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Chapter 3161 Kowtow
Chapter 3161 Kowtow
The opera troupe has left, and the stage has been dismantled, but the children still linger here, reluctant to leave. Recalling what they just witnessed, they are amazed and are all expressing their feelings, praising the opera troupe as the most amazing in the world, saying that their singing was incredibly powerful.
Some silly kids even tried to repeat some of the moves from before, like the martial arts performer doing a somersault. Naturally, they fell flat on their faces and couldn't move. If it weren't for the thick winter clothes they were wearing, which made them more resistant to falls, they probably would have been screaming in pain.
Others wanted to learn how to roll a lamp, so they put a lamp on their heads and crawled under a stool. As expected, an accident happened, and they got stuck under the stool, unable to get in or out. It was only with the help of Xiaobai and others that they were able to pull them out.
Then, an adult shouted in their direction, "Silly boy!!! Come home for dinner and celebrate the New Year—"
There were more than a dozen people in the crowd. Since they were all nameless and faceless, most people wouldn't know who they were calling out to, but some of the kids took the initiative to step forward.
"My mom's calling me home for dinner. How about we come back here to play after we eat?"
The kid went home, and a little while later, another parent came calling for someone, calling out "kid" without anyone knowing who it was.
But his own son naturally understood and quickly ran back.
Parents kept coming to call for their children, without naming them, just saying "little devil" or "simpleton," and then their little devils would go home on their own.
Malanhua arrived too, shouting, "Come home for dinner—"
Xiao Bai was startled and quickly responded, taking Xi'er, Robin, and Dunzi home.
"Come help serve the dishes."
Ma Lanhua instructed that tonight's New Year's Eve dinner would be at Teacher Jiang's house, but she had prepared some dishes at home at noon and planned to bring them over together.
"Auntie, I rode my bicycle here, but I can't carry it all. You can let Robin carry it."
Robin was stunned for a moment, then she rode over on her balance bike too.
"Leave the bicycles with me, and you can carry the groceries home."
Malanhua was a woman of her word; she confiscated their bicycles without hesitation.
Robin quickly pleaded, "Grandma, what I have isn't a bicycle, it's a balance bike, you can't take it."
"There's nothing I can't accept. Go and grab that big bottle of bear-shaped drink and follow me."
Malanhua carried her balance bike home with one hand, and the child was powerless to resist. If she said anything, she would be beaten.
The group of children dared not speak out in anger, but Xi'er happily carried a thermal food container and followed the adults out.
Xiao Bai and Robin quickly followed. When they got home, Teacher Jiang and Tan Jin'er were busy in the kitchen, and Zhang Tan was putting up Spring Festival couplets. When he saw them, he asked, "Xiao Bai, check if the Spring Festival couplets are up straight?"
"Where? Let me see what's going on."
Little White perked up, stood in the courtyard, looked up at the Spring Festival couplets on the gate, and gestured wildly: "A little to the left, a little up, it's off! A little to the right, right, right..."
Zhang Tan could no longer contain himself. "Xiao Bai, are you kidding me? Xi'er, come and take a look."
Xiao Bai laughed heartily: "I'm not teasing you anymore, I'm not teasing you anymore, old man, just move a little more to the left and you'll be on the right track."
"Let Xi'er come, I'll listen to Xi'er."
Xi'er looked at it carefully with delight, and Robin, who was standing at her feet, gave her a suggestion: "Move it a little bit to the left."
"Godfather, a little to the right, and a little higher, yes, yes, yes~ Okay~"
After pasting the Spring Festival couplets on the main gate, Xiaobai excitedly took away the other unopened couplets from the ground, shouting that she would paste the couplets on the other small gates.
Xi'er and Robin were in high spirits and brought her a ladder.
"Are you sure you can do it? Let me do it," Zhang Tan said.
"Climbing trees is my forte," Xiaobai insisted on doing it herself.
Robin spoke up for his aunt: "Let my aunt come, she's the best."
Zhang Tan glanced at the little girl. This must be what a brainless fan is like. Even though Xiaobai's couplets were crooked, she kept shouting how good they were. Xiaobai genuinely thought she had done a good job, but when she came down and saw they were crooked, she climbed back up the ladder and re-stitched them.
