Chapter 542 The Early-Death Bystander in the Reborn Mother-in-Law Novel (10)

They were playing with firecrackers taken from firecrackers. Other kids were too scared to light them, but Jiang Ze was quite brave and not afraid at all. Jiang Yue took apart more than a dozen of them. After they finished playing, Jiang Yue took him back inside.

On the 29th day of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Yue stayed at her post. Today was the last day of work for the year. One good thing about Jiang Yue's recycling station was that they didn't have to work three shifts or two shifts. It didn't matter if the recycling of materials was delayed by a few days, and they could rest for a few days during the New Year.

We ate lunch at the cafeteria today. The meal consisted of braised pork, stir-fried eggs with chili peppers, and shredded potatoes. Everyone was quite satisfied with just one meat dish, and many people were reluctant to eat it, saving it for the New Year's celebration tomorrow. Jiang Yue also saved some food, not for the reason mentioned earlier, but simply because it was too fatty and greasy, and she didn't want to eat it.

In the afternoon, everyone got busy. Jiang Yue sealed up this year's accounts, and the other employees were not idle either. Flammable items such as books and wood had to be dealt with. The method was very simple: pour some water on them. Of course, someone had to be on duty during the New Year, but she, as an accountant, did not need to be on duty.

Jiang Yue left work a little earlier today. On her last day of get off work, she brought some items back with her. Today, she mainly brought some vegetables, including cucumbers, green beans, garlic sprouts, and celery. She even brought a dark-colored cloth bag for this purpose.

Of course, she wasn't being too outrageous. The main thing was that these things were indeed for sale. Jiang's mother bought some winter bamboo shoots and garlic sprouts, but unfortunately the garlic sprouts were frozen, while Jiang Yue's were fresh.

When she got home, Jiang's mother naturally asked about the origin of the goods. Jiang Yue had given the same answer as everyone else: she had someone buy them. As for the price, she had just made it up on her own. Jiang's mother did not come away empty-handed today; she also bought some ribbonfish and pork head meat.

Jiang Ma mainly bought the items with the help of another main character, Aunt Wang. Otherwise, Jiang Ma wouldn't have been able to buy so many things on her own. After all, Aunt Wang had been reborn once, so she was not only bolder, but she also knew more places to buy supplies than Jiang Ma.

Early on New Year's Eve, the sound of firecrackers went off incessantly in the streets.

Little Douding had been awake for a while. Before he could wake Jiang Yue, Jiang's mother carried him out and put her new shoes on the table.

Today, the Jiang family was all home for the first time in a long time. The weather was perfect for the New Year, with the sun shining brightly early in the morning. Jiang's mother gave Jiang Ze some biscuits and let him go out to play. They didn't cook breakfast on New Year's Eve morning; they waited until almost noon to prepare a big meal.

Father Jiang and his older brother got up very early. Father Jiang was watching others play chess in the yard. He didn't know how to play, but his older brother knew a little. He was a terrible chess player and was defeated early on. Now he was chatting with his friends on the side.

Jiang's mother was busy preparing ingredients. Jiang Yue originally wanted to sleep a little longer, but the sound of Jiang's mother chopping vegetables made it impossible for Jiang Yue to fall asleep. After rolling around in bed a few times, she decided to get up, went out and saw a teapot on the stove. She picked it up and went to wash up.

After washing up, Zhao Juan and Qian Juan came over to play with her. Today, since everyone was off work, they were finally able to get together. It was just that their holidays were usually not on the same day, and they were tired after a day of work. The main problem was that they didn't want to go out in the middle of winter.

"You can really sleep. You slept until ten o'clock. My mom would have beaten me long ago if I were at home."

"Well, there's nothing I can do about it. It's your mom who's not my mom."

The girls played around for a while, then discussed the gossip they each knew. Around 11 o'clock, everyone started cooking, and then they all went home.

Jiang Yue helped her mother chop pork ribs. Her mother had bought these ribs with the main character, Aunt Wang. Jiang Yue also cut two pounds of meat to make braised pork, so that her mother could see what real braised pork was like. Oh, and I forgot to mention, after so much groundwork, her mother agreed that she would be in charge of cooking the New Year's Eve dinner.

The only problem is that there aren't enough stoves at home. Luckily, Jiang's mom found a clay pot somewhere. The braised pork can be stewed slowly in the clay pot, while the ribs can be cooked in a big pot. Once the ribs and braised pork are done, just stir-fry the vegetables and you're done.

After the last dish was finished, Jiang Yue looked at the dishes on the table: braised pork, pork ribs stewed with green beans, braised fish, scrambled eggs, cucumber salad with pig's head meat, meatballs, braised pork belly, and not a single vegetable dish. Jiang Yue originally wanted to cook some vegetables, but her mother stopped her, saying, "Who eats like this? Who cooks what they have?"

During the meal, Jiang's mother wanted to remove two dishes, but Jiang's father said, "Eat up, we've already prepared everything, are you going to eat the leftovers instead?"

Despite having seven dishes, the portions were actually quite small. Everyone ate with great gusto, finishing everything except the meatballs and fish. If it weren't for the food we ate recently, we would have all gotten diarrhea today.

If you ask me if eating only meat is greasy, I really am not greasy at all. These days, how many times a year can we eat meat? Who can get tired of eating meat? Besides, we have Jiang Yue's cooking skills to back us up.

After a satisfying meal, Jiang Yue brewed some hawthorn water with other ingredients. It was not only delicious but also helped with digestion. After resting for a while, the whole family cleaned up the mess. After they finished, Jiang's mother asked everyone, "Should we make fewer dumplings for tonight?"

"Make a smaller batch. We'll have fish and meatballs for dinner, stir-fried celery, and dumplings, that should be about right."

In the afternoon, we started making dumplings. We made fillings of pork cracklings and cabbage, and fillings of mutton and scallions. The family divided the work: some chopped the fillings, some rolled out the dumpling wrappers, some filled the dumplings, and some even caused a ruckus. With everyone working together, we quickly finished making the dumplings.

Seeing that it was almost time, Aunt Jiang started boiling water. While she was boiling the water, a lot of trouble happened outside. The creditors of the Li family's son came to collect gambling debts during the New Year. Because he had no money to pay during the New Year, he was almost beaten to death. In the end, Aunt Wang stepped in and called the police. She also used a lot of force. Gambling is illegal these days, and with the beating that left them bloodied, these people may be sentenced to prison this time.

To be honest, if Aunt Wang weren't in this courtyard, it wouldn't be much different from the Love in the Courtyard. It's all thanks to her that things haven't gone too far. Otherwise, there would be too many eccentric people in this courtyard.

After the dumplings were cooked, Jiang's mother served each of them a bowl. Even though they ate a lot of meat at noon, the dumplings were still very delicious. Jiang Yue ate quite a lot this time, because she liked them. The two leftover dishes from noon were also finished. Jiang's mother originally wanted to stir-fry some celery, but she decided not to. They would take it back to their hometown to eat tomorrow.

Jiang Yue's family ate dinner quite late. After they finished cleaning up, many people came to visit. They all wanted to relax and play cards or games. Jiang Yue went to Zhao's house to play with Zhao Juan. Mei Xue, the main character, was also there, but she was several years older than Jiang Yue and they didn't really get along. She was chatting with the young wives in the neighborhood.