Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Chapter 188: Returning to My Mother's Home at the Beginning of the New Year

The lion dance team in the village was composed of familiar faces in the village. Everyone knew each other. Song Sanniang also saw Song Zuren and his cousins ​​in it.

But it's normal. The lion dance teams are organized by people who have a say in the village, so naturally there are also their people among the participants. The rest are some young people in the village who want to earn some pocket money.

Song Zuren took the firecrackers prepared by Song Sanniang and set them off. Then he exchanged a few words with Song Sanniang and left to catch up with the lion dance team. Song Sanniang took out the candies and snacks from her home and shared them with the children following the lion dance team.

They were embarrassed at first, but when one person came forward to take it, a second person followed, and everyone rushed forward to grab a handful and put it in their pockets or small bags. After grabbing it, they would say thank you, and then shyly say something like Happy New Year.

After the division, Song Sanniang waved her hand, and they all chased after the lion team that was going away.

The first day of the new year passed like this. The second day of the new year was the day for married women to return to their parents' home. Song Ersao asked Song Sanniang to prepare some fruits and other things early.

Since the New Year gifts have already been given, today I can just simply take some fruits and other things over.

After lunch, Song Laoer and his family went to Liu's grandfather's house together. Qin Haodong and his family refused to go with them, so Song Laoer's wife had to give up.

When they arrived at Grandma Liu's house, the door was wide open, waiting for Second Sister Song and the others to come.

Song Ersao also had an older sister named Liu Zhenshi, who married into Hejia Village and had two daughters and one son.

Her family will also come today, but she lives far away, so it will probably take a whole morning to get there by car. They should be here soon.

The reason why she married so far away was because when Liu's grandfather was young, he traveled all over the country as a merchant and met Aunt Liu's father-in-law.

He and Aunt Liu's father-in-law hit it off right away, and later they went into business together. Their relationship grew stronger and stronger, and they eventually became close brothers.

So Grandfather Liu arranged for Aunt Liu to marry his second son He Ningchang. He Ningchang's elder brother He Ningjun inherited his father's business and traveled all over the country, while He Ningchang stayed at home to take care of the family.

Old Man He was luckier than Grandfather Liu. He made a lot of money in business. The He family had fields, land and mountains in the countryside, and they also had several shops in the county town.

Therefore, Aunt Liu won't have to suffer after she gets married. She won't have to do anything and she will have maids to serve her. For the sake of Mr. He, the family members don't dare to make things difficult for her. This is also the reason why Grandfather Liu was relieved to let Aunt Liu get married.

Not long after Mrs. Song and her friends sat down, Aunt Liu and her friends arrived. Hearing the noise outside the door, Grandpa Liu and Grandma Chen ran to the door excitedly.

There were two simply decorated carriages parked at the door. One of them was driven by He Ningchang, and the other was driven by a groom.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Aunt Liu jumped out of it impatiently. Seeing her parents, whose hair was beginning to turn gray, waiting at the door, Aunt Liu's eyes suddenly turned red.

She stepped forward to kowtow to the old couple, but was stopped by Grandfather Liu. The old man's eyes were red as he looked at his daughter whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

At this time, He Ningchang came forward to break the somewhat sad atmosphere. He laughed loudly and said, "Father-in-law, look who's here?"

Grandfather Liu looked in his direction when he heard this, and then he realized that besides his three children, there was an old man with gray hair but still full of energy behind him.

The old man looked at him and laughed, "How is it, dear relative, my little brother, is your brother still strong?"

Grandpa Liu came to Grandpa He swiftly. Grandpa He was half a head shorter than Grandpa Liu. Grandpa Liu patted Grandpa He on the shoulder in surprise and said with a smile, "Long time no see. Brother, you must have had a hard time on this journey, right?"

"What's so hard about it? When we were young, crossing mountains and rivers was more difficult than it is now. There's nothing to be afraid of." Grandma Chen looked at the large group of people gathered at the door, so she let everyone in.

After entering the house, Aunt Liu asked the three children to greet Grandpa Liu and his wife.

Aunt Liu has three children: the eldest daughter He Yingying, the second son He Lingyun, and the youngest daughter He Shanshan.

He Yingying has been engaged and will be leaving home after the New Year. Aunt Liu wants her to meet her grandparents before leaving home.

Grandfather Liu and his wife waited for the three of them to finish their greetings before giving them New Year's money. Since they had given them New Year's money, the other children were no exception, so a large group of children lined up to receive the New Year's money.

Old Master He watched happily, a little envious of the large family of his in-laws. He had only two sons, the eldest son had a son and a daughter, and the second son also had only one son.

Aunt Liu saw that her sister was pregnant, so she walked over to talk to Song Ersao, "Is it a boy or a girl?"

"A boy." Mrs. Song replied with a smile.

Aunt Liu was instantly surprised and said, "That's good news. You are finally pregnant with a boy. Your old woman won't be able to embarrass you anymore."

"We separated a long time ago, and now we live on our own, and we have a very good life." Sister Song told Aunt Liu,

Aunt Liu had long been unhappy with Mrs. Song. When she went back to her parents' home before, she saw Mrs. Song's expression and wanted to go to Mrs. Song to argue, but everyone stopped her.

Hearing about the division of the family, her beautiful face, which was 50% similar to Song Ersao, shone brightly, "Really? That's great. I brought you a lot of good things this time, and now I can give them to you openly."

Song Ersao burst into tears when she heard this. She turned her back to wipe her tears. Her behavior made Aunt Liu a little sad.

The sisters had a very good relationship. Every time she came back, she would give Song Ersao a lot of gifts.

But at first, Second Sister-in-law Song was thin-skinned, so the things were immediately handed over to First Sister-in-law Song and Old Lady Song.

After a few years, Song Ersao finally came to her senses and asked her sister not to send him off.

Aunt Liu put the things at Grandfather Liu's house and asked Second Aunt Song to bring the children to Grandfather Liu's house every now and then to get them.

Aunt Liu touched Song Ersao's belly and said, "Why are you crying? Since the family has been separated, your good days are still to come." Song Ersao nodded.

Grandfather Liu had distributed all the red envelopes, and Grandpa He and Uncle He also distributed red envelopes to everyone. Then Second Song, Uncle Liu, and Auntie also took turns distributing red envelopes to everyone.

For a moment, the room was filled with auspicious words such as thank you, wish you a happy new year, good health, and wish you all the best.

Aunt Liu went out and asked the coachman to move all the things in the carriage into the house. After everyone had distributed their red envelopes and received their red envelopes, they found seats and sat down.

Aunt Liu and Uncle He shared the things given to everyone.

"Dad, Mom, this is for you. Dad picked this especially for you." Aunt Liu handed a wooden box to Grandpa Liu and his wife.

Grandfather Liu opened the box and saw a 200-year-old ginseng inside. Grandfather Liu closed the box and said with a smile, "Brother, why are you spending so much money?"

Old Master He laughed and said, "It's because my daughter-in-law misses you. We are old and useless now. You should keep it. It's best if you don't need it."

After hearing what he said, Grandfather Liu said nothing more. He smiled and watched his eldest daughter happily distributing things to everyone in the house.