Ye Yaodong smiled helplessly and shook his head. He stuffed the money into her arms and stood up. "Don't worry about it. Go back to the house and go to bed. It's already the first day of the Lunar New Year. Now, if you can't sleep for a few hours, every household will set off firecrackers again."
Already."
The old lady was also very persistent, so she held on to his clothes and refused to let him go. She insisted on stuffing the bag of money into his pocket, "You take it, or I won't be able to sleep at ease, just think it's for you."
It’s the New Year’s money. Anyway, you want to provide for me in my old age. I eat yours, drink yours, live in yours, and spend yours. If you don’t take it, I will move back to my hometown tomorrow and eat your father’s money.”
Ye Yaodong really couldn't laugh or cry. The sensationalism just now was completely defeated by this back and forth.
Before he could take it out and give it back, the old lady hurriedly walked into the house after finishing speaking.
After entering the house, she waved to him before closing the door and said, "Go back to the house and go to bed. It's very late."
"You know it's very late, so you're still waiting until this time."
She chuckled, "Go back to the house, go back to the house, remember to keep some for yourself, don't hand it all over."
Seeing him take out the red paper bag from his pocket again, the old lady quickly closed the door.
Ye Yaodong smiled with helplessness on his face and weighed the banknotes wrapped in red paper in his hand. They were not very heavy, but they were heavy in his heart.
The old man can't save much money. The money he saved was either saved when he was young or paid filial piety by his children. The amount here is probably just over 200 yuan, which should be about the same as the money he gave him when he was dying.
After looking at it, he held it tightly in his hand and walked into the house.
Ah Qing was half asleep and half awake at this time. How could she sleep peacefully without him coming back?
After hearing the door being pushed open with a creak, she woke up, propped up the bed with her arms, sat up against the head of the bed, and looked at the watch next to her pillow.
"You're back! What do you have in your hand?"
Ye Yaodong stretched out the money in his hand towards her and showed it to her.
"New Year's money given to me by the old lady!"
"Ah? New Year's money?"
"Well, I didn't expect that this year I would receive both New Year's money from my father-in-law and from the old lady. It's really been a bumper year, and my fortune is quite good."
Lin Xiuqing was also frustrated by his playful smile and nonsense.
"Can't you just say it more seriously?"
"Where am I not serious? I call it humor and fun, do you understand? Most people are not as fun as me."
"You're so humorous and you're so funny. I haven't even heard you say a few serious words. Even if I ask you questions, you'll just talk nonsense."
Ye Yaodong handed the bag of money to her front legs through the railing next to the bed, "I'm not talking nonsense, the truth is what I said. This is really the New Year's money given to me by the old lady. It's just the money she kept at the bottom of the box."
Basically, it’s all here, and it’s all given to me.”
Lin Xiuqing's mouth opened in surprise, "Why are you so generous this year? Even if you give some lucky money to a few little ones, you give all the money to you? Her mental state seems to be okay now, much better than at the end of last year.
It should be fine for a few more years, right? Why did you give the money to you so early and plan to get up so early?"
"Oh, she thought I was going to be out of luck this year and the little money she had saved was of little use to me, so she generously gave some lucky money to a few children."
"I also thought that giving it to me now would be of some use and could come in handy, so I thought of giving it to me as early as possible. Anyway, she is old and can't work, and she won't be able to save much money in the future. It will be fine if she gives it to me sooner or later.
Same, you can help me if you give it earlier."
Ye Yaodong sat on the chair with his feet up 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 moment. He just wanted to talk to others and share the complicated feelings in his heart.
Lin Xiuqing also looked at him with a complicated expression, "You are truly your grandma's darling!"
Ye Yaodong: "..."
He didn't want to hear this from his sweetheart.
"Then the old lady gave it to you and you accepted it?"
"I can't push it away. I don't lack her coffin skills. The older this person gets, the more stubborn she becomes. She said that if I don't accept it, she will move back to her hometown tomorrow to eat my father's food instead of mine."
"Okay, then just accept it. Sooner or later it will be yours anyway."
"She's well wrapped in red paper. Don't open it or touch it. Just put it in the drawer and lock it."
"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 asked her to sit on his lap, "I'll put the money away, what are you doing?"
"Give you a hug. Do you think the old lady felt that her time was running out, so she gave me the money in advance? I heard that some elderly people will feel it when their time is approaching."
Thinking about this, he felt a little uncomfortable, but the end was really approaching!
Originally, the old lady could only live until 1987 in her last life, and it is already 84 years since the Chinese New Year. Last year, when my cousin was arrested and sentenced, the old lady fell ill and lay in bed for several days. Will she be energetic?
Injured?
