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Chapter 408: Celebrate the New Year with great excitement

In the end, Grandpa Zhao played chess with the Taoist priest, Yunhua played with the children, and Xu Han, Zhao Yunyun and Lu Chuan were busy in the kitchen preparing tonight's New Year's Eve dinner.

This year was the year when the most people gathered together, and the New Year's Eve dinner was much more sumptuous than in previous years, with 20 full dishes, plus fruits and various candies and nuts, which could not even fit on a table.

In the end, Lu simply moved in a small table and placed fruits, snacks and other food on the side.

After everyone sat down, the Taoist priest was the first to speak, "We are finally together to celebrate the New Year. Let's have a drink first."

The others picked up their cups and said in unison, "Happy New Year."

After sitting down, Grandpa Zhao immediately said, "Let's celebrate the New Year together. This year is the first time we celebrate the New Year together. I hope that every year in the future, we can get together and celebrate the New Year in a lively manner."

Yunhua was the first to say, “I will come back next year.”

Zhao Yunyun also raised her cup and said, "I'm coming back too."

Xu Han and Lu Chuan raised their glasses at the same time, "Welcome both of you home for the New Year."

That’s right, now for Yunhua and Zhao Yunyun, this place has become their home.

The people closest to them, as well as Xu Han and Lu Chuan, are here. It is the place they most want to return to when they are wandering outside.

"Okay, let's go home and celebrate the New Year."

Grandpa Zhao invited everyone to eat. "Today's meal is particularly rich. Eat it while it's hot. After eating, we can go play mahjong."

The Taoist priest joked, "Hahahaha, with so much food and wine, it won't stop you from playing mahjong."

Grandpa Zhao was not convinced and said, "You said it as if you don't want to play mahjong."

Even so, tonight was the New Year's Eve dinner, and the atmosphere was different. Everyone ate and chatted at the same time. We didn't finish the New Year's Eve dinner until around 7pm.

Xu Han asked, "Are you all okay? Did you drink too much? Do you want to lie down for a while?"

It was obvious that Yunhua had drunk a lot. His cheeks were red, but his eyes were still clear. “No, I’m not drunk.”

Others also said that they were not drunk and could continue.

Zhao Yunyun picked up Ze'er and said, "I'll go wash them first, you guys clean up first."

Seeing this, Xu Han quickly said to Mu'er, "Mu'er, go and wash up with Aunt Yun. Keep an eye on your brother and don't let him play in the water."

Mu'er replied as she ran, "I understand, mother."

Xu Han, Lu Chuan and Yunhua quickly cleared the dishes from the table and cleaned the pots and pans that had been used in the kitchen.

After they finished their work, the Taoist priest and Grandpa Zhao had already set up the mahjong table and thoughtfully prepared tea and snacks.

Mu'er and Ze'er couldn't sleep yet, so they were playing by themselves and Xu Han didn't care about them.

Xu Han and Lu Chuan did not leave, and the rest of the people sat at one table, just enough to make up the group.

As soon as Yunhua sat down, he shouted loudly, "I came prepared this year. Let me show you that I have specially exchanged small change and copper coins."

After saying that, he opened the small box he used to store money and showed it to everyone.

Zhao Yunyun teased, "You don't have much, is it enough for tonight's fun?"

Yunhua covered the box and pulled it closer to his chest. "Hey, what are you talking about? I'm going to win all your money tonight."

The Taoist priest interrupted the two people's bickering impatiently and said, "Alright, alright, let's get started."

As soon as he finished speaking, the long-awaited Mahjong game officially began.

In the first hand, the Taoist priest drew a self-drawn card. In the second hand, Yunhua pointed at Grandpa Zhao. In the third hand, Zhao Yunyun pointed at the Taoist priest...

After three rounds in a row, Yunhua barely won two.

However, this did not discourage Yunhua. Instead, he became more and more courageous, and kept shouting, "Hahaha, who said I had bad luck with cards? Didn't I win?"

Everyone looked at the silver in Yunhua's box which was getting less and less, and finally they all chose to keep silent tacitly. After all, the money had been won by the other party, and they couldn't attack him without love anymore.

What if the attacker runs away and stops playing? How can you make money then?

However, everyone plays on a smaller scale, and money is just a bonus. But this doesn't stop everyone from enjoying the feeling of winning money.

I have to say that after a few rounds, Yunhua did win a few times, which was much better than last year. Last year, he kept losing and hardly won.

"Hahahahahaha, win, win again."

People who didn't know would think he had won a lot of money when hearing this, but who knew he had only won a few games.

As time went by, the New Year quietly arrived and in the blink of an eye it was already early morning.

Zhao Yunyun stretched and rubbed her sore shoulders and said, "Time flies by so fast when we play cards. Before I knew it, it's already New Year's Day."

Xu Han agreed, "Yes, another year has passed."

Grandpa Zhao slowly said, "Oh, my old bones have become stiff from sitting for so long. I can't hold on any longer. I have to go to bed quickly. You guys can have fun."

The Taoist priest also stood up and said, "I won't play anymore. You guys should go to bed early too."

Xu Han looked at everyone and suggested, "Why don't we continue playing tomorrow? It's getting late, so let's take a break today. Anyway, there's nothing to do tomorrow, and we can't work on New Year's Day, so let's continue tomorrow."

Yunhua yawned and said, "Okay, okay, go to sleep first and continue tomorrow."

After a little coaxing, everyone dispersed, washed up, and went back to their rooms to sleep.

The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year. We played quite late yesterday, so everyone got up later than usual today.

Early in the morning, Xu Han dressed Ze'er and took the two of them to the backyard to pay New Year's greetings to their elders.

When Zhao Yunyun saw the two children, she immediately laughed and took Ze'er from Xu Han's arms. "Oh my, whose little boy is this? He is so handsome."

Ze'er, who was already familiar with Zhao Yunyun, started calling her "Auntie~Auntie" non-stop when he saw her, which made Zhao Yunyun even happier.

Today is New Year, Xu Han dressed the two children in red clothes, which looked very festive. Especially the tiger hats on their heads, which made them look very cute.

As for the others, they were all wearing new clothes that Xu Han had prepared in advance. The whole family was dressed in red, which was very prosperous and gave a full sense of ritual to the New Year.

The Taoist priest sat on a high seat and said, "Hahahaha, it's almost time for New Year's greetings. I have prepared my red envelope."

Upon hearing this, Xu Han took the lead and took Lu Chuan to greet the two elders. Mu'er and Ze'er also greeted the elders present in turn and said auspicious words.

After a round of bowing, the two men could no longer take off the red envelopes in their hands.

Xu Han took it from the child and gave it to the two of them for temporary safekeeping.

Yunhua also joked, "You can't not give it to them, we are all watching."

Everyone burst into laughter again upon hearing this. That was great. On the first day of the new year, the laughter in the courtyard never stopped.