Chapter 248 Happy New Year's Eve to Zhu Sheng and Senior Sister
After lunch, Li Luo sat on the railing of the second-floor balcony, looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, with an inexplicable sadness on his face as he watched Chen Lu take Chen Sijia to the Third Uncle’s store across the street to get snacks.

"Is this the one?"

"Yes, this one."

"Okay, I've ordered all of them."

Behind them, Li Xiang and Chen Yongqi were whispering.

"I don't usually watch this type of stuff," said Chen Yongqi.

"So what do you usually watch?"

"Read fan fiction of light novels, or fan fiction of marriage."

"...Then you have a unique taste." Li Xiang smiled awkwardly, "This book is not bad either. I like the heroines in it."

"Then which heroine do you like best?" Ying Chanxi suddenly asked from the side.

"Jiang Mingyue." Li Xiang answered subconsciously, "I like the elder sister's style."

But as soon as Li Xiang finished speaking, he saw Ying Chanxi snort and walk away a little unhappy, and he quickly reacted: "Shen Dongdong is not bad either!"

"It's fine, it's none of my business."

Ying Chanxi walked to the balcony, sat down next to Li Luo, and poked his waist with his hand: "Don't be unhappy, everyone will know it sooner or later anyway. Your novel grades are still so good. Look, didn't your uncle praise you?"

Li Luo's mouth twitched, thinking, how can you comfort others like this?

However, when Li Luo glanced at the living room, he found that only Chen Yongqi asked about the specific title of the book. Others like his aunt, sister-in-law, and aunt were basically just curious and would never really read what he wrote.

After all, the elders have relatively low educational qualifications and limited reading ability, so even online articles are difficult for them to read.

It is far less convenient and direct than the short videos of later generations.

After confirming this, Li Luo felt a little relieved and not as upset as before.

However, when he thought that Chen Lu and Chen Sijia might also read his novel, Li Luo sighed again.

"By the way, uncle, don't you have to write today?" Li Xiang came close to Li Luo and asked with a cheeky smile, "I see you updated one chapter in the morning and another in the evening. Do you have to write in the afternoon?"

"Don't worry about him." Ying Chanxi laughed, "He has more than 200,000 words in manuscripts, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't write this month."

"What the hell?!" Li Xiang was shocked when he heard this, a little bit unbelievable, "How much? Two hundred thousand words?!"

After saying that, Li Xiang immediately grabbed Li Luo's arm tightly and said with a thick-skinned smile: "Uncle, can you let me see it?"

"roll."

"I'll give you the subscription money in advance!"

"That's a nice thought." Li Luo rolled his eyes, thinking that it was okay for Yan Zhusheng to ask him for his saved manuscripts, but you want them too?

Seeing Chen Lu and Chen Sijia coming back from the opposite side with two large bags of snacks, Li Luo stood up, patted his butt, and walked towards the living room, "Help my mom and the others move the mahjong table out first."

……

In the afternoon, the living room on the second floor of the Li family was very lively.

Grandpa and grandma went downstairs to take a nap.

Li Guoru and a group of big men, including Li Dao, made an appointment to go to the billiard table in Li Guoru's house next door to play billiard, and smoke and chat at the same time.

Lin Xiuhong, my aunt, my eldest aunt Li Xuexian, and my second aunt Li Xuefeng gathered around the mahjong table and started playing mahjong.

My sister-in-law and sister-in-law Li Xuemei sat on the side watching and cutting some fruit for the people in the living room.

Li Luo and Ying Chanxi, as well as Chen Yongqi, Chen Lu, Chen Sijia and Li Xiang, sat on the sofa around the coffee table and started playing poker.

When it was around two or three in the afternoon, the aunt saw that it was almost time, so she called Chen Sijia and went back to her grandfather's house to prepare to have the New Year's Eve dinner there.

My sister-in-law cut some fruit and sent it to the pool table next door.

At this moment, Lin Xiuhong felt a little stomachache, and quickly stood up and said to Ying Chanxi next to her: "Xixi, I have to go to the toilet, you can help auntie for a while."

"Oh, I'm here." Ying Chanxi responded. She had already played all the cards in this round and was about to stand up.

Then Li Luo threw the last card in his hand into the deck, stood up and ran to the seat vacated by Lin Xiuhong and sat down: "Mom, why don't you come to me if you have something to do? I am your own son."

"Come on!" When Lin Xiuhong saw that it was Li Luo coming over, she immediately returned, holding her stomach, and hit him on the head, "Don't I know how unlucky you are? Hurry up and give your seat to Xixi! Otherwise, the loss will be yours."

On the other side, Chen Lu shouted at Li Luo in dissatisfaction: "You haven't even finished the fight yet! Are you running away already?"

"I only have one card, I can leave at any time." Li Luo occupied the mahjong table and refused to leave, shouting towards the sofa, "I can just leave without affecting you."