After putting up Spring Festival couplets, door gods, and the character "福" (fortune), Xiaobai and Xier even hung Robin on the door as a lucky koi fish doll, saying they would have her guard the door all night.
As darkness fell, firecrackers began to sound in Baijia Village, signaling the start of New Year's Eve dinners in some households.
Zhang Tan lit a charcoal fire and placed it in the living room, making it very warm.
Everyone in the kitchen had finished their work and was bringing the dishes to the dining room. Zhang Tan took out a bottle of Da Xiong wine and a bottle of rice wine. The rice wine was a gift from Dunzi's mother; she brewed it herself. It tasted sweet, but if you drank too much, you would easily fall over in the wind.
Several children were playing with sparklers in the yard, laughing and giggling.
"Dinner's ready, come wash your hands," Yang Yi called out.
"Here I come~~"
The group dropped their burning sparklers, ran across the living room, and went to the dining room. They first looked at the sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, then took a deep breath; it smelled delicious.
Robin, incredibly audacious, tiptoed, grabbed a chicken leg, and ran outside, while her mother threatened her from behind.
Xiaobai and Xier took photos of their New Year's Eve dinner with their phones and posted them to their group of girlfriends, specifically tagging @Liuliu to see.
Liuliu replied instantly, but this time she wasn't envious because she also had a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner and took a picture to send to the group chat.
I must say, Liu Liu's photos are really good; they make your mouth water.
Soon after, Dudu, Chengcheng, and Xiaomi also posted photos of their New Year's Eve dinner, all of which featured a large table of dishes, and you could almost smell the aroma through the phone screen.
No one was watching the TV, but it was still on, playing the evening news. The two families sat at the dining table; the men poured themselves a large bowl of liquor, and the women poured themselves a little rice wine. The children drank small bear-shaped beverages.
Let's raise our glasses and clink them together to create a sense of ceremony before we start eating.
Since Robin had already stolen one chicken leg, there was only one left in the bowl. Xiaobai took the initiative to put it in Xiwawa's bowl so that Xiwawa could eat it.
“Give it to Robin, I’ll eat something else,” Xi’er said.
Before Xiaobai could speak, Robin loudly declared, "I'm not a child, why would I eat so many chicken drumsticks?"
“If you’re not a child, then who is?” Xi’er asked.
Robin pointed at her, "Your name is Xiwawa, you're a doll, you are."
Xi'er was both amused and exasperated.
The chicken leg was given to Xi'er. Xiaobai didn't show favoritism; she put two pissing balls on Robin's plate. Robin struggled in the bowl for a long time but couldn't pick them up and eat them. One of the pissing balls even fell under the table.
"No, no more," Yang Yi said.
But Robin didn't listen. She slipped under the table, picked up the peeing ball, and immediately knelt down to kowtow to her grandparents, wishing them a Happy New Year and asking for a red envelope with money.
Malanhua was speechless. "You should come out from under the table first. You can't kowtow now."
Robin emerged, puzzled: "Grandma, you're not going to admit it?"
Malanhua subconsciously clenched her fist, but after thinking about it, she loosened it again, remembering that it was New Year's Eve.
"I'll honor the agreement. I'll give you a New Year's red envelope after dinner."
"Hehe~~~~ Little Aunt, you should kowtow to your aunt too, you'll get a red envelope."
This silly child is not only not smart herself, but she also encouraged her aunt to do silly things with her.
Xiao Bai remained unmoved: "Why don't you video chat with Liu Liu later, wish her a Happy New Year, and ask for lucky money?"
"Is Liuliu rich?" Robin seriously suspected that Liuliu was penniless and always eyeing her money. Would someone like that give her New Year's money?
But Xiaobai knew that Liuliu was rich; she had just transferred 1500 yuan to her. Later, she would have Robin, Xier, and Dunzi all wish Liuliu a Happy New Year, and she would also wish Liuliu a Happy New Year. Wouldn't that mean giving her lucky money in red envelopes?!
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