Chapter 381 New Year’s Day 1
What's worse than a hangover?
After drinking several rounds of wine and playing several rounds of cards, Zhou Yushi opened his eyes only two hours after falling asleep. He still had a lot of things to do on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Smelling the alcohol odor coming out of his body, which even he disliked, Zhou Yushi silently waved his wand to change all the bedding he had covered himself with last night. Then, in the dawn light, he walked across the courtyard to the bathroom and took a quick shower.
The smell of alcohol was suppressed a little, but it was still coming out. He knew that he had to prepare some sobering soup to cure the alcohol smell from the inside out, so he ran to the small kitchen again, lit the fire skillfully, opened the small medicine cabinet next to it to find ingredients to cook the sobering soup, and at the same time boiled water to cook the glutinous rice balls.
The warm flames on both sides flickered on his face. If it were an ordinary winter day, he would probably enjoy the burning warmth, but his body was already hot enough, his head was still aching, and his eyes were sore and dry from lack of sleep and were about to close. Zhou Yushi couldn't stand the heat from both ends, so he added two more fires and went out of the kitchen to get some cool air.
As soon as he went out, he saw Della stepping over the threshold, and Belinda followed behind with a breath of air. Zhou Yushi looked at them in surprise, "You got up so early today."
"We have to show some concern for people who haven't come back all night," Belinda walked to the front, holding Zhou Yu's still blushing face and looking at her, "Wow, how much did you drink, dear?"
"How many pounds?" Zhou Yushi was afraid that his stinking alcohol smell would bother Bellinda, so he held his breath and spoke in a low voice.
"Jin?" Belinda was shocked by this measurement. "I didn't expect you guys can drink so much here."
"It's okay. I wasn't the one who fell down from drinking," Zhou Yushi smiled nonchalantly. The cool winter breeze helped him recover. He held Bellinda's hand and waved to Della, "Come on, do you want to come in and try to make breakfast today?"
"If you've cut all the vegetables and prepared the seasonings," Della joked easily.
"Don't worry, today is just a matter of going through the motions," Zhou Yushi led them in, casually lifted the lid of the small pottery pot that was boiling hangover soup, took a look at the situation, and then handed the small wooden basket with dozens of glutinous rice balls to Bellinda, "The water is already boiling, just pour the glutinous rice balls in."
"Tangyuan? It sounds so cute, and it looks like I dug up snow." Belinda rolled a tangyuan curiously, and then Dela reached out and took a tangyuan away from her.
Della looked at the glutinous rice dumpling in her hand, then picked up another one to compare, and finally held them both in front of Zhou Yushi, raised the first one she picked up and said to him, "There's something in this glutinous rice dumpling."
"How did you pick it out before comparing the weight?" Zhou Yushi opened his eyes.
“The way it’s rolled is different from other dumplings,” said Della.
"There's a coin inside, and there's only one glutinous rice dumpling in a pile," Zhou Yushi explained. "If you eat the glutinous rice dumpling with the coin inside, you'll have good luck for the whole year."
"You are just like me, Della," Belinda laughed, "even luck can take the initiative."
"Hmm..." Della nodded seriously and put the two dumplings back into the wooden frame. She patted the glutinous rice flour on her hands and echoed Belinda's words, "Yes, it's really me. Then I will mercifully share my good luck with you."
Bellinda smiled, and with the help of Zhou Yushi who was also smiling, she poured a basket of dumplings into the bubbling hot pot.
"By the way, Della," Zhou Yushi stirred the food with a spoon and said to her casually, "Say 'Happy New Year' to me."
"Congratulations on your prosperity." Della parroted without thinking much.
"Here," the next second, a square of red fire appeared in front of him, "Red envelope!"
Della took it in a daze. Belinda, who was standing next to her, had her eyes glued to the red envelope. She looked at Zhou Yushi for a while, and when she saw that he didn't show any other reaction, she immediately shouted in dissatisfaction, "Where's mine?"
"Yours is not mine," Zhou Yushi said, his voice suddenly lowered, with a hint of temptation, "Will you come with me to recognize relatives later? Calling an elder is like giving a red envelope."
"It's a bit like trick-or-treating on Halloween. It sounds interesting," Belinda thought seriously. "What about Della? Will she come with us? She's a real kid."
"......" Zhou Yushi was silent for a moment. He tried to imagine the scene of him taking two girls to pay New Year's greetings. He had an indescribable feeling in his heart. "You all probably don't want to see the news that I have two wives spread all over this house, right?"
"I can wait here for you to come back." Della didn't show any embarrassment.
"Children have their own places to play," Zhou Yushi did make arrangements, "My cousins, especially those who don't like to visit, will get together to play during the New Year. I'll let Xiao Yun take you there later. He has been the temporary guardian of his brothers and sisters all year round."
"But I feel a little guilty about this," Belinda frowned, "leaving Della alone..."
"It doesn't matter how guilty you are," Della opened the red envelope and pointed at the money with mountain patterns inside, "Use the red envelope to treat me to a delicious meal when you come back."
"!" Zhou Yushi suddenly remembered that foreigners usually open gifts in front of the giver, so he said hastily, "Of course it's okay to treat you to a meal, but this red envelope can only be opened when you are alone."
"Why?" Belinda asked curiously, "No matter how much is inside, I will be very happy. Isn't a happy face the greatest respect for the gift giver?"
"You know we are more reserved here, and we are also more reserved in liking and showing wealth," Zhou Yushi said, wrapping up the common saying of 'saving face', "and we also appreciate reserved people more."
Belinda frowned, thought for a moment, and finally shrugged and accepted this new habit.
"......" Della looked at Zhou Yushi, then at the money in her hand, and said nothing. She swallowed the question of "What is the level of this amount in the New Year's red envelope?"
Belinda just had to accept the first version of the explanation. If she discovered another trick, she would have to work on the problem again.
Thinking about it, it didn't matter whether she asked that question or not. Since she came to Country Z, all the money she had spent was Zhou Yushi's. Apart from the customary blessings, this red envelope was just like Zhou Yushi giving her the money in his pocket that he was going to spend on her in advance.
......
Ah, has she become so accustomed to relying on others without realizing it...
This realization made Della speechless and also made her laugh, but she didn't feel any resistance to being a parasite in her heart.
Just be happy.
Della thought so and accepted the fact that she would have to take money from Zhou Yushi's pocket for a long time.
As for whether Zhou Yushi would accept it or not, Belinda would accept it anyway.
Since you have taken the initiative to choose the best woman in the world, it’s okay to pay a small price.