The family in Subei's hometown is preparing for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Qu Lianjie is sitting on a small chair to help peel garlic, his father Qu Datou is making his specialty yellow dog pig's head meat, mother Zheng Fen is mixing cold vegetables, and braised pork ribs are stewed in the pot.

Grandma Qu also wanted to help, but was rejected by everyone, so she could only sit on the chair at the door of the kitchen and look at her busy children and grandchildren, with a faint smile on her face all the time, obviously enjoying this kind of family fun.

After Qu Lianjie finished peeling the garlic, he wanted to be lazy and put the peeled garlic on the table, and then walked to Grandma Qu and said with a smile:

"Grandma, don't sit here, this smoke is choking you, I'll accompany you to the living room to watch the Spring Festival Gala!"

Grandma Qu is so old, of course she can see what her grandson meant, stretched out her hand and slapped him gently, pretending to be displeased:

"You kid, you know how to be lazy, and you use my old lady as an excuse!"

Qu Datou was cutting the pig's head, and when he heard the conversation here, he also echoed it:

"Lian Jie is right, the kitchen fumes are too choking, your old lungs are not good, let's go to the living room and sit!"

"Yes, Mom, you're sitting here overseeing the work, we're under too much pressure~" Zheng Fen also made a rare joke.

"Grandma, I'll help you up~" Qu Lianjie held Grandma Qu's arm.

The old lady was also a person who listened to persuasion, and stood up with the help of her grandson, and said with emotion as she walked:

"Oh, this is really old, sitting for a while, I still have numb legs, I want to repair the reservoir by the production team back then, your grandma and I were no worse than your grandfather when I was young~"

The living room is also relatively close to the kitchen, and as soon as the words fell, the old lady sat on the sofa and continued to talk about the topic with her grandson:

"Now it's an old man, I used to cook our family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and this leather monkey liked to eat my new Yuan lamb the most when he was a child, and every time he celebrated the New Year, he ate his little belly very much!"

Qu Lianjie sat at his grandmother's feet, and while helping the old man press his legs, he suggested:

"Grandma, if you don't wait for this time to go back, you and my mother will go back with us, just live with me, and let your grandson be filial to you~"

Grandma Qu didn't think about it when she heard this, and directly shook her head and refused:

"I don't go there to join in the fun, so many people don't know anyone, how can I stay comfortable in my hometown, even if I'm hungry when I leave, I can eat at any house!"

Qu Lianjie knew that what his grandmother said was not an exaggeration at all, most of the villagers in the village had received the favor of the Qu family, because they were all related to each other, they couldn't write two songs in one stroke, as long as anyone was in trouble, the old lady would pay to help.

There is even a family in the village, the pillar of the family died in a car accident outside, and according to the generation, he has to call Qu Lianjie uncle, and the tuition fees for the children's school are still paid by the old lady.

Of course, I was also afraid of Shengmien and Doumiqiu, and Grandma Qu said when she funded it at the time, this money was borrowed, and she still had to pay it back after working when she was a child.

After Qu Lianjie recalled his grandmother's life in the village, he didn't continue to persuade him, but turned his head and talked about the content of the Spring Festival Gala on TV, and commented with a smile:

"Grandma's magic trick is too fake to have fish every year, isn't this a fool to the audience?"

Grandma Qu also nodded when she heard this, thinking of the programs of previous years:

"It's still a good performance of Liu Qian a few years ago~"

As the grandparents chatted while watching the Spring Festival Gala, time slowly passed, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the kitchen was also ready, everyone sat down, and Qu Datou raised his wine glass to speak first:

"Mom, I wish you a happy new year, every year has today, every year has today!"

"Okay~" The wrinkles on Grandma Qu's smiling face felt a little lighter.

After everyone toasted, Qu Lianjie picked up Moutai and poured his father's wine glass, and even planned to pour a little for his grandmother and mother.

