Chapter 12: Cheating for New Year's Money

The procedure of ancestor worship is very complicated. When it is nearing the end, the great grandfather holds the wine and says: "The ancestral throne of the Zhu family official protects the Zhu family, and the grace and rain nourish the family. I am overwhelmed with admiration when I look at the tombs... I dare to offer wine and offer my tribute to the ancestors. I only want to eat and enjoy the food for my relative, the official, and the relative, the clan." After saying this, he bowed three times, poured wine on the ground, and burned paper money.

The uncle-in-law and the grandfather repeated the great grandfather's actions one by one, but they didn't need to read the words again. At this point, the ancestor worship ceremony was over, and everyone returned to the Zhu family compound.

The Zhu family compound had already prepared a sumptuous lunch, with a total of three large tables. The largest table was for men, and the remaining two tables were for women and children. The food was almost the same.

The bowls were big and the plates were deep, with plenty of dishes, including stewed chicken, braised pheasant, braised fish, cold-mixed black fungus, steamed rabbit, braised rabbit, and some homely vegetables. A few pots of old wine were also served on the table, which made people drool.

It really fits the ancient poem: Don't laugh at the muddy wine of farmers, there are enough chickens and pigs to entertain guests in a good year.

The three families had a meal together, and the difference was quite obvious. The great grandfather's family and the great aunt's family were obviously much better at eating than their own family.

Not to mention the adults, just look at the children. Zhu Pingjun from the uncle's family ate with a runny nose, smacking his lips, as if he hadn't eaten for dozens of days, and even took meat from the plate with his hands... The children of the great grandfather's family were obviously much better, especially the cousins, who ate more politely and looked beautiful.

After dinner, the adults discussed that since the great grandfather's family was about to move to the south, it would be better to treat it as a New Year's reunion in advance, and give the children some New Year's money to cheer them up.

New Year's money, Zhu Ping'an didn't know why, maybe his body caused his emotions to become childish, and he became inexplicably excited.

After coming to this world, he had never touched a penny. Now that he can receive money, it would be strange if he is not excited. Only when he has money in his hands can he feel at ease.

"Happy New Year, Grandpa and Grandma." Zhu Ping'an took advantage of his sweet mouth and arched his chubby hands to greet the elders. Although he couldn't avoid kneeling in feudal customs, it was the elders, and kneeling was also a beautiful tradition of respecting the elderly and loving the young.

Because of his sweet mouth, Zhu Ping'an received a lot of New Year's money from his great grandfather and great aunt's family, especially the great grandfather and great aunt each gave him an extra silver bean. Zhu Ping'an secretly observed that the great grandfather and great aunt seemed to have only given him silver beans, and everyone else gave him a handful of copper coins. Only he had this benefit.

Grandfather and grandmother were still partial. Zhu Pingan saw with his own eyes that his grandmother gave Zhu Pingjun one more New Year's money than himself...

After a round, Zhu Pingan's pocket was already heavy with New Year's money.

Chen came over at this time, with a wolf grandmother's smile.

At this time, Chen's mentality was like this: this little rascal, I saw that you just received a lot of New Year's money, and there were silver beans, haha, my son is great, give it to me obediently.

"My dear, come, I will collect your New Year's money first. It's safest to keep the money with me. When you want to buy candy, come to me and get it." Chen walked up to Zhu Pingan, rubbed his little head and said with a smile, then stretched out her hand.

Huh?

Looking at Chen's wolf grandmother's smile, Zhu Pingan's face was full of black lines.

It seems that mothers cheating children of their New Year's money has been passed down for thousands of years. The standard name of this trick used by mother Chen is to create something out of nothing. It is simple but the most effective. Think about how many innocent children are cheated of their New Year's money by their mothers every year. The magic of this trick is "I will help you collect it". This magic is like the finishing touch, which makes this trick come alive. How many innocent children are deceived by their mothers and willingly hand over their New Year's money.

However, Zhu Ping'an is obviously not such an innocent child.

His answer is different from others, and his refusal is unique, "No, I still have to save money to marry a wife."

Zhu Ping'an's words made all the aunts and uncles present laugh at the time. They laughed at Zhu Ping'an for thinking about saving money for a wife when he was just a little kid.

Chen's face was dark. It doesn't make sense. This bastard has been deceived by me for so many years, why doesn't it work this time. Marrying a wife, how could he think of it at such a young age? Who taught him? She turned her head and glared at Zhu Shouyi.

Zhu Shouyi, who was drinking, was caught in the crossfire. He choked on the wine because of his wife's glare. He waved his hands repeatedly to show that he didn't teach him.

Chen's attempt to make something out of nothing failed, so she changed to another trick to fish in troubled waters. She played the villain instead of the good cop.

"It's dangerous for a child to take so much money, don't you know? Only a good child can hand it over voluntarily." Chen put her hands on her waist and deliberately raised her voice.

If it was an ordinary naughty child, he would say I was wrong with tears in his eyes at this time, and then hand over the New Year's money.

Unfortunately, Zhu Ping'an was not like that.

"I will put the money for marrying a wife away and not carry it with me." Zhu Ping'an waved his fat paws, indicating that he would keep it well and you don't need to worry about it.

Chen was disappointed again.

Now the aunt and the others gathered around with interest. After all, just now, almost all the children's New Year's money was cheated away by their parents in various ways. Zhu Ping'an was the only one who was not cheated, so they were very curious.

Zhu Ping'an also noticed that almost all the New Year's money of his brothers and sisters was cheated away by their parents in various ways.

Just now, Zhu Pingjun was cheated away by his aunt with a sentence, "Let your mother keep the money for you, and buy new clothes for Jun'er in the future." As a result, Zhu Pingjun happily emptied his pockets and handed over the New Year's money full of body temperature.

And Xiao Yu'er was also cheated away by the third aunt using the method of using a substitute, "Yu'er, dear, I will exchange two handfuls of melon seeds and peanuts for one handful of your New Year's money, okay? One for two is not too cost-effective."

"Okay, thank you mother." Xiao Yu'er nodded cutely, looking like she had earned something.

Although Zhu Pingan felt that he should be "cheated" by his parents like other naughty children, money is very important to him. Whether it is for elementary education or for making money, it is necessary to keep it there for emergency, so he cannot hand in the New Year's money for the time being.

Seeing that everyone was watching, Chen was embarrassed to coerce and bribe Zhu Pingan to get the red envelope. She thought that after the relatives left, she would ask for Zhu Pingan's red envelope.

"Well, then you keep it yourself. If you lose it, I will beat you." Chen smoothed things over and went to chat with her sister-in-law.

However, this scene still made many people remember Zhu Pingan. This chubby little guy is interesting.