I used rebirth to bury his captivating gaze.

Chapter 37 The contents of the eldest sister's telegram

Yang Yuhan quickly opened the telegram and saw it was the same reply from last time. But the content was only a few words, written hastily, and very poignant.

At this moment, Liu Shulan came out and called out to him, "Yu Han, what are you doing? Who's calling you?"

Yang Yuhan roused herself, hurriedly put the battery away, and quickly placed it in her pocket.

Then he said with a smile, "Mom, no one is shouting, it's the neighbor's gate."

"Then what are you standing there for? Hurry up and go inside to eat."

"Mom, you've finished eating, where are you going?" Yu Han asked in a flustered manner.

"I've finished eating. I'm going to the backyard to get two scallions. I'll make pork and sauerkraut dumplings later. We'll eat them at midnight to welcome the gods."

"Mom, let me get you some scallions from the cellar."

"No need to go down into the cellar. Your third uncle and the others have already taken out the scallions and put them on the eaves of the back room. Go eat quickly, and after you finish eating, help the adults with the chores."

"Mom, the eaves are so high, can you reach it? Or should I help you?"

"I told you to hurry up and eat, didn't you hear me? The food will get cold. What's wrong with you today? Something's not right with you."

"Mom, no, nothing's wrong with me. It's just that the roads are slippery with snow, and I was worried you'd fall during the New Year. Okay, I'm going inside to eat. Be careful." Yu Han turned around, looking bewildered, and quickly ran to the west kitchen to eat breakfast.

Liu Shulan noticed that something was off about her expression. Perhaps the little girl was excited because she had been looking forward to the New Year and could wear new clothes and pants.

She went to the backyard, and after a while, she looked towards the gate with two large green onions in her hand. Outside the gate, everything was white and cold!

Then she turned around and went into the large kitchen on the west side of the yard. After a while, the sound of two large cleavers chopping dumpling filling came from the kitchen.

After finishing cleaning the kitchen after dinner, the women continued chopping dumpling filling.

Some kneaded the dough, others chopped the meat filling, and now everyone is making dumplings together.

Two large round bamboo mats filled with pork dumplings were placed aside, completely overflowing with sorghum stalks. Then everyone returned to their rooms to rest and take a nap before preparing for the welcoming ceremony.

During this time, Yang Yuhan also joined in making dumplings. Seeing everyone's happy faces, she really didn't want to take out the expedited telegram that the courier had delivered.

She didn't know if she had done the right thing or the wrong thing, especially seeing Liu Shulan's cheerful mood as she celebrated the New Year with the children. The sudden and devastating blow she received from Liu Shulan was something she probably couldn't bear!

Not taking it out is a big deal, no small matter, and she might have to bear the consequences!

Let's postpone it for a while and see what happens. There's always a way! But even if everyone knew the truth from the telegram, there would still be no way out; the heavy snow was still blocking the railway lines, and people were trapped in the villages with little chance of getting out.

The telegram in her pocket felt like a ticking time bomb.

She couldn't take it anymore. When she put the telegram in her pocket, she was in a daze. The original owner of this body had left her with the aftereffect of "dizziness" before her death, and it was about to flare up again. She was almost bumping into the wall when she walked.

Everyone was sleeping, including Liu Shulan. Let's let her sleep for a while first.

Then she lay down, and after a busy day and a bit of a mental breakdown, she quickly fell asleep.

She had a dream. She dreamt that her eldest sister was only sixteen years old that year, with two long braids in front of her chest, and her appearance was exactly the same as the one in the framed photo hanging on the wall of her grandmother's east room.

The eldest sister, dressed in a white and black floral top, was playing in the back garden with her two-year-old son in her arms.

In the back garden, Mother had planted a vast expanse of flowers. The eldest sister, laughing, pulled the original owner of this body along, and they danced gracefully among the blooming blossoms...

Suddenly, the red, pink, and purple flowers transformed into a sea of ​​white and yellow blossoms. Then, all the flowers withered and fell apart.

