Chapter 22 New Year’s Eve
"It's Chinese New Year, it's Chinese New Year..."
This time, the four families agreed to spend the New Year together. Of course, Qin Huairu did not enter the kitchen of the steel rolling mill today at all, and He Yuzhu brought the leftovers himself.
Jia Yi had already started to prepare supplies for the New Year. In the past few days, he went to the Pigeon Market and bought fifty kilograms of meat in batches. He spent more than 100 yuan. He could only lament that it was too late to buy. The closer to the New Year, the more expensive the goods were.
Good buy.
Of course, such a large amount of meat cannot be taken out at once, so Jia Yi took ten kilograms home and slowly took the rest home a little at a time.
Jia Yi also took out four pig's trotters and a large carp weighing five kilograms from the space. In his previous life, his hometown had more than enough for the dinner table every year during the Chinese New Year. This is also a habit.
I also took out a large winter melon weighing more than ten kilograms, a few loofahs, and two pumpkins.
The remaining uncle contributed more than a dozen eggs, potatoes, and cabbage.
He Yuzhu not only brought leftovers, but also seaweed. This must have been taken when entertaining distinguished guests.
There are also peanuts that I forgot to buy last time during the Spring Festival, so I bought a lot this time too.
There are many ticket sellers in the pigeon market, and Jia Yi also bought some candy tickets and toffee tickets. Although Jia Yi has passed the age of loving candy, he can't help it because there are two little greedy people at home who keep begging.
I had no choice but to buy a pound of brown sugar from the supply and marketing cooperative yesterday, which was prepared for Qin Huairu. There was also two pounds of toffee, which is now placed with peanuts and melon seeds for guests.
Qin Huairu has never allowed the two sisters to eat too much, with a maximum of two pieces a day.
Even so, the two little sisters were still very happy. Yesterday they took it out to show it to the little sisters, namely the two sisters You Huan.
Finally, Xiao Danghuaihua couldn't bear to see the longing eyes of her little sisters. In addition, she only had one piece of her share today, so she had no choice but to use the summoning spell...
Jia Yi had no choice but to give six pieces of candy and told the little girls not to tell anyone.
Although it was okay to say it out, when someone asked, they blamed He Yuzhu and said that He Yuzhu got it from cooking for others.
Sure enough, He Yuzhu is the best scapegoat.
This year the deaf old lady specially sold food stamps and got 12 yuan and 40 cents. She bought a pair of shoes for He Yuzhu and prepared red envelopes for the three siblings Jia Yi.
I have to say that the relationship between the first uncle and the deaf old lady is really good. The first uncle has been sending flour to the old lady, and the first lady has been taking care of the old lady's daily life. This alone makes people admire her.
Like the second uncle's family, the second uncle and his aunt will stick to the eldest son in everything, and will beat and scold the other two sons. They firmly believe that filial sons will emerge from the stick.
The second uncle is also very concerned about politics. He imagines himself as a leader and puts on airs at home. However, it must be said that the second uncle is still a bit smart. When listening to the radio during the New Year, he felt that the wind was about to change.
In the end, not only did the two younger sons become separated from each other, but even the eldest son stopped talking to the old couple.
The old lady’s summary of unkind parents and unfilial children is undoubtedly very appropriate.
The third uncle's family is no less generous. The third uncle and his wife like to make calculations very much, and they are very clear about everything. His family's famous saying is that if you don't calculate, you will be poor.
Just like sharing peanuts during the Chinese New Year, everyone gets the same amount. When the radio volume is turned up, people say it consumes more power.
In the end, all the sons, daughters and daughters-in-law learned the essence of the third uncle one by one, and became better than their masters.
In the end, even the third uncle himself had to admit that he could not scheme against his children.
If He Yuzhu and Qin Huairu hadn't built a nursing home for the elderly in the end, these two uncles would have ended their lives in a miserable way.
Home is a place of emotions. Everyone has shortcomings. If you take things too seriously, your feelings will fade away. Don’t take everything too seriously.
