Today is the twenty-ninth day of the new year, and there is still one day left for Chinese New Year's Eve.

There are families that have been separated, and as usual, they are going to have a reunion year. As for those who have many brothers and have split up, they started the reunion year as early as a few days ago.

Tuannian is a rule and custom in the vicinity of Qingshan County, with an emphasis on the word "Tuan". In other words, a few days before the Chinese New Year, each family took turns to treat each other, indicating that although they were separated, they were still a family.

Naturally, married daughters are not among them. Whether or not to come back to give gifts before the Chinese New Year depends entirely on their intentions and economic conditions. But after Chinese New Year's Eve, you must come back in the first month.

The three brothers of Chen Jixing's family can also be regarded as prosperous. Although he is currently separated alone, it can be regarded as a separate family, after all, he no longer lives under the same roof.

Therefore, they are also going to be reunited.

Because of the presence of Mrs. Liu, this family is a well-deserved core. Even if he is not there in the future, there is still Chen Jixing's eldest brother. The so-called eldest brother is like a father, whether he can afford this title or not, the elder brother is the elder brother.

Therefore, every year on the twenty-ninth or earlier, it is almost like this, Ye called Zhu's help, cooked a large table of dishes, and invited a large number of people from the old house to come over for dinner. When the Chinese New Year's Eve is thirty, at noon, the old mansion will also invite Chen Jixing's family.

On the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, each family could not go out.

Early in the morning, Ye followed the ox cart to the county to buy New Year's goods. After all, she wants to invite people from the old house to reunite for the New Year, and she has started to be a village cook again this year, so everything can't be shabby.

It's not that she wants to show off, but the people in the old house are really not easy to get along with. If you eat poorly, Huang will be the first to stand up and make trouble. For the New Year, she didn't want to be unhappy because of this.

Giving up wealth can be exchanged for freedom, and she can block Huang's mouth, she feels that she is not a loss.

Therefore, Ye's is a little "extravagant" when buying New Year's goods, whether it is fresh vegetables and vegetables, large pieces of pork, fragrant braised pork, or pastries with full color and flavor, and ten miles of fragrant wine, she has purchased everything.

In addition, she also bought a lot of white flour, rice, glutinous rice, etc. Naturally, in addition to these things for his own family and the old mansion to eat, the Ye family also bought one for his mother's side.

Since I haven't been back for so many years, now that I have a little silver, I naturally make up for it.

In short, Ye bought a lot of New Year's goods today, which made Da Niu's mother stunned. When the ox cart returned to the village, Da Niu's mother deliberately took care of Ye's family, asked Chen Jiwan to drive the car directly to Ye's door, and helped her move her things off the car one by one, and then went back.

When I got home, Ye made a simple lunch, and after everyone ate, we quickly cleaned up the yard and put out the board according to the way it was yesterday.

According to the agreement, the Zhu family should come to help in a while.

As for the Huang family, they are not good at cooking, and they have slender fingers. I will definitely come, but not to help, but to make all kinds of noise next to it, plus help to taste whether the dishes are cooked or not.

After so many years, everyone is used to it.

This year's menu is so sumptuous, Huang will definitely come. Not only can she eat pastries and melon seeds with the children, but she can also go into the kitchen to eat vegetables and braised pork, and she is still very happy on such days.

When Ye Feng and Qianyan cleaned the yard, Chen Jixing filled the water tank, and at about three o'clock in the afternoon, the Zhu family and the Huang family really came.

The difference is that Zhu is wearing home-style clothes and his own apron, which looks like he wants to help cook. Huang went her own way, dressed neatly, painted eyebrows and greased, I didn't know, I thought she was visiting relatives.

Or, she has never regarded Chen Jixing as a relative? Who knows.

Seeing the neatly placed chickens and fish, pork, braised vegetables and various vegetables on the board, Huang's eyes immediately turned red. Although the old house also purchased New Year's goods, there are chickens and fish, but it is obviously not so rich.

These dishes on the board are enough to make a few hearty meals.

This old three's family is really famous.

