After pasting the Spring Festival couplets, Gu Fulan took the whole family to make dumplings.
This time Lu Yao finally felt involved. Her little hands seemed to be able to perform magic. With a squeeze, a round and beautiful dumpling came out.
Everyone else was shocked.
Duan Mingjie raised his lips proudly, "My wife is amazing, she can do everything!"
Lu Yao blushed and glared at him.
Duan Mingjie didn't take it seriously. His wife was amazing and pretty.
Duan Mingming let out a disgusted sigh, "Third brother, can you please stop being so owed to me? I'm getting goosebumps."
Duan Mingjie: "I envy me that I will go out and find one by myself."
Duan Mingming picked up the rolling pin and went to beat him.
"Everyone sit down and make the dumplings carefully. The spittle will fly onto the dumpling wrappers. We don't want to eat your spittle."
Duan Mingming pointed at Duan Mingjie with the rolling pin unconvinced.
Lu Yao pursed her lips and smiled.
After making the dumplings, Duan Mingjie pulled Lu Yao out of the kitchen.
Duan Mingjie held Lu Yao's little hand and put it to his mouth to breathe, "My hands are cold, and I told you not to wrap them."
Duan Mingjie's hands were so big that they completely covered hers. There was a layer of calluses on the palms of his hands that was neither thin nor thick. Lu Yao didn't feel rough, but felt very safe and warm. He warmed her up in a moment.
"Well, since I'm working so hard, you can eat more later."
Duan Mingjie squeezed her little hand and said, "Okay."
Gu Fulan laid down the dumplings, and offered the first few bowls to God, Miss Baoxian, and the Kitchen God.
Gu Fulan knelt on the ground and burned paper money one by one, kowtowing and praying. Lu Yao, Duan Mingming and Duan Yanyan also knelt down.
Duan Mingjie and Duan Mingcheng took Duan Zhiwei to set off cannons outside.
Firecrackers crackled, and soon the smell of firecrackers filled the yard.
Lu Yao came out of the main room and saw Duan Zhiwei squatting on the ground picking up cannons.
Lu Yao walked to Duan Mingjie and asked, "Have you bought some guns for Zhiwei?"
Duan Mingjie: "I bought it and left it there. I didn't give it all to him. I'll save some for tomorrow."
After lunch, the Duan Mingjie brothers came out of the main room carrying bamboo baskets and said, "Zhiwei, we went to the grave."
Duan Zhiwei ran over quickly and followed the two uncles obediently.
Lu Yao: "I'll go too."
Duan Mingjie rubbed her head and said in a gentle voice, "No, men go to the graves. You stay at home with your mother-in-law."
Lu Yao obediently agreed.
Duan Mingjie felt itchy in his heart.
My little wife is so good!
I really want to bully you!
As soon as the brothers left, Lu Yao saw Gu Fulan lowering his head and saying nothing.
It would be okay if the man left, but she would definitely feel uncomfortable if her eldest son walked in front of her.
Lu Yao walked over and said, "Mom, can you play cards?"
Gu Fulan shook his head, "No."
How can she know how to do this? She only sees endless work.
"I teach you!"
When Duan Mingjie and the others came back, they saw three women playing cards. Gu Fulan had five red notes on his face, Duan Mingming had one on his face, and Lu Yao had a clean face.
Duan Mingcheng laughed out loud, "Mom, what are you doing?"
Gu Fulan didn't even raise his eyes, "I don't have eyes. I can't tell that we are playing cards!"
Duan Mingcheng felt bored and touched his nose awkwardly.
Duan Mingjie sat down next to Lu Yao, "My wife is so great, she didn't lose a single game?"
Lu Yao sat upright, "That's right, you don't even know who I am."
Duan Mingjie's throat burst into laughter, his little wife was quite narcissistic.
When the game lasted until four o'clock, Gu Fulan was so angry that he threw down his cards and said, "I won't play any more. I have no place to stick to my face."
Duan Yanyan went up to Gu Fulan and took off the red note and wiped it with her hands. Gu Fulan caught Duan Yanyan and kissed her, "My granddaughter is still considerate."
Lu Yao suppressed a smile.
My mother-in-law is desperate.
The New Year's Eve dinner was cooked by Lu Yao herself to appease her mother-in-law's hurt little heart.
