grand Princess, was very envious when she saw Shen and Shen Mingshu picking dishes into Shen Mingzhu's bowl at the same time.

As the eldest sister of the current emperor and the eldest daughter of the previous empress and empress, although she was honored and had an extremely noble status, she did not enjoy the warmth of home.

Today at the Shen family, she truly felt what family love was like.

Su noticed the princess's strangeness, and with a smile she picked up a piece of sweet and sour fish with her serving chopsticks and said:

"I don't know what Saint Auntie tastes like, but this fish is very fresh. Zhuzhu and her siblings caught it from the river."

The Saint Lady picked up the fish and took a bite. Old Lady Shen enthusiastically served the Saint Lady some dishes:

"Saint Aunt, you are Zhuzhu's master, so you don't have to be polite when you come to our house. We are farmers and don't have so many rules. The purpose of celebrating the New Year is to have a good time. These are the bacon dumplings that Zhuzhu and I made. You can try our craftsmanship."

The Saint Lady looked at the dumplings in the bowl for the first time, picked up a dumpling and took a bite, and heard the drunken Old Man Shen and Old Man Wang chatting enthusiastically, which moved her heart.

This may be what home feels like.

Wang Mang was like he was at home, picking dishes for Shen Mingzhu. Shen Mingzhu couldn't eat anymore, but Wang Mang was still picking.

"Zhuzhu, you need to eat more so that you can grow faster."

Shen Mingzhu glared at Wang Mang: "Do you dislike my shortness?"

Wang Mang quickly waved his hands and explained: "No, I didn't. I just wanted you to eat more and have more nutrition."

Shen Mingzhu picked all the dishes in the bowl and put them into Wang Mang's bowl: "Eat more, these dishes today were made by me and grandma!"

What she didn't say was that she added mid-level spiritual spring water and pills that could cure all diseases to these dishes.

Wang Mang ate the dishes picked by Shen Mingzhu, and did not mind that they were eaten by Shen Mingzhu before. He smiled happily.

This was his first time to celebrate such a lively and family-filled New Year.

As soon as Shen Mingzhu took a bite of the dumpling, she spat out the copper coins inside.

Seeing this, Old Lady Shen smiled and said auspicious words:

"Our Zhuzhu is so lucky. The first copper coin in the dumpling was eaten by Zhuzhu. Zhuzhu has good luck every day and will always have good luck."

Everyone laughed: "Our Zhuzhu is blessed, our Zhuzhu is a blessed treasure."

The Shen family was filled with joy. After dinner, everyone went out together to set off fireworks.

Shen Mingzhu bought all kinds of fireworks from the system space, which shocked Wang Mang and made the whole village excited.

Especially the children in the village, who jumped for joy when they saw the fireworks for the first time.

Many children also ran to Shen Mingzhu's house and asked Shen Mingyu and Shen Mingbao for firecrackers to play with. Shen Mingyu and Shen Mingbao generously shared the firecrackers with these children.

The children were all excitedly setting off fireworks and firecrackers together. The whole Shenjia Village was as bright as day on New Year's Eve and was extremely lively.

Wang Mang and Shen Mingzhu also went to set off fireworks, and even Old Wang ran to watch the fireworks with Old Shen.

The Saint Lady and Su stood together, and seeing the adults and children all so happy, their faces were also filled with joy.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Shen Mingzhu, Shen Mingyu and Shen Mingbao, three little kids who were not yet ten years old, went out with other children in the village to please others.

When the villagers saw Shen Mingzhu coming, they all happily took out red envelopes and candies and said with a smile:

"The God of Country is here. He has brought blessings to our family. May he be happy and contented, and may he be joyful all his life."

"Oh! Our Shen family's Xiangjun is here, come quickly, come quickly, this is the red envelope that Fifth Aunt prepared for Xiangjun and the children. Let's also get some of Xiangjun's blessings."

Shen Mingzhu happily took the red envelopes, and every household said auspicious words, which made them very happy.

Every time Shen Mingzhu visited a household, the family would come out happily to greet her, give her red envelopes, and even let their children go with Shen Mingzhu to other households to please her.

After Shen Mingzhu, Shen Mingyu and Shen Mingbao returned home, they poured out the red envelopes and peanut candies from the bags.

Shen Mingyu was delighted to see so many red envelopes.

"Wow! Sister, there are so many red envelopes, I'm afraid there are a lot of copper coins? Today is the most red envelopes I have ever received."

Shen Mingbao also smiled happily: "Follow Sister Zhuzhu and you will get a red envelope."

Shen Mingzhu smiled. Last year, everyone in the village made money, and every household lived a good life. Didn't that mean they had money?

Well, we still have to let everyone live a good life!

When she returned to her parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Old Mrs. Shen had people pack many New Year gifts for Shen Mingzhu and the others. She also told Old Third Shen to be nicer to his father-in-law, and then she sent Shen Mingzhu and the others away.

As soon as Shen Mingzhu's family left, Aunt Shen Da and Aunt Shen Xiao returned to the Shen family's old house with their families.

When Old Lady Shen saw Young Aunt Shen coming, she quickly had the gate of the third room closed and received the two girls from the Shen family who were returning to their parents' home in the main house where they were currently living.

When Aunt Shen saw Old Lady Shen, she called her "Mom" affectionately and asked her husband to bring in the New Year gifts.

Aunt Shen looked at the house which had changed a lot now, and saw servants serving tea and water, and said awkwardly:

"Mom, we haven't split up yet, so I didn't bring much as a New Year gift. Please don't despise me."

The voice of my aunt Shen Ruju became smaller and smaller, and my uncle Wang Laoshi stood aside, at a loss.

"As long as you come back safely, it doesn't matter what you bring. Your father and I have received your kindness."

Old Lady Shen saw the embarrassment of the two and said to the two girls behind Shen Ruju with a smile:

"My two good granddaughters, why are you hiding behind your mother when you see your grandmother?"

"Cui Cui, Fang Fang, come here quickly and let grandma kiss you."

A girl who looked only about ten years old and another little girl who looked six or seven years old raised their heads timidly when they heard Old Lady Shen's voice.

"Why has Cuicui become thinner again? Fangfang, what happened to your hand?"

Just at this moment, the sharp voice of my aunt Shen Rumei came over:

"Mother, how can you be so partial? Not only are you partial to my eldest sister, but you also like the two little girls in my eldest sister's family, two money-losing girls."

Old Mrs. Shen was furious. "Who let you in through this door? Get out now."

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