【Chapter 034】 Lively Chinese New Year's Eve
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The hall of the Xiao family's main house covers an area of more than 100 square meters, which is more spacious than the ordinary three-bedroom and two-living rooms, with 4 dining tables and more than 30 people sitting down without crowding.
The two huge charcoal braziers in the room were blazing, the pale blue flames jumped like ghosts, and the temperature of the whole hall remained around 25 degrees Celsius, which was in stark contrast to the freezing outside the window.
After the dishes were served, everyone sat quietly in their seats, waiting for the old lady to speak.
This is also the tradition of the Xiao family for many years, before the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the old lady will make some summaries of the previous year and look forward to the coming year.
"In the past year, Xiaofeng has brought in a lot of money to create the Jinghu system, which will lay the foundation for our Xiao family's exhibition in the next few decades! Xiaofeng was generous, and 1o% of the net profit of Jinghu Ranch and Jinghu Company was assigned to the name of Zhonggong, and invested in the establishment of the Xiao Family Ranch as the foundation of our Xiao family. In the future, the major affairs of the family will gradually be handed over to Xiaofeng, and I will take a back seat to the old man. The old man summed up what Xiao Feng had done in the past six months in a short sentence, and then said: "In the past few decades, our Xiao family has been forbearant and low-key, I hope that in Xiao Feng's hands, the Xiao family can regain its former glory!" ”
The old lady raised the wine glass in his hand, signaled to everyone, and drank it all!
Although Xiao Feng had been designated as the successor of the Xiao family head in last year's Xiao family meeting, the old lady made it clear for the first time that he would hand over the power of his house to Xiao Feng. The old lady showed his attitude, which means that from tomorrow, Xiao Feng will be able to make a decision on all the affairs of the Xiao family, unless his decision shakes the foundation of the Xiao family, and the elders, including the old lady Xiao, must obey Xiao Feng's command.
The advent of the Internet era has not changed the foundation of the Xiao family, and the way of parental responsibility is not just lip service. The patriarch wielded great authority in family matters.
As the old lady's lecture ended, the lively Chinese New Year's Eve dinner began, and dozens of people from the Xiao family attacked the various delicacies in front of them, and everyone couldn't talk for a while.
The soup stock abalone with rich soup and delicious abalone makes everyone eat it so much that they almost swallow it on their tongues; The charcoal-grilled salmon maintains the fresh aroma of the fish, and has a faint pine aroma, even Xiao Haoyu likes to eat it; The peony shrimp, the size of a carrot, is chewy and bursts in the mouth with the essence of the depths of the ocean. ……。
For the Xiao family, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is the best taste in their lives, in addition to the top ingredients, each food has a special fragrance, which makes people can't help but indulge in it. This is the credit of the space spirit spring, the reason why Xiao Feng's cooking skills have soared. It has nothing to do with the help of the Space Spirit Spring.
Even Ye Fan, who has eaten a lot of good things, feels that the Xiao family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is too luxurious, and with Xiao Feng's skills, it is more than enough to serve as the chef in a five-star hotel.
However, thinking that Xiao Feng can easily attract hundreds of millions of investments, Ye Fan will not think that Xiao Feng will deign to work in a hotel, and it is a good thing to be able to taste the cooking skills of billionaires today.
Unconsciously. The continuous shocks and surprises had already smoothed out the sense of superiority and pride in Ye Fan's heart, and the Xiao family had been shrouded in a mysterious aura. 's tens of millions of assets, in front of the Xiao family, are really a bit insufficient.
"Wife, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is really a heavy investment!" Ding Shouye, who was eating, quietly touched his wife Xiao Yuegui and said in a low voice.
As the deputy director of the Department of Finance, 38-year-old Ding Shouye has naturally eaten many top feasts, judging from his experience and vision. The Xiao family's family banquet is far above the standard.
When Ding Shouye's family of three usually took turns to spend the New Year at her husband's house and her mother's house, when he returned to Ginkgo Village in previous years, Ding Shouye only saw a variety of local special ingredients in Ginkgo Village, but he didn't expect to add top abalone and peony shrimp this year. It seems that the rumors of the Xiao family's big fortune are true, otherwise the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner would not have such a handiwork.
"Isn't it just more abalone and prawns, it's not a big deal, right?" Xiao Yuegui indifferently gave a peony shrimp to her daughter Ding Dang. said to her husband: "Xiaofeng got back so much money this year, and it is reasonable to improve the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner." ”
As the deputy chief physician of the Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Xiao Yuegui does not have much concept of money and the like, she focuses more on the operating table and her daughter, and does not care about the price of these abalone and prawns.
"Everyone spends at least this amount today!" Ding Shouye gestured a number to his wife. Scared the hell out of her!
Xiao Yuegui didn't expect that tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner would eat all the couple's income for a year, which was really a little surprising.
However, except for a few people, the Xiao family did not realize that the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner that Xiao Feng had purchased was so expensive.
After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, just after five o'clock, everyone moved the table to the corner of the house, cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and put the leftovers. This is also a habit of the Xiao family, the Chinese New Year's Eve meal will not be eaten, and the leftovers will be eaten on the first day of the new year, indicating that there is more than every year.
