Hard work after winning the lottery

Grandma Hua stopped sewing shoe soles a long time ago. The old lady walked to Hua Yun's side with her bound feet, took her hand and looked her up and down. Her eyes were so gentle that they could melt your heart.

"Oh dear, my sweet granddaughter, no wonder you look a little pale today. Are you tired? Are you hungry? What would you like to eat? Grandma will make it for you."

Hua Shu, who had been silent the whole time, this usually taciturn and honest man, stood in the corner, his rough hands rubbing his trouser legs incessantly. He looked at his daughter, his lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but he was too tongue-tied to utter a word, only able to keep smiling foolishly, his eyes red-rimmed.

After a long pause, he managed to stammer, "Um... I'll go kill a chicken. No, I mean a sheep. Um... the fattest sheep on West Mountain, I'll go slaughter it right now."

After saying that, he turned around and ran outside, forgetting even to put on his cotton hat.

"Me too! Me too!" Hua An excitedly followed him out. "Dad, I'll help you hold down the lamb leg!"

The room was in complete chaos, but it was a pot of boiling joy and happiness.

Just then, three little heads peeked out from the inner room.

It is Si'an, Si'le, and Si'tao.

The three children had been having so much fun since they were brought back to the village for the holidays that they didn't want to leave. Hearing the commotion outside, they all widened their eyes in surprise.

"Great-Grandpa, what are you arguing about?" Si Tao asked in a childish voice, with sugar crumbs still stuck to her lips.

Zhou Yinchuan strode over, picked up the youngest Si Tao in one scoop, and his beard made Si Tao giggle.

"Tao Tao, Great-Grandpa has some great news for you! You have a little brother or sister! Your mom is pregnant!"

The three children's eyes lit up instantly upon hearing this.

"Really?" Sile jumped up excitedly. "I'm going to have a little brother? Does that mean I can be the older brother and teach him how to fight?"

"No!" Hua Yun quickly stopped him. "It's about teaching him to read and write, not fighting!"

As Si'an grew a little older, she ran over and hugged Hua Yun's leg, tilting her little face up and asking cautiously, "Mommy, will it hurt if there's a baby in my tummy?"

This one sentence melted Hua Yun's heart.

She crouched down and touched Si'an's head: "It doesn't hurt, it's just that Mommy sometimes feels hungry and a little sleepy."

"Then I'll give all my chocolates to Mom!" Si'an immediately pulled out a handful of warm chocolates from her pocket.

"Me too! I have White Rabbit candy!" Sile retorted, not to be outdone.

Watching this whole family bustling about and overjoyed for the unborn little one, Hua Yun felt that at this moment, she was the happiest person in the world.

Zhou Yinchuan had held Si Taole for a while when he suddenly remembered something. He put the child down and took out his phone with a serious expression.

"No, this is too big of a deal. I have to call that bastard Zhou Ye and tell him the good news! And Lin Yi, she's probably getting a beauty treatment right now, I need to tell her to get ready quickly, send over all sorts of tonics and bird's nest!"

He was about to dial a number when Hua Yun suddenly stopped him.

"Grandpa, wait a minute."

Hua Yun smiled and pressed the old man's hand, "We can inform Mom and Dad, but... could we keep it from Yan Jin for now?"

Zhou Yinchuan was stunned: "You're hiding it from Yan Jin? Why? That was his child... that's his child!"

The old man almost blurted out "the seed of the plant," but swallowed it back down.

Hua Yun blinked, her mischievous spirit returning: "I want to tell him myself. Besides, don't you want to see how dumbfounded President Zhou, who usually remains calm even in the face of a collapsing mountain, will look when he hears this news?"

After listening, Zhou Yinchuan paused for two seconds, then burst into a hearty laugh.

"Hahaha! Great! Excellent idea! This kid always has that deadpan expression, pretending to be deep and mysterious. I, the old man, also want to see him break down!"

The old man's eyes darted around, and his playful, childlike spirit returned.

"Alright! Let's all be on the same page! Nobody is allowed to tell Yan Jin! Let's keep him in the dark! When he comes back, we'll put on a big show for him!"

Hua Mutou chimed in, "Yeah! Let's shut that kid up! He always beats me at chess!"

Dinner was quite lavish.

Hua Shu really did slaughter a sheep. Although there wasn't enough time to stew large chunks of mutton, fresh stir-fried mutton and mutton offal soup were essential. In addition, there were meatballs and lotus root sandwiches fried by Li Guifen, as well as several of Grandma Hua's special dishes, making a large table full of food.

To celebrate, Zhou Yinchuan specially brought out a bottle of Moutai from his collection. Although Hua Yun couldn't drink it, that didn't stop the men from toasting each other.

The room was warm from the heating, the news was playing on TV, and steam was rising from the table.

"Come on, Yunyun, have a piece of mutton. This is from our own farm, we've never fed it any feed, it's all-natural and pollution-free!" Hua Shu picked up a large piece of mutton with his chopsticks and put it in Hua Yun's bowl, his eyes full of eagerness.

The mutton was stir-fried until it was glistening with oil, and the aroma of cumin and chili mixed with the unique muttony smell (which is usually fragrant) filled the nostrils.

Hua Yun looked at the pile of oily meat in the bowl, and her stomach, which had just been feeling hungry, suddenly felt like it had been hit hard by something.

That familiar, damned greasy feeling instantly surged up from the bottom of my stomach and rushed straight to the top of my head.

"vomit--"

Hua Yun's expression changed, she covered her mouth, stood up abruptly, and rushed towards the door.

"Yunyun!"

"sister!"

"Mother!"

Everyone at the table panicked.

Li Guifen reacted the fastest, dropping her chopsticks and following them out.

In the courtyard, Hua Yun squatted by the drainage ditch in the corner, vomiting violently. But there wasn't much in her stomach; she was just vomiting bile.

That feeling was like having all my internal organs twisted together, so painful that tears kept flowing.

While patting her back, Li Guifen felt so sorry for her that tears streamed down her face: "Oh dear, why is she reacting so strongly? This is just the beginning, she's suffering so much."

Hua Yun vomited for a while before feeling a little better. She took the warm water Hua An handed her, rinsed her mouth, and smiled palely, "It's okay, Mom. This just proves that this little guy... is full of energy."

Back inside, looking at the table full of greasy meat dishes, Hua Yun lost all appetite.

"They've all left! They've all left!"

Zhou Yinchuan waved his hand dismissively, looking annoyed. "How could I forget that! The mutton smells too strong! Take it away quickly!"

Hua Mutou quickly instructed Hua Shu, "Go, open the window a crack to let in some fresh air, so Yun'er doesn't get sick from the fumes."

Grandma Hua looked at her granddaughter's pale face with heartache and toddled towards the kitchen. "Yunyun, Grandma will cook you something light. What would you like to eat? How about sour soup noodles? More vinegar, less oil, and some cilantro?"