Meng Yan's Transformation

Chapter 541 Zhan Mengyan ate a dumpling with a coin

Zhan Yu glanced at Yun Qing: "It's the New Year, and I'm too lazy to argue with you. Just do whatever you want."

While Zhan Yu was speaking, she went to wash her hands and finished making dumplings.

The dumplings were all wrapped—Zhan Mengyan's dumplings looked like tiny gold ingots, Zhan Yu's looked like little generals with their chests puffed out, Yun Qing and Zhan Yingying's looked like crescent moons, and Zhan Zixun's looked like crooked little boats. Some dumplings were flat, like flattened little pillows.

Zhan Yu picked out a few dumplings and pinched unique patterns on them. It is said that this is for worshipping ancestors - to pray for good weather and a bountiful harvest in the coming year, and to bless future generations with peace and health.

Yunqing took the wrapped dumplings to the kitchen stove, waiting to cook them. Soon, the water boiled, and the dumplings jumped into the pot one by one with a "plop plop," rolling and playing in the water, tumbling up and down in the boiling water, as if they were dancing happily—each dumpling, like little white geese, swam happily in the pot, or like a group of fish frolicking up and down.

Looking at the dumplings in the boiling water, Zhan Mengyan's heart leaped with joy.

Yunqing told Zhan Yingying, "If you cook dumplings on New Year's Eve and the filling leaks out, you can't say 'broken,' you have to say 'made it work'..."

"Crackling, crackling..." The sound of firecrackers is like a series of enthusiastic invitations—inviting the God of Wealth to my home!

The sound of firecrackers was like lively drumbeats, ringing out merrily in my ears.

"Welcome the God of Wealth! Welcome the God of Wealth!..."

As Zhan Mengyan spoke, she covered her ears and watched Zhan Zixun set off firecrackers.

After Zhan Zixun finished setting off firecrackers and welcoming the God of Wealth, he returned home to find steaming dumplings ready, filling the entire house with an enticing aroma.

Zhan Yu took the family genealogy from the ancestral box and hung it on the west wall of the main house, pasting Manchu couplets and hanging flags (the colors of which were symmetrical to the flags, using red and white). Zhan Yu placed wine, steamed buns, and other offerings on the offering table, and placed incense and candlesticks in front of them.

Afterwards, Zhan Yu and his family knelt and kowtowed before the ancestral tablet, with Zhan Yu muttering incantations—praying for the ancestors to protect their descendants.

After paying respects to our ancestors, the New Year's bells rang.

The whole family sat together, eating dumplings, and the taste of happiness spread between their lips and teeth...

With a crisp "crack," Zhan Mengyan's eyes widened instantly, her lips curved into a cute smile, and her cheeks flushed with excitement.

"Ouch, it's stuck in my tooth..."

As Zhan Mengyan spoke, she covered her mouth and spat out a coin.

"How come I ate it again? Every year these coins are so eager to jump into my mouth. My luck is just too high! I completely forgot about putting coins in dumplings on New Year's Eve. It hurts so much to bite my teeth like this!"

As Zhan Mengyan spoke, she proudly flaunted the coin.

Then Zhan Mengyan imitated an adult, lowering her voice mysteriously: "These are lucky dumplings made by Mom. Whoever eats one will have good luck next year!"

Zhan Zixun was amused by Zhan Mengyan's expression and pretended to be unconvinced, saying, "Zhan Mengyan, don't be so smug! Mom put in three coins, humph, I don't believe it! I'm going to eat lots of dumplings today, I'm sure I'll get one too!"

Zhan Mengyan pouted and pretended to be angry, putting her hands on her hips: "Hmph! I've already eaten the first 'lucky dumpling' of the year, and I'll eat the next one too. If you want to eat it, Zixun, you definitely won't get to eat it this year. You'll have to wait until next year!"

Sure enough, Zhan Mengyan's words came true—she ate three dumplings with coins inside.

Zhan Zixun ate a dumpling filled with sugar.