Zhang Xu slept soundly, for him, today's Chinese New Year's Eve meal was extraordinarily happy, and he successfully kept the New Year, at this moment, even in his sleep, he had a smile on his face.

Suddenly, a familiar voice was calling his name, Zhang Xu quickly opened his eyes and saw his father Zhang Feng standing in front of him.

"Xiao Xu, why are you asleep?Hurry back to the bedroom to sleep, it's too cold in this living room, what if you catch a cold tomorrow?" Looking at his son, Zhang Feng said with a concerned face.

Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, he can't catch a cold, if he gets sick, then how boring this year should be! Zhang Xu got up and walked towards his room.

Zhang Feng looked at his son and entered the room in a daze, and then returned to the bedroom, where his wife Li Xiuyun slept soundly.

The next day, Zhang Xu woke up at dawn, he sat on the bed and adjusted his breath and began to practice, about seven o'clock, Zhang Xu heard footsteps in the living room, he guessed that it must be his mother Li Xiuyun got up to go to work in the Shui Yun Xuan Hotel.

This Shuiyunxuan hotel is about ten minutes' walk from the community where Zhang Xu's family lives, and on weekdays, Li Xiuyun walks to the hotel to work.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, the hotel is open as usual, and the employees who work in the hotel also enjoy double salary, which is also an incentive for Li Xiuyun to the employees of Shuiyunxuan Hotel.

As soon as Li Xiuyun left the house, Zhang Xu got up from the bed in the bedroom, he poked out a small head, found that there was no one in the living room, and then came out, during this time period, he felt so hungry, thinking of the dumplings he ate for Chinese New Year's Eve last night, Zhang Xu felt more and more hungry.

He walked towards the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and saw that there were still leftover dumplings from yesterday in the refrigerator, so he decided to take these dumplings out and put them in the pot to cook and eat them later.

Zhang Xu took the pot, took the water on the faucet, and then put it on the induction cooker, stood aside and waited quietly for the water to boil, a few minutes later, the water in the pot was tumbling, Zhang Xu was about to pick up the dumplings and throw them into the water, when the voice of his father Zhang Feng came from behind him.

"Xiao Xu, what are you doing? Are you hungry?" Zhang Feng said as he walked to the kitchen, took the dumplings in Zhang Xu's hand, and then slowly put all the dumplings into the pot, the dumplings all sank to the bottom of the pot at first, and it didn't take long for them to slowly float one by one.

After about six or seven minutes, Zhang Feng put the dumplings in the pot on a plate and brought them to the dining table in the living room.

"Xiao Xu, you hurry up and eat, let's go to the hotel together, after the hotel is busy at noon, we will have lunch with my uncle's family, and in the afternoon, your uncle and your aunt and your cousin, they will go back to Dongzhou City." Zhang Feng looked at his son and said slowly.

Zhang Xu was eating dumplings on the dining table in the living room, Zhang Feng hurriedly cooked a bowl of noodles for himself in the kitchen, and the two finished breakfast, it was already about half past nine.

Before going out, Zhang Xu saw that his father stuffed a thick wad of RMB into his wallet, which should be about five or six thousand, and he guessed that his father must have used the money to give his cousin Li Qiang New Year's money as in previous years, after all, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, uncle Li Longhai and aunt Tang Qing will give Zhang Xu New Year's money, Li Longhai has been doing business in Dongzhou City over the years, and has also made a lot of money, and the New Year's money sent to Zhang Xu has also ranged from the initial few hundred yuan to the current thousands of yuan.

I don't know how much New Year's money my uncle will give him this year, Zhang Xu thought while full of expectations in his heart, although Zhang Xu is now eighteen or nineteen years old, he is already an adult, but occasionally he is still more childish, and he still likes the feeling of receiving New Year's money every year.

Soon Zhang Feng drove the car and Zhang Xu to the Shuiyunxuan Hotel, Zhang Xu got out of the car first, and Zhang Feng drove the car to the parking lot. At this time, Zhang Feng found that there were a lot of cars in the parking lot, and it seems that there are really a lot of people who have booked a family banquet on the first day of the new year at the Shuiyunxuan Hotel this year.

Zhang Feng and Zhang Xu did not stay in the catering department on the first floor of the Shuiyunxuan Hotel, but went directly to the housekeeping department on the second floor.

