On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the mother-in-law of the Qiao family set off firecrackers at the gate of Jixiangyuan.

The year before last and last year, Qiao Mai didn't set off firecrackers, for fear of scaring the horses in the family, but now that the house is big, putting them at the door will not affect them.

In order to have a festive New Year, she asked the cattle shopkeeper to arrange for someone to buy a cart of cannons, and the red firecrackers were set off for a whole hour before stopping.

The acre square snow at the entrance of Jixiangyuan is full of red cannon skin, which is as bright as a red carpet, which makes people feel better when they see it.

The children put on their new clothes and ran to Qiao Mai's courtyard early to wait for the New Year.

Qiao Mai slept late last night, and when she heard the sound of talking outside, she barely managed to get up, and smiled as she looked at several sets of new clothes by the kang.

There are Ruyi made for her, there are Yuehong and the two of them, and there are those who bought themselves, she picked up the set she bought and put it on, made it in front of the mirror, combed herself with a beautiful hairstyle, and then took out the old lady to put on her own head.

After taking a look at herself in the copper realm, she is now a lot taller, already looking like 1.65 meters.

As life gets better and better, a lot of flesh has grown on his body.

The face plate feels much more pleasing to the eye than when she first wore it, and it is said that white covers all ugliness, and it is true, her skin is as white as snow, and she doesn't need to look at her eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth to feel good.

Picking up a jade bracelet from the dresser and putting it on his wrist, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and then walked out of the house.

Yuan Jiaqi and a few children's eyes lit up, "Mother, you are so beautiful." ”

"You're so handsome!"

"Hee-hee!"

"Come to the living room, don't stand in the courtyard, it's snowing, it's cold, my mother will feel distressed if it's frozen."

When she arrived in the living room, she sat down with him on the head, and as soon as Ling'er came over, several children stepped forward to pull her, and knelt down for the two of them to worship the New Year.

Yuan Jiaqi gave each of the children a red envelope, and Qiao Mai prepared a small animal made of gold for each of the children.

But they were so happy that they kept playing with it in their hands.

Yuehong and Yuexia were also dressed in new clothes, and came up to pay New Year's greetings to the two of them, and got a big red envelope.

The people came in groups to pay New Year's greetings, and they all got red envelopes and left happily.

Before leaving, Qiao Mai did not forget to explain to them, and he wanted to go to the shopkeeper Lu to pay a New Year's greeting.

When they all finished worshipping, Qiao Mai looked at the Yuan family.

"Let's go to Sister Lu too, she is big, so we should go over."

In this way, the two took the children to the shopkeeper Lu, and she and Ruyi had just finished accepting the New Year's greetings from the people in the living room.

"Hey, if you don't come, I also said that I would take Ruyi over for a while."

"How can there be a sister who pays New Year's greetings to her sister, and my sister has a good New Year!"

"Happy New Year, Auntie!"

The children immediately knelt down, and the shopkeeper Lu couldn't close his happy mouth, so she quickly helped the children up.

One person gave a big red envelope and then asked them all to sit down.

"On this snowy day, I can't go anywhere, and I also said that I would go to the county seat to pay a New Year's greeting to my sisters, and my small shop is thanks to them for taking care of me all these years."

"They will be considerate, the road is not easy."

"Yes, you say, I want to be idle when I'm busy, I want to be busy when I'm busy, I'm born to be a toiling life."

"Should we go to Mayor Qian's house to pay a New Year's greeting?"

As soon as he heard him, the shopkeeper Lu was a little uncomfortable, "You go, I won't go." ”

"Don't talk about other relationships, let's just say that people have been wronged in the town all these years, and we should go when this town mayor covers us."

"Then for the sake of having nowhere to go, give him a New Year's greeting, hmph, he's beautiful."

"Reluctantly, let's go,"

Jo Mai took her hand, and everyone went out together to the mayor's house.

At the gate of the compound, there were many people coming in and out, and the mayor of the town sat in the living room to receive them, and the guards guarded on both sides of the door.

The people gave him a New Year's greeting, just stood and left, he socialized like this every year, saying that he was annoyed and annoying, saying that he was not annoyed or annoying, just once a year, mainly because he did well as the mayor of the town, and the people loved him.

