The dish of pork stewed with vermicelli is not only popular in Northeast China, but can also be seen on the New Year’s Eve dinner tables in many parts of the country.
The third main dish is steamed salted fish.
Fish is an indispensable dish on the New Year’s Eve dinner table, not only because it tastes good, but also because fish represents surplus wealth in the family and abundance every year.
Therefore, whether now or in the future, fish is a must-have dish on the New Year’s Eve dinner table.
However, there were no refrigerators or fresh-keeping equipment in that era, so Zhao Fangling pickled the fish with salt and preserved it as soon as it was on the market.
The fourth main dish is shredded radish and pork meatballs.
Meatballs are also called "yuanzi", which means that the whole family can be reunited and happy in the new year, and it also means the end of one year and the beginning of the new year.
The reason why there are so many meat dishes is mainly because Bai Aiguo and his wife brought a lot of receipts, so this New Year’s Eve dinner is more abundant.
After making a few mixed cold dishes and stir-frying a few vegetarian dishes, today's New Year's Eve dinner was perfectly completed.
The food was ready, and now the most important thing was to set off firecrackers. So the three Du Yuanhong brothers took a bunch of firecrackers, hung them on the tree, and lit them.
With the crackling sound, smiles appeared on everyone's faces.
On the dining table.
"Today is a double celebration for our family. This dinner is not only the New Year's Eve dinner, but also the engagement dinner for Yu'er and Yuanxiu.
Here I wish Yu'er and Yuanxiu a long and happy marriage and a long life together."
After Zhao Fengfangling finished speaking, she drank the glass of wine in her hand. Seeing this, everyone picked up their glasses and drank them all. Only Du Yuanzhan had a sip of wine left in his glass.
Du Yuanhong: "Third brother, when your eldest sister-in-law and I got engaged, you were still young, so we didn't let you drink.
Now that your second brother is engaged, you can drink it, but what's the point of saving a sip? Are you saving it for the fish?"
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Du Yuanzhan didn't want to spoil the fun, so he raised his head and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
After finishing the drink, he turned the glass upside down and looked at Du Yuanhong with a red face: "Brother, I'm done."
"good."
Seeing this, Zhao Fangling on the side smiled and shook her head. The meal took quite a long time and didn't end until 3:30 in the afternoon.
The reason was that Bai Aijun kept forcing the three Du brothers and Du Shuisheng to drink.
What was rare was that Sun Huizhen did not stop him. After all, today was her daughter's engagement day, and under normal circumstances, Sun Huizhen would never let Bai Aijun drink so much.
After it was over, everyone helped each other to help the five drunk men to bed, and then several women worked together to quickly clean up the dishes and tidy up the house.
It was not until eight o'clock in the evening that the five men woke up one after another.
Zhao Fangling looked at the drunk Du Shuisheng with helplessness. They had originally planned to give Bai Yuer a gift after the meal.
But how can I give it to Du Shuisheng when he is asleep? After all, Bai Yuer has to serve tea to her and Du Shuisheng and change her words after the meeting gift.
However, when Zhao Fangling thought that Du Shuisheng was drunk because Bai Aijun forced him to drink, she didn't say anything.
After all, my son married someone else's precious daughter, so how could I not do something?
Du Wanying gave the five grown men some spiritual spring water, and they woke up. After all, there was still work to do later, so how could they handle it when they were all drunk?
After Du Yuanxiu sobered up, he slapped his forehead in anger. How could he be drunk? What he was about to do was the most important thing in his life, and he was actually drunk at this time.
But when they thought about their father-in-law's drinking capacity, it didn't seem like a big deal if the three brothers and their father got drunk.
After the men woke up, they sat in a row and began to keep watch. There were peanuts and melon seeds on the table, and everyone chatted while eating peanuts and melon seeds.
Speaking of staying up all night during the New Year, different places have different customs. As the saying goes, every five miles there are different customs, every ten miles there are different customs. In Du Wanying's hometown, staying up all night during the New Year is a must. There are three main theories:
One is to keep watch at night to ward off Nian. Legend has it that Nian is a ferocious monster that comes out every New Year's Eve to harm people and animals. It is said that this monster is afraid of red and loud noises, so people put red spring couplets on their doors and spend New Year's Eve laughing and listening to songs to ward off Nian's harm.
The second is to stay up all night to protect wealth. There is a Spring Festival blessing in my hometown that goes "wealth and spirit rise". Staying up all night shows that you are in good spirits and can protect your existing wealth and usher in new wealth.
The third is to stay up all night hoping for height. This is mainly for children. In Huairen, there is a custom of climbing door panels on New Year's Eve. Children are asked to climb the horizontal panels behind the door from low to high. It is said that this will ensure that the children will grow taller in the coming year.
No matter what the reason is, staying up all night during the New Year is to hope for good luck, good fortune and good health!
Just as everyone was chatting, Du Yuanxiu suddenly knelt down on one knee and slowly opened the box in his hand in front of Bai Yuer.
There was a gold ring lying quietly in the box. When Bai Yuer saw this, she covered her mouth with her hands excitedly.
When she realized what was happening, she quickly grabbed Du Yuanxiu's hand and said, "Yuanxiu, what are you doing? Get up quickly."
In Bai Yuer's eyes, a real man should kneel before heaven, earth, and his parents. How could Du Yuanxiu still kneel in front of her?
"Yu'er, wait a minute, I have something to tell you." Du Yuanxiu paused, then he looked at Bai Yu'er with deep eyes and said: "Yu'er. Thank you for marrying me. You know, I was deeply attracted to you from the first moment I saw you.
Later, I mustered up the courage to confess my feelings to you. I really didn't expect you to agree to me. I even thought you would reject me. I had already made up my mind that even if you rejected me, I would still pursue you."
Du Yuanxiu's words moved Bai Yu'er so much that she burst into tears. Originally, Bai Yu'er was a little embarrassed because both sets of parents were present.
But now she didn't feel awkward at all, instead she felt very touched and happy. In addition, both sets of parents were present, which also proved that Du Yuanxiu was sincere to her.
He wanted to spend his whole life with her, otherwise why would Du Yuanxiu do this?
"Silly, because I like you too. If I don't like you, how could I agree to you?"
"Don't worry, Yu'er, after you marry me, I will definitely treat you well for the rest of my life."
"Well, I believe you."
"Can I help you put the ring on?"
"good."
When Du Yuanxiu put the ring on Bai Yuer's hand, everyone applauded.
In fact, this scene was Du Wanying's idea. You only get married once in your life, so why can't it be a little romantic?
Not only was Bai Yuer moved, even Bai's father and mother shed tears of excitement.
Du Yuanxiu can do this for their daughter, so what else can they be dissatisfied with?
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