For the New Year's Eve dinner, the whole family used both kitchens. Everyone brought something with them, and with Ye Zi's preparations, the dinner table was extremely rich.
Ye Zi wanted to help but no one let her. She saw that except for the old man, the old lady and Chen Ye, the rest of the family were very busy. All kinds of fragrance filled the yard. Fortunately, her family was the only one living here, otherwise the neighbors would be envious.
The eldest brother really treated her like a child and even bought firecrackers. This was also the first time Chen Ye set off firecrackers to celebrate the New Year.
"Little sister, if you light it, get out of the way quickly, or let fourth brother do it." Cen Zixiang kept muttering with a worried look on his face.
Chen Ye refused directly: "No, I haven't set off any firecrackers yet, you can't snatch them from me."
"Okay, okay, okay, Fourth Brother won't snatch it from you. But you better be careful or your new cotton-padded jacket will get damaged." This sounded a bit sour.
His own mother treated her own son like a treasure on the first day, but acted as if he didn't exist the next day. She didn't even buy her old son a new piece of clothing, but instead dressed her niece Ye Zi in new clothes from head to toe.
Chen Ye held back her laughter. She could smell the sour smell from such a long distance away. Chen Ye also had bad intentions. She got up in the morning, put on new clothes, and kept hanging around Cen Zixiang, which made Cen Zixiang very angry. This little girl had learned bad habits at such a young age.
"Okay, look at you being so stingy. I have a new sweater knitted for you in my room. Go get it and change into it later."
Cen Zixiang's jealousy suddenly subsided: "Really? It has to be my little sister. Am I the only one who has it?"
Chen Ye...what kind of sweet dream are you having?
"Of course not. My four brothers each have one, and my grandparents also have new ones. But my knitting skills are not very good, I can only stitch flat."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. I thought I was the most important person in my little sister's heart. It turns out I was just being sentimental."
Chen Ye rubbed the goose bumps on his arms, glanced at Cen Zixiang and told him to experience it himself. His other three brothers received a lot of pocket money every month, unlike you who only came to me for delicious food.
After striking a match and lighting the fuse, Chen Ye quickly ran away. Cen Zixiang also quickly moved away when he saw this. The crackling sound of firecrackers rang out, heralding the beginning of the new year.
Chen Ye's kang was really big, and it was quite spacious enough to hold two tables. The whole family was chatting, laughing, eating and drinking, and it was so lively. Chen Ye felt that all this was just a dream, so light and unreal.
The meal lasted from four o'clock to seven or eight o'clock. After the table was cleared, Chen Ye took out the cards for everyone to have fun. The other table was full of dried fruits and candies, and everyone gathered together to chat. No one wanted to take a break.
It is quite difficult for this big family to get together, and no one wants to waste the short time they have spent together.
Around ten o'clock, Chen Ye went to the kitchen to get the cooking board, and the whole family started making dumplings together. This is a specialty of Northeast China. Dumplings must be eaten at midnight on the 30th of the lunar year, representing joy, reunion, and good luck.
Even families with poor conditions would make a few vegetarian dumplings with two kinds of flour and eat one or two per person for good luck.
Chen Ye has a small greenhouse, and the stewed dumplings here are much richer than those of many other families. There are dumplings with celery filling, leek filling, cabbage filling, pure meat filling, and mutton filling. Each dumpling has a bulging belly and floats in the big pot. It looks delicious.
Take a bite with garlic paste, the fragrance is so good that you can swallow it with your tongue. Outside, firecrackers are blasting one after another, and steaming dumplings are served on the table. Only on this day can you set off firecrackers so unscrupulously. If you try this at other times, someone will come to cause trouble.
They were all edible. Hundreds of dumplings were eaten cleanly. Everyone sat on the kang and didn't want to move. However, a few young people couldn't bear to watch and quickly went downstairs to clean up the dishes. They couldn't leave dirty things into the new year during the New Year.
After everything was packed up, a few young people started to wish their elders a happy new year. Chen Ye also went back to his room and took out the gifts he had prepared for his family.
Her craftsmanship is average, and since her grandparents don't go out, it's not shameful for her to wear the hand-knitted sweater at home.
He couldn't look down on his four brothers, but he couldn't do that to his uncles. They were all leaders who were very prestigious when they went out, so Chen Ye didn't dare to do it himself.
The cashmere sweater she bought from Haishi looked high-end and was extremely expensive. Chen Ye felt heartbroken when she paid for it. But thinking of how good her family was to her, she had to bear the pain.
Chen Ye had a bag full of red envelopes, and under Cen Zixiang's envious and jealous eyes, he gave gifts to everyone in the family.
They would not despise the child's intention even if it was not good. But when they opened the neatly wrapped oil paper package and saw what was inside, the old couple loved it very much. It didn't matter whether it was expensive or not, because it was knitted by their granddaughter herself.
This child didn't miss a single thing. They had no idea that their granddaughter had this skill.
Chen Ye... Well, just for these few pieces of clothing, she was busy in the office for several months.
The four brothers also realized that this was the craftsmanship of their little sister. Although it was ordinary, it was their little sister's intention. When they returned, they would show it off in front of their comrades to prevent those people from being jealous and saying that they spoiled their sister too much.
As for the elders, when they opened it and saw the cashmere sweater inside, they could tell that the quality was not cheap. Although it was not knitted by their niece herself, it was obvious that she had put a lot of effort into the quality, and they all praised it endlessly.
Chen Ye felt that her thick skin was turning red because of the praise. What she had was nothing. Compared with what they gave her, it was nothing. But it felt really good.
Cen Zixiang was even more exaggerated. He put it on and walked back and forth: "This clothes is very warm, little sister, when the store opens, I will buy you a bright red one to wear. It will definitely look good on you, little sister."
Why is he thinking about making food for his little sister? This dress is so nice, it will last for at least several years.
When she heard about bright red clothes, the smile on Chen Ye's face froze. She didn't like too bright colors.
"Haha, no need, auntie, what auntie bought for me is enough for me to wear," she deliberately put emphasis on auntie.
You'll be so mad at me. Your biological mother, my second aunt, treats me much better than she treats you.
Cen Zixiang knew what his younger sister wanted to express at a glance. He ruffled Chen Ye's hair with amusement and then ran away quickly. His fighting skills were not as good as his younger sister's. He had to save face by letting his younger sister press him to the ground during the New Year.
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