"Little child, little child, don't be greedy, after the Laba Festival comes the New Year; Laba porridge, drink for a few days, then it's the 23rd; on the 23rd, worship the Kitchen God; on the 24th, sweep the house; on the 25th, grind tofu; on the 26th, stew pork; on the 27th, kill a chicken; on the 28th, paste New Year pictures; on the 29th, go buy wine; on New Year's Eve, make dumplings; on the first day of the new year, stick your butt out and bow wildly."
This is a folk song about Spring Festival customs. Although not every household prepares according to what the folk song says, everyone worships the Kitchen God on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, and then begins a thorough cleaning. Each household then prepares its own New Year's goods according to the situation.
It feels like we've been busy all year just to celebrate this one New Year.
They usually don't eat or drink much, but as the New Year approaches, the town is unusually crowded.
Especially as the Lunar New Year approaches, the town becomes more crowded. Many people are looking forward to going to town to buy things on New Year's Eve, especially in the afternoon when there are many shoppers. Meanwhile, the sellers are eager to go home for the New Year and often offer discounts, which is why there are so many people buying things.
Although sellers are aware of this situation, unless they are not afraid of not being able to sell all their goods, they can only suffer this loss.
Suffering a loss is a blessing!
They could only console themselves with this thought, even though they didn't seem to have suffered any losses. At most, they earned about the same as usual, since prices had soared during the Lunar New Year period.
Lin Chaodong and his group went to town on the afternoon of New Year's Eve.
Yue Jiuyue didn't get arrogant or care about the meager sums just because she had money.
Watching her three sons set off, each carrying a basket on their backs, Yue Jiuyue thought that these boys who knew how to manage a household were really good.
Even knowing that they were now wealthy, they didn't start spending money extravagantly. Instead, they remained the same as before, except that they weren't as careful about what they ate, afraid that if they ate one more bite, others would have one less bite.
So, everyone gained weight this winter, which is a normal phenomenon in Linjiagou Village, and their family didn't seem out of place at all.
So what if they're a little rounder than other people? Well, their family members all like to gain weight, they even gain weight from drinking cold water.
Villagers: Your family gains weight even from drinking cold water? Well, your family really knows how to pick the right time to gain weight. You didn't gain weight from drinking cold water before, but you've gained weight this year.
"Mom, how do you write 'bianshi' (扁食)?"
While making dumplings, Ms. Liu was also studying diligently.
"Just like that, the flat part is a dot, then a horizontal stroke, a horizontal line, and a left-falling stroke..."
Yue Jiuyue dipped her index finger in water and wrote on the table for Liu Shi to see. Even though Liu Shi forgot what she had learned, Yue Jiuyue did not give her a perfunctory answer or refuse to teach her.
"Oh, I see."
As Liu looked at the words Yue Jiuyue had written, she nodded repeatedly.
These characters look easy; she can learn them at a glance.
"Little girl, stop making a mess. Keep squeezing your little rabbit. In a little while, Mommy will steam it for you and eat it, ha!"
While dismissing the mischievous little girl to make rabbits out of dough, Madam Liu continued to ask Yue Jiuyue:
"Mom, how do you write 'rabbit' again? And what about 'steamed bun', 'baozi', and 'wowo'..."
Liu Shi then rattled off a list of dishes, and Yue Jiuyue sighed inwardly. It seemed she wouldn't be making dumplings today.
"That's how rabbits are written: rabbit, one stroke..."
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