After those two bugs, Jiang Cheng honestly turned his phone's volume down to the minimum.
Time passed quietly. When the clock pointed to past 11 o'clock, his mother led several kitchen aunties in, carrying several plates of steaming dumplings.
"Dumplings are here~" Li Yan shouted with a face full of smiles, her voice revealing a hint of excitement.
Seeing this, Grandpa and Second Grandpa both showed happy smiles on their faces.
Grandpa smiled and said to Li Yan, "Li Yan, you've really worked hard!"
Second Grandpa also echoed, "Yes, Li Yan, thank you!"
"Dad, Second Uncle, why say thanks? It's what I should do."
After saying that, Li Yan pointed to the plates of dumplings in front of her.
She continued to introduce them, "Come, these two plates were wrapped by me personally. They're filled with seafood and lean meat. The calories are relatively low, so hurry and try them."
Then, she pointed to the other two plates of dumplings and said, "These two plates were prepared by the kitchen. They have all kinds of fillings. Everyone can choose according to their own taste."
In Jiang Cheng's memory, from childhood to adulthood, the number of times Li Yan went into the kitchen could be said to be very few.
Of course, her culinary skills were also worrying, but Jiang Cheng didn't want to spoil the mood.
He followed up with a smile and said, "Thanks, Mom~"
Jiang Jianmin also immediately picked up his chopsticks and grabbed two dumplings, then handed them to Li Yan first.
His mother sweetly took the bowl and then handed it to Great-Grandfather: "Dad, you try it."
After Great-Grandfather took it with a smile, Li Yan then served Jiang Chenghong a few of the dumplings she had made.
"Second Uncle, you eat too."
"Thank you, Yan'er."
Seeing this, Jiang Jianmin quickly picked up his chopsticks, grabbed two dumplings, and handed them to Li Yan, as if this were the most normal thing in the world.
Li Yan took the bowl with a heart full of joy, a light of happiness flowing in her eyes.
However, she turned and handed the bowl to Great-Grandfather, saying with a smile, "Dad, you have a taste."
Great-Grandfather had a smile on his face as he happily took the bowl and nodded in agreement.
Next, Li Yan served Jiang Chenghong a few more of the dumplings she had wrapped herself and said warmly, "Second Uncle, you eat some too."
Jiang Chenghong hurriedly thanked her, "Thank you, Yan'er."
When it came to Jiang Cheng, he didn't get this kind of treatment.
Jiang Cheng honestly held his bowl and very proactively took some of the dumplings his mom had wrapped.
The moment the dumpling entered his mouth, Jiang Cheng suddenly let out a surprised and exaggerated "Mmm," a sound that caught everyone's attention.
Seeing this, Li Yan hurriedly asked, "How is it? How's the taste?"
It wasn't that it was exceptionally delicious, but mainly that it wasn't bad.
But adhering to the principle that telling the truth would get him beaten, Jiang Cheng spoke up, "It's simply too delicious! As expected of dumplings wrapped by Mom. This is the best dumpling I've ever eaten in my life."
This playful act made several people burst into laughter.
Perhaps because the exaggeration was over the top, Jiang Cheng still received a slap from Li Yan.
"You brat."
Everyone continued to taste the dumplings while laughing.
Unknowingly, time slipped away, and it was almost 11:50 PM.
Just as the moment for the New Year's vigil was approaching, Grandpa suddenly pulled a red envelope out of his clothes pocket.
With a smile on his face, he said to Jiang Cheng, "Come, my dear grandson, this is your New Year money from Grandpa. May you be free from worries every year."
After Grandpa finished speaking, Jiang Chenghong also took out a red envelope and handed it to Jiang Cheng, "Come, my dear grandson, this is from your Second Grandpa. May you have peace and joy in the new year, and may all your wishes come true."
The wishes from the two grandfathers were very ordinary, not asking for great wealth or career success.
This was the first time Jiang Cheng had received New Year money from his grandfathers. Besides a special sense of joy, he also suddenly felt a trace of heartache and sentimentality.
After all, Jiang Cheng himself was still in his youth.
And this special moment of the New Year often meant that the elders in the family were another year older.
Looking at the increasing wrinkles and white hair on the faces of the two grandfathers, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but imagine how they once looked when they were young and strong.
At this moment, Jiang Cheng's inner desire for something like a "wishing card" grew even stronger.
Taking the red envelopes handed over by the two grandfathers, the moment they touched his hand, he felt that they were very thin—so thin they had almost no weight.
