Chapter 306 New Year's Eve Dinner
On the morning of New Year's Eve, Su Runruan got up before dawn.
She thought she had gotten up early enough, but as soon as she walked out of the room, she saw Grandma Chen busying herself.
"Grandma, when did you get up?"
Granny Chen was cooking sweet potato porridge. She smiled at Su Ruanruan and said, "You just got up a while ago. You ran all day yesterday. Aren't you tired? Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"How can I sleep in today?"
After they had breakfast, they cleaned the house and the yard.
After cleaning the yard, Grandma Chen took out the sticks, wire, plywood and red paper she had prepared early in the morning and made lanterns.
After finishing it, Su Runrun wrote the words "Happy Chinese New Year" on it.
When the candles were lit at night, most of the children in the production team would be extremely jealous.
Su Ruanruan is no longer a child, but she is still very enthusiastic in making lanterns with Grandma Chen.
After making the lanterns, it’s time to start preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner.
The New Year’s Eve dinner here is usually eaten at noon, and dumplings are eaten in the evening.
In previous years, Grandma Chen also took great pains to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner, but it was never as sumptuous as this year’s. After all, the conditions were different.
Every dish in the New Year’s Eve dinner has its own meaning.
Chicken stewed with mushrooms symbolizes good luck, braised fish represents abundance every year, fried meatballs represent reunion, braised pork trotters represent good fortune, and potatoes in batter represent sweetness.
In addition to these main dishes, there are also two cold dishes and two stir-fried dishes.
After all, there were only Grandma Chen and Su Ruanruan, and they prepared too much for them to finish.
That was all there was, and the two of them couldn't eat much, so they had to save the rest for later.
But we can’t not prepare food just because we can’t finish it. After all, it is the New Year and we need to pray for good luck.
Xiao Chengjin arrived just as the meal was ready.
He was holding a basket with some vegetables in it.
On a day like this, it would be inappropriate to ask Xiao Chengjin to stay for dinner.
Grandma Chen took the dishes that Xiao Chengjin brought, packed some of her own dishes for Xiao Chengjin, and asked him to take them back.
Before leaving, Xiao Chengjin came close to Su Ruanruan and whispered that he would come over in the afternoon.
After seeing Xiao Chengjin off, Su Runrun and Grandma Chen sat down to prepare for dinner.
Granny Chen and Su Ruanruan don't drink, but if they don't have something to drink on days like this, it always seems like something is missing.
Su Ruanruan walked around in the treasure space and finally took out a can of rice wine.
Heat up the rice wine, it tastes sour and sweet and is very appetizing.
After they clinked their glasses, Granny Chen picked up her chopsticks and said, "Eat more vegetables. Eat everything!"
Granny Chen doesn’t like to say anything sentimental. She prefers to prepare all the good things so that Su Ruanruan can eat well and wear good clothes.
Su Ruanruan first picked up some food for Grandma Chen, and then ate it herself, "Grandma, you should eat too!"
Although it was just the two of them celebrating the New Year together, it was still warm and lively.
After lunch, the two of them rested for a while before starting to knead the dough and make the fillings for dumplings.
Grandma Chen got some one-cent, two-cent, and five-cent coins and washed them several times in water. When it was time to make dumplings, she put the coins in the dumplings one by one.
"Let's see if you can eat it tonight." Grandma Chen said to Su Ruanruan.
Su Ruanruan smiled and said nothing when she heard this.
How could we not have them? One out of every ten dumplings would contain a coin. If we couldn't have them, what would we expect next year?
(Chapter 7)
(End of this chapter)
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