Rebirth 90: I changed my fate by winning the lottery

Zhou Jing rented a newly built farmhouse near the factory. It had many rooms and a large space.

Zhou Jing and Li Shan have lived here for quite a while because they have to keep an eye on the factory's construction and assembly production lines. They plan to move there once the house they bought in the city is delivered.

Li Shan and his wife, along with their fat son Li Yunlong, also live here with the Zhou family.

The two families had discussed and agreed on the two children's schooling. Ding Zhiqin would send them to school today, and the two elders of the Zhou family would send them to school tomorrow, which saved a lot of trouble.

The two children were also having a blast because it was their first time living in the countryside. Everything was new to them and they had a blast. The New Year atmosphere was so strong here that the two children couldn't stop having fun.

Li Shan bought two wolfhounds from a farmer in the village. They were newborn puppies and were to be raised in the factory to guard the factory. Now they were led by two children to run around in the fields every day.

Ding Zhiqin often comes home covered in mud. She usually washes the children first and then the dog, and is often tormented.

Liu Dai was older and calmer than the two kids, so he didn't usually go out with them. But if the two kids came to play with him, he would go with them. If they didn't come, he would just sit quietly at home.

Grandma Zhou observed him for several days and felt that the boy was quite well behaved and did not look like the previous child in Ding Mo's family who had any bad intentions.

So these days, Grandma Zhou would pull Liu Dai aside to talk whenever she had time, and even assign him some small chores to do, so that the child wouldn't feel isolated and left alone at home.

Zhang Hong is a person who dresses very simply and is very hardworking. During the Chinese New Year, she took the initiative to help with a lot of work and took on a lot of housework.

Seeing him like this, no one said anything more.

But everyone tacitly did not mention the fact that Ding Mo also bought a house in P City, and Li Shan’s factory seemed to have nothing to do with her.

The two children were also very shrewd. They never mentioned anything about their family. Even when they were wandering around with Liu Dai outside, they never forgot what Grandma Zhou and Ding Zhiqin had told them. Even Zhou Qi, who had always liked to show off to Li Yunlong the fun things he had experienced during his last vacation when he and Ding Mo had spent several months in City B, now completely resisted the urge to share.

It's New Year's Eve again, and the family should prepare a big table of food.

This year's New Year's Eve dinner was mainly seafood. P City is close to the sea, so seafood is cheap. Li Shan and his friends prepared a lot of exotic seafood early on. The two kids had a lot of fun playing with them, but the adults were very worried.

When it comes to seafood, Grandma Zhou’s cooking skills are at their wits’ end, and Ding Zhiping can only make one or two dishes. He still cannot master the processing and cooking methods of most seafood.

Finally, it was Zhang Hong who took action. She first helped to process the various seafood, and then went into the kitchen to cook the various strange seafood into a sumptuous and delicious dish.

Grandma Zhou saw Zhang Hong in the morning carrying a large basin and a small stool, sitting in the yard, washing the pile of seafood, with a hunched back and never straightening her waist.

It just looked like she was scrubbing vigorously, and Grandma Zhou also felt that this woman must be someone who could endure hardships and work hard.

Zhang Hong didn't take a break the whole day. After preparing the seafood, she went to the kitchen to cook.

Ding Zhiqin and Grandma Zhou were just helping out and learning a few tricks, but their tone of voice when speaking to Zhang Hong became more polite and respectful.

At dinner time, the table was filled with colorful dishes, which dazzled everyone's eyes.

Grandma Zhou brought up the topic and said to Li Shan, "Don't buy these strange seafood next time. We don't know how to cook them. Just buy some ordinary fish and shrimp. Fortunately, Xiao Liu helped us today, otherwise we probably wouldn't be able to have the New Year's Eve dinner."

Li Shan quickly raised his glass to toast Grandma Zhou: "No, no, I will have experience next time."

Ding Zhiqin also hurried over to toast Zhang Hong: "I'm sorry, we don't have experience, and you've worked really hard today."

Zhang Hong was a little embarrassed, so she also raised her glass and drank a glass with Ding Zhiqin. But she couldn't drink much, so she could only drink the liquor with her lips, unlike Ding Zhiqin who drank it all in one gulp.

Suddenly, the adults began to toast each other. Ding Mo actually wanted to drink a few sips, but with Ding Zhiqin around, she didn't dare to be too presumptuous, so she quietly clinked glasses with Grandpa Zhou to satisfy her craving.

The two children followed Ding Mo to identify all the seafood in the morning. When they were served at night, they couldn't tell which was which. It was just that these starfish and sea urchins, which were usually only seen in the aquarium, were now on their plates, which was very novel.

These small seafoods each have their own texture and flavor. Zhang Hong’s cooking methods are also varied, and everyone enjoys the meal.

After dinner, Zhang Hong wanted to help clear the table, but Zhou Jing and Ding Zhiqin were too embarrassed to ask her to do it again, so they sent her aside to rest.

The New Year’s Eve dinner in rural areas is usually eaten early and lasts a long time. When everyone has left the table, it is time to light the gift bags and set off firecrackers.

Although some children in the village had been setting off various small firecrackers a few days ago, the strongest New Year atmosphere is still when every household in the village sets off firecrackers together.

After a while, the village was filled with smoke and red scraps of firecrackers were scattered all over the ground.

Ding Mo was usually generous, so there was no shortage of fireworks and firecrackers this year. He moved several large boxes to the door and started lighting them up with his three children.

Such a big event was good in every way except that there was too much smoke, which was too choking. After a while, the fat boy Li Yunlong's eyes were choked to tears.

Li Shan could only pick him up and let him hold a thin little firework and shoot it up into the sky.

Ding Mo also handed Liu Dai a lot of fireworks and asked him to set them off. Liu Dai was not shy, he took them, said thank you and started playing with them.

Ding Zhiping stood in the yard and watched a few children setting off fireworks from afar.

Looking at today's situation, he knew that his marriage with Zhang Hong was a done deal.