The wind is cold outside the door, but the warmth is warm inside the house.

The dishes on the Li family’s table today are much more hearty than before. The large pot of elbows are stewed crispy and exudes an attractive meaty aroma. On the plate is a whole braised carp. Even the most plain spinach soup used to be decorated with some ham meat, which looks different.

Five dishes and one soup filled the table like plum blossoms, all made by Li Ling himself, which made Li Yueer a little dumbfounded. Although today was New Year's Eve, the dish was so good. The little girl was almost drooling. She just waited for Li Ling to bring in a small wine pot, and then she sat in her seat with a smile: "Brother, you can have a meal!"

Li Ling poured the newly boiled Tu Su wine into a small wine glass and said with a smile: "It's the Chinese New Year today, and Yue'er will be one year older tomorrow. After fifteen years, she will become a big girl."

Yue'er didn't care about his teasing at all. She stretched out her chopsticks and picked up a large piece of meat. After thinking about it, she put it in Li Ling's bowl: "Brother, thank you for your hard work, you can eat meat first."

Looking at this sensible sister, Li Ling's heart trembled, and he didn't realize that he remembered his parents and sister who had been separated by thousands of years. Youdao was a stranger in a foreign land. He missed his family more during the holidays and was busy with other things on weekdays, but on this day when he should be reunited, he still missed his relatives before traveling through time.

He thought of the past when he returned to his hometown from a big city where he worked in the past. Although he was having a hard time taking a bus, he was full of joy. He thought of the warmth of his parents cleaning his bedroom early and sleeping in the small bed. He thought of the awkwardness and resistance of his parents when he tentatively asked about personal matters, and his sister was joking around and asking for gifts...

All of this cannot be seen again now. He can no longer go back, and can only live a good life with his sister in front of him as Li Ling in this strange era.

This feeling of feeling from the festival was interrupted until a crackling sound of firecrackers came from outside. Li Ling realized that he had been lost for a while. Then he was surprised to find that Yue'er in front of him did not eat too much, but sat there in a daze, with her eyes slightly red.

"Yue'er, what's wrong with you? The Chinese New Year is so good, why are you crying?" Li Ling panicked and asked quickly.

"Brother, you... I'm thinking about my dad and my sister too. I remember that during the Chinese New Year, my family was very lively. My dad would give me New Year's money, and my sister would give me the hairpin she made with her own hands..." The little girl even choked up when she remembered the past.

Li Ling hurriedly comforted again: "Be good Yue'er, today is a happy day, don't cry. Dad and sister are just not by our side. Maybe we will be together for the New Year next year."

"Really?" the little girl asked, sucking her nose.

"Well. Think about it, my father ran away because he owes money. Now I have paid back the debt. He always has to go home after receiving the news. As for sister, although she has married, she can always come back." Li Ling said hurriedly, "Also, if you really miss your sister, I will go to Jiangbei County with you to see her in a while."

"Brother, are you really going to see your sister?"

"Of course, when did I lied to you? To be honest, we haven't seen her since my sister got married three years ago. It's really inappropriate." Li Ling nodded, then added in his heart that he had to return the previous 100 taels of silver to her.

Although Li Tong didn't say he wanted Li Ling and the others to pay it back when he came, Li Ling never thought of ignoring his sister's 100 taels of silver. Whether it was her accumulated over the years or taken from her dowry, she was the confidence and foundation for her husband's family. It's nothing to borrow it as a younger brother, but she will never swallow it up with shame.

Now that the difficulties have been overcome, and relying on the Congshen to continue to sell, Li Ling is already well-off, so he can naturally return a hundred taels of silver to his sister. So when he goes to Jiangbei County to see his sister, Li Ling planned it early in the morning, just to see when he has time after the New Year.

Yue'er was finally happy this time, burst into tears and smiled, nodded repeatedly: "Yeah, I'm going to see my sister together. I haven't seen her for three years, and I don't know if she gave birth to a baby..." After all, it was the child's nature. She had just shed tears, but now she is smiling again, holding a large piece of meat, and eating it with her mouth bulging.

Seeing this, Li Ling laughed. After drinking a full glass of Tu Su wine, he felt that his heart and body were warm and comfortable.

Five dishes and one soup were eaten by two people. Yue'er ate very vigorously at the beginning, but after a few pieces of meat and half a fish were gone, she could only touch her stomach and screamed full. Li Ling just used some wine and food at will, and then took out a thin silver chain from her arms and handed it to Yue'er: "This is a New Year gift for you."

