Chapter 15 Chinese New Year
The military wives thought about it all night, the more they thought about it, the more they didn't feel good, looking at the patches on the children's clothes, thinking about what Chen Guiyun said, only a dime, all thinking about buying a piece of cloth, early the next morning, several military wives went to the supply and marketing cooperative, fortunately, there was still a little bit of corduroy cloth left, but there was no burgundy and blue, only brown remained, and the military wives did not pick, one gritted his teeth and bought two feet, thinking about making a pair of pants for the child in the New Year.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, several children of the Huo family changed into new clothes, Chen Guiyun made a burgundy inverted gown for Ming Nuan, Ming He was brown, Mingyang Mingcheng was a set of blue velvet core tops and pants, Chen Guiyun also made a pair of black velvet core cotton shoes for himself and Huo Jianguo, but Huo Jianguo did not return, he went down to the company, and wanted to make dumplings for the New Year with the soldiers who did not return home.
Seeing the mother bring the dishes to the table one by one, even though the living standard of the Huo family was not low during this time, the children also let out bursts of cheers, the New Year should be the happiest thing in the memory of the children in this era, in the later generations, the improvement of living standards has no New Year's flavor at all. Seeing that everyone was so happy, Ming Nuan took out another bottle of juice, during this time, everyone was no longer surprised by the good things that appeared at home, and they all thought that their mother went to the black market to buy them.
Before everyone started, Chen Guiyun proposed: "Why don't we each make a wish, wishing the coming year a safe and well?" The children cheered. Starting from the eldest brother, I saw Mingyang close his eyes and mutter: "I want to go to college, I want to go to college." Ming Nuan laughed and said, "Big brother, don't you know that you can't say what you wish for, and it won't work if you say it." "Huh? So what to do? Mingyang was really frightened by Ming Nuan, "Brother, you're so stupid, you just have to say it in your heart." Mingcheng looked at Mingyang with a stupid expression, Mingyang smiled embarrassedly, and then closed his eyes and began to make a wish. Then I went to Mingcheng, and Mingcheng also began to close his eyes and start making wishes, but I don't have to think about it to know what I made, I must be growing taller quickly. When it came to Ming Nuan, Ming Nuan said silently in his heart: "May the whole family be reunited safely." "This is Ming Nuan's greatest wish, when he arrives at Minghe's family, he lacks interest in making a wish, Ming Nuan can see it, among the three brothers of the Huo family, Mingyang has the most eldest brother style, precocious and steady, the second brother is a militant, and Minghe, this guy is absolutely cold and arrogant, if he doesn't speak, he is definitely a stroke of genius, in other words, it is God's assist! Under the urging of everyone, Ming He finally closed his eyes, and Ming Nuan seriously suspected that he was not making a wish at all, and finally Chen Guiyun. After everyone made a wish, they started, and today Chen Guiyun's dishes are particularly rich, there are braised pork, braised hairtail, chicken stewed mushrooms, and scrambled eggs with green peppers, the key is to make rice, white rice Alas~ At this time, this kind of refined rice is no less than shark fin in later generations! Ming Nuan likes the braised pork made by Chen Guiyun the most, but I didn't expect that Ming Nuan turned out to be a carnivore.
The well-fed children make dumplings with their mothers, and the dumplings have two kinds of fillings, namely cabbage and pork and leek eggs, and there are also two kinds of skins. A few children only wrapped a few, and Chen Guiyun stopped drinking, saying that they would drink soup when they wrapped the pot, and they would do it together, you poke me, I poke you, and make trouble.
Time flies, they don't feel sleepy, it will be twelve o'clock soon, the people in the compound are all in the yard, saying good New Year to each other, saying auspicious words, each family took out the firecrackers that have been prepared, Mingyang held a long bamboo pole, there was a firecracker hanging at the end of the bamboo pole, Chen Guiyun took a match to light the firecracker, and quickly ran back, everyone covered their ears, and could not stop the crackling firecracker.
