Chapter 453 Red Envelopes and Firecrackers

Everyone sat around the table, talking and laughing, having a great time. With the Spring Festival Gala playing on TV as background music, the atmosphere was lively and warm.

The dinner was rich and delicious.

……

Everyone in the Xiao family is good at cooking.

It's a pity that this was not passed on to the next generation.

Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin, a brother and sister, have never done housework before. When they enter the kitchen, they can only help wash and pick vegetables besides looking for food.

Xiao Xiao was relatively better. He was not very good at cooking, but he had learned most of the Xiao family's snacks.

Children always prefer desserts that are delicate in appearance and tempting in aroma, and they are very interested in learning. In addition, if one's family runs a teahouse, it would be a bit unacceptable if he or she does not have good tea art and skills in making tea snacks.

What's more, he is now more determined than ever to inherit his family's teahouse.

I have become more attentive to this aspect.

No one in the Xiao family had instilled or forced Xiao Xiao to inherit the family teahouse.

After all, times have changed, and how many young people today are willing to stay in such an old-fashioned teahouse?

Xiao Xiao is the most likely descendant of the Xiao family to inherit the Xiao Teahouse.

As for the siblings Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin, the Xiao family had never thought about the possibility of them inheriting the teahouse.

How could a person with such a playful and mischievous personality stay calm and look after Xiao's Teahouse?

……

But the family inheritance cannot be broken. Father and Mother Xiao will do it until the day they can no longer do it, and then... maybe they will hire someone, the so-called professional manager?
Xiao's father and mother are not people who are out of touch with the times. Moreover, in today's big data era, you can find a lot of relevant information on the Internet as long as you want to know about it.

However, they still felt somewhat uncertain and awkward about this rather unfamiliar name.

When Xiao Xiao thought of his father, mother, and even grandparents who were seriously searching for information online, he couldn't help but smile, and his heart was very warm.

His family never interfered in his life, but he could see them every time he turned around.

……

When the Xiao family knew that Xiao Xiao was going to inherit the teahouse, they were very happy, but at the same time they advised him not to rush and to at least wait until he finished college.

Anyway, Xiao's father and mother are in good health, and even Xiao's grandparents are in good health. Xiao Xiao still has a lot of time to consider it slowly.

Xiao Xiao did not emphasize his choice. He smiled and nodded in agreement with the Xiao family's words. He did not want to reject his family's good intentions.

His future actions will tell the story.

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After dinner, the Xiao family put out fruits and snacks, gathered around the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala and chat casually.

The host's voice on TV was passionate and enthusiastic.

Traditional crosstalk shows bring out the strong flavor of the New Year.

The brother and sister Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin hid aside and secretly opened the red envelope they had just received to check.

Xiao Xiao walked lightly and silently to the two siblings who were unaware of the situation. He looked at them with interest as if they were meeting with the underground party, and suddenly asked, "What are you doing?"

Xiao Qi, Xiao Lin:?!
The obviously frightened expressions of the two siblings greatly pleased Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao did not hide it, and the smile in his eyes was clearly visible under the bright and warm light.

"elder brother!"

The siblings Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin shouted in annoyance. They were almost frightened to jump up just now!

"Sorry, sorry."

There was no sincerity in the smiling voice to apologize.

The siblings Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin rolled their eyes and didn't argue any further.

They looked at the red envelopes in their hands happily, with smiles on their faces.

What a great harvest!

……,
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao was a little amused, "Two little money-grubbers."

"Hehe, what's the New Year without red envelopes?"

The two siblings spoke in unison, their voices sonorous and powerful.

Xiao Xiao: ...

"Brother, you are already so old, why do you still have red envelopes?"

Xiao Lin was puzzled.

Before Xiao Xiao could say anything, Xiao Qi spoke first, with a tone of great disappointment, "You are so stupid!" "Brother has a red envelope now, which means we will also have red envelopes when we go to college later."

"Otherwise, this will be our last year to receive red envelopes."

"Yes."

Xiao Lin suddenly realized.

Xiao Xiao: ...

"Brother, how much is in your red envelope?"

Xiao Lin's eyes turned, and he moved closer to Xiao Xiao and asked curiously.

Xiao Qi also pricked up his ears immediately.

"Want to know?"

Xiao Xiao smiled.

"Uh-huh."

The two siblings nodded in unison, looking at Xiao Xiao with two pairs of "thirsty" eyes.

The smile on Xiao Xiao's face deepened a little, "Secret."

"Hey~"

The two siblings spoke in long tones, very dissatisfied with Xiao Xiao's "mystification".

"You will know later."

"It would be so boring to know this in advance."

Xiao Xiao advised very "kindly", "Don't you think so?"

"do not think so."

The brother and sister Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin spoke in unison again, emphasizing each word, their dissatisfaction evident in their words.

"Really? What a shame."

Xiao Xiao shrugged and smiled with regret.

……

As they chatted and laughed, the clock hand soon pointed to twelve o'clock.

It gradually became noisy outside.

Occasionally, bright colorful lights flash across the sky.

The Xiao family members stood up and walked into the yard.

Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin had already set off a bunch of firecrackers in the yard.

As Xiao Xiao grew older, he became more interested in watching fireworks than setting them off himself.

He had been watching with great interest as the two siblings enthusiastically fiddled with various firecrackers.

He also kept an eye on the two courageous siblings so that they wouldn't go too far.

You know, these two siblings have criminal records.

One year, it almost exploded on my face. Although my face was fine in the end, the back of my hand was burned by the scattered sparks.

At that time, the two siblings were scolded by their uncle and aunt.

Xiao Xiao himself felt very guilty. He was clearly nearby, but failed to stop the danger from happening in time.

From then on, every time the two siblings played with fireworks, Xiao Xiao always watched them closely.

……

However, I don't know whether to say that these two siblings are thick-skinned or have a bad memory.

Most people have had the experience of being nearly injured by fireworks and firecrackers. Although it may leave a trauma in their hearts, they will always be more careful when playing with them next time.

However, the brother and sister Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin were completely different. They still played with fireworks and firecrackers "without any taboo" and "unbridled", as if they had never been almost injured by fireworks and firecrackers.

This made my uncle and aunt shake their heads.

The personalities of these two children always make their parents worry more.

So uncle and aunt always said to Xiao's father and mother with some emotion: Fortunately, there is Xiao Xiao who can control these two naughty monkeys.

Otherwise, these two kids would have gotten into so much trouble.

How worried they should be.

How could it be so easy now?
(End of this chapter)