Finally the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, because tonight to keep the year, so the mother and daughter three have been sleeping until they wake up naturally, when they wake up, the window is bright, look at the clock on the cabinet of five drawers, it is already nine o'clock, the mother and daughter hurriedly got up, freshened up, Tang Xiaofu made breakfast at home, that is, use the brine of the marinade to cook the leftover rice last night, put some diced sour radish in it is delicious, Fang Wenjing went up the mountain to chop wood.

After chopping firewood and having breakfast, Fang Wenjing fried peanuts and melon seeds at home, Tang Xiaofu was still doing her homework, at least she had to drive out some, otherwise everyone was playing during the Chinese New Year, and she was still struggling to do her homework alone.

Tang Xiaolan helped Fang Wenjing light the fire.

Suddenly, there was a thunderclap outside, and Xiaolan jumped up happily: "Mom, the popcorn fried is here!" ”

Fang Wenjing had already bought a few catties of corn, she asked Xiaolan to take those catties of corn, scooped a bowl of rice for her, and gave her a few cents, asking her to fry popcorn.

Xiaolan went out happily and came back after a while, carrying two snakeskin bags of things, a bag of corn and a bag of popcorn.

Fang Wenjing said with a smile: "It's okay now, there are enough snacks for the New Year." ”

After frying peanuts and melon seeds, Fang Wenjing discussed the recipe for the Chinese New Year's Eve with her two daughters, and the mother and daughter all blushed with excitement, this is their own year, they can let go of their belly to eat, they don't have to watch the Tang family eat like in previous years, they still have to do things.

Tang Xiaofu said that the population is small, just cook six dishes, Fang Wenjing and Xiaolan agreed, a braised pork belly shredded, a braised braised fat sausage, a meat ball, fried pork slices with yuba, a potato stewed beef, and a garlic fried tripe.

Xiaolan said: "No, there is still a chicken missing, and I always feel that something is missing if there is no chicken to eat during the New Year." ”

Fang Wenjing also patted his head and said: "There is still one red carp missing, more than every year." I'm going to buy it quickly, otherwise I won't be able to buy it when I'm late. ”

Although the Chinese New Year's Eve also opened the collection, it was collected early.

Fang Wenjing hurried over, although he bought a red carp and two roosters, but the price was much more expensive than usual.

When she came back, she regretted that she bought it too late.

Tang Xiaofu comforted her and said: "The main thing is that this is our first year, and we don't have much experience, so we will lose three or four, and we won't be in the future." ”

There was always hot water in the pot, but the mother and daughter didn't dare to kill the chicken, so Fang Wenjing went to Wang Kui's house to ask her man to help kill the chicken, and by the way, she brought two pairs of socks to her family and gave them to her.

Aunt Wang Kui was very happy to receive the socks, asked her man to come over to help, the two chickens were quickly killed, Xiaolan sat in front of the door to pluck chicken feathers, Tang Xiaofu made a pot of soup with chicken blood for everyone to drink, did not make lunch, and waited for a good Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the evening.

Xiaolan is full of anticipation for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the evening.

After drinking the chicken offal soup, Tang Xiaofu boiled the three mother and daughter to take a bath and change into new clothes.

Fang Wenjing gave the socks to the villagers who made a lot of effort when Xiaolan fell into the water, and warmly invited them to her house for dinner on the sixth day of junior high school.

The villagers who were invited happily agreed.

The mother and daughter all used soap and shampoo conditioner when washing their hair and bathing, all of them were fragrant, and when Fang Wenjing washed the clothes changed by the mother and daughter, it was five o'clock in the afternoon, and they could cook Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Tang Xiaofu volunteered to take charge of the spoon, and originally only planned to cook six dishes, but when she actually made it, she made ten dishes.

