On the first day of the New Year, the village was bustling from early morning. Wives from each family, children in tow, were going door to door, their joyful laughter echoing in every corner of the village.
Li Xiu'e had prepared seeds, candies and red envelopes in the living room.
Hearing someone enter the yard, she first invited them into the house, stuffing handfuls of seeds and candies into the adults' pockets, then distributing red envelopes to the children according to their age.
People came and went all morning, and all thirteen families in the village made the rounds. She had distributed all the red envelopes she had prepared in advance.
Weighing the hefty red envelopes in their hands, the joyous wives and mothers-in-law who had come to pay their New Year's visits were all smiles.
Su Qingluo, being of a young age, played merrily until late into the New Year's Eve night. Li Xiu'e did not wake her early, letting the child sleep in until late in the morning.