After breakfast early this morning, the four siblings wore plain clothes and carried baskets. The basket contains items such as chicken, duck and fish, shochu, incense, candles, fruits and snacks.

On the way, the four siblings were silent, and when they came to the cemetery, many people were already worshipping. The graves of An Dahai and the Sun family have been raised from the cemetery of the old An family, and are now buried on a small hill not far away.

The four sisters and brothers worked together to clean up the snow in front of and on the grave, pulled out the weeds around them, and placed the offerings such as chickens, ducks, fish, fruits, snacks, etc.

Quietly only burned paper money silently, but he was relieved to talk about his own situation. The family raised a few chickens and ducks, raised old cows, bought servants, lived in a big house, several sisters and brothers grew taller, Jiaming also went to school, etc., etc., and the last three little ones were no longer crying.

Quietly burning paper money, staring at the tombstone, telling in his heart, "If you really have a soul, you must have been quietly reunited with your daughter, right?" If that's the case, then please be good, and please don't worry about a few small ones. Since I have taken possession of your daughter's body, I will treat a few of the younger ones as my own siblings. will raise them to grow up, and see them start a family, please rest assured! Please rest assured that I will live with your share. ”

Approaching the end of the year, all kinds of things are very busy, calling meat, steaming steamed buns, frying all kinds of delicious fruits, everything is a good thing.

In the midst of the busyness, the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve has arrived.

On the thirtieth day of the lunar month, after a simple breakfast, the family began to get busy. The pheasant, rabbit, pork, pork ribs, frozen tofu, and frozen fish were taken into the kitchen early and watered. The soaked fungus, dried mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, dried beans, dried potatoes and other dried vegetables have also been put into the pot to soak.

The menu for this New Year's meal has been prepared for a long time. There are small pheasant stewed mushrooms, braised carp, stewed pork ribs stewed dried potatoes, braised pork stewed dried beans, grilled pig's trotters, fried fungus with eggs, stewed frozen tofu with sauerkraut and meat slices, fried yam slices with carrots, stir-fried kidney flowers with dried chili peppers, and fried mung bean sprouts. Ten hot dishes, and that's all there is to it.

Ten cold dishes were also made. There are fried peanuts, fried small meatballs, fried sweet potato balls, fried small crispy fish, a hot and sour shredded potato, a plate of spicy cabbage, a plate of pine eggs, a plate of sausages, fried sesame dumplings, and finally choked a wild vegetable.

Ten cold dishes, ten hot dishes, meaning that the new year is perfect!

The kitchen here was still stir-frying, when I heard the crackling sound of firecrackers outside. Mama Tong listened to the sound of firecrackers outside, and said with a smile, "It seems that there are already people in the village who have started to eat New Year's dinner, and we have to work harder, but we can't let them fall behind." ”

"Mother is right, let's speed up." After Sister-in-law Tong finished speaking, she put the fried vegetables in the pot into the plate with her hands and feet. He smiled and continued, "But who in this village can compare with our family?" We've got 20 dishes in store! ”

Mama Tong had cold vegetables mixed in her hands, and when she heard her daughter-in-law say this, she also nodded with a smile, "That's true." In the countryside, those who are not in good condition can get together four or six dishes. The good conditions broke through the heavens, that is, ten, no matter how many there were, there were no more than twelve. Even the landlord and the old rich man are not necessarily more generous than our young lady. Our New Year's dinner, there are meat and vegetarian, chicken, duck and fish meat account for all. Just these two big tables of dishes are enough for the expenses of the small family for a year. ”

Leng Qiu, who was sitting under the stove and burning the fire, heard this, and said without raising his head, "Mama is really right, the landlord is the most powerful to slam the door." In the past, my sister and I worked as girls in the landlord's house, and we had a lot of clear soup and little water. The man who works in his house can spare two and a half bowels from three intestines. It's better for our young lady. Those of us who are subordinates eat and dress well every day, and there is not much work at home, and I feel that I am living the life of an eldest lady. ”

Listening to Leng Qiu's words, Mama Tong also said with emotion, "Isn't it!" Being such a charitable master as the eldest lady is also a blessing for us to cultivate! ”

"That's right, our eldest lady is the most charitable, even this year's dinner is the same."

To everyone's compliments, Quiet didn't say anything, just smiled. It's just some eating, drinking, and wearing, and when I didn't have money before, I was quiet in eating and drinking, and I never treated my younger brothers and sisters badly. Now that I have money in my hand, I can't wait to let my younger brothers and sisters eat everything that flies in the sky, runs on the ground, swims in the water, all kinds of treasures, and all kinds of delicacies. And everyone in the family has given a lot to this family. On weekdays, these people also do their best to take care of the four sisters and brothers, and they are quiet, how can they treat them harshly in terms of food and clothing? What's more, the New Year's dinner is just like this every year, and it always has to be sumptuous to be complete.

"Eldest sister, everyone in the village has dinner." Jiaming ran into the house with Jiayue and said to Quiet, followed by Xia He and Leng Yue.

"We'll be right away, don't worry. You take them to set off firecrackers, and we'll have dinner when the firecrackers are set. Remember to be careful when setting off firecrackers and don't collapse. Quietly smiled and looked at the children running around inside and outside the house. With these children, the yard is always full of laughter.

"Well, I see, big sister." Jiaming answered, and ran out with a few people again.

After a while, the sound of firecrackers sounded outside the gate. The laughter of the children, the sound of joy and the sound of firecrackers in the village crackled one after another.

When a few small ones came back from setting off firecrackers, the New Year's dinner was already on the table. The dishes on two large tables were all placed in the living room. The master and servant sat down at two tables. Quiet also prepared liquor, which was prepared for Tong Feng. The women and children drank fruit wine made from wild fruits in the autumn.

Quiet, the head of the family, said a few words and beckoned everyone to go. A meal of eating and drinking, noisy until dark. After removing the table and washing the pots and pans, he sent the rest of the people back to their rooms to rest.

The four quiet sisters and brothers sat on the fire kang in the quiet house, eating melted frozen pears, mountain red and frozen persimmons. Knocking on the quietly fried spiced melon seeds, eating the strange peanuts made by the quiet, the four sisters and brothers spoke softly. The warm sun is warm in the house.

In the evening, Sister-in-law Tong and Mama Tong reconciled noodles and mixed dumpling filling. There are two kinds of dumpling filling, sauerkraut and pork filling, and mutton and green onion filling. Each filling is covered with three curtains, and these dumplings can be eaten until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

In order to take a good omen, Quiet washed a large handful of copper coins, a bag of sugar cubes, and a handful of peanuts wrapped in dumplings. When it came time to eat dumplings, everyone ate them. When he eats sugar, he quietly says that his mouth will become sweeter and sweeter, and the days will become sweeter and sweeter. Those who eat peanuts quietly say that men can rise step by step, and women can have more children. When he ate the copper plate, he said that he was a rich and noble life, and there would be endless money to spend in the future. These quiet words, regardless of whether they are true or not, in short, make the big guy smile.

In the evening, a large family eats dumplings together. When everyone was strong, they went out to set off a firecracker, and the new year kicked off a new prelude in the sound of firecrackers.

After staying up all night, and running crazy for a little day during the day, the two little guys were already sleepy, so they took off their shoes and socks and went back to the house to make up for sleep.

The old year has passed, the new year has just begun, and this year will definitely be better, and I went to sleep with good wishes......

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