After breakfast, Yao Hua and Ye Meizi began to prepare the dishes, and Mrs. Li helped them.
There are many people in the family, so we have to prepare first.
They didn't want Qin Nian, saying that she had worked too hard this year and that today was New Year's Day and she could go out and play with Geng Feng and the others.
There are no televisions, mobile phones, mahjong, or even poker.
Fortunately, Qin Nian has adapted to this kind of life. She is in a good mood and said with a smile:
"Big brother and second brother Geng Feng, let's laugh and have nothing to do. Let me tell you a story."
When Geng Tian and Geng Di first arrived, they were both very shy and would blush when their eyes accidentally met Qin Nian's.
Later, after spending more time with Qin Nian, they realized that she was a humorous and generous girl, and they gradually became less reserved.
When they heard Qin Nian say that he would tell them a story, they all smiled and said okay, let's go ahead and tell it.
Qin Nian slowly told the story of "Butterfly Lovers" to a few young people.
After listening to it, everyone was shocked by this tragic love story and fell into complete silence.
Mrs. Li smiled and said, "Xiao Nian, where did you hear that? It's so touching."
Qin Nian smiled, "When I was a kid, you took me to the county town. We listened to a storyteller under the overpass. Have you forgotten?"
Mrs. Li blinked her eyes and thought hard for a long time: "I really forgot."
Afraid that some young people would laugh at her for having a bad memory, she hastily defended herself, “Life was so hard back then.
I only go to the county town a few times a year. Every time I go there, I buy some oil and salt. When I get tired, I take a rest under the overpass.
I must have been so busy buying things that I didn’t pay attention to the storyteller’s narration.”
Ye Meizi put her arm around Mrs. Li's shoulders and laughed, "Mrs. Li never loses in talking."
Mrs. Li also laughed with a bit of pride.
There were nine of them in total and they made ten dishes.
Authentic chicken stewed with mushrooms, tender and smooth stir-fried beef with celery, braised spring bamboo shoots, stir-fried pork intestines with peppers, steamed pork elbows, braised fish, braised pork trotters, pig ears with cucumber, and jelly.
It rained the night Qin Nian bought the land a few months ago, but it was too late to plant crops.
Apart from building houses, stewing sheds, picking sheds and vegetable sheds, the rest of the land was planted with cabbage and radishes.
When Qin Nian was planting, she knew that every household had to plant cabbage in their fields at this time of year, and she would not be able to sell such a large area of cabbage.
She had no plans to sell them. After cutting them down in the fall, she put some of them in the vegetable cellar and secretly put the remaining two thousand kilograms into the space.
The rest was left to freeze in the fields.
After the stew restaurant opened, they blanched the frozen cabbage, squeezed out the water, and served a plate of it to each table of guests as a gift, along with a bowl of fried sauce. Most of the guests loved it.
Thinking that the New Year's dishes were too greasy, Ye Meizi took two frozen cabbages, blanched them in water, filled a large plate with them, and also fried a bowl of sauce.
Exactly ten dishes.
Geng Feng and Geng Tian rushed to set off a few firecrackers. The sound of firecrackers was mixed with the laughter of several brothers.
The whole family sat around the table, the food tasted delicious, and there was laughter and joy, making it very lively.
After the meal, Yao Hua prepared a large bowl of noodles, and Ye Meizi chopped two boards of sauerkraut and more than two pounds of pork.
Mrs. Li peeled onions and made a bowl of sauerkraut and pork stuffing.
Qin Nian took out the frozen pears and placed them in a clay basin.
Add water, and the frozen pears will immediately connect together and float on the water.
Qin Nian casually said, "Look, Band of Brothers."
Geng Feng stared with his beautiful eyes and asked, "What?"
"Band of Brothers, just like you and Geng Tian Geng Di holding hands."
After saying that, he bent over and smiled.
I also bought peanuts, melon seeds and candies.
Mrs. Li smiled and said, "Oh, the last time I bought these things was when Xiao Nian was three years old.
It’s been thirteen years since I was able to buy these things again.”
More than half an hour passed while we talked and laughed.
The dough was ready. Except for Geng Zhenjiang and Geng Zhenhai, the other seven people all started making dumplings.
More hands make the work easier. After an hour, ten large dumplings were wrapped.
It is enough to cook one curtain at night, and one curtain tomorrow morning. The rest can be taken outside.
Wait until they are all frozen and put them in a big wooden barrel. You don’t have to make dumplings on the 5th, 15th or 25th day of the lunar month.
When we eat New Year’s Eve dumplings, it is just past midnight, which is a little after midnight.
After eating dumplings, everyone felt sleepy, so they went back to their rooms, locked the doors, and went to sleep.
The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year. When Qin Nian woke up, the first thing he did was to wish Mrs. Li a happy new year. Then he went out to wish the elders of the Geng family a happy new year.
Geng Feng also hurried to wish Mrs. Li a happy new year, and the whole family was smiling happily.
Black Arrow and Yellow Arrow also rejoiced.
On the second day of the New Year, after breakfast, Yao Hua's family went back to Yao Huanian's home to pay New Year's greetings.
Geng Zhenlan and Tang Laoer came with Tang Xiaomei.
Tang Xiaomei has gained a little weight and looks much better than before after receiving relief food and drinking thin corn paste and eating as much cabbage and radishes as she wants.
Tang Xiaomei wished a happy new year to Geng Zhenhai and Ye Meizi, and also greeted Li Pozi, all with a smile on her face and a happy mood.
But she ignored Qin Nian, and there was even a hint of provocation in her eyes.
Qin Nian laughed in silence. He was not willing to pay attention to her at all. He didn't even look at her and took her back to his room.
Geng Feng wanted to talk to Qin Nian, so he found all kinds of excuses to go inside for a while. This made Mrs. Li laugh.
Ye Meizi hated Geng Zhenlan's family. She talked to Geng Zhenlan for a while and then started to prepare lunch.
Her idea was simple: they just needed to finish their meal quickly and go back home.
She didn't want Geng Zhenlan's family to be around, especially Tang Xiaomei, who looked down on Qin Nian.
Don’t even think about the fact that this place belongs to Qin Nian, now and in the future.
I made Western dishes for lunch, with rice as the staple food.
While eating, Tang Xiaomei looked at Geng Feng and said softly, "Cousin, you are really capable.
In less than a year, I bought all this land and lived a good life. "
Geng Feng didn't even raise his eyelids: "It's Xiao Nian's ability that you live a good life.
I didn’t buy the land, it was Xiao Nian who bought it. I just borrowed Xiao Nian’s help.”
Ye Meizi was afraid that Tang Xiaomei would say something excessive again and anger Mrs. Li, who was famous for being protective of her children.
Especially when Qin Nian did nothing wrong, she would definitely attack anyone who kept criticizing Qin Nian.
Ye Meizi said hurriedly: "Xiao Nian treated patients and earned some money, and bought this piece of land.
These ways of making money were all thought up by Xiao Nian. "
Tang Xiaomei chuckled: "Xiao Nian bought the land, Xiao Nian thought of ways to make money, but if there were no seven people in the Geng family working hard, no matter how much land and how many ways, wouldn't it be useless?"
"Xiao Mei, I'm not too old to argue with a little girl like you.
But since you said that, I also want to say a few words. The Geng family really worked very hard.
But my Xiao Nian also worked very hard. Not only did he do the work, but he also took care of all the big and small things. "
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