Chapter 121 New Year’s Eve!
121 New Year’s Eve!
Shen Yiyi felt that the time passed particularly quickly after returning home.
Look, it’s New Year’s Eve in the blink of an eye.
This day is particularly meaningful because it is the last day of the year, which is called the Chinese New Year.
Starting from tomorrow, the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is the New Year.
Of course, different places have different opinions.
But the New Year's Eve dinner is the same all over the country. Even the busiest and poorest families have to make good preparations on this day.
Lao Qin's family is well-off, and the New Year's Eve dinner they prepare is also extraordinary.
The first dish was stewed meat, which contained pork belly, spare ribs and boiled eggs, all cooked in one pot.
The second dish is goose stewed in an iron pot. There is a whole goose in it. This goose was sent by Lin Dazhi as a side dish!
The third dish was a large plate of steamed shrimps.
The fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth dishes are stewed fish, fried lotus root and meatballs, stir-fried bamboo shoots with pork slices, stewed radish with large bones, and stir-fried cabbage with oil residue.
There were also drinks and wine that Qin Feng bought.
So this New Year’s Eve dinner is of course nothing to complain about.
Shen Yiyi thinks that goose stewed in an iron pot is so delicious and fragrant!
Not only her, but also Qin Lie, Qin Feng, Qin Hong, Qin's father and Qin's mother were the same. Even Qin Ningning had a special liking for fried lotus root and meatballs. She ate the fried meatballs while drinking a drink, and even took a chicken leg and chewed it until her mouth was full of oil!
Jiang Xiangyi felt like she really didn't fit in with this family. These dishes were so greasy, how could they eat them with such relish?
Even my daughter was conquered by these greasy and delicious foods. After just a short time back, her face had become rounder.
She has lost her former elegance and turned into a country girl!
"Sister-in-law, why don't you eat anymore? Are you full?" Qin Hong asked.
Jiang Xiangyi saw that everyone was looking at her, so she quickly picked up her chopsticks and said with a smile, "I'm eating, it's all delicious."
There is no other way. When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head and try hard to fit in.
But she really didn’t like this New Year’s Eve dinner. Only the steamed shrimps were barely edible!
But after spending these days together, everyone knows her personality and no one cares about her. If anyone sees her, they just pretend not to see anything.
Qin Feng didn't care. He enjoyed the meal very much when he came back.
The same thing happened with this New Year’s Eve dinner, which moved him to tears. This is the taste of home. It has been so many years since he came back to taste the taste of home-cooked meals.
It’s still as delicious as I remember!
It can be said that the whole family, except Jiang Xiangyi, enjoyed the New Year's Eve dinner to their heart's content.
After we finished eating and cleaned up, we started giving out red envelopes.
Shen Yiyi gave big red envelopes to Qin's father and mother, giving each of them 200 yuan, but the amount could not be seen inside the red envelopes, and she didn't say how much it was.
As for how much Qin Feng and Jiang Xiangyi gave, they didn't ask. It was up to each of them to give according to their own feelings.
In addition to the red envelopes for Qin's father and mother, there are also red envelopes for Qin Hong, the sister-in-law, and Qin Ningning.
Gave Qin Ningning a red envelope of ten yuan.
Qin Hong's red envelope was also 200 yuan.
Qin Hong knew at a glance that it must be a lot, and she felt embarrassed, "Third sister-in-law, I'm already this old." Zhao Sixi was two months younger than her and was already married.
"In the past, Third Sister-in-law didn't give you any red envelope because she didn't make money on her own. This year, Third Sister-in-law makes money on her own, so you just keep it. You can keep Third Sister-in-law's red envelope until you get married." Shen Yiyi smiled and handed it over.
"Just accept it if your third sister-in-law gives it to you." Qin Lie also said.
Qin Hong felt embarrassed to accept this huge red envelope.
Jiang Xiangyi originally didn't prepare anything for her sister-in-law, but when she saw Shen Yiyi gave it to her, she also packed a ten-yuan gift.
Of course, this is not small.
The red envelopes given to the neighborhood children are all worth 20 cents. It’s just a token of my appreciation, because most people’s red envelopes are just a few cents, and 10 cents is actually too much.
Because at this time, you can spend every penny.
One cent can buy a piece of fruit candy, two cents can buy a box of matches, and five cents can buy a red bean paste popsicle!
The 'Da Dao' brand cigarettes that adults smoke only cost 20 cents a pack!
Therefore, a red envelope of two cents is a considerable income for children.
But I suffered a loss this year.
Shen Yiyi was pregnant with twins yet, so she couldn't take back the red envelope.
Also because her belly is big, Shen Yiyi doesn't need to go to pay New Year's greetings or anything like that, she can just stay at home.
It was Qin's father who took Qin Lie, Qin Feng, Jiang Xiangyi, Qin Ningning, and of course Qin Hong to visit neighbors, relatives, and friends to wish them a happy new year.
But Shen Yiyi is not bored at home.
The daughters-in-law of the neighbors would come to visit.
For example, the patriotic daughter-in-law Wang Zhaodi and the Chen family's daughter-in-law Zhao Guihua, they both came to buy tea leaf eggs to sell, and they really made a small profit this year.
Now that it’s the New Year, I came to visit.
Shen Yiyi brought out fruits and snacks to treat them, and there was no problem in chatting and laughing with them.
Wang Zhaodi smiled and said, "I feel more comfortable talking to you. I can't talk to your sister-in-law." Seeing that Jiang Xiangyi had also greeted her, but the other person just turned her nose up at her, she didn't want to say a word to Qin Feng's wife.
Zhao Guihua is similar.
Shen Yiyi didn't say much about Jiang Xiangyi. When guests came, she just greeted them.
As the topic was being discussed, the topic turned to Shen Yiyi's belly, and she asked if she had gone to the hospital to check whether it was a boy or a girl. Now you can check it and you can tell the gender at a glance.
Shen Yiyi said she was waiting to open the blind box and didn't ask any questions after checking it.
No matter whether it is a boy or a girl, it is her and Qin Lie’s child, and she will love it.
Although Qin's father and mother are eager to have a grandson, their eyes are red with longing, but in fact it is also due to the thinking of the older generation, they do not favor boys over girls.
He treated his two daughters, Qin Ru and Qin Hong, equally. He did not mistreat or abuse them. On the contrary, he taught them both very well.
He also loves his granddaughter Qin Ningning very much.
It’s just that Qin Ningning gets along well with her aunt Qin Hong, and also with her grandfather Qin’s father, but she is not close to Qin’s mother and hides when she sees her.
Mother Qin didn't show it on her face, but she was very dissatisfied in her heart!
Once again, it reminded her of what her granddaughter had once called her over the phone, calling her a bad grandmother.
Of course she didn't blame her granddaughter. What does a child know? She just learns what adults teach her!
All of this is due to the old lady. She definitely taught me everything!
Let’s not talk about these for now. The neighbors’ wives who came over were also very talkative. Shen Yiyi didn’t even need to find topics to talk about. They were chatting lively.
Mother Qin was also very happy to see everyone when she came back from visiting, and treated everyone to peanut candy and snacks.
Although they usually prefer a quiet life, the house should be lively and bustling during the Chinese New Year!
If the family is still deserted during the Chinese New Year, how unpopular would that be? It also means that the family is not popular among the neighbors.
But Qin's mother was famous for her good relationships with people, and Shen Yiyi was also talkative. There were several people coming over later, and they were all kept by Shen Yiyi and Qin's mother to chat and laugh.