The second daughter-in-law of Han can’t bear to part with those good dishes, so she didn’t dare to argue again, but Han Laosan’s wife didn’t want to go back to eat the unpalatable food cooked by Han Laosan, so she knew the current affairs and stopped talking.
Seeing that they had calmed down, Mrs. Han glared at the two of them fiercely, and then returned to the kitchen to work.
Seeing that his mother was gone, Han Laosan nodded his wife with his finger and said angrily: “Zhao Fang, today is the Chinese New Year. If I don’t care about you, You should be more sensible, otherwise we will all miss this meal, if not let’s go home and eat some steamed buns.”
Han’s third daughter-in-law knew that he meant when he said, so she turned away angrily and ignored him.
Han Lao’s second wife took Han Lao’s daughter-in-law outside and said, “Why are you and third sister-in-law quarreling during the Chinese New Year? There is no such thing as a quarrel during the New Year!”
Han Lao’s second daughter-in-law was angry, “Look at her like that, sitting there She can’t even move, but keeps eating melon seeds, as if she is Queen. We don’t owe her anything, so why should we serve her?”
Han Laoer advised: “She is pregnant, why are you arguing with her? It’s not like you are the only one who is busy today, it’s mainly your mother and eldest brother and sister-in-law who are busy. They didn’t say anything, so why are you still complaining?”
Han’s second daughter-in-law stopped talking.
Han Lao Er pushed her, “Okay, don’t talk to her anymore. Go to the kitchen to help mom and others.”
Han Lao Er’s daughter-in-law patted her apron unhappily and then slowly Back to the kitchen.
After that, there was finally no more quarreling, and all the dishes were served. Han Aiguo and his younger brothers put the door pairs they bought on the door with boiled paste, and then went to the gate and lit a bunch of firecrackers and when the firecrackers finish popping, the New Year’s Eve dinner officially begins.
Before moving her chopsticks, Mrs. Han took out four red envelopes from her pocket and gave one to each of her four grandchildren. “Here, here is the new year’s money for you.”
The child’s eyes suddenly lit up.
The second Han hurriedly reminded the three children, “Hurry up and say New Year blessings to grandma!”
The biggest hehua was the first to speak: “Nai, I wish you a happy New Year and a long life!”
Old Mrs. Han laughed, “Okay, okay, what Hehua said is so good, I’m so happy.”
Taohua was not very good at speaking, and she was always timid, so she bit her lip nervously not knowing what to say. He Hua whispered something in her ear. When Tao Hua heard it, she immediately repeated it in a low voice as her sister said, “Grandma, I wish you good health!”
Mrs. Han also happily agreed.
Then the whole family looked at Maomao and Xiaolei, waiting to see what the two youngest children had to say.
Xiao Lei was so anxious to see how much money was in the red envelope that he didn’t even listen to what the adults were saying.
Han Laoer took his red envelope and shouted: “I want you to say something to your grandma, do you hear me?”
Xiao Lei rushed to grab his red envelope, “That was given to me by grandma, please give it back to me!”
Han Laoer raised his hand and was about to give him a slap, but was shielded by Han Laoer’s daughter-in-law, who was guarding his shortcomings. Why are you beating your children during the Chinese New Year!”
While they were making a fuss, Maomao on one side suddenly shouted: “Grandma, I wish you eat big meat every day!”
The people at the table were stunned by the shout, and they started laughing the next second
Come, Mrs. Han said happily: “Okay, okay, it will be good if I can eat big meat every day.”
Han’s third daughter-in-law glanced at Han’s second daughter-in-law proudly, meaning: Look, my son is more promising than your son!
Han’s second daughter-in-law was so angry that she couldn’t speak.
Old Mrs. Han waved her hand and told Mr. Han to stop fussing with the child, “Everyone, hurry up and eat. Don’t let the dishes get cold.”
So everyone started to eat together.
This New Year’s Eve dinner is the richest New Year’s Eve dinner that anyone has ever seen in their lives, and it is also the most fragrant. Just the smell of it is unbearable. Let alone children, even adults can’t wait to take off their chopsticks. Everyone ate happily.
Han Aiguo opened a bottle of wine, poured a glass for Han Lao Er and Han Lao San, and poured half a glass for Mrs. Han, “Mom, today is the Chinese New Year, let’s all drink some wine.”
” Okay, Mom, wants to have a drink too.” Mrs. Han usually doesn’t drink, but today she wanted to have a drink to be happy.
Su Yue took the initiative to raise the wine glass and looked at Han Aiguo with a smile, “Comrade Han Aiguo, pour me a glass too~”
Han Aiguo raised his eyebrows, “Are you sure you can drink?”
