Chapter 1492 - 1491: Shen Qi and Wu Jiangshan’s New Year Greetings

Chapter 1492: Chapter 1491: Shen Qi and Wu Jiangshan’s New Year Greetings

Chapter 1491: Shen Qi and Wu Jiangshan’s New Year Visit

What made Mengyu find it amusing was that some kids from the nearby alleys were only there to get red envelopes. They weren’t sincere about it, and without sincerity, there was no positive energy.

However, she didn’t mind the little money, so she let Le Yin continue handing out red envelopes.

The neighbors watched Mengyu’s house giving out red envelopes and couldn’t help but sigh that this child was really wasteful. No family would be so generous with red envelopes, yet this young girl Nan Mengyu was doing just that.

Some adults, watching with envy, wished they could turn into children themselves and get one. Getting money on the first day of the year was considered a good omen. But traditionally, the new year’s day red envelope was something only children could earn, and adults could only watch.

But as everyone kept watching, they noticed two adults also going in to pay a New Year’s visit.

Who were these shameless people?

Upon closer inspection, they realized these weren’t people doing it like kids—just shouting "Happy New Year" to grab candy and red packets—they came with large bags for a proper New Year’s visit, which made everyone curious.

In Huaxia, there’s a tradition: the first is for fathers, the second for brothers, the third and fourth for mother’s relatives. Therefore, New Year’s Day is a day for children to pay respects to their parents (excluding kids’ playful visits for candy and red envelopes), and generally, it’s not for visiting outsiders.

Why were these two youngsters carrying big bags to wish a girl a Happy New Year on New Year’s Day?

Of course, these two young visitors were Shen Qi and Wu Jiangsheng.

Shen Qi and Wu Jiangsheng are registered disciples of Mengyu. In a master-disciple relationship, it’s like a parent-child bond, so Mengyu had some qualification to accept their New Year’s greetings on the first day of the year.

"Happy New Year, Master!"

"Happy New Year, Master!"

Mengyu came out from the backyard, saw their smiling faces, and couldn’t help but join in: "Happy New Year! But what’s with you two today? Didn’t I tell you to call me Big Sis? Why are you calling me Master today?"

Shen Qi and Wu Jiangsheng pushed Mengyu to sit down and were about to kneel to kowtow to her: "Master, although we don’t usually call you Master, today is our first time celebrating New Year with you, so we naturally should call you Master. You are our Master after all. Don’t worry, we’ll only address you as Master today; after that, we’ll continue calling you Big Sis."

Mengyu quickly stopped them from kneeling: "This is the new society now, no need to kneel. Stand up. Alright, you’re allowed to call me Master today, but only for today."

She then said to Le Yin, "Go prepare some food to entertain these two senior brothers."

Le Yin reminded her, "Eldest Lady, according to the rules, we shouldn’t use knives today."

Shen Qi quickly said, "No need to go through the trouble. Today everyone just warms up leftovers and has them. That’s perfectly fine."

Le Yin said, "Yesterday afternoon, we made dumplings, planning to eat them at night, but—" But then Gu Dongxing had an incident last night, and Mengyu left, so no one was in the mood to eat, and they remained.

However, there aren’t many of those dumplings.

Mengyu had a sudden idea and said, "I minced a lot of meat yesterday, so today let’s have a dumpling-making session to see who can make the best ones. Everyone should make a lot, especially you two, Shen Qi and Wu Jiangsheng, make lots of dumplings."

Everyone raised their hands in agreement, so Mengyu brought out a bag of flour from her space, and they all started rolling out dough to make dumplings.

Shen Qi and Wu Jiangsheng didn’t understand why the Master wanted them to make more, but since it was the Master’s order, they diligently made dumplings.

However, having never made dumplings before, they were learning as they went, resulting in dumplings of various sizes, some round, some flat—a true medley.

Qing Wen, after making a few, got the hang of it. When he turned around and saw Wu Jiangsheng’s dumplings, he pointed and laughed, "Look, doesn’t Senior Brother Wu’s dumplings look like little buns?"