Black Lotus is reborn. Hush! Just lie down and be quiet.

"No, half for each!"

Si Jinyi objected. He lost every time he played finger-guessing games. Zhuang Hongye must be his nemesis. He didn't want to be fooled again.

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Xia Qingqing shouted to stop them. She sighed, feeling very tired.

Either Xiao Yingyue and Zuo Yang are fighting over the big paddle, or Zhuang Hongye and Si Jinyi are fighting over the duck head and duck feet. They are all childish.

Xia Qingqing took out a ruler and measured the size fairly. She cut the duck head into two halves, and even divided the duck brain equally, without a single cent off. Each person got a duck foot or a duck wing, and no one was allowed to eat more than what was needed.

"Divide it this way from now on. If you keep arguing, no one will eat it!"

After dividing the duck heads, Xia Qingqing put down the ruler and gave the duck a stern scolding.

Zhuang Hongye glared at Si Jinyi fiercely. She had never seen such a shameless person. He always came to snatch her things. It was so annoying.

Si Jinyi pretended not to see it and gnawed on the duck head with relish.

As long as there is something delicious to eat, he is very easy to talk to and won't argue with women.

After dinner, Xiao Yingyue washed the dishes and was about to go out again.

"You are busier than when you were in school. What were you doing?" Xia Qingqing called her.

Since the holiday, Xiao Yingyue has not been seen during the day. She only comes back at dinner time and no one knows what she is busy with.

"We're rehearsing a play, and it will be performed publicly on the Lantern Festival." Xiao Yingyue said with a smile.

"Did Zuo Yang ask you to go?"

"Yes, there was an actress who broke her leg, and he asked me to come to the rescue. It was a public performance during the Lantern Festival, and you can all go and watch it. Zuo Yang said that I have a talent for acting and that my acting was particularly brilliant. I even rehearsed a few scenes with my dad!"

Xiao Yingyue was full of confidence. Her father had a background in drama, and with her father's guidance, she would definitely be able to perform well.

"What are you acting in?"

Si Jinyi became interested.

"A Doll's House, have you heard of it?"

"Are you playing Nora?" Si Jinyi asked

"I definitely won't be the heroine. Zuo Yang is only a supporting role. I play Lin Dan's wife, and Zuo Yang plays Dr. Ruan Ke. His performance is hilarious. A man who can kill a cow plays a sickly doctor who pretends to be weak every day and dares not even straighten his back."

When talking about Zuo Yang, Xiao Yingyue laughed so hard that tears came out.

Xia Qingqing had only heard of the play A Doll's House but had never seen it, and she didn't know the characters in the play. But after hearing what Xiao Yingyue said, it sounded quite interesting.

"Just act well, we will all go to watch it on the Lantern Festival!"

"Sister Qingqing, you must keep your word!"

Xiao Yingyue's eyes lit up.

"Of course it's true. Go ahead!"

Xia Qingqing smiled. It was great that the child was full of energy now.

Xiao Yingyue felt more energetic than if she had inhaled a ton of oxygen, and walked with full motivation.

Si Jinyi ate so much that he lay on the sofa for an hour to digest the food. When he left, he packed five beef pies and said he would have them for dinner.

Xia Qingqing glanced at his rounded chin but didn't remind him. After all, a beauty is still a beauty even if she gets fat.

"Do you want to go to Beijing for the New Year?"

Xia Qingqing asked Zhuang Hongye and Song Chunlan.

"I'll go play later. I want to have a good rest for a few days during the New Year." Zhuang Hongye was not interested in traveling.

Song Chunlan didn't want to go out either. She just wanted to stay at home and study food and clothing.

"Wang Kangfeng's supermarket has started construction. It will be larger than the one in Yangcheng." Zhuang Hongye reported the latest news.

Xia Qingqing also smiled, "The bigger the better. You can have a good rest during the New Year. At most, you will be busy next summer!"

"Don't worry, my body is strong enough to kill ten Si Jinyi!"

Zhuang Hongye raised her fist. She loved being busy. Having endless work to do every day was her favorite state.

Moreover, she went to the hospital for a check-up a few days ago and was found to have recovered from leukemia. The doctors couldn't believe it and checked her again. The results showed that all the data were normal and she was healthier than many people.

