Strict Wife Of The '70s Manages The Household-Chapter 958

Xiaoxin shook his head.

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Haonan laughed and said, “Stupid! Because you were not well-behaved. But that means if you treat Little Brother Xiaowang well, your Fourth Aunt will treat you well!”

Xiaoxin was not stupid either. Once he recognised the reality of the situation, he was able to quickly get closer to the winners. He immediately apologised to Xiaowang, “Brother Xiaowang, I will treat you well in the future.”

Xiaowang was a child who would not bear grudges, “Mom said that a good child is one who corrects his mistakes, so I forgive you.”

Haonan said, “Only if you do this will we allow you to join our bald squad.”

With that, Xiaoxin also expressed his desire to shave his head.

Erwang laughed, “Don’t shave your head in the first month of the year. If you shave your head, your uncle will be happy(1).” Death was not allowed to be spoken of during Chinese New Year, so instead, they used words with similar pronunciations to replace it.

(T/N: The actual pronunciation is siqiaoqiao but the pronunciation of ‘uncle will be happy’ is xijiujiu. It doesn’t sound similar now, but with how Mandarin works, it actually sounds pretty alike.)

Xiaoxin immediately covered his head. Thinking about his uncles possibly dying, his face changed. If he shaved his head, he would be beaten to death. He looked at Erwang nervously, “Don’t shave your head, I don’t want my father to…”

The children laughed.

Sanwang, “Stupid, if shaving your head really kills your uncle, then no one will have a father or uncle.”

Maisui also said, “This is probably because of some stingy uncle who didn’t give his nephew New Year’s money, so the nephew tried to discredit his uncle. I’ll say, in the future, we can’t say that we don’t shave our heads in the first month of the year, shaving our heads will wash our uncles instead(2) If we say that you’d become a dumb ox if you shave your heads on the first month, I can guarantee that no one is going to do it.”

(T/N: The word wash has the same pronunciation as the word happy— xi)

Old Man Tang then said goodbye after drinking two cups of wine but sincerely invited Lin Lan and Lin Mei to visit his house when they were free. After he left, Eldest Sister Lin and Second Sister Lin also said goodbye before heading home.

Though it was agreed that Lin Lan would let the kids stay for a couple days, Lin Mei took Maisui and Qiaoqiao to her home because she was afraid that they would not be able to sleep well. Haonan stuck like glue to Xiaowang and Sanwang, so they stayed in the Lin family house. On the other hand, Han Qingsong would bring the two eldest sons home.

Although Han Qingsong agreed to it, Lin Lan could see that he was a little disappointed. She did not expose his thoughts but pretended not to know, merely laughing secretly in her heart.

Xiaoxin and Sanwang became close after playing for a while. When sending Lin Mei off, he asked, “Third Aunt, I want to go to your house in a few days.”

Lin Mei smiled and said, “Okay, you can come. Your Third Aunt will make you delicious food.” Lin Mei repeatedly told Han Qingsong that she could take Dawang and Erwang to her place as well, which he agreed to in the end.

Elated, Xiaoxin took Xiaowang’s hand, “Xiaowang, can I go to your house in the future?”

Xiaowang, “Let’s go and ask your Fourth Aunt.”

Xiaoxin took his hand and went up to his mother.