Tech Dominator Starts with Raising Kids

Chapter 549: Sis, Guoguo Understands Everything

After greeting the neighbors, the old man spoke up:

"Bring me the unused red envelopes from the house."

Soon, a thick stack of completely unopened red envelopes was handed to Grandpa.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the old man calmly chopped the branches he had cut from the back mountain into sections with a hatchet.

With puzzled looks from the onlookers, he wrapped each section of branch with red envelopes, each envelope holding no more, no less than two small sections.

From a distance, Feiyan, who was serving as a medic in the team, suddenly furrowed her brow and whispered to her teammates:

"The old gentleman’s complexion is not as rosy as before."

With Feiyan’s reminder, Wild Wolf and the others took a closer look, and it was indeed true.

His face wasn’t just not rosy, nor was it pale; it seemed rather dark.

Feiyan muttered to herself, "It’s soon."

Allowing no one else to interfere, the old man wrapped thirty-six red envelopes by himself.

As expected, all the male members received the red envelopes representing the passing down of the flame first.

Mo Jingchun held the red envelope in his right hand, feeling a bit uncomfortable.

Initially, Mo Jingchun didn’t understand why Grandpa was collecting some branches.

It wasn’t until Grandpa put the branches into the red envelopes that Mo Jingchun suddenly realized.

Firewood, firewood, isn’t that the passing down of the flame?

Wrapping them in red envelopes symbolizes the inheritance of the flame, doesn’t it?

"Candy, come here, Grandpa has something for you." The old man beamed, handing a red envelope to the little one.

Holding her Little Golden Pig, Candy looked up at Mo Jingchun.

Mo Jingchun nodded, and Candy accepted this unique red envelope.

Soon, out of the thirty-six red envelopes, only one remained in the old man’s hand.

Hesitating a little, the old man got up and told everyone not to follow him as he returned to his room alone.

A few minutes passed, and just as everyone grew a bit anxious and uneasy, the old man came out.

The difference was, the old man now carried another red envelope in hand, still wrapped in red paper.

Under everyone’s gaze, the old man walked up to Li Xuanyu.

Sighing, he said, "Child, Xiaochun’s parents are both gone, and this is your first time here."

"According to tradition, as long as the elders agree, they will give a big red envelope to first-time visitors upon their departure, to show their approval."

"You’ve seen Xiaochun’s family; only the two little siblings rely on each other, so things like red envelopes, only I, this old man, can do it on behalf of my daughter and son-in-law."

When Li Xuanyu felt at a loss and didn’t know what to do, Mo Jingchun gently patted her shoulder.

"It’s Grandpa’s token of appreciation, accept it."

Seeing both envelopes accepted, the old man laughed heartily, "Good, good!"

Then he turned to Zhou Yaling standing by the kitchen door and shouted, "Girl, don’t dawdle, quickly bring Grandpa’s bath water to the room."

At these words, Zhou Yaling’s body trembled and she turned shakily.

Behind her, Zhou Yaling felt like Grandpa’s voice was getting softer and softer.

"Dear friends, sorry for the inadequate hospitality over the years, please forgive me."

When Zhou Yaling carried the steaming hot water from the kitchen to the room, she had already used up all her strength. If Li Xuanyu hadn’t supported her, Zhou Yaling would have nearly collapsed to the ground.

Soon, except for Zhou Xing and his brother, everyone else was invited out of the room by the old man.

Inside the room, Zhou Xing was adjusting the water temperature.

The old man sat on the bed, gently stroking the final set of clothes he would wear in life.

"The fabric is quite nice, just too flashy."

As he spoke, the old man glanced at his son and said calmly:

"What’s there to be sad about?"

"It’s your old man’s happy occasion, crying is nonsensical."

"Tell everyone, no one is allowed to cry, it should be lively, even set up a stage for performances for your old man."

"Rest assured, the savings your old man has are all yours and your brother’s, no one can take it."

"Also, just because Xiaochun is doing well now, don’t flatter him, and if any day he falls, don’t turn your back on him."

"Wouldn’t dare," Zhou Xing muttered.

The old man chuckled softly, "I know you two wouldn’t dare."

"Ah~"

"Once I’m gone, many relations will dwindle~"

Seeming to remember something, the old man pointed at the drawer of the broken desk and said, "Second one, you get the notebook out."

"Don’t even mention the account book, I’ve already given it to you."

Flipping open this seldom-opened notebook, the old man said with a face full of emotion:

"You must not only keep this notebook well, but also never show it to outsiders. It records the birth dates and times of all your children."

In the courtyard, Candy, who was guarding the Little Golden Pig, frowned, feeling something was off, but couldn’t pinpoint it.

"Brother, don’t you feel something strange?"

Sitting on the bench, Mo Jingchun looked at his sister who was pondering life and paused before slowly saying:

"When our Guoguo grows up, she will understand."

This made Candy furrow her brows even deeper.

"Guoguo has already grown up, she’s already in the big class."

"Hmm, then she needs to grow up a little more."

"Hmph~ Brother, you’re so annoying, always treating Guoguo like a kid."

Unlike Mo Jingchun and his relatives, the neighbors sitting in the courtyard were chatting and laughing, discussing various topics.

Some even started playing poker.

Such a scene was not unfamiliar to Mo Jingchun. He had seen too many since childhood.

With the sun high in the sky, Mo Jingchun glanced at the time, it was surprisingly already ten o’clock.

After waiting for a long time, Mo Jingchun’s ear caught the sound of a door opening.

Looking up, he saw his uncle walk out.

Only his face didn’t look too good.

"Go in and have a look."

After speaking, Zhou Xing grabbed Mo Jingchun’s hand and said in a low voice, "The old man instructed, don’t let Candy go in. You have Li Xuanyu keep an eye on the child."

"The old man is afraid of scaring Candy."

As Candy was about to run over, Mo Jingchun gave Li Xuanyu a look, which she immediately understood, and reached out to pick up the wide-eyed, puzzled Candy.

"Xuanyu sis, Uncle said everyone should go in."

"The adults have important matters to discuss, we won’t get involved."

"Oh~"

Inside the room, it was once again filled with people, and when Mo Jingchun saw Grandpa again, his heart sank.

Grandpa was lying on the bed in a shroud, gasping for air, his face dark.

Even so, Grandpa’s face was still full of smiles.

No one spoke, time passed slowly.

Until a certain moment when those half-open eyes slowly closed, that gasping mouth no longer opened.

Instantly, the room was filled with cries.

"No one cry, the old man instructed that for happy occasions, no one is allowed to cry."

While Mo Jingchun was in a daze, the sound of fireworks and firecrackers came from outside.

Under the big pine tree, Candy looked up at the fireworks and suddenly smiled.

To Zhou Yaling’s astonishment, Candy laughed and said:

"Sister, Guoguo actually understands everything."

Laughing, the cheerful Candy began to silently shed tears.