New Year’s Eve.

Shen Xiangxi, Su Jieru and Han all came back from the county town.

Mr. and Mrs. Han and Shen Xiangxi both brought a lot of things, which were New Year's goods distributed by their units, and there were quite a lot of varieties.

Shen Ruoqing volunteered to write the couplet.

She actually writes calligraphy quite well, and the Shen family is quite supportive of her.

Especially Mrs. Ji.

"My sweet baby is really multi-talented. Look at his handwriting. It's really beautiful. Even more beautiful than Principal He's handwriting."

Principal He is the principal of the school in their village. During the Chinese New Year, everyone likes to write Spring Festival couplets and asks Principal He to write them because his handwriting is vigorous and powerful, and very beautiful.

"Mom, can my handwriting compare to Principal He's?" Shen Ruoqing felt a little embarrassed by the compliment. Old Mrs. Ji had too strict a filter for her.

The neighbor next door heard that Shen Ruoqing's calligraphy was good, so he brought a couplet to ask Shen Ruoqing to help write one. He said that Shen Ruoqing was the incarnation of Wenquxing, and the couplet she wrote must have a good meaning.

Somehow, in addition to a few neighbors nearby, several families from farther away also came to ask Shen Ruoqing to write couplets.

Old Mrs. Ji felt that this was a great honor and she smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth. She was also very generous and gave people a handful of melon seeds when she saw them coming. She listened to the villagers constantly praising Shen Ruoqing, and her old face was smiling like a chrysanthemum.

The family first cleaned the house inside and out, and then had lunch with meat, vegetables and soup. Of course, the New Year’s Eve dinner in the evening would definitely be even more sumptuous.

In the afternoon, Shen Ruoqing and his friends had nothing to do, so they started playing poker.

Those little ones were definitely no match for Shen Ruoqing, and soon their faces were covered with white stripes.

Old Lady Ji, Han, and Su Jieru were busy in the kitchen all afternoon. Because Shen Ruoqing said that fried mushrooms were delicious last year, they made a lot of fried mushrooms this year. They also made a lot of fried meatballs. And today, Old Lady Ji couldn't bear to kill her own egg-laying hens, so she bought two non-laying hens and ducks from other people in the village and was killing and plucking the chickens and ducks.

On the night of New Year’s Eve, the Shen family set up two tables for a reunion dinner.

Although Han was the main chef, Old Lady Ji still wanted Shen Ruoqing to show off her cooking skills. Shen Ruoqing thought about it and made sweet and sour pork tenderloin. The rest was done by Han, who also made the finale dish - Dongpo pork elbow.

Han was worthy of having studied in a state-owned restaurant for so long. Seeing her cooking process of heating the wok and oil like flowing water, Su Jieru couldn't stop praising her.

Shen Xiangbei said that he had never seen such a Dongpo pork elbow. It looked so tempting and had such an overbearing aroma that it went straight into his nose. Even without tasting it, one could tell that it was soft, tasty, juicy and delicious!

Dongpo pork elbow is the last dish. The other dishes have been prepared long ago. Once all the dishes are ready, the New Year’s Eve dinner officially begins.

The whole family ate and drank, and praised the New Year's Eve dinner this year. After all, they had not eaten such good food in previous years. All the chicken, duck, fish and meat were prepared, without leaving out a single one. Everyone's eyes were glowing.

Of course, the most popular dish is the Dongpo pork elbow.

Seeing the Dongpo pork elbow, Shen Hanwen and Shen Hanwu immediately wanted to grab it with their chopsticks, but Shen Xue was no longer the submissive person she used to be. She refused to give in and grabbed a large piece of meat for herself while also grabbing a piece for her sister Shen Yun. The battle at the children's table was fierce.

Fortunately, Shen Ruoqing sat at the adults' table. The others were also envious of the Dongpo elbow, but they were still restrained. Old Lady Ji first picked up a large piece for Shen Ruoqing, and then they picked up the rest.

"Sister-in-law, your cooking skills are amazing. They are not much different from those of the chefs in state-owned restaurants. I think you can also become a head chef." Shen Xiangxi gave a thumbs up.

"Eat more if you like it." Han said with a smile.

After dinner, they stayed up all night. Shen Xue pulled Shen Ruoqing to jump rubber rope in the dark. The rubber rope was exchanged with a classmate using the hair ornament made by Han.

"Little ball, kick it with your feet, Malan blooms twenty-one. Two eight two five six, two eight two five seven"

Shen Ruoqing hadn't jumped rubber rope for many years, so she found it quite interesting to play like this.

After coaxing the little girl, the three sisters and Shen Ruoqing all yawned and went to sleep. The adults stayed up all night, eating melon seeds, and looked surprisingly energetic.

Early in the morning on New Year's Day, Shen Ruoqing ate dumplings stuffed with green onions and meat, then got up to wish her mother a happy new year and received a generous red envelope.

Her nephews and nieces lined up to say auspicious words to her and asked for red envelopes, and Shen Ruoqing gave them all. Then she saw Shen Hansong finished his New Year greetings and didn't want her red envelope.

"Aunt, I'm already 16 years old this year, I can't ask for red envelopes anymore."

"Silly boy, you are not an adult yet, why don't you want the red envelope? It's given to you by your aunt, so just keep it." Shen Ruoqing forcefully stuffed the red envelope into Shen Hansong's hands without any explanation.

"Thank you, aunt."

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Compared with last year, there are obviously more people coming to pay New Year's greetings this year. Fortunately, Grandma Ji prepared a lot of candies, melon seeds and other things, so those who came to pay New Year's greetings all took a handful of melon seeds, peanuts or candies and left.

Ji Meihua also came to wish everyone a happy new year.

Ji Meihua was wearing a leather coat and was showing it off to Old Lady Ji.

"Cousin, why are you still wearing the same clothes as last year? Didn't your eldest daughter-in-law find a job in the county town? And your third son, isn't he a tractor driver? Why didn't I buy you some clothes?" Ji Meihua's eyes flashed with pride.

"Meihua, your clothes are made of leather. Oh, they are very smooth to the touch. They look beautiful and fashionable! They push our cotton-padded jacket made of homespun cloth directly into the mud! Where did you buy this? Who bought it for you? Which child of yours is so filial?" Someone touched it with envy.

"This fur coat looks really nice, but it feels thin. Sister-in-law, is it warm enough?"

Ji Meihua touched her fur coat with pride and cherishment.

"Warm, how can it not be warm? My children are not that filial. This was bought for me by my future grandson-in-law. He specially asked someone to bring it from the big city. There are only two pieces in total, one for me and one for my eldest granddaughter. I heard that they can't buy it even if they want to. What do you think of this child? I am so old, why do I still want to wear such fancy clothes? I don't want to, but I am afraid that the child will be unhappy. Well, I still rushed to be fancy before I get old, and let the old sisters laugh at me!"

He said he didn't want it, but he kept touching it here and there as if he wanted it so much, which made a bunch of old ladies jealous.

"Grandson-in-law? Your girl Xinyi has a boyfriend? When did it happen? Who is the boyfriend?" Someone caught the key words.

"Who else could it be? It must be Li Zhiqing who lives in our house. He immediately fell in love with our little girl Xinyi. I am also an open-minded head of the family. Since the two children love each other, it is not easy for me to do anything. I am not the evil person who would break up the couple. I will just let them look around for now."

"What? Li Zhiqing and Xinyi are dating? When did this happen?"