I heard a few people chatting that there would be a projectionist from the village on the third day of the Lunar New Year, and there would be an open-air movie under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village.
This is really good news. She had seen that kind of open-air movie in the village when she was a child in her previous life.
The whole family, young and old, will go out, bring benches, and go early to grab a good seat.
Not only people from his own village, but also people from several surrounding villages would come, and the scene was very lively.
After they finished chatting, they distributed some candy peanuts and continued walking towards the village.
After walking around, most of the people's pockets were empty, but they were filled with New Year's goods given to them by others.
By the time we got back to the educated youth site, it was already late.
Everyone started preparing to make dumplings. They cleared the kang (big bed) and the boys brought the kang tables from their own rooms.
The dumpling filling and fermented dough are placed on the side, and the bamboo strips used to hold the dumplings are placed on the other side.
Now it’s up to you all to show your skills.
Lin Zuxin, Chen Ming and Zhang Yuan rolled the dough, and the rest of the people made dumplings.
Xu Manman observed that the girls all performed well. Yue Feng was also quick and good at wrapping, while Zhou Ming's wrapping was the most beautiful. The folds were very even, but his movements were not fast.
Zhan Tianqi...well, his dumplings don't leak.
Li Xiao is better than Zhan Tianqi. At least he looks decent, but his speed is... Liu Hua next to him has finished wrapping 4, but he is still slowly processing the one in his hand.
In the warm house, we made dumplings and chatted, occasionally being amused by someone's jokes, and the house was filled with cheerful laughter.
Everyone worked together and it took nearly two hours to wrap all the fillings.
After cooking, we didn’t go to the kitchen and everyone gathered in the house to eat.
"Manman, these are the most delicious dumplings I have ever eaten." Liu Hua was amazed the first time he took a bite of the dumplings.
"Yes, yes, it's really delicious. It's filled with egg. I've never tasted anything like this." Zhang Yuan also nodded in agreement.
"If it tastes good, eat more. I'll ask you to make the filling later."
Xu Manman also felt that she had prepared the filling well today. She added dried shrimps to the three-fresh filling, which increased the flavor, but it was not fishy at all.
When Xu Manman was eating the second dumpling, there was a crunch. She widened her eyes and took the hard object out of her mouth.
"It seems that the first lucky person has appeared today." Chen Ming said with a smile as he looked at the coin Xu Manman took out.
"Yeah... I had it too." Zhou Ming was next.
When making dumplings, each person put a clean coin in it.
In the end, Xu Manman ate 3, Liu Hua ate 2, and Xu Meili, Chen Ming, and Zhang Yuan each ate one.
Yue Feng, Zhan Tianqi and Lin Zuxin were the only ones left without any reward. Although they didn't find any coins, it didn't affect their good mood.
We made too many dumplings today, and even though everyone was working hard, we only ate half of them.
Since there is leftover from lunch and dinner, we have a plan for tomorrow's meal.
After eating dumplings, the party didn't end yet.
Today is New Year’s Eve, and we have to stay up all night to welcome the new year.
A few people gathered some melon seeds, peanuts, candies and snacks, and gathered on the big bunk bed to play mahjong, with boys in one group and girls in another.
The boys who didn't have a turn to play would act as advisors to the girls. After all, they were all new to the game, so they had to be taught the rules from scratch.
Compared to the fierce fighting on the boys' side, the girls' side seemed slow and leisurely, often making the military advisor very anxious.
Before I knew it, it was late at night.
Zhan Tianqi always kept an eye on the time. He glanced at his watch and asked everyone to stop.
Everyone stopped what they were doing, held their breath, and watched Zhan Tianqi's gestures start the countdown.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! Happy New Year!!"
"Happy New Year!!"
Amid the cheers, we hugged the people around us and wished each other a happy new year.
This is the first time in Xu Manman’s two lifetimes that she is not celebrating the New Year with her parents and brothers. Fortunately, she has her cousin and such a group of lovely friends.
"Thank goodness I have you, Xiao Jin." Xu Manman said silently to the system in her heart.
"Ding! Check-in point detected. Do you want to sign in?"
Hmm? The cooldown period for the sign-in point at the entrance of the Youth House hasn't expired yet, right? Besides, here? Can I sign in?
Xu Manman looked around but didn't see the sign-in cursor.
Never mind, just sign first. She has plenty of sign-in points.
"Sign in."
Everyone dispersed and went back to their rooms.
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