Chapter 820 - 819, The First Day of the New Year
Unlike the father and son who disliked sweets, Pei Tang found himself with preferences more like Shen Mingzhu, particularly joyful about eating glutinous rice balls on New Year’s Day.
Furthermore, Shen Mingzhu had put in extra effort to make the rice balls colorful, making Pei Tang extremely fond of them, eating more than the father and son combined.
After breakfast, the family of four drove back to Anping Town.
This year marked the second anniversary of Qin Jinlian’s death, and just like last year, they needed to return to Shenjiagou to pay their respects.
When they arrived at the residence in Anping Town, the whole family was still having breakfast.
As a married-out daughter, Shen Mingzhu could choose not to return to her parental home for the New Year’s celebration, but it was obligatory for the brothers, Shen Chaobei and Shen Xiangnan, to return according to the unwritten traditions and rules of rural life.
No matter how successful you are away from home, during New Year’s, you still need to return and be the dutiful son or grandson.
After not seeing her for a while, Jia Yuemei had gained quite a bit of weight, her face almost round now, Shen Mingzhu barely recognized her at first glance.
By contrast, Du Juan seemed especially thin, even to the point of looking gaunt.
As they left, Shen Mingzhu deliberately rode in the same car as Du Juan and after showing some concern for her health, they talked about the management of the food factory.