I didn’t want to think about it anymore, and I paid New Year’s greetings to the old lady. Jia Yi, brother and sister, each got a big red envelope.
"It's time to eat..."
Following the old lady's order, everyone sat down. Little Sophora japonica even ran directly into Jia Yi's arms. There was nothing she could do. There were too many dishes on the table and they were too far to reach.
"Xiao Yi, eat..."
He Yuzhu looked at Jia Yi with a troubled expression. He originally wanted to mention Jia Yi's glorious deeds in the past, but he thought that they had changed now, so he didn't say more.
"Hey, the old lady here is the oldest. The old lady uses the chopsticks first, so we can eat freely..."
"What did Silly Zhu and the others say..." It seems that the old lady didn't hear clearly what she said. As people get older, their ears sometimes become inoperable.
"Old lady, Xiao Yi said, you are the oldest today, you should eat first..."
The uncle leaned into the old lady's ear and said loudly. After saying that, he picked up a piece of stewed pork trotters, removed the bones, and put it into the old lady's bowl.
"well…"
The old lady took a bite and invited everyone to eat together.
In this way, everyone started eating with ease.
Braised fish, dongpo pork, braised pig trotters, chicken stewed with mushrooms, winter melon roasted pork, bone soup, seaweed and egg drop soup, luffa scrambled eggs, steamed pumpkin, spicy and sour shredded potatoes, fried cabbage.
That makes eleven dishes, plus a large plate of cabbage and pork dumplings, which makes exactly twelve.
It's much better than before, and now it looks like celebrating the New Year.
Jia Yi takes care of his two younger sisters, while Da Niang and Jia Zhang take care of the old lady.
The first uncle and He Yuzhu happily drank some wine. Later, Qin Huairu, He Yuzhu and Jia Zhang joined in after they were full. However, He Yuzhu and Jia Zhang's drinking capacity was really hard to describe. They drank less than three glasses.
All drunk.
Helpless, Qin Huairu had to settle them all. After all, the old lady was old and tired after eating, so the uncle He Yuzhu sent her back.
In the end, only the elder brother, He Yuzhu, continued to drink. After Qin Huairu settled the three children, he continued to accompany him, occasionally taking a sip.
Jia Yi didn't know when the show finally ended.
When Jia Yi was lying on the bed, he gathered the cabbage and planted leeks. The hens had already begun to lay eggs, and the ducks and geese were starting to lay eggs. The thought of scrambled eggs with leeks made his mouth water. Well, from now on, the leeks will control the space sorting, otherwise it would be too much work.
It's time.
Jia Yi was still very energetic after leaving Taoyuan, but after a while he suddenly felt sleepy, an uncontrollable wave of sleepiness swept over him, and Jia Yi fell asleep without any resistance.
Jia Yi seemed to hear the sound of firecrackers the last moment he was awake.
"Brother, you big lazy boy, get up soon..."
"The sun is shining on my butt and I still can't get up. Mom said there is a group worship in the front yard...Brother, get up soon."
"Okay, I'll get up right now, you go ahead."
Hearing the two little ones walking away, he said, "The children's bodies are really sleepy. I should have gone to bed around twelve o'clock yesterday, but I couldn't wake up in the morning."
When I got up, I saw that I had not gotten up.
When I walked out the door, I heard a lot of people in the front yard. It was a hospital-wide meeting.
It turns out that the three uncles felt that some families could not afford to give out lucky money for New Year greetings, so they organized group New Year greetings. This is not unacceptable.
When we arrived at the front yard, all the families were present. The three elders hurriedly greeted everyone to wish them New Year greetings. Although there were no red envelopes, the children were still very happy to play around. After all, red envelopes are usually collected by parents under various excuses.
Went to keep it...
Everyone ate melon seeds and peanuts and sat together chatting.
Jia Yi looked at it in confusion, why did he always feel like something was wrong today.
Chapter completed!