Chapter 102
Today, during the New Year’s visit, Shen Tiantian received red envelopes from many people.
His big brother, his daddy, Auntie Yueli, and even Qin Ye gave him one.
It was just evening, and Tiantian poured out all the small red envelopes and counted them one by one.
His arithmetic skills had improved, but all the small red envelopes added up to twenty or thirty, which was obviously beyond his level.
Families like the Gu family or the Shen family would not directly give the little ones red envelopes with a large amount of money.
In the end, the money would only end up in the adults’ pockets.
To make the children happy, Auntie Yueli would quietly give the children a small red envelope, a few hundred or a thousand, to make the children happy.
That way, the adults would be too embarrassed to take this little money, and the red envelopes would end up in the children’s own hands.
However, Old Master Gu still gave Shen Tiantian a large red envelope on the surface. The amount was so large that Shen Yuanchuan’s eyelid twitched when he held the money, and he didn’t dare to let this little money-grubber, Shen Tiantian, know.
Shen Yuanchuan opened a savings account and temporarily deposited it for Shen Tiantian.
Shen Tiantian, who didn’t know that he already had New Year’s money savings, took advantage of the bright moonlight and laid out all the bills from the red envelopes neatly.
When Shen Jinfeng returned, what he saw was a floor full of red bills.
His eyelid twitched, and he couldn’t help but ask:
“Shen Tiantian, what are you doing?”
Tiantian was sticking his little bottom in the air, seriously flipping over the little money that was basking in the moonlight.
“I’m drying my money. Big brother, do you want to dry some too?”
Shen Jinfeng felt that this was too boring and directly shook his head and refused.
“I don’t have that much free time, and I don’t have that much cash either.”
Modern people mostly use their phones to pay when they go out. Let alone one or two hundred, they might not even have ten or twenty in cash.
Shen Tiantian finished flipping over the little money, looked up, and looked at his brother with a pitiful expression.
He sighed, his little baby fat puffed out, and he sighed with a bit of emotion.
“Big brother, I’ve told you so many times to be more well-behaved, but you just won’t listen. You’re still fierce and argue with me. Now, no one is willing to give you a red envelope for the New Year.”
Tiantian spread his small hands, as if he were very helpless.
“Look, I’m very well-behaved and obedient. I’ll get a small red envelope when I go for New Year’s greetings. Don’t you have one, big brother?”
Shen Jinfeng’s eyelid kept twitching.
At this moment, he really wanted to hit Shen Tiantian’s head hard.
What the hell is he thinking about all day?
Shen Jinfeng let out a cold hmph and said, “Usually, after you’re eighteen, no one will give you a red envelope anymore.”
Tiantian let out an “ah,” his round eyes widened, and his mouth became a small O-shape.
“After eighteen, there won’t be any more?” His tone was filled with a hint of panic.
The default rule in the circle that Shen Jinfeng was in was like this.
After all, everyone was not really short of money and had to rely on New Year’s red envelopes to get rich. It was fine to give red envelopes to children, but once they became adults, it would be very awkward to receive red envelopes again.
Elders like Old Master Gu were very generous. Not to mention the small red envelopes given in private, the New Year’s red envelopes given on the surface could be tens or even hundreds of thousands.
Of course, other families would also give back a lot of red envelopes.
Shen Jinfeng looked at the worried little tyke, let out a light laugh, and pinched his nose.
“What are you worried about? You’re still far from being an adult.”
Shen Tiantian counted his age on his little hands. After a long while, he let out a long sigh of relief.
Good, good. He can still receive red envelopes for fourteen years.
Temporarily relieved, Shen Tiantian began to busy himself with flipping over the red bills again.
He was busy for a while and was very tired. He wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead, looked up at his brother, and instructed:
“Big brother, can you watch for me for a while? I’m going to get some water to drink.”
Before Shen Jinfeng could say anything, he saw Shen Tiantian run away on his short little legs.
He was wearing his fluffy pajamas, and the tail on his little bottom was wiggling. His back was filled with a cheerful air.
Shen Jinfeng was a little helpless. He temporarily stayed where he was and helped Shen Tiantian watch his New Year’s money.
The winter temperature was cold, and the balcony was right in the wind.
Just as Shen Jinfeng was looking at the bright moonlight outside the balcony, a chill suddenly came from the side, and a gust of cold wind blew past his ear.
Shen Jinfeng’s heart skipped a beat. He quickly squatted down and held down Shen Tiantian’s red envelope money.
But Shen Tiantian’s money was scattered too evenly. Shen Jinfeng quickly collected most of it, but a small part was blown outside by the wind.
Fortunately, this balcony was on the first floor.
Otherwise, Shen Tiantian’s money would have been blown away by the wind.
Shen Jinfeng let out a deep sigh and helplessly picked up the banknotes that had been blown outside.
Shen Tiantian, who had just finished drinking water, also pattered back, his features beaming with happiness.
“Big brother, I’m back. Are my money okay?”
Shen Jinfeng saw Shen Tiantian, quickly stuffed the money into his arms, and said in a bad mood:
“It’s windy. I’ve put the money away, or it would be blown everywhere.”
Tiantian had come late and hadn’t felt the cold wind. His little brows furrowed, and he looked up at his brother.
“Big brother, did you secretly take my small red envelope?”
Tiantian’s features were serious. He put his hands on his hips and, like a little detective, he was determined to find a flaw on his brother’s face that would reveal that he had stolen the small red envelope.
The corner of Shen Jinfeng’s mouth twitched. He knew it!
This little brat, he can anger a person to death with a single word.
“You can just count and see if any money is missing, can’t you? Besides, why would I take your red envelope?”
Shen Jinfeng didn’t even care for that little money, okay!
Shen Tiantian let out a soft hmph, squatted down, and began to carefully count the red bills one by one.