Seeing this, Zheng Fen did not refuse, and said with a smile:

"You kid pour less, mom can't drink much~"

Grandma Qu interjected with a smile on the side:

"Today is the New Year, it doesn't matter if you drink more, the eldest grandson pours more for grandma!"

"Okay grandma~" After Qu Lianjie finished speaking, he poured most of the cup for the old lady.

After returning to his seat, Qu Lianjie did not sit down, picked up the wine glass and blessed his family:

"Grandma, Dad, Mom, I wish all the elders a happy New Year, good health and all the best in the new year!"

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Early the next morning, Qu Lianjie slept late because of the New Year's Eve last night, and he was still sleeping heavily on the bed covered with a big quilt.

Zheng Fen opened the door with his son's clothes in his hand and walked in, opened the thick curtains in the room, and then walked to the side of the bed and patted his son's arm, and said softly:

"Lian Jie, hurry up, I'll have breakfast later, and I'm going to your Uncle Jiang's house to pay New Year's greetings to your fifth grandfather~"

Qu Lianjie likes to ride the quilt when he sleeps, and when he heard his mother call him in bed without opening his eyes, he subconsciously replied:

"Mom, let me sleep for another five minutes, I'm too sleepy~"

Zheng Fen smiled when she saw this, because when she heard these familiar words, she remembered when her son was a child in his hometown.

Immediately, he used a little force in his hand, intending to let his son experience the familiar feeling again, and slapped his right hand heavily on his son's ass in pajamas:

"How old are you, still playing the same game as a child, get up quickly!"

"Tear, oops, Mom, be light, I can't get up~" Qu Lianjie felt the long-lost "maternal love" and suddenly became energetic, and sat up directly with his buttocks.

Zheng Fen smiled when she saw this, and threw the clothes she had washed before on the bed:

"Hurry up and get dressed, come over for breakfast!"

After eating, the family neatly walked in the direction of Qu Dajiang's house at the head of the village as in previous years, under the leadership of Grandma Qu, because the fifth grandfather with the highest rank in the Qu family lived in his house.

Qu Dajiang also knew this convention, so he took his son Qu Lianshun to greet him at the door early, and after seeing Grandma Qu and others, he hurriedly stepped forward to say hello:

"Fourth aunt, eldest brother and sister-in-law, happy New Year!"

Qu Lianshun, who was standing behind his father on the side, also hurriedly greeted the elders:

"Fourth grandmother, big head uncle ......"

Qu Lianjie held a lot of gifts for his elders in both hands, and squeezed his eyes at his childhood playmates.

Grandpa Qu is the fourth oldest among the brothers in the family, and Qu Dajiang's father is the seventh, so Qu Dajiang's father and son call Grandma Qu the fourth aunt/fourth grandmother.

After saying hello, Qu Lianjie followed everyone into the courtyard of Qu Dajiang's house, today is the Chinese New Year, their family is a big family, more than 30 people in five generations, and many children run back and forth upstairs and downstairs, which is particularly lively.

Later, Qu Lianjie followed his father to kowtow to the fifth master in the center of the living room, and successfully harvested a red envelope.

After that, I felt that it was not interesting to listen to the elders chatting in the living room, Qu Lianjie got up and walked outside, just in time to see his childhood friend Qu Lianshun playing with his son.

Qu Lianjie smiled evilly, walked over with his hands and feet, and patted him on the shoulder behind him:

"Brother Junko~"

Qu Lianshun was taken aback, turned around and saw that it was Qu Lianjie, and said with a look of surprise:

"Lian Jie, why did you come out?"

Qu Lianjie sat on the small bench next to him, teasing the fat boy, and replied:

"It's so boring in there, I can't interject when the elders are chatting, how old is this fat boy?"

"I'm six years old after the New Year~" Qu Lianshun responded with a smile.

After that, he gently patted his son's little buttocks:

"You kid is not a human being, how did you teach you before, this is your Uncle Lianjie~"

(End of chapter)