Zhu looked at the board with interest and asked, "Brother and sister, what is this, it looks weird and beautiful, and it's very convenient to cook or something." ”

She is also used to cooking, so she is naturally an expert at the doorway, and she can see the convenience of this board at a glance. After a while, the cooks just gathered around the board, basking in the sun, chatting, and choosing vegetables, cutting vegetables, and cutting meat.

The kitchen is full of smoke and fire, and the sun is not yet shining, so it is naturally better to do things comfortably on this board.

"This one, we call it a chopping board, it was just made by the big cow dad a few days ago, and it is ready to be used when it is ready to be used in the kitchen." Ye said.

When the Zhu family heard this, the heart of the big cow mother and the Ye family have always been friends, and this time they are lucky. Except for Chen Qianshan, who can build a stove and can be regarded as a technical shareholder, which of the rest is not good friends with the Ye family?

Thinking of this, the Zhu family secretly made up his mind in his heart that he would definitely act towards the Ye family in the future. As for Mrs. Liu and the Huang family, sooner or later she will suggest that they split up, and when the time comes, they will live their own lives, and no one will be able to hinder anyone.

Qianyan and Ye Feng saw that a few people were chatting, so they went in to make mint tea and brought it out.

Although she didn't like the two aunts Huang and Zhu, and the mint tea was not suitable for this season, there was nothing else to entertain at home, and she was reluctant to take pastries or something, so she made tea.

Taking the teacup, Zhu took a sip and put it on the board again, she liked it more and more.

It was Huang's, who drank it in one gulp, and when he saw that Qianyan was not there, the teapot was on the board next to him, and he poured himself a cup, held it in his hand, and suddenly felt warm.

As if he had just discovered that the stool under the board was different, Huang said: "Brother and sister, why is this stool so strange, it is so high, how can you sit on it?" Is it only used to put this board, not to sit on people? ”

"It's called a high bench, and you can sit on people and put things. There is a high table in the hall to match it, and we will sit on it and eat at night, and you will see it when the time comes. Ye said unhurriedly, and did not delay the work in his hands.

Dealing with the Huang family, she is now more and more experienced.

Huang didn't think much when he heard this, and symbolically helped to choose vegetables while drinking tea. Although the tea is not good, she loves the feeling very much.

I have to say that it is too inconvenient to take a bowl to drink tea, no matter how small the bowl is, it is not easy to handle, and it also has the taste of food. Thinking about it, she was a little absent-minded, her eyes were also glancing around the room, and the tender leeks were pinched by her, and there was nothing left, and Ye Shi frowned.

I wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, Ye felt that it was better to forget it, it was just a meal, get through it, and the next time would be a year later.

Thinking of this, it was up to her to go.

After Ye Shi cut the meat that needed to be fried today into shreds, pieces and slices according to different dishes, and saw that the vegetables were also washed, Zhu Shi followed him into the stove.

When Ye Feng brought the spicy oil to the kitchen, he saw that Zhu was preparing to stir-fry.

I have to say that although Zhu hates it, he still cooks well. Ye fried a few meat dishes, and the vegetarian dishes were basically handed over to Zhu.

She didn't twist either, so she took it and started frying. Ye Shi was happy to see that she was skillful and did not shirk. On the contrary, Ye Feng always felt that Zhu was a little deliberate, and it seemed like he was showing that he could cook.

After thinking about it for a while, Ye Feng figured out the trick. I have to say that this Zhu is really a wonderful person. To say it well is to know the current affairs, and to say it badly is to see the wind and steer the rudder.

Looking at the Huang family, who was secretly eating braised pork outside, and then at the Zhu family, who was busy stir-frying, Ye Feng suddenly had a plan. Since Zhu wants to join the Yaya Township Chef so much, then consider her first the next time there is a shortage of people.

First, she is Chen Jixing's second sister-in-law, if the Ye family proposes to accept the Zhu family into the village kitchen, Chen Jixing will naturally be extremely happy, and even the old lady Liu will be happy. Second, some people are happy, and naturally some people are unhappy.

This person is the Huang family.

