Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

After get off work in the afternoon, Liu Haizhong returned home with everyone.

Liu Guangqi asked anxiously: "Dad, were you okay last night?"

Liu Haizhong glared fiercely at his eldest son who had the most promising future.

Liu Haizhong has never forgotten how he abandoned him and ran away last night.

Liu Guangqi also said somewhat embarrassedly: "Dad, don't be angry. I'm about to graduate now. If I'm caught with a record, it will affect my graduation assignment. By then, there's no way to redeem myself. You have to understand me."

Liu Haizhong thought about it and decided that he really couldn’t ruin his son’s future.

Although I was still angry, I had to endure it.

At night, a few brave people went to a black market a little further away to try their luck.

There is really no other way for the family to deal with these things, so they have to take risks.

However, those black markets that are a little further away still yield some gains. At least you can buy some food.

The next day is New Year’s Eve.

Yan Bugui placed his traditional projects at the door early on.

On this day every year, he harvests a lot of melon seeds and peanuts.

But this year everyone was short of food, and they used to have a large handful. This year, many people took a small handful to exchange for couplets, and some people even simply didn't exchange couplets.

He Daqing asked Sha Zhu to grab a handful and replace a pair of couplets on each door.

This year, their family had the largest number of people for the New Year's Eve dinner, so he wanted to make it more lively.

He Yushui was also very happy.

In previous years, her brother was called by Yi Zhonghai to cook at his house. She couldn't even light the fire at home. She had no choice but to follow Sha Zhu to Yi Zhonghai's house and celebrate the New Year with the deaf old lady and the Jia family.

She often felt hungry, especially after she had Banggeng. All the delicious food on the table was from Banggeng. She could only watch others eat.

The house was so lively this year, she was like a happy little bird. She went to the kitchen to watch He Daqing and Sha Zhu cook. Then she went to help Yu Li and Chen Xueru clean the house and put up window decorations.

The house was filled with He Yushui's chattering laughter.

In the evening, He Daqing and Sha Zhu prepared a table full of delicious dishes.

Braised fish, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, twice-cooked pork, fish-flavored shredded pork, fish-flavored baked eggs, braised chicken nuggets, spicy and sour shredded potatoes and spicy and sour cabbage.

Looking at the table full of delicious food, He Yushui couldn't help swallowing.

Yu Li also felt a little sad, because even in previous years when there were no disasters, her family had never had such a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner.

He Daqing and Chen Xueru sat in the main seats, Sha Zhu and Yu Li sat on one side, and He Yushui sat on the other side.

Looking at the family all gathered together.

He Daqing held up the wine glass and said, "It's been a long time since our family has been so lively. This year is considered a reunion year. I hope our family will get better and better in the future! Come on, everyone, have a drink."

Except for Sha Zhu and He Daqing who were holding wine, everyone else was holding tea and they clinked their glasses together.

"Okay, we're all family, there's no need to be so particular, let's eat!"

After listening to He Daqing's words, everyone started to taste the delicious food.

When Yu Li saw Sha Zhu, she knew he was stuffing things into his mouth, and she got so angry that she kicked him under the table.

Sha Zhu looked at Yu Li in confusion and said, "I was eating well, why did you kick me?"

Yu Li was really irritated by this stupid look.

So she glared at Sha Zhu, picked up the wine glass on the table, and poured a glass of wine for He Daqing and Chen Xueru.

"Dad, Mom. I wish you good health and happiness!"

After saying that, Yu Li also drank a small glass of wine.

He Daqing looked at his daughter-in-law with satisfaction. She was much better than his unfilial son.

Chen Xueru also smiled and said, "Okay, I also hope that you two can give our family a big fat boy soon."

After hearing this, Yu Li blushed and lowered her head to look at Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu finally realized what was going on and stood up. He smiled and poured wine for He Daqing and Chen Xueru.

"Dad, Mom, I also wish you good health and longevity, and eternal youth!"

He Daqing drank the wine expressionlessly. Chen Xueru smiled and said to Sha Zhu: "Zhu Zi, you are married now, you should think more about Yu Li in the future, understand?"

"I know, mom. I will definitely listen to my wife."

He Yushui couldn't wait to grab the bottle and poured wine for He Daqing and Chen Xueru.

Then he held the tea and said, "Dad, Mom, I wish you two happiness and joy in your family!"

He Daqing drank the wine poured by Yu Shui with a smile.

Chen Xueru also smiled and said, "Well, let's all wish Yushui to be admitted to the best technical secondary school next year and make our family proud!"

He Daqing also said: "Yes, Yushui, you are the only scholar in our family, you must work hard!"

"I was originally planning to give you red envelopes after dinner, but now, in order to encourage our family's rain, I decided to give you a big red envelope now."

After He Daqing finished speaking happily, Chen Xueru smiled and took out three big red envelopes from her pocket and gave one to Sha Zhu, Yu Li and He Yushui respectively.

Sha Zhu happily opened the red envelope and saw that it contained ten yuan.

Just when he was about to put it in his pocket happily, Yu Li snatched it away and rolled her eyes at him.

