The sound of firecrackers bid farewell to the old year, and only the new peaches are replaced with old talismans.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Mansion.

On the wall of the main hall, there is a painting of "Pine and Crane prolonging life" for blessings and longevity. There is a couplet on each side, namely: Peony is rich and prosperous, and pine and cranes live longer than Nanshan.

On both sides are the joyful screens of the Eighteen Arhats, and there are pear blossoms and wood racks. On the racks are some vases and jade bowls. Although they are not expensive, they are also pleasing to the eye.

My father Liu Da wore a fat and luxurious outfit early in the morning, and the old god sat on the throne chair in the main hall.

Below, Liu Wenyang, a filial son, also changed into brand new clothes and stood aside with a refreshing spirit. Until the maid Xiaocui brought the cushion and Xiaohong brought the tea. Only then did Liu Wenyang lift the collar of the clothes, kneel on the cushion, kowtowed to his father, and then served the tea and water to pay full attention to the New Year.

Dad Liu Da drank his son's filial piety tea, then took out a red envelope from his sleeve and said, "Son, my family was poor before, and I have never given you any red envelopes. This is the first time today, you can get it!"

Liu Wenyang took the red envelope, stepped aside, and then gave a wink at the little Tong Mingyue.

Mingyue walked forward very sensiblely, "Pu" and knelt on the cushion, and then kowtowed to my father a few times and said, "My little man, I wish you good luck in the New Year and all the best!"

‘Haha, you little guy, have a sweet mouth! Look, I’ll give it to you!’ Dad actually took out a red envelope.

Mingyue was stunned, ‘This is... for me?’ I can’t believe my eyes.

The father smiled and said, "You kowtow to me and wish you a happy New Year. Who else can you give this red envelope? Take it now!"

Mingyue was overjoyed. When I was in my hometown, during the Chinese New Year, although I kowtowed to my old mother at home to wish her New Year, because my family was poor, I didn’t even have to wear new clothes, so I didn’t have to wear them because I was poor, let alone collecting red envelopes. It was not like now...

Xiao Tong Mingyue took the red envelope with joy. Xiao Cui and Xiaohong, the maids who took turns to pay New Year's greetings, saw that they had red envelopes to pay New Year's greetings to the master. Don't mention the excitement. They kowtowed very neatly during New Year's greetings, and said the congratulations very loudly, which made my father Liu Da laugh out loud. The whole Liu Mansion was full of festive flavor.

Here, Liu Wenyang and others had just finished paying New Year's greetings to their father Liu Da, when someone knocked on the Liu family's door there.

Liu Wenyang thought that this was the first day of the Lunar New Year, who would come here. So he ordered his maid Xiao Cui to open the door.

Xiao Cui also wore a floral dress during the New Year. With her slim waist and pretty face, she walked out with a twist, which made her feel a unique flavor.

Xiao Cui came to the gate of Liu Mansion and asked through the gate: "Who is it? It's so early for the New Year?"

He was obviously stunned for a moment, and then a man said in a voice: "It's me, I am the brother of the old man of the Liu family. Come and have a look during the Chinese New Year!"

Xiao Cui had just arrived at the Liu Mansion, but she didn't know that Liu Da had another brother outside, so she pulled the door bolt half-believingly and opened the red lacquer door, but saw two people standing outside, one man and one woman.

The man was holding his hands, wearing a shabby rabbit-eared hat, smiling and looking stupid. The woman had a big waist and round waist, ugly appearance, and had a basket in her hand, but she contained five or six white-skinned eggs.

What he saw was a fancy dressed little girl. The fat woman said angrily: "Who are you? Why are you here? Did the old man Liu marry his daughter-in-law but didn't invite us to a wedding banquet? He was too mean to be a man!'

The man next to him touched her arm and stuttered: "You, what are you talking nonsense? She doesn't look like a member of the Liu family. She is dressed so well, maybe she is the lady of a wealthy family!"

The maid Xiao Cui was not a good-looking lamp. She gave her little waist and glared at the fat woman, and said, "What are you chewing on the root of your tongue? I am not a little wife or a young lady, but I am the maid of this family!"

‘Ah, maid?’ Both men and women were stunned.

The cute old man is Liu Neng, Liu Wenyang’s third uncle. Needless to say, the fat woman is Liu Wenyang’s sarcastic aunt.

At this moment, even if Liu Neng and the fat woman thought about it, they would never have expected that the little girl in front of her who was dressed in rich clothes was actually just... the maid of the Liu family! The maids were all dressed so arrogantly, so how could the master be so amazing?!

‘Does your elder brother really be rich? Look, there is even the maid guarding the door!’ The fat woman asked the man carefully.

Liu Neng curled his lips and said, "Didn't I tell you some time ago? My nephew not only had a prosperous business, but also opened a porridge shop. But you don't believe it, and he still kept cursing him about his business being unlucky and closing the door!'

The fat woman turned red and said, "I'm just talking casually..."

Just as the two were talking in a low voice, the maid Xiaocui became impatient and said with her waist on her back: "What are you muttering about? If you come to ask for red envelopes, leave as soon as possible! If you ask for porridge and soup, then wait for a while!"

‘What do you mean? You treat us as beggars?’ The fat woman was stunned.