"Ah, so beautiful!" The silver chains shining under the candlelight made Yue'er's eyes flash, and then they smiled so hard that their eyes narrowed to the crescent moon: "Thank you brother, I like it so much."

Li Ling also laughed. This was the bracelet he spent a lot of effort to ask the silversmith in the city to make a little bit. The labor cost alone cost five taels of silver. He smiled and said, "It's good that you like it. I said that when we have money, we will definitely give Yue'er you better jewelry. Come on, I'll wear it for you." As he said that, he took the chain from her hand and then tied it to her slender wrist.

The fair skin and the tiny silver chain are really beautiful. However, this makes the bracelet on the other hand a little simple. Li Ling said, "Put off this bracelet, it doesn't look good."

"No, I like it." Yue'er shook her head and opposed it.

"Why, these two matches are really not good-looking."

"Because this is the first gift you gave me by brother, and I like it the most." Yue'er insisted, and then deliberately put her hands together, letting the copper bracelet and silver chain be displayed side by side, looking left and right, "It's not ugly at all, it looks pretty good when you match it together."

"Uh, okay, as long as you like it." Li Ling curled his lips helplessly and stopped insisting.

When they washed the dishes, chopsticks, cups, plates, etc., and then returned to the main hall, they found that they didn’t know what to do. On this New Year’s Eve night, it was logical that they should stay for the year and wait until midnight before going to bed. But there are really no other entertainment activities, and there is not even a Spring Festival Gala that makes people complain. There are only two brothers and sisters at home, so naturally it looks a little bored.

In the end, Li Ling simply pulled Yue'er to read and write... On New Year's Eve, the brother and sister were still reading and writing. If this was to be spread, it would be said to be a diligent and studious story.

...

After all, there are only a few families like the Li family who are thin and have only two brothers and sisters who are deserted for the New Year. At present, most families have to spend a few hours at night just to have dinner, and then there are younger generations who keep greetings to their elders, and those who are more particular need to be trained, so it will be easy to pass by in the evening.

This was the scene in the Wanjia Mansion far away in Hengzhou Prefecture City. Since noon, after all the children of the four houses arrived, the whole mansion was already very lively. At the New Year's Eve dinner, dozens of men from the Wanjia men gathered together, and they were cheering and changing. It looked really prosperous and harmonious.

But after the second update, after the New Year's Eve dinner, several housekeepers came to the study with the old man, and the previous intimacy disappeared.

This is also an old habit that the Wan family has developed over the past decades. At this time of year, the children of several house managers will have to tell the details of the year, as well as some plans for the next year, and then the head of the family will make the final judgment and give them rewards or criticisms.

Like in previous years, the Changfang and the Second House were complacent when they reported their gains for the year, and the old man also smiled. But when Wanmang, who was in the third house, talked about the situation in the bookstore, the atmosphere was a little different: "The bookstores under our third house have gained some benefits this year. For example, three bookstores have been opened in Fucheng, and three more should be opened next year, thus forcing some other bookstores to close. There are also Jiangbei County, Jiangyuan County and other places to gain great benefits..."

"How much money did you make this year?" a child from a long house suddenly asked with a smile.

"Hmph, if you didn't have the people who had your house suddenly made trouble, let us set up the bookstore in Jiangcheng County, and we could make thousands of taels of silver. But now, we have lost almost three thousand taels of silver this year." Wan Mang said unhappily, and glared at the person who was asking questions fiercely.

"What do you mean? What do you mean by our eldest son's house to make trouble for you? It's not that the people in your three-person house are incapable of their ability and have to go to Jiangcheng to make a fool of themselves. As a result, they lost the face of my Wan family and even lost money!" This man was not willing to be outdone and retorted.

"If you hadn't suddenly lent the money to the Gu Family Bookstore, there would be such a result? If we don't ask you for an explanation, you would dare to be so sarcastic. It's really outrageous! Please ask the old man to be fair to our third house!" Wan Mang was immediately angry, and as he said, he even stood up to salute the old man who was sitting upright.

It attracted a slightly frivolous young man's sneer: "I'm not capable of making it blame our boss. No wonder your three bedrooms have been unpromising in recent years! Now it has failed to open a bookstore in a small place..."

"You..." Wan Mang was furious and wanted to say something. He saw that the old man who was originally squinting his eyes and seemed to be about to fall asleep suddenly opened his eyes and said slowly: "Enough! It's all a family, and it's New Year's Day again, so don't hurt the harmony."
Chapter completed!