Chapter 76

New Year's Eve Dinner

After finishing his meal, Fang Xin sat for a while and then took the dog back home.

She took off her shoes and got on the kang, turned over twice, found a comfortable position, and slowly fell asleep.

The dog lay back in his nest and took a nap with his eyes closed.

When Fang Xin woke up, he looked at the time and found that it was already past two o'clock. He had slept for more than an hour.

So he got up and went downstairs to add coal to the stove.

When the dog heard Fang Xin's movement, it woke up, stretched, yawned, and looked at Fang Xin with squinting eyes.

She is not a person who likes crowds very much. Even in the past, she would sit there bored. She would rather stay at home and feel more comfortable. She plans to go there later. She doesn't know whether to stay up all night tonight, that is, to celebrate the New Year.

It is said that the God of Wealth will come to the house on the day of the New Year's Eve. Family members stay up all night waiting for the God of Wealth to come, expressing their desire for wealth.

But she doesn't plan to stay up all night today. She doesn't want to stay up late. It's the end of the world, so she doesn't care whether the God of Wealth comes or not.

Fang Xin climbed onto the kang again. He didn't want to watch TV anymore and planned to take out a book to read, but he didn't know what to read, so he just read whatever he could.

Fang Xin took out a book and looked at it. It was a novel, "The Domineering CEO Falls in Love with the Mentally Disabled Me".

What the hell, is that domineering president still in good shape?

Throw it aside and keep the primer.

She took out another book, "The Female Academic Genius Falls in Love with the Yellow-haired Boy". Well, the academic genius should study hard and stop being in love all day long. Put away your romantic thoughts. Studying is more important than the yellow-haired boy.

The boiler is drawn.

Another book, "Goodbye, Curtain", suddenly a line popped into my mind, "You just lost a leg, but she lost her love."

Love is more important than life

No, no, no, nothing is more important than living a good life. Love is the icing on the cake.

If you meet someone, cherish him/her. If you don’t meet someone, don’t force it.

Of course she doesn't want to get married and have children.

It's the end of the world, how can I have the mood to think about love?

"Postpartum Care of Sows". It seems that his sows do not need any care, because they have some magical grass and they are fine after eating it. But it is indeed a good book, so I will keep it.

"Illustrated Guide to Wild Vegetables".

Good book, keep it.

Fang Xin didn't like any of the books, so he spent the whole afternoon picking out books and put the useless books aside. He couldn't throw them away, as they were very valuable as a starter.

While Grandma Li was talking on the walkie-talkie, Fang Xin went to her second parents' home.

When Fang Xin entered the room, it was still filled with heat.

White mist was swirling all around, and I felt like I was about to join the ranks of the immortals.

"Grandma, do you still need to keep watch at night?"

"No, we'll just have some dumplings together tonight and that'll be it."

"Nowadays, people keep things simple on all festivals, and there is not so much emphasis on it."

"Yeah, okay, what's the filling?"

"Beef and green onion."

"OK."

"I didn't dare to eat the green onions before, but with the chive seeds, I can have new onions to eat in the future."

"Grandma, you can eat green onions. Leave a small piece of the green onion root and plant it again so new green onions can grow."

Grandma Li slapped her thigh, as if she had missed out on a billion. "Yes, if you hadn't told me I wouldn't have remembered it at all."

Old man Wang smiled and said, "We are old now, and our brains are not as active as those of young people. We will understand in the future."

Grandpa Li continued, "Tomorrow we will start making wooden troughs and plant the vegetables. The sooner we plant, the sooner we can eat them."

"Okay, let's do it tomorrow and make a bigger trough."

"It doesn't have to be too big, just one meter square will do, and make a few more."

"You two families can grow vegetables together in one house and light one stove. This way you can save the firewood for the stove and grow more vegetables."

Grandpa Li thought for a moment and said, "But the sunlight can't reach the whole room."

"Yes, I have a fill light."

Grandma Li's idea is to plant a few pots of vegetables in the house where she lives, but it is definitely not enough to eat, and it takes up space. She thinks Fang Xin's method is feasible, but using lamps will waste diesel, which she is a little reluctant to do.

Fang Xin understood what Grandma Li was thinking, "In fact, using a battery pack to drive a few lights doesn't use much electricity, and it saves fuel compared to using a generator directly."

"And you only need to add light for a few hours during the day, not at night."

After thinking about it, they felt that Xin Xin was right, so they decided to do as Fang Xin said.

The three of them were making dumplings while chatting.

Of course Fang Xin is responsible for the idle chat.

Grandpa Li rolled the dumpling wrappers, Old Man Wang and Grandma Li made the dumplings, and Xiao Kai helped. They had no use for Fang Xin at all, and they didn't need Fang Xin either.

Fang Xin didn't say anything polite; her only job was to wait for food.

Time passed quickly as they chatted. The steaming dumplings were served on the table, and the leftovers from lunch were also heated up and served.

The hearts of several people were as hot as this dumpling.

A few people sat together, chatting and laughing while finishing the New Year's Eve dinner.

Even the dog at my feet has dumplings to eat and also celebrates the New Year.

After dinner, clean the table neatly.

They all put on the red sweaters Fang Xin gave them.

Looks very festive.

Several people had happy smiles on their faces, and they felt warm in their hearts wearing the clothes.

Xiao Kai happily ran to Fang Xin and turned around, "Look, sister, is it pretty?"

Fang Xin looked at Xiao Kai who was wearing a red sweater, and he immediately became more energetic. "It looks good."

Grandma Li took out a bag from the cabinet and took out the things inside one by one. "Grandma doesn't have anything valuable to give you. I made two small cushions and a hand-woven scarf. Please don't reject them."

Fang Xin took it and looked at it. There were two small square pads made of cotton, which were menstrual pads. The scarf was also woven very thickly, and it seemed that a lot of wool was used. "Thank you, grandma. I can use them all. I like them very much."

"As long as you can use it."

Old Man Wang rubbed his hands nervously and said, "Well, Xinxin, I don't have anything valuable to give you, so I made a box for you. I hope you don't mind."

After hearing this, Xiao Kai ran out happily and brought in a box. Although it was not polished or waxed, it was polished very smoothly without any burrs.

There are actually patterns carved on it, with flying phoenixes on the left and right sides and a small daisy pattern carved in the lower right corner.

There is not even a single nail, and it is a mortise and tenon structure.

I didn't expect that Old Man Wang's skills were quite good.

Fang Xin took it and looked at it. The box was square and had three layers in total.

Old man Wang stepped forward, pressed the top corner with one hand, twisted it to the left, and the box opened like a blooming flower.

It turned out to be a revolving jewelry box.

This thing cannot be made in a day or two. It is very labor-intensive and requires a lot of effort.

Although she didn't need it, she still accepted it and said politely, "Thank you, I like it very much."

Old man Wang's tense hands relaxed immediately, "As long as you like it."