When Chen Lu heard this, he felt that it made sense. Then he looked at Chen Yongqi and turned over the card that Li Luo had thrown into the deck. He immediately turned black and cursed, "How dare you, a little jerk, say you're free?"

Li Luochun pretended not to hear and sat down in his mother's seat. He crossed his legs, leaned against the back of the chair, held the mahjong tiles with one hand, and asked with a smile, "Who's next?"

"It's your turn." said the eldest aunt from the previous house.

"Oh, look, I'm going to draw a whiteboard God of Wealth for my mom." Li Luo reached out and touched it, then curled his lips and put it on the table. It was a Dongfeng.

Ying Chanxi sat next to him and watched him play cards, occasionally giving him some fruit to eat.

For ordinary players, the game of mahjong depends 30% on memorizing cards and 70% on luck.

Li Luo is an excellent card memorizer, but he can't do anything if he can't touch the card he wants.

After going through the cards for several rounds, I only got one usable card.

Fortunately, Lin Xiuhong had a good hand of cards. After playing for more than ten rounds, he finally got the winning card.

At this time, Lin Xiuhong came back from the toilet, glanced at the cards in Li Luo's hand, and nodded reluctantly: "Not bad, at least I can draw by myself."

That's what he said, but after several rounds, Li Luo didn't touch the last card, which made Lin Xiuhong a little impatient: "Get out of the way, let me do it."

"No, at least wait until I finish playing this deck of cards."

"How long will it take for you to do this? People are going to get angry."

"Look at this card of mine, it must be..." Li Luo slapped the cards on the table, another Dongfeng, "Damn!"

"I told you that you can't do it." Lin Xiuhong pouted, "You might as well let Xixi touch one for you."

"She can draw it if she comes? I don't believe it." It was Li Luo's turn to draw the cards again. Li Luo raised his chin towards Ying Chanxi, signaling her to come, "If Xixi can't draw it, I will play the next hand."

As he was saying this, Ying Chanxi had already placed the card he had drawn on the table and whispered, "Ten thousand, self-drawn."

Li Luo: “…”

"Xixi is still reliable." Lin Xiuhong laughed, then patted Li Luo on the shoulder and said disdainfully, "Alright, alright, go play your poker."

"Come back soon, you little jerk." Chen Lu teased on the sofa, "I let you off just now, come back quickly and take the last place, otherwise no one will be left behind."

"Why don't we try a different way of playing?" Li Luo and Ying Chanxi walked back to the sofa and sat down, suggesting.

"What kind of gameplay?"

"It's very simple. Cover all the cards and put them on the coffee table, spreading them out." Li Luo said, "Then everyone turns over two cards at a time. If they are a pair, they can take them away. If not, they have to put them back."

"And these two cards can be seen by everyone, and every time if they are not a pair, they must be put back in their place."

"Whoever has the most pairs in the end wins, and whoever has the fewest cards loses."

"That's interesting." Chen Lu nodded and was about to agree.

Ying Chanxi on the side said quickly: "Don't play this kind of game. He can easily win this game." "Ah?" Chen Lu was stunned for a moment. "It's hard to say, right? Is Li Luo good at this?"

"His memory is better than mine." Ying Chanxi said, "He remembered all the names of his classmates on the first day of school. Isn't that amazing?"

"Ying Chanxi, please stop ruining my show." Li Luo said anxiously, "I can secretly guide you while we play. Can't we win together? It's a win-win situation!"

Ying Chanxi pursed his lips and tried not to laugh: "I just want to see you lose."

……

The pleasant afternoon passed quickly.

At around five o'clock, Chen Hailin came back from the pool table next door and went into the kitchen to start preparing the New Year's Eve dinner.

Because everyone in the family likes to watch the Spring Festival Gala while eating New Year’s Eve dinner, just for the atmosphere, so Li Luo’s family eats New Year’s Eve dinner very late.

Chen Hailin started preparing at around five o'clock and it wasn't until nearly eight o'clock in the evening that he managed to prepare two tables full of sumptuous dishes.

During the meal, Lin Xiuhong and others also went into the kitchen to help. When the Spring Festival Gala started on time at 15 o'clock, except for Li Xuemei and Chen Sijia, there were a total of people in Li Luo's family.

Together with Ying Chanxi's family of three who came from next door to have New Year's Eve dinner, there were 3 people in total. They sat at two tables and started eating New Year's Eve dinner while watching the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala.

The sound of fireworks could be heard from time to time outside, bang, bang, bang, crackling, non-stop.

Li Luo was eating a chicken leg in his mouth, with turtle meat picked up by Ying Chanxi in his bowl. In his ears were the noisy sounds of his family and the friendly live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala on TV.

Everything feels like a lifetime ago.

He thought about his rebirth in June, and now half a year had passed in the blink of an eye.

This was the first time he went back to the countryside to celebrate the New Year after his rebirth. Everything was so familiar, yet a little strange. In the end, it became familiar and blended with the memories of his previous life.