The year 1960, which represented hunger, has finally passed, and it is believed that abundance and warmth will surely return to this young and vigorous country.
After eating the dumplings, the children finally couldn't stay up anymore and climbed into bed to go to bed. Chen Guiyun got up early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and wanted to eat dumplings this morning, Chen Guiyun put down the dumplings, called the children up one by one, and the children who were dressed yawned one by one, but when they saw the four red envelopes that Chen Guiyun took out of their pockets, they all instantly became energetic, Chen Guiyun looked at the children in front of her with a smile, from big to small, one person sent one, Ming Nuan couldn't wait to open it, and found that there were five cents inside, which is a lot, Ming Nuan remembered that there was only one dime last year, Chen Guiyun is a good mother, She never asks for the New Year's money back, but just tells the children not to spend money indiscriminately.
Just when the family was eating dumplings, Li Daniel brought her four younger brothers and sisters over to pay New Year's greetings, which was also indicated by Ge Xiaohua, everyone would not let their children go to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings when they were eating, for fear that other people's food would be good, and their own children would be ashamed, and they were afraid that other people's food would not be good, and they would see other people's jokes. The children of the Li family came over at this time, nothing more than to complete the task of Li being tied up, paying attention to the living standards of the Huo family, and at this time, there were two plates of white and fat pork dumplings on the Huo family's table.
Ming Nuan looked at the five children who were looking at the dumplings and swallowing saliva unconsciously, and was speechless for a while, last time it was the parents, this time it was the children, they all came in without knocking on the door, not to see what his family was eating, Mingyang Mingcheng looked at the Li family sisters and brothers who suddenly broke in, and clenched his fists angrily, Chen Guiyun obviously didn't think that the Li family would do such an excessive thing, only Minghe, as if he didn't see the five people standing in the room, still took care of me eating dumplings, two bites of one, eating a mouth full of oil, and the children of the Li family who watched were swallowing saliva for a while.
Chen Guiyun rolled her eyes and said, "It's so early, you haven't eaten yet, come on, Mingyang go in and get a bowl." Saying that, he glanced at Mingyang, Mingyang reluctantly called Mom, but looking at Chen Guiyun's eyes, he still slowly went into the back room and took a small bowl out, Ming Nuan looked at it, isn't this a small bowl for himself and Minghe to eat. Chen Guiyun took the bowl, took a bowl of dumplings from the plate, handed it to Li Daniel, and said, "Take it home and try it, this is made by my aunt's family, can you taste it?" Li Daniel wanted to refuse, but she was really reluctant, when she was thinking about how to say it in order not to be ashamed to accept it, Li Dazhuang took the bowl and scolded Li Daniel: "You lose money, what do you want, this bowl of dumplings is not your share." Chen Guiyun hurriedly went out in front of him and said loudly: "Help my aunt also say good New Year to your parents, take this bowl of dumplings home and eat it with your parents." ”
The people who were eating in the compound all stuck their heads out of the door when they heard the movement, and sure enough, they saw the five children of the Li family standing in front of the Huo family, Li Dazhuang was still holding a bowl in his hand, and the dumplings in the bowl were full, so that people could easily see the things in the bowl.
I can't help but envy the good life of the Huo family, and I also despise the Li family's approach, how can there be this point to let the children go out to pay New Year's greetings, isn't this obviously to eat, but also to the Huo family, who doesn't know that the Huo family's days are the best in the compound, the key is that the Huo family gave it, and he dared to take it, it was a white-flour dumpling, what did you eat and take?
Li Daniel couldn't help blushing when she saw everyone coming out, and was about to say thank you, Li Dazhuang said to Li Erzhuang: "Hurry up, or it will be cold in a while." As he spoke, he walked briskly towards home, Li Erzhuang also followed, and Chen Guiyun also immediately turned around and went back to the house, not giving Li Daniel a chance to thank him. Li Daniel took her sister to stand for a while and then walked back quickly, she could eat one if she went back early, but she couldn't stay if she went back late.