Chinese New Year's Eve is the reunion day of thousands of families, and this year's Chinese New Year's Eve has become a reunion festival for the whole village.

On the day he killed the pig, the old captain of the old family had already planned to have a good New Year this year, to go to the bad luck, hoping for a good harvest next year, and specially left a pig for Chinese New Year's Eve.

In the public canteen of Zhangjia Village, many daughters-in-law in the village began to be busy in the kitchen. One by one, they showed their tricks and decided to gather the elbows, carp, ribs, and chicken in the four must-have pieces. The elbows are not enough to make up the pig's trotters, the hen cuts small pieces and adds more mushrooms, and the ribs do not add more radish.

A burst of fragrance wafted out, so that all the children in the village surrounded the village and did not want to leave, and waited for the dark.

The old captain took a long pipe, walked around the village and outside the village, smelled the fragrance in the air, and nodded with satisfaction. But I thought in my heart that the dumplings would be served later tonight, so let everyone fill their stomachs with some oil and water first, otherwise it would not be enough for everyone to eat. There are still a few bean bags and steamed buns to distribute to the children, and the adults make do with the nests.

Looking at the group of saliva children in front of him, looking up at the back, he slowly walked out of the cafeteria, this ancestral worship has to be discussed with the old patriarch and a few of them.

Say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and today is a new year. The people of Zhangjia Village can not understand the sorrow of the old captain, and every household is happy to paste New Year's pictures, paste door couplets, hang money, paste window paper, how to celebrate.

Zhou Jiao enjoyed it even more. At this time, she happily pinched a piece of red paper with "full of grain" and pasted it on the grain hoard, looked at the empty inside, and ingeniously put a basket of five-colored grains inside. The "safe entry and exit" on the bicycle and the "full of eggs" on the chicken pen, she can think of it and paste it.

Standing in the courtyard, Zhou Jiao looked at the red blessing characters on the walls and doors, looked at the red window paper on the windows, and then looked at her son who was playing in the snow in the courtyard and wearing a red dress - this strong New Year's flavor was full of joy.

Zhang Guoqing came out of the kitchen, looked at Zhou Jiao, who was happy to bloom, and smiled.

"Son, don't play yet. We packed our things and went to the old home. ”

When Ping An saw him, he fell on him with joy.

Zhang Guoqing happily hugged his son and turned around a few times, hugged his wife, and walked to the living room, "I went to the village for New Year's dinner tonight, should we bring something over?" ”

"I'll ask my father and mother to see how the eldest and second two families deal with it. We'll add a few more to their gifts, don't go out of line. I really don't have to keep a vigil with my father and mother tonight? ”

"When I don't keep vigil at home during the Chinese New Year, I always feel that something is wrong. Wait a minute, ask my father and mother if you want to come, and forget it if you don't come. The old captain of the village also let everyone eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner early, and each family brought a bowl of dumplings back to the vigil. ”

Zhou Jiao brought up a new dress and a four-color gift prepared for Zhang's father and mother, and said with a smile: "We are not in the old courtyard at night, it is estimated that they will come to our house." Let's take a look first. ”

"Is it okay to give your parents their New Year's wallets?"

"It's a bag, nine pieces of nine for one person. Take the meaning of eternity, it should be tied to old age and longevity, right? ”

Zhang Guoqing saw her blinking and hesitating, and rubbed her head, "Very good, just right." ”

Zhou Jiao said proudly: "In addition to this, I also prepared a new bill of ten yuan for my mother, from one cent to one dime, and kept it for her to pay New Year's money." ”

Zhang Guoqing wiped the child's face, smeared Harry oil, picked him up, and said with a smile: "Well, it's good." Let the mother see who is comfortable and give a dime, and who is not pleasing to the eye will be given a point. ”

The couple took their children and went to the old courtyard slowly.

Before he arrived at the hall, he heard Zhang Laoer's laughter.

"No, say Cao Cao is coming, Cao Cao is coming. Xiao Wu, the two of you came just right. I gave my father and mother New Year's money, but they didn't want it. ”

"Mother, you take it with your father. Please be happy, press the year, press the age, and bless the two of you to live a long life. After Zhou Jiao finished speaking, she put down the things directly and took the child.

