Chapter 363: The Intimacy of the First Day of the New Year

According to the old rules of the New Year, firecrackers were set off at one o'clock in the morning. We called it "Opening the Wealth Gate."

The old year "closed the wealth gate" before twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve, so the new year naturally had to "open the wealth gate." Firecrackers rang out one after another in the streets and alleys of Hengyue City, and fireworks occasionally soared into the sky. The whole city suddenly boiled over, and this situation would continue until dawn.

Before "Opening the Wealth Gate," one had to wash their face, change clothes, and be pious. Huang Weiwei didn't sleep all night and stayed up for the New Year with me. According to her reasoning, she was the mistress of the house and should fulfill the etiquette of staying up for the New Year.

I didn't refuse. Although I knew my mother never stayed up for the New Year in her life. Because staying up for the New Year was a man's business, and women had to save their energy to deal with the guests who came to pay New Year calls on the first day of the New Year.

After washing my face, I took the incense, candles, and paper money, opened the door, and lit the firecrackers.

Burning incense, burning paper money, and bowing with both hands, I worshiped the heavens and earth. I repeated every ritual my father had performed while he was alive with incomparable piety. At this moment, I suddenly felt that I had grown much taller.

Huang Weiwei leaned against the door and giggled. My actions seemed incomparably fresh to her. In her family, Organization Department Minister Huang Shan didn't have this set of things. They didn't even have the saying of opening and closing the wealth gate.

After worshiping the heavens and earth, I started to walk. I broke off a green branch from an evergreen cypress in the courtyard and returned home, inserting it into the vase under my father's portrait.

Meizhu had already gotten up; she obviously hadn't slept very well. Even her eyelids were a bit swollen.

We paid New Year calls to each other.

"Meizhu, I wish you find a good husband this year," Huang Weiwei smiled and blessed her, went over to take her hand, stroked it for a while, took out a small red envelope from her body, and stuffed it into her hand.

Xi Meizhu's face flushed, and she refused to take it.

I said: "Meizhu, accept it. This is your sister-in-law's heart."

Xi Meizhu said unconvinced: "But I'm an adult, how can I still accept red envelopes?"

"That's right. Our Meizhu is an adult. But in your brother's and my eyes, you are always a child," Huang Weiwei was calm and composed, making it impossible to refuse and unbearable to refuse.

These words were neither light nor heavy, containing both care and pity.

"Okay. Then I'll thank you," Xi Meizhu accepted the red envelope, looked at us, and said: "I wish you two, give birth to a fat boy this year."

Huang Weiwei's face turned red, and she said coquettishly: "Meizhu, talking nonsense."

Xi Meizhu laughed and laughed: "Why, did I say it wrong?"

"Not wrong!" I hurriedly smoothed things over, looking at Huang Weiwei with deep affection, and said: "It's a must, it's a must."

"Alright! You two stayed up all night, go dig the cellar," Xi Meizhu rolled up her sleeves and said: "Next, it's my business."

Huang Weiwei looked at me puzzled.

I laughed: "Digging the cellar means sleeping. Legend has it that in ancient times, people who stayed up for the New Year had to sleep after opening the wealth gate. In their dreams, the gods would tell them where their wealth would be this year."

"There's such a saying?" Huang Weiwei's eyes widened in surprise.

"Of course you don't understand," Xi Meizhu said unyieldingly: "You official ladies, how could you understand our folk things?"

Huang Weiwei was grabbed by her, and her face turned red immediately, full of displeasure: "Can't I learn if I don't understand!"

Xi Meizhu turned her head and smiled: "Weiwei sister, there are many things you have to learn. Our folk world and your official world are two different worlds."

Seeing that they were about to quarrel, which was not a good thing on the morning of the first day of the New Year, I immediately stopped them from going deeper.

"Weiwei, Meizhu is up, you go sleep with Mother," I said, half-pushing and half-hugging her toward my mother's bedroom.

"No." She refused me stubbornly.

"Not going to dig the cellar?" I piled up a smiling face.

"Digging, why not." She suddenly became shy and whispered in my ear: "We'll dig another cellar."

"Dig what cellar?" I didn't react for a while.

She pinched me, and her face was full of spring.

My heart stirred, and I couldn't care less, threw my body onto the bed, and with a little force, tore open the quilt and hugged her jade-like body.

"I must be a hooligan today," I said, covering her lips with mine and kissing her with infinite affection.

She still wanted to struggle, but was held too tightly by me, and after struggling for a while, she had to relax, reached out to hug my waist, and called out softly: "Husband."

With this call, her whole body softened, like a ball of cotton, soft and boneless.

"Baby!" I murmured, greedily sucking her sweetness.

"Call me wife."

"Wife."

"Call me dear wife."

"Dear wife."

"Dearest wife."

"Dearest, dearest wife." I laughed dumbly, raised my head, stared into her eyes, and said: "How can there be such a thing?"

She followed with a laugh and asked softly: "Not willing?"

"Of course willing."

"If you're willing, then call. I like to listen."

I had no choice but to call repeatedly, my hands wandering over her body.

She was teased by me until she giggled.

Suddenly feeling that the laughter would spread outside the door, she hurriedly held it back, covered her mouth with her hand, and flushed her small face red.

I stopped my hands, hugged her, and let her head rest on my chest.

"Let's go home at dawn, okay?"

"Okay."

"I've never spent the New Year outside since I was a child."

"You'll have to spend it outside every year from now on."

"I know. But I still miss my parents."

"I miss them too."

"Liar."

"Absolutely not lying."

"I don't believe it."

"I'll make you believe." I stroked her soft hair, feeling infinite tenderness in my heart.

"Let's sleep."

"I want to dig the cellar."

"Not now." She refused me flatly.

"When will it be okay?" I wouldn't give up.

"After we get married." She grabbed my hand and wouldn't let me continue wandering.

"Aren't we married now?"

"No."

"What counts as marriage?"

"Need to hold a ceremony. I want to hold a unique wedding."

My head roared. I sighed dejectedly and closed my eyes. ===== CHAPTER 364 =====

"Tianming, let's go home, shall we?"

"Alright."

"I've grown up so much, but this is the first time I've spent the New Year away from home."

"From now on, you'll have to spend every year away from home."

"I know. But I still miss my mom and dad."

"I miss them too."

"Liar."

"I'm absolutely not lying."

"I don't believe you."

"I'll make you believe me." I stroked her soft hair, my heart filled with infinite tenderness.

"Let's sleep."

"I want to 'dig a cellar'."

"Not now." She flatly refused me.

"When will it be okay?" I wouldn't give up.

"After we get married." She grabbed my hand, not letting me continue to wander.

"Aren't we married now?"

"No."

"What counts as being married?"

"We need to hold a ceremony. I want to have a wedding that is unique."

My head roared. I sighed dejectedly and closed my eyes.