Chapter 181 New Year's Eve Dinner

181 New Year's Eve Dinner

New Year’s Eve arrived as expected.

When I woke up early in the morning, I felt that everyone's mental outlook was different.

Isn’t it the purpose of having a good New Year that we all work so hard throughout the year?

So no matter what unpleasant things happened in the past, let’s put them behind us today and be happy.

No one wants to celebrate the New Year with a heavy heart, and this is not a good sign.

Even if it was Jiang Xiangyi, she had no intention of bringing bad luck to her.

On New Year’s Eve, people eat dumplings for breakfast and porridge for lunch, because they want to clear their stomachs and save room for the most important New Year’s Eve dinner in the evening.

After a simple lunch, Shen Yiyi, Qin Hong, and Qin's mother started to get busy.

New Year’s Eve dinner is a big event, and men basically have nothing to do with it.

They can help with making dumplings and a few home-cooked dishes on a daily basis, but they can’t handle the New Year’s Eve dinner.

It still has to be a woman.

But the men were not idle either. Qin Lie and Qin Feng took over the tasks of killing geese, chickens and fish.

As for Qin's father, he was playing with his grandchildren in the house.

Jiang Xiangyi saw that everyone was busy, so she didn't want to sit there doing nothing. When Qin Hong saw her come in, she said, "Sister-in-law, can you help break the cabbage?"

"Okay!" Jiang Xiangyi likes this live person.

Cooking has nothing to do with her.

The family proceeded with the work in this way with a reasonable division of labor.

Last year, Qin's mother cooked it, but this year Shen Yiyi is in charge. This dish has a little more ingredients than last year.

There are two more seafood dishes.

Last year there were only shrimps on the table, but this year there are oysters and giant crabs.

Shen Yiyi bought this from Lin Dazhi's cousin Zhou Xin, who worked on the black market street.

It wasn't Shen Yiyi who went there specifically. She didn't know about these things. It was Zhou Xin who came here and asked on his own initiative.

He said that there was a batch of good stuff coming and asked if I wanted some.

Is there anything else you don’t want? You must buy some to prepare for the New Year’s Eve dinner.

The big crab was steamed, and the oysters were similar, except that some chopped garlic, green onion and chili were sprinkled on top, otherwise the flavor would be a bit lacking.

This is high-end ingredients, which often only require the simplest cooking methods.

In addition to the three seafood dishes, goose stewed in an iron pot is also a must-try dish.

There is also chicken stewed with mushrooms.

Next is the fried meatballs. Because they contain lotus roots, they taste crispy and fragrant, and the taste is amazing.

The last dish is the fish stew which is indispensable every year.

The rest is vegetarian.

There is steamed pumpkin, cabbage with oil residue, and finally a bowl of kelp and pork ribs soup.

Including the soup, it makes ten dishes, which makes it perfect.

This New Year's Eve dinner is quite a feast.

"Old man, bring Ningning, Hengheng and Fantuan over to have the New Year's Eve dinner!" said Qin's mother with a smile on her face.

Father Qin took his two grandsons and granddaughter and came out.

"It smells so good!" Qin Ningning's saliva was almost flowing out.

Not to mention my daughter, isn’t Qin Feng the same?

I couldn't help but secretly give my brother a thumbs up.

He was extremely envious of his brother and sister-in-law's cooking skills, as he could not eat these dishes during the New Year in the border area.

The most memorable year was the one I ate instant noodles...

Qin Lie was naturally overjoyed when he received his elder brother's envy. He looked at his wife and said, "Thank you for your hard work, my wife."

Shen Yiyi smiled and said, "My mother, younger sister, and elder sister-in-law are helping me."

But even with help, cooking this New Year's Eve dinner is not an easy task.

But let’s not talk about this during the Chinese New Year. Let’s all sit down and eat!

Qin Hong went over and opened the drink.

There are a lot of new drinks this year, and they all taste pretty good. Shen Yiyi also asked for a bottle.

Qin Lie opened a bottle of wine. He was determined to have a drink with his father and his elder brother.

But Qin's father refused to drink with him and let the two brothers drink instead. He was busy feeding his eldest grandson in his arms.

Hengheng enjoyed eating the meat that grandpa fed him so much. He also liked meatballs.

The young man had a good appetite, which made Qin's father very happy.

The same goes for the rice ball in his grandmother's arms. His little mouth is full of oil, and he eats meat, eggs and shrimps. However, Qin's mother doesn't only feed him meat, she also feeds him some vegetarian food.

The two brothers had good appetites and finished the food in one go. It seemed like they didn't chew it much.

Other people's children can't even swallow a mouthful of rice no matter how hard they chew it, but Shen Yiyi is worried that her two children will swallow the food without even chewing!

However, seeing that the two brothers were very adaptable, Shen Yiyi just ignored them.

They are still young and won’t understand even if I tell them. It is innate. If they are still like this when they grow up, they will have to be taught.

After feeding the two little brothers, Qin's father and mother were unwilling to put them down.

Isn’t this the New Year’s Eve dinner? It’s for the whole family to get together and eat.

The old couple just ate their own food, and the two younger brothers were also very well behaved. After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they lay leisurely in their grandpa and grandma's arms and watched everyone eat.

Also looked at the drinks their sister was drinking.

Qin Ningning ate the stewed goose leg and then had a sip of drink. The taste was really great.

"Brother, do you want a drink?" Qin Ningning asked when she saw that they were a little hungry.

"My brother is still young and can't drink beverages yet." Shen Yiyi said with a smile.

Qin Ningning nodded, "Then wait until they grow up before drinking."

Qin Hong peeled a crab for her niece, "Ningning, try the taste of this crab."

"Thank you, auntie. You eat it, I'll just eat the shrimp."

Qin Hong smiled and told her to keep it for herself. She then asked her sister-in-law, "Sister-in-law, how come we have these seafood here?"

"I heard from Zhou Xin that some merchants had shipped some to the provincial capital. They have channels in the provincial capital, so they shipped some here for us to try to sell. However, the quantity was not large. When I went there, if Zhou Xin hadn't left some for me, I guess they would have been sold out."

As Shen Yiyi spoke, she got two oysters for Qin Lie to eat. People said this thing was a gas station for men, and she didn't know if it was true or not, so she let her man try it.

Qin Lie looked at his wife, clinked glasses with his elder brother with one hand, and stroked his wife's hand with the other hand.

Shen Yiyi couldn't break free even if she wanted to!

However, the atmosphere of this year's New Year's Eve dinner was obviously more lively than last year.

Because they have two older grandchildren, even though the two brothers can’t speak yet, they can chat a lot.

I guess by next year, they will start giving advice at the dinner table.

Qin's father and mother were obviously also very happy.

Especially Qin's mother, because she was in a good mood, seeing that Jiang Xiangyi liked to eat seafood, she said: "Big brother's wife, you should eat more too."

"Mom, you too." Jiang Xiangyi responded and said something back.

But just this sentence gave her goosebumps.

She really doesn't know how to say sweet words to her sister-in-law, nor does she know how to use sugar-coated bullets to the elderly couple!

The reason you suffer losses is because of your honest character!