This year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is unusually rich, chicken, duck and fish meat is not lacking, and there is a large pot of hairy crabs, the Xin family has only eaten river crabs, like this oversized hairy crab has never eaten, the two old people feel that this fresh thing must be expensive so they are reluctant to eat, but Xin Andong is tough, stunned to let the old two taste fresh, he took the initiative to open the crab for his grandparents, took out the crab meat for them to eat, the two old people could not resist and had to eat, felt that the taste was very fresh, more meat than river crabs, delicious.

The rest of the family except for the second sister asked her mother to help, everyone else ate very happily, and the proud and reserved person like the third sister also grabbed the crab legs with her hands and clicked and ate, and the mother also ate some, not much, she was mainly reluctant, and wanted to leave it to the child to eat.

At Xin Andong's request, the theme of this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at home is hot pot, and the bottom of the pot is a fragrant big bone broth, because there is no special hot pot pot, so they are cooking while eating on the stove, Xin Andong bought a leg of lamb, Xin Wenfang cut some and put it in, as well as freshly fried meat balls at home, salted fish pieces, river shrimp, black fungus, shiitake mushrooms, coriander, and shutters, as long as the dishes at home are put into the pot to be hot.

Although it is more miscellaneous, but because the taste of the hot pot soup base is very good, so the taste of the things put in is not bad, the family eats hot pot with the crackling and lively firecrackers outside, the heat wave is rolling, and Xin Andong's nose is sweating.

The village is now all electrified, and the big light bulb on the roof of the hall is very bright, so after dinner, the family did not go out to hang out, they all sat in the hall around the stove and talked, mostly grandmothers and mothers were talking, the children listened, Grandpa Xin was holding a cup of hot tea and was happy, the second sister lowered her head and quietly sewed a small cloth bag, the third sister learned to knit sweaters with Xin Andong, and the silly father yawned for a while.

But he can't sleep tonight, at least after twelve o'clock, because twelve o'clock symbolizes the beginning of the new year, and the custom in the village is that every family will compete to go to the land temple to make incense, Xin Wenfang does not have to ask their family to be the first incense, but in order to show respect for the land lord and the heart's prayer for the new year, he also does not want to lag behind others.

Therefore, the silly father basically can't sleep in the Chinese New Year's Eve every year, and Xin Wenfang can't sleep, and the two of them stay up until twelve o'clock and then go to Shangxiang and come back to sleep again.

Xin Andong's three siblings were naturally not allowed to stay up late, because they were busy all day, and Xin Andong, who was sent to bed by his mother, quickly fell asleep.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the people in the village believe in sleeping ingots, who has to get longer indicates that the more money they will earn in the coming year, although this saying carries feudal superstition, but on the first day of the Lunar New Year, many people will sleep for a long time before getting up. Even the most industrious women will be a little lazy on this day, and at this time it is not usual, and no one will say it.

Xin Andong slept very deeply, and no one in the family called him on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so when he woke up, when he looked at the electronic watch at the bedside, it was already nine o'clock in the morning, and the flower cloth curtains he pulled could still see the light from the cracks.

As soon as he walked out of the hall, he saw the third sister who looked very pretty wearing a royal blue cotton jacket with a fluffy neckline, and at her feet was a pair of small red round-toed leather shoes, with zippers on the side, which looked very foreign.

Seeing that her younger brother had been staring at her, Xin Anqiu was a little embarrassed, she touched her two braids that were combed smoothly today, and asked, "Little brother, are you awake, our family ate chicken noodle soup this morning, and my grandmother asked you if you want to eat dumplings or chicken noodle soup?"

The dumplings are filled with celery and pork, and the family was busy with a lot of them yesterday, but Xin Andong actually doesn't like dumplings very much, he likes noodles more, and replied, "Third sister, you let the milk help me too, no chicken soup, just add more garlic leaves to the clear soup noodles." ”

Eating chicken noodle soup in the morning always feels a little greasy, garlic leaves are his favorite, it feels very fragrant, he generally likes to add some when boiling soup, and the tender green garlic leaves are sprinkled on the thick white soup, which will feel very appetizing.

"Okay, go brush your teeth. After speaking, Xin Anqiu carefully stepped on his new shoes and left, standing at the door of the cooking hut and shouting to Mrs. Xin, "Milk, my little brother wants to eat noodles, don't pour chicken soup for him, he said he wants more garlic leaves." She didn't want to go in for fear that the ashes would stain her new shoes.

