Chapter 75
Chinese New Year
Time quickly came to the next day.
It's windy today, very windy, and there's a little snow.
Fang Xin was still exercising in the morning. Although it was the New Year, he did not slack off. He was just that hot.
After exercising, Fang Xin went into the workspace to wash off the sweat, then came out and changed into home clothes.
Grandma Li's voice came through the intercom.
"Xinxin."
Fang Xin picked up the intercom from the dining table and said, "Yes."
"Come over for lunch later."
The lunch on Chinese New Year’s Day, as the name suggests, is the New Year’s Eve lunch, an important moment for family reunion.
Generally after lunch, there will be many activities in the afternoon, such as setting off firecrackers, fireworks, visiting friends, going out to play with friends, or pasting up couplets and window decorations.
Although there are not many activities now, the Chinese New Year has been deeply engraved in the genes of the Chinese people, and it has become a habit on the Chinese New Year.
"good."
Since it is Chinese New Year, of course we want to have a good time. New Year, new atmosphere, let’s change into new clothes to change our mood.
Fang Xin wore something brighter, a long light pink down jacket, with a Hengyi base layer underneath and a thick white cashmere sweater on the outside.
A thick white scarf was wrapped around her neck.
The lower body is still wearing the constant temperature pants as the base, and then a pair of jeans over a pair of pound cotton pants, and then white snow boots.
Everyone has to wrap themselves up like a bear to keep out the cold, but she doesn't need to, because she has a constant temperature jacket.
Constant temperature hats, constant temperature gloves, constant temperature masks, and even socks are made of constant temperature fabrics.
Fang Xin also brought new clothes for the four people, all of them were thick cashmere sweaters.
Everything is red, it’s time to celebrate the New Year.
Xiao Kai's and Grandma Li's are a bit pink, and the color looks nice.
The two old men's are dark red, which is resistant to dirt and wear.
Fang Xin picked out very expensive cashmere sweaters, which were also very warm to wear.
They are all clothes from the port. Fang Xin put the good quality ones together separately, so he can find them when he wants to wear them, which is convenient.
I went out and took out two dishes that I had prepared long ago and a 2L bottle of orange juice from the snow pile.
They definitely had no shortage of meat and vegetables now, so Fang Xin avoided what they had. He ordered a steamed shrimp and a stir-fried vegetable, both of which he had stockpiled before the apocalypse. There were two large portions, more than enough for them, and they could be eaten just by heating them up.
Fang Xin called the dog and said, "Let's go, Tuntun, let's go to grandma's house to celebrate the New Year."
"Woof."
When we arrived at the second elder's house, the air was filled with the aroma of food and the lively laughter of four people.
There was also white steam blowing towards my face.
The two elders built a stove in the kitchen, which they usually used to process livestock meat. Today there were many dishes, so the two large iron pots came in handy.
The two elders were reluctant to light the stove in the living room because the heat generated by cooking and the cold air would collide with each other and produce a lot of steam.
Xiao Kai was very happy to see Fang Xin, "Sister, Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year."
Grandpa Li, "Xinxin is here," he looked down and saw the dog's eyes full of doting, "Xiaotuntun is here too."
"Woof."
"Wait a moment, the meal will be ready soon."
"Well, no hurry."
"Grandpa, I brought two dishes." Fang Xin walked into the kitchen and placed the two dishes she brought on the stove.
Grandma Li opened it and took a look. "It turned out to be prawns and stir-fried vegetables, both of which we don't have. Thank you for your hard work and thoughtfulness."
"It's okay, you can do two less, so it won't be too hard."
"You take two, and Old Man Wang also takes two dishes, one spare ribs and one pig's trotter. Then make four more dishes for us to have eight dishes in total."
"Okay, let me help."
"No, go in and rest. We don't need you. The three of us are enough."
Fang Xin was not being pretentious. In fact, she didn't like cooking and felt it was too troublesome.
That's why she went to the hotel and stocked up so much food.
In this life, she can live the way she wants and do whatever makes her feel comfortable.
"By the way, I got you a new dress. Try it on when you have time to see if you like it." Fang Xin lifted the dress in his hand.
"We like it. We like whatever you give us."
"Sister, is there any for me?" Xiao Kai raised his hand and asked like a primary school student.
"Yes," Fang Xin waved the bag in his hand, "Everyone has one."
"Hey, this is yours." Fang Xin took out Xiao Kai's and handed it to him.
Xiao Kai took the clothes and turned around happily, "Great, thank you sister."
I went into the house and put the clothes for several people on the sofa, put the orange juice on the dining table, and took off my down jacket and hung it on the hanger at the door.
Then he sat lazily by the stove.
The dog didn't go out to join in the fun, but just lay down at Fang Xin's feet.
After about half an hour, the meal was served.
There were 8 dishes in total, including Fang Xin's prawns and stir-fried vegetables, Old Man Wang's spare ribs and pig's trotters, and 4 more dishes, namely a chicken stewed with mushrooms, a braised fish, a beef brisket stewed with potatoes, and a cold salad.
It can be said to be quite rich. Even before the end of the world, these dishes were very rich, and in the end of the world they are truly delicacies from heaven and sea. How many people can't even eat enough of them now? These are the delicacies that many people dream of.
Grandpa Li, "Xinxin, can you eat the rice?"
"OK."
So Grandpa Li took out a big steel basin, filled it with a bowl of rice for Tuntun, and put some chicken pieces and pork ribs in it, filling the whole basin.
"Tuntun, come here and have dinner." Grandpa Li greeted the dog in a gentle voice.
The dog looked up at his owner.
"Go ahead."
Grandpa Li also likes the dog very much and doesn't feel sorry for feeding the dog meat and rice.
When the dog went over to eat, Grandpa Li took the opportunity to rub the dog's yellow head.
Grandpa Li prepared the dog's food, washed his hands, and called everyone, "Hurry up and sit down. Let's eat."
Five people sat around the dining table.
On Fang Xin’s left is Grandma Li and on his right is Xiao Kai.
Xiao Kai diligently filled everyone's glass with orange juice.
Before dinner, Grandpa Li took the lead in raising his glass of orange juice. "Happy New Year, comrades. I wish you all good food and drink, and a safe and smooth life in the days ahead. Cheers."
Several people raised their cups and clinked them together, saying in unison, "Happy New Year."
The chicken stewed with mushrooms made by Grandma Li was delicious. Fang Xin enjoyed it very much. She and Xiao Kai were only responsible for eating, and the three old people chatted while eating.
Grandma Li moved the stewed chicken with mushrooms directly to Fang Xin so that Fang Xin could pick up the food more conveniently.
"I never thought that our lives would get better and better." Grandpa Li said with emotion as he looked at the dishes on the table.
"Yeah, I never dared to think about it before. I had to hand in the fish I caught after much difficulty." Old Man Wang was quite touched. "I never thought I could have such a good life. It would be great if I could exchange for other supplies."
"What do you want to exchange?"
"Change to some salt, sugar, and vegetables."
"I have some vegetable seeds here. I found them on the floor of the house when I went to the countryside with Xiao Kai to look for a pot last time."
"That's really great. We can have fresh vegetables to eat in the future." Old Man Wang said excitedly.
"Yeah, that's right. Although the packaging has been opened, there is still a lot of it inside. I'll give you some. You can plant a few pots indoors."
Grandpa Li went on to say, "I was lucky to have picked up a few bags. I think others threw away the vegetable seeds because they were inedible."
"Okay, I'll take some back and exchange them with you for supplies."
"What do you want to exchange? Didn't Xiao Kai and I find this when we went out to look for supplies? No need to exchange it. Xiao Kai also has a copy."