Double Life: My whole world is you

"I think Qiao is very thoughtful!" Cheng Lin said, and then she gave up a seat for Cheng Qiao to sit in the middle. The three girls started chatting privately again. Cheng Dan didn't come until 2:30. She complained, "After dinner, they dragged me to the ancestral hall, and then to the ancestral graves, saying they were begging for me, and asked me to do more bows. With my grades, it would be useless even if I did a hundred bows!"

After she finished speaking, she sat down and said to Cheng Qiao, "Qiao, did you bow? It will definitely help if you do a few more."

"Khan!" Cheng Qiao curled her lips speechlessly, "I haven't bowed for many years."

"Why? Don't you worship your ancestors every year?" Cheng Dan asked, and Wan Lin patted her. She realized it later, "Because of what happened with your uncle last year."

"Not entirely." In recent years, her so-called aunt did not allow girls to worship their ancestors, saying that it would take away the good luck of the family. As far as I can remember, Aunt Cheng has never worshipped the ancestors. Usually, uncles and aunts take Cheng Kun and Cheng Zhu to worship. Cheng Qiao remembered that in her previous life, Cheng's mother said that after she and Cheng Zhu got married and had children, she would erect a monument for Cheng's father, and they would go back to worship their ancestors, only Cheng's father. After all, their grandparents died before they were born, and there was nothing to say about the great ancestors above them. More importantly, they didn't want to get involved in luck with the people over there...

"Hey, let me tell you, Zhang Ru from our class..." Cheng Yun saw that Cheng Qiao was in a bad mood, so she changed the subject and talked about school gossip...

The four of them ate and chatted together. Cheng Yun did most of the talking, and they talked about school gossip. Cheng Qiao and Cheng Dan would also add some. Cheng Lin just listened quietly, with envy and yearning in her eyes. After they finished the snacks they brought and it got dark, the four of them walked towards the hill and went home. But before they parted, Cheng Lin still reluctantly called out the names of the three people, "Qiao, Yun, Dan..."

The three turned around to look at her, and she stood in the middle of the road and shouted out her true feelings, "You guys should work hard, you will all be in the high school classroom next year."

"Yes." Cheng Qiao answered confidently.

"I'll try my best." Cheng Yun replied with a smile beside Cheng Lu.

Cheng Dan was walking in the opposite direction of Cheng Qiao. She didn't look back, but just waved. Cheng Lin stood in the middle of the road until the three of them disappeared into the night. She sighed slightly and slowly turned around and walked towards home...

When Cheng Qiao arrived home, her eldest cousin and his wife were just coming out of their house. When her eldest cousin saw her, he called out, "Qiao."

"Hello, brother and sister-in-law." Cheng Qiao replied politely.

"Qiao, I heard that your grades are pretty good." The eldest cousin said, "Listen to my advice, think about your future, and go to your uncles and aunts to wish them a happy new year tomorrow."

"Brother, we will pay New Year's greetings to Auntie on time tomorrow." Cheng Qiao replied with a chuckle.

"Oh, you don't know what's good for you." The eldest cousin's wife took the eldest cousin away.

Cheng Qiao asked Cheng Ma and Cheng Zhu, "Why are they here?"

"Come to bring us food." Chengzhu answered happily.

"Your eldest brother and his wife are great. They come to see us every year." Cheng's mother said, "Qiao, you should be more polite when talking to them next time."

"I'm quite polite." Cheng Qiao took her arm, "Mom, let's go in. We still have to keep watch today!"

On New Year's Eve, Cheng's mother cooked chicken again. Everyone ate a big bowl. After washing the dishes, Cheng's mother set off firecrackers. The three of them came to the room. Cheng Zhu turned on the palm-sized TV. Cheng's mother took out all the snacks. It was only seven o'clock at this time. Cheng Zhu suggested as usual, "Mom, sister, it's still early, let's play Landlord."

After playing Landlord for half an hour, Cheng Qiao won all the Little White Rabbit Toffees. Cheng Zhu was fed up and said, "No more playing! My sister is too lucky."

"Haha!" Cheng Qiao handed some of the candy to him with a smile, "You watch TV for a while, I'll do my homework."

"Sister, come on! What homework are you doing on New Year's Eve?" Cheng Zhu said dissatisfiedly, "Let's not play Landlord anymore, you can play 'Counting Twenty-Four Points' with me."

"Let mom play with you!" Cheng Qiao has already taken out her English winter vacation homework, "Otherwise you won't be able to beat me and you'll cry again."

"No way, I can definitely beat you." Cheng Zhu was unwilling to give up.

"It's impossible for you to beat me now." Cheng Qiao turned around and continued to attack him, "Who made me eat three or four years earlier than you, and study three or four years more than you!"

"Mom, you see, my sister always bullies me." Cheng Zhu was unhappy.

"Okay, okay, mom will play with you." Looking at Cheng Qiao who had already started doing homework, Cheng's mother sat down helplessly.

At first, she did the first few pages smoothly, but the remaining five or six pages were all reading comprehension. The article was long, and some of the words were unfamiliar to her. Fortunately, she brought the Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary back with her. She looked up and memorized the words at the same time, and her work was relatively slow. When she finished the last question, it was already past eleven o'clock. At this time, the black-and-white TV was playing the classic lines from Xiao Shenyang's famous sketch "We Are Not Short of Money", "Human life is actually very short. Sometimes it is just like sleeping. You close your eyes, open them, and a day has passed. Hang~ You close your eyes, don't open them, and this life is over. Hang~"

Cheng Zhu and Cheng Ma were very happy watching the sketch. Cheng Qiao also sat up straight and watched the whole sketch. Then they sang a song called "Harmony between Heaven, Earth and Man" by Mr. Cai Guoqing.

Since lights would be lit on New Year's Eve, she got up late this morning and slept well, but she didn't want to sleep yet, so she went to the table, put away her English winter vacation homework, and picked up the math book and materials to read.

Cheng's mother yawned and looked at Cheng Qiao who was still studying hard. The relief in her eyes turned into heartache...

The more she read the math book, the more excited she became. She didn't know how long she had been reading until she fell asleep on the table. She was woken up by Cheng's mother. She looked at her watch and it was already 2:30 in the morning. There was a faint sound of firecrackers outside. There was no signal on the black and white TV, and a series of blank crackling sounds. She nodded to Cheng's mother and fell asleep on the bed...

She was probably too tired after a night of sleep and slept very deeply. When she woke up, it was already 9:30 in the morning. Seeing Chengzhu wake up, she was very excited and said, "Sister, get up quickly. Let's go to pay New Year's greetings to Auntie."

Cheng Qiao nodded, quickly got up and washed up. When she was done and came to the living room, Cheng's mother had already cooked the dumplings. She brought them out from the kitchen and said, "Have breakfast first."

"Sister, you got up too late. Kaiyang has come to our house to pay New Year's greetings." Chengzhu said, "After paying New Year's greetings, I want to go out and play with him."

"Okay, got it. I'll eat quickly and go with you." Cheng Qiao chewed faster.

She had just finished the last mouthful of soup when Chengzhu pulled her and ran away. On the way, she thought, "Brother, I didn't wish my mother a happy new year this morning!"

"Haha! The first thing I did when I woke up was to wish my mother a happy new year." Cheng Zhu proudly took out ten yuan from his pocket, "My mother gave it to me."

[My first red envelope! I'll say more when I get back.] Cheng Qiao thought to herself.