It's the Spring Festival again.
Early in the morning on New Year's Eve, Mrs. Luo came to give Ning Tang some cured meat she had prepared. "It's smoked with pine branches, so it doesn't taste dry at all."
Ning Tang: "I'm going to make a dish tonight: stir-fried bacon with garlic shoots. You and Political Commissar Zhao must come over."
Mrs. Luo smiled and replied, "Of course." She then asked, "Are Da Wa and the other two not coming back for the Spring Festival this year?"
Chen Lie sighed and continued, "No." He muttered, "Is this still our child? If I want to see him, I have to watch him on TV."
Da Wa is busy with business. He says he wants to expand Tangya abroad and let foreigners wear our country's clothes.
Erniu has singing programs on the Spring Festival Gala every year. To truly watch the children, you have to watch them on TV.
Sanwa? Now he's an Olympic champion. Seeing him is rarer than seeing a giant panda.
Mrs. Luo spat at him, "Your troubles are all happy. Your children are all very successful. Just say that in front of me. Go out and say something and see if they spit at you."
Of course, Chen Lie knew this, but without seeing the child, he felt itchy inside. "Sister-in-law, please go back quickly. Don't forget to come to have the reunion dinner tonight."
In the evening, Mrs. Luo and Political Commissar Zhao arrived as scheduled. Zeng Xinlan, Battalion Commander Qi, Zhou Caiwei, Wu Dahui... arrived only one step later than them.
A large round table was placed in the living room, and dishes and wine were put on it, the aroma was fragrant.
Mrs. Luo glanced around and smiled. "Now, we are all alone. Our children are far away, and we are the only ones having a reunion dinner at home."
Zeng Xinlan said, "How can we call ourselves lonely? The children all have their own things to do. As long as they care about us, that's enough."
Da Wa pushed open the door and yelled, "Sister Luo, I heard you say bad things about me."
Ning Tang brought out the dishes and asked in surprise, "Didn't you say you wouldn't be back for the Spring Festival this year?"
Erniu, Sanwa, and Dahu jumped out from behind Dawa and said with a grin, "That was just a lie. No matter how busy you are, you have to go home for the reunion dinner."
Big Baby said, "I'm giving you a surprise."
Erniu said, "I won't be performing on the Spring Festival Gala this year. Being on the Spring Festival Gala is not as important as spending time with my parents."
Ning Tang was amused. "It's too late. I didn't cook your food for the reunion dinner this year."
Big Baby said exaggeratedly, "No way, are we going to starve on New Year's Eve?"
Mrs. Luo said, "Your mother lied to you. She never cooked for you during the Spring Festival. It's just that you didn't have time to come back and eat."
Erniu turned her back and wiped away her tears.
Ning Tang pretended not to see it and said, "You must be hungry. Come and eat."
With clinking glasses and laughter, everyone finished the New Year's Eve dinner together.
Chen Lie looked at everyone's smiling faces and said with emotion, "Shall we take a picture?"
"Take a photo?" Political Commissar Zhao asked.
"Yes." Chen Lie said, "Let's take a group photo to commemorate this year's Spring Festival."
Ning Tang said, "Okay, let's put two stools. We adults will stand in the back, and the children will sit in the front."
Erniu puffed up her cheeks and said, "Mom, we are not children anymore, we are adults."
Ning Tang was amused. "Even if you are in your seventies or eighties, you are still children in my eyes."
Chen Lie asked, "By the way, where is our camera?" He then said, "Oh, I have to go out and ask someone to take a photo for us."
The eldest boy waved his hand. "No need for our point-and-shoot camera. I brought a new digital camera. It's very advanced. Just put it there, set the timer, and it will automatically take pictures. And it takes color pictures."
He took out the camera from his backpack, placed it on the raised stool, and set it up.
Then use the TV playing the Spring Festival Gala as the background, put out two stools, and stand as Ning Tang said.
From left to right, each couple stood together, Ning Tang and Chen Lie stood in the middle. On the stool, Erniu sat in the middle, and Da Wa, San Wa, and Da Hu sat next to her on the left and right.
Shout together: "One, two, three, eggplant?"
The shutter button was pressed, and everyone's smiling faces were frozen in the photo.
After the photo shoot, Chen Lie looked at the photos taken by the camera and was delighted. He asked Da Wa, Er Niu, San Wa and Da Hu, "When are you four going to get married and have children? We can expand our team a bit."
Da Wa muttered, "You don't even have a partner, and you're still talking about getting married and having kids."
Chen Lie slapped him on the head, "You know? Why don't you hurry up and find him? Wait, you're thirty or forty years old and still single. Just wait and see how I'll deal with you."
Ning Tang took the camera with a smile and captured the scene.
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