Fortunate Eighties: The Bewitching Female Rival Who Tamed Her Husband with Skill-Chapter 77 - how did you get here

Chapter 77: Chapter 77, how did you get here?

Chapter 77 -77, how did you get here?

The left half of the dumpling was already bitten into, revealing a one-jiao coin stuck in it.

“Wow!”

Mrs. Lu clapped her thigh, her face alight with excitement, “It seems this year it’s my Susu who has the best luck, the coins are usually wrapped by your dad and the second one.”

Susu raised an eyebrow, it looked like her fortune for the next year was really good, having directly beaten her father-in-law and Lu Xiaoting.

“Elder Aunt, elder sister-in-law.”

“Good gracious, it’s Xian Yue and Xiao Sun.”

Mrs. Lu saw the two as soon as they came in and immediately got off the kang to greet them.

“These two kids just show up, and they even bring so much stuff with them.”

Susu, seeing the two carrying armfuls of items, was also wide-eyed in surprise.

“Why bring so much? Later, take most of it back, just the thought is enough.”

“It’s not much for elder Aunt and elder sister-in-law, many of these are dried mushrooms and wood ear picked from the mountain by grandma and grandpa, and there’s also some homemade smoked chicken and smoked meat.

Then there’s some candies, peach pastries and such bought from the supply and sales cooperative.” Su Xianyue put the items on the kang, showing them one by one.

Xiao Sun scratched his head, “It’s not too much, if it wasn’t for elder sister-in-law I’d still be living a hard life with grandpa and grandma, and wouldn’t have been able to marry such a good wife.”

Xian Yue glared at her husband reproachfully, a blush spreading across her round face.

“Not bad at all. I see that after some time apart, Xian Yue has grown plumper,” Susu observed carefully.

“Indeed, as soon as I entered the home, I noticed how chubby Xian Yue’s face was.”

Seeing the young couple’s faces filled with a mix of happy shyness, Susu quirked an eyebrow.

“Xian Yue, you’re not pregnant, are you?”

“Mm, just over a month.” Xian Yue nodded, mentioning her period was nearly two months late.

Watching Xiao Sun walk with their niece, Mrs. Lu wiped the corners of her eyes with joy.

“This child Xian Yue has finally seen the sweet after the bitter; I reckon Xiao Sun is really a good kid.”

As mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were discussing Xian Yue, more guests arrived outside.

It was the two brothers from the eldest uncle’s family, each carrying bags big and small, walking in cheerfully to wish their elder Aunt and elder sister-in-law a happy new year.

“Elder Aunt, elder sister-in-law, happy New Year, may all be as you wish, and may you achieve everything you desire in the new year. May all the stores do roaring business and money roll in…”

Mrs. Lu laughed and scolded, “You kid, you’ve always been a smooth talker, and now you’ve become even more eloquent.”

Su Chenghe was all smiles, proud that it was his smooth tongue that helped him earn over a hundred yuan a month.

After seeing off several waves of relatives and friends, Mrs. Lu was both laughing and crying, feeling a bit overwhelmed.

No sooner had her rear touched the kang than more people arrived.

“Mom, don’t worry, settle yourself on the kang, the guests should have mostly come by this morning.”

Mrs. Lu leaned against the head of the kang, releasing a long sigh.

Goodness, her arms and legs had thinned down from all the running around that morning.

The whole Lu family habitually visited others to give New Year greetings, and the three siblings came back, their pockets stuffed with spoils from the morning’s exploits.

Triumphant and striding victoriously, they returned home with their heads held high.

“Oh my, you didn’t pick up just a little this morning, did you?”

Looking at the bulging pockets of the three siblings on the floor, Mrs. Lu teased them with a smile, then helped each of the three siblings up onto the kang.

The three siblings “whooshed” their pockets’ contents onto the kang; mostly seeds, peanuts, pieces of candy, and among them, a few sticks of sweet potato and twisted dough sticks.

“Ah my, little ancestors, there are even twisted dough sticks, be careful not to get oil on your clothes; they’re tough to wash.”

