Su Chennan was already awake, and he didn't want to be nested in the back basket, Su Rui held him to his chest, he hadn't seen so many people for a long time, and he kept looking left and right curiously......

Su Chennan pointed to a place and asked Su Rui to see, "Eldest sister, eldest sister, I want Guoguo." ”

Su Rui turned her head and saw that it was an old man carrying a flat pole and selling oranges. Don't blame Su Chennan for asking for fruits, Su Rui often takes advantage of the fact that there are no outsiders at home to give apples and pears to Su Chennan to eat.

Su Rui walked over, Su Qiao smelled a burst of fragrance and hurriedly asked, "What kind of fruit is this?" It smells so good..."

"Girl, do you want to buy some oranges? This one is from the south, and it smells good and eats it......"

"Uncle, how much is this?"

The old man smiled embarrassedly, "Because this is shipped from the south, the loss on the road is quite large, so the price is not as expensive as the fruit in the north, it costs two hundred copper coins a catty." ”

Su Rui thought that it was twice as expensive as ordinary apples, pears and persimmons, but it was inconvenient to transport and preserve in ancient times, and this price could be regarded as a conscience.

"Bring me twenty pounds."

The old man was stunned for a moment, then reacted, hurriedly put down the flat burden, and weighed Su Rui.

Su Ying pulled down Su Rui's clothes next to her: "Sister, it's too much..."

Su Rui replied to her in a low voice, "There are not many catties, Brother Chenjie will help us carry things today, Su Qiang is also helping to look at Su Wan, and I will take the ox cart of Chenyuan's family when I go back, all to thank, it just happens that this orange is rare, and you can send two catties to the family, so that the six catties will be gone." If you want to go to the old house for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, then you have to take two pounds..."

Su Rui counted like this, Su Ying was silent, such a rare fruit, she must keep a little more to eat.

In the end, I went to buy pork, and I met a seller of mutton who bought a hind leg, and I met a seller who bought a few paintings, as well as firecrackers and so on.

Su Rui calculated in her heart, all kinds of snacks, sugar, melon seeds and peanuts at home are all available, there should be nothing bad, right?

Passing by the paper shop, Su Rui remembered that she had worshiped her ancestors for thirty years, and she didn't buy the paper money for her ancestors' father, so she patted her head and hurriedly bought it.

After buying everything, Su Rui saw that it was still early, so she took a group of child laborers to find a haggis soup shop, and one of them ordered a bowl of haggis soup to eat.

When I walked back, because everyone bought a lot of things, and the ox cart was full of them, except for Chen Nan, Chen Li, Chen Hua, Su Wan, and Su Min, everyone had to walk back.

Before the sun went down, we returned to the village. Su Changying still sent others first, and sent Su Rui's sister and brother back.

Everyone was frozen all the way, and Su Rui thought that they all liked to eat the haggis soup at noon, so she chopped the leg of mutton, washed it, skimmed off the blood foam, added a few slices of ginger and red dates, and simmered over low heat.

Tired, Su Rui asked her younger siblings to go to sleep for a while, she looked at the fire, and by the way, she cleaned up the things she had bought.

The mirror is put into the bedroom, the dried seafood and fruits are put in the side bedroom, snacks, sugar cubes, fried melon seeds and fried peanuts are put into the cabinet in the hall, and some gadgets are placed in the bedroom, and the younger siblings can play with them.

Mutton and pork were put into the snow nest and frozen, and as for the paper money of the door god, it was placed on the tribute table in the hall.

Glutinous rice flour, peanuts, and sesame seeds are all placed in the stove room.

After packing up everything, the mutton had been stewed for more than an hour, and as soon as Su Rui put out the fire, she heard movement from the bedroom.

Su Rui thought to herself, she was quite blessed, and she woke up just after she was done......

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the steamed buns at home were almost finished, and the Su Rui sisters steamed another hundred and ten steamed buns and sixty steamed buns.

Take out the glutinous rice flour, peanuts and sesame seeds that I bought at the market yesterday. Su Rui took Su Ying and Su Qiao to wrap sweet balls, in fact, you can also wrap salty, but think about the dumplings and buns are salty, let's eat sweet ones.

First knead the glutinous rice flour, divide it into small round balls, fry the crushed peanuts and sesame seeds over low heat, mash them in a stone mortar, add sugar, lard, and knead them into small round balls, pick up a ball of glutinous rice and press it flat, and wrap it in sesame peanut balls. Roll round and freeze.