Su Yue also imitated him raising her eyebrows, “Why are you looking down on me? I can still drink a glass of wine.” She used to be a person who could drink two glasses of red wine. Well, she is not that hot-headed.
Han Aiguo laughed and poured her only half a glass, “Okay, I’ll pour you some too.”
Su Yue immediately smiled, “Thank you, Comrade Han Aiguo~”
She picked up the glass with a smile, and she first looked at Mr. Han. She saluted and said, “Mom, I wish you always smile and stay young forever!”
Old Mrs. Han didn’t quite understand what she said, but she knew that she meant to wish her young and happy, so she couldn’t help but squinted her eyes happily, ” Okay, okay, thank you. Come on, let’s drink together.”
Su Yue immediately raised her head and took a sip, but she didn’t expect the wine to be so strong. Her internal organs were burned by the sip of wine, and she stuck out her tongue. ” What kind of wine is this? Why is it so spicy?”
Han Aiguo quickly poured a glass of water to her mouth and said, “Rinse your mouth quickly.”
Su Yue took two big sips, but still felt her stomach was burning.
Han Aiguo took another chopstick of sweet food and brought it to her mouth to feed her. Su Yue opened her mouth and ate it and then she felt better.
Everyone at the table was dumbfounded by her embarrassed look. Just now she had promised that she could drink, but now she was so embarrassed.
Only Han’s second daughter-in-law and Han’s third daughter-in-law felt a little sad. They didn’t expect that the eldest brother, who had always been silent and stuffy, would be so attentive and considerate to his wife, feeding her water and food as if she was a child. The men in their family have never been so considerate to them.
This sister-in-law is not only good-looking, but also lives a good life. Even her man is more considerate than their men. It is really that all the good things have been accumulated in her alone.
Naturally, no one knew about the little jealousy between women in their hearts. This small episode soon passed and everyone continued to eat lively. Han Aiguo also took the remaining wine from Su Yue and drank it himself, preventing her from drinking anymore.
After the family finished eating, they cleared the table and sat together, cracking melon seeds and chatting casually while waiting for twelve o’clock to arrive.
It is essential to stay up late every year on New Year’s Eve.
Children had fun at first, but by nine or ten o’clock they couldn’t stand it any longer, and each one dozed off like a chicken pecking at rice. Old Mrs. Han asked the children to be taken into the room to sleep and the adults could just stay up late.
While the whole family was there, Han Aiguo announced the news to everyone: “The army has called me to go back as soon as possible. I have to leave on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. My train tickets have been booked.”
The whole family was stunned when they heard the news, even Su Yue did. She knew that they would leave soon after the new year, but she didn’t know the specific day for which the train tickets were booked. She originally thought it was too early to leave, but she didn’t expect that they would leave on the eighth day of the lunar month, so there was only one week left.
Old Mrs. Han was even more surprised. Although she knew that her eldest son would be leaving after the Chinese New Year, she thought that s
he would be able to spend the Lantern Festival at home before leaving. Who would have thought that he would leave on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year?
”Why are you in such a hurry? Why can’t you stay till the fifteenth day?”
Han Aiguo patted her hand, “Mom, the army told me to go back as soon as possible. The eighth day of the lunar month is already the farthest day.”
Old Mrs. Han also knew about the army. She can understand in her heart, but she is still sad emotionally. “I don’t know how long it will take for you to come home again. Ever since you went to the army at the age of sixteen, it’s been difficult for mother to see you. This time you had hurt your leg so I could spend time with you at home, but now I have to leave again.”
The old lady said with red eyes.
Seeing that the old lady was so sad, Su Yue quickly persuaded: “Mom, don’t be unhappy during New Year. It’s a happy event for the Aiguo to continue to serve as a soldier, right? Besides, if we don’t have time to come back then you can go to the army to visit us, as long as you miss us, just come over and stay with us for a while before coming back.”
Old Mrs. Han forced a smile, “Look, you should be happy during the Chinese New Year, Mom should be happy! I’ll go see you when I am free.”
In fact, she knew in her heart that with so many things at home, besides selling pastries, there was also a fourth child to take care of. He couldn’t do anything without her. How could she go to the army to live for a while? She was destined to be separated with the eldest couple in the future.
It could be seen that the old lady was still sad. Han Laosan quickly changed the subject and said to Su Yue: “Sister-in-law, you and eldest brother are leaving on the eighth day of the lunar month. You must not be able to see my second child born. Originally, I planned to let Sister-in-law, give my second child a good name. Why don’t you think of a good name for me now and I will have a name for the child when he is born.”
Su Yue waved her hand, “You are the father of the child, so you should give the name.”
Han Laosan scratched his head in embarrassment, “Sister-in-law, I don’t even know a few words. It’s really hard for me to choose a name. When I gave Maomao a name, I lost all my hair thinking about it.”