"What are you thinking about?" Ying Chanxi raised her hand and waved it in front of his eyes, "Are you crying?"

"No, I think I ate some chili peppers." Li Luo blinked and suppressed the mist in his eyes. "By the way, did you take the things I asked you to prepare just now?"

"I brought it." Ying Chanxi took out a red envelope from his pocket, "But what are you going to do with it?"

"Help me give it to Li Xiang." Li Luo pouted and said to Ying Chanxi.

"You really gave it to me?" Ying Chanxi was surprised for a moment, then he thought of Li Luo's 37 yuan in royalties, and smiled in relief. Then he stood up with a smile, walked to Li Xiang, and handed the red envelope to him, "Take it, this is a New Year's red envelope from your uncle."

"Ah?" Li Xiang was obviously stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. "No...are you really giving it to me?"

This made him feel a little embarrassed.

"Just take it if I give it to you." Li Luo said calmly, "But don't even think about saving it."

Seeing that Li Luo had distributed red envelopes, others also took out red envelopes from their pockets.

However, this year, apart from Li Luo, Ying Chanxi and Li Xiang, only Chen Sijia, who is not here, is still studying in college.

Both Chen Yongqi and Chen Lu have graduated and started working, so naturally they did not receive any red envelopes.

However, considering that Chen Lu had only found the job for less than two months, Lin Xiuhong and the others discussed privately and decided to give him a small red envelope, which made Chen Lu smile happily when he received it.

However, she also prepared red envelopes for her younger brothers and sisters. Although her salary is not high now, she only gave each of them a hundred yuan, but it was also a token of her thoughtfulness.

Especially when he gave them the red envelopes, Chen Lu was full of emotion and suddenly realized something.

I have really grown up, left school completely and entered society.

Even when she was working at the bank counter before, she was a little slow to react, but at this moment she suddenly became dazed and truly realized the matter.

Time really flies.

Just when Li Luo was receiving so many red envelopes that his hands were tired, the phone in his pocket vibrated a few times.

I took it out and saw that it was sent by Yan Zhusheng.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Happy New Year’s Eve.

【Yan Zhusheng】：（Picture）
[Yan Zhusheng]: The dishes my mother cooks are not as delicious as yours.

[Yan Zhusheng]: You are not allowed to tell my mother.

[Li Luo]: Are you just the two of you spending the New Year?
[Yan Zhusheng]: Well, what about you guys?
【Li Luo】：（Picture）
[Li Luo]: This is our table. My dad and his friends are drinking at the table next to us.

[Yan Zhusheng]: So many people (amazing.jpg)

[Yan Zhusheng]: I feel so happy.

[Li Luo]: You will know when you come on the fourth day of the New Year.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Hmm... can you come on the third day of the Chinese New Year? The fourth day seems a bit too long to wait.

[Li Luo]: Everything is fine with me, except for the second day of the new year when I have to go to my grandparents' house. The rest of the days are fine. You can ask your senior about the arrangements.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Oh, I’ll ask later.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Happy New Year’s Eve, you haven’t said it yet.

【Li Luo】: Happy New Year’s Eve.

[Li Luo]: You are really petty.

[Yan Zhusheng]: It's obviously basic courtesy, Li Luo, you are the bad one.

[Li Luo]: I'm bad, yet you still want to come earlier?

[Yan Zhusheng]: I went to play with Xixi, not you.

[Li Luo]: That’s really sad.

"What are you looking at?" Ying Chanxi, who was standing next to him, saw that he was always looking at his phone and asked curiously.

"Reply to some messages. Many people wished me a happy new year. I have to reply." Li Luo put his phone back into his pocket. He looked up and saw that his bowl was already filled with food. He was speechless. "Don't just pick up food for me. I can't finish it."

"Eat more, this shrimp is delicious too." Ying Chanxi picked up another one for him, "Who wished you a happy new year?"

"A lot of people, including classmates, editors, and fellow authors."

"Where are Zhu Sheng and Senior?"

"Zhu Sheng did get rich, Senior..."

As Li Luo said this, his cell phone started vibrating.

I took it out and saw that it was a call from Xu Youyu.

So the moment he answered the phone, he immediately said, "Happy New Year's Eve, Senior Sister! Xixi, say hello to Senior Sister too."

Xu Youyu on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, and the word "brother" that was about to come out of his mouth was immediately held back.

"Senior sister, happy New Year's Eve." Ying Chanxi said sweetly on the other end.

Xu Youyu burst out laughing, and then said: "Happy New Year's Eve, Xixi, see you on the fourth day of the New Year~"

"Ah? What do you mean by see you on the fourth day of the New Year?" Ying Chanxi asked in confusion, "Senior, we won't be back until the eighth day of the New Year."

"Huh?" Xu Youyu asked doubtfully, "Didn't Li Luo tell you?"

"Oh? What did you say?" Ying Chanxi narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Luo beside him dangerously.

(End of this chapter)