Chapter 207: 81 Years Come

It is a tradition among Chinese people to do a thorough cleaning of the house before the Chinese New Year.

But in Su He's house, everyone is busy working or running a shop.

She is the only one who has more free time.

So half a month before the New Year, she took her four children to clean the tube-shaped house and the yard where the four elders lived inside and out.

So now there is no need for deep cleaning, just simply apply some dust on the surface.

This year's Chinese New Year is more lively and there are many people.

In the past, Gu's parents were not at home, and Gu Jianhua and his wife from Suhe had also returned to their hometown, but this year everyone was here, so we got together and decided to have the New Year's Eve dinner together.

The same is true for Su He. Su's father and mother were in their hometown last year, but they came to the capital this year, so they must have the New Year's Eve dinner with my third brother and his wife.

After everyone discussed it, at noon, Su's father, Su's mother, Gu's mother, and Su He's family went to Feng's father and mother's big villa to eat.

We eat in the courtyard at night.

The Chinese New Year is coming, and we need to prepare New Year gifts and food ingredients for the New Year. Everyone is busy, so these things naturally fall on Su He's shoulders.

In winter, there is no need to worry about food going bad. People in Suzhou and Ho start preparing ingredients for the New Year a week before the New Year.

There are many people in the family and there is a lot to eat.

In the past two years, you no longer need a ticket to buy anything like before, and there are restrictions.

Since he had enough money, Su He bought a sheep and a pork. It looked like a lot, but it was not much. He divided it between the two families, and sent half to Gu's father's courtyard.

There was no need to buy chicken. Gu's mother raised about twenty chickens in the backyard. Five of them were killed and sent to her a few days ago.

In addition to pork, mutton and chicken, Su He also bought some beef, not much, only ten pounds, and the two families shared five pounds each.

The kids love shrimp and fish, so we bought some of them too.

As for vegetables, we started growing vegetables in greenhouses this year, and Su He also bought some cucumbers, tomatoes, and coriander, which are out of season.

Needless to say, our family stocks up onions, carrots and cabbage every year. This year, my mother Gu and mother Su pickled several large jars of salted vegetables.

Not only do they eat the pickles themselves, but the bakery also uses them.

In addition, Gu's mother and Su's mother also pickled a small jar of salted duck eggs, but they were just pickled a few days ago, so it is estimated that they can only be eaten after the New Year.

The above are the dishes and drinks used during the Chinese New Year. Su He bought a box of Moutai, five boxes of soda, and five boxes of beer.

It’s impossible to have so many people during the Chinese New Year, including adults and children. Soda will be consumed very quickly, and she is afraid that there won’t be enough to drink.

After all, you can't ask people to drink less during the Chinese New Year.

As New Year gifts for each family, Su He bought milk powder, canned food, and boxes of cakes.

Anyway, three things in one family.

In addition to these, they also had to buy candies, cakes, melon seeds, etc. for New Year displays. The family had become wealthy, so Su He did not buy any fruit candies, but directly bought a few bags of White Rabbit milk candies.

Peanuts and melon seeds are also must-buys, and pastries are also indispensable. Su He bought peach cakes and roasted fruits, and three kinds of fruits: oranges, apples, and pears.

There were bananas for sale in the department store, so Suho bought some as well, but kept them for ourselves and didn’t put them on display.

These are probably the things you’ll use during the Chinese New Year.

As for the New Year clothes, Su He took everyone to the department store to buy them a month ago. Everyone was busy and had no time to make them themselves.

What’s more, the styles sold in department stores are also nice.

Su He bought herself a tweed coat this year, the gray one.

Wear a white turtleneck sweater inside, ordinary black pants, and leather shoes on your feet. It looks pretty good.

The New Year’s Eve dinner is eaten on the 30th.

On the 29th, everyone had nothing to do, so Su He and Gu Jianhua took their four elders and four children to the bathhouse to take a bath.

Now that we have come to a big city like Beijing, we can just take a bath in the bathhouse, it is very convenient.

New Year’s Eve.

