But compared to not having to pay, being rough around the edges is nothing.

Sun Jinhua and Fan Zhaodi brought the food to the table, where Fan's mother, Fan Qian, Fan Dazhu, and the second, third, and fourth pillars were already seated.

Their eyes were fixed on the food, and they swallowed hard.

Before Fan Zhaodi could even place the last cornbread pancake properly, a whole circle of people reached out to grab it.

He grabbed what he could and stuffed it into his mouth, while using his other hand to grab meat from the table!

Normally, the Fan family practices a distribution system, with Fan's mother distributing the food. However, things are different during the New Year, when everyone can eat as much as they want.

But for Fan Zhaodi, it was even worse, because she had no seat and could only stand at the corner of the table to pick up some food. However, she was short and her arms were too short to reach anything.

When Fan's mother saw this, she thought it was better if she ate less since she couldn't get any food, as the best food and drinks could be saved for her grandson.

When Sun Jinhua saw this, she felt that she was useless, unable to even grab the food in front of her!

Fan Qian and Fan Dazhu didn't even look up. They were only concerned with the food on the table. As long as they could grab some food, that was all that mattered!

Fan Zhaodi took a cornbread, held her bowl, and quietly squatted down in her usual spot, taking small bites of it.

I overheard a family talking: "Fat meat is so delicious!"

"Duck egg and chive pancakes are delicious too! Don't grab them, or I'll have none left."

"Leave some of the shredded pork for me!"

"I'll have the vegetable soup too, I'll dip the flatbread in it."

Upon hearing that the soup was also gone, Fan Zhaodi's bright smile faded. She had just been planning to dip her flatbread in the soup after her family finished eating.

"Mother, didn't Uncle send over some soybean flour and glutinous rice flour? Why haven't I seen them?" Fan Dazhu asked suddenly as he was eating heartily.

Fan Sanzhu immediately pressed on, "Yes, there's so much glutinous rice flour! And soybean flour too, why don't we make some to eat?"

Sun Jinhua said irritably, "Eating meat can't shut you up!"

"Why eat such good food at noon? We'll make glutinous rice balls for dinner."

Fan Dazhu and his companions cheered immediately.

Glutinous rice flour is a refined grain, and it tastes delicious!

The group of people at the table were all beaming with joy, but Fan Zhaodi, standing in the corner, shrank her small, thin body.

On New Year's Eve, we stay up all night until midnight when firecrackers are set off to welcome the new year before we can sleep.

The children also joined in the vigil, but most of them were too excited about the novelty to sleep.

Shuiqing had already taken out everyone's New Year's clothes and placed them on their respective bedside tables.

They're all neatly arranged, just waiting to be changed up first thing tomorrow morning.

In the warm and inviting dining room, the table is filled with pastry boxes containing jujube blossom pastries, hawthorn flatbread, red bean paste cakes, peach blossom pastries, mung bean cakes, and osmanthus rice cakes, accompanied by tea and sweet soup.

The candy box was filled with all sorts of colorful candy balls, which looked very appealing.

There are also pears, oranges, hawthorn balls, and several other fruits.

The five little ones looked at this and then at that, unsure which one to eat first.

Everything looked delicious, and I wanted to eat everything!

Finally, the cakes were broken into pieces, and each of the siblings took a bite to try the flavor. After tasting, they chose the pieces they liked to eat.

I picked two candies that I wanted to eat.

Fruits that are cold and chilled are among the least popular varieties.

The children don't like to eat fruit, but Shuiqing really likes it.

She placed the fire tongs on the brazier, put an orange on it, and roasted it until the peel turned black and juice was sizzling out. She then quickly took it off.

When it's cooled down to a warm temperature, peel and eat it while it's still warm.