PDLP Chapter 375 New Year's Eve, People in the Courtyard
Chapter 375 New Year's Eve, People in the Courtyard
Soon it was evening, and as expected, Li Chunhua and a few others started delivering vegetables door to door in the courtyard. Those who received vegetables were all smiling happily, while those who didn't had any were jealous. Especially Qin Jingru. She smelled the fragrance when Li Chunhua entered the door, and she felt jealous when she saw the baskets of vegetables.
"They have money to burn. I think they are just trying to win people's hearts. What's so great about that? And who are the others? It's just three dishes. It's not like they can't afford it! Is it necessary to be so despicable?" Qin Jingru complained to the Yan family.
Hearing Qin Jingru's words, Yan Jiecheng picked up a piece of braised pork and ate it while saying, "Jingru, our family is not bad either. Today is the best year for our family. Look at the braised pork, I can eat my fill."
On the side, hearing Yan Jiecheng's words, Yan Fugui's heart was filled with sadness. Today's sumptuous banquet was all for his wife, but the food was ready but the person was gone. Thinking of this, Yan Fugui picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a big sip, then filled another glass and took another sip.
"Eat, I'll help you eat, I'll help you eat well, eat well." Yan Fugui shouted, and then he started to eat voraciously.
On the side, five people, big and small, stared at Yan Fugui with incredible looks, "Jie Cheng, what's wrong with Dad? Why does he seem weird? Could it be that he saw Mom?" Qin Jingru whispered.
"How could that be? He must still be hurt! Let's not disturb him and eat." Yan Jiecheng also said in a low voice.
At the same time, Yi Zhonghai's family, Banggeng's family and Yi Zhonghai's family gathered together. They usually ate separately.
Seeing the simple dishes on the table, Banggeng was very unwilling, "Mom, it's New Year's Day today, why don't you cook better? Smell the smell in the yard, ours is the worst in the yard. Even the Yan family's smell is better than ours." Banggeng said.
"Great! Your Uncle Yi doesn't earn much at work, so just make do with what you have." Qin Huairu said.
“But it can’t be too bad, right?” Bang Geng said.
"That's right. Shazhu's family has three people in the yard, but he only delivers vegetables to his workers. He doesn't even send three to every family in the yard. Does he need that little bit of money? The richer he is, the stingier he is. He's even stingier than Old Yan." Xiaodang complained.
On the side, the frail Yi Zhonghai was filled with bitterness. He was almost seventy years old, but he was still working. Every time he came back to the hospital and saw He Daqing and Liu Haizhong and his gang, he was full of envy. They were all the same, so why was there such a big difference? They were enjoying a good retirement life, while he was working hard all day. He was proud of his second marriage, thinking that he had a young wife after all, and that his hardship was better than that of other old men. But when he saw He Daqing's young and beautiful wife, he lost all his pride.
"Forget it. What's the point of talking about other people's families? Living your own life is the real thing. Eat! At least it's much better than before, isn't it?" Yi Zhonghai said bitterly.
"Yes, Uncle Yi is right. At least what we eat is much better than what we have in our village. Let's eat." Peng Xuezhen agreed. She now realized that her man was a complete waste, a piece of trash. He could not do any heavy work, and he was poor but wanted to save face. He was daydreaming all day long. Only Yi Zhonghai could do something. As for Xiaodang, she was just an ugly old maid. In her opinion, Xiaodang was destined to be an old maid all his life.
Hearing Peng Xuezhen's interruption, Bang Geng could only lower his head and start eating.
On the other side, the He family, the whole family was eating around two tables, one table for the elderly and one table for the children, looking very harmonious.
"My dear relatives, your dish is so delicious. Old Lou and I love it. It would be great if we could have it from time to time." Lou Tan said with a smile.
"Hey, that's easy. Ask Zhuzi to build you a house in the yard, and you two can live here. We can play chess, chat, and eat together. How nice it would be!" He Daqing said with a smile.
Hearing He Daqing's proposal, Lou Tan was quite moved, so she pushed Lou Hongxuan and said, "Old Lou, what do you think of your in-laws' proposal? I think it's good. Our place is too lonely. There are many elderly people here, and it's lively."
"Haha, I think so too, but I don't know if it is easy to buy a house." Lou Hongxuan said, looking at He Yuzhu.
"Dad, no problem. I'll find it for you after the New Year. I'll buy this yard in the future, and we can all live together in our old age. It'll be so nice to live in harmony." He Yuzhu said with a smile.
"Okay, then your mother and I will wait. Life over there is indeed a bit too monotonous. Here I can still see several children every day." Lou Hongxuan said.
"Let's discuss this after dinner," said He Yuzhu.
As they were talking, five children came over led by He Ying.
"Dad, Mom, Grandpa, Grandma, and Grandpa and Grandma, we are here to wish you a happy new year." He Ying said with a smile.
Seeing the sly smile on He Ying's face, He Yuzhu knew that these people were here to ask for New Year's money, so he smiled and said, "Come and pay your respects one by one. First, my little Leizi will pay his respects. Little Leizi, come quickly and pay your New Year's greetings to daddy. Daddy will give you a red envelope."
Hearing He Yuzhu's words, He Lei came over and said in a baby voice, "Dad, Happy New Year!"
"Hey, Happy New Year to my dear son too. Here is the red envelope given by dad." As he said that, He Yuzhu took out a red envelope and gave it to He Lei.
"Dad, I don't want red envelopes, I want firecrackers, lots of firecrackers." He Lei shouted.
"Little Lei, come here and give your red envelope to your sister. Your sister will buy you a lot of firecrackers." He Ying came over and asked for the red envelope.
"Brother, don't give it to your sister, give it to me, I will buy you firecrackers." He Xiao said.
“I give it to my brother.”
As he said that, He Lei stuffed the red envelope directly into He Xiao's hand.
"He Xiao, are you itching again?" He Ying said angrily.
"I'm not afraid of you as long as I'm here," He Xiao said, running behind He Yuzhu, "Dad, you take care of my elder sister. It's best to marry her off as soon as possible, so that my brother and I can have a better life."
"Hahahaha..." Everyone in the room burst into laughter.
"Well, my son is right. After the New Year, Dad will find a partner for your sister to take care of him." He Yuzhu joked.
"Dad, you're dreaming. I don't want to get married. I want to take over mom's job as chairman." He Ying said angrily.
"Haha, that's because you haven't met someone you're attracted to, just like me back then. I never got married because I didn't meet the right person. But I fell in love with your mom when I saw her." He Yuzhu said conceitedly.
Hearing He Yuzhu bragging, He Ying said, "Dad, that's not what my godfather told me. He said... hehe!"
As she spoke, He Ying twirled her fingers and looked at He Yuzhu with a smile.