latelenovela Chapter 90 New Year
Chapter 90 New Year
Perhaps influenced by Lu Jinyan's emotions, a group of people joined her in building snowmen in the yard. With many hands making light work, the yard was soon filled with snowmen of all sizes.
Happy times always fly by, and before she knew it, it was New Year's Eve. Lu Jinyan got up early that day and pulled everyone together to make dumplings. In the place where she used to live, dumplings were an indispensable part of the New Year.
Several people were busy at work, some chopping meat, some cutting vegetables, and some kneading dough. After everything was ready, Lu Jinyan called everyone to make dumplings together.
Making dumplings can be simple or difficult. Under Lu Jinyan's instruction, a bunch of oddly shaped dumplings were made. Although they didn't look very appealing, Lu Jinyan was sure they would taste good, since she had personally prepared the filling.
After a busy morning, the group finally finished cooking. They boiled water, put the dumplings in the pot, and soon a steaming pot of dumplings was ready.
Everyone had a bowl of plump, white dumplings, served with the dipping sauce prepared by Lu Jinyan. Everyone ate until their bellies were round and full, especially Yuan Yi, who ate almost the entire pot of dumplings.
She had dumplings for lunch, and would eat something else for dinner. This was Lu Jinyan's first New Year in the demon realm, so she was paying special attention to it. In addition, she was very happy to have so many friends by her side.
Dinner was prepared by her as the head chef, with Chu Chu assisting. The table was full of various delicacies, and she had started preparing it almost immediately after lunch. The aroma could be smelled by everyone in the main room.
The group sat together, eating New Year's Eve dinner and drinking some wine. Lu Jinyan's alcohol tolerance was average, but she naturally had to drink a little during such a happy occasion, so Chu Chu didn't stop her.
It's been almost half a year since she came here. Her progress in winning over Mo Xuan has reached 97, and her progress in winning over Ruo Han has reached 45. There's a reason why Lu Jinyan is so fond of Ruo Han.
This guy, besides giving her a fixed amount of love stones every day to increase her favorability, he also increases her favorability every day on average. Lu Jinyan is really worry-free, and her favorability increases rapidly.
She even felt that she didn't need to farm for love stones, as he would be able to farm enough for her in no time. Such an easy target for romance is rare these days, so how could she not want him?
"It's a pleasure to meet you all, and an honor to become your friends. I wish you all a Happy New Year, and may we all have peace, health, and all our wishes come true in the new year!" Lu Jinyan said, raising her glass to everyone.
"I'm very happy to have met you all. I'm very grateful that you're staying to spend the New Year with me. Happy New Year to everyone!" Lin Churan also raised her glass.
"It's my honor to meet you all. Happy New Year!" Ruohan smiled and raised her glass, secretly glancing at Lu Jinyan. She silently added in her heart, "Jin'er, it's my luck to meet you."
"Happy New Year! Happy New Year! May Yan Yan's wishes come true in the new year, and may everyone here be safe and happy!" Chu Chu also raised her glass!
"May all the ladies and everyone else have their wishes fulfilled and everything go smoothly!" Liu Xu and Liu Qing also raised their glasses.
"Then we wish the two young ladies and everyone else to have meat to eat every day, wine to drink at every meal, endless money to spend, and a never-ending supply of new clothes—in short, to have whatever they want!" Yuan Yi said, scratching his head.
Both he and Du Che are not good at speaking, so it was already quite an achievement that they managed to squeeze out such a sentence.
"Happy New Year, cheers!" Lu Jinyan said.
"cheers!"
"cheers!"
"cheers!"
Amidst cheers of "Cheers!" from everyone, Lu Jinyan drank her wine. After a few rounds of drinks, Lu Jinyan led everyone to the courtyard to set off fireworks. Fortunately, fireworks were available there.
During the Chinese New Year, you have to set off firecrackers and fireworks to create that atmosphere. With each loud bang, beautiful flowers bloomed in the sky. Although they weren't as pretty as modern ones, Lu Jinyan was still satisfied.
As Lu Jinyan and her friends set off the first firework, fireworks began to light up one after another in the village below the mountain. The crackling sounds rose and fell. Lu Jinyan looked at the fireworks in the sky, her eyes slightly red.
"Grandpa, Grandma, can you see? I'm doing very well here, don't worry about me. I'll do even better in the future. Happy New Year, Grandpa, Grandma!"
Lu Jinyan silently thought to herself, she missed her grandparents.
After the fireworks were set off, Lu Jinyan prepared red envelopes for everyone. Lin Churan and Ruohan also prepared red envelopes for everyone. After happily receiving the red envelopes, the group organized a game of mahjong because Lu Jinyan said they would stay up all night to welcome the New Year.
So everyone played mahjong all night. After breakfast the next morning, they washed up and went back to their rooms to rest. Since Lin Churan lived on the mountain and there was no one around, there was no need to visit other people's homes for New Year's greetings. So everyone slept at home all day on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Meanwhile, Mo Xuan also had a relatively happy New Year.
Since returning to the Demon King's Palace, he and Mo Chen were finally able to have a peaceful conversation. They resolved their long-standing misunderstandings, but perhaps because their inner conflicts had been brewing for so long, even after resolving them, they didn't return to the close relationship they had in their childhood. However, at least they no longer needed to be wary of each other.
The family spent the New Year together happily. Mo Xuan thought to himself that after the New Year he would say goodbye to his parents and brothers and go back to find Lu Jinyan. Unfortunately, it seemed that things would not go as he wished.
Because on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he learned that his family would be hosting a banquet the next day. He and his brother, as future candidates for the Demon King, had to be present. Although he didn't want to be a candidate for the Demon King, he didn't want to upset his parents on this festive day.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Demon King's Palace hosted a banquet, attracting a large number of guests and creating a lively atmosphere. However, observant people would notice that there were many young and beautiful women at the banquet.
Anyone with eyes could see that this banquet was a pretense; the real purpose was to select wives for the two sons. Both of the Demon King's sons were exceptionally talented. Although the eldest son had countless concubines and even children, the position of his principal wife remained vacant. The second son, on the other hand, had very few concubines. Although many beauties were sent to him, only a few remained.
Both of these men are likely to inherit the position of Demon King in the future, so everyone is naturally scrambling to marry their daughters to them, since no matter who they marry, they are very likely to become the Demon King's wife in the future.