After cooking two for one person, the younger siblings all shouted that it was delicious, Su Rui was afraid that she would not digest it, so she only fed Su Chennan one, and she was unhappy and pouted for an afternoon...

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, there was nothing to do at home, so Su Rui went to Su Changle's house and Su Changying's house for a turn. Seeing that there was nothing she could do to help, she went home.

Chinese New Year's Eve, also known as the 30th day of the lunar month, is the night of the last day of the lunar month, which is connected to the Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month). The main traditional folk activities on this day include ancestor worship, sticking to the door god, setting off firecrackers, giving money for the New Year, eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and sending the god of wealth. The word "except" in "Chinese New Year's Eve" means "go, easy, alternate".

Chinese New Year's Eve means "the end of the month", people have to remove the old and the new, there is the old year to be removed, the next year is the meaning of the new year, is the last night of the lunar year. Therefore, the activities during this period are centered on removing the old and renewing the new, eliminating disasters and praying for blessings.

Early in the morning, Su Rui woke up Su Chenrui to dress Su Chennan and put the things used to worship the ancestors into the back basket.

Today is thirty, and in the morning, all the men in Sujia Village have to worship their ancestors, Su Rui explained to Su Chenrui, "Chenrui, you will follow Uncle Changle and them today, pay tribute to your ancestors, and then go to burn paper for your father, remember?" ”

Su Chenrui nodded, picked up Su Chennan, carried the basket on his back, and walked to Su Changle's house, Su Rui looked at Su Chenrui worriedly, until Su Chenwei ran over to pick up Xiao Chennan in the distance, Su Rui put down her heart and returned to the yard.

After a while, Su Ya came over from the old house: "Sister Rui, grandparents asked you to come over for a reunion dinner at noon." ”

Yes, it's Su Ya, if you don't know, you will definitely have questions, isn't the Wang family separated from each other, Su Ya and their brothers and sisters all live with the Wang family, why are they still in the old mansion? That's because the Wang family is now living in the old house, taking the money, taking the land deed, eating and living together every day, and if you don't build a good house, you won't leave...... It's not like I used to do a little bit of work......

What a bowl of dog blood......

Su Rui greeted Su Ya into the house and hurriedly said, "Okay, can you come in and stay for a while?" ”

As soon as she entered the house, a wave of heat hit, and Su Ya saw that the younger siblings of the second uncle's family were wearing jackets made of muslin, sitting on the kang to eat snacks and have fun.

My heart is full of envy, once upon a time, she was the object of envy of her younger siblings.

But since the father and mother left, their brothers and sisters in the old house life is not easy at all, the father does not like it, grandma does not dare to support the mother to work, but they are not polite to them.

Su Ya sighed secretly: "Hey... It's really impermanent. ”

Su Qiao got off the kang and brought a teapot and a teacup, and gave Su Ya a cup of brown sugar ginger water.

Yes, the Su family has a teapot and a teacup, not to entertain people with a bowl, and on the 27th, I went to the county seat and bought imported products, which are very beautiful. The price is also beautiful, a set costs three taels of silver, and Su Ying nagged Su Rui for a long time afterwards, saying that it was too much of a waste of silver.

Alas... Su Rui is also bitter in her heart, and every time she spends money, she has to be told by her sister, but if she doesn't spend money, does she still keep a little silver? It's not that I can't earn it back...

Su Ya sat and drank a cup of brown sugar ginger water, the chill on her body eased, Su Ying handed her a piece of bean paste to make a filling of snacks, Su Rui felt good, not very sweet and greasy, so she bought a lot...

Su Ya took it and took a small bite: "Thank you, Sister Ying." ”

Su Ying smiled and said, "Sister Ya, you don't have to be polite, we are all cousins." ”

Su Ya and Su Ying are the same age, and they are one day away from their birthdays, but their lives since childhood are very different...

Su Ying has been working since she was a child, Su Ya doesn't have to do it, Su Ying's clothes are dirty because of her work, Su Ya is very clean every day because she doesn't have to work, and when people come to the family, they all praise Su Ya for being a girl who loves cleanliness, and no one pays attention to Su Ying...

Su Ying looked at the current Su Ya and thought to herself, "Sure enough, as the eldest sister said, thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, never look down on anyone, don't do anything too much, leave a little leeway." We'll see you in the future..."