Mrs. Xin replied, "Got it." ”

After Xin Andong brushed his teeth and washed his face, there was a bowl of hot clear soup noodles on the small table, on which lay two balls of tender white eggs, the noodles were hand-rolled, very strong, chewing Q bombs, much better than the noodles and water surfaces sold in the supermarket, Xin Andong, who originally liked to eat noodles, ate even more deliciously.

Xin Wenfang is rare at home in the New Year, and she has long gone out to other homes, of course, there are few families that have a good relationship with her before, except for the Jiang family and the neighbor Cheng Aunt, everyone thinks that she just went to the county to set up a stall to sell lobsters, but even this is very remarkable, at least people are wearing new clothes this year, not to mention the two girls who are dressed like flowers, even Xin Wenfang's own coat is also eye-catching, and the big girls and little daughters-in-law are envious to death, it can be seen that the Xin family makes a lot of money selling lobsters, and almost everyone has this idea in their hearts。

Although Xin Wenfang came back from the county and was well dressed, except for her louder voice than before, she no longer shrunk her shoulders and was submissive, and the rest, speaking and doing things were approachable, and they were not annoying, even if some women who were jealous of her family's money-making could only say two sour words, Xin Wenfang's left ear went in and out of her right ear, and she didn't hear it, and others couldn't do anything about her.

But there are also more tricky ones, I can't see Xin Wenfang doing well, and insidiously asked about the second and third children of her family, Xin Anxia came back from Xu Erniang's house and was beaten into a fool This matter has long spread throughout the village, Xin Anqiu is even more miserable, she was born with a disability in her left leg, and it will be difficult for Xin Wenfang's two daughters to find her in-laws in the future.

"Poor to see, your second and third child's illness really can't get better, your family has money now, but don't show them because it's a girl, if our county hospital can't work, then take the child to the provincial capital, what's the use of earning more money, the child can't get better, which able-bodied young man is willing to want it in the future, he can't stay at home as an old girl for the rest of his life, you can be willing, your kid should have something to say in his heart." ”

The words are full of sarcasm about the Xin family's partiality that the youngest son disregards the life and death of the two sick daughters, and also stabs Xin Wenfang and her two daughters who can't get married, which is extremely vicious.

The woman who spoke was a woman from a wealthy family in their village, named Chen Shuzhen, her father-in-law and mother-in-law worked in the field in the early years, earned a lot of money, and brought a lot of money to her daughter-in-law when she returned to the village to support the elderly when she was old, this woman is the eldest daughter-in-law, the most important old couple, a large part of her father-in-law's money was taken by her, her man is a useless, except for drinking and gambling has no other skills, the family financial power is in her hands, and the waist is much straighter than other women in the village.

Chen Shuzhen deliberately said this, just because she couldn't get used to seeing Xin Wenfang being more powerful than her now, the women in the village used to hold her, except for Wang Xiangmei, she was one of the best women's representatives, but since Xin Wenfang went to the county seat and made a lot of money back, many women in the village praised her, either because they were jealous of her, anyway, they had more attention on Xin Wenfang.

This made her, who had always been the focus of the crowd, very unhappy. That's why he spoke to stab Xin Wenfang.

Children are Xin Wenfang's lifeblood, whoever pokes it is like stepping on a landmine, Xin Wenfang's heart is like being stuffed with a ball of cotton, blocked and sour, she looked at the bitter woman who said this, and sneered, "Even if the second and third children of my family can't get better, they can't get in the way of your business, my son has been filial since he was a child, he has already said that his second sister and third sister will raise him even if he can't get married, and he has the leisure to worry about other people's affairs, so take care of your family's bullshit first." ”

There is a basis for her to say this, although Chen Shuzhen has the money given by her parents-in-law in her hand, but she is not a man, except for drinking and gambling, she is not in tune, she is more than forty years old, and her daughter-in-law has it, and a few days ago she was rumored to have raised a small one outside, and even many people are saying that the woman is pregnant.

The daughter-in-law who just entered the door at home is pregnant, and there is a fox spirit outside the man, Chen Shuzhen can imagine how unhappy she is these days, the key is that she is very embarrassed, and her face is lost.

She used to be very embarrassed in front of her parents-in-law, and she was also good at home, which was naturally because she gave birth to a son to her man.

