"Come, warm up over the kang first."
Aunt Hua brought over some dumplings and had Qin Xiangyang and his sibling take off their shoes to warm up first.
However, the siblings didn't want to sit on the kang no matter what. With no other option, Aunt Hua could only let them sit at the small table and brought them big meat dumplings, which were generously filled with meat, a luxury only afforded during the New Year.
Aunt Hua also gave each of them ten cents as New Year's money, treating them as if they were her own children. Whatever her own children received, Qin Xiangyang and his sibling received as well.
This was the first time Qin Xiangyang had ever received New Year's money. Back at the Qin family, they never even got a penny. Even though now ten cents didn't mean much to him, it was different, it was New Year's money, the money every child looked forward to every year.
He happily pocketed the money and also put his sister's ten cents in her pocket.