Everyone was amused by his expression of “naming is so damn hard.” Old Mrs. Han laughed when she remembered the pain he had felt when he named Maomao. The dull atmosphere suddenly disappeared.
Han Laoer suddenly nodded with concern, “Ahh it’s really difficult to choose a name. When I tried to name my three children, it made my head hurt, but the names I came up with were not very good either. Sister-in-law, just do it. Don’t be polite, help Lao San think of one, he can’t think of it himself.”
third daughter-in-law also didn’t refute this statement out loud, because she knew in her heart the level of her man, and the name he picked out was very ugly. He gave maomao a very ugly name, and she didn’t want to choose another ugly name when it was the second child’s turn. As for herself, she had to admit that her level was not as good as her man’s, and she couldn’t even think of it.
Even if she doesn’t like Su Yue in her heart, she still has to admit that Su Yue is literate, and a literate name will definitely not sound unpleasant.
Su Yue saw that Han Laosan kept saying that it was difficult for her to choose a name, so she couldn’t help but asked him curiously: “Then what is the name you gave Maomao?” She only knew that Maomao was a nickname, and she had never heard of his a big name.
Upon hearing this question, Han Laosan suddenly blushed and said hesitantly: “Maomao’s name, his name is… Han Wangmao.”
Su Yue:
She pursed her lips and tried to hold back the smile, but the smile in her eyes was easily noticed.
Han Laosan pointed to Han Laoer embarrassedly and said, “Don’t blame me for this name. I learned it from my second brother.”
Han Laoer was dissatisfied, “Why did you learn it from me? You didn’t choose this name well yourself.”
Han Laosan: “You named Xiaolei Han Wanglei, and I followed you and used the word ‘wang’ in the middle, and then it became like this.”
Han Laoer: “But I chose it Han Wanglei is much more educated than your Han Wangmao, right? The name you chose sounds so tacky and makes me laugh to death.”
Han Laosan agreed with this. The name Han Wangmao was indeed a bit tacky, but he also didn’t know what to choose, so he simply brought in Maomao’s nickname and used it and the result was Han Wangmao.
Su Yue suddenly felt a little sympathy for Maomao. He would be so sad and angry when he grew up to be named like this. He couldn’t afford to hurt his own father who was a bad namer.
Now she felt that she couldn’t refuse, so she had better help Han Laosan, otherwise it would be bad if he gave the child a weird name.
So Su Yue went to the room and took out a pen and paper, and started to write and draw on the paper. She also wrote all the words with good meanings on the paper. Others also thought this was very interesting, and they watched her write.
The people next to her made suggestions and mentioned all the good names that came to their mind, such as Guo Guodong, Han Yaozu, Han Tuanjie… Etc.
Han’s third daughter-in-law saw that the whole family was naming the child in her belly, and felt that her child was very important, so she felt very comfortable, and she even looked at Su Yue much more pleasantly.
In the end, Su Yue chose two names, “If it’s a boy, let’s call him Han Zhiwen, which means ambition and culture; for a girl, let’s call her Han Yu, which means beautiful jade.”
In fact, Su Yue’s name was not the most Western. , but while pursuing a good meaning, try to conform to the characteristics of this era. You can’t use the naming style of the 21st century after 2000 to the 1970s. That would be too out of place.
Han Laosan immediately clapped his hands and said, “Sister-in-law, educated names are different. They sound so nice. Please help me write it on paper. I will take it back and keep it. I will give it to the child when he is born.”
The third daughter-in-law was also secretly happy. She felt that the name was well chosen. When the child goes out and mentions his own name in the future, it will be much more advanced than a group of people.
Even Han Laoer was vaguely envious. He originally thought that the name he chose seemed very cultured, but compared with his sister-in-law, it was not so good. So he said: “Sister-in-law, if I have children in the future, you will also have to get one for us.”
Su Yue nodded and said yes.
Time passed quickly in the excitement of naming, until suddenly they heard the sound of firecrackers outside, and everyone was shocked to realize that it was already twelve o’clock.
The new year has arrived!
Han Aiguo also went out and set off a bunch of firecrackers to welcome the New Year on behalf of the Han family.
After waiting for half the night, all the food for the New Year’s Eve dinner was digested. Su Yue went to the kitchen and made some dumplings for everyone to eat. The family talked and laughed under the dim light and ate a meal of hot and fragrant dumplings, not to mention too much satisfied.
After eating the dumplings, the sound of firecrackers outside stopped and every household fell into a deep sleep. You can’t stay up all night. After all, you have to go out to pay New Year’s greetings on the first day of the new year, so you have to be in a good spirit.
