A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was Chinese New Year's Eve.

Xiaoxi and her mother got up early in the morning, cleaned up the house, and washed all the pots and pans.

After sorting out all the things at home and placing the New Year's goods, Xiaoxi and her mother waited for today's distinguished guests.

In fact, it is not a distinguished guest, it is Xiaoxi's grandmother's family who came here as guests.

My grandmother's family is also in a bad situation, the family is a farmer, and there is no foreign economic income. Life is also very poor.

Therefore, my grandmother also came once a year, and she came over on Chinese New Year's Eve and had a relatively simple reunion dinner together in the evening.

Then stay at Xiaoxi's house for a day, and go back the next day, after all, there are chickens, ducks and geese at home that need to be fed.

Mom took the living expenses left by Xiaoxi's father and went to the market to buy some sausages and bacon.

and then slaughtered an old hen in the family to be used to stew chicken soup, in the past, my mother was at home for Xiaoxi's father and refused to use a penny more.

Now Xiaoxi's father left them behind, and her mother has figured it out a lot.

If you want to bring Xiaoxi up well, your mother, Xiaoxi's grandmother's family must help if she can.

This time, my grandmother finally came to visit, and she had to make this reunion dinner in a proper manner, just like those reunion dinners in well-off families.

Ensure that chicken, duck and fish are not missing, and according to rural customs, eight bowls are indispensable.

In the past, Xiaoxi's family did not have this condition, but now Xiaoxi's mother wants to try it.

In the countryside, the eight bowls are the main dishes of the banquet, and whenever there is a red and white wedding in the village, there will be a big feast, which is not only lively at that time, but also full of human feelings.

In this Chinese New Year's Eve reunion dinner, eight bowls are standard, because this meal is the most important in the year, meaning reunion and happiness.

And because of the eight homophonic pronunciation, people will figure a verbal auspiciousness. Therefore, the eight bowls in this are said to have four meat and four vegetarian dishes, and it will be more comfortable to eat meat and vegetables, among which four meat dishes have button meat crispy meat, button elbow, square meat, and four vegetarian dishes, which are generally used radish, kelp, vermicelli, and tofu.

Xiaoxi's mother went to the market early in the morning to buy these good ingredients.

Xiaoxi was also very excited when she heard that her mother was going to make eight big bowls, although she had never made eight big bowls at home.

But I've never eaten pork, I've seen pigs run, and Xiaoxi has also eaten eight bowls more than once.

In Xiaoxi's impression, the eight big bowls in the countryside, one of the most unforgettable is the four steamed meat, the steamed meat is very beautiful, the meat skin is reddish-brown, square in the bowl is particularly appetizing, it tastes more fragrant, because it is steamed, the meat inside is fat but not greasy, and it melts in the mouth.

And meat and vegetables have their own characteristics, vegetarian dishes are also very delicious after the master's processing, clean kelp silk is soft, it tastes like vermicelli, and the vermicelli is slippery like cold powder, tofu and broth together, there will be more umami.

The countryside is no better than the city, and the restaurants in the city have a pitiful number of dishes, and there are few bowls of big dishes.

The eight bowls in the countryside reveal the reality of rural people, and the amount made of bowls is larger than that of plates, and the amount in them is even more.

Xiao Xi stared blankly at the door, watching outsiders walk around.

Looking for her grandmother's back, Han Xi's grandparents gave birth to five, Xiaoxi's three uncles, one aunt, and one is Xiaoxi's mother.

Xiaoxi's mother is at the bottom of these lists, as the saying goes, mothers love young children, it is true, Xiaoxi's grandmother also loves this little daughter the most.

Love the house and Wu, Xiaoxi's grandmother also likes Xiaoxi's granddaughter the most.

A few people came one after another on the path outside the door, and the middle-aged man in front of him was holding an old man, isn't this person Xiaoxi's grandmother, Wang?

"Grandma is here, grandma is here, hey, grandpa is here. Xiaoxi was a little puzzled, wasn't her grandfather at her grandmother's house?

Grandpa and grandma were separated in the early years, and it was grandma who single-handedly pulled Xiaoxi's mother, uncle, and aunt to grow up.

My grandfather was forced to separate for various reasons, and now my grandfather is no longer the person who worked as a farmer at home.

It is said that my grandfather now works in a state unit and is a veritable man with an iron job.

If it weren't for the fact that my grandfather didn't come to them for so many years, I was mistaken by Xiaoxi's father for my grandfather who abandoned his wife and children, so I didn't think about my grandfather for divorce.

Mom heard Xiaoxi's voice and immediately came over, "Dad, Mom, brother, sister...... Come and sit down and eat melon seeds......"

"Mom, what's going on? Dad has been back for a long time, why don't I know anything?" Xiaoxi's mother finally couldn't help it when she saw that her grandmother didn't say anything.

"Mei'er, we'll talk about this later, what's the matter between you and Guozhong, how did it become like this?" Grandma's voice seemed very urgent, and it was obvious that Grandma was also worried about her mother.

In the face of my grandmother's inquiry, my mother told the whole story.

"Hmph, this kid is too much of a thing to dare to treat my daughter like this. Suddenly, the sound of slapping the table shook the table.

"Dad, don't worry, drink saliva first to dissipate your anger. Mom went into the kitchen and poured a glass of water and handed it to my grandfather.

Xiaoxi on the side didn't speak now, even if she wanted to speak, she didn't know what to say at this time.

What's more, her mother is already very uncomfortable, Xiaoxi is afraid that she will make her mother unhappy by saying the wrong thing, which is not what she wants to see.