At Mrs. Liu's birthday banquet, the Huang family embarrassed the Ye family in public, and others forgot it, but Ye Feng couldn't forget it. Since it can kill two birds with one stone, it is worth it.

Seeing that the Zhu family began to fry vegetarian dishes, Ye Shi thought about asking Ye Feng and Qianyan to call the people from the old mansion to come over for dinner. The fried meat dishes were covered in clay bowls, but they were not cold. In this kind of weather, the dishes are basically cold as soon as they come out of the pot.

Moreover, the greedy Huang also opened the bowl from time to time to eat the meat. As long as she did this, the dish was only afraid that it would cool faster.

Who knows, as soon as Ye walked out of the stove room, he saw Mrs. Liu coming surrounded by everyone.

Ye hurriedly greeted him and personally helped Mrs. Liu in. Only then did he beckon Ye Feng and his three nephews to set up the two high tables and high benches in the hall, and then placed everyone to sit down, and then went to the kitchen to prepare the dishes.

As a result, like the Huang family, everyone was fascinated by the high stool and table, first curious, and then felt quite comfortable when they sat down. When you sit on a low stool, your legs are bent and restrained, but when you sit on this stool, your legs seem to be free.

Mrs. Liu likes the table and stool even more. Her waist and legs are not good, and if it weren't for etiquette, she would have wanted to eat standing up. But sitting on this stool and table seemed to be temporarily free of trouble, and she even shook her legs under the table as if unintentionally.

When Zhu poured the last dish into the pot, Yip began to serve. Roasted pork ribs with potatoes, braised pork, scrambled eggs with leeks, braised fish, and various pickled vegetables were served bowl by bowl.

These dishes are very well matched, colorful, and appetizing just by looking at them.

"The third family is really getting better and better", Mrs. Liu said in her heart. She was naturally happy to see these changes.

Although Chen Jixing is separated, he is still her youngest son and the person on the tip of her heart. No matter how much the Ye family hated, he finally took Chen Jixing to live his life, and bought ten acres of land some time ago. If there is another son, then the days will be fulfilled.

At this point, she inherits Ye's love.

If this family is living in a miasma now, Mrs. Liu is afraid that she will be the master of the Ye family.

After a while, Zhu fried a few vegetarian dishes and served them on the table.

When the dishes were served, Chen Jixing sat at a table with his two brothers and several nephews, Mrs. Liu took Zhu, Huang, and Chen Wumei, and Ye brought Ye Feng and Qianyan, and everyone sat at the same table.

The dishes are all the same, in duplicate.

The only difference is that there are more cold braised vegetables at the men's table, and there is no wine at the women's table.

But there is a pot of mint tea at this table, anyway, there are big fish and meat today, and it is good to drink a cup of tea after eating.

The meal was quite enjoyable, and no one had any conflicts. After all, good wine and good food, if you make trouble again, you really don't know how to lift.

Although Huang doesn't drink, he has a soft spot for that plate of cold salad and braised vegetables, and secretly brought the bowl to him under the pretext that it was inconvenient to pick up vegetables for Mrs. Liu. Ye saw that she liked to eat, but he didn't mind.

She often eats this dish when she cooks, and she no longer has the amazing feeling she had at the beginning.

"Brother and sister have passed this day, in the future, I have to remember your sister-in-law and me, I will wait for you to carry me." Huang hiccuped, and as soon as he spoke, it was extremely uncomfortable. She said this, as if she was in dire straits now, waiting for the Ye family to rescue her.

"Sister-in-law said with a smile, we just got a few more money because of this year's pigs, chickens and ducks are well raised. Thinking about the New Year, I can't treat everyone's stomach badly, so I made it richer. If my sister-in-law thinks I'm too wasteful, I'll reduce it as appropriate during the reunion year next year. ”

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Ye pushed Huang back in a few words.

Hearing this, the Huang family was a little dumbfounded, thinking that the Ye family had really changed.

In the past, she only said her share, where was the time when she talked back. However, she never understood that the Ye family in the past just respected her and didn't want to see her in general, she was good, she felt that people were afraid of her, not as good as her.