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"Stinky boy, your sister Peony has already brought her boyfriend back, you have to hurry up!" After dinner, the whole family sat around the sand, chatting while watching TV, and Xiao Feng was immediately caught by his mother.
"Well, the girl that Xiaofeng brought back last summer vacation is not bad, the fifth sister supports you to take her!" Xiao Yuegui, the fifth sister sitting next to her, was afraid that Xiao Feng's head was not big enough, so she interjected.
The current third generation of the Xiao family, except for Xiao Feng and Xiao Qiang, everyone else has already married, Xiao Qiang is just 21, it is too early, and the eyes of the whole family are focused on Xiao Feng.
"Mom, how old am I, don't force marriage now!" Xiao Feng slapped his forehead, and now he was sitting in a bit of a mistake, and he was sandwiched in the middle by his mother and fifth sister Xiao Yuegui, and he couldn't run away if he wanted to.
"23 is not small!" The old mother pulled Xiao Haoyu and said, "You see that Dazhi is one year younger than you, Haoyu will call me grandma!" ”
As the fourth generation of the Xiao family, Xiao Dazhi got married earlier than many third generations, which made the old people in the family extremely happy, and in their opinion, prosperity is the foundation of the family.
In the following period of time, Xiao Feng had to endure the serial bombardment of his mother and fifth sister, and occasionally other elders next to him also joined in, making Xiao Feng miserable. Xiao Feng had the intention of running away, but he couldn't find a suitable reason, even if he was now worth hundreds of millions, he still didn't have any ability to resist in front of his mother.
Patriarch, in front of my mother, I'm just a child!
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"Looking at Xiaofeng's appearance, it doesn't look like yesterday's cool appearance at all!" Ye Fan on the opposite side looked at Xiao Feng's helpless appearance, and was a little funny.
When he saw Xiao Feng yesterday, Ye Fan was very shocked by Xiao Feng's temperament and was in a trance, but today it seems that he is no different from ordinary young people who are forced to marry.
"The fourth aunt is a national special-grade teacher, and she teaches politics, where does Xiaofeng have the power to resist in front of her?" Xiao Peony was obviously used to seeing this kind of scene, and said with a smile: "When we were young, we were most afraid of being caught by the fourth aunt and reasoning, it was really difficult for Xiaofeng to live under her 'clutches' for so many years." ”
While the family was chatting, the Golden Cat Jewel and the Golden Monkey Goku became the most popular objects, and everyone rushed to hold them in their arms.
Especially Ding Dang, the 5-year-old daughter of the fifth sister Xiao Yuegui, her eyes lit up, holding Wukong to death, shouting that she wanted to bring Wukong back to the provincial capital. Tongtong naturally wouldn't agree, the two little girls argued for a while, and in a blink of an eye, they reconciled again, and got together to ravage Wukong and Gem.
Such a lively scene is naturally indispensable to Xiaohong, who from time to time came out with auspicious words of "Gong Xi Cai" and "Happy New Year", and obtained melon seeds, pine nuts and other delicacies from other people.
But it was very clever, and flew high, lest it be caught like the two fools and be caught by the Great Demon King and her new companions.
It was a rare time for everyone to get together and talk about the past year and look forward to the future. Especially Xiao Qiang and Xiao Tao, one or two are discussing the topic of buying a car, and when it comes to blood boiling, they can't wait to drive the car back immediately.
As for the women, the topic is inseparable from children, cosmetics and the like, and the scene is more enthusiastic than the men.
The old lady and the old lady sat on the middle of the Taishi chair, looking at the spectacular scene of the five generations of the family in the same house, to say that the heart was unexpected, it was fake.
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Although the Spring Festival Gala will be complained about to the extreme every year, in the Xiao family, the tradition of the whole family sitting around to watch the Spring Festival Gala and chat on Chinese New Year's Eve has not been replaced by the computer network.
Xiao Feng doesn't know how long this kind of family reunion scene can last, but judging from the current situation, as long as the old lady and the old lady are still alive, this habit will continue.
At around ten o'clock, the women's army began to roll noodles and make dumplings in the hall, which is also a tradition brought by the Xiao family from the Central Plains, and it has not changed for hundreds of years.
Soon hundreds of round pig-like dumplings were completed, neatly arranged on the bamboo sieve, waiting for the pot to be put into the pot when it was close to midnight. In order to take care of the different tastes of the family, Xiao Feng prepared several kinds of fillings such as shrimp and crab roe, eggs and leeks, beef sauerkraut, pork and cabbage, and selected the most top-quality ingredients.
At midnight, the whole family feasted on steaming dumplings to welcome the arrival of the New Year.
However, unlike previous years, when firecrackers can be set off, this year's Ginkgo Village completely prohibits firecrackers and fireworks, and the arrival of the New Year seems to be a little quiet. This kind of silence made everyone feel a little novel, after all, this time of year was spent in the sound of firecrackers, and it was too noisy.
When the New Year's bell rings, the Year of the Rat is over and the Year of the Ox has arrived!