Lin Xiuqing originally thought that he was lustful again, but she didn't expect that he just held her and talked and stopped struggling.
"No, she looks so radiant and cheerful every day. She can water and weed, sow and harvest vegetables, and feed chickens and ducks. She looks so flexible, but she doesn't look like she's happy. She must be thinking about you.
If you are successful, I don’t expect her to have any money, so she won’t have to save it for you.”
"That's right, then let her water it and feed the chickens every day. At least it will be more comfortable than lying on the bed without moving."
She laughed. After unlocking the money, she put the key in the jar, moved her buttocks, 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, "Am I the one who lacks this little money?"
Lin Xiuqing flicked his forehead, "You are so loud! You were only short of this little money before."
"Don't mention the past. It's been years since I've been talking about it all day long."
"How many years? How many years do you think it has been?"
"I have given birth to all three babies, and they are all running this year, so don't keep talking about it."
It's already the first day of the Lunar New Year, and I say there will be nothing wrong with me this year.
"What are you doing?" Lin Xiuqing patted his erratic hand.
"I'm not doing anything, I'm just touching your conscience for you. Ask yourself, am I becoming more and more promising? I'm a good grandson, a good son, a good father, and a good husband!"
How could he take such shameless words and actions so naturally?
"It's so late, it's already one o'clock, and the New Year's Eve fireworks are already over time..." Lin Xiuqing said the last part in a low voice, which made her feel embarrassed.
Ye Yaodong also smiled into the crook of her neck, feeling that she was a little led by him.
"This New Year's Eve cannon is already overdue. Don't we still have New Year's cannon?"
Lin Xiuqing: "..."
She bit her lower lip, where did he get so many new terms?
"What other cannons are there?"
Ye Yaodong heard this when he was kissing her, and laughed so much that his shoulders shook.
"You can have whatever cannons you want, cannons that open the door, cannons that close the door, artillery, sky-high cannons. Now let's fire the first cannon of the new year..."
Lin Xiuqing smiled and hit him on the shoulder. She also thought it was funny, "I don't think you understand serious things, but you know everything about this mess."
"Average, third best in the village!"
"First, who is second?"
"Maybe it's an old gangster in the village?"
"The same to you!"
"I'm not old, I'm still a strong young man!"
"Stop making trouble and go to bed..."
"Here it is, that bed is squeaking. It's so annoying. When I have money, I'll change it to a Simmons!"
"It will be cold..."
"You won't feel cold if you move..."
The cold wind whistled outside the house, and the windows were blown by the wind from time to time. The shadowy figures on the windows were also swaying. The room was in full swing, and the inside and outside were polarized.
The weather on the first day of the Lunar New Year was particularly wonderful. The sun shone 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 happily put on new clothes, walked back and forth in the village, and met each other.
The first sentence is Happy New Year!
Ye Yaodong also got up early to set off firecrackers and offer incense to the Kitchen God and the Kitchen God.
The children happily put on new clothes and ran around at the door. Early in the morning, their pockets were filled with firecrackers. Even if they put on new clothes, they could not stop them from picking up firecrackers!
Anyway, those who are celebrating the New Year cannot hit or scold their children!
Lin Xiuqing stood at the door and called several times: "It's time to eat!"
Everyone was getting excited about playing, but they all ignored it.
It wasn't until she stepped forward and grabbed their ears that the two boys followed them home obediently. Ye Chenghu also muttered as they walked, "Those who are celebrating the New Year must not spank their children..."
Lin Xiuqing looked down at their already black knees, her hands were already itchy, and she felt that she would have to break the habit if she couldn't survive the first few days of the first month of the year.
Ye Chenghu also felt his mother's gaze. After looking down, he pulled Ye Chengyang and ran into the house in a brotherly manner.
"Why are you running like this? Come on, come on, let's have breakfast." The old lady greeted them with a smile and sat down quickly.
"Hey, do you want to eat fried sweet potato noodles in the morning?"
"This is not sweet potato vermicelli, it is shark fin. It looks a bit like sweet potato vermicelli." The old lady explained haphazardly, and gave them half each. Ye Chenghu was bigger and had a little more.
It took Ye Yaodong several days of hard work to make the bowl of shark fin in front of the two brothers. He deliberately kept it at home yesterday and did not take it to his old house.
It’s just a small portion. With so many people, who can eat it? Not even one person has a chopstick, so the old lady said she would fry it this morning and give it to the two children for breakfast.
"Your father spent a lot of effort to make this. It was just a few fins from the big shark a few days ago. The ones sold outside were so expensive that he couldn't bear to eat them, so he gave them to you."
, you eat quickly."
"Wow, dad, that's great. Can I bring it to the door to eat?"
Chapter completed!