The older sister released her younger sister's hand and slowly flew into the sky.

While crying and waving goodbye, she called out, "Little sister, farewell forever. In the next life, I will still be your eldest sister. You must listen to your parents and grandparents, study hard and make a career for yourself. When you grow up, don't trust the eyes of handsome boys."

My two-year-old sister stood alone amidst the withered branches and fallen leaves, crying and groaning...

The girl in the house, Yu Han, was dreaming, while everyone in the courtyard was busy setting up the ancestral wooden table.

In the very center of the courtyard stood a wooden dining table with four short legs.

On the square table was a white pig's head, with two burning red candles and a stick of yellow incense next to it.

On the other side were a plate of vegetables and rice, a plate of corn grits, and a glass of white wine.

It was already 11:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve, and there was still half an hour to prepare for the formal welcoming of the gods!

When welcoming the gods, the whole family needs to gather in the courtyard, kneel down, and kowtow.

Liu Shulan saw that Yang Yuhan was still lying on the heated kang bed, sleeping, with tears still in the corners of her eyes.

She suddenly woke Yu Han up. "Yu Han, wake up quickly, we're about to receive the gods."

Yu Han woke up abruptly. "Who? Who's calling me? Is it my eldest sister?"

“I’m your mother. You’re still half asleep. Wake up! You’re missing your older sister. Didn’t she say in her letter that the whole family would come when the weather gets warmer? Hurry up and go to the yard. It’ll be midnight in a few minutes.” After saying that, she went out.

Yang Yuhan finally came to her senses; she had just had a dream about her eldest sister. She looked up at the clock hanging on the east wall, and the second and hour hands immediately overlapped. She jumped off the heated brick bed and said, "Okay. I'll go out right away."

The courtyard was now filled with the entire family facing south behind the offering table, preparing for the occasion. She quickly ran over and stood next to her aunt and Yang Zhi in the last row.

Just as it was midnight, Yang Zhannan shouted, "First bow to Heaven, kowtow! Second bow to Earth, kowtow! Third bow..."

Everyone bowed and kowtowed to the south at the same time, including Yang Yuhan, who hated kowtowing the most and whose family never did it in her previous life.

She had no choice but to feign compliance and kowtow, when suddenly, as she bent over, the telegram accidentally fell out of her pocket and onto the ground.

Yang Yuhan hurriedly bent down to pick it up, but Yang Zhi, who was next to her, grabbed it first. She discovered that it was an urgent telegram, and upon closer inspection, she saw that the cover of the telegram was from her cousin Yulu's family in another city.

He glanced again at the terrified Yu Han, who was also staring at him blankly. Yang Zhi quickly opened the telegram and saw only a few large characters.

Then, without any hesitation, he loudly read out the contents and the time it was written, his voice so loud it was louder than Yang Zhannan's shouts of kowtow.

Suddenly, the kowtowing stopped abruptly, and the old lady fainted. Several people rushed over to help her, and the old man almost fainted as well.

Yang Zhannan was about to utter the word "kowtow" when it suddenly caught in his throat, making him feel suffocated and unable to breathe. Then, through that breath, tears streamed down his face.

Liu Shulan quickly walked to Yu Han's side and raised her hand to give her a very merciless slap!

Her grief and anger were tinged with ferocity. "Get lost! You've been keeping this a secret! I'll beat you up!" She was about to slap the other half of her face when her aunt, Liu Shuzhen, stepped between them. Liu Shulan's heavy slap landed squarely on her aunt's face.

Liu Shuzhen's heavy body swayed a few times before finally tilting down and falling to the ground with a thud.

Yang Yuhan could only whimper twice, like a mute swallowing bitter herbs, unable to express her suffering!

A moment later, my aunt lay on the ground, clutching her large belly with one hand, and cried out, "Big sister, my stomach hurts so much, I'm going into labor..."

Just then, a pair of dark eyes were watching them from outside the gate...