"Thank you, Uncle," Luo Gang and the others said with smiles. They accepted the red envelopes without hesitation, as they received them from the Zhu family every year. However, Zhu Yanyi’s envelope seemed noticeably thicker.
"Second Sister’s envelope looks even thicker," Zhu Zhibin was the first to point out.
Zhu Shun Yao ignored his foolish son. It was the first day of the New Year, so he wouldn’t get angry. Instead, he turned to Zhu Yanyi. "My Ani has grown up. This year, I’m giving you a 'growing up' red envelope. When your older sister grew up, our family wasn’t well-off, so we gave her an extra chicken leg to celebrate. Now that we’re doing better, this envelope is a bit thicker."
"Thank you, Baba," Zhu Yanyi said with a smile, accepting it gladly. Her heart was filled with the thick, sweet warmth of family love.
Zhu Shun Yao chuckled. "You shouldn’t go out for the next few days. Rest well at home. But the fifth day is your uncle’s wedding. Can you go?"
Zhu Yanyi smiled. "Baba, I will definitely be able to go on the fifth day." Her first period usually lasted about five days at most. She felt hers would likely end in four days, probably by the third or fourth day. In the future, it would likely be four to six days. Of course, she couldn’t explain this to Zhu Shun Yao.
Hearing she could go on the fifth day, Zhu Shun Yao felt relieved. "Good. Later, are you still going to your uncle’s father’s house?"
"I’m grown up now, so I won’t go. Let Doumiao go," Zhu Yanyi said. When juniors visited, elders had to give red envelopes. She remembered in her past life, she had been ignorant and followed Zhu Shun Yao to the Qi family at fourteen or fifteen. Every time she went, she received a red envelope. Now that she understood, she wouldn’t go again. "Baba, please bring more gifts to your uncle’s father. Also, I refined some Health Pills last time. Please bring a bottle for him and apologize for me."
"Alright. I’ll take your mother and Doumiao," Zhu Shun Yao decided immediately. "Is it okay for you to stay home alone?"
Zhu Yanli smiled. "Baba, you’re underestimating us. Nothing will happen. We’ll be fine."
"Yes," Zhu Yanyi nodded. "We have hands and feet. We can eat and sleep. How could there be a problem? Don’t worry. Besides, we have Brother Luo and the others here."
Zhu Shun Yao seemed to remember something. He turned to Yan Aohan. "Little Yan, your uncle and aunt are going to her uncle’s house for New Year greetings. We’ll return in the afternoon. Please take good care of them here."
Yan Aohan nodded quickly. "Uncle, don’t worry. I will take good care of them."
"Good." Zhu Shun Yao nodded. He truly trusted Yan Aohan. Then he went to prepare for the outing. He needed to get things ready for visiting the graves and for the Qi family. The items were already prepared; he just needed to load them into the car.
After Zhu Shun Yao, Xie Xinlian, and Zhu Zhibin left, Yan Aohan nodded slightly to Li Zhi and Niu Jiu. They automatically moved to protect the house from the shadows. Although it was inconvenient to bring them openly to relatives’ houses, secret protection was necessary.
Once everyone was gone, Zhang Haifeng shook his head nearby. "Uncle is really something. Am I not a person? Why didn’t he entrust me with this?"
Yan Aohan glanced at Zhang Haifeng. "So, you have an opinion?"
"No, no," Zhang Haifeng said quickly. she just saw Zhu Yanli taking her erhu to her training room. "Ani, I’ll go with you. Let me listen to your erhu."