On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the third team of New Year's goods sellers stopped selling New Year's goods and focused on slaughtering pigs at home.
Aunt Gu didn't come, and neither did anyone from her husband's family. The main reason was that she went back to her parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and the round trip made her, with her big belly, feel a bit cold and dizzy in the car.
Because the Gu family sold New Year's goods, many villagers earned money as a result, and many people came to help slaughter pigs.
Moreover, they didn't eat; they just helped slaughter and clean the pig before going back.
The Huo family elders thought the Gu family had always had a good relationship with the village, and had no idea that in previous years, Grandma Gu and her three sons had handled the pig slaughtering themselves.
This year, the villagers have really made money, and they are very enthusiastic.
Grandpa Huo stood with his hands behind his back at the entrance of the main room. Looking to his left, he saw a floor covered in pig's blood, pig hair, and pig offal. Looking to his right, he saw, oh, the flowers and plants that Brother Ye planted. They are very precious!
The Gu family is truly a magical existence!
Don't be fooled by the fact that Old Master Huo often gets so angry with General Peng that he pretends to be sick for days. He's actually in very good health.
In the afternoon, he also helped Grandpa Gu clean the meat.
The Gu sisters, along with Huo Yanyu, sat in the main room making sausages without any help from the adults.
The younger wives were responsible for cutting and marinating the meat.
Grandma Xiao and Grandma Huo kept the fire burning to keep the water hot.
Grandma Gu was chopping bones and arranging how to divide them: one piece for her daughter, one for the Huo family, one for the Zhou family, and she didn't include the Li family. She knew about Gu Nian and Li Muyan's relationship, but she wasn't familiar with the Li family. These were her pigs, why should she give them to strangers?
If the second son and his wife want to give it away, they can take it and give it away themselves; she won't share it anyway.
The three Gu brothers took Lu Zheng and Huo Junhao to the back mountain to chop and carry firewood. If they chopped enough for a month, they wouldn't need to go into the mountains to carry firewood during the first month of the lunar year.
That evening, Gu Nian showed off her skills again, winning over the Huo family elders. Her siblings declared that they liked Sister Nian Nian the most!
The family was harmonious and happy, and even with the addition of Lu Zheng and his two grandsons, as well as the Huo family's four grandsons, there was no disharmony.
With the pig slaughtered, it's time for the last two days of shopping for New Year's goods.
Grandpa Gu announced that the winners and losers would be revealed on the evening of the 29th.
The results were obvious: the children's team came in first, the mother's team second, and the father's team third.
With two spies, Lu Zheng and Huo Junhao, the father team has no chance of winning.
Uncle Gu glared angrily at the two brats, and he didn't give them a kind look all the way up to New Year's Eve.
Huo Yanyu used her earnings to make five gold flowers, pure gold, exquisitely crafted. The Gu sisters loved them very much; each flower was about the size of their little finger, and each had their name engraved on the bottom.
She gave ten taels of the remaining money to Grandma Huo and Grandpa Huo, saying that it was the money she earned when she was ten years old and that her grandparents should not complain that it was too little.
She bought tea for Grandpa Gu, a beautiful headband for Grandma Gu and Grandma Xiao, and gifts for Zhang, Cai Xiaolian, and Yang. Even little Gu Ren received one.
Gu En objected: "Silly girl, why didn't you buy it for me?"
Huo Yanyu gave him a speechless look: "And you're still a student! If I buy it for you, that's called a secret transaction! If people find out later, they'll force you to marry me."
Gu En: "Didn't you say you wanted to be my second uncle's adopted daughter? Then we're siblings!"
Huo Yanyu: "My brother is also sworn brothers with Brother Yuan, so Brother Yuan is also my sworn brother. Look, did I give Brother Yuan anything? I'm telling you, Brother Enzi, a boy shouldn't be so stingy, you know? My brother didn't even give me a gift, and you still want more?"
Gu En: ...I'm so angry! I'm the only one in the family who didn't get a gift. I work hard for a month and still have to hand over money. What kind of life do I have?!
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