Chapter 1641: Chapter 1641: This Is Her Fate
The little ones, after all, have good constitutions and a foundation; they’re no worse than the soldiers in the new recruits’ camp. They really brought a lot of pride to Lu Xinyi as a grandfather.
Next year, he should also retire. Now, with his grandsons, granddaughters, and grandchildren able to spend so much time with him, and bringing him such pride, one can only imagine how happy he is.
A few days before the New Year, each one was given two thousand yuan, considered as the spending money for this period and their New Year’s lucky money. Although two thousand per child doesn’t seem like much, multiplied by eight, it amounts to sixteen thousand yuan gone.
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Originally, Luo Haotian planned to go to the He family for a reunion recognition before the year-end, but was stopped by Luo Xuyan and Woo Yunmei.
They had already interacted with He Jing and He Yuan; the two children are a year younger than Yanyan and Yueyue, but very precocious.
Moreover, they knew their mother was pushed down the stairs and killed by their stepmother Bao Xiaorui. However, their mother instructed them before she died to be obedient, because growing up safely is most important.
So they never directly opposed their stepmother Bao Xiaorui. This time they suggested they go for a family reunion after the New Year. They said that if they went earlier, they feared the He family might keep asking the Luo Family for help, spoiling the festive season.
After the fifteenth, the issue with Bao Xiaorui should be resolved, and visiting then for the family reunion would reduce some troubles, allowing them to properly enjoy the New Year.
It was decided they’d visit for the reunion on the sixteenth of the first month.
On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth month, when other branches of the Luo Family returned to the old residence, they found out about Li Qianqian’s matter.
Zhou Guifang cried once, which finally soothed her heart a bit. As she got older, her eyes softened, and thinking of the granddaughter she never met, her heart ached.
She just thought that when the time comes, she’d bring He Jing and He Yuan here to love them dearly, to make up the love for her granddaughter with them.
They looked at the photos of the two children for a long time before asking, "Why don’t these two kids look like twins?"
Because in the womb, the younger one took more nutrients, when standing together, they look like brothers but not twins.
Woo Yunmei laughed and said, "Grandma, can you guess which one is the elder and which one is the younger?"
Zhou Guifang laughed and said, "Based on how you asked, the elder must be the smaller one, and the younger the bigger one."
Woo Yunmei laughed and replied, "Grandma is still smart. My two nephews, although one is bigger and the other smaller, both brothers are quite clever."
Zhou Guifang laughed, then cried once more, "Thankfully, the Li family treated Qianqian well. Thinking of that just breaks my heart."
Woo Yunmei patted her grandmother on the shoulder, "Grandma, I know you’re sad, but things are what they are. The only thing we can do is take care of the two children Qianqian left behind."
At this moment, Song Shiya also came over, "Mom, with two more great-grandchildren, we should be happy and not sad anymore, okay?"
Zhou Guisu nodded, "That girl was unfortunate; a few years earlier would have been so much better."
After saying that, she took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, "I won’t cry. At least we found out about her existence. She left behind two children, so her life wasn’t in vain. That’s her fate."
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This year, the New Year’s Eve dinner at the Gu Family Old Residence had four dishes from each family, with Auntie Tang and Taifeng counted as a family, ensuring everyone participated.
Lu Yixuan remarked that although big brother didn’t have time to come back, the house couldn’t be cold. The old man is watching, and even though they can’t put up couplets or hang colored lights, it must be lively to reassure the old man that they are all doing well.
Hence, this year’s New Year’s Eve dinner had a variety of presentations; the only question is how it’ll taste.
Soon, the food was on the table.