"Thank you, Grandpa. I wish both grandfathers good health and long lives~~" Jiang Cheng said in his most sincere tone.
"Good, good, good. Dear grandson, Grandpa is happy just hearing that."
"Yes, Big Brother is very happy this year. I haven't seen Big Brother this happy in several years."
From the side, Jiang Jianmin looked at the two thin red envelopes in Jiang Cheng's hand.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke up, "Dad, Second Uncle, Jiang Cheng is still young. Don't give him things that are too valuable."
Upon hearing this, Grandpa looked up at Jiang Jianmin, seemingly a bit dissatisfied with his words.
"What do you mean by valuable? If I don't give it to him, who else can I give it to? Just don't worry about it. This is just a small token of affection to make the child happy."
Jiang Chenghong also hurriedly echoed from the side, "Yes, Jianmin, don't be so long-winded. You wouldn't let us give him shares before, and you didn't agree to giving him a house either. So what do you think we should do? We're already at this age; keeping things by our side always feels unsettling..."
Listening to Jiang Chenghong's humblebragging, Jiang Jianmin shook his head with a helpless smile and muttered quietly.
"A small token? I don't believe it. Second Uncle, you and my dad are still young, what's the rush??"
Hearing Jiang Jianmin's words, Grandpa's lips curled up slightly, and he looked at him with a half-smile, teasing, "Oh? I see, do you want a red envelope too?"
Jiang Jianmin's face flushed red instantly, and he defended himself awkwardly, "What would I want a red envelope for? I'm not a child anymore, why would I want a red envelope?"
But after saying that, Jiang Jianmin glanced at the red envelopes in Jiang Cheng's hand, his actions contradicting his words.
Seeing this, Grandpa teased with a chuckle, "That's right then. Anyway, he's the only child in the family. If we don't dote on him, who else would we dote on??"
Seeing his two grandfathers doting on him, Jiang Cheng grinningly stretched out his hands toward his own mom and dad.
"Dad, Mom. I wish you two a long and happy marriage, sweetness, and good health."
Seeing his son's actions, the corners of Jiang Jianmin's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a somewhat stiff but fatherly smile.
He intentionally asked with feigned confusion, "What red envelope? You're already an adult, and you still want a red envelope?"
His mom immediately took over and echoed, "Exactly. You're already such a big person, yet you're still reaching out for a red envelope like a child. Aren't you embarrassed?"
Even though Li Yan was jokingly dismissive, her hand suddenly pulled out two bulging red envelopes from behind her back.
She waved them in front of Jiang Cheng's eyes and then said, "Unless... you can give a more heartfelt compliment?"
Jiang Cheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately entered rainbow fart mode: "Mom, that qipao you're wearing today is amazing! You look more elegant than a Spring Festival Gala host! Dad, this hairstyle is so handsome I want to call the police!"
Jiang Jianmin scolded with a laugh, "You brat, your dad's hair is just 'returning forest to farmland' naturally!"
Despite his words, he happily took the red envelopes from Li Yan and slapped them into his son's hand.
"Take them... anyway, it's not even a fraction of what your grandpa gave you."
"Thanks, Mom and Dad~"
Jiang Cheng was happily preparing to stuff the four red envelopes into his pocket when his hand was suddenly stopped by his father.
"Don't be in a hurry to put them away. First, see what your grandfathers prepared for you." Jiang Jianmin stared at the red envelopes in Jiang Cheng's hand with curiosity.
Jiang Cheng obediently opened Grandpa's red envelope.
When Jiang Cheng saw the contents inside, he couldn't help but be stunned—it was actually a slip of paper!
Unfolding the paper, it clearly said "ten-billion-yuan transfer slip!"
Jiang Cheng: "..."
His eyes widened instantly, filled with disbelief.
He suddenly looked up, and his gaze happened to meet those of Grandpa and Second Grandpa.
He saw the two elderly men looking at him with beaming smiles, their expressions as if they had just secretly tucked some favorite snacks into his schoolbag and were happily waiting to see his reaction.
Jiang Cheng took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and then continued to open Jiang Chenghong's red envelope.
Unsurprisingly, inside was also a ten-billion-yuan transfer slip.
So, this meant that the New Year money from his two grandfathers actually amounted to twenty billion?
Holy cow, even though Jiang Cheng was no longer short on money, he couldn't help but be shocked at this moment.
One must know that for a family to produce a ten-billion-level mogul, it usually takes several generations of effort.
Just for one New Year, he got twenty billion in New Year money?
If this were told to anyone, who would believe it?