Afraid the two granddaughters would get their clothes stained, Mrs. Lu quickly checked the pockets of the sisters’ clothes and pants, luckily they weren’t soaked with oil.

“You lot of little rascals.”

“Hehe.”

The three siblings began dividing up their loot with giggles.

“Mine, Xiao Yu’s, little sister Xiao Xue’s, grandpa and grandma’s, uncle and Aunt’s…”

“Yo? Do we have ours too?” Mrs. Lu teased the three siblings.

Xiao Yu nodded, “Yeah, we all have a share.”

Xiao Yu nodded again, “Yeah, we had already agreed on that.”

“Mmm-hmm-hmm.”

Xiao Xue nodded like pounding garlic, agreeing with her brother and elder sister.

“This child.”

Mrs. Lu patted little granddaughter’s bottom, beaming with smiles. Look at her; children need to stick around to feel dear to your heart.

As the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law watched, the siblings on the kang bed shared the dried fruits, and those who had gone out to make New Year’s calls were also coming back one by one.

The first to enter were Jiang Nan and Brother Lu, wearing woolen overcoats, preferring to look good over staying warm.

The mother and daughter-in-law exchanged a glance at elder sister-in-law Jiang Nan’s ears, which were red from the cold.

Mrs. Lu thought, in this deep winter, don’t let the ears get frosted off.

Susu genuinely admired the elder sister-in-law; her small frame yet so resistant to the cold!!!

Could she really be wearing no padded jacket in this weather???

Every time she went out, if it weren’t for needing to watch the road, she would have covered up her eyes too.

“Elder sister-in-law, quickly come up on the kang and warm up.”

Jiang Nan, standing by the coal stove, stiffened slightly, the smile on her face somewhat forced as she held herself together.

“No need, the weather outside is quite nice, not cold.”

Lu Xiaoting and the third ones who followed inside all looked up at the weather outside, wide-eyed and puzzled.

The words “This weather isn’t cold?” might as well have been written across their foreheads.

Looking at his stubborn daughter-in-law, Brother Lu, helpless, changed the subject, “You take off your shoes and go up on the kang to see the girls; they must be missing you after you’ve been gone all morning.”

Jiang Nan glanced at the two girls on the kang, heads bowed, whispering something, before she took off her shoes and replaced them with a cotton jacket from the house and climbed onto the kang.

“What are you all up to?”

Reinvigorated by putting on the cotton jacket, Jiang Nan peered over.

“Mom, we brought back a lot of snacks, we are sharing them with everyone.”

Xiao Xue’s little face was rosy with excitement, about to leap into her mother’s arms.

“Ah, how come your face and hands are so black?”

Everyone’s attention in the room was drawn by Jiang Nan’s exclamation, seeing the little girl standing on the kang with her small hands and face all muddied.

“Hee hee. I was just eating some seeds that brother and elder sister shared with me.”

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Knowing that his wife loved cleanliness, Brother Lu scooped up his little daughter.

“Look at this little face, little hands all dirty, Dad will take you to wash.”

“Xiao Xue, Mom wants to see you.”

Jiang Nan, seeing that her older daughter didn’t have her face all smeared like her younger sister, only had hands that were not so clean from grabbing seeds.

Glancing at her in-laws and sisters-in-law, Jiang Nan resisted the urge to scold her daughter for making such a mess while eating seeds.

The more she looked, the more disheartened she felt; she decided not to look anymore—out of sight, out of mind.

“Ah, Brother Lu, elder sister-in-law, Happy New Year! Xiao Hai and I brought a few kids over to pay our New Year’s respects to you.”

The family sitting inside the room was stunned, watching as a whole family entered, one after the other.

Susu didn’t recall anyone of that memory coming and looked confusedly at her own in-laws.

She saw the always smiling in-laws suddenly put on a cold face, and the smiles faded from the faces of the Lu siblings as well.

Susu was puzzled, but she remained silent.

“Ah, you fools, hurry and greet your eldest uncle and aunt, and your brothers and sisters-in-law too,” shouted Aunt.

Father Lu, with a stern face, spoke up, “How come you all are here?”