Duan Mingjie brought Lu Yao's boiled beef, spicy pork blood, twice-cooked pork, cold spinach and pig ears, and sticky rice porridge to the table.
Gu Fulan walked to the table and exclaimed, "My darling, Yaoyao, did you prepare a Manchu-Han banquet for us?"
Lu Yao pulled out a stool for her and asked her to sit down, "Mom, we will take you to a full banquet later!"
Duan Zhiwei bit his chopsticks and urged, "Grandma, let's start eating. I can't wait."
Gu Fulan laughed and cursed, "Okay, let's eat!"
Duan Mingjie gave Lu Yao a piece of beef. Lu Yao smiled at him and said, "You eat too."
The whole table of food was eaten up, and the two children's bellies were bulging. Lu Yao felt happy when she saw it.
At this time, Gu Fulan said, "Yaoyao, you have worked hard cooking. Let Mingming and the second child clean up the kitchen. You and the third child can go back to the house and sleep."
Lu Yao didn't show any pretense and took Duan Mingjie back to the house.
Lu Yao opened the cabinet and took out a stack of money.
Duan Mingjie hugged her waist from behind and rubbed his face against her neck, extremely clingy.
Lu Yao was tickled by him and turned her face away. Duan Mingjie chased after her and sucked on her little mouth.
Lu Yao had a smile on her face, raised her head and kissed the side of his face.
Duan Mingjie lowered his head and bit her mouth.
Back and forth, Lu Yao pulled him away and handed him the money, "Here are ten dollars. After a while, when the children were not paying attention, they stuffed it under their pillows. Zhiwei and Yanyan had three dollars each, and obviously four dollars piece."
Duan Mingjie took the money and said, "We can't give them so much. It's not good for them if they get too used to it."
Lu Yao hugged his waist and raised her pretty face. She liked the aura of Duan Mingjie very much. As long as he was by her side, she wanted to hold him and never let go.
"The eldest brother and sister-in-law are gone, and the two children already feel insecure. If we give them more care, they will feel better. Although they are not as good as their biological parents, at least they should not feel that they lack love."
"Besides, I think the two children are quite sensible and won't spend money frivolously. You have to trust them."
Duan Mingjie hugged her and sat on the bed, holding her waist with his big hands and pressing his face against hers, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Lu Yao pushed his face and urged, "Then go quickly."
Duan Mingjie: "Why don't you just give it to them tomorrow morning? Also, Duan Mingming is so old. If she wants any new year's money, I won't give it to her!"
Besides, as the third brother, he would give it, and it would be very shameful for the second brother not to give it.
Lu Yao was startled, "I didn't think carefully, so I won't let you know."
Duan Mingjie likes Lu Yao very much. She doesn't act arbitrarily and listens to what she has to say.
Duan Mingjie came to her mouth and kissed her, "Daughter-in-law, thank you."
Lu Yao: "Why are you thanking me all of a sudden?"
Duan Mingjie pinched the soft flesh around her waist, "You don't know, since my eldest brother left, every New Year's Eve when I come back from visiting the grave, I see that my mother's eyes are red and swollen. She always says that she stayed up late. We, brother and sister, are heartbroken. We all knew it, but no one said anything."
It's just that we all feel sad together. Life will always move on.
"But this year, my mother didn't cry anymore. Although she groaned when she lost at cards, I could tell that she was very happy."
Duan Mingjie hugged Lu Yao's waist and tightened, "These are all your fault."
Lu Yao raised her face and met his reddish eyes, "You are sad too, right?"
Duan Mingjie hummed softly, "My father passed away when he was only one year old. Later, my eldest brother joined the army. My mother was unwilling to do so, but she still couldn't resist him. Who knew that in the end, she didn't even bring back the bones, and my sister-in-law also followed. .”
Lu Yao hugged him tightly, hoping to give him some warmth, "Duan Mingjie, dad and eldest brother are both heroes who are loved by everyone. Our life is getting better and better now. You have taken good care of eldest brother's children. I believe , they will also be happy in heaven.”
Duan Mingjie cleared his throat, "I know."
I just can't help but think about them.
Duan Mingjie let go of her, "I'm going to give the children lucky money."
Lu Yao nodded.
When Duan Mingjie came back, Lu Yao lay on the bed with her little head exposed and her innocent eyes blinking.