Xiao Cui glanced at her contemptuously, looked up and down at her and said, "What, aren't you? Seeing that you were wearing rags and holding a few broken eggs in your hand, it wasn't you used to give gifts, right?"

The fat woman's face turned red again. The man said before that she had put on too few eggs. After seeing the shabby look, the fat woman held the basket and insisted on not pretending too much. She felt that she would suffer if she pretended too much. But now... she was regarded as a beggar!

Liu Neng also blushed. This is all the fault of his own women. He could obviously make it more decent, but he brought more things over, but he had to make a few eggs. This is not a humiliating person. Now, he is looking down on him.

So Liu Neng smiled foolishly and said, "That little sister, little girl, I, I am really your Master Liu's brother, and that Liu Wenyang's uncle... If you don't believe it, please let you go in and report it all!"

When the maid Xiao Cui saw that Liu Neng was not as arrogant as the fat woman, she closed her eyebrows and said, "Okay, you guys are waiting here. I'll go in and ask... You can't walk around. The place is big and there are many precious things!" The tone obviously means to guard against thieves.

The fat woman felt uncomfortable and wanted to yell a few times, but Liu Neng grabbed her and said, "You girl, can you still give me peace of mind?"

The fat woman then blew her nose and stared at her eyes, her cheeks and big belly were bulging, and she was soothing like a big toad.

The maid Xiao Cui turned around and reported the situation outside to her father Liu Da. When Liu Da heard that his brother was coming, he couldn't help but be extremely happy and wanted to go out to greet him in person.

But before he could get up, Liu Wenyang pressed him on the chair and said, "Dad, don't be impatient! Since the third uncle is here, we should send someone to greet you, so you don't have to get up!"

Dad Liu Da was stunned and didn't understand what his son was doing. However, Liu Wenyang ordered another little maid Xiaohong and said, "You go outside to welcome the guests!"

Xiaohong responded and went out to pick up the guests. Liu Wenyang smiled slightly and said to himself, Auntie, you always gossip about me behind the back and say bad things about me. Now I want you to taste your nephew's threat, so that you will not change your nature in the future and continue to do evil.

...

The third uncle Liu Neng and the fat woman were still standing at the gate, holding their hands, stomping their feet, and looking around.

The couple came here last time when Liu Wenyang and the others moved, but the whole yard was poor and had nothing except big enough and looking grand enough, but now...

But the whole yard was newly renovated, with gravel on the ground paved with passages, strange rockery and fake water piled on both sides, and newly cultivated flower beds. A new entrance was erected not far away, but Tai Chi Bagua patterns were painted, which looked extremely mysterious and solemn.

Just as the couple leaned their heads and stretched their heads to look inside, the maid Xiaohong twisted her waist and came over.

The fat woman glanced at her and said, "Hey, why did she change one? Could it be that there is more than one girl from the Liu family?"

The maid Xiaohong's temperament is much gentler than Xiao Cui, and she said with a smile: "My master said, please come in."

‘Hey, the airs are pretty good! I didn’t come out to pick us up, and I let us go in by ourselves!’ The fat woman complained again.

It doesn't matter to Liu Neng. In his opinion, his brother's family is better and he is happy.

The couple followed the maid's buttocks like a countryman entering the city. Looking left and right, they saw that the decoration settings in the Liu Mansion were very different from those seen before.

The fat woman thought to herself, look, how arrogant, she made the house mess with her two bad money, and she really thought she was a landlord!

Liu Nengze thought to himself, it seems that my brother has really lived a good life, and he doesn’t have to worry about their livelihood in the future... They are proud now, and our Liu family is also shining on their faces.

The two of them thought about it, followed the maid to turn a corridor, pass a corridor, and then arrive in front of the hall.

The fat woman felt uncomfortable. Seeing that the old man Liu Da was sitting in the center of the hall, she was about to run over and shout. After all, in her eyes, the other party was almost the same as the poor and insane charlatan who was not doing his job. But when her thighs stepped into the hall, she felt that the atmosphere was a little different.

Why is it different? My father Liu Da wore the outerwear and sat upright in front of the hall, with a solemn expression, like a statue of a god on the shrine, and like those rich and powerful foreigners. He was full of airs and full of momentum. Look at him on both sides, his son Liu Wenyang, two maids, a child, and an old lady with a low eyebrows and pleasing to the eyes. This attitude is even more extraordinary. What does it mean that he is a person with status and status, and is not the poor charlatan who is looked down upon by himself and scolded with his backbone!

The fat woman, who was angry and complaining, encountered this kind of situation and instantly looked like a toad that fell into an ice hole. She lost her confidence and looked like a sow with her hair faded. She had no arrogance and stood foolishly in front of Liu Da, not knowing what to say.

The old man Liu Da was originally pressed by his son on the chair and refused to move. He felt something was wrong all over, especially wearing a cap, which made him feel even more awkward.

So he twisted his butt on the chair like itchy, and just then the fat woman rushed in. Habitually, Liu Da's first thought was, damn it, he would be scolded by this woman again.

But immediately, he realized that something was wrong. Why did this fat woman stare at her in a daze? She had already rushed over and pointed at her nose and cursed: "Downtown! A pauper who eats and drinks for nothing!"

Then my father Liu Da realized that he was no longer the same person as before, and the fat woman in front of him was no longer the same woman who could bully and insult her at will.
Chapter completed!