The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is still much the same as last year, each family takes some meat, everyone cooks it together at the old man's house, and eats the reunion dinner.

Su Mo took fish and mutton this year, and made braised fish and mutton soup; Dafang took a chicken this year and made chestnut stewed chicken; The second room took a rabbit and a serving of pork, and made braised rabbit meat and tamales.

Seeing that the three daughters-in-law had brought so much meat, Li Yue'e prepared meat dumplings, then chopped the stuffing and asked Su Mo to make pancakes.

Dinner was also lively.

After eating, it's time for the New Year. Each family paid New Year's greetings and gave red envelopes in turn, and the juniors wanted to kowtow, and the two little ones were still too young, so Su Mo taught them to give up.

Don't say it, do it well and make the adults laugh.

Xu is the first time to feel such an atmosphere, today's An An is very well-behaved, and he is very cooperative in everything, and he will do whatever he is told.

The family gathered at Lu's house until about ten o'clock, and when they saw that the children were sleepy, they went home separately.

Lu Xiaolan has been living with Su Mo recently, so she also went back with Su Mo.

When she arrived at Su Mona, Lu Xiaolan took out two new red envelopes and stuffed them into the hands of the two little ones.

"Xiaolan, I've already given it just now, why do you give it back?" Su Mo waved her hand, wanting to take the red envelope back to Lu Xiaolan.

Since Lu Xiaolan returned to her parents' house after the divorce, she has paid 15 yuan to the family every month for food, and she has a salary of 24 yuan, and she usually buys things at home, how much can she save?

Lu Xiaolan held down Su Mo, "Third sister-in-law, don't, this is my intention to be an aunt." This year, it's really too troublesome for you and the third brother. ”

"Xiaolan, we are a family, don't say such things."

"Hmm." Lu Xiaolan nodded, "It's my blessing to have a family like yours." ”

There is no holiday for the three-day holiday for the New Year, and the service industry such as the supply and marketing cooperatives is not a holiday, and it will be Lu Xiaolan's turn to be on duty tomorrow. After Lu Xiaolan fetched water and washed, she went to the kang to rest.

An Anle was also sleepy early, and after coming back, he fell asleep.

Su Mo couldn't sleep for a while, so she opened two small red envelopes on the side.

There are four letters of two yuan, which should be given by the big house and the second room, and it is estimated that she sealed 2 yuan last year, and this year she also sealed two small ones.

The two letters of one dollar were sent by Lu Xiaolan for the first time.

There are also four envelopes of ten yuan, which were given by Lu Boming and Lu Qingan.

I don't know if it's the same for everyone, or if it's just a little thicker on her side. If it's all the same, the seven grandchildren in the family, the older generation will get a lot of money for giving red envelopes.

Su Mo also opened the two envelopes that Lu Xiaolan gave just now, and they were also ten yuan each. Su Mo sighed, this almost cost Lu Xiaolan a month's salary.

Thinking that there were still a lot of cloths brought by the eldest aunt before, Su Mo was going to let her take a piece of cloth and ask Li Yue'e to make a new dress for Lu Xiaolan.

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On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Xiaolan went to work after breakfast.

Commune Supply and Marketing Cooperative, each person has to work two days, Lu Xiaolan doesn't have to go back to her parents' house this year, so she is on the first and second days of junior high school, and the third day of junior high school is off.

Su Mo also got up early in the morning to get busy, first boiling the bone porridge of the two little guys on the small stove, and then stewing the mutton bought from the supply and marketing cooperative.

This year's weather is very cold, and when Uncle Geng comes over, you can drink a bowl of hot mutton soup first.

After finishing it, Su Mo returned to the house, and saw that An An had already stood up, trembling and walking on the kang, and Lele sat while puffing his little palms to cheer for his sister.

My sister An, it's only been more than seven months, and I've started to walk.

An An also walked for a while, sat down and rested for a while, and then continued to walk, even if he fell, he got up and continued, feeling that he was a hard-working character.

