Chapter 545: Chinese New Year's Eve
Time flickered like this, and in a blink of an eye, it was twenty-nine, and this year's wax month was not thirty, and twenty-nine was Chinese New Year's Eve.
A cold snap hit, and from the early hours of the morning, the temperature in the city dropped sharply. But what can I do...... Wenling City, as in previous years, failed to usher in the first snowfall of the Year of the Rabbit!
Fortunately, the smell of the New Year in the air is getting heavier and heavier, and as soon as you go out, your eyes are full of red. Every house is full of red lanterns, red couplets, various styles of window flowers, even the elderly and children are all red.
Huang Tao's family is no exception. Early in the morning, the table is set up in front of the hall, tea and other fruits and pastries are offered, and incense is lit and candles are inserted.
The couplets and door gods at home are also pasted, and the window grilles are also pasted on the glass windows, and two electronic red lanterns with a diameter of about half a meter are hung above the door, plugged in, flashing and turning in circles, which is very beautiful.
Coupled with the various decorations used for the New Year inside and outside the house, the whole New Year's flavor is very full! Of course. A hearty Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is also indispensable in the evening.
For many people, how much they are looking forward to the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner? I really didn't have much to look forward to!
Because the dishes that can be eaten at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner are usually eaten, and there are no dishes, which is worth looking forward to.
It is the atmosphere where the whole family sits around to eat together, the feeling of being reunited, and the joy of sharing all the gains of the past year with the family, which is what everyone wants the most.
Especially when eating a hearty and family-like reunion dinner, the TV is turned on next to it and watching Nian Niandu
"Dislike and complain" but insist on watching the Spring Festival Gala every year, which is even more satisfying. If you are separated from your loved ones for a year, this feeling will become even stronger.
However, Huang Tao's family does not have much of this mood, after all, they can basically get together once every weekend, plus the family does not have to worry about money, and the attitude towards the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is very sparse and ordinary.
Originally, he was still thinking that he would take his parents, parents and Xuanxuan to Sanya for the New Year this year.
What a good thing it is to travel for the New Year! But my parents are too traditional, and I think it's better to spend the New Year at home, and I have to do all kinds of worship during the New Year...... So the idea ran aground.
Since I haven't gone out now, I should have prepared, and I have to prepare, and it just so happens that my uncle and aunt's family are going to come to their house to spend this Chinese New Year's Eve together, so it will be even more grand.
After all, everyone who comes is a guest, and you have to entertain one or two well. This Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, what dishes are needed, my father went to purchase it early in the morning, plus my mother and aunt, the three folk chefs with decades of cooking skills and Huang Tao, there is no problem at all in terms of cooking.
Afternoon. Huang Tao and his aunt and aunt began to be busy early for this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
And Huang Yide accompanied Song Gaohua in the living room, eating fruits and chatting! Whenever the topic of children is discussed, Huang Yide has become the object of envy of the two relatives.
Xuanxuan is also busy playing with Mimi and Wangcai. With two
Accompanied by "good friends", she doesn't feel lonely at all. Just careless...... Wangcai and Mimi, the happy enemies, are on the bar again!
I saw Mimi raise her little paws, wanting to scratch Wangcai. Wangcai suddenly became vigilant and nervous, and the two sides could break out at any time, and then fight again.
"Mimi!" Fortunately, Xuanxuan had expected such a situation, she stroked Wangcai with one hand, held Mimi with the other, and said: "Don't bully Wangcai, Wangcai is a guest, you should let it be, don't bully it, okay?" "Little Lord Yin, has this changed his mind?
At this moment, Mimi's sadness is simply going against the current: "Meow meow~" Seeing this, Xuanxuan immediately changed to touch, touched its cat's head, and earnestly persuaded her: "Mimi, don't bully Wangcai, and don't quarrel!" ”
"Wangcai, you are also well-behaved, you can be good friends......" Under Xuanxuan's gentle and patient comfort, Mimi retracted its cat paws and no longer tried to attack Wangcai, and Wangcai seemed to understand, and did not show a vigilant and wary look at Mimi anymore.
This scene...... Apparently exactly what Xuanxuan was looking forward to! Seeing that the two little ones were finally able to try to get along peacefully, her little face couldn't help but glow with a touch of relief, squatting in front of her two good friends, and said softly: "That's right! That's right, in the future, the two of you will be good friends, come, you shake hands. Xuanxuan reached out and picked up one of Mimi's small paws and gently rested it on Wangcai's dog paw.
Shake hands and we're good friends! Wangcai looked up at Xuanxuan, then looked down at Mimi's cat paw, leaned over his nose, sniffed carefully, and then ...... Didn't resist!
