Yan Ming also has a grandson with him, so at least they can be reunited on New Year's Eve, but Zhao Yixiong's family is shrouded in gloom. The domestic servants prepare meals according to New Year's Eve customs, and Mr. Zhao, the old lady, and Mrs. Zhao face each other. There was no smile on the table, and the ancestors were hastily sacrificed, so the domestic servants were left to celebrate the festival by themselves. The old and the young sat at the dinner table and were speechless.
Zhao Li didn’t know what the meal was. He didn’t taste it at all, it just filled his stomach. When he sat down to watch the news after the meal, he saw laughter everywhere on the TV, which contrasted with the loneliness of his own home. He looked cold, felt depressed and uncomfortable, stopped watching the show, and went back to the room with a cold face.
The old man was in a very bad mood, and Mrs. Zhao was not feeling well either. Thinking that her son and grandson were still in the detention center, she left unhappy.
Guo Furong has been trembling. She didn't dare to breathe until her parents-in-law left, and she didn't dare to stay in the hall, lest her parents-in-law say that she was not worried about her husband and son, and she and her daughter went back to their rooms.
The Zhao family’s New Year’s Eve was worse than the ordinary days before.
The Zhao family’s unhappiness has nothing to do with anyone else. There are lights and colorful decorations inside and outside the capital, and various programs are in full swing. The whole country is immersed in the joy of the festival, and all ethnic groups are singing and dancing to celebrate the New Year.
There are lion dances and other activities in big cities. There are no such activities in the countryside, but they also have their own traditional New Year's taste. Every household has New Year's Eve dinner around five o'clock.
The villagers of Meizijing Village eat the New Year’s dinner very early every year. Some families can visit each other after the New Year’s dinner, and then go back to watch the New Year’s Eve.
Lejia is also busy with the New Year's Eve dinner early. After lunch, they start preparing, steaming what should be steamed, stewing what should be stewed, braised in braised sauce, and making various custom dishes.
Leba and Zhou Qiufeng cook traditional dishes. Leyun is responsible for cooking seafood herself. She cooks lobster, shellfish, and isinglass first, and then sea cucumbers, crabs, and shark fins. Except for crabs, everything else is served. , eat one portion at night, some are packaged and sealed, and can be repacked and heated when you eat them tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. Otherwise, you have to make them temporarily every time, which is too troublesome.
On the day of the Chinese New Year, we also have to worship ancestors and gods, and we also need to receive the Kitchen God from the earth. Le dad Zhou Qiufeng prepares traditional dishes and puts them on the table to worship the gods, receive the Kitchen God, and worship the ancestors. What a series of steps. It will take at least half an hour to get down.
Firecrackers are set off during the New Year in the countryside, and firecrackers are set off to worship gods. The sound can be heard one after another, and can be heard far and near, and the atmosphere of the new year is also particularly strong.
You can have New Year’s Eve dinner at any time after worshiping ancestors.
The Le family did not eat first, but first packed up the supplies, cleaned the eaves and main room, fed the pigs, waited for the chickens and ducks to come back to feed, and closed the backyard door and gate.
Everything is ready, and the family starts dinner. They use a hot pot as the base, put a stand in the pot to place the dishes, and change whatever they want to eat.
Le’s father, Zhou Qiufeng, ate some traditional dishes first, and then the seafood cooked by the girl. They ate sea cucumbers first.
After eating a small plate of sea cucumbers, I switched to crabs. Because crabs are cold in nature, Le Yun did not allow her father toHe and Aunt Feng ate more, and only gave each of them a small piece to taste. A couple "" was so delicious, but they were only allowed to taste a little bit. The little cotton-padded jacket deceived the father and the mother.
Le dad Zhou Qiufeng, who still felt unsatisfied, stared at his girl taking away the plate, feeling melancholy inside. The girl must have done it on purpose, deliberately letting them taste it, and then not giving it to them. Eat it and make them drool while watching it.
After scattering the crabs, Le Yun brought the isinglass to the pot and let her father and Aunt Feng eat slowly while she held the bowl and gnawed the crabs.
Le’s father Zhou Qiufeng, who was cheated by the girl, turned his eyes away from the crabs and tasted the third seafood dish. After taking a bite, he immediately forgot about his small resentment about not being able to eat crabs. In addition, the couple didn't even save the fish soup and divided it up. The fourth seafood course was fried clams with green peppers. It was fresh but not fishy, crisp and tough but not chewy. It was so delicious that it made you want to swallow your tongue.
After eating four seafood dishes, I was eighty percent full. I also ate some vegetables and traditional side dishes, and I was ninety percent full. I also had a very happy New Year's Eve dinner.
After meals, wash hands, face and feet, then serve fruits and melon seeds, smack the home-produced melon seeds, and watch the New Year happily.
Children can get red envelopes from adults during the Chinese New Year. Le’s father, Zhou Qiufeng, has not forgotten that incident. He also brought red envelopes when serving melon seeds on the table, and each person gave the girl a big envelope.
"Wow, there are two red envelopes this year. Having a father and a mother means happiness." Holding two thick red envelopes, Le Yun was very happy. She opened them anxiously and opened the first one. , count "Wow, nine hundred and nine" and then open another one, count "Wow, it's nine hundred and nine again."
The little cotton-padded jacket smiled so hard that he couldn't even see his eyes while holding the red envelope, Le Dad Zhou Qiufeng couldn't help but laugh. Look at the girl, she has tens of millions and precious stones, but she acts like she has never seen money before. Who are you trying to deceive?
"Look how happy you are. Such a small amount of money is nothing compared to your worth." Dad Le is not afraid of making the girl cry and hitting her.
