Old Man Lin could only nod in agreement, and Mrs. Lin felt relieved. From now on, even if she and her parents were not under the same roof, but in the same village, she would be able to take care of her parents.
Seeing that Old Lin agreed, the old man happily poured a glass of wine, and brought it to Old Lin, and said: "Try the wine your granddaughter made, it tastes good!"
Mrs. Lin quickly said: "Dad, you are recovering from your illness, but you can't drink too much. Once you've recovered, you can drink as much as you want."
Old Man Lin smiled and said: "Your father in-law and I haven't even had a drink yet and you're starting to preach, well, I'll listen to you girl, my in-laws and I will have a drink and also have a good taste of our Qibao brewed wine."
In the past two days of living in the Xu family, Old Xu often talked to him about Qibao, he realized that his granddaughter had a divine master, before he still had some doubts in his mind, but now he finally knew, and there was an explanation for Qibao's difference.
After taking one sip, Old Lin's eyes lit up and he said: "Well, that's right. Not only does this wine have a beautiful color, but it also tastes so delicious. What's the name of this wine?"
Mr. Xu was stunned. He hadn't thought of giving this wine a name yet!
Qibao actually had already thought about choosing a noble name, so she said: "Why don't we call it Qiongjiang Yuye!"
Xu Dabo said: "What a name. The taste of this wine deserves the name."
"Okay, let's call it this name. You are all here. Let's raise a glass together and wish our family everything goes well in the new year. Cheers!"
"Cheers!"
Everyone raised their glasses, and even Xiaoliu poured a glass of strawberry wine and clinked glasses with everyone. The meal ended with everyone toasting me a glass and I toasting you a glass.
After the meal, Mrs. Wang and the others put away the dishes and chopsticks. Xiaowu took his grandpa and grandma to sit down in the front hall. A row of children knelt on the ground neatly and shouted: "I wish my grandparents a happy new year and a long life!" Then he kowtowed respectfully.
Mrs. Wang smiled and took out a few red envelopes from her arms and said: "Okay, get up quickly. This is the red envelope of New Year's money prepared by grandma for you. Take it and buy whatever you want to eat in the future!"
The children happily took the red envelope and opened it, looked at it, and poured out fifty copper coins, which was not a small amount for children like them, and they all thanked her happily.
Mr. Xu said: "Go and wish you Grandpa Lin and Grandma Sun a happy New Year!"
The children ran to Old Man Lin and Mrs. Sun again, kowtowed and said auspicious words. Mrs. Sun pulled the children up, took out a few red envelopes, and said with a smile: "You are all good children. This is the red envelope I prepared for you. Although it is not as much as what your grandma gave you, it is still a little bit of our gratitude."
The children did not take it, but turned to look at their grandfather.
The old man smiled and said: "Since it is your Grandma Sun and Grandpa Lin's wish, just accept it and be more respectful to them in the future, understand?"
The children nodded and smiled, took the red envelope from Sun's hand, and said: "Thank you, Grandma Sun (Grandma) and Grandpa Lin (Grandpa)."
The children happily opened the red envelope, which contained thirty copper coins.
Mrs. Zhang said: "Aunt Sun, this is too much. How can the children spend money? Just give them a couple."
Old man Lin smiled and said: "It's all right, should be given, the children of the Xu family each taught really well, I and Honglian mother just happy to see them, it's good to have more children, look at this lively atmosphere, it's really enviable!"
Old Xu looked at his grandchildren and was also satisfied, saying: "That's not easy, older brother will be living in Xu Jia Village from now on, and if you like to be lively, you can let these few children talk to you often in the future."
"That's a good relationship. Old man, I just like these kids. They make me happy just to look at them."
Because he has only one daughter, Honglian, and it didn't matter before. Ever since Honglian got married, whenever there were more than a dozen people from other families in the village during the New Year. Only he and Honglian mother were at home, and his daughter and son-in-law only came over with their two grandchildren on the second day of the lunar month to pay them a New Year's visit.
Xu Laosan said to Xiaoliu at this time: "How old are you? Don't lose the money. Let dad take care of this money for you. When you grow up, dad will return it to you!"
Xiaoliu put the red envelope in his arms and hugged it tightly, pouted and said: "I'm not five years old anymore, dad took away the money given to me by grandpa and grandma for the New Year's Eve last year, I'm not giving it this time, I'm going to save it for myself!"
Mrs. Wang slapped her youngest son and said: "You're even worried about your child's New Year's money. Do you usually get less to wear or less to drink from me?"
Xu Laosan avoided Wang and said: "I was just teasing Xiaoliu, mother, you still took it seriously!"
"You know in your own heart when it's true or not!" Wang rolled her eyes and said.
Xiaoliu laughed happily when he saw his father being taught a lesson by his grandma. Everyone else laughed when they saw this scene.
The family sat together and started talking and laughing. Qibao also brought out several plates of snacks, and everyone chatted while eating.
The two white wolves were also sitting on the chair next to the old man, with their heads on the table and listening to everyone talking. Because grandpa often turned on a small stove for them, the white wolves were very close to grandpa.
Qibao suggested at this time: "How about I perform and sing a song for everyone?"
Everyone else was very supportive, and Wang asked: "Qibao, what song do you want to sing!"
Qibao said: "To celebrate the New Year today, of course I have to sing a festive song, and I'm going to start singing!"
Qibao, beating the beat with her hands while singing: "Congratulations on your fortune, congratulations on your splendor, the best please come over, the bad please go away, the gift of many is not to be blamed..." Qibao sang a song by Hua Tsai. In her previous life, whenever the New Year came, this song would be played on the speakers in the streets and alleys. It could play all day long, and even an old man in his eighties or nineties could hum a verse.
As Qibao sang, others also started clapping to Qibao's beat.
After singing, the old man said: "Qibao's singing is so beautiful. Each of these words is auspicious. It makes people happy to hear it."
Qibao said: "You can learn with me, I can teach you..."
Mrs. Sun waved her hands and said: "No, no, grandma can't speak well, how can she still sing? Grandma's singing is very unpleasant..."
However, Mrs. Wang became interested and said: "Honglian's mother just sings and plays, it's lively, and there are no outsiders making jokes. Let's learn from Qibao..."
Others also became interested, learning a few lines and singing along for fun.
Qibao began to teach everyone word by word. The men didn't care and found it interesting to follow. However, the women were thin-skinned and a little embarrassed. Then came the magic sounds of the three brothers, Xu Laosan and his two brothers, who didn't even know the tune. Wherever they sang, the whole family was holding their stomachs and laughing.
The Xu family was lively and warm, and Jing Chen from the capital was staying with the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother said: "Today your father hosted a New Year's Eve dinner for the ministers. The officials all brought their families. The palace was so lively, and I was just recovering from my illness. I didn't want to join in the fun. Why didn't you go to the front hall? Wait for your father. The Emperor is going to send someone to rush you again."
Jing Chen said: "It's like this every year. I don't like so many people. It's better to stay at grandma's place where it's cleaner. I'll have dinner at grandma's place later, and I'll celebrate the New Year with you."
The Queen Mother smiled and shook her head slightly, and said: "Your two royal brothers have gone. If you don't go, the ministers will definitely discuss about it. This is not good."
Jing Chen said: "They can say whatever they like. It's not their turn to take care of my affairs. Let's not talk about it anymore. Your grandson has got some good things. I will give them to grandmother to try today."