I didn't take away my own dog paws. It's giving Xuanxuan a face......
"Meow~" Mimi called lazily, it didn't feel any threat, the air conditioning in the house was blowing warmly on its body, and tiredness hit it unexpectedly, so that it quickly forgot the grievances and hatreds between it and Wangcai.
The lazy cat Mimi moved her body, curled up next to Wangcai, and closed her eyes comfortably.
Well~ I'm really sleepy~ Wangcai glanced at Mimi beside him speechlessly, looked his head left and right, wagged his tail, and then lay down next to Mimi, resting his head on his front legs, and snuggling up to Mimi.
Even in this heart, there is still a little reluctance!
"Really good~" Xuanxuan seemed to have completed a major event in her life, she stretched out two small hands with crooked eyebrows, touched Mimi and Wangcai's heads, and said, "This is what a good friend looks like!" You will all have to live in peace like this forever! After making sure that Wangcai and Mimi could get along peacefully, Xuanxuan ran to the kitchen with her little thin legs, came to Huang Tao's side, looked up with a little face, and said proudly: "Baba, Wangcai and Mimi stopped quarreling under my persuasion, and became good friends!" "She's here to show off!
"That's great!" Huang Tao smiled and bent over her face
"Let's chirp" and praised: "My Xuanxuan is awesome!" ”
"Let's go to the party again, we can have dinner later."
"Mmmm~" Xuanxuan nodded obediently and went back with her little thin legs. I saw that Mimi and Wangcai were still sleeping.
She's so bored by herself! Pregnant! She brought a paintbrush and drawing paper, pulled over the small bench and sat down in front of the coffee table, and then began to draw seriously in front of Wangcai and Mimi.
Huang Tao looked at this scene through the moving glass door of the kitchen, and only felt that his heart was full of warmth and warmth.
I wish time would always stand still in this moment! If it weren't for the fact that he was busy, he couldn't wait to take out his mobile phone and take a picture of this scene!
It's been busy for a long time. Huang Tao followed his mother's instructions and made eight dishes first. Then start inviting Taigong!
Put eight dishes, as well as pastries, light incense and candles, toast and burn paper money, ask the grandparents to take care of the auspicious celebration of the family, the safety of the family, and worship the ancestors.
Members of the family, take turns to bow down! When the sun fell and the lights were on, Huang Tao made all the remaining dishes.
This Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is naturally very rich! For example, Huang Tao's squirrel mandarin fish, Dongpo meat, plum cabbage button meat, nine-turn large intestine, ginger sauce egg, meat fish and fragrant eel shreds, dry fried bells, and honey sauce fire recipe.
Originally, he planned to make roast duck, but the equipment at home was not complete, so the roast duck was not arranged, and it was directly made into a duck pot.
And my mother also made steamed yellow croaker, home-roasted pomfret, steamed cream crab, skin shrimp and other seafood. As for the aunt and aunt, they are basically hands-on, occasionally going to the stove to fry a few vegetables.
The table is full of dishes, and tonight will definitely not be finished, and Huang Tao predicts that in the next two or three days, he will have to eat leftovers.
Now the annual Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is basically like this. On Chinese New Year's Eve, I prepared a large table of dishes vigorously, and then basically ate leftovers at home from the first to the third year of junior high school, and when I waited until the fourth year of junior high school, I began to go to relatives.
Commonly known as
"New Year's greetings". In the past, I basically went to a relative's house for a New Year's meal one day. If you have a lot of relatives, it won't end until the first ten of the month!
After eating it every day, my mouth is numb, and I am tired of eating! However, the situation has improved slightly.
In the first month, pick a time, and then many relatives will have a meal together in the hotel.
For example, the sisters and brothers on Dad's side have a meal together, and the brothers and sisters on Mom's side have a family together, even if they have finished worshipping the New Year.
This also makes the flavor of the New Year more and more tangible...... With everyone seated, it also means that the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner belonging to the Huang family has officially begun.
"Come!" Huang Yide raised his glass and said, "Let's all have a toast together!" "He is really happy because this year's Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone gets together for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
And everyone is harmonious and beautiful, healthy and healthy, that is more important than anything else! Moreover, my son also ushered in good luck this year, opened a restaurant, and his business was booming, which allowed him to get out of the trough of his life, which is better than anything else!
"Cheers!" Everyone raised their wine glasses, and even the little Xuanxuan raised their own drink glasses and clinked glasses with everyone.
During the meal, everyone was not idle, and almost everyone had a phone call or video call.
Many relatives from the aunt's and uncle's family also specially watched the Huang family's Chinese New Year's Eve meals in the video.
And then...... It's all admired......