"It's just that this house is a little broken, and I think you'd better find some time to fix it. Look at that slit, it's so big that you can get a hand in from the outside. However, it doesn't matter, you just say a thousand words, and you don't need to live in a big house......"

"Enough, you're full, aren't you? That is to wash the dishes and brush the pots. ”

Mrs. Liu really couldn't listen to it anymore. Strictly speaking, she doesn't mind being a mother-in-law, I really don't know what Huang is minding as a sister-in-law. Isn't it just that Ye Feng made her ugly in front of her last time, and he doesn't mind until now.

At critical moments, it is still useful to be cheeky.

Hearing this, Huang said with a smile: "Mother, why are you so loud, don't I just give advice to my younger siblings." You see if this wall crack is so big, not to mention the wind and rain, it's not safe, right? Okay, I ate a little too much today, I want to go to the yard for a walk, mother, do you want to help you? ”

Mrs. Liu naturally refused, and seeing this, Huang said, "Okay, I'll go for a walk by myself." ”

said that, regardless of what others thought of her, she got up and went to the yard to walk around. This is true, because the dishes are novel and delicious, she really ate a lot.

She was already full, because the stewed pork ribs with potatoes tasted good, she took a bun and broke it open, and ate it with the soup.

Zhu had his own little abacus in his heart, so he took the initiative to help clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and stored the leftovers, and went to the stove room with Ye to wash.

When Mrs. Liu saw that Ye went to the stove room to wash the dishes, she took the opportunity to ask Chen Jixing: "Son, your table and stool are interesting, I can sit comfortably, and my legs don't hurt anymore." Where was this bought? ”

Compared with Ye's, she believes in her honest and honest biological son.

Chen Jixing learned from the experience of the last time, he didn't dare to drink too much this time, and his two elder brothers have never been very close to him, but they are not as good as Chen Jiwan and Chen Jiqin, and the two are tending to the crops, which is very topical.

As the saying goes, there are fewer drinks for a thousand soulmates.

The more topics you talk about, the more you naturally drink. When he met his two elder brothers like this, Chen Jixing naturally didn't have much interest in drinking, but just eating vegetables.

Chen Jixing listened to Mrs. Liu's question, and quickly replied: "Mother, there is no place to buy this table and stool, this is built by Chen Jiwan himself." No, he gave me a pair a few days ago, and I went to his house to borrow the other. ”

Chen Jixing's words are half right and half wrong.

This table was indeed built by Chen Jiwan, and it is not sold in the market now. However, this was made under the guidance of Ye Feng, and these two sets of tables and stools were also given to Chen Jixing's family by Chen Jiwan, and he did not use this statement.

Ye was prescient, and he was afraid that the people in the old mansion would want to leave in one set, so he instructed him in advance.

Ye Feng listened beside him and praised Chen Jixing in his heart. If Chen Jixing said that the table was his own, and Mrs. Liu asked for a set to go back, he could only give it.

However, Ye Feng didn't know, but what Chen Jixing thought was that when he had time, he would give Chen Jiwan a certain amount of money to build another set and send it to the old mansion.

After the matter between the stoves is done, it stands to reason that Chen Jixing should take the lead in sending Mrs. Liu home. Huang has always been in the middle or even in front, and she is reluctant to be here.

However, this time Huang came to the end and suddenly said, "Brother and sister, can you bring me a bowl of potatoes and roast pork ribs?" Your nephew loves to eat a night food, so he eats early today and will be hungry at night. ”

She loves tonight's dishes, but her favorite is this potato stewed pork ribs. And she saw it just now, and there was a lot left, so it was just right to take it back for supper.

Hearing this, Ye Shi said: "Yes, since you like to eat, you can take some back." After speaking, he took a bowl and picked it up and handed it to Huang. Anyway, today's meal is full, and there are leftovers.

Huang was even happier when he saw that Ye was so easy to speak. She was very satisfied with the meal today. took advantage of Ye's loading vegetables for her, and took two buns.

However, Ye's next sentence made her a little unhappy: "Sister-in-law, wash the dishes after eating, and I'll bring them back tomorrow when we come over for dinner." ”

What Ye meant by this, it was clear that he didn't believe her.

