The women drank sweet glutinous rice wine, ate a bite of vegetables, drank a sip of wine, and said a few auspicious words.

This taste is full of happiness.

The three children got off the table after a while and went to play in the yard outside together.

The adults were still sitting around the dining table, eating the New Year's Eve dinner in a leisurely manner, talking and laughing.

The door of the main room is open. As long as you raise your eyes, you can see the movements of the children, which is both lively and reassuring.

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At night, as usual, the family of four went out to pay New Year greetings to Luo Baobao's mother-in-law's family and the old woman's mother-in-law's family.

It was windy at night, so the two little guys wore cotton hats on their heads and carried small lanterns.

This small lantern was bought during the twelfth lunar month when Blacksmith Luo went to town to do New Year shopping and bought it specifically for the two little guys.

When we arrived at Yang Huazhong's home, we were naturally warmly welcomed and surrounded.

The two little guys had been trained by Yang Ruoqing in advance, and as soon as they stood on the ground, they hugged Yang Huazhong and wished them a happy New Year.

Mr. Sun and Ms. Da'an all gave their two children lucky money and a basketful of auspicious words.

Yang Huazhong even held Baby Luo on his lap and wanted to feed her the meatballs on the table, but Yang Ruoqing stopped her.

"I ate too much sugar and didn't even eat a few bites of the New Year's Eve dinner at home. I was exhausted," she said.

Yang Huazhong had no choice but to give up and hugged Baby Luo and kissed him several times. The man's rough beard pierced his granddaughter's face. The little guy couldn't help but raise his hand to grab Grandpa Luo's beard. Both the grandfather and grandson were very happy.

Daan made tea and came over, while Mrs. Sun pulled Yang Ruoqing to say thoughtful words.

After talking to each other for a while, everyone left Xiao Hua Xiaoduo to look after the house, and the others went to the Sun's yard next door.

But she found that Yang Yongjin and Cao Bamei had not come over yet. Yang Ruoqing felt a little strange. In previous years, they had come over at this time.

After being lively at Sun's house for a while, Yang Ruoqing returned to her yard because she wanted to go to the old house to pay New Year's greetings to Lao Yangtou and Tan.

Moreover, Yang Huazhou and the others will come over later to play. Every New Year's Eve, the New Year's greetings are like a game, non-stop.

"It's very windy at night, so I won't take the two children there. Just us, my siblings and our father will go there," Yang Ruoqing said.

Mrs. Sun also had this intention, and she and Xiao Hua Xiaoduo were playing with their two children.

In the yard next door, Xiaojie also came over, and the main room was very lively.

On the way into the village, Yang Ruoqing noticed something strange.

She touched Luo Fengtang beside her and whispered: "Have you noticed that this year's New Year's Eve is a little different from previous years?"

Luo Fengtang glanced around and said: "It's a bit deserted. In previous years, we went into the village at night to pay New Year greetings. We met many people on the road who came out with their children to pay New Year greetings and walk around."

This year, there are obviously fewer people on the road, and the gates of the courtyards of those people passing by along the way are not as good as in previous years.

The adults opened the door and chatted and laughed, while the children set off firecrackers in the yard.

This year, although the houses I saw along the way were also lit with firelights, there were also children playing at the door.

But I always feel like there is something called depression and worry in the air.

Even when passing near Wangfu's house, I heard the sounds of father and son quarreling from the hall of Wangfu's house.

"In all likelihood, it has something to do with the sudden increase in rice grains a year ago. Life is not good, and I am worried about starving when the harvest is poor next year, so the atmosphere is not so good at the moment." Yang Ruoqing said.

Luo Fengtang nodded and reached out to hold Yang Ruoqing's hand.

"Let's just follow our plan and everything will be fine," he said.

Yang Ruoqing glanced at him sideways and curled her lips into a smile.

Even on New Year's Eve, Yang Ruoqing found that the lively and happy atmosphere was only limited to her own home, or some other well-off families in the village, such as the Chang Geng family and the Daniu family.

Or some people who don’t know anything about their situation are simple and closed-minded, which is sometimes a kind of happiness.

The group arrived at Lao Yang's house and found that except for Li Xiuxin who stayed in the front yard to tidy up the house, everyone else had gone to the backyard.

"Sister-in-law, you're back. Have a great New Year." Yang Ruoqing greeted Li Xiuxin with a smile.

She didn't know why, but when she saw Li Xiuxin, she suddenly thought of Ping'er.

Originally, he planned to draw red lines for Ping'er and Cousin, but before he could get to that point, Li Xiuxin came back.

Seeing Yang Ruoqing and his entourage coming over, Li Xiuxin also hurriedly put down her work and smiled cautiously.

"Third uncle, Qing'er, are you here? Yongxian and the others have gone to the house behind me." Li Xiu said to her heart.

Yang Huazhong nodded. He had no good or bad impression of this eldest niece-in-law.

Yang Huazhong went straight to the backyard, followed closely by Da'an and others. Yang Ruoqing smiled at Li Xiuxin: "Sister-in-law, please do your business first. I'm going to pay New Year's greetings to my grandma."

Li Xiuxin nodded. Before Yang Ruoqing left, she turned around and went back to the house, leaving her back to Yang Ruoqing.

Yang Ruoqing secretly shook her head. Is this Li Xiuxin too cold and arrogant, or does she have low emotional intelligence?

The whole family, regardless of whether it was the daughter-in-law or the granddaughter-in-law, all went to the backyard to pay New Year's greetings to the old couple. What was she doing alone in the house stupidly?

Especially since you haven't been back for two years, and now you are so shameless that you came back on your own initiative. At this time, if you want to stay, you have to go to the backyard and lower yourself to please the old couple.

Besides, you, Li Xiuxin, are the daughter-in-law of the eldest daughter-in-law of the old Yang family. This is the face of the villagers, the face of running the household.

You...you really can't stand up to the stage!

In the backyard, everyone gathered in the east room. As soon as they reached the door of the house, they heard Yang Huaming making witty remarks inside.

I don’t know where I heard the witticism, which made everyone in the room burst into laughter.

The atmosphere in this courtyard was different from the atmosphere when I passed through the village before.

It’s true that some families are happy and some are sad!

Seeing Yang Huazhong's family coming in, the conversation in the room stopped temporarily. Yang Huaming smiled and gave up his seat to Yang Huazhong, and said respectfully: "Third brother, you sit here."

Yang Huazhong didn't bother to be polite to Yang Huaming and sat down directly. Then Yang Ruoqing and others put the New Year's gifts on the table.

Making tea, holding stools, saying auspicious words, and then talking about the harvests in the fields and business gains throughout the year,

The family is prosperous, the elderly are healthy, the children are smart and naughty, etc...

As we were chatting, the topic suddenly turned to the sudden increase in rice grains two years ago.

Yang Huaming said a little excitedly: "I have some news. After the new year, the price of rice will continue to increase. Not only this, but other rice noodles, vegetables, etc. will also increase."

"Fourth uncle, what do you mean by these words?" Yang Yongjin asked directly.
Chapter completed!