"That's different. It was given by my father and new mother. It's very meaningful." Le Yun held the red envelope and said, "Humph, there is a father who is jealous that his girl has a red envelope but he doesn't. He is jealous." "You are so old, but you still envy your girl's future."
"I can't even envy the little cotton-padded jacket. She has become overbearing and unreasonable." Dad Le touched his nose and accused his child of being overbearing. reason.
"I'm overbearing, who calls me your girl. I have to hide the red envelope to prevent others from being jealous." Le Yun raised her head proudly, holding a red envelope in one hand, and said happily He jumped up happily and sent the red envelope back to the bedroom to collect it.
“I don’t even show you, is this still my little cotton-padded jacket?” The child grabbed the red envelope and ran away, and Le’s father pretended to be sad.
Zhou Qiufeng watched with joy. The father and daughter bickered every day, which was a lot of fun.
Le Yun left her father behind, rushed back to the bedroom, put away the red envelope, took out the red envelope she had prepared earlier, jumped into the kitchen with it in her arms, and gave the red envelope to her elders. "Kiss me, old man." Dad, I’ll give you a red envelope. Don’t be jealous of your girl’s red envelope. Auntie Feng will give you good luck.It belongs to my younger brother, so Aunt Feng keeps it and doesn't want to give it to his father. The father may be jealous of his son and want to hide the red envelope. ”
Le’s father Zhou Qiufeng was dumbfounded as she held the red envelope stuffed by her child. It was not a red envelope, but a red brick.
Zhou Qiufeng had quick hands and folded the red paper to take a look. I couldn't help but be stunned again. The whole ten bundles seemed to be ten thousand and ten bundles withdrawn from the bank. Ten bundles were one hundred thousand.
"This, Lele, this is too much. "She slowly folded the red paper as it was. Judging by the thickness of the red envelope, Yueqing's was as thick as hers, and it should be the same amount. The red envelope for the unborn baby was slightly thinner, and it was estimated to be tens of thousands.
"Lele, keep the money, your Aunt Feng and I will make enough money. "Le's father was excited and sad. He gave the little cotton-padded jacket such a thick red envelope because he was afraid that they would have no money to use, so he gave the money to them in this way.
"What's yours is yours, I respect you. That's another matter. If you don't accept it, I'll go to the bank to make a transfer in a few days. Anyway, I know the deposit and withdrawal number at home. "
"You little bastard, when did you peek at the bankbook?" Le's father glared. He is obviously a caring little cotton-padded jacket, but why sometimes it always makes people feel distressed one second and makes people miss him the next second? Falling out.
“When I was in junior high school, you took me to withdraw money and I looked at the bankbook account number. ”
“I watched it once in junior high school and I still remember” What kind of memory is that?
“Of course, your caring little cotton-padded jacket has an outstanding memory, and almost has a photographic memory, so , don’t let others see your passwords or anything like that. If they see it, they can’t help but keep it in their mind. If one day you make your girl angry, I will steal your bankbook, take all your money, and change your mobile phone password. , making it impossible for you to unlock it yourself. "
Zhou Qiufeng couldn't stop laughing. Dad Le stared at the child who was openly threatening him. He held it in for a minute before squeezing his neck and saying, "It's incredible, you are still reasonable."
"I'm reasonable to begin with. It's not my fault that I made all the mistakes. I'm my parents' caring little cotton-padded jacket, so how could I be wrong? "
The girl was so proud that her little tail almost went up to the sky. Le's father was defeated and said "Little cotton-padded jacket, you won again"
"Brother Le, you follow Lele Dou, you have never lost before. It is not embarrassing to lose to your own girl. "Zhou Qiufeng poured cold water on her own man.
"Honey, I feel uncomfortable losing. Please don't add insult to injury. "Le's father begged for his wife pitifully.
"Okay, bring me the red envelope. "
"Here. "Dad Le handed the red envelope to the housekeeper without hesitation.
"For the sake of your knowledge, I will try my best not to reveal your secrets tomorrow, so as not to hurt your glassy heart. "Zhou Qiufeng carried three bricks and sent them to the room for collection.
Le's father rubbed the back of his head naively. Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year. He won't visit relatives or pay New Year greetings. There are no guests at home. It's okay if he doesn't give me face. Please Give me face when there are guests
Dad changes instantly.Le Yun laughed so hard that her face cramped up due to the strict wife control. She was afraid that her father's image of a great father would be damaged if she burst into laughter, so she went out to move tables and tools and prepare to make dumplings.
Set up the tools, use the coffee table as a surface to knead the dough, roll out the dough, and make dumplings.
Zhou Qiufeng collected the red envelopes and came back to help with Dad Le. They were responsible for filling the stuffing and putting it on the steamer. The couple couldn't match the speed of the girl rolling out the dough. Zhou Qiufeng secretly blushed. She used to be famous for being fast. , and now they are being surpassed by their own girl. This is the Yangtze River's back wave rushing against the front waves. They are all lying on the beach after being pushed by the girl's back wave.
Le’s father said he was very calm. He had already seen how fast the little cotton-padded jacket was at work. He was not only proud but also proud. Such an excellent jacket was his girl, so she had so much face.
During the Chinese New Year, we should stay up past twelve o'clock to welcome the arrival of a new day.
Across the country, in urban and rural areas, people watching the New Year's Eve are watching programs and waiting for the midnight. The motherland is dancing with silver flowers everywhere, and the whole world is celebrating.
At the end of twelve o'clock, countless people moved out the fireworks and set them up, counting down silently. When the clock passed the last second of 15 years, the whole country welcomed the New Year, and the sky was full of fireworks, colorful, spelling out The dazzling characters represent the beautiful wishes of the 1.4 billion Chinese people for the New Year.