I went to the supply and marketing cooperative, planning to buy some New Year gifts in preparation for a trip back to my parents' home.
"I bought some too. I plan to ask your brother-in-law to go back one of these two days."
Jiang Mengxue took a few bags of snacks, a bag of fruit candy and a bag of milk candy.
I bought two bottles of wine and some cloth for Jiang's father.
I wanted to buy some pork, but it was sold out long ago.
This is because it is the end of the year and the supply of pork has increased a lot. If you come in the morning on a normal day, you won’t be able to buy it.
So I didn't buy anything on this trip, but when I was almost at the team station, the basket at the back of the car was already full.
Dozens of kilograms of meat were taken out, as well as some white flour, to prepare for making dumplings during the Chinese New Year.
The team has been very busy recently, slaughtering pigs and sheep for the New Year, and every household is preparing things for the New Year.
Write couplets, roast melon seeds, and steam buns.
Even though everyone's life is not very rich, the New Year celebrations are still very lively.
Jiang Mengxue found time to return to Taoyuan Brigade before the New Year to deliver New Year gifts.
As a result, I met Gao Yuzhen on the way who was returning to her parents' home with her child.
Since Gao Yuzhen gave birth to a little girl and separated from her husband's family, her life has been a little harder, but the daughters in the family are sensible and she doesn't need to get involved in the housework, whether it's washing clothes, cooking or feeding chickens.
The couple just need to do their work in the team well, so Gao Yuzhen is living a really good life now and is smiling all day long.
Since both of them were going back to Taoyuan Brigade, Jiang Mengxue did not ride a bike, but pushed the bike and walked with them.
"Sister Yuzhen, your little one is almost two years old now, right?"
"Yes, he is just over a year older than your Mobao."
Jiang Mengxue also envied others who had many children, but as for her to have her own, forget it. One is good enough.
They were not far from the Taoyuan Brigade, so the two of them went back home separately.
When I got home, I found that my aunt was there too, and she was talking about asking Erhe to go to my wife's house to deliver New Year gifts.
Only then did Jiang Mengxue realize that Daya was pregnant. Since she hadn't had her period this month, she guessed she was pregnant.
But I'm not so sure, so I want to wait for Jiang Mengxue to come back and take a look.
Jiang Mengxue didn't expect Liu Daya to get pregnant so soon. She had advised her to take good care of her health and wait at least two years before considering having a baby.
But since you are already pregnant, you can only take good care of yourself.
The Taoyuan Brigade also started slaughtering pigs and sheep in the past two days. Jiang Mengxue felt that time passed very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the New Year again.
Even Jiang Mengxue stopped going to the clinic after the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, and others would come to her house when they had something to do.
She stayed at home to help Li Cuiying prepare New Year's goods.
Jiang Mengxue and Gu Zhenjiang went to the commune or county separately to buy New Year's goods.
A few big fish. Fish is absolutely indispensable on the Chinese New Year dinner table.
There are also chickens, ducks and geese, all of which have been slaughtered and frozen in a tank. Although it is not snowing, the weather outside is still as cold.
The persimmons and pears planted in the backyard this year have now become frozen persimmons and pears. It is so delicious to have one after dinner.
Apart from the few pounds of pork given to Jiang Mengxue by the team, the rest was what she brought back from outside.
I only told my family that I knew someone at the slaughterhouse, and they always gave me pork ribs, pig's trotters, pork elbows, and a big pig's head, which together made up about half a pig.
Li Cuiying initially thought she could only buy some pork belly to cook and make dumplings during the Chinese New Year, but she didn't expect there would be so much. However, she didn't ask, thinking that he must have used connections to buy so much.
Of course there was also mutton, and half of it was dragged back. Jiang Mengxue had long wanted to make tripe dumplings, and the spicy soup made from it was especially delicious.
Peanuts and melon seeds are also indispensable. Some families will plant some sunflowers in their private plots, but only a few families will do so.
Most of them are pumpkins eaten in winter. The seeds in the middle are dried and fried during the Chinese New Year and are considered pumpkin seeds. They are also very fragrant.
During the Chinese New Year, I was planning to have dinner with my uncle's family. Several cousins from the city came back with their families.
Gu Huaian's family, Gu Huainan's family, Gu Huaiyang's family, so many people get together to create the New Year atmosphere.
Gu Zhenxing's family only has one stove, which makes cooking inconvenient. But since the two houses are not far from each other, they bring the dishes here to cook, and then take them back to heat them up.
Jiang Mengxue stewed two braised pork elbows and a stewed goose. Both were big dishes and the three of them could not finish them all.
I happened to have some seafood at home, so I made some cold kelp salad and stir-fried some hairtail fish.
Wang Daya killed two roosters, which she raised specifically to be slaughtered during the Chinese New Year.
There is a dish of pork belly stewed with cabbage, tofu and vermicelli, and another one of stewed big fish. Although there are not many dishes, they are all big dishes and the portions are large.
Each dish is divided into three portions, and a large family can sit at three tables, otherwise it will be too crowded.
Men drink at one table, women at another, and children at another.
There were also women who drank, at least Wang Daya and Li Cuiying could drink quite well.
Although this group of young women can't drink much, they feel comfortable drinking some wine to warm their bodies in winter.
Jiang Mengxue brought plum wine today. It was made with plum rock sugar and rice wine, and the alcohol content was not very high.
This year, because Mobao was still young, he was not taken to the army to celebrate the New Year with his father and mother.
However, Jiang Mengxue sent them recent photos of Mo Bao and also sent a copy to Gu Qingbei.
In the eyes of outsiders, Gu Qingbei was only at home before Mo Bao's full moon, and he had not seen him since he returned to the army.
They also sent back a lot of New Year's goods, half of which were seafood.
We had a drink together before dinner and looked forward to the coming year, hoping that each year would be better than the last. Seeing that the children were already eager to start eating, we didn't say any more polite words and just started eating.
Gu Liuliu also came back today. Actually, she had a fight with her mother before coming back, so she was not in a very good mood.
During the meal, An Xin ignored this rebellious girl. She could eat it or not. If she didn’t want to eat, she could just starve to death to avoid annoying her every day.
Gu Liuliu just felt full of grievances.
If there weren't so many people in the room, including her brothers and sisters at home, she might have burst into tears.
She had had smooth sailing since she was a child, and her parents always agreed with her in everything. This was the first time her parents ignored her feelings and insisted on opposing something.
In fact, she had regretted it a long time ago, starting from when her parents opposed her relationship with Wang Hua.
But young people are inevitably a little rebellious. The more her parents forbid her from interacting with others, the more constrained she feels, and she insists on going against her family.
Originally, she was just aroused by her rebellious nature, but she really didn't like Wang Hua that much.
But after her parents' strong opposition and her rebellious behavior, things are now developing out of control.
Gu Liuliu sighed, not knowing how this matter would end. Maybe she would insist on going against her parents and end up marrying Wang Hua.
As for what kind of life she would live after marriage, she could already foresee it after spending a few times with Wang Hua's family.
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