Chapter 48: Write Spring Festival couplets for the villagers!

New Year’s Eve finally arrived amid the anticipation of adults and children.

Qin Zhizhi was the last person to get up in the Gu family. She was woken up by the hustle and bustle in the yard.

Qin Zhizhi walked out of the house and found many people in the yard, queuing up to write Spring Festival couplets with red paper in their hands.

Qin Zhizhi recalled that there was a custom of posting Spring Festival couplets here. In previous years, people lived a tight life, so they just wrote two couplets.

Many families are doing better this year, so they bought more red paper, and everyone followed the trend and came to Gu's house.

Gu Jinghuai carried out two tables from his home and placed them directly in the yard. He, Zhang Xiucai, Qin Qingyuan, and Qin Qingyun wrote to the villagers together, and their speed was much faster.

Originally, some people wanted to ask Zhang Xiucai to write for them, but were afraid that he would not agree. Now, several people will write for everyone for free.

The villagers told each other that almost every man in every family came to the Gu family with red paper, and the four of them were busy since early morning.

Even the four children were assigned to grind ink. Gu Zheng was younger and might have touched his face accidentally, so the fair and clean little ball turned into a little cat.

Seeing Qin Zhizhi, the villagers greeted her warmly.

"Sister, Zheng'er is also helping today!"

As soon as Gu Zheng saw Qin Zhizhi, he quickly told Qin Zhizhi that he had done the work and asked for praise.

"Zheng'er is so good!" Qin Zhizhi touched the little boy's head and looked at the well-behaved and lively little boy. Who would have thought that he was an introverted and speechless child three months ago.

When we first picked up the little dumpling, not only was he covered in wounds, his vocal cords were also damaged and he couldn't speak.

Qin Zhizhi took care of the little girl patiently and exchanged a lot of good things with Wanwan.

Even Xiaotuanzi had a slight psychological disorder, and it was all thanks to Qin Zhizhi who slowly enlightened him.

The reason why the lively and cute little Tuanzi is so dependent on Qin Zhizhi now is because of the relationship they established during this period.

"Sister-in-law, Yao'er also helped!" Gu Jingyao's sweet voice sounded.

"Yao'er is great too!" Qin Zhizhi's praise made Gu Jingyao smile even more happily.

"Jingshu and Qinghui are also very good!" Qin Zhizhi never favors one over the other and praised the other two children as well.

After being praised by Qin Zhizhi, they laughed even more happily.

Qin Zhizhi estimated that it would take a while for her to finish writing, so she left first and prepared to cook delicious food for everyone.

When they arrived at the kitchen, everyone was busy. Seeing Qin Zhizhi come in, Gu's mother said with a smile.

"Zhizhi, you've been woken up. I've warmed up your breakfast in the pot. Mommy will bring it to you. Eat some first."

Mother Gu took out the warm breakfast from the pot and gave it to Qin Zhizhi.

"Thank you, Mom!" Qin Zhizhi took the breakfast and started eating. She was really a little hungry.

While Qin Zhizhi was having breakfast, Mrs. Qin was already preparing the paste for the Spring Festival couplets. The couplets for the Qin and Gu families had already been written.

After the paste was ready, Mrs. Qin gave it to Old Man Qin and asked him to take his three sons and grandson Qin Qinglin home to paste the Spring Festival couplets first, and then come to Gu's house to help paste them.

"Hurry up, everyone. After you're done, come to Gu's house and put it up. I don't think Jing Huai will be available for a while."

"Old lady, why are you in such a hurry? It's still early. Let's finish the things at home first and then come. There are so many people, we can come quickly."

Old Man Qin felt that it was still early and there was no need to waste time.

"Put up the Spring Festival couplets as soon as possible, and you can come and help." Mrs. Qin assigned the work directly to Old Man Qin and his son and grandson.

"We'll go now."

Old man Qin took the paste and took his sons to paste the Spring Festival couplets. Some villagers who had written the couplets also went back happily to paste them.

Looking at the dwindling team, several people sped up their work.

People had asked Zhang Xiucai to write Spring Festival couplets before, but today he was the happiest.

After Old Man Qin left, the Gu family's kitchen became busy. They had lunch at noon and celebrated New Year's Eve at night.

This year is Qin Zhizhi's first year here, and with so many friends and family, Qin Zhizhi arranged the menu in the kitchen, and it must be sumptuous.

The blood sausage I made yesterday happened to be prepared today, so I could give it to my family to try.

"Grandma, I want some of your sauerkraut. I'll make a new dish for you guys later, but the sauerkraut for this dish must be authentic, so I'll have to trouble you."

When Qin Zhizhi said this, Mrs. Qin was overjoyed. Her granddaughter was praising the sauerkraut she made.

"Everyone in our Qinjia Village knows that your grandma makes delicious sauerkraut. Everything made with her sauerkraut tastes good." Mrs. Li smiled happily.

"Mom, why don't you just stay busy here and I'll go home and get it for Zhizhi." Third Aunt Wang took the initiative to take the job.

"You're pregnant, so listen to Zhizhi and take good care of the baby. I'll go back and get it myself."

Wang is now pregnant, and Qin Zhizhi specifically told Mrs. Qin, her mother, and her aunt not to let her third aunt do heavy work.

As a result, several people over-executed and simply stopped Wang from working. Qin Zhizhi was too lazy to correct them and told them to just take a rest.

"Mom, this is not a heavy job. Zhizhi also said that it is good for the child if I move around more. Just let me go!" Wang was so depressed every day.

Her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law took great care of her. Even Qin Jiang was asked by Qin Zhizhi to be considerate to her every day.

"Then go home with your mother to get some pickled vegetables."

Seeing that her third daughter-in-law really wanted to go, Mrs. Qin asked her to go back with her.

Wang originally wanted to go by herself, but ended up accompanying her mother-in-law. It was better than doing nothing, so Wang had no choice but to give in.

After the two left, the people in the kitchen couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Li couldn't help but complain to Qin Zhizhi about Qin Jiang's daily cautiousness. Whenever Wang went to the toilet, he would wait at the door.

Although what Li said was exaggerated, Qin Zhizhi could still imagine how cautious her uncle was.

Qin Zhizhi asked Gu's mother to cook some pork belly first, then take it out and slice it, and pour out the broth for later use.

After grandma's sauerkraut was brought, Qin Zhizhi fried it, making sure it was thoroughly stir-fried, then added broth to stew it. After stewing, she added blood sausage and it was ready to eat.

Everyone was curious. Qin Zhizhi built the Gu family's kitchen particularly large. She likes cooking, so she prefers a large kitchen.

For example, in such cold weather, everyone can work together in the kitchen instead of in the yard as before, which is much more relaxing.

Qin Zhizhi saw that everyone was surrounding her, so she picked up a piece of blood sausage for each of them.

As soon as the dish took a bite, the pregnant woman Wang exclaimed in surprise. Qin Zhizhi knew that this dish was to her third aunt's liking.

He took a small bowl and filled half a bowl with sauerkraut, blood sausage and meat slices for Aunt San.

"The baby will definitely like it. Auntie San, eat a little first. I have other delicious food today."

Wang looked at Mrs. Qin. She started eating before the meal even started. Wasn't that rude?

"Look at me, what are you doing? Zhizhi said the child likes it, why don't you take it quickly?"

Mrs. Qin's words made everyone laugh. Wang no longer felt embarrassed. She took the bowl from Qin Zhizhi and started eating silently.

After she became pregnant, her appetite was not very good, and Qin Zhizhi also cooked a lot of delicious food for her, but this dish was what she craved the most.

The mood of the other people in the kitchen also improved, and life became better and better.