Fang Wenjing smiled and said, "Ten dishes are good, perfect." ”

As soon as Tang Xiaofu's family's Chinese New Year's Eve dishes were served on the dinner table, I don't know which family in the village blew the first whip to eat New Year's meal, and then this village and nearby villages sounded the New Year's meal whip one after another, which is the rule in Hubei, and you must fry a whip before eating New Year's dinner.

However, Tang Xiaofu grew up in a reinforced concrete city in her previous life, and whips were banned at that time, so she never experienced the feeling of blowing up a long string of whips during the New Year, because there were only three women in their family, they didn't dare to put that kind of long string of whips, so they didn't buy whips to put them, but listening to the non-stop whip sound like cooking porridge outside the door, I was still inexplicably excited and happy.

Because of the cold, there was a large brazier at home, coupled with the heat generated during cooking, the house was very warm, and the mother and daughter sat around the table and ate Chinese New Year's Eve.

Except for a stir-fried spinach and a cold salad with shredded kelp, the others are meat dishes, which are simply too hearty for her mother and daughter, and everyone doesn't know what to eat for a while with chopsticks.

Tang Xiaofu first sandwiched beef between Fang Wenjing and Xiaolan and put it in a bowl: "Mom, Xiaolan, try the beef, it's delicious." ”

There is no beef to sell in the countryside at all, Fang Wenjing and Xiaolan have never eaten it, the two of them tasted it really delicious, Tang Xiaofu also ate a lot of beef and tripe, these are her favorites, of course, she also loves pig's feet and pork belly, if there is more seafood, it will be more perfect.

The mother and daughter ate happily.

When eating the roasted rooster, the two Tang Xiaofu sisters scrambled to give the chicken leg to Fang Wenjing to eat, but Fang Wenjing said that she wouldn't eat anything, she had to eat it with her two sisters, she picked up the chicken head and said, "I, I love to eat chicken heads." ”

Tang Xiaofu and the two sisters glanced at each other, knowing that Fang Wenjing was reluctant to eat chicken legs and wanted to leave them for the two sisters to eat, Tang Xiaofu gave her chicken leg to Xiaolan, picked up a chicken foot and gnawed it: "Mom loves to eat chicken heads, I love to eat chicken feet the most." ”

When people in the countryside kill chickens to eat, they usually have to chop up the chicken feet and throw them away, but Tang Xiaofu kept the chicken feet and braised them with the chicken, although they are not as delicious as the braised chicken feet, but they have the same flavor.

Fang Wenjing smiled and said, "You really eat chicken feet!" ”

Tang Xiaofu smiled, the braised chicken feet sold in the braised vegetable restaurant were not cheap before!

After eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, because there were many dishes and the portion was sufficient, so the mother and daughter were very full.

However, according to the customs of rural Hubei, you must eat a bowl of white rice to eat Chinese New Year's Eve rice, this custom is to please an auspicious person, hoping to have white rice to eat all year round, so the two Tang Xiaofu sisters were forced by Fang Wenjing to eat a bowl of white rice, and they were uncomfortable, so they posted a couplet to eat.

New Year's pictures and couplets have to be posted outside the door, and when the door is opened, the mother and daughter find that it is snowing outside, and the snow is not small, and I don't know when it fell, and a thick layer of snow has accumulated on the ground.

Of course, in Hubei, the snow falls to an inch or two, which is very deep, and it cannot be compared with the north.

After pasting the couplets and New Year's pictures, the two sisters played in front of the house for a while and the snow finally disappeared, and then they came into the house and sat by the brazier to roast the fire.

Tang Xiaofu watched the pine branches crackling in the brazier, listening to the sound of falling snow outside and the whistling of the north wind, somehow, there was a sense of tranquility in the quiet of the years.

Fang Wenjing put peanuts and melon seeds, candy, fennel, bean dumplings and other snacks on a large wooden plate and placed them on a small stool between Tang Xiaofu's sisters, so that they could hold and eat.

But the two sisters were still very full, and they couldn't eat at all, so the mother and daughter talked and kept the year.