Mother Zhang shook her head with a smile, "I'll give it when my father and mother are old, but I don't need it now." ”

Zhou Jiao saw that except for Zhang Laoer, the others were not there, "Brothers, filial piety to you and father, you happily accept it." I just stayed by my side, and I had nothing to do to buy candy to coax the children to play. ”

After speaking, Zhou Jiao compared his pocket to Zhang Guoqing and went out to the kitchen.

Seeing this, Zhang Guoqing touched his pocket, smiled and put it on the kang of Ping'an, took out a bunch of new banknotes and two red envelopes from his pocket, and pushed them to Zhang's mother along with the gifts.

"Why are you Little Five?"

"Mother, don't push around. You didn't look at Jiaojiao and scared away. This new banknote is for her to go to the bank to exchange for your New Year's money. Those two red envelopes are auspicious, not much money, you and your father keep them. ”

Dad Zhang stretched out his hand to pick up a bundle of money and handed it to his wife with a smile, "Take it, it's quite rare to give the children New Year's money." You go back to your mother's house in the first month and use this hair. ”

Zhang Lao Er joked, "Mother, you go to your uncle's house, see who is pleasing to the eye, give more, and ask Xiao Wu for them if he is gone." Little Wu, why did you think of changing new money without notifying me? ”

Zhang Guoqing smiled and didn't answer. Zhou Jiao didn't go out of his way to change the new banknotes, but she happened to receive the New Year's money from those relatives in the capital, and she went to the post office to withdraw the money.

It's hard for him to say that. His son's New Year's money is more than that of his father-in-law, if he is not afraid of the tree, it is estimated that he will intimidate the people in the county post office.

Zhang Guoqing changed the topic and asked what gifts his family would bring to the village tonight. Otherwise, it wouldn't be nice to have so many people in the past.

Mother Zhang laughed when she heard it. She had prepared rations early and handed them over to the village, and the stupid boy forgot that she had donated an old sow and a lot of chickens.

The dinner bell rang in advance, and Dad Zhang led a large family to the cafeteria.

At this time, the canteen is very lively, just like in previous years, the ancestor worship ceremony was held.

Dozens of tables are crowded together, and four large items are placed on each table, a hodgepodge of elbows and hooves, braised carp, stewed radish with pork ribs, hen mushroom soup, stewed vermicelli with pork sauerkraut, and three fresh dishes.

The rare and sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner made people forget their sorrows, and men, women and children smiled happily. Even if the pork ribs and stewed radish are all radishes, even if there are only one or two pieces of meat in the hen stewed mushrooms, and even if the braised carp can't be started for the sake of metaphor, it still can't stop everyone's joy for the New Year.

The only remaining jar of wine in the village honored the elders who served the table. The troublesome young man poured hot water as wine, and made fun of it.

The ladies and aunts who worked in the kitchen came out with a few wooden plates, which were staple foods such as nests and tortillas. Adults have five nests and two tortillas; The child has two nests and two tortillas. Fortunately, the polenta was full at night, and it was finally a little festive for the New Year.

The happiest thing is that the children have an extra steamed bun and two sticky bean buns.

For a moment, the children scrambled to shout for fear of missing out. That anxious appearance caused the people around him to laugh.

I really want Zhou Jiao to say, this is not as good as the previous pig-killing dishes. But what everyone is looking for is happiness, what is pictured is reunion, and what is pictured is the fun of the New Year.

A hunt in Zhangjiacun a year ago has an advantage, compared with other places, the people who support the mountains will not be too short of oil and water. Therefore, everyone will try to clip all the pieces of meat and bones on the table for the children to eat.

None of the adults wanted to reach in. Even some of the best products in the village will not risk the world's condemnation on this day, causing everyone to be disgusted.

This day is a children's festival, and it is a reunion day for children and grandchildren for thousands of years.

There are elders in the family, saving a bite of meat, and looking at their children and grandchildren happily, isn't it a kind of love.