Kids are always the happiest when the New Year comes around. Zhuangzhuang, who couldn't fight off his sleepiness last night, didn't even need Xu Xiaojuan to wake him. He was up bright and early, long before dawn.
'Xu Xiaojuan had been thinking that on New Year's Eve, her brother-in-law's house would be watched over by either Ninth Aunt or Mr. Shi. To put it bluntly, neither of them was the kind of auspicious elder you'd want for good luck.'
'But seeing that her in-laws didn't seem to mind, she decided to have her son take his little sister over to their Third Uncle and Aunt's place first thing this morning to wish them an early happy new year.'
'It was for good luck and to bring a festive atmosphere—opening the door to the cheerful noise of children. Since her mother-in-law hadn't thought of it, she, as the eldest sister-in-law, had to make some arrangements on the sly.'
