Shen Qingqing laughed at him while stretching: "It's like saying it is easy to hit other times."
As for the few ghosts at home, when they saw something was wrong, they immediately hugged their thighs and admitted their mistake, shouting "Mom and Dad" repeatedly, each one more enthusiastic than the other.
Under such an offensive, who can bear to attack?
Meng Yuan chuckled and did not answer. He raised his hand to help her straighten the messy hair on both sides of her face and asked, "Should you get up or continue to sleep?"
"Get up, if you can still fall asleep after making such a fuss, then I'm really turning into a pig." Shen Qingqing slowly got out of the bed.
"You get dressed first and comb your hair, and I'll go to the kitchen to get a basin of hot water."
Meng Yuan conveniently put the new clothes beside the bed next to her, turned around and walked out of the house. Who would have thought that as soon as he went out, he would be blocked by four little kids standing in a row.
Meng Qifeng, the oldest, was the first to speak: "Dad, today is the New Year."
Meng Yuan: "?" Need you to remind me?
Meng Qiyun looked arrogant: "Where is our new year's money?"
Meng Qiyu had already stretched out her little fat claws at him, "New Year's money, New Year's money!"
It's too difficult to go out and perform, so it's more reliable to cheat.
Meng Qixue was even more shocked. She knelt down and kowtowed, "Twelve or eighty taels is not too little. A hundred taels would be even better."
Listening to the funny conversation outside the door, Shen Qingqing laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her waist. She quickly put on her clothes and took out the red envelope she had prepared in advance.
As a result, the kids were not willing to accept her money at all. They stared at Meng Yuan eagerly and said, "We only want daddy's money!"
Meng Yuan's mouth twitched, these brats definitely did it on purpose, secretly hating him for asking him to prepare the dowry.
"Okay, give me the money."
There's nothing he can do if he doesn't give it. Who makes him the father?
Meng Yuan returned to the bedroom and took out the banknotes from selling mushrooms a few days ago. Meng Qixue's eyes widened when she saw the top banknote with a denomination of one thousand taels, "Wow, daddy is so rich!"
Much richer than she thought!
Meng Yuan glanced at her indifferently, "You are thinking too much."
After saying that, he directly put back the first few large-denomination banknotes and handed her one hundred taels of silver.
After receiving the banknote, Meng Qixue had a series of ellipses floating on her forehead. If she had known that her father was so rich, she would have changed the sentence "It would be better to give a hundred taels" to "It would be even better to give a thousand taels."
What a mistake.
In the kitchen, Mr. He, Lao Guitou, and Hongying were making dumplings around the chopping board. Lazy Ball was wearing a red tiger head hat and a red jumpsuit and was standing by the window wagging his tail.
There are many people in the family, so He specially prepared several kinds of fillings, such as pork and radish filling, mutton and green onion filling, egg and shrimp filling, mushroom and cabbage filling...
The old ghost head swallowed his saliva while making the dumplings: "My favorite is dumplings stuffed with eggs and shrimps. The skin should be rolled out very thin, and the kind that is cooked and translucent. When you bite into it, it is full of fillings. They are soft and elastic.
The shrimps paired with the freshness of the eggs are so delicious that you won’t be able to buy them for money!”
There was a sound of swallowing in the kitchen. Hongying put down a round dumpling and touched its elbow, "Old man Hu, I want to discuss something with you. Later, no, I will lend you your bowl today!"
"What are you dreaming about?" The old ghost's eyes widened. "Today is the best day of the year. What can I eat if I lend you my bowl?"
Hongying rarely softened her voice: "Let's take turns. Speaking of which, I haven't eaten shrimp dumplings yet."
"I haven't eaten either." Lazy Ball on the window sill suddenly interrupted.
The old ghost head rolled his eyes at it: "Why are you, a ghost-eating beast, messing around with you?"
Lazy Ball stuck out his tongue and licked his pointed teeth, smiling at it evilly: "Repeat what you just said."
The old ghost's attitude made a 360-degree turn: "I said if you want to eat, the dumplings will be cooked later, and I will serve you a bowl first."
"One bowl is a bit much, just give me two of each to taste." Lanqiu stretched his limbs and looked at the festive clothes on his body. He suddenly thought of something and said: "You guys eat first, and the rest
Leave it to me, I still have something to go out beforehand."
After Lanqiu left, Hongying covered her mouth and chuckled, "Old man Hu, what do you think Lanqiu did?"
"What have you been doing?"
"It must be showing off its new clothes to the little ghosts in the village!"
The old ghost thought about it carefully and lowered his voice: "Don't tell me, this is really something it can do."
The two ghosts looked at each other mischievously and laughed, while the lazy guy patrolling among the ghosts outside the courtyard sneezed like crazy.
After breakfast, Meng Yuan moved the ladder and started to put up New Year pictures and hang lanterns. The four boys followed him, passing things and holding the ladder. When he was busy, a guest came.
The first to come were the Qi family and his wife. According to the plan, they should have returned to Xiangcheng years ago, but they really couldn't bear to leave Meng Qixue, so they simply stayed.
They had no other relatives in Ningyang County, and the Chinese New Year was too lonely for the two of them. After much deliberation, they decided to shamelessly go to the Meng family to spend a lively Chinese New Year, which fulfilled their wish to reunite with their daughter.
The two of them retained their usual heroic style and carried boxes of gifts into the house before anyone came. Compared with the last time, this time the gifts were obviously more thoughtful and all were practical.
Thick cotton quilts, complete sets of tea sets, newly produced blue and white porcelain bowls...it's like giving away all the daily necessities for the new home.
The next person to come was Yuan Xudong's family. The purpose of his coming here was simply to eat.
Before I saw anyone, I heard him howling from afar: "Qingqing, Shen Qingqing, come out and see what good things I got!"
"What good thing? Besides food, what else can you put in your head?" Shen Qingqing leaned against the door and didn't even bother to move.
"It's indeed food, but I guarantee you've never seen anything this time!"
The word "proud" is written all over Yuan Xudong's face. If you put a tail on him, it will probably shake it to the sky.
Seeing Shen Qingqing's gaze, he quickly bent down and pulled out a palm-sized crab from the wooden box beside his legs, "Dangdang, have you ever seen such a big crab?"
Shen Qingqing's eyes lit up and she said in surprise: "Hey, swimming crabs, where did you get them? There is no such thing in Ningyang County."
"Have you actually seen it?"
Yuan Xudong was surprised, and then laughed happily, "It's easier to handle after seeing it. This is a fresh product that a friend of mine brought all the way from the sea. In addition to swimming crabs, there are also some other weird things. No one knows how to fix them.
I'll leave it to you."
"I also had New Year's Eve dinner at your house. Anyway, there are so many people in your house, so it doesn't matter if there are two or three more people."
Shen Qingqing: "..."
Others are here to grab a meal, but he is blatantly trying to steal it.
If a person is shameless, he is truly invincible.
Shen Qingqing waved to him helplessly, "Unload the things on the car first. I'll see what's available and re-set the menu depending on the situation."
"Okay!" Yuan Xudong snapped his fingers and asked Fuwang to happily pick up the things in the car.
Shen Qingqing went over to take a look. Good guy, you don’t know if you look at it, but you will be shocked when you look at it. Abalone, sea urchin, tuna, snail, rattle snail, cat’s eye snail... If I don’t have a whole seafood feast tonight, I will be sorry for these little cuties! This chapter has been completed!