Chapter 96 Getting ready for the New Year!

Plus, we're moving into a new house this year, so it's time to celebrate.

My hair has grown longer by the beginning of summer.

She looks more like a girl.

Moreover, if people who don’t know this person go out, they would think this is Lin Xiuzhen’s child.

Lin Xiuzhen also had a holiday on the twenty-seventh day of the lunar year.

After that, I also cleaned the house.

This is my first New Year in this era, and to be honest, I still want to have a lively time.

Lin Xiuzhen actually heard about the rumors outside, but she didn't take it too seriously.

There are so many people who look alike in this world, and they may not necessarily be your own children.

Besides, don’t you know how many children you have?

So Lin Xiuzhen didn't take it seriously, but the children of the Gu family did pay attention to it.

However, seeing that the mother Lin Xiuzhen didn't take it seriously, everyone just pretended that nothing happened.

After the twenty-seventh day of the lunar year, the family began to clean the house. Then the village slaughtered a pig and distributed the meat. Lin Xiuzhen bought a lot of bones and pig offal.

Prepare to make some braised food for the New Year.

But this made people more certain that the Gu family really didn't have much money, otherwise they wouldn't sell cheap things like pork ribs during the New Year.

Lin Xiuzhen didn't explain and started to deal with these things after returning.

The dumplings we make at home during the Chinese New Year have many local specialties.

In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Day. Early in the morning, everyone in the family started to get busy.

Gu Jiabao helped to paste the couplets, and the other girls helped to cut window flowers.

Gu Chunlan, who was pregnant, was watching from the side. The family was having a great time.

Gu Chunlan touched her belly. She thought that by this time next year, the baby in her belly would be able to come out and celebrate the New Year with her.

Thinking of this, his eyebrows couldn't help but soften.

Gu Jiabao was just about to go out to paste the couplets at the front door, but when he opened the door, he saw a chicken placed at the door.

"Mom, mom, come and see, someone has sent us chickens."

Gu Jiabao was really shocked. Who was so kind as to send a chicken to his home?

Lin Xiuzhen heard what he said and walked out. Seeing the chicken in his hand, she just said lightly, "Bring it in."

"Oh, mother, who sent this to our family?"

Gu Jiabao asked even though he knew the answer.

Lin Xiuzhen rolled her eyes at him and said, "Just eat what you have. Why do you care so much?"

Gu Jiabao looked embarrassed.

He knew that his mother was in a bad mood again.

But I didn’t dare say anything, it was New Year’s Day.

Soon after Gu Jiabao had put up the couplets, Lin Xiuzhen called him to pluck chicken feathers.

"Chicken soup tonight."

Gu Jiabao immediately went to boil water and pluck the hair.

During this year's New Year's Eve dinner, Lin Xiuzhen was directing the meal from the side, and while no one was paying attention, she added some spiritual spring water.

This year's New Year's Eve dinner is very sumptuous.

Both the adults and the kids enjoyed the meal very much.

Of course, for the brothers and sisters of the Gu family, there have never been such days before, and they were the ones who did not take it seriously before.

Where can we eat at the table?

After the meal, Lin Xiuzhen started giving out red envelopes.

One dollar each. The third and fourth sisters did quite well in the final exam. The teacher also said that based on their current grades, the sisters will definitely be able to get into university.

But they have to work harder in the future, so Lin Xiuzhen has to encourage her two children from time to time.

I hope they can keep going, go to college, study for a few years, and then be assigned a job.

After Lin Xiuzhen, I can feel more relaxed.

Then I will hand over the work to the second son, and I will have nothing to do. After that, I just need to take care of my own vegetable garden.

Later on, you can slowly join the ranks of elderly care.

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt that there was hope for the future.

On New Year's Eve, everyone sat in the main room chatting and playing cards. It was a rare opportunity to spend the new year in such a relaxing way.

In the second half of the night, after setting off firecrackers, Lin Xiuzhen's biological clock started to tick down and she couldn't stay up any longer, so she let the children stay up while she went to bed.

On the morning of the first day of the New Year, people in the village would greet each other. Now it is the 1970s, and people are more friendly to each other, and neighbors will visit each other.

Lin Xiuzhen would go out with a few children. When she met young children at home, she would give them a red envelope of two cents, and the pockets of the envelopes would be filled with candies, which were also for the children to eat.

Along the way, Lin Xiuzhen only walked around once, and many children followed her.

These children are basically the ones to whom Lin Xiuzhen gave candies.

Those who don’t know would think that Lin Xiuzhen is just a child leader.

This year, my family has prepared a lot of New Year's goods, and it's not as shabby as before.

However, at the Gu family's side, Lin Xiuzhen still let a few children go to pay New Year's greetings.

After all, no matter what, they are all children of the Gu family. As juniors, they have to go to pay New Year's greetings during the Chinese New Year, otherwise they will be gossiped about by people in the village.

It was New Year's Day, and Lin Xiuzhen felt that there was no need to make such a scene.

Although my husband died early, my children still take care of the family and must perform the necessary etiquette.

So, Lin Xiuzhen brought people to the Gu family to pay New Year's greetings.

The things prepared are all relatively common, not very expensive, but very good.

Anyway, it is impossible to find fault.

It was New Year's Day, but it was rare for the Gu family to be in a good mood.

I just feel a little dissatisfied about Lin Xiuzhen coming to pay New Year's greetings so late.

"Mom and Dad, we came here so late because we wanted to have lunch here at noon. This way we don't have to make an extra trip."

Xu Dongmei from the second family suddenly looked gloomy.

Although Lin Xiuzhen also brought a lot of things, she felt uncomfortable when she thought about such a big family coming to her house for dinner.

The old couple, on the other hand, didn't say anything, and instead asked the second son's family to prepare.

Xu Dongmei became even more unhappy.

With such a large family coming to visit and bringing such few things, you feel as if you are just sitting there waiting to be served.

Xu Dongmei felt very dissatisfied when she thought about herself running around like an old nanny.

Look, they are already smashing pots and pans in the kitchen, making quite a noise.

Lin Xiuzhen said as if she did it on purpose, "Second sister-in-law, do you have any problem with us? Look at all the dishes and chopsticks in the house that you almost broke."

Old Mrs. Gu also looked a little unhappy at this moment.

"Second brother, just cook properly and stop banging around here!"

Sure enough, the kitchen soon became quiet. Although Xu Dongmei was busy with her hands, her mouth was not idle. She was cursing Lin Xiuzhen's family.

"What a bunch of starving ghosts! They just want to come to my house to eat after I send them some food. Ugh~ How shameless!"

"Old man, the older you get, the thicker your skin becomes. It's so shameless."

So, the meal was finished amidst the cursing.