After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved-Chapter 367: Big Brother Wants to be a Cross-dressing Master?!

Chapter 367: Chapter 367: Big Brother Wants to be a Cross-dressing Master?!

Jiang Ting directly asked about the time when Lu Sheng lived in the countryside with her birth mother, Du Ran.

In fact, the more she let go of her emotional baggage, the less cautious she became when speaking.

Nobody, including Jiang Ting, thought that there was anything taboo about Lu Sheng’s previous life in the countryside or her birth mother, Du Ran, in the Lu Family.

Jiang Ting said they should celebrate this New Year’s well.

One reason was what had just been discussed, and another was, in fact, Du Ran had passed away.

Jiang Ting thought about how last Chinese New Year’s Eve, Lu Sheng still had her mother with her, but this year her mother was gone. It was supposed to be a joyous festival of family reunions, yet it was difficult for the child not to feel sorrowful.

Thinking this way, Jiang Ting felt even more sympathy for Lu Sheng and was even more prepared to make great efforts for the celebration.

Luckily, the Lu Family was big.

Apart from her, there were five brothers to keep Shengsheng company. With Li Muchen added to the mix, they were sure to make Shengsheng happy during the New Year without stirring up any painful memories.

After all, this was Shengsheng’s first year with the Lu Family.

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The family members were all gathered in the living room, while Lu Siyan was making a nourishing lung soup for everyone in the kitchen.

Lu Ziye was lazily hugging Lu Sheng on the sofa, occasionally feeding her peeled grapes.

"Speaking of the New Year’s atmosphere, the countryside indeed has a thicker atmosphere than the city," Lu Sheng pondered upon hearing Jiang Ting’s question.

The reason why rural areas place more importance on celebrating the New Year is because life used to be relatively worse there.

Many families would refrain from eating well or wearing new clothes on normal days, saving them for the New Year, when they would wear new clothes and eat things that were too expensive to buy regularly.

But the conditions in cities are relatively better, and with the rapid economic development of the past few decades, the average salary in an economic center like Jiang City is also among the highest.

"However, my mother and I wouldn’t do anything special for New Year’s."

"It would probably just be before the last market day on Chinese New Year’s Eve; my mother would take me to the market to buy clothes."

"My mother is quite traditional and believes that Chinese New Year’s Eve is about bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, so she would take me to buy everything new, from big items like clothes, pants, and shoes, to small ones like underwear and socks, for me to wear on the first day of the New Year."

"Then, on the evening of Chinese New Year’s Eve, my mother would take me to the back of the mountain to burn paper money."

"...Burning paper money?" Lu Jingyan paused, "Is it to commemorate your grandparents or someone else?"

"Actually, I don’t know who it’s for," Lu Sheng hesitated, "My mother rarely talked to me about her side of the family."

"All I could see was that every time she burned the paper money, she looked very sad."

"After we finished burning paper money, we would go home, and my mother would start preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner."

"In reality, there were only the two of us at home, and we couldn’t eat that much. However, my mother placed great importance on the New Year’s Eve dinner and would prepare many dishes every year."

"After the ingredients for the New Year’s Eve dinner were prepared, it was time to make dumplings. This meal of dumplings would be eaten after setting off fireworks at midnight."

"I would help my mother roll out the dumpling wrappers on one side, and she would wrap coins of one, five, and ten cents, as well as a specially wrapped one hundred yuan banknote in tin foil, inside the dumplings."

"She said that whoever ended up eating the one hundred yuan would have good luck for the new year."

"However, every year at midnight on Chinese New Year’s Eve, I was the one who got the dumpling with the one hundred yuan."

"My mother thought I didn’t know, but actually, I was aware that she had marked that dumpling, and she would always purposely place it on my plate."

Hearing Lu Sheng reminisce about how she and Du Ran used to celebrate the New Year, Jiang Ting, Lu Jingyan, and the others listening could feel that simple happiness and the motherly love hidden in the details.

However, before they could comment, they saw Lu Sheng’s tone pause.

"...But last Chinese New Year’s Eve, mom was already very sick."

"Because of breast cancer, she had her right breast removed and underwent chemotherapy. By New Year’s time, all her hair had fallen out, and she could only wear the wig I bought for her."

"Mom was very weak, so last Chinese New Year’s Eve, I let her rest in bed. I cooked the New Year’s Eve dinner alone, and I also made the dumplings by myself."

"But since it was my first time making those formal dishes, they didn’t look very appealing. The dumplings were all misshapen, and when boiled, many of them broke and the filling leaked out."

"Nevertheless, mom was happy, that day she ate more than she had in over a month. About the dumplings, that day the one-hundred yuan bill was eaten by her."

"When she found the one-hundred yuan bill, mom was startled, first she laughed, and then she cried. After that, I cried with her."

"That night, someone in the village set off fireworks. The fireworks were beautiful, I think I will always remember them."

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Hearing Lu Sheng say these words, everyone in the room felt their hearts almost shatter.

Even Lu Siyan, who was carrying soup from the kitchen to the living room, stopped in his tracks and couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

How could they not feel heartache.

During the festival, the mother lingered in her sickbed, looking withered. A young girl had to take care of her sick mother all by herself, and also had to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner and make dumplings alone.

Thinking of Lu Sheng busily working alone in the kitchen on New Year’s Eve, Lu Youye’s eyes reddened all at once.

About to hug his sister to comfort her, he discovered that his third brother had taken the initiative before him.

"...It won’t be like this anymore."

Lu Ziye hugged his sister’s shoulders, his expression incredibly earnest, "From now on, every Chinese New Year’s Eve, all of us will be by your side, you’ll never have to spend it alone again."

Jiang Ting’s eyes also reddened.

With a heart full of sympathy, she glanced at Lu Sheng and then suggested: "Then this year, we should prepare even more diligently."

"How about starting by buying clothes for Shengsheng? Let’s go to the mall tomorrow afternoon, each of us can pick out a set of clothes for Shengsheng, how about that?"

"That’s a great idea, mom!"

Lu Youye’s eyes lit up, he couldn’t help but get excited as he imagined his sister dressed in a cute and tender outfit.

"Is the whole family going?"

At this moment, Lu Youming suddenly spoke up, "Then third brother probably won’t even make it into the mall, he’ll be surrounded by people as soon as he gets out of the car."

Lu Ziye is truly at the pinnacle of his career since his debut, and his popularity has only been rising over the years.

Ever since his debut, he has rarely been to public places.

Because every time he shows up in public, it wouldn’t take more than a few minutes before he would be surrounded by enthusiastic fans and bystanders. Not only would he himself be unable to move, but he’d also affect public order.

So the clothing, food, and daily necessities for Lu Ziye were all bought by his top agent, Tan Jun.

With that said, everyone else also felt it made sense. They were about to suggest that Lu Ziye stay at home instead, when they heard Lu Ziye say: "I can go."

Lu Youye couldn’t help but say: "Third brother, how can you go? If you’re discovered, I’m afraid we’ll all be surrounded."

"I won’t be discovered," Lu Ziye lifted his head, seriously stating, "I can go dressed as a woman."