When he saw the shopkeeper Lu and them, his eyes lit up.

"Oh, rare guests, all sit, all sit, don't leave today, at my house at noon this year, right?"

"Who's at your house, we haven't eaten breakfast yet."

The shopkeeper Lu came up and stabbed him, and the two of them were like two happy enemies, pinching as soon as they met, and thinking about it when they disappeared.

"It just so happens that they gave the old man a New Year's greeting, and I will go to your house to eat, and your family's food is delicious."

"Hmph, are you embarrassed to go to someone else's house for dinner on the first day of the new year?"

"What's so embarrassing, it just so happens that the brothers in the family are alone, and it's so boring to guard a group of you women, let's have a drink."

Well, in order to go to Qiao's house for dinner, he actually called the Yuan family a brother, to be honest, he is the same generation as Wang Zongsheng.

Qiao Mai poked the shopkeeper Lu with his hand, "Good sister, let's not pinch it for the New Year, let's go, go home and have breakfast first, Mayor Qian, we will wait for you at home at noon." ”

"Good class, what are you shouting Mayor Qian, if you see more, just call Brother Qian?"

Qiao Mai chuckled, "Are you long-lived?" ”

Mayor Qian's single eyelid rolled, "Don't look at Qian's old age, but Qian is not yet fifty, and he is just forty and six after the New Year." ”

Qiao Mai covered her mouth and smiled, "Well, it's really old, I don't know, I thought you were sixty." ”

"What's the matter, I'm only ten years older than Sanniang."

"Okay, then we'll go back."

"Go, go!"

Mayor Qian asked the guards to give red envelopes to each child, and when they returned home, Qin Dong's family from the town's carpenter shop, and the shopkeeper Tong were waiting in the living room at home.

This is to give them New Year's greetings, and they are very enthusiastic when they meet.

"Oh, happy New Year, where have you been?"

"Happy New Year, let's go to the mayor's house!"

"Haha, we haven't been out of him for a long time, come, come, come, this is a red envelope for the child."

"Have a drink at my house at noon?"

"Yes, yes, I can't ask for it."

It seems that these two people also felt that there was nowhere to go in the snow, so they came to Qiao's house to eat and drink.

Just about to have breakfast, the owner of the butcher's shop, the owner of the garment shop, the owner of the blacksmith shop, as long as the owner of Qiao Mai in the town who took care of their business came to pay their New Year's greetings.

Whoever sees the child will give a red envelope, and the children receive the red envelope and receive it.

"Why don't you stay for lunch at noon?"

"Okay, okay, we can't easily eat your food."

"Who said that my family married my daughter a few years ago, and you didn't come?"

"Haha, isn't this just about your food?"

Qiao Mai asked them to sit first, and she and her family hurriedly ate a bowl of dumplings, and asked Yuan Jiaqi to talk to them.

She went to the kitchen, and the cooks knew that there were guests in the house, and they were all busy there.

"Let's prepare two tables of food, you also prepare a few tables, today is the first day of the new year, everyone eats and drinks well."

"Master, we usually eat not badly, but this New Year is not too much, and it doesn't show anything."

Qiao Mai smiled, "Steamed the intestines on a plate, sauce meat, and eat dumplings at noon, let them also taste the taste of our dumplings, and you can also get some to eat." ”

"Yes, Master"

She doesn't like socializing and goes back to the backyard alone.

Thinking of the rock sugar gourd she made last year, what surprise did she give the children this year?

She counted the snacks on the planet and came up with a very tasty little snack: popcorn.

This is very simple and easy to make, as long as you have the ingredients ready, you can easily make it.

Corn, butter, cream, sugar, chocolate, rice, maltose, molds, all the same ready, she tinkered in the kitchen.

First I made two pots of creamy popcorn, then two pots of chocolate, and finally made a pot of rice, stirred it well with wheat tooth sugar, poured it into a mold, made a rice cake, and then cut it into rectangular strips, and then stopped.

I put the three things in a clean cloth bag and carried them to the living room.

(End of chapter)