The doctor asked her what medicine she had taken, and she did not hide it, saying that it was Chinese medicine prescribed by a friend. However, the doctor did not seem to believe it and even suspected that she had been misdiagnosed and did not have leukemia at all.

"puff"

Xia Qingqing was amused and couldn't help asking, "Why do you always pick on him?"

"It's obviously him who's picking on me!"

Zhuang Hongye snorted. He always snatched food from her. This grown man looked more fragile than a woman and had a smaller mind than a woman. It was really annoying.

"There's a very descriptive word for the way you are now."

"What word?"

Zhuang Hongye became interested.

"Happy enemies!"

As soon as Xia Qingqing finished speaking, Zhuang Hongye's expression became exaggerated, and he rubbed his arms vigorously, "You disgust me, I'm going to read a book!"

Zhuang Hongye shook her head vigorously a few times and ran upstairs to read a book.

Xia Qingqing smiled and shook her head. After returning to her room, she entered the space to read medical books.

The next morning, everyone got up and washed. Zhuang Hongye also got up, but unlike her usual energetic self, she seemed to have a lot on her mind and her reactions were slower than usual.

"Sister Hongye, did you take an exam in your dream last night?"

Xiao Yingyue saw that something was wrong with her and asked jokingly.

"No."

Zhuang Hongye smiled and tried to cheer herself up, but the dream she had last night made her think too much. She was still in a daze while eating breakfast, and when she peeled eggs, she stuffed the shells into her mouth.

"Hongye, what's wrong with you?"

Song Chunlan also noticed something was wrong. This was completely different from the usually smart and capable Zhuang Hongye. She reached out and touched Zhuang Hongye's forehead, then touched her own, and the temperature was normal.

"I am fine."

Zhuang Hongye threw away the eggshell, stuffed the whole egg into her mouth, took a few bites, and choked so much that she rolled her eyes.

Xia Qingqing gave her tea and Song Chunlan patted her back. After a long struggle, she finally swallowed the egg.

"Did you have a nightmare?"

Xia Qingqing asked curiously, but felt that it was impossible. With Zhuang Hongye's personality, she would not take it seriously even if she dreamed of the end of the world. She was a ruthless person who could kill more than a dozen people without batting an eyelid.

"No, I'm fine."

Zhuang Hongye hurriedly finished her breakfast and went out on her bike. An hour later, she arrived at the graves of her parents, brothers and sisters.

Some time ago, she bought a new cemetery in a good location and hired a Feng Shui master to move the graves of her parents and siblings.

Zhuang Hongye pulled out the grass around the cemetery, lit some incense and candles, and chatted while burning gold ingots and bars.

"Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister, listen to me. I am focusing on my career now and don't want to find a partner. You have to support me and stop chanting in my dreams, okay?"

"You can use these ingots and gold bars to buy delicious food downstairs. You can do whatever you want. Mom and sister don't have to do housework. We'll pay ghosts to do it for you. If you need money, please come to me in your dreams and I'll burn more ingots and gold bars for you. We're not short of money!"

"I'll take that as your agreement. Don't come to recite the sutras in my dream tonight. I didn't sleep well last night because I recited the sutras all night long."

Zhuang Hongye burned a big bag of gold ingots and gold bars, and after chatting with them, he felt that there should be no problem.

Her parents and siblings are all reasonable people, and they will definitely not come to her dream to chant scriptures tonight.

Last night, she was scolded by her parents and siblings the whole night, all of them urging her to find a partner, saying that she is not young anymore and should get married soon and not be like a workaholic, making men afraid to approach her.

Her parents and brothers and sisters, each reciting a sentence, were like a turtle chanting sutras... Amitabha, what a sin, what a sin. It was just like a Taoist priest chanting sutras, which made her head hurt and she couldn't sleep well.

"Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister, I'm leaving now. I'll come back to see you on New Year's Eve and bring you some delicious food. We agreed that I can't come to read tonight!"

Zhuang Hongye kowtowed a few times and left.

However, the next morning, the dark circles under her eyes were even darker and she looked as if she had lost all hope in life.

After being nagged by her parents and siblings for three consecutive nights, Zhuang Hongye, who was a staunch materialist, felt that something was a bit weird. She locked herself in the room, pondered for an hour, and then decisively went to find Si Jinyi.