“One, two… ten, thirteen…”
Shen Jinfeng listened as he jumped from seventeen to twenty-one, then back to eighteen from twenty-three. The counting was a complete mess.
Shen Jinfeng slapped his head helplessly, took the stack of money, and quickly counted it for him.
“There are thirty-one in total. Remember that.”
Tiantian said “oh,” looked up, and said:
“But… but I originally had a hundred!”
Shen Jinfeng: “…”
“Do you think I believe you?”
A hundred?
Does this little one think he’s a fool?
Unable to fool his brother, Shen Tiantian’s little eyes darted around, and he giggled.
Thirty-one is thirty-one.
He’s going to earn more small red envelopes tomorrow!
He will definitely exceed a hundred!
Fireworks would occasionally flash across the sky tonight.
The early-sleeping Shen Tiantian had already entered a sweet dream. Shen Yuanchuan, who had gone to a banquet, was in a suit and tie, exchanging pleasantries with others.
Several people who came to talk to him were very attentive. They toasted him twice and said with a smile:
“Mr. Shen is really young and promising. Your little son’s recent TV series is very good. Even an outsider like me has heard of it.”
Shen Yuanchuan was originally indifferent to the person, but when he heard him mention his little son, and thought of Shen Tiantian’s round and chubby little fleshy face, his expression couldn’t help but soften for a moment.
“The child likes it. He’s just playing around and filming for fun.”
He was being modest, but others would not be foolish enough to take it seriously.
The person who had come to toast him quickly said:
“Mr. Shen is being too modest! Speaking of which, my good-for-nothing little brother-in-law has also recently started filming a movie, and he happens to be short of a child actor!”
Shen Yuanchuan said “oh,” and a hint of interest appeared.
“What movie?”
This person had originally used this topic to strike up a conversation with Shen Yuanchuan. He hadn’t expected the other party to be really interested, and his eyes lit up.
“It’s an art film. This kind of film is critically acclaimed but not commercially successful, but many stars are willing to act in it, all for the sake of winning awards.”
Shen Yuanchuan took it to heart. After a few words, he and this person exchanged contact information.
The boundless night would occasionally be lit up by a few fireworks, and the specks of light mixed with the stars, as if the sky were full of stars.
A hint of dawn broke through the night from the horizon, and the day finally became bright.
Shen Tiantian woke up very early, put on his festive red New Year’s coat, and ran out of the room like a little round lantern.
“Hurry up, Daddy! We’re going to be late for the New Year’s visit!”
Shen Tiantian was very anxious, for fear that if he was late, he wouldn’t be able to get a New Year’s red envelope.
Shen Yuanchuan was a step behind, thinking that no one had set a time for New Year’s visits, right?
What is this little thing so excited about?
Shen Yuanchuan sighed and quickly followed.
After four days of visiting relatives and friends, Shen Tiantian’s small red envelope also became more and more bulging, and his smile also became sweeter and sweeter.
On the fifth day of the New Year, it was others’ turn to visit the Shen family for New Year’s greetings.
The butler uncle had arranged for the on-duty chef to start cooking early in the morning, and the aunties who had come to work early had also prepared all kinds of fruits and cookies, waiting to entertain the children.
Shen Xiuze and Shen Jinfeng rarely went out and stayed at home to wait for the guests.
Shen Tiantian had watched a little too much cartoon last night and was still in a sweet dream and had not woken up.
Seeing that the guests were about to arrive, Shen Xiuze had no choice but to go upstairs and pull his little brother up, and resignedly helped him put on his clothes and shoes.
Tiantian wrapped his arms around his brother’s neck, lay limply on his shoulder, and kept rubbing his eyes, sleepy.
“Which child is coming to someone else’s house so early in the morning? He must not be a good child.”
Shen Xiuze thought of Shen Tiantian, who had woken up early every day to earn New Year’s red envelopes, full of vitality, and like a small megaphone, he had woken up the family one by one. He couldn’t help but let out a soft scoff.
“Who do you think?”
Tiantian was still a little dazed, but he was very righteous in his double standards.
“I don’t know. I’ll see later. I won’t give these children red envelopes.”
Shen Xiuze smiled and immediately understood Shen Tiantian’s little thoughts.
“You little miser. You only allow yourself to get New Year’s money, and you’re so stingy and unwilling to give it to other children who come for New Year’s greetings?”
Shen Tiantian scratched his face, thinking of the few small red envelopes he had just put in his pocket and hadn’t even had time to warm up. He couldn’t help but sigh.
Shen Xiuze’s lips were lifted in a smile, and he smiled all the way.
It wasn’t until he returned to the living room that Shen Xiuze said with amusement:
“You don’t have to give the red envelopes. Daddy has already prepared them. He will give them to the other children.”
As soon as he said this, Shen Tiantian’s eyes suddenly lit up, and his surprised little milky voice even cracked.
“Really?!”
In the past, during the New Year, his mother would use the small red envelopes that Tiantian had received to give to other children.
Tiantian’s red envelopes basically went in one pocket and out the other.
Sometimes, he didn’t even have time to see how much money was inside before the red envelope was gone.
This year, Tiantian didn’t have to give red envelopes!
Tiantian’s excited eyes directly lit up a small galaxy.
He hadn’t been secretly happy for long when the first family of guests had already arrived.
It was Qin Ye and his mother, Qin Bailan, whom he hadn’t seen in several days.
Qin Ye had been running all the way from the car. His lead-gray eyes were shining slightly, and his usually calm image was mostly lost due to his excitement.
“Tiantian!”
Tiantian stood under the eaves, with the air of a little host, and with a straight little face, he greeted Qin Ye into the house.
Poor tiantian had to give away his own hongbao in the past 🤣🤣🤣