But now that the woman outside is pregnant, it is also the kind of man in her family, Chen Shuzhen only gave birth to one even if she gave birth to a son, and her father-in-law and mother-in-law are very eager for their grandson, so no matter how she makes trouble during this time, the old couple is sloppy with her, and the vague meaning is that they want to get the child's child born by the woman into the house.

Therefore, Xin Wenfang's words in return to her immediately made her face black and blue, but she couldn't refute it, Xin Wenfang looked at her with her chin high, she dared to say a word again, and she definitely stood up to her faceless posture.

Chen Shuzhen's chest rose and fell, snorted coldly, and finally stomped his feet away.

Other women who had not intervened were really taken aback when they saw Chen Shuzhen being taken away by Xin Wenfang, they still remembered that Xin Wenfang was bullied like a soft bun half a year ago, but now they saw her running away from Chen Shuzhen, one of the best in the village.

Xin Wenfang looked at the back of Chen Shuzhen leaving and pouted, feeling more and more that she was too cowardly.

People are good at being bullied and horses are good at being ridden, she only knew the truth of this sentence when she opened a store, although her lobster restaurant has always had a good business, but there are many customers, and it is not unseen that she has never seen it, from the beginning when she was scolded so much that she didn't dare to speak to now when she meets the unreasonable Xin Wenfang who can directly scold her, Xin Wenfang's personality has really changed a lot.

On the way back, Wang Xiangmei sighed to her, "Wen Fang, don't blame me for speaking ugly, you have a very good momentum against Chen Shuzhen today, if you could have been so bold before, your family would have been in a bad situation, just like your sister-in-law Ge Jinhua, if you were tougher, the four Dongzi sisters and brothers would have suffered so much?"

Xin Wenfang's face turned white suddenly, Wang Xiangmei looked at her hand, and hurriedly said, "I also kissed you, so I said these words from the bottom of my heart, if you are really dissatisfied with me, it will be in vain for my heart." ”

Wang Xiangmei was a little remorseful at this time, Xin Wenfang's expression made her feel that she might have really talked too much just now, but she would talk to whoever she kissed, and she couldn't look down on hypocrisy, and she was straightforward when she had words, but she didn't think about whether Xin Wenfang would accept her kindness.

"No, Sister Xiangmei," Xin Wenfang had thin tears in her eyes, she grabbed Wang Xiangmei's hand tightly, and said with a wry smile, "I wasn't dissatisfied with what you said just now, you are right, I used to be too noodle, I took the people in the village too seriously, Ge Jinhua was too personal, and I also took my father's words too seriously, I should know that children are my lifeblood, why do I give my hard-earned money to irrelevant people to eat and drink, and in the end my children are suffering."

Wang Xiangmei breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I'm relieved that you can think so," and then half-jokingly, "You finally woke up and didn't completely faint." ”

It is inconvenient for her to say too much, after all, the affairs of the Xin family involve the old man Xin, although she is an outsider who is not used to the old man's practice in the past, it is impossible to say bad things about the old man.

Xin Wenfang is very happy, her personality has changed a long time ago, and she has seen through these truths, Wang Xiangmei is not a wake-up person, but there is someone who treats you sincerely, and the feeling of talking to you is too rare, and she treats Wang Xiangmei more sincerely in her heart, and faintly intends to have a deep friendship.

She smiled and said to Wang Xiangmei enthusiastically, "My Dongzi bought a lot of hairy crabs, and I still have them at home, you go back with me and pack a few for the Dahe brothers to eat." ”

Hairy crabs are rare on their side, they are a rarity, Wang Xiangmei is embarrassed to take advantage of Xin Wenfang, and hurriedly shirked it, "No, no, give it to Dongzi's sister and brother." ”

"Hey, it's okay, my Dongzi often talks about the big river, I'll get you a few, and you're waiting here. After Xin Wenfang finished speaking, regardless of Wang Xiangmei's obstruction, she hurriedly went into the house to get it.

Her family is reluctant to eat hairy crabs, and of course she is reluctant to give them to others, but firstly, she likes Jiang Dahe's child very much, and secondly, she has the meaning of having a deep friendship with Wang Xiangmei, so she generously packed six for Wang Xiangmei, including Mrs. Jiang and Second Uncle Jiang, a family of six, exactly one person.

Seeing that she really loaded six hairy crabs, and these crabs were very big, Wang Xiangmei didn't know what to say, so she took the bowl home with a thousand thanks, and took a big step, she wanted to quickly bring the hairy crabs home and then send the bowl back to Xin Wenfang.