Wang Zhilan handed a large red envelope to Yao'er, saying, "Here, this is your aunt's New Year's money. I wish you good health and peace."

Yun Chenxin quickly took out a red envelope and stuffed it into Yao'er's hand, saying, "This is from your aunt. Your aunt wishes our Yao'er a lifetime of happiness, health, and carefree life."

Yao'er held a red envelope in one hand and found it fun. She kept shaking her hands back and forth, and then she was about to put it in her mouth.

Liu Siyue quickly snatched the red envelope from her hand. When Yao'er saw that her things had been taken away, she started to cry loudly, drooling all over Wang Zhilan's hand.

Wang Zhilan quickly hugged the child and comforted her, "Yao'er, don't cry, Yao'er, don't cry. Your mother deserves a beating. Your aunt will teach her a lesson."

Wang Zhilan tried to soothe the child, but to no avail. Liu Siyue clapped her hands and said, "Come here, come to your mother."

Once Yao'er was in her mother's arms, she pressed her face against Liu Siyue's face and rubbed it all over, making Liu Siyue's face covered in saliva, snot, and tears.

She dried herself off and watched her mother giggle.

"You brat, you're treating me like a rag."

Everyone burst into laughter, and Yun Chenxin quickly took out her handkerchief to wipe Liu Siyue's face.

"Look how clingy your child is to you; it's a sign that they want to be close to you."

Wang Zhilan and Yun Chenxin each gave Ruyue and Ruxing a red envelope, saying, "This is New Year's money from your older sister."

The two sisters accepted the red envelopes with smiles on their faces, saying, "Thank you, Sister Wang, thank you, Sister Yun."

"Where are your three older sisters?"

"They all write in their own rooms."

"Okay, then I won't bother them anymore. Please pass this red envelope on to your sisters for me."

The two women stuffed red envelopes into the sisters' hands, saying, "We thank you on behalf of our three older sisters."

The two sisters happily took the red envelopes and went to the main room to show them to their mother. "Mom, look, these are red envelopes from Sister Wang and Sister Yun."

The two opened the red envelopes and found a 10-tael silver note inside. Madam Feng was quite surprised to see such a large red envelope, which is why she had only given them one tael of silver.

"Since this is New Year's money from your two older sisters, you should keep it safe and not lose it."

Why are you holding so many red envelopes?

"These are for my eldest, second, and third sisters, Mom. You can give them to them later. We're going to play."

"Go on, go on, put the silver notes away carefully, don't go too far, be careful."

"Yuzhen, these two ladies are really generous! Your five children have received 100 yuan in red envelopes alone."

"I never expected them to give such a big red envelope."

"Sister Liu, when are you going to the county town?"

"The day after tomorrow, I'll settle things at home tomorrow."

"Okay, then you stay in the county town for a few more days, and we'll try to make the cake before the Lantern Festival."

"Do your best."

Sister Wang, I'd like Ruxue to work at a pastry shop and a general store to gain some experience. She's always wanted to learn how to run a business, but she has absolutely no experience. What do you think?

"I'm perfectly fine with it as long as she's willing."

"Sister Liu, we've been out for quite a while now, it's time to head back. We can have a proper chat when you get to the county town."

Suddenly, Liu Siyue's gossipy nature kicked in, and she thought of Madam Tang. "Sister Wang, I have something to ask you. What's Madam Tang's situation now?"

"Speaking of this, I can't help but laugh. I think she's far inferior to me. She's the kind of person who can't live without a man."

After you told me last time, I didn't expect her to come to me. I analyzed the pros and cons with her, and she listened to my advice.

She had such a bad falling out with Tang Fan before, but now the two of them are all lovey-dovey again. She comes to see me every few days, looking all smug, and always brags to me about how good things are between her and Tang Fan.

Even more outrageous, do you know what it is? I bet you'd never guess.

"You know I can't guess, yet you still ask me. Just tell me already, don't keep me in suspense."

"She offered to take care of Xiao Qingyue and her daughter to Tang Fan, and as they took care of each other, the two of them became good sisters."

She actually said she wanted Xiao Qingyue to be Tang Fan's concubine, but Xiao Qingyue refused. She came to ask me why someone would refuse such a good offer.

"Do you think Yan Yufang is mentally ill?"

"She does have a mental illness; her brain circuits are different from ours."

Unexpectedly, Xiao Qingyue has quite a bit of backbone. If it were an ordinary woman in such a difficult situation, she would definitely have clung to him.

"You have no idea, she asked him once before and he didn't agree, and then she asked him several more times, but he still didn't agree."

She said that the other party was being presumptuous and wanted Tang Fan to go and talk to them about it personally.

When she got home, she told Tang Fan about it, and Tang Fan scolded her.

"Perhaps Yan Yufang is testing the two of them?"

"Hey, you know what, it's actually possible."

"Sister Wang, how are things going with Uncle Xu these days?"

"Before, when he ignored me, I felt like my world had collapsed. Now that I don't pay much attention to him, he's become very clingy, buying me this or that to make me happy."

Wang Zhilan held out her hand, "Look, this is a gift he gave me before the New Year to please me."

Liu Siyue took a look and saw that she was wearing a bright green jade bracelet. "Wow! This bracelet is really beautiful."

"Yes, he really spent a lot of money; he actually spent 3000 taels of silver on this bracelet."

"It seems Uncle Xu still cares about you a lot."

"Don't call me 'uncle,' call me 'brother-in-law,' call me 'brother-in-law,' understand?"

"Okay, okay, call him brother-in-law."

Wang Zhilan whispered in Liu Siyue's ear, "What? He wants to have another child with you? You're an older mother now! That's so dangerous!"

Liu Siyue's exclamation startled Wang Zhilan and Yun Chenxin, and even Yao'er in her arms burst into tears.

Hearing the child cry twice in a row, Madam Feng could no longer sit still. "Mother, please sit for a while. I'll go check on Yao'er. Why is she crying again?"

When Madam Feng arrived at Liu Siyue's room, Xiao Cui and Qing Wu immediately bowed and greeted her, "Madam."

"Let me look at the child, why is he crying again?"

She called out from the doorway, "April, why is Yao'er crying again? If you can't take care of her, then let your mother take care of her."

Liu Siyue came out carrying the child, her face full of flattery. "Mother, I just heard a funny joke and couldn't help but shout it out, which scared the child."

"They've calmed her down now, everything's fine."

"I'll take care of the child. It's inconvenient for you young people to be chatting and laughing together."

"Alright then, thank you for your hard work, Mother."

"Yao'er, I'm sorry, Mom didn't mean to scare you. Go play with Grandma."

Madam Feng left with the child, and Liu Siyue returned to the house. "Alright, it's all over now. Everyone, please say whatever you want and speak freely."

"Sister Liu, I actually want to have another child, a soft and sweet daughter like Yao'er."

"Sister Wang, you've only had one son all these years, why haven't you had another one? Is it because you and your husband don't get along?"

"Not entirely. My health wasn't good after I gave birth to my son, so I was trying to improve it. Then I had a fight with my husband, so I didn't have any more children."

"Those who want to have children now should think carefully; having a baby is no joke."

If you really want to have a baby, it's best to see a doctor beforehand and understand your physical condition first.

"I know, and I told him that everything is up to fate."

After the Lantern Festival, I plan to have a doctor from Huichuntang take a look at me.

"Yes, Dr. Li from Huichuntang is quite skilled. You can't risk your health just to have another child."

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