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Besides these meat and vegetable dishes, fresh vegetables that were never seen during previous Chinese New Year celebrations also appeared on Wang An's table this year.

So, the eleventh dish was cucumber strips mixed with dried tofu strips and green pepper strips, with a little bit of cilantro added.

The twelfth dish was braised bok choy with tofu. Tofu is a dish that is almost always on the New Year's table.

The thirteenth dish was persimmons mixed with white sugar.

Wang An's favorite drink was the soup left over from the last of the persimmons mixed with white sugar. It was sweet with a slight sour taste, and it completely outshone all the drinks that came after.

The fourteenth dish is celery stir-fried with rice noodles. Celery noodles are a homophone for diligence. As a farmer, how can you get by without being diligent?

The fifteenth dish was stir-fried eggs with chives.

The sixteenth and final dish was cold bitter melon salad.

In Liu Guilan's words, only by remembering how we endured the hardships of the past can we understand how we came to enjoy the good life we ​​have now.

After Liu Guilan finished speaking, the whole family fell silent.

However, Liu Guilan then said with a smile:
"Alright, it's Chinese New Year, actually I didn't have enough dishes to make 16, so I used bitter melon to make up the numbers, hehehe, come on, let's all have a toast first."

Liu Guilan's words startled everyone at first, and then they burst into laughter again.

To be honest, Liu Guilan's turnaround was quite dramatic; one second she was being sentimental, and the next she was being ridiculous.

However, the atmosphere at the dinner table instantly became cheerful and harmonious.

After Liu Guilan finished speaking, Wang Dazhu, Liu Guilan, Wang An, Shen Wei, and Zhao Cuiyun all picked up their baijiu glasses, while Mu Xueqing, Wang Yi, Wang Xiaomei, Wang Xiaoli, Xiao Lai, and Gou Shengzi all picked up their soda bottles.

Only two little babies, Happy and Bliss, one in their father Wang An's arms and the other in their mother Mu Xueqing's arms, were curiously looking at everyone, babbling incoherently.

Everyone raised their glasses and clinked them together. After setting down their glasses, Wang An smiled and asked the woman in his arms, "Happiness is here."
"Hey girl, seeing us drinking, you want a drink too? Hmm? Hahahaha."

Whether happiness understood or not, it reached out and headed for the wine glass in front of Wang An.

Seeing this, Wang An quickly raised Xingfu a little higher and said:

"You can't touch this thing. Promise Dad you won't drink anymore, okay? It's not good for girls to drink."

As he spoke, Wang An kissed Xingfu's fair and delicate face.

Mu Xueqing also said to the happiness in her arms:

“We don’t drink alcohol, you know. If you’re going to drink, you should drink like your dad, no matter how much you drink, you won’t get drunk.”

Immediately afterwards, Mu Xueqing also gave her a kiss on her happy little face.

Wang An then said about happiness:

"When you grow up a bit, Dad will teach you martial arts. If anyone dares to mess with you, you can beat them up."

After saying that, Wang An kissed the happy little face again.

Mu Xueqing then said to Kuaile:

"When you grow up a bit, you should practice martial arts with your father. If anyone dares to bully your sister, you should beat them up."

After Mu Xueqing finished speaking, she also gave a kiss on the happy face.

And so, the couple, oblivious to everyone else, began to adore their child at the dinner table.

Liu Guilan couldn't help but interrupt:
"Are you two going to eat or not? You can go back to your room after you finish eating."

Perhaps because it was the Lunar New Year, or perhaps because the family's life was getting better and better, Liu Guilan's tone of voice had become much gentler. Wang An and Mu Xueqing exchanged a smile upon hearing this, then, holding the child in their left arms, picked up their chopsticks with their right hands and began to eat with everyone.

There were a total of 16 dishes, and it really felt like there was not enough food to eat. Even if you only ate a couple of bites of each dish, you would still have almost finished the meal.

So unsurprisingly, many of the dishes on the table were only eaten a few times, and some were even only eaten once.

After finishing the meal, it was already 2 p.m.

After cleaning up the dishes, Xiao Lai and Gou Shengzi stayed at Wang An's house to watch TV with Wang Xiaomei and Wang Xiaoli, while Shen Wei and Zhao Cuiyun went home to heat the kang (a traditional heated brick bed).

Wang An had originally planned to take a nap to prepare for staying up all night to welcome the New Year, but Mu Xueqing said to him instead:
"Why don't you go for a walk? Sister Shen Wei is at home heating the kang (a traditional heated bed), she probably won't be here for a while."

Upon hearing this, Wang An immediately understood what Mu Xueqing meant. She simply wanted him to go to Shen Wei's house and chat with her.

Wang An said with a grin:

"I was thinking of taking good care of you tonight, and then we could welcome the New Year while we're doing *that*, wouldn't that be quite interesting?"

Mu Xueqing's eyes lit up upon hearing this, but she said aloud:
"Yeah, it's just that these two kids are a bit of a hindrance. I guess we can only do that once before they have to wake up."

Mu Xueqing gestured with her eyes towards Wang An's crotch area and said:

"Just once, can you really enjoy yourself?"

Wang An turned to look at the two little ones and sighed helplessly.

To be honest, although these two little ones are Wang An's darlings, they are also two huge obstacles to Wang An and Mu Xueqing's desire to do wonderful things.

Even now, Wang An can still recall from time to time the sudden crying and the abrupt kick that came when he was getting into the mood with Mu Xueqing.

Noticing Wang An's helpless expression, Mu Xueqing couldn't help but giggle. As she laughed, she said:

"Go quickly, so you won't be left feeling awkward and unsatisfied again tonight. I heard that stopping halfway through is really bad for a man's health."

Wang An put his arm around Mu Xueqing's head and kissed her sexy lips before getting out of bed, putting on his shoes, and strolling towards Shen Wei's house.

In less than two minutes, Wang An arrived at Shen Wei's house.

At this moment, Shen Wei was sitting on a small stool by the stove, staring blankly at the flames in the firebox. She didn't even notice Wang An opening the door and coming in.

Shen Wei only looked up at the doorway after Wang An closed the two wooden doors with a creak.

What greeted Shen Wei was Wang An's lewd smile.

Wang An opened his arms, and Shen Wei immediately stood up with a smile on her face and threw herself into Wang An's arms.

Wang An lifted Shen Wei up by the waist and kissed her small mouth with his big mouth.

Shen Wei was also hugging Wang An's neck and kissing him passionately.

After kissing each other for a long time, Shen Wei whispered to Wang An:
"Let's go to the east room; it's warm there."

So Wang An kicked open the door to the east room, picked up Shen Wei, and went into the east room.

A short while later, the two of them did *that* together.

When Wang An left Shen Wei's house, he felt refreshed and invigorated.

Therefore, men shouldn't go for long periods without touching women. (End of Chapter)