A family of six went to the small courtyard to have breakfast with the four elders. Of course, they also had their meal here yesterday.

The kitchen in the tube-shaped building is shared by several families, so not only cooking but also washing dishes and pots have to be done outside, which is very troublesome.

Maybe it was because it was shared, the kitchen smelled, all kinds of smells, and there were cockroaches.

To be honest, it was the first time for Su He to see a cockroach. She had only heard of it before but had never seen it. She had lived in her hometown for more than 30 years and had never seen a cockroach at all.

There are a lot of money strings.

So Su He and Gu Jianhua didn't want to use the kitchen, so they just went to the courtyard to eat.

Several elders were also happy for their children to come and eat with them.

Because it was winter and we were on holiday, we didn't get up very early. By the time we had breakfast and cleaned up, it was already past nine o'clock.

Go to Feng’s house for lunch.

It's not a good idea to go empty-handed.

Father Su suggested, "How about bringing a leg of lamb?"

Everyone, "Okay, just bring a leg of lamb."

So the family of ten went to Feng's house with the lamb leg.

When the bakery opened, Mr. and Mrs. Feng also came to eat there, but it was a bit far away, so they didn't come often.

There are many people in the Feng family today. In addition to the ten of them, there are others. We cannot say they are others. They are Father and Mother Lu and the parents of Su He's eldest sister-in-law.

And my eldest niece Su Mian.

Her elder brother and his wife are busy with work and have not come back for the Chinese New Year in the past two years.

"Aunt, grandma, you are here."

Su Mian and Chang'an went to the same university, both medical schools, so Su Mian is quite familiar with Chang'an.

"Oh, welcome, welcome." Father and Mother Feng hurried out from the kitchen to greet the guests.

"I told you guys to come, so why bring anything with you?" Mr. Feng and Mr. Gu are old acquaintances.

Mother Feng also laughed and said, "That's right, if we want to celebrate the New Year, we can do so tomorrow!"

Thanks to Feng's father and mother's big villa, otherwise there would be too many people.

Changjun, Changhuan and the two children of their third brother, Chengyao and Chengwang, are of similar age, so the four children went together to play. Changyi, Changan and Sumian, who are of similar age, also went together to chat.

Talking to each other about school.

Mr. and Mrs. Feng didn’t know how to cook before, but after working in the countryside for more than ten years, they are now capable of doing anything.

The elders were not the kind of people who wanted to wait for food, so they all wanted to go to the kitchen to help.

Father and Mother Lu said, "We are not very good at cooking, let's pick some vegetables for them."

Father Su, "I am a professional chef, I will cook."

Father Gu said, "Then I'll chop the meat." He didn't know how to cook either.

Gu's mother and Su's mother looked at each other and asked, "Shall we take a break?"

Father and Mother Feng said, "You are the guests. It is enough for the two of us to come. You can sit down and have a rest, chat and eat melon seeds."

"That won't work. With so many people to feed, it will take you two so long to finish the job."

"That's right, everyone together."

Anyway, several elders got busy together, some were picking garlic and some were picking vegetables.

It seems that young people like Su He are very idle and have nothing to do.

Feng Shuning pulled Su He and said, "Xiao He, come upstairs with me. I'll show you a piece of clothing."

Su He followed his third sister-in-law Feng Shuning upstairs.

Feng Shuning opened the closet and showed it to her. "This green one, doesn't it look good?"

"It looks good, sister-in-law."

Su He thought the woolen coat she bought in the department store was nice enough, but compared with her third sister-in-law's, it was nothing.

Not only the color, but also the material of this one is better than hers.

Just that button, hers is shiny gold and hers is grey.

"Sister-in-law, did you buy this from Beijing?" Su He asked.

Feng Shuning shook his head, "He's not from Beijing, he came from abroad."

"My dad's friend sent it to me in the mail."

Su He, "I thought it was so beautiful, it doesn't look like something we have in our country."

She had seen something similar to her third sister-in-law's dress in a system magazine, but it was foreign clothing.