Sha Zhu suddenly felt that he was happy too early.

He Yushui happily hid the red envelope on her body and looked at Sha Zhu and Yu Li with hope.

Sha Zhu was feeling depressed, and when he saw He Yushui's eyes, he angrily said, "Don't look at me, your brother has no money now. If you want to look, go look at your sister-in-law."

At this time, Yu Li smiled and took out the red envelope that she had prepared long ago and handed it to He Yushui.

He Yushui received the red envelope and said happily: "Thank you, sister-in-law. You are the best to me!"

Sha Zhu said sourly: "That's the money I earned, don't you want to thank me, Rainwater?"

He Yushui snorted at Sha Zhu and said, "That was given to me by my sister-in-law, not by you. If you send me another red envelope, I'll thank you."

Yu Li smiled and patted Sha Zhu, saying, "Come on, stop making trouble here. Isn't what I gave you what you gave me?"

Looking at the lively family, He Daqing happily picked up a piece of fish for Chen Xueru.

Chen Xueru looked at He Daqing happily as he picked up some food for her and smiled warmly at him.

But just as she picked up the fish, she suddenly felt nauseous and uncomfortable.

Chen Xueru quickly turned her head and dry-heaved a few times behind her.

Chen Xueru's action scared the people who were laughing happily.

He Daqing quickly patted her on the back and asked with concern: "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

Yu Li also handed Chen Xueru a cup of tea and said, "Mom, have a drink of water."

Chen Xueru drank a few sips of water and felt a little better.

"It's okay, everyone continue eating. I just suddenly smelled the fishy smell and felt a little uncomfortable."

He Daqing thought there was something wrong with the fish he cooked, so he picked up the fish piece in front of Chen Xueru and smelled it.

"It doesn't smell fishy. I washed it very clean when I made it."

He Yushui also picked up a piece of fish and tasted it.

"Mm, it's delicious, not fishy at all. Mom, are you feeling unwell?"

He Daqing suddenly thought of something and quickly used his mental power to check Chen Xueru's body.

Chen Xueru's body was emitting a strong vitality. Wasn't this pregnancy?

Although she is still young and can't see anything, pregnancy is 100% certain.

So He Daqing said excitedly: "Xue Ru, you may be pregnant. Let's go to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow."

Chen Xueru was also a little excited when she heard this. Was she really pregnant?

Come to think of it, she and He Daqing have been married for more than three months. During this period, her period has not come, it seems that she is really pregnant.

He Daqing quickly put the dishes in front of Chen Xueru aside and placed some light dishes such as shredded potatoes and hot and sour cabbage in front of her.

"Try these dishes first. If they don't suit your taste, I'll make them again for you."

Chen Xueru blushed and said, "It's okay. I just felt a little uncomfortable when eating fish. Everything else is fine."

After hearing this, He Daqing finally felt relieved.

He happily held up his glass and said, "Tonight is New Year's Day. This is a blessing from heaven for our family. Let's have a drink together."

After hearing this, Sha Zhu and a few others happily drank a glass.

Yu Li looked at Chen Xueru, and while she was envious, she also hoped that she could have a child sooner.

It’s different from the lively atmosphere at He Daqing’s house.

This year, the homes of other people in the courtyard are all deserted.

Everything in Yan Bugui's home was the same as usual, except that there was an extra activity tonight: sharing peanuts.

This is what Yan Bugui earned from writing couplets during the day.

Now we are giving everyone a few pills and distributing them fairly.

Yan Jiecheng took those pitiful peanuts, peeled them all, and swallowed them in one bite.

"Dad, this is too little, isn't it? Not even enough for one bite."

Yan Bugui said unhappily, "It's good enough to have a few peanuts. If you still want to eat, go buy them yourself."

The others didn't dare to eat it all in one gulp like Yan Jiecheng did, so they peeled and ate them one by one, for fear that they would have to finish it and watch others eat.

Banggeng listened to his grandmother tonight and planned to hide at Xu Damao's house and secretly serve the dishes.

As a result, Xu Damao went back to his parents' house to celebrate the New Year tonight, and only Qin Huairu and Xiaodang were left at home.

And Xu Damao didn't buy anything at the black market last night. Tonight, Qin Huairu and Xiaodang also drank noodles and ate cabbage.

Banggeng looked at it for a long time and had no choice but to go home.

This was not as good as what he and his grandmother ate. At least he and his grandmother secretly hid some white flour, which was enough to make a few dumplings stuffed with cabbage.

But when passing by He Daqing's house, Bang Geng smelled the aroma of meat coming from inside. His mouth was watering.

So he quietly walked to the door of Sha Zhu's house and stuck his head out to look at their dining table.

When you see fish, chicken and meat in it.

Bangteng's throat kept rolling.

This is really sumptuous. When will I be able to eat such delicious food at home?

Although he was envious, Bang Geng also knew that both He Daqing and Sha Zhu were not easy to mess with.

Especially He Daqing, ever since he beat his grandmother twice, Banggeng would take a detour when he saw He Daqing.

Seeing that the people inside were eating happily, Bang Geng quietly retreated and ran straight back home.