SIAS Chapter 190.2

Qian Lailai is worthy of her surname ‘Qian’. She has a special attribute of attracting wealth. She was the first to eat the dumpling with money wrapped in it.

There are only seven prizes in total, but not everyone can really eat one. It depends on luck.

When Qian Lailai ate the second one, it meant that someone would leave empty-handed today.

But money was secondary. The main thing was to have fun. No one wanted to be an unlucky person who didn’t win any prizes.

In the end, Qian Lailai and Yun Guyuan got two, so they were the grand prize winners today.

Zheng Xiaolong and Chen Zhihe were miserable. Everyone else at least got one each, but the two of them, brothers in distress, didn’t get any prizes. What’s worse, they had to endure the ruthless ridicule of others.

But it also brought a lot of happiness to others. After all, a lot of happiness comes from comparison.

That day, Yi Qingqing and the others stayed in the house.

Apart from cooking, they just spread out their food to digest it, then cook again, and then digest it again. There were no special entertainment activities.

Compared with the many novel entertainment options in the New Year in later generations, it can be said to be simple and poor. Only food is considered rich in this era.

But the smiles on everyone’s faces today have never faded.

Li Mengxue even felt that it was more lively and interesting than every New Year she had in her previous life. Her face was about to have wrinkles from smiling.

Although there was no mobile phone, it didn’t seem boring at all.

There was also a sense of anticipation that she had never experienced before. Today was not over yet, but she was already looking forward to the time when everyone would get together next New Year.

In her previous life, the New Year had better food and more things to play with, but the New Year was getting less and less interesting.

For the first time, she felt that the New Year was so interesting.

In fact, it was not the New Year that was interesting, but the feeling of getting together to talk about everything. But later, compared with chatting and playing with relatives and friends, more people were used to playing with their mobile phones to pass the time.

After eating dumplings, today’s main meal was over, and the next step was New Year’s Eve.

At night, candles were lit in the house. People who had watches took off their watches and placed them on the table on the kang. Then, they ate melon seeds and chatted while waiting for the arrival of midnight.

It was rare for them to stay up so late, so they were a little exhausted now. Only Yi Qingqing and Yun Guyuan, who had amazing sleep quality, and Li Mengxue, a serious night owl, were still alert and staring at the time.

“Hurry up! One minute left!”

Li Mengxue shouted loudly when she saw that there was only one tick left on the minute hand and the second hand began to make the last circle.

The drowsy people woke up with a start.

Seven pairs of eyes stared at the dial and counted down together.

“…9, 8, 7…4, 3, 2, 1!!!”

“Happy New Year!”

“Happy New Year’s Day!”

“Congratulations on making a fortune!”

“Forget about the red envelopes, hahaha!”

…

After a round of mutual congratulations, everyone cheered up a little.

Li Mengxue picked up the teapot and poured a glass of water for each of them.

“Come on, let’s use water instead of wine to toast our friendship!”

“Cheers!”

“Long live friendship!”

…

This moment was deeply imprinted in the hearts of everyone present.

When they think back on it many years later, they will smile knowingly.

The hard work and difficulties of the days in the countryside faded at such moments, and it became more beautiful.

 

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Translator’s Comment:

Woo, woo, I also missed my best friends.

We have not seen each other for a long time due to our busyness.

 

 

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