Chapter 36: Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner

Xu Herer received all kinds of blessing text messages early in the morning on the Chinese New Year's Eve, and his mobile phone kept vibrating. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Xu Herer patiently replied to everyone's blessings one by one at the beginning. Later, her sister Xu Heran told her that there was no such thing as her writing blessing text messages in these years, and they were all sent in groups, so as long as the content of a text message was compiled, it could be sent to everyone in groups, saving time and effort, and it was more convenient to copy the content of other people's text messages for group sending, so that it was more convenient to not even think about it. While Xu Heer was surprised, she still replied silently one by one, but then she really ran out of words, so she simply typed four words: Happy New Year! It was sent to everyone in groups.

Because there are many things to do for the New Year, the Xu family got up early, Meng Fangtian, Xu Heran and Ma Hongmei were busy in the kitchen preparing a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and Xu Heqi took Xu Heer to paste the Spring Festival, not only his own family, but also to help paste his grandfather's family and grandmother's family, after pasting the Spring Festival, the brother and sister took their grandmother to their home for the New Year.

In the countryside, the snow is removed from one's own yard and house, and no one moves on the roads and fields, allowing the snow to melt naturally. So on the way to my grandmother's house, the road was very muddy, but the fields on both sides were covered with a whole patch of crystal clear snow, and the stream under the small bridge was also very beautiful. Xu Herr walked all the way and filmed all the way, Xu Heqi followed behind her with the Spring Festival couplets, smiling contentedly.

Grandma also got up early in the morning, wearing the new down jacket that Xu Heran bought for her, and watched her grandson and little granddaughter paste red Spring Festival couplets on the doors of her yard. This year is going to pass smoothly again, people are old, they are more sensitive to time than children, Herch is married, and Hull is going to college, which are all good things.

When Fang Meng followed Xu Heqi's brother and sister to Xu's house, their grandparents were already helping. Grandma Xu is a master of cooking, in the past, everyone in the village loved to find her to be in charge of happy events, Meng Fangtian also learned a good cooking skill from her, before getting married, Meng Fangtian was also raised by Fang Mengjiao, although it is not called ten fingers do not touch the spring water, but it is true that he does not know anything about cooking.

But now that her mother-in-law is old, Meng Fangtian didn't want to let her into the kitchen again, but her mother-in-law still sat under the earthen stove to light the fire, and said that it would be warmer. In fact, she wanted to talk to Meng Fangtian about family life, she was not very satisfied with her daughter-in-law at the beginning, although she had studied and looked good, but she didn't understand the farm work in the field, and she couldn't even cook, how could she be a good family and take care of her husband and children.

But now she feels a little guilty about her daughter-in-law, it's not that she doesn't know that someone wants to match Meng Fangtian, she even inquires clearly who the man is, which is a good reliance, but she pretends not to know. Two years ago, a matchmaker mentioned this matter to herself, and she refused simply, not saying that her daughter-in-law should be widowed for her son and other clichés, but explaining that her little granddaughter was in the critical period for the university entrance examination, and she could not be distracted. After all, this is her daughter-in-law, even if her son is gone, she should guard this family and this group of children. After all, Meng Fangtian has no blood relationship with her, she cares about her daughter-in-law's happiness, but she cares more about her son's lintel.

Meng Fangtian is very respectful to her mother-in-law, and whatever she buys for her mother, she will buy something of similar value for her mother-in-law, impartially. In the early years, her mother-in-law was quite strict with her, but then the relationship between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law gradually eased, and she lived separately, and there was no major conflict, especially after her husband died, her mother-in-law became closer to her, no matter what it was, they always treated her well, so she also tried to be filial to them.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law plus Ma Hongmei are three generations of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Meng Fangtian chatted with her mother-in-law, focusing on the arrangement of the eldest daughter's blind date. Xu Heran will go back to Kunshan to work on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and there is only a week to go, if he can't settle down this year, Xu Heran will be 22 years old next year, and this age is already very embarrassing in the countryside.

The mother-in-law is also very concerned, the one to see on the third day of the Lunar New Year was introduced by Xu Yuanmei's sister-in-law, which is on the other side of the same village, and it is only a little more than 10 minutes' walk from them, which is quite convenient. The young man's surname is Chang, his name is Chang Bin, he is the same age as Xu Heran, his parents are also alive, young and capable, he has only one sister, no other brothers, and his family composition is relatively simple.

