Happiness System

"Our clothes are still wearable, so we can just buy a set to show our appreciation, right?"

Sheng Yunchao felt a little ashamed. He was two years older than her, but he needed his younger sister to take care of him in everything.

"Nonsense! Your clothes are too short and too small, how can you wear them?!"

Their previous clothes were all made by their grandmother who bought cloth and asked the village tailor to help sew them. Not to mention that the styles were old-fashioned, the clothes were also made before their grandfather passed away two years ago. They were too short and small when put on, and not only did they not keep them warm, they were also tight. How could they be comfortable?

Two sets of autumn clothes and trousers for each person, two sets of hoodies for each person, two pairs of thick cotton pants, two sweaters for each person, one cotton coat, some underwear and socks, and cotton shoes...

A whole bunch of clothes only cost a little over two hundred dollars, it was totally worth the money!

After returning home and throwing the things that needed to be washed into the washing machine, Sheng Yunchao asked about the location of the market and went out with the key.

We've spent so much money today, we can't let my sister follow her temper and go out to eat!

Zhang Xiaogui went home to deal with her son's academic issue, and then she had to send her son back to her mother's home. Sheng Yunlan approved her five days of leave.

"I asked Sister Jing and Sister-in-law yesterday. The shop is simply too busy to handle it. We also agreed that we would go over to help during the winter vacation!"

She originally thought that having her brothers by her side would make her life more relaxed and comfortable, but who knew that they couldn't sit still and didn't want to eat for free, so they only allowed her to sleep in every day, and then they were afraid that she would be unsafe at home alone, so they took her to the shop.

Sheng Yunlan, who was forced to go to work, was so sad that she could not even cry.

After Sheng Yunlan left, Qiu Hongying gave her the cashier position and went into the kitchen to help.

There is a small lounge next to the shop. After the peak period every afternoon, Sheng Yunlan goes in for a lunch break while others continue to be busy looking after the shop.

After a few busy days, as soon as Zhang Xiaogui came back, Sheng Yunlan immediately left the team and was no longer willing to go to the shop.

She said confidently: "The New Year is coming soon, and we haven't bought any New Year's goods at home yet!"

It’s true that I don’t want to go to work, and it’s also true that I don’t want to buy New Year’s goods!

There were only about ten days left until the Chinese New Year, and Sheng Yunlan found that the weather during this period was very suitable for drying Cantonese sausages, so he immediately asked Mrs. Gui to buy dozens of kilograms of pork.

She loves to eat lean Shiba Inu sausages, so she specially made some lean ones, and the rest were made into sausages with a 6:4 ratio of fat.

People nowadays lack oil and water, and prefer fatty meat, but Sheng Yunlan just likes to eat lean meat.

I also bought some pork belly to make bacon. The dozens of pounds of meat almost filled the entire small balcony.

This task alone took them two days, and the next thing to buy was candy, dried goods and other New Year's goods.

While shopping in the mall, Mrs. Gui looked at the dazzling array of clothes and hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Mrs. Jing, what do you think about me buying a set of clothes for Teacher Li? Teacher Li helped me solve such a big problem, I really have no way to repay you..."

"No, this is the condition I agreed to when I hired you. Just help me take good care of the children in the future!

If you really want to do something, when you go to my mother-in-law's house the day after tomorrow, you can just help her with the cleaning.

Teacher Li will definitely be happier than seeing new clothes!"

Sheng Yunlan was really powerless to correct the title of "rich lady", so well, let her indulge in the feeling of being a rich woman here for a while!

It took two days to buy everything I needed, and the only thing left was some fresh meat, which would be better bought one or two days before the New Year.

On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Sheng Yunlan took Sister Gui, who was carrying a lot of bags, and took a taxi to her husband's house.

As soon as she entered the door, she asked Mrs. Gui to display the New Year's goods she had bought one by one and put them in the designated place according to Teacher Li's instructions.

"The bacon and sausages are not ready yet. They need to be placed in a well-ventilated place to continue drying. I brought four portions. Mom and Dad, remember to ask my eldest brother and his three families to come and get them. I won't deliver them to each family one by one."

After giving a few instructions and asking Mrs. Gui to clean the house, Sheng Yunlan took Teacher Li out to buy rice, flour, salt and oil.

They bought quite a lot of these, so they could ask the grocery store owner to deliver them to their home without having to worry about anything.

Teacher Li took Sheng Yunlan for a walk and greeted the old neighbors. After a circle, the rumors about the discord between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were self-defeating.

"The New Year is coming soon. Did A Zhan say when he would be back?" When they were almost home, Teacher Li finally remembered her poor little son.

Sheng Yunlan shook her head. "I've been busy these days and haven't been at home much. I don't know if Brother Zhan has called home."

Teacher Li gave his daughter-in-law a deep look and said, "This man is like a kite with a broken string when he leaves the house, and you don't care about it!"

Sheng Yunlan smiled perfunctorily: "We are all adults, and Brother Zhan is not the kind of person who would mess around. I trust him and I am at ease with him. Besides, I am busy and don't have that much energy."

They had lunch with the old man, took a short rest in the guest room, and waited for Mrs. Gui to finish cleaning before they returned to their home.

Under Teacher Li's "education", Sheng Yunlan finally felt guilty for neglecting her husband who gave her a huge living allowance every month, so she called him after dinner.

"Xiao Lan? Is there something wrong at home?"

Jing Zhan's voice was full of fatigue, and it was very noisy over there.

