【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

They will buy souvenirs after the Chinese New Year, and now they are focused on the life in front of them.

There is food and drink every day, and they go out for a walk when they are free. There are parks, cinemas, and ice rinks nearby. The first wife and the second wife take turns to look after the children. Today the first wife and the second wife go out to play for a day, and tomorrow it is the second wife's turn. They both treat the children like light bulbs.

Yun Xi couldn't stop laughing. She took the children to buy ice skates and invited the whole family to go skating at the ice rink. If they couldn't learn in one day, they would learn in two days. After learning ice skating, they learned to ice skate, watch movies, and visit parks. There were many fun places. She also took time to go to Tianmen to watch the flag-raising ceremony to cultivate the children's patriotism.

We had fun until New Year's Eve. We had spicy soup and fried dumplings in the morning, put up Spring Festival couplets in the morning, had roast duck at noon, cleaned the house again in the afternoon, and the restaurant delivered a large table of dishes in the evening, a total of fifteen dishes, one soup, a bottle of white wine and two bottles of drinks.

The dishes are different every day.

The family ate a big meal around the fire, the children drank juice, and the adults clinked glasses and drank white wine. Zhou Fu didn't preach, but only told everyone to live a good life next year, that family harmony brings prosperity, and strive to make the family even better.

"Yeah! Clink your glasses! Happy New Year's Eve!"

Everyone drank it all and finished their meal. Cheers were heard outside. They ran out to see the brilliant fireworks in the distance.

"Wow!"

"The fireworks are so beautiful!"

The children stared at the fireworks intently, looking at one family's fireworks and then another. The colors and patterns of each family's fireworks were different. Zhou Guanxue saw that the children liked it, so he found the fireworks he bought, placed them in the yard and lit them. The fireworks rose into the sky, blooming into the most beautiful scenery.

"Dad, I want more!"

"Second Uncle, release it again!"

The two little ones hugged Zhou Guanxue's thighs and begged.

"Haha, let's do it tomorrow. We can't finish it in one day."

"Children, come back soon, it's time for the night watch!"

Zhou Fu and his eldest son cleaned up the leftovers, cleared the table, placed the stove in the middle, and placed a wire mesh on top. The mesh was covered with various snacks, including raw chestnuts, small oranges, raw peanuts, onion segments, garlic cloves, big apples, dried persimmons, rice cakes, etc.

Eat snacks when you are hungry, boil hot water to drink when you are thirsty, in short, hold out as long as you can.

It was past ten o'clock. The two little ones were drowsy and had a circle of black residue around their mouths. Zhao Guohong washed their faces with one hand each and put them on the warm kang. He covered them with a quilt and came out to continue keeping watch.

It was past eleven o'clock and some of the older children were still trying to hold on, their heads nodding.

"Go back to sleep quickly. You'll need to wear new clothes to celebrate the New Year tomorrow morning."

Wang Lili coaxed the children into the house to sleep. Then, starting with Yun Xi and ending with Wang Lili, everyone went to the children's rooms. As for what they were going to do, everyone knew.

After waiting until exactly twelve o'clock, Zhou Guanxue went to light the firecrackers and everyone hurried to bed.

The custom of keeping vigil is very difficult for the elderly.

The next morning, the children changed into clean new clothes from head to toe, skillfully felt under their pillows, and took out six big red envelopes.

"One, two, three..."

The youngest child couldn't figure out how to count the red envelopes.

"Hey little bro, here's sixty dollars! Hide it quickly. It'll be used as lunch money after school starts."

Dadan nodded, "That's right, I spend more than I should on food every month. I'll save this money so I can eat as much as I want."

After education, the four children learned how to manage money. They were given a month's food money at the beginning of every month. If they spent it in advance, they would go hungry. After one or two times, the children learned their lesson and divided the money into thirty parts, and only took one part to school every day.

Niu Niu and Dadan are getting older and older, and the money for food is a little insufficient. Yun Xi asked them to find a way out themselves. At first, they acted coquettishly and asked for their father's private money. Later, Zhou Tingyu and Zhou Guanxue refused to give them so much, and they also wanted to keep the private money for themselves.

Dadan's idea of ​​helping with extra housework at home and asking grandma for money was approved by Yunxi. Now that he had the New Year's money, if he saved it a little, it would be enough for a whole semester.

"Sister, I'm telling you guys, it's best to save your money. When you start eating more, you won't have to do extra housework to get enough to eat."

Niuniu teaches the four little ones.

Erni felt very sorry and said with a pout, "I want to buy some fireworks to play with."

"Fireworks will be gone in a second, don't buy them!"

The six people quickly decided to hide the money.

"It's time to eat! After dinner, go to your neighbor's house to wish him a happy new year. You can receive red envelopes."

"Yeah, collect the red envelope! Get up quickly."

Niu Niu became excited and helped her younger brothers and sisters get dressed and go out.

After finishing the leftovers from last night in the morning, the children went to visit their neighbors hand in hand to wish them a happy new year. Many children also came to the Zhou family’s door. They walked in openly, bowed and wished a happy new year. They were very cute.

"I wish the Zhou family's grandparents a happy new year, good health, and a long life."

"Happy New Year to you too, come, have some candy."

When encountering such well-behaved and cute children, Yun Xi simply grabbed a handful of melon seeds and peanut candies and gave each child a red envelope of ten cents. The happy children cheered and left.

Before noon, all six children came back and happily showed off their spoils: orange candies, rice cakes, melon seeds, peanuts, apples and small oranges. Each of them also received a red envelope of fifty cents.

Although all these are available at home, what I get is particularly precious.

"Okay, put everything away, it's time to eat! Let me see, today we're having Sichuan cuisine, spicy Sichuan cuisine, which means a prosperous future."

Most of the dishes are spicy, but some are made without chili peppers to accommodate the children.

"Grandma, I want to eat!"

After being beaten by the spicy chicken, the two little ones dared not touch any chili peppers. However, Erni could eat spicy food very well. She got off the stool and turned the table to eat.

"Drink more water after eating, otherwise you will feel uncomfortable if you get a sore throat."

Wang Lili didn't stop her, but just told her to drink more water.

"Mom, I know!"

I feel so relaxed this New Year. After a year of hard work, it’s really relaxing now that the whole family can have a rest.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Lingling, who had received the news, came by car to pay New Year's greetings. She didn't bring anything else but picked out a few extracurricular books for the children. Niuniu wailed, "Sister Lingling, how can you give books during the Chinese New Year? The Chinese New Year is for fun."

"Haha, it's the children's version of the Four Great Classical Novels. You can read it when you have time. It's okay if you don't want to read it."

Zhou Lingling said gently.

"Don't worry about them. Come in and see the house my family bought. Isn't it very grand?"

"Auntie bought a Siheyuan. I know it's a characteristic house in the capital. It's very suitable for the local climate. It's large and has many rooms, making it the most suitable place for a large family."

Chatting with Zhou Lingling can be summed up in two words: comfortable!

A group of people gathered around the fire, chatting and drinking tea, so happy~

A small red clay stove, green ants and new wine, it’s going to snow in the evening, can you have a drink?

This poem is most appropriate!