Rebirth of the Millennial: Getting Rich After Parents Get Laid Off

Chapter 78 Happy New Year
"Dad, Mom! We are here!" Li Xunli walked into the house holding Shen Hong.

It was just after four in the afternoon when we arrived, and Li Yuxing was preparing food in the kitchen.

Zhang Mingfang and Li Xunjin moved the eight-immortals table down from upstairs and set it up in front of the screen at the gate, preparing to worship their ancestors.

There was a carpet in the living room, and Li Chunchun was sitting there placing poker, waiting to play with the sisters Shen Qingqing and Shen Yangyang.

Li Yuxing looked out from the kitchen window that opened onto the screen and said with a smile, "Are you here? Come in, come in!"

A whole, shiny black braised goose is placed on the dining table, emitting an enticing aroma all the time.

After setting up the Eight Immortals Table, Li Yuxing and Zhang Mingfang began to place offerings on the table. When they had almost finished, Zhang Mingfang went to get the stove.

Li Yuxing lit the long incense sticks and candles, held them in her hands, and knelt down in front of the Eight Immortals Table, muttering to herself, "Grandfather, Grandma, Grandfather, Grandma, may the number be smooth and smooth..."

Li Xunjin sat at the coffee table making tea, while Li Xunli and Shen Rongzhou drank tea and chatted. CCTV was on the TV, waiting to watch the Spring Festival Gala in the evening.

After Li Yuxing finished her worship, she went back to the kitchen to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

Li Yuxing is the best cook in the two families. She even opened her own food stall when she was young. Usually, when the two families have a big festival gathering, she must be the one to take charge of the cooking, and no one else is allowed to interfere.

When it was almost time to clear the table, Li Yuxing called out, "Children, come over and pay your respects!"

There were two generations of children in the living room. Shen Qingqing took the lead with her two younger sisters, and Shen Hong was held by Li Xunli.

Then it was Li Xunjin and the others' turn.

When they knelt down to worship, Li Yuxing was there to speak for them, blessing their studies, their careers, and all sorts of other things.

After going through the whole process, it was almost six o'clock.

Li Xunjin and Shen Rongzhou carried the braised goose to the side, and the chopping board and knife were ready.

"Sister, do you want half of it or the hind legs and wings?" Li Xunjin asked Li Xunli before holding the braised goose and preparing to cut it.

Li Xunli walked over holding Shen Hong and took a look: "Just the hind legs and wings will be enough, you can't eat that much."

"Okay." Li Xunjin agreed, and with a "click", he chopped the goose in the middle with a knife.

The crunching sound of the blade hitting the goose bones made Shen Qingqing sound very hungry.

There was a dull sound of the kitchen knife colliding with the chopping board, and the goose was split in half.

The half without the neck was put away. Li Xunjin chopped the goose's neck at the base, and with a flick of the knife, he chopped the goose's neck into seven or eight pieces. He gave one piece each to Shen Qingqing, Li Chunchun and Shen Yangyang who were squatting in front of the chopping board watching the goose being chopped.

Shen Hong was held in Li Xunli's arms. Seeing that the sisters all had food, he immediately refused to eat. He pointed in Li Xunli's arms and said, "I want it!"

This reaction made Li Xunjin laugh, and he quickly took a piece and handed it to him: "Sorry, sorry, I forgot about you!"

Li Yuxing, who was cooking crabs and fish in the kitchen at the same time, also laughed when she saw this scene.

Li Xunjin chopped the goose meat and put it on a plate, and Zhang Mingfang also prepared the garlic and vinegar dipping sauce.

Crab stewed noodles, sweet osmanthus fish, lotus seed and lily sweet soup, pickled cabbage and pork tripe soup...

Delicious dishes were served on the table one after another, and the children who had been sitting around the table early were already staring intently with greed.

No ordinary home-cooked meal can compare to the feast today!

After Li Yuxing brought the last stir-fried vegetable to the table and sat down, Li Xunjin raised his glass and said, "Come on, let's raise a glass!"

The adults held their beers and the children held their drinks. The crisp sounds of "ding ding ding" and the cups collided with each other, reflecting the smiles on everyone's faces.

When we were halfway through the meal, we heard the sound of fireworks exploding outside.

The lights in every house were just like this. The child had a small stomach, so after eating, he would leave the table and go play.

Because it is the Chinese New Year, parents don’t insist on a specific bedtime.

After finishing the main course at the dining table, they turned to the coffee table and sofa to make tea and drink it.

The Spring Festival Gala finally began. The adults watched it while drinking tea, while the children played their own games and paid no attention to the Spring Festival Gala.

A new round of fireworks started outside, and Zhang Mingfang took the children to the entrance of the alley to watch the fireworks.

Because the fireworks display was not far from home, I could clearly see the huge fireworks exploding above the dark blue dome at the entrance of the alley.

There were circular fireworks interlaced with green and red, fireworks that spread out in a fan-shaped pattern, and fireworks that scatter into stars in the sky after exploding...

The bright lights flickered in the eyes of the children watching the fireworks.

At the other end of the alley, some kids were playing with some firecrackers and some sow-stepping firecrackers.

Shen Qingqing hadn't played for a long time, and now she had regained some of the fun of her childhood. She turned around and hugged Zhang Mingfang's thighs and begged, "Father-in-law!! I want it too!"

Zhang Mingfang always responded to Shen Qingqing's requests, so she asked Shen Yangyang and Li Chunchun to go back first and wait for them to come back and play with the firecrackers after buying them.

The sow and the black spider needed to be ignited, but Zhang Mingfang disagreed, so she could only buy a dozen boxes of firecrackers to play with.

However, there are only about eighty or ninety firecrackers in a box. If you throw one down suddenly and it explodes, the whole box will be gone.

This was the first time for Shen Yangyang and Li Chunchun to play with firecrackers in their lives. They were both novice but loved to play. They were scared and screamed when they threw firecrackers one by one, but they refused to let go and insisted on throwing them themselves.

More than a dozen boxes of firecrackers were gone after playing with them for a short time. Although the children were still a little reluctant to play with them, they all went home obediently and did not ask to buy more to play with.

As time approached ten o'clock, Li Yuxing steamed another basket of black rice cakes and took them out.

The black rice cake skin is made of washed and boiled Artemisia selengensis mixed with rice flour, so it is also called Artemisia selengensis rice cake. The fillings inside are mostly sweet.

The host of the Spring Festival Gala finally started the countdown. Li Xunjin was the first to follow the TV to count down. Influenced by his excitement, everyone else also started counting down.

"five!"

"Four!"

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

"Happy New Year!!!"

"Happy New Year, Grandma and Dad!"

"Happy New Year, Mom, Dad, Uncle, and Aunt (Mother and Father-in-law)!"

The children smiled brightly and shouted to their parents, and then received the big red envelopes prepared in advance by each parent.

After midnight, even those who usually go to bed early started to feel a little tired, but they still waited until the end of the Spring Festival Gala when Teacher Li Guyi sang "Unforgettable Tonight".

Shen Hong and Shen Yangyang were already drowsy, and Shen Rongzhou drove the family slowly home.

Shen Qingqing squinted her eyes and lay on the fuel tank, with a sweet smile of happiness on her face.

The happiness of childhood was pure happiness, and when she relived the happiness of her childhood now, she felt an extra layer of happiness that she cherished.

　Sorry I'm late!
　　See you tomorrow night~
　　(End of this chapter)