But the truth is, she did cheat several bowls in this way.

The next day, the Chinese New Year's Eve, the head chef of the Zhu family, Chen Wumei started, and the Huang family still went here and there, grinding foreign workers. Although Chen Wumei is a capable person, she can't compare to the Ye family, and for a while, the Zhu family felt a little powerless.

In previous years, she didn't care about the reunion year, but this year, Mrs. Liu spoke, "Do it well", so she couldn't earn it.

Fortunately, the Ye family came in time, and quickly helped to cut meat and vegetables, and even Qianyan was a person who could help, and sat there quietly with Ye Feng to choose vegetables. In such a comparison, the girls in the old house are a little inadequate.

I have to say that this meal is the most pleasant meal Ye Feng has eaten in the old mansion, not only the quality of the meal is good, but the most important thing is the harmony on the noodles.

Huang didn't know if he had received any orders or warnings, he honestly only cared about eating a meal, and did not look for Ye's stubble from time to time as before.

Ye remembers it clearly, one year, Huang hid a stool in advance, only saying that the stool was not enough, and Ye still finished eating while standing.

In view of Zhu's performance last time, after eating, Ye also took the initiative to roll up his sleeves and help Zhu clean up. The leftovers of the two tables are cold, and the miscellaneous things in the stove room can be very tiring to do alone.

Looking at Ye like this, Zhu's heart seemed to have been hit by something. Thinking of what he had done before, there was something wrong in my heart. The people she has always looked down on have been supporting her.

When the kitchen was almost done, Ye thought about it, and asked Huang for the bowl last night, and then went back with the family.

After returning home, Ye Shi was busy again, and prepared the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner before dark. The family gathered around the table and began to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Ye Feng was a little curious before, and asked Ye and Chen Jixing why the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in Chenjia Village was eaten at night. Neither knew why. Ye Feng thought about it, but felt that it was most likely because he didn't want to be disturbed.

And the life of the farmer is not easy, and it is the best to eat this night all year round, and the big night meal also avoids people knocking on the door.

On the first day of junior high school, the whole family mobilized again, wrapped a meal of white-flour dumplings, and everyone ate very full; In the second year of junior high school, Ye took snacks, fabrics and the chicken that had been killed and processed before, and took the family back to his parents' house.

Chen Jixing was naturally willing, this was the first time that the Ye family took the initiative to ask to go back to his parents' house after he and the Ye family got married.

Maybe it was because I felt the kindness of the Ye family and the signal of the collapse of the ice before, on the second day of the new year, when the Ye family returned to Yejia Village, the whole family was there, and it seemed that she was ready to come back.

Chen Jixing gave a few sisters-in-law a New Year's gift of 500 yuan, and then went to drink with Father Ye.

It was the Ye family, looking at the Lin family who was cleaning up in the stove room, watching her beat her legs and rub her shoulders from time to time, and her eyes were a little moist. The Lin family raised five of their sisters, and they were not treated by their in-laws and father for the rest of their lives.

This kind of taste, she is also a mother, naturally knows better than anyone else.

She is indeed bitter, but no matter how bitter she is, she can't suffer as much as Lin's.

Thinking of this, after struggling for a long time, Ye took the initiative to step forward and hugged Lin from behind and called his mother. This mother, how many years she has been married, how many years has she not called out.

Lin's body stiffened, and let Ye hold her from behind, and did not break free, but tears couldn't help but fall.

What she owes the most is this eldest daughter.

Forget about the hardships she endured before she got married, she actually suffered so much when she married to the Chen family, and it was because her waist was not hard enough to make any decisions. Obviously, he knew that Mrs. Liu was a bad person to get along with before marriage, but he couldn't stop Daddy Ye's decision.

Seeing that the days were gradually passing, she only begged the Bodhisattva in her heart, hoping that the marriage of her four daughters in the future would be smooth.

I don't know if it was the suffering of the Lin family or the relationship with the Ye family that moved the Bodhisattva, starting from the second sister of Ye, her four daughters really had a good life.