After Chang Bin studied in a technical school, he was assigned to work in a factory workshop in the city, with a good salary, an honest personality, no cigarettes and alcohol, and a little carpentry. Chang Bin's father is a very good carpenter in their village, he is a craftsman, and those who have skills are doing well.

Meng Fangtian was very satisfied with this young man's family situation, but even if he was satisfied, he had to see his eldest daughter in person. Xu Heran should be very simple, she has seen some scenes outside in the past few years, although she is envious in her heart, she also knows that it is not her own world, and it is her life to go home and find a good family to marry. Xu Hel stood at the door of the kitchen and heard their conversation, and slowly relieved his heart, it is good that my sister can start a new life so strongly!

The Xu family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was served at 4:30 p.m., and Xu Heqi lit the firecrackers and ushered in the most important meal of the year with a crackling sound.

When Chen Xukun received Xu Heer's text message, he was building a snowman in the yard, and the weather in Shanghai was gloomy and still snowing lightly. He couldn't help but smile when he saw the blessing text message with those four words plus a punctuation, this is the most concise Spring Festival text message he has received, of course, a friend like Zhou Junqi will not even send him a text message at all.

After building the snowman in a hurry, he went back to his room and texted her back - what were you doing?

Xu Heer's reply was very fast, because her mobile phone was in her hand, and she was chatting with Yang Fan by text message. This time, Xu Her's reply is still concise - watching his family make dumplings!

Chen Xukun Yile - Why watch?

Xu Herr pouted - they said that there were too many people, so they wouldn't let me interfere, and let me be responsible for counting dumplings!

Chen Xukun smiled - how many have you counted?

Xu Her - 127!

Chen Xukun was shocked - so much?

Xu Herr carefully helped him calculate - there are a total of 8 mouths in our family, and if 127 are averaged, each person is 16 or 1 short.

Chen Xukun lay on the bed and laughed - can everyone eat 16? You and Meng's mother and sister shouldn't be able to eat!

Xu Heer sent a picture full of dumplings - my mother said that it was not enough, plus the mountain was dug on the first day of the new year, it would be better to have more than less.

Chen Xukun saw the picture of dumplings arranged neatly in circles, but it made him swallow his saliva unconsciously-it looks delicious!

Xu Hel is a little proud - my grandmother is the best cook in the village, and of course her stuffing is very good, don't you make dumplings at home?

Chen Xukun drooped his eyelids slightly, faintly - Huang Ma can do it alone!

Xu Herr also seemed to realize something, so he changed the topic - is it still snowing in Shanghai? We've got so much snow here!

Seeing this, Chen Xukun walked to the window, and from this angle, he could still see the snowman with a red scarf in the yard, so he quickly ran downstairs, took a photo of the snowman and sent it over, but he couldn't wait for her reply.

The Chen family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is very exquisite, and Huang's mother spends a lot of effort to prepare it every year, but in fact, the family will not be much lively even if it is the New Year. When Chen Xukun was a child, he would set off some fireworks in the yard every Chinese New Year's Eve to amuse him; Now that Chen Xukun is so old, even the fireworks have been saved, and only the only thing left is to eat Chinese New Year's Eve, and then go back to their rooms, and the New Year is becoming more and more irrelevant to them.

When Chen Xukun returned to the room, Xu Her's text message had already come in, and their family had just finished eating Chinese New Year's Eve, and they also passed him a table of food, the most eye-catching was the plate of red strips, which seemed to be sprinkled with sugar or salt. So Chen Xukun asked-what kind of dish is the red one?

Xu Heer quickly replied this time - it was hawthorn cake! A must-have dish for our family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, in fact, it is not a dish, I liked to eat it when I was a child, and now that I have grown up, it is a little too sour.

Chen Xukun smiled - this color is just right for such a festival.

Xu Her - I think so too! I won't talk to you anymore, grandpa will be upset. Grandpa didn't like us juniors playing on their phones while everyone was chatting.

Chen Xukun sat at his desk, imagining what kind of scene the Xu family would be like for the New Year, which would definitely be more lively and interesting than his family

suddenly felt a little envious, how good it would be if I could have a lively Spring Festival like her.

Xu Heer's family sat in the living room, talking about nothing more than Xu Heran's blind date, this is a major event in the family at present, as for Meng Fangtian's remarriage, Xu Heqi does not let go, there is no way to continue, that Teacher Zhong lives in a village with them, if Meng Fangtian reluctantly marries, such a life will not go on, and he will not look up and see him.