Time flies, time flies. In the blink of an eye, it has come to the New Year's Festival.

Because they want to celebrate the New Year together, on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the Meng family, the Guo family and the Tong family on Zhuangzi have already come to the house. Lan Xin arranged a few yards in the front yard for them to live in. The yard was cleaned in advance, and the bedding inside was freshly made, and other utensils were also available. Therefore, after they moved in, it was also a simple cleanup.

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, everyone repaired for a day. In the morning of the thirtieth day, while the sky was still bright, the people of the house got up. After breakfast, Xue Shan led the half-grown boys to be busy sticking Spring Festival couplets and pasting blessing characters. Others were busy preparing the reunion dinner for Chinese New Year's Eve.

Three large cauldrons were set up in the front yard, and enough firewood was placed underneath them, and the water in the pots was boiled. Meng was in charge of the pipe, and ordered the pigs pulled from the Zhuangzi to be put on the shelves, and had the pigs' mouths tied with ropes so as not to disturb others.

After the pig here was bled out, it struggled desperately, but it was too strong to resist the number of people, and finally gave up resistance, snorted a few times, and ran out of breath. While everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they all had smiles on their faces. On the shelf over there, the goats that were bleating just now were also bled out.

Steward Meng's wife led the ladies of each family, under the command of Zhen's mother, to wash vegetables, pick vegetables, and process some seafood such as fish and shrimp. Counting nine cold winters, everyone's breath turned into a white mist. However, it did not affect everyone's enthusiasm in the slightest. At first, it was a little restrained, but then it slowly let go, talking and laughing, so lively.

Lan Xin was draped in a big hat, and walked slowly over with green lotus and red sleeves. As soon as I turned the corridor, I was infected by the sound of laughter, and the corners of my lips involuntarily curled. The cauldron was shrouded in white mist, and the fragrance came to the nose, and the smiles on everyone's faces couldn't help but be even bigger.

Lan Xin's arrival startled everyone, and for a while, everyone paused in their hands, staring at Lan Xin with different expressions. The scene that was still in full swing just now was suddenly silent, as if walking into a busy picture.

Lan Xin pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "It seems that I am disturbing everyone." ”

"No, no, girl, don't say that. Steward Meng was the first to come to his senses, and greeted him with a smile, "I didn't expect the girl to come, it's rude, it's rude!" said that, bowed to the end, and saluted Lan Xin.

When Steward Meng opened his mouth, everyone also came back to their senses and came over to salute Lan Xin. "Okay, okay, you don't have to be polite, I'm also here to join in the fun. Since I was a child, I have never seen how to slaughter pigs and sheep!"

Lan Xin's words shortened the distance between each other, and everyone laughed along, and they were no longer as restrained as before. Steward Meng's eyes rolled, he had been in the Yu family for so many years, and he knew these masters of the Yu family very well. The jade lord is righteous and thin, and the jade lady is friendly, but what he admires the most is the jade girl in front of him. In just a few words, you can eliminate the barriers between each other and make people feel close. It's really better than blue!

Lan Xin didn't know the emotion in Steward Meng's heart, she walked to the front curiously with Qinghe and Red Sleeves, and watched them carry knives and quickly separate the bones and flesh.

"Wow, it turns out that after the pig was peeled off, it turned out to be like this?!The slave is really the first time I've seen it!" Qinghe looked at the pig on the shelf, said curiously, pointing to the rib in the big frame and exclaimed, "Girl, look, the ribs we usually eat are chopped off from this!"

"Yes, I've eaten these things, but it's the first time I've seen them. Lan Xin also smiled and looked at it.

"The girl should stay away, lest the oil splash on the girl. Steward Meng looked at Qinghe, who was getting closer and closer, and persuaded with a smile.

Qinghe touched his nose and stepped back obediently. Lan Xin also felt that he was in the way of standing in front of him, so he walked to the other side with Qinghe and Red Sleeves. Mother Zhen responded with a smile and asked, "Although the weather is sunny, it is still cold, why did the girl come here?"

"I'm just here to have some fun. Lan Xin said with a smile, "I have never celebrated the New Year with so many people, and the joy in my heart is a little irrepressible, so I came over to have a look." ”

Lan Xin and Zhen's mother's voices were not loud, but they were enough for everyone present to hear them. Everyone knew that their girls liked to come with them, and they were so happy that they couldn't suppress the smile on their lips.

Lan Xin raised his eyes and looked around, and asked with a smile, "Mom, are these things we prepared enough?"

Mother Jane looked around, nodded, and said, "That's enough." Lan Xin raised his eyebrows and looked at the people who were cleaning up the pigs and sheep not far away, and ordered: "After a while, let them chop more meat filling, and use pure meat filling in the dumplings at night." If two pigs and two sheep are not enough, kill another one. ”

Mother Zhen looked at the things in front of her, thought about it for a while, nodded and said, "The old slave knows." Two pigs are almost enough, but the sheep can kill one more. ”

"Let's kill another pig. Lan thought for a moment and said, "If you can call the leftovers, don't let them be enough." Besides, it's the cold winter moon now, and the meat is not easy to spoil. The rest, we can eat slowly. "These people have guarded the Yu family for so many years, and with this loyalty, they also deserve this treatment. What's more, Lan Xin is not short of those few silver in his hand now.

"Yes, girl. The old slave knew. Jen's mother nodded in agreement. and instructed the little girl next to her to go over and talk to Steward Meng.

A few young children, after running around for a lap without knowing where to go, ran back with a smile, and when they saw Lan Xin standing there, they were stunned for a moment, and then they all came over to salute in a proper manner. Lan Xin smiled and told them to get up, and told Red Sleeves to give them candy to eat. Red Sleeves agreed, and took out the nest candy and pine nut candy that had been prepared long ago from his purse and gave them to them.

"Thank you, girl!"

"Thank you, girl!" the voices of thanks came and went, and Lan Xin smiled at them with a smile.

Lan Xin walked slowly on the verandah with Qinghe and red sleeves. The verandah has been repainted, and the rockeries on both sides are decorated with pine and cypress branches and red silk, and there is no sign of decay in winter. The sound of children's frolicking came from time to time, and the whole house was a thriving scene.

Lan Xin squinted at the clear blue sky, and a knowing smile rose at the corner of his mouth, the days will definitely get better and better.