"An An, rest for a while when you're tired, your hands and feet are still weak now, don't hurt yourself." Su Mo looked at it for a while and reminded.

An An nodded, staggered for a while, and then sat down to rest.

Then, looking at Su Mo, her mouth moved a few times before she said, "Mom, I'm hungry." ”

Su Mo's eyesight is excellent, and after seeing An An call out the "Mom", the roots of her ears quickly turned red, so she laughed. An An saw Su Mo smiling, and her ears turned even redder.

Seeing her mother smile, Le Le quickly climbed to her sister's side and sat down, following her sister's example, "Mom, you're hungry." ”

"Okay, I got it. An An's little baby can speak today, which is worthy of praise. Su Mo went out with a smile, took out the steamed eggs that he had given the two little ones in the morning, took a small spoon, and fed them to the two little ones one by one.

In the middle of the morning, Geng Changqing came over and took a lot of things. He was accompanied by his guards.

Su Mo said yesterday that Geng Changqing would come today and let the three elders come to her for dinner. Li Yue'e was already here at this time, and when she saw Geng Changqing coming, she said hello and went back to call Lu Qing'an.

Su Mo's kang in the West House was burned early in the morning, and it was warm at this time, Su Mo welcomed people into the West House, and brought two bowls of hot mutton soup to the two of them to warm up first.

After Lu Boming and the others came over, Su Mo asked a few people to chat in the Westinghouse, put the children in the Westinghouse for them to watch, and she and Li Yue'e started cooking.

The mutton soup has been stewed softly, Su Mo bought a big fat chicken in the supply and marketing cooperatives before the holiday, divided it into two halves, half made chestnut stewed chicken, half stewed mushroom vermicelli on a small stove, and made braised pork.

Geng Changqing brought beef, and Su Mo happened to have bean sprouts a year ago, so he made a boiled beef.

In these days, cattle are good partners of farmers, so beef is very rare, and it is rare to have it. Su Mo has been wearing books for more than a year, and it is the first time she has eaten beef.

Then I fried two large pots of green vegetables, and the staple food was rice.

Geng Changqing's guards were really bright-eyed when they ate. I usually eat in the canteen every day, and occasionally go to a state-run restaurant to have a tooth sacrifice. Secretary Geng's niece's craftsmanship feels much better than that of the chef of the state-run hotel.

Geng Changqing is also busy, he has eaten, and he will go to the city later. The three elders didn't bother much, and after eating and chatting for a while, they went back.

After waiting for the others to leave, Geng Changqing motioned to the guards to wait for him outside the car first, and then took out three red envelopes, the obviously thicker one was given to Su Mo, and the other two were given to two small ones.

"New Year's money." Geng Changqing said with a smile, "I've been busy during this time, I haven't taken care of you, I heard from the Long March, you also want to be transferred to Yangcheng with the army?" ”

Su Mo nodded.

"It's been a month, is there any news on your work arrangement over there?"

Su Mo shook his head, "There is no news for the time being, he called half a month ago and said that he was going to special training, and now he hasn't called yet, and it is estimated that the special training has not been completed." ”

"I have a job here, and the foreign trade center in Yangcheng needs a translator, if you want to go, I can recommend you."

"However, whether this job can be done or not, I don't dare to pack a ticket, everything depends on you." After all, translation is not a job that can be done by any individual, and you must have the ability to do it.

"If you want to go, I'll ask them to send a sample and you'll translate it and send it over. If it's okay, they will send you an exam notification and you will have to pass the exam before you can be offered a job. ”

Su Mo's eyes lit up, this job is good. Not only is she good at, but she can also get in touch with outside things, and she can also accumulate a network, and after the reform and opening up, there will be ready-made relationships available.

"I want to go, Uncle Geng, you recommend it." Su Mo nodded violently.

Geng Changqing smiled, "Okay, then you wait for my news." ”

"I was still in a hurry to go to the city for something, so I left first. It's cold outside, and the child is still in the house, so don't send it. With that, he went away with the guards.