Next, we'll prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.
At five o'clock in the evening, the family sat down together and began to eat their New Year's Eve dinner.
Before dinner, Lin Yuan brought the record player over to her parents' side, put on a record, and the family ate while listening to music, creating a lively atmosphere.
Tonight's New Year's Eve dinner is very lavish, with ten hot dishes and two cold dishes.
Six steamers: braised pork strips, stewed chicken, stewed mutton, stewed ribs, four-happiness meatballs, and Laba porridge.
These were all prepared beforehand; today, we can simply steam them until they're hot.
Knowing that Lin Yuan would be back for the New Year, Aunt Chu specially made extra Laba porridge for them to eat when they came back. She froze a few bowls so that Lin Yuan could heat them up for him when he returned.
The other four hot dishes are stewed carp, sweet and sour ribbonfish, Mapo tofu, and sweet and sour tofu balls.
Cold potato salad and cold bean sprout salad are two cold dishes.
Lin Yuan and Uncle Lin poured some wine and asked Zhao Huanhuan and Aunt Chu if they wanted some, but they both refused.
Aunt Chu and Zhao Huanhuan drank tea, clinked glasses with the father and son, and the whole family toasted together, chatting and laughing happily, saying auspicious words, and slowly eating their New Year's Eve dinner.
They ate from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and the atmosphere was very warm and cozy the whole time!
There's a stove inside; if any dish gets cold, you can put the plate on the stove to reheat it before serving.
They couldn't finish ten hot dishes and two cold dishes. They ate a little of everything. Today's meal was all about being plentiful, a reward for their hard work throughout the year.
The father and son drank a bottle of baijiu (Chinese liquor), and Zhao Huanhuan then realized that Lin Yuan's alcohol tolerance was indeed quite high, as he could drink half a jin (250ml).
They stopped drinking, and Aunt Chu and Zhao Huanhuan started cleaning up, washing the dishes, and putting the leftovers in a steamer basket. They took it out and put it in the grain room, covered it tightly, and it froze overnight, so it could be stored for several days.
Tomorrow is the first day of the lunar new year, and they will eat vegetarian food instead of meat. What's left over will be enough for Uncle Lin and Aunt Chu to eat for several days.
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