Mrs. Han was also very sleepy. After eating the dumplings, she couldn’t stand it anymore. She said to everyone: “Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. You two, two and three, come over at noon to pay me New Year greetings and eat here. Now go back to bed. You don’t have to come so early.” The custom here is that after the family is separated, the sons will pay New Year’s greetings to their parents on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and on the second day of the Lunar New Year, they will accompany their wives back to their parents’ home to pay New Year’s greetings.
Han Lao Er, Han Lao San took their children and wives back home.
Su Yue boiled some water for Mrs. Han to wash up, and asked her to go back to her room to sleep. And she and Han Aiguo simply washed themselves with hot water and went back to the room to sleep.
But before going to bed, Su Yue did not forget to prepare the medicine that Han Aiguo wanted to drink and apply to his legs as usual.
In fact, Han Aiguo’s leg has completely healed. The doctor said that there is no need to use any more medicine. However, there is still the last part of medicines he bought last time. It would be a waste not to use them. It is better to use them than not to use them.
After boiling the medicine, Su Yue asked him to drink the oral medicine first, and then asked him to lie on the bed and apply it on his legs.
At this time, there was no trace of redness or swelling in the leg, and there was no pain when moving, and it was very flexible and strong. Han Aiguo even felt that the injured leg was in better condition than before when it was not injured. He didn’t know if it was his imagination or it was true.
Thinking back to the fact that he thought his leg was useless and was extremely desperate, and even dared not accept the girl he loved because of this leg, at that time he really did not expect that his leg would one day be restored to its original state. He never imagined that the military career he loved could continue.
This is like a dream and a miracle. And this miracle was brought to him by her.
He always felt that after meeting her, he became extremely lucky.
Just as he was thinking about it, his eyes were suddenly covered by a palm, and he laughed, “What do you want to do again?”
Su Yue said mysteriously: “Comrade Han Aiguo, please close your eyes.”
Han Aiguo obeyed obediently. .
Su Yue took her hand away and said, “When I asked you to open it, then open it again. Don’t open it yourself.”
She walked to the closet, took out a sweater from the small box where she hid her things, and then quietly opened it again. Walking up to him, he put the sweater behind his back, “Okay, open your eyes.”
Han Aiguo slowly opened his eyes and looked behind her, “What is hidden?”
Su Yue took out the sweater and showed it to him, “Dang, dang, dang~ Comrade Han Aiguo, this is a New Year’s gift from your beautiful and lovely wife – a love brand sweater! I wish you a happy new year, Everything goes well and all your wishes come true!”
A flash of surprise flashed through Han Aiguo’s eyes, “Didn’t you say that it won’t be knitted until next year? How come it was knitted so quickly?” He really thought that it would take next winter before he could wear his wife’s clothes. A sweater knitted by hand.
Su Yue said proudly, “How can I really let you wear it next year? Your wife is not so stupid.”
”When did you knit it? I didn’t even see you knit it.”
Su Yue pointed to the next door. Old Mrs. Han’s room, “I secretly went to mother’s room to knit, and mother was covering me. If I knit in front of you, there would be no surprise.”
Han Aiguo smiled, no wonder she kept running there recently. In his mother’s room, she said that they were talking about women’s private things, and that men should not listen, so he never went in. He didn’t expect that she was secretly knitting a sweater for him.
Feeling happy, Han Aiguo immediately sat up, took off his old sweater, and then carefully put on the new sweater, feeling warm and soft.
Su Yue’s eyes lit up. This sweater looked really good on him. He had broad shoulders and long legs, and the muscles on his body were just right. He was a typical man who looked thinner when he took off his clothes and put on fleshy clothes. He looked like a clothes rack, and the sweater was on him fits him perfectly, and I feel like he is advertising a certain brand of sweaters. Moreover, this sweater is a rare navy blue color. Different from the common black, white and gray in this era, the navy blue color is not out of the ordinary, but it is also bright, and it looks very energetic when worn.
Su Yue was a little seduced by male, so she couldn’t help but hugged his neck and kissed him twice, “Honey, you are really handsome.”
Han Aiguo was now used to the strange words in her mouth, Automatically translated as wife praising him for looking good. Although a grown man does not need to be praised for his good looks, he is always happy to be praised by his wife. He immediately hugged her and kissed her so hard that her mouth almost became swollen from the kiss.
Su Yue was frightened and pushed him away quickly, “I’m trapped, Comrade Han Aiguo!”
Han Aiguo had no choice but to let go of the hand that was about to take off her clothes, and patted her back helplessly, “Okay, okay. I’m sorry, go to sleep.”
Su Yue felt relieved now, closed her eyes, and went to sleep almost as soon as she touched the bed.
However, this sleep was destined to be restless. The system that had not given her a warning for a long time actually caused her to dream again.
