After taking the family photo, the family went to a newly opened mutton restaurant in the county town to eat shabu mutton, which is a live sheep killed every day, and the meat is delicious, so it attracts a lot of customers to come to taste.

Gu's father and mother are both diligent and thrifty, and they usually have less time to buy vegetables. But it's rare for the children to come back, and it's just in time for the Chinese New Year, so they naturally want to put all the delicious food in front of them.

It just so happens that the grandparents of the Gu family have not eaten shabu mutton, Grandma Gu's mother's family is from the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and she still feels novel about this way of eating, Grandpa Gu's family was very poor in the early years, and they have eaten one meal without the next, let alone eat meat. So this time when I went to the restaurant, the old couple was like a child who tried it for the first time, looking forward to it, eager and a little apprehensive.

The family ordered 4 catties of mutton slices, 3 catties of mutton scorpions, and radish and cabbage frozen tofu, etc., chatting while waiting for the dishes.

"Grandparents, I'm going to help you mix the ingredients, what do you not eat? spicy, coriander, onion and garlic or something. Seeing the dishes on the table, Chaoying thoughtfully told the old man that Grandpa Gu came from a difficult era, so she was naturally not picky, and Chaoying went to mix the sesame sauce ingredients for the old man according to his favorite taste. and Lin Ningning, Gu Chang'an, helped his father-in-law and mother-in-law adjust the dipping sauce. Now the mutton shabu is still a traditional copper pot, after a while, it will bubble, put the meat and bones into the pot, two minutes later, the mutton is cooked, the family moved the chopsticks, and ate the hot mutton.

Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu ate very satisfied, and the hot pot and the family reunion were more flavorful.

"If grandparents love to eat, let's buy a sheep at home, I spend money, so that we can cook it at home whenever we want to" Sister-in-law Lin Ningning took the lead in speaking, and sister-in-law Gu Changan called sister-in-law great.

In the end, Lin Ningning settled the bill and bought a processed fat sheep from the store, and the family went home happily.

In the past, during the Chinese New Year, Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu didn't go to anyone's house, so the old couple lived alone in one place. Because there are many children and they have already started a family, they don't feel comfortable going to anyone's house.

But this year, the two eldest grandsons came back, and there were two likable granddaughters-in-law, and they did not refuse the invitation of their sons and daughters-in-law, and came to the eldest son Gu Guoqiang's house for the New Year.

Soon the Chinese New Year's Eve arrived, and early in the morning, the family posted the Spring Festival, and the croquettes were busy. Full of New Year's flavor.

In the Northeast, lunch on New Year's Day is as important as Chinese New Year's Eve. The Gu family's lunch was no exception, with exactly twelve cold and hot dishes, and a large table was full.

There are chicken stewed mushrooms and braised pork knuckle in sauce that the old lady loves, as well as button meat, potato ribs and oil that the old lady loves to eat. Gu's father's favorite beef radish, Gu's mother's favorite stewed sauerkraut, as well as young people's favorite croquettes, fried rice cakes, shredded lamb chops, and two small cold dishes. The family had a good time and drank a little wine.

When preparing the meal, Chaoying and Lin Ningning kept giving their mother-in-law Xu Xiuqing a hand, and after the meal, they actively picked up the table and chopsticks, although Xu Xiuqing didn't say it, but her heart was still beautiful.

It's not that Chaoying and Lin Ningning are diligent, but they understand in their hearts that they don't spend a long time with their mother-in-law in a year, so they have to help their mother-in-law share more when they are together, so that the mother-in-law is comfortable, and the Gu brothers will remember it in their eyes, and the relationship between husband and wife will be better.

In the afternoon, Gu's father accompanied Grandpa Gu to play chess, the Gu brothers watched the game, Chaoying and Lin Ningning accompanied their mother-in-law and grandmother to play poker, and the sister-in-law Gu Changan had already gone to play with friends, and she didn't catch the shadow after dinner.

After playing a few games, Old Man Gu never won, and he ruined the chess game angrily and said that he would not play with his son anymore. Mrs. Gu's side won the wind and water, and the Chaoying team, Xu Xiuqing and Lin Ningning, fought in the water.

The old man saw that the poker had a better chance of winning, so he came to the front.

"Grandpa, do you want to play? We're about to win this game. Chaoying saw the old man's thoughts and hurriedly made room for his grandfather. The old man was not polite and said, "Then I'll help you play a few games!"

The four of them played fifty K, and five hundred points were counted as a win, at this time, the score of Chaoying and Grandma Gu had been increased to four hundred and fifty-five, as long as this one could go out, he could win this game, but with Grandpa Gu on the field, the situation changed dramatically, and soon Xu Xiuqing and Lin Ningning overtook the score, and finally won this game. The old lady naturally kept nagging Grandpa Gu. "It was supposed to be a winning card, but as soon as you played, you abducted me and lost, and you lost all your good luck. With the old lady's nagging, the old man Gu couldn't get off the stage, the old Red Army had never made a mistake in his work on the battlefield, but why couldn't this little game master play, which made the old man very depressed.

Grandpa Gu was afraid that everyone would end up and hurriedly said, "One more game, one more game, I don't believe I can't get it back." ”

Lin Ningning glanced at her mother-in-law Xu Xiuqing, the family is a transparent person, Xu Xiuqing naturally understands.

In another game, Grandpa Gu was really like a god, and he won a hundred points in a few hands. At this time, Grandpa Gu naturally raised his beard, raised his eyebrows and exhaled, and said to Grandma Gu angrily: "Didn't you say that I lost all my good luck? The desire to win is also stronger, and sometimes naïve.

Seeing the old couple arguing and arguing, everyone will smile.

If there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, the current Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu are the treasures in the hearts of the family.

It was getting dark, Xu Xiuqing began to wrap dumplings with dumpling stuffing, and the whole family gathered around to wrap dumplings. Dumplings are eaten during the New Year and festivals in the north, a tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years, and naturally men in the north will also make dumplings and roll dumpling skins. The family, except for Grandpa Gu and Gu Chang'an, who went out to play, all participated, and after a while, two hundred dumplings were wrapped, which made Lin Ningning call the number of people powerful.

After wrapping the dumplings, Gu's mother took her two daughters-in-law to the kitchen to heat up the dishes.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, as the neighbor's firecrackers sounded, the men of the Gu family also went out to set off firecrackers, and the women brought dishes and dumplings to the table, and at twelve o'clock, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner began, and everyone ate around the table. Men drank wine and women drank drinks to bid farewell to the past year and welcome the beginning of the new year.

Grandpa Gu even expressed his expectations for his children and grandchildren through wine. Gu Guoqiang is the boss, and Gu Weiguo and Gu Weidong are naturally the eldest among the grandchildren of the old man. The old man didn't drink much, but he was also slightly drunk. "I'm very satisfied now, full of children and grandchildren, I just hope to see our old Gu family again in my lifetime, either to put pressure on the two granddaughters-in-law, or to say that you are starting a family, getting married and having children, you are only missing this last step, all work hard, so that I and your grandmother have no regrets." ”

The old man's words made the atmosphere a little solemn.

"Grandparents rest assured, we will definitely work hard, and strive for three years to hold the two, and then you don't think there are too many children in the family to panic. For coaxing the old man to be happy, Lin Ningning came to catch it, not to mention that the old man's expectations were exactly what Lin Ningning wanted.