vrcanaries Chapter 208 New Year’s Day 1
Chapter 208 New Year’s Day 1
"Mom, Xiaohai is still so young, what does he know? Why are you giving him a red envelope?" Wen said while hugging Lin Hai.
"They are all my grandsons, so of course they all get red envelopes! You can keep these for Xiaohai and give them to him when he grows up." Aunt Zhang teased Lin Hai for a few times and said.
"Since it's a kind gesture from my mother, we will accept it." Lin Jingcheng took the red envelope and kept it in his arms.
Shen Wanning had just finished washing up and was carrying a bowl of pig's trotter soup, preparing to go to the main room to eat with Lin Jingyou.
Lin Jingyou got up earlier than her and was already eating in the main room.
"Wan Ning, Happy New Year! Wish you good fortune! I hope Wan Ning can make more money in the new year and her business will grow bigger and bigger!" Lin Jingyou put down his chopsticks and said.
"Third brother, Happy New Year! I wish you success in the imperial examination and become the top scorer in the high school entrance examination!" Shen Wanning put the bowl on the table and sat next to him.
"Then I hope everything goes well for both of us!" Lin Jingyou touched her hand and felt relieved when he felt it was warm.
He always felt that Shen Wanning was wearing too little, unlike them who wore a padded jacket under their cotton coats.
"Yes! I definitely will. Third brother, we have to eat quickly, because we have to go to the village with our parents to pay New Year's greetings!" Shen Wanning picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
Aunt Zhang walked into the main room and said, "You two are hiding here to eat!"
"Mom, we're almost done eating! Wait a little longer, it'll be ready soon!" Shen Wanning quickly drank the last mouthful of soup and put down her bowl and chopsticks.
"Okay, here, this is the New Year's money for both of you, keep it." Aunt Zhang handed each of them a red envelope.
Shen Wanning pinched it, it must be a banknote. "Mom, why are you giving so much? My eldest and second sisters-in-law..."
Aunt Zhang patted her hands. "You earn all the money in the family. Who among them dares to object? Besides, you are younger than them. As long as you are not married, you are still children. It is your due to accept red envelopes."
Lin Jingyou returned the red envelope to Aunt Zhang, "Mom, Wan Ning is still a child, but I am not. I can't accept your red envelope. Keep this money and buy yourself more clothes and jewelry."
Aunt Zhang pushed the red envelope back and said, "Mom is old, why buy those things! You will go to Beijing to take the imperial examination after the New Year. I heard that the prices there are very high. Keep this money for your use. Don't be reluctant to spend it when you get to Beijing."
"Third brother, since it's mother's intention, you should accept it." Shen Wanning advised.
Lin Jingyou had no choice but to take the red envelope and put it away. "Thank you, mother. I will definitely not let you down."
"Oh, okay, okay! It's almost time, you two should pack up and go to the village to pay New Year's greetings."
Shen Wanning and Lin Jingyou put the bowls in the kitchen, and when Lin Dashan came back from burning incense in the ancestral hall, they went to the village to pay New Year's greetings with him.
The village was filled with a joyful and happy atmosphere, and everyone was saying blessings to each other.
In addition, Shen Wanning also prepared a lot of red envelopes, each of which contained ten copper coins, and distributed them specifically to the children in the village.
The new villagers also went out of their homes and first went to the Lin family and Shen Wanning's family to wish them a happy new year. Then they went to the headman's house and went door to door to wish them a happy new year.
Shen Wanning gave red envelopes to the children, and they were all very happy holding the red envelopes in their hands.
It was not until she came back from visiting the whole village to pay New Year's greetings that Shen Wanning saw the three little ones standing in front of her, each of them looking up and staring at her.
"What's the matter? Why are you three looking at me?" Shen Wanning looked puzzled.
"Aunt, why do you give red envelopes to other children but not to us three?" Lin He asked.
Lin Hu rushed to say, "No, it's the four of us, and brother Xiao Hai."
Shen Wanning reacted and said with a smile, "You little fool, your aunt prepared it for you a long time ago. I was in a hurry to go to the New Year's greetings this morning and forgot to give it to you. How could your red envelopes be the same as others? Of course yours are bigger."
As he spoke, Shen Wanning took out three red envelopes from his sleeve, each containing two taels of silver.
"Thank you, Auntie!" After thanking her, the three boys took the red envelopes and ran into the room.
Shen Wanning took the last red envelope and gave it to Lin Hai. When she arrived, Lin Hai was still asleep, so Shen Wanning handed the red envelope to Wen Shi.
After the New Year’s greetings, everything was the same as usual, except that the food was a little richer, everything else was pretty much the same as usual.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Xu and Wen took their children back to their parents' home, so only Aunt Zhang, Lin Dashan, Shen Wanning and Lin Jingyou were left at home.
Everyone sat in the courtyard, feeling quite bored. Shen Wanning, as usual, propped up her chin and chatted with netizens.
Shen Wanning: Oh, so boring! What are you doing at home during the Chinese New Year?
Xiao Nuomi: Playing with mobile phone and watching the live broadcast of the girl.
Hu Qingqing: I have lost more than 600 yuan playing mahjong and I am crying.
Shen Wanning: Playing mahjong? I remember it was played by four people, right?
Hu Qingqing: Yes! It's played by four people, but we also have a type of mahjong here that's played by three people, and the winner takes a break.
Shen Wanning immediately became interested. If she learned how to play mahjong, could she teach Aunt Zhang and the others how to play mahjong so that they wouldn't be so bored at home?
Shen Wanning: How do you play it? Is there any introduction to the gameplay?
Hu Qingqing found a video online and a picture and sent it privately to Shen Wanning.
The image content is as follows:
Last time, my classmates gathered and talked about playing mahjong. I didn’t know how to play, so a top student told me an awesome formula: n*AAA+m*ABC+DD, and I’ll win, so mn can be equal to 0.
This picture is clear at a glance. Shen Wanning watched the teaching video of how to play mahjong, and combined it with the text on this picture, she immediately understood how to play mahjong.
But Shen Wanning thought about it and realized that if she were to make mahjong, she would probably have to use wood. It would take a long time to carve it.
Then she thought of the game of Landlord, which required her to find some paper and draw patterns on it.
She found Lin Jingyou and gave him the pattern drawings of the playing cards. "Third brother, can you cut the paper into the same size and draw these patterns on the playing cards?"
Lin Jingyou took the playing card pattern and looked at it, completely confused. He had no idea what it was. "What is this? Why does it look so weird?"
"These are playing cards that can be used to play games. Our family was bored sitting here, so I thought of finding something fun to do." Shen Wanning explained.
Lin Jingyou took the card drawings into the study. Shen Wanning went in with him, thought about the approximate size of the playing cards, and cut out the paper.
Lin Jingyou followed the pattern on the drawing and began to draw on the paper. Except for JQK, which had no pattern, Da Wang and Xiao Wang were written directly in Chinese characters.