In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the village is also regarded as a lantern. The sound of firecrackers echoed in the sky.

This year's harvest is okay, much stronger than that year. Coarse grains, miscellaneous grains, and fine grains are mixed together, which is almost enough to eat. Some bold people started their businesses early, and they can be regarded as making some money. Back in the village, raise your eyebrows. Just from the sound of firecrackers, you can hear who is making how much money.

Li Dabiao took out the firecrackers that had been bought in advance, handed them to Li Aobai and Li Jun, and according to the custom of rural people for the New Year, they invited the ancestors to wait for the ancestors. Zhang Yang and Zhang Chen were also running back and forth, doing what they could. Shen Cuihua was angry when she saw these two children, and she just held this breath into her heart. She was worried that if she forcibly objected again, what would she do if her son and daughter-in-law didn't send money to her next year?

Zhang Yang and Zhang Chen also kept away from this woman called Aunt with a lot of eyes, and tried not to provoke her.

Zhang Xiaoqiang was busy in the kitchen, preparing some dishes for the Chinese New Year. Yes, this year's situation has just improved, and you can finally see meat during the Spring Festival. The dishes are also common in the local countryside, and she does not use the plane. The unique memory of this era is like this, as long as people who grow up in this era, they must go through it.

The dumpling filling is chopped in advance, large meat and radish. She chopped some green onions and ginger and stirred them into the filling. Then put salt, five-spice powder, monosodium glutamate, and white wine, and mix it with chopsticks in one direction. The temperature in the kitchen was relatively low, and she rubbed her hands in the cold.

Li Aobai felt sorry for his daughter-in-law and said: "I will go to the house when I will pack it in a while, and we will sit on the kang and pack it together." Zhang Xiaoqiang made a big deal with it. Rub vigorously.

Grandma set up a kang table on the kang and put everything for making dumplings. Li Aobai took all the dumpling fillings, dough, and rolling pins.

The whole family gathered in a circle on the kang. Li Dabiao went out, and he wanted to pay New Year's greetings to his brother. Nag. Shen Cuihua saw that so many people were there, she was too lazy to work, and she went out with her, she changed into the new clothes brought back by Li Aobai and his family, and she just happened to show off. Before going out, he said to Li Jun: "I'll go to my second aunt's house, and call me when the dumplings are ready." ”

Grandma, Li Aobai, Zhang Yang, Zhang Chen, Li Jun, and Zhang Xiaoqiang started making dumplings together.

Grandma took out five red envelopes from the box. It is wrapped in red paper in advance. She handed them to the grandchildren in front of her one by one and said, "Child, this is grandma's heart." You accept it, don't be too little, the New Year is just to be auspicious. ”

Zhang Xiaoqiang took the red envelope, her eyes a little moist. Especially Zhang Yang and Zhang Chen. Grow so big. It's the first time I recycled the red envelope, and I looked a little overwhelmed.

Li Jun said: "After receiving grandma's red envelope, let's kowtow to grandma!" ”

The babies knelt on the ground together and said, "I wish grandma good health!" Everyone kowtowed in unison.

Grandma's eyes smiled like a crescent, and she said, "Let's all get up!" ”

Dumpling-making began again. Zhang Chen looked at the white and chubby dumplings and began to drool.

Large round bamboo sieves and grates were filled, and the three children also pinched dumplings of different shapes. At this moment, the grandmother's second and third sons came. I brought a snack to my grandmother to greet the New Year. The dim sum wrapped in hemp paper is boxy and wrapped in red paper. Twine tied. There are also twist flowers, chicken cakes, and hemp cakes, all of which are placed in front of grandma.

Grandma said, "Your children are all young, and you all need money for a place, what are you going to do with this?" ”

The two sons are usually quite filial, and if they make something delicious at home, they also come to call the old mother. Usually, grandma also lives here for a few days, and that family lives for a few days, in short, the status of the old lady at home is quite high.

Several grandchildren also came, and they all kowtowed to their grandmother. The grandmothers gave out red envelopes one by one, and the children were very happy.

Li Aobai greeted the second and third uncles and said, "Let's eat dumplings together at home for a while!" ”

The two uncles said, "No, I have it at home." This year, there is water for irrigation, and the grain harvest is okay. ”

Li Aobai asked a few cousins to stay, and they also said that they were going home to eat.

Grandma said: "The Chinese New Year is like this, usually as long as the family is united, often move around, I don't care about the New Year's Day." The year is good, the festival is good, and the days are the saddest! ”

Grandma's words made the people present listen and nod their heads. The old lady's tolerance and generosity were well known in the village and were praised by many people.

Zhang Yang helped light the fire in the kitchen, and Li Jun went to call his parents to come back and eat dumplings.

On the kang table, fruit candy, melon seeds, peanuts, pine nuts and wine brought from Hacheng were placed, and the boiled dumplings were served. Li Dabiao and his family came back, and Zhang Xiaoqiang gave everyone chopsticks. Grandma said, "Let's eat!" It's all a family, well-fed! ”

Li Aobai poured the wine, Li Dabiao and his son each had a glass, and Li Jun also said that he wanted to drink some. When the elder brother poured a small cup, he said, "Take a little less." ”

Zhang Yang said: "Dumplings are wine, the more you eat, the more you have!" ”

Everyone began to eat dumplings, and indeed, the dumplings were very fragrant. In the memory of Lao Li's family, they have never eaten such delicious dumplings, let alone pure white bread, which has so much meat in it.

While eating, Zhang Xiaoqiang felt something and chuckled her teeth, and she spit it out, which turned out to be a coin. She held it in her hand and looked left and right.

Grandma said: "I put this five cents in, and whoever eats it must be the most blessed person in the family." What I didn't expect was that it was my granddaughter-in-law. ”

Li Jun took the lead in clapping his hands and said, "Sister Xiaoqiang is the most blessed person in our family, and I will be with you in the future." ”

Shen Cuihua's face was full of unhappiness, she didn't care about the atmosphere of the New Year and said: "No matter what kind of light you have, even the people in her family can't help it, and it will be your turn!" ”

Zhang Xiaoqiang heard what was in the words, she said: "Mom, don't worry, as long as I have in the future, it will be our family, and no one can take it away." ”

Li Jun said: "Mom, for the New Year, don't say these unhappy words, okay?" ”

Grandma also said: "I said Da Biao's daughter-in-law, pay attention to what you say, you are now a mother-in-law." ”

The blame of the family was on her, and she was very angry. Is this daughter-in-law a vixen? What method did you make her son marry her? What method did she use to pull the hearts of the whole family to her side?

All ages are looking for her, and she has only been married for a few days?

Angry is angry, she won't get along with delicious food. One chopstick after another, I can't wait to take an extra pair of chopsticks. What if I eat less?

Zhang Xiaoqiang saw that the dumplings were a little not enough, so she went to the kitchen and put another pot. (To be continued.) )