On Chinese New Year's Eve, the old man and they all came early because they had to prepare for the ancestor worship. Zhou took the initiative to go into the stove room to help, Zeng Ruixiang took the old man and Zeng Ruiqing to sit in the hall to taste tea, the reader is still a little particular, Zeng Ruixiang not only bought some good tea, but also bought a set of blue and white porcelain bowls for making tea.

The old man picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Sit down on this big chair and drink tea, I feel like a master." ”

Tian, they all laughed. Qiu Yu said: "Dad, my second brother is a Xiucai master, you are the master's father, but you are also a master." ”

Zeng Ruixiang burned a brazier in the first room in the west in the morning, and set up a dozen or so small stools. The Tian family and the other women were afraid of the cold, so they sat in the hall for a while and then moved to the room and continued to talk and laugh.

The old man drank tea once, and the Shen family also prepared things to worship their ancestors, and the old man took the men out to worship their ancestors, and even Zixi was held.

Shen and Zhou entered the house to sit with Tian and them for a while, and began to take care of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, because it was the first year, Shen prepared very richly, the casserole pot boiled chicken soup, the small iron pot stewed pig's trotters, put some peanuts, is Ziqing's favorite, the three-layer steamer has rice flour pork ribs, plum vegetable button meat, pearl balls. Ziqing saw that there was not much firewood, and said that she was going to pick up some firewood, and Shen specially explained, holding some rape stalks and peanut stalks, Ziqing asked why.

Zhou explained: "Isn't rape rape just wealth? Peanuts don't peanuts blossom and bear fruit? Isn't it okay to have loose hair? How can the firewood for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner be broken, the more it burns, the more it burns, the more it burns, the more it burns, the more it burns, the more it burns. ”

Ziqing heard these for the first time, and felt that no matter which dynasty people were, they were very superstitious, and the superstition of the poor was nothing more than a desire for a better life, while the rich were a kind of fear, a worry about losing their existing rich life.

After the old man came back, he was still sitting in the hall, Xia Yu, Qiu Yu and Ziping, Zifu, and Zilu were all playing the game of officers and soldiers catching robbers in the house, Zifu wrote a note, there were officers and soldiers, there were robbers, there were thieves and judges, officers and soldiers caught robbers, robbers robbed thieves, thieves stole officers and soldiers, whoever loses and scrapes whose nose, the judge is the best, no need to be scraped, see who is not pleasing to the eye can be sentenced a few more. It was lively and laughing.

The old man said that this was the Chinese New Year, and after a while, everyone moved to the west.

Ziqing has been burning the fire in the stove room, and I don't know how long it has been, when she heard the sound of firecrackers in the distance, Shen asked Zhou if it was time for Shen, and Zhou looked outside and said that it was almost. Shen asked Zhou to help set up a large round table, took out the newly bought tableware, and said that a table was crowded enough to sit, and it seemed that there were many people and reunions.

The Shen family set out the dishes, Ziqing Anzhen, Zifu and Zilu prepared to set off the cannons, and the old man Tian and the others sat down. After the firecrackers went off, Zifu came back and poured wine for everyone.

The old man raised his glass to congratulate: "At this time in the old year, thinking that everyone will live their own lives after the separation, and it will be difficult to get together in the future, I am full of sadness when I raise my glass." Today, I picked up the cup, I was very relieved, I didn't expect the life of the second family to be so prosperous after the separation, and the most important thing is that everyone sat together again. Thanks to my youngest son, I was content to see such a good house, eat such a good meal, and drink such a good tea. You are all good sons of mine, and you are all filial. Ruiqing, Dad knows that you are also dedicated, and Dad wishes you a prosperous life next year like the second child. If my eldest grandson comes back with another top score, I will be even more content. ”

This meal was quite harmonious, and even Xia Yu, who had always been shy and silent, let go, laughing again and again. Shen's cooking skills are good, there were no such good conditions before, no one can cook without rice, but now there is no shortage of anything, and the taste is naturally not the same as the meals cooked by Zhou's in the past.

In a word, the guests and hosts are happy.

It was still early after the meal, Xia Yu and the others had to take a bath, and they had just eaten a full meal, so everyone gathered around the brazier in the west room and laughed, Zhou and Shen packed up and came over, Shen said that her padded jacket was still a few stitches away, so she sat far away, afraid that the needles would prick others.

The old man saw that everyone was there, and said very seriously: "While there are all the people today, I have something to discuss with you." Ruiqing, you have one in your Chinese New Year's Eve this year, your daughter-in-law is also thirty, you still don't have a son, Dad thinks of this, Dad is sad, what are you going to do? ”

"I don't have any plans, I still say that it's impossible to marry a wife." Zeng Ruiqing said.

It's over, Ziqing wants to talk about this for the New Year, isn't it unpleasant. Don't make trouble, it's hard to have a good meal. Hehe, Ziqing didn't expect the relationship between the big dad and the aunt to be so good, there are a few men who don't like the new and hate the old, not to mention in ancient times when the new and the old were legalized. It's so rare.

"If you don't have any ideas, I'll show you the way, or, you marry a flat wife, or, inherit one from the second child, according to custom, you are the elder, you can pick Zifu, he is the eldest grandson."

"I don't agree." Zhou and Shen shouted out at the same time. Especially Zhou's voice, when he saw it, his voice was raised, "Why should I raise a son for someone else, no matter how good Zifu is, it's not my son, and mutton can't be attached to dog meat at any time, besides, I'm only thirty, and Ji Wen's sister-in-law on the other side is almost forty years old, and she hasn't given birth to a son, I said how can I kindly ask us to come over for dinner, it turns out that I'm calculating here." If I hadn't done so many things at home, I wouldn't have dropped the child, my poor child, why didn't my mother keep you? Zhou cried aggrievedly after speaking.

In Zhou's grievances, Ziqing learned that Zhou had a child after Ziping, but she was young at the time, Shen had just given birth to Zifu confinement, and there were many things at home. Ziqing realized that it was no wonder that Zeng Ruiqing was so tough when he spoke and did things, and his grandfather and grandmother sometimes had to look at his father's face.

As soon as Zhou said this, Zeng Ruiqing hurriedly comforted her and said, "Don't worry, I will take you to Anzhou Mansion tomorrow to find a doctor, our family's clouds, don't point down to other people's fields." With that, he got up and wanted to leave.

Shen was so angry that he covered his chest with his hands, Ziqing hurriedly went up to help her calm down, Zifu brought a glass of water to feed her, and saw Zeng Ruiqing and they were leaving, Shen hurriedly left people.