As soon as he saw Li Longhai, Zhang Xu smiled and said, "Happy New Year, uncle! Happy New Year, aunt! Xiao Xu is here to greet you! I wish you a lot of money and everything goes smoothly in the new year!" Li Qiang looked at Zhang Xu and smiled happily beside him.

Li Longhai heard Zhang Xu say this, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, as a businessman, he wanted to be auspicious, not to mention that these words were said by his nephew on the first day of the New Year, and even Tang Qing on the side smiled when he heard Zhang Xu's New Year's wishes.

"Xiao Xu is really getting more and more sensible, this is the New Year's money that my uncle and you gave you, I hope you can be admitted to the ideal university in the new year, and you can help your cousin tutor more homework when you have time. Tang Qing said with a pun.

She not only gave Zhang Xu the New Year's money, but also took this opportunity to ask Zhang Xu to help his son Li Qiang with his homework, Li Longhai stood aside, and when he heard Tang Qing's words, his eyes were full of smiles.

"Thank you, uncle, thank you, aunt!" Zhang Xu took the New Year's money in his hand and said happily, Zhang Xu's actions made Zhang Feng on the side very happy, his son not only grew up, but also became more and more sensible. The words just now were not only comfortable for Li Longhai and Tang Qing to listen to, but even when he stood aside and listened, his heart was extremely comfortable.

Li Longhai and Tang Qing have already given Zhang Xu the New Year's money, Zhang Feng naturally can't be cold at the moment, relatives and friends walk around each other during the New Year, and give each other's children New Year's money, which is a custom and habit.

Zhang Feng took out his wallet and said to Li Qiang with a smile: "This is the New Year's money that my aunt and I sent you, I hope you can be admitted to your ideal university in the new year and grow up healthy and happy." ”

"Thank you, uncle. Li Qiang took the brand-new pile of RMB given to him by Zhang Feng, and his face bloomed with joy for a while, for Li Qiang, who has always loved to play, this money is enough for him to squander for a few days.

Zhang Xu used the excuse to go to the bathroom and left the room. Li Qiang followed behind, the two began to count the money in the bathroom, Zhang Xu quickly counted it, and found that this year's uncle Li Longhai and aunt Tang Qing gave him 5,000 yuan for the New Year, Zhang Xu's face involuntarily showed a smile.

Li Qiang counted the New Year's money that Zhang Feng sent him, and suddenly said with a surprised face: Cousin, do you guess how much New Year's money your father sent me just now? Hearing Li Qiang's surprise, Zhang Xu's face was indifferent, but he looked at Li Qiang with some confusion and did not respond.

"My uncle just sent me 6,000 yuan for the New Year's money, so much this year! I only sent 2,000 yuan last year!" Li Qiang looked at the pile of yuan in his hand and said with a smile.

Zhang Xu didn't speak, just smiled. He guessed that his father Zhang Feng worked in the county planning bureau, and the six thousand was not a small amount, perhaps his father must have his intentions in sending 6,000 yuan of New Year's money to his cousin Li Qiang.

After all, he is now studying in Dongzhou City, and occasionally troubles his uncle Li Longhai and aunt Tang Qing, who will take care of him, and his father Zhang Feng and mother Li Xiuyun will also have a lot of worry in Yangguan County.

Zhang Xu and Li Qiang put their respective New Year's money in their pockets, left the bathroom, and walked towards the hotel room, because they got their respective New Year's money early in the morning, Zhang Xu and Li Qiang were very happy at this time!

When entering the room, Zhang Xu and Li Qiang saw Wang Gang, every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Gang, as Li Longhai's driver, will also send New Year's money to Zhang Xu and Li Qiang, although it will not exceed 1,000 yuan, but it is also a little bit of his heart, and this year is naturally no exception.

"Xiaoqiang, Xiaoxu, this is the New Year's money I sent to you, I hope you can be admitted to your ideal university this year. After Wang Gang finished speaking briefly, he stuffed the two red envelopes in his hand to Zhang Xu and Li Qiang respectively.

"Happy New Year Uncle Wang!" As in previous years, Zhang Xu and Li Qiang said in unison, receiving the New Year's wishes from Zhang Xu and Li Qiang, Wang Gang smiled happily.

It was still early before the lunch time, and a few adults were bored in the room, so they asked the waiter to bring the cards, and the four adults played cards on the table in the room.

Zhang Xu and Li Qiang watched on the side for a while, because they couldn't participate, they naturally felt very bored, and after a while, the two tacitly took out their mobile phones and sat on the bed in the hotel and played mobile games.