"Brother Zhan, it's me! Are you still at work?" Sheng Yunlan continued in a very cheerful tone: "Today, Sister Gui and I went to my parents' house to deliver New Year's goods. Teacher Li asked me when you would be back, but I didn't answer. Oh, I'm so embarrassed!"

"I'm busy here, so I probably won't be back so early, but I'll try to be home before New Year's Eve.

Are my two brothers-in-law here? Take them with you if you want to buy anything. Don’t be stingy. If you run out of money, I’ll get you more when I come back!”

Before Sheng Yunlan could say anything, someone on the other end of the line called out "Brother Zhan", extremely anxious.

"I have something else to do here. I'll call you back later!" Jing Zhan said and hung up the phone.

It was already midnight when he finished his work, so naturally he didn't make the call.

The pastry shop only planned to close for three days during the Chinese New Year, from New Year's Eve to the second day of the New Year. The women were busy as hell. They even bought New Year's goods together nearby when the shop was not busy. The rest was left to the men in the family.

Several men complained bitterly and secretly grumbled about their wives being obsessed with money, but they had no choice but to take over the heavy responsibility.

On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, after closing the business, a group of people cleaned up the place and checked everything carefully before locking the door and going home.

There were no buses at that time, so the Sheng brothers had to reluctantly take a taxi.

"Sister, you haven't slept yet?"

Sheng Yunqiang thought his sister was waiting for him and was extremely surprised.

Normally they would take the last bus back at 9:30, and would get home at 10 o'clock, by which time their sister would have gone to bed. The next morning at around 8 o'clock, when they left, Sheng Yunlan had not yet gotten up, so the three siblings had not seen each other for several days.

Sheng Yunlan smiled at them and said, "Go take a shower first. Brother Zhan will be home soon. Sister Gui is making supper. You can join us later to have some!"

"Sister, so you were waiting for Brother Zhan?" Sheng Yunqiang suddenly became sensitive.

Sheng Yunlan squinted his eyes and smiled happily as he answered, "Yes!"

Then he looked at him with disdain and asked, "Do you think I'm waiting for you?"

Sheng Yunqiang: “???” Is there really no sibling love in this world?

Seeing his younger brother's silly and dull look, Sheng Yunlan waved his hand and urged him, "Hurry up and take a shower. Then have a midnight snack and go to bed early. Tomorrow we will go to Brother Zhan's parents' house to celebrate the New Year!"

Sheng Yunqiang looked at her resentfully, then left sadly with a pout.

When Jing Zhan came back, he did not come back with a lot of bags as Sheng Yunlan expected. He only came back with a small briefcase filled with his dirty clothes!

But she was very tactful and gave him a big red envelope before he went to bed, "This is the New Year's red envelope and the living expenses for next year! I can only stay at home for five days this time, and I may be busier later. I remember your due date, and I will definitely come back before the birth..."

The man fell asleep as he spoke, which showed that he was extremely tired!

Sheng Yunlan felt the thickness of the envelope and estimated that it was around five thousand, so she stuffed it under her pillow with satisfaction, pulled the quilt for Jing Zhan, turned off the light, and went to sleep next to him.

There is probably no pregnant woman in the world who is more afraid of cold than her. She has been relying on an electric blanket to survive these days.

Not only does that thing dry out your skin, it also doesn't have a timer function.

Every day she would turn on the power to warm the bed before going to bed, and then turn it off when she went to sleep. Sometimes she would wake up from the cold in the middle of the night, and she would have to turn on the power and wait until the bed was warm again before turning off the power before she could continue sleeping.

This thing looks unsafe, and it is actually not safe to use!

She was afraid that she would be electrocuted by a leakage of electricity, and she was also afraid that it would cause a fire!

Unfortunately, this human-shaped heater in her house is not reliable at all and is always away from home!

Jing Zhan slept peacefully and comfortably at home, and so did Sheng Yunlan. Except for waking up once in the middle of the night, she finally had a good sleep.

The couple slept until around nine o'clock before waking up one after another.

The Sheng Yunchao brothers had already followed Mrs. Gui to the market to make a big purchase.

Don’t expect to buy any good food during the Chinese New Year holidays. Although the market will be open during those days, most of the stall owners have closed their businesses to celebrate the New Year. The few remaining stall owners that are still open will sell vegetables that have increased several times in price and are not worth choosing.

I have to go out early this morning to buy fresh and affordable vegetables!

The couple had breakfast, brought the fresh meat and vegetables for Teacher Li and the others, and then the group went to the mall first.

Jing Zhan chose a pair of leather shoes with small heels for his mother and bought two bottles of wine for his father; Sheng Yunlan saw that there was a promotion on candy and melon seeds, and thinking that there were many relatives and friends visiting her in-laws' house, she bought a few more kilograms.

After a walk around, I bought some fruits and drinks, then paid the bill and left.

"You came just in time! We are going to cook noodles for lunch, so we can be casual at noon, and then we will start preparing the New Year's Eve dinner!"

"Yeah, mom said you would bring some meat. We also brought some, but not much. If you forgot to buy some, you have to ask your eldest brother and second brother to ride their bikes out to buy some!"

Since opening the shop, Qiu Hongying has been more decisive in her work.

She doesn't even need you to answer or respond. She just finishes her words and glances at the items at hand, and she considers that she has accomplished a task.

Just like now, after asking, he grabbed the bags and took them to the kitchen to sort them.

Although the menu for the New Year’s Eve dinner has not been decided, the seasonings and ingredients at home are basically complete. As long as the ingredients are in place, they can make any dish you order!