Chapter 254 New Year's Eve Dinner

After selling the beef, He Tingyue saw that Jiang Yu was exhausted and asked her to go inside to rest.

"I'll do the rest. The New Year's Eve dinner is simple. We can all eat hot pot together. Just make

a simple pot base." The main thing is to eat meat, so make the pot base and cut the beef and mutton.

There are limited vegetarian dishes, only potatoes and cabbage.

Apart from anything else, there is enough meat today.

Jiang Yu was happy and relaxed, so she went to the cellar to get some vegetables and sat in the house to peel them.

Xu Lihua walked into the yard and looked around. She looked at the big pot of beef and mutton in Jiang Yu's house, then at Jiang Yu's chicken, and then at the bacon and duck hanging in the kitchen.

She swallowed her saliva. Jiang Yu's family didn't have to worry about meat at all.

"Aunt Xu, why are you coming to my house when you're not at home preparing the New Year's Eve dinner?" He Feiyan looked puzzled.

Xu Lihua said angrily, "What's wrong? Can't Aunt come to chat with you? Lin Rui is busy, why would she need me?"

She reluctantly withdrew her gaze from the beef and went straight into the house.

"Hey, Jiang Yu, why did you peel the potatoes?"

Jiang Yu paused, looking at the smooth potatoes in his hand.

"Don't you have to peel the potatoes? Otherwise, the taste is not good."

Xu Lihua shook her head repeatedly, looking very disapproving.

"You are too wasteful. People in the past could even eat tree bark, so why can't potato skins be eaten?"

Jiang Yu didn't like to talk about such trivial matters with her, so he changed the subject. "Aunt Xu ,

you came here just to teach me how to peel potatoes?"

"Of course not!" Xu Lihua looked evasive, and from time to time she glanced at He Tingyue outside.

She was mysterious and hesitant, and Jiang Yu couldn't stand it. "Aunt Xu, what do you want to say?" Xu Lihua finally spoke: "Didn't the Security Department have a vacant position when we caught the spy last time?" The nails who had colluded with the spy were all pulled out. One of them was from the Security Department. Jiang Yu knew about this, "Do you want this job?" Xu Lihua clapped her hands and grabbed her hand excitedly. "If Jiahua can get this job, Auntie will be grateful to you from the bottom of my heart." Jiang Yu pulled her hand out, "Auntie Xu, I can't help you with this matter, and it's not my business." Xu Lihua hurriedly said, "Your husband is the head of the security department. It's up to him to let Jiahua in or not?" "How can the work scheduling in the factory be a matter of his words? He doesn't have that much power." Regardless of whether He Tingyue would agree or not, she would not agree on his behalf if she came to Jiang Yu for help. Unless she has the ability to solve this problem herself. "Auntie Xu, you should go home and prepare the New Year's Eve dinner. My family is busy." Xu Lihua was very unhappy and glared at her. "If you don't want to help, there will be people who are willing to help. Just wait and see!" Jiang Yu didn't say anything back and watched her leave. New Year's Eve dinner, family reunion dinner. Yao Xiangling brought Jiang Xin to the house, Jiang Ye was the last to arrive, Jiang Yu distributed the newly bought shoes to them and asked them to sit next to try them on. Jiang Xin was very surprised, "Sister, do I have one too?" "Of course, everyone has one! Ye, you two and your aunt go over and try them on to see if they fit. You don't need to help here." He Tingyue had already sliced ​​the beef and mutton from all parts, very generously, and did not use plates, but a large basin. Two dining tables were spliced ​​together, with two copper stoves in the middle, so everyone could eat openly. Xu Lihua saw that Jiang Yu was so generous and even called her family members over, so she naturally found fault again. "Old Lin, your daughter-in-law is still the best. There is no reason to invite her family to celebrate the New Year. This is nothing but extortion." Lin Hongxia smiled, "When the family's wealth is gone, Xiao He will know what kind of daughter-in-law he married." "That's right, I'll see how he cries then!" Xu Lihua was depressed. When she thought of Zhang Jiahua's affairs, her brows were furrowed. She wanted to scold Jiang Yu over and over again. Jiang Yu naturally couldn't hear these words, she was busy eating meat. The table was full of meat and vegetables, but there was no staple food. Because after eating hot pot, everyone had to sit together to make dumplings. Eating dumplings in the evening, today is definitely the most filling day of the year. Lai Liuzi and Tieniu were so happy that they could not remember a Chinese New Year as lively and rich as today. After eating the hot pot, everyone cleaned up the mess together. Strength lies in numbers, and they finished it quickly. He Tingyue brought in the kneaded dough and the prepared meat fillings. He rolled out the dough, and the others made dumplings. There were three kinds of fillings in total, beef, mutton and pork. With so many people, it would not be enough if they made less. Jiang Yu roughly counted and found that they made more than 300 dumplings with three kinds of fillings in total. Some were steamed in the pot, and some were boiled directly. When the dumplings came out of the pot, He Feiyan turned on the TV and the antenna signal was connected. He Zhengdong ran outside to set off firecrackers, and ran back in with his ears covered. The sound of firecrackers mixed with the noise. Jiang Yu smiled and took out the red envelopes she had prepared in her pocket. "Happy New Year! Come and get your New Year's money!" Giving two to each person, she also gave He Tingyue's. When it was Lai Liuzi and Tie Niu's turn, they were both stunned. They looked at each other and hurriedly declined. "Sister-in-law, we don't need it. We are not children."

