Song Lao Er nodded, "Okay..."
He continued to eat his bowl in silence, feeling extremely happy.
At this time, the second son of the Song family couldn't help but think, if he had chosen Qiao Cuihua and the child instead of the Song family, would he have a share in the happy life now?
Alas, it’s a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, otherwise he would definitely buy one for himself.
After breakfast, the family went about pasting Spring Festival couplets.
It's not convenient to do it since Song Anan is pregnant.
At noon, everyone just had a simple meal, and the focus was on the midnight dinner.
In the afternoon, Song Anan worked in the kitchen with Qiao Cuihua.
Lu Jianhua was afraid that Song Anan would be tired, so he urged her to go back to the house to rest after she had been busy for a while.
Song Anan felt that Lu Jianhua was really too worried about her.
"Lu Jianhua, I'm not that delicate. I haven't done any work, so I'm not tired."
Song Anan did little housework herself, and she mainly stood by to instruct Qiao Cuihua on how to prepare the dishes for the midnight dinner.
Qiao Cuihua can only cook some homely dishes, but she doesn’t know how to make anything complicated.
But for the midnight dinner, Song Anan planned to give the family a heartier meal.
The preparation of this dish naturally cannot be too simple.
Song Anan prepared a menu.
The meat dishes include braised rooster, twice-cooked pork, garlic spare ribs, pickled fish, spicy boiled pork slices, and garlic fried bacon.
The vegetarian dishes include stir-fried cabbage, stewed radish, spicy and sour shredded potato, and stir-fried shredded carrot.
Then we paired it with some peanuts and made some sweet snacks, including lotus root with honey osmanthus and steamed rice cake.
These dishes are absolutely hearty for the whole family.
Neither Qiao Cuihua nor Lu Jianhua had ever had such a sumptuous meal during their Spring Festival before.
It’s just that there are too many dishes, so it’s more troublesome to prepare them.
Qiao Cuihua spent the entire afternoon preparing dishes.
All the dishes were ready by around four o'clock.
In the countryside at this time of year, eating at four o'clock is not considered early, because it will be dark after five o'clock.
In winter the nights get dark early.
It was not night time, so we could only light kerosene lamps. We would eat before dark to avoid the inconvenience of not being able to see during the meal.
After finishing her work, Qiao Cuihua invited the children to have a midnight dinner together.
Song Laoer looked at the sumptuous dinner on the table and was impressed by the good food.
I am really enjoying myself this time by staying with my daughter's family.
The children deliberately ate less at noon, waiting to have delicious food in the evening so that they could eat more.
They were already hungry by now, so they started to wolf down the food together.
The adults were infected by the children and started eating with chopsticks.
Qiao Cuihua made these dishes under Song Anan's hands-on instruction, so they taste very good.
Song Laoer just felt that this was the best meal he had ever had in his life.
Lu Jianhua took out a bottle of white wine, and as a son-in-law, Lu Jianhua accompanied Song Laoer to drink a few glasses.
Liquor is a good thing, but where can Song Laoer get the chance to drink it whenever he wants?
The wine was good, and the whole family was having a great time. Song Lao Er drank happily.
Only now did he realize that this was what it really felt like.
It seems that I didn't have this feeling when I lived in Old Song's house.
Even when the Song family was celebrating their birthday, the family still had to calculate who would eat more meat and who would eat less.
Because he is honest, the second wife always eats the least.
It’s different now. There’s a table full of food, and you can eat as much as you want without worrying about being scolded by your parents for eating one more bite.
After finishing the late night dinner, it was already dark.
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