Chapter 561: Chapter 547: Not Even as Rich as a Kid...

As the Spring Festival Gala was about to start, Huang Yide turned on the 40-inch TV in the restaurant, ready to watch the Year of the Rabbit Spring Festival Gala with everyone!

After all, New Year’s Eve dinner and the Spring Festival Gala are a perfect match!

It’s just that now the Spring Festival Gala programs are dominated by film and television actors, almost a roundup of last year’s popular TV drama actors.

It seems that the Spring Festival Gala equals a year’s popular drama actors + trending young stars + the usual language category old-timers + some singers.

With a year’s popular catchphrases and classic songs, yet another vaguely familiar Spring Festival Gala.

But Song Sitong, being a fan of a certain young star, was exceptionally excited at this moment. Even watching the long advertisement countdown made her very excited, she kept saying: "The first song is sung by my idol, my idol is singing!"

Then the Spring Festival Gala kicked off, a group of "bunny babies" stood neatly on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, each with a smile, tilting their little heads in unison, starting to sing the first song. Following that, a group of men and women dressed in pink and green dance costumes started dancing gracefully...

The picture shifts.

A group of stars dressed in red clothes, each holding a small red bunny doll, started singing...

The rapid camera changes made everyone feel a bit overwhelmed, and they still didn’t know who Song Sitong’s idol was.

That opening song and dance, how to put it...

It felt a bit chaotic, the dance wasn’t very beautiful, and the singing wasn’t very appealing either. A group of dancers and a group of male and female stars were happily singing on stage.

But.

The three families watching in front of the TV were also confused.

They even forgot to pick up their chopsticks to eat, staring dumbly at the TV.

"This opening dance was very mediocre, the singing wasn’t great either, it was all over the place, the camera cuts were so fast they made me dizzy. Well, I guess the Spring Festival Gala is just like this now," Song Gaohua shook his head dissatisfiedly.

What he said was quite reasonable, leaving Song Sitong with no way to refute it.

"Gao Hua, why not watch something else, you choose," Huang Yide came out to mediate, intending to hand the remote control to Song Gaohua.

Although this Spring Festival Gala was "tasteless", it was a "shame to discard"...

Song Gaohua waved his hand, politely refusing: "No, no, let’s just make do with this!"

And so!

This little episode was over, and everyone continued watching and eating.

During the meal.

Song Cailian and Chen Peilan each reminisced about eating New Year’s Eve dinner and watching the Spring Festival Gala when they were young.

Sun Jiakang and Song Sitong started a session of watching the Spring Festival Gala and making jokes.

After all, having a family meal while watching the Spring Festival Gala and making jokes has become a new custom on New Year’s Eve!

Besides, joking about the Spring Festival Gala is a precious thing and should be cherished.

Because gradually you’ll find that everyone doesn’t even bother to joke anymore.

Meanwhile, the uncle-in-law and Song Gaohua, Huang Yide, and Huang Tao were chatting about opening a new store.

When the news that Huang Tao was planning to open a new store in the city first broke, the three were quite shocked.

Because Huang Tao’s Delicious Restaurant had only been open for just over half a year.

Yet in such a short time, he already had the idea to open a new store in the city.

However, Huang Tao’s Delicious Restaurant is now practically a golden goose, so opening another store is only a matter of time.

Of course.

As elders, they naturally wanted to give strong support.

They even stated on the spot that if Huang Tao needed their help financially, they were willing to spare no effort to help.

Actually, Huang Tao was still in the dark about the new store, as he hadn’t even chosen a location, so talking about the new store was indeed a bit premature.

He hadn’t planned to discuss this topic over the meal,

but when the elders asked about plans for the coming year just now, he thought it was necessary to discuss the new store with them in advance.

After all, the elders had richer social experience and could offer many useful suggestions for the new store.

They ate and drank until nearly nine o’clock before the New Year’s Eve dinner ended.

Afterwards, Huang Tao helped tidy up the dining table and kitchen, while Huang Yide continued to accompany Song Gaohua and the others to watch the Spring Festival Gala and chat.

The uncle-in-law smiled and waved at Xuanxuan, who was playing not far away with Mimi and Wangcai, saying, "Xuanxuan, come here."

Unfortunately...

Xuanxuan, who was having fun with Mimi and Wangcai, didn’t come over immediately, looking around in confusion.

Huh?

Who’s calling me?

Huang Tao heard and walked over to gently pat her little head, smiling, "Xuanxuan, your uncle-in-law is calling you, why don’t you go over?"

"Daddy, I didn’t hear clearly who was calling me just now!"

She looked up, her big beautiful eyes blinking, and smiled at Huang Tao: "I’ll go now."

Then.

She trotted over to the uncle-in-law, eyebrows arched sweetly, and said, "Uncle-in-law, what do you want to tell me?"

"Ah, uncle-in-law has something for you."

The uncle-in-law replied with a kind and gentle smile, then took out a big red envelope from his pocket and stuffed it into Xuanxuan’s hand: "This is your New Year’s money from your uncle-in-law."

This red envelope was quite thick, looking plump!

Although Xuanxuan wasn’t receiving a red envelope for the first time—Li Chengzhan and others had given her one when the restaurant held a New Year’s Eve dinner a few days ago, and when visiting Mr. Li, Mrs. Lin had also given her six hundred as a New Year’s gift.

But none of those red envelopes were as thick as this one!

For a moment, she didn’t know whether she should take it!

Instinctively, she turned to look at Huang Tao, seeking her dad’s opinion.

Huang Tao smiled and said, "Quick, thank your uncle-in-law!"

"Thank you, uncle-in-law!"

Only then did Xuanxuan accept it.

"Xuanxuan, this is your New Year’s money from your uncle!"

Song Gaohua also gave Xuanxuan a big red envelope.

Of course, it was just as thick as the uncle-in-law’s!

Xuanxuan sweetly smiled: "Thank you, uncle."

"Xuanxuan, come!"

Huang Yide was also prepared and handed Xuanxuan a big red envelope: "This is your New Year’s money from grandpa."

It must be said, the red envelope he gave was very thick, almost too heavy to hold!

Xuanxuan happily accepted it.

After all, it was a red envelope from her own grandpa!

Xuanxuan sweetly said: "Thank you, grandpa..."

"Good girl~"

Huang Yide beamed and couldn’t help but want to reach out and touch Xuanxuan’s cheek.

After Xuanxuan’s whirlwind of "socializing", she didn’t know how many times she said "thank you" but ended up with five or six red envelopes.

Even Sun Jiakang and Song Sitong, her young elders, each gave her one.

In the end, Xuanxuan’s little hands couldn’t hold them all, she handed them to Huang Tao with a frown: "Daddy, here, you keep them for me."

"Okay!"

Huang Tao chuckled and accepted them. Looking at the bulging red envelopes, a popular online phrase flashed in his mind: working hard all year round, and in the end, you’re not as rich as a kid after the New Year...

Xuanxuan smiled and said: "Thank you, Daddy."

Huang Tao patted her head.

Just then, outside the window came the sound of crackling, followed by splendid fireworks blooming in the night sky.

"Wow, fireworks..." Xuanxuan’s eyes were full of longing.

"Come on, Uncle Jiakang will take you to set off firecrackers."

When Sun Jiakang came over, he brought a lot of children’s firecrackers for Xuanxuan.

Now they finally came in handy.

Xuanxuan happily went to set off firecrackers with him.

In a short while, there were crackling sounds outside, and the glow of the firelight reflected on the windows.

Making this year’s New Year’s Eve extraordinarily beautiful and especially lively!