He Feiyan was the first to object: "Then I am not a child, so I can't accept it? Jiang Ye is one year older than me, so he can't accept it either?"

Jiang Yu smiled and stuffed the red envelope in.

"You two call me sister-in-law, which means you are my juniors, so you have to accept it. This is the new year, and I am your sister-in-law's blessing to you. I hope we are all safe and sound."

Lai Liuzi and Tieniu held the red envelopes, their eyes red.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Jiang Yu patted their shoulders and gave it to Yao Xiangling last.

Yao Xiangling said angrily: "They are all given by the elders to the younger generations. How can I accept your red envelope?"

Jiang Yu stuffed the red envelope directly into her pocket and took her arm.

"Aunt, let's not talk about etiquette today. This is a gift from He Tingyue and me to you."

Yao Xiangling smiled with relief and did not refuse.

She also prepared red envelopes, and distributed them to everyone in the room one by one.

After this round of distribution, everyone prepared to eat dumplings and watch TV.

Jiang Yu leaned against He Tingyue, with stars in her eyes, and looked up at his profile.

This was the happiest New Year she had ever had.

"There are a lot of dumplings. Let's send some to Granny Ma later."

Granny Ma was alone and had limited conditions. She must have had a boring New Year.

Jiang Yu thought that the more she could take care of her, the better.

He Tingyue lowered his eyes and looked at her, and his heart was moved by her kindness and thoughtfulness.

"You and I were thinking the same thing. I just asked Zhengdong to send it. I guess everyone has eaten it by now."

"That's good!"

Lai Liuzi and Tieniu drank wine at the New Year's Eve dinner, and Jiang Yu wanted them to stay overnight.

They refused, thinking that the He family already had many people, and if they were to live there, it would be very crowded.

Jiang Yu asked He Tingyue to escort them out of the alley, and repeatedly told them not to stay outside and go home directly.

Although they had drunk some wine, they were not drunk.

In the past, they only felt the biting cold wind when walking on this road, but today they felt warm from body to heart.

Tie Niu touched his pocket and smiled foolishly.

It was filled with the New Year's money he received today. He never opened it to see how much was in it.

Because what he cared about was never the money, but the feelings of his family.

"Sixth brother, sister-in-law and brother Yue are so good to us."

Lai Liuzi looked up, and the moon was particularly round today.

The cold wind blew on his face, but it didn't hurt anymore.

"Yes, except my father, no one in my life has been so good to me."

Tieniu said in a muffled voice: "Except my sister-in-law, no one in my life has been so good to me."

Lai Liuzi patted his shoulder, "If you don't mind, just move out of your house and live in my house."

His house has three rooms, and it usually feels deserted. It's more than enough to have Tieniu.

Tieniu hesitated. He is different from Liuzi. He has a family.

Even if those family members will always try their best to dig money from him.

Lai Liuzi didn't force him and let him think about it carefully.

In the evening, Lai Liuzi took out the three red envelopes he received from Jiang Yu.

He opened Yao Xiangling's first. There was a big reunion note inside. This was a lot of New Year's money.

Then there were the red envelopes from He Tingyue and Jiang Yu, which also contained big reunions.

In one of the red envelopes, there was a bicycle ticket.

Lai Liuzi stared, turned over from the bed, and looked at the ticket over and over again.

Bicycle tickets are so precious, so many people want to spend money to buy them but can't.

Jiang Yu gave the thing to him in one go.

Lai Liuzi covered his eyes, and tears rolled down his cheeks.