Wu Zhiqiu, Liu Cuiying, Fenglan, Fengchun, Chunni and Xiulan started to get busy. There were many people in the family, so they had to divide the food into two tables. The portion of each dish was large, and if there was less, there would not be enough for each person to eat with chopsticks, so it would be better not to cook at all.
The men have nothing to do during the day. They just put up couplets, play cards and wait for the reunion dinner.
Li Xinghu took a few brothers to post couplets, and the third brother Xingsong took a few children to watch
"Uncle, what are the words written on this couplet?" Li Mantun asked a respected old teacher in the village to write the couplet. He used to be a teacher in a private school and was the most civilized person in the village. He wrote beautiful calligraphy with a flourish.
Manman was young and couldn't understand what was written on it, so he asked the third child beside him. Xingsong and Dabao also looked at the third child.
The third brother pretended to read for a while, "Catch the toad and squeeze it to make it pee!" He read it out while shaking his head.
Li Mantun standing in the courtyard...
Li Mancang didn't know him either. "Second brother, shouldn't couplets be festive?"
"That's a long way to go!" Li Mantun shouted loudly and went back to his room in anger. He could teach his nephew a lesson, but his elder brother was like this too. He was speechless. Who could write "toad" or "urine" on a couplet? Why are you pretending to be so stupid if you don't know how to do it! Idiots cannot be taught!
The children at the door looked at the third child with contempt.
The third brother...isn't he? He looks like him!
Li Mantun walked back to the house awkwardly. He didn't know the man and it was not embarrassing.
The women were busy in full swing, and by the time the New Year's Eve dinner was ready, it was past one o'clock. If they ate at this time, they would skip dinner and wait to eat dumplings at midnight.
People in the village started setting off firecrackers.
Li Mancang and Li Mantun closed the door and started setting off firecrackers. Setting off firecrackers before the New Year's Eve dinner is called "closing-door firecrackers", which means that in the coming year, the ground will be full of gold and silver, the house will be full of prosperity, and the money will not flow out.
When eating dumplings in the middle of the night, people also set off firecrackers, which are called opening firecrackers. They symbolize bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, welcoming the God of Wealth, and receiving blessings.
After setting off firecrackers, the family started to eat the reunion dinner. The men drank at one table, and the women and their children sat at another table. The dishes on the table were all served in small pots, so there was always enough!
The old man and the old lady were very satisfied when they looked at the sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner. Every year was better than the last, and they felt more and more hopeful about their lives.
Li Mancang took out two bottles of Moutai and spent the New Year extravagantly
Li Mantun immediately grabbed it and said, "Oh my god, big brother, we are not blind if we drink this. Let's just drink a little to relax. Save this wine for gifts later!"
"It's a waste of money to give you this wine. Bring it to me. This is a gift from my eldest son to me. Just drink it in pieces. It's like a cow chewing an oyster. You can't taste the flavor of this wine! Save it for me and drink it slowly!" The old man stretched out his hand to ask his second son for it.
Li Mantun thought that they would go blind from drinking such expensive wine, so they should save it for later when something important happened. But when he heard his old father's words about putting the wine into the private storehouse, he couldn't even smell the wine.
Several younger generations also looked at the wine eagerly, they also wanted to try it!
"Dad! Dad! It's New Year's Day. Let us have a taste so that we can broaden our horizons!" Li Mantun said with a grin.
"Didn't you say you were blinded by drinking?" The old man looked at Li Mantun.
"What nonsense! It tastes delicious even in the stomach. It's not nonsense at all. I was wrong, Dad!" Li Mantun said in a flattering manner.
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