Chapter 444 New Year's Eve Dinner

It's not nice to accept such valuable things from others for no reason.

Gu Cheng nodded and added, "He has many children."

Liu Yinyin understood that families with many children usually do not have enough food.

For example, Comrade Zhong Aihua from the Post Office...

Liu Yinyin couldn't help but slap her head, she almost forgot about this.

I have to write a letter to my hometown later to ask if there is anyone in the countryside who needs to exchange dried seafood.

This thing is also sold in my hometown, but the price is definitely much more expensive than here.

Although it costs a little bit of postage to exchange supplies with people on the island, when you think about it...it's actually cheaper than buying them directly.

As the year draws to a close, Gu Cheng doesn't have to go to work these two days.

I will go to the army tomorrow to arrange some work and then I can take my annual leave, and I can rest until the third day of the New Year.

This trip to Qing City, in addition to buying pork, there was another thing.

Gu Cheng smiled and said, "Have you found a solution for the house?"

"Really..." Liu Yinyin asked curiously, "Where is the house? Is it big? How much does it cost?"

Although prices are low these days, buying a house...will cost at least thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Gu Cheng: "It's very close to the train station. The house is quite new, about 70 square meters. However, it's not a detached house, it's a small building."

Liu Yinyin nodded secretly. It was good to be close to the train station, as it would be convenient for her to go to the black market to trade supplies.

Moreover, a house of more than 70 square meters is not small these days. It is almost the same size as the house that Gu Cheng borrowed last time.

Liu Yinyin asked with concern: "Is it expensive?"

In fact, the family’s current savings are not that much.

I spent almost half of my family's savings buying wild ginseng and other medicinal herbs.

Gu Cheng said, "Three thousand yuan."

Liu Yinyin was surprised: "So cheap?"

You know, Qing City is a big city, and a house of more than 70 square meters will definitely cost more than 3,000 yuan.

Gu Cheng nodded, without saying much, and only said: "I'll take you to see it next time. If you like it, we'll buy it."

It would be nice to have a house in Qing City, so that I don’t have to have a place to stay when I go to Qing City in the future.

The family could still afford 3,000 yuan, so Liu Yinyin said, "Okay, let's take some time to go and have a look after the New Year..."

It just so happens that Gu Cheng is free during this period, and as for Liu Yinyin, she can go if she wants to.

Mrs. Liu is unemployed now, so she can take care of the children.

I just don’t know when Jiang Cuihua will come over.

After buying a roast chicken, I don’t have to cook any other dishes at night. I can just stir-fry some vegetables and have dinner.

Time passed quickly and soon it was New Year's Eve.

After traveling to this world for so long, this is the first time that Liu Yinyin spends the New Year outside.

Not only her, but also Brother Liu and Brother Liu are the same.

On this day, everyone has a day off.

Early in the morning, Liu Yinyin went to the supply and marketing cooperative. Today the supply and marketing cooperative was crowded with people.

There were so many people lining up to buy things that you could hardly see the end of the line.

Of course, the supply and marketing cooperatives also supplied a lot of materials today.

There are pork, mutton, chicken, duck, fish, and a lot of vegetables.

Because she had an acquaintance, Liu Yinyin quickly bought a piece of pork, a piece of mutton, two ribs, two pieces of tofu, a handful of celery, a pound of kelp, and six cans of fruit.

I didn't buy anything else. When I was almost home, Liu Yinyin smuggled out a piece of pork, a pig's trotter, and half a chicken from the system.

A handful of leeks, a handful of Chinese cabbage, and a bag of apples.

When we got home, no one was at home except Mrs. Liu and a few children.

Mrs. Liu smiled and explained, "She couldn't stay at home, so she said she was going to the beach to get some fish and shrimp."

Liu Yinyin: “…”

The wind is very strong at the seaside, but they are not afraid of the cold.

Liu Yinyin gave the meat she bought to Liu Ersao.

"Second sister-in-law, you can do it."

Mrs. Liu opened her mouth and said, "So much meat?"

Not only these were bought by Liu Yinyin, there are also some in the kitchen, which Gu Cheng bought in Qing City two days ago.

There are still two pounds of pork, a pig's trotter, and a big ham left that I haven't had time to eat yet.

The 10-pound ham was too big for the family of three to finish. Liu Yinyin was thinking about sharing the ham with everyone after the New Year's Eve dinner.

Brother Liu and Brother Liu also didn't eat for free, they each brought some food with them.

Brother Liu brought a pound of pork, a sea fish, and six big crabs.

Brother Liu brought half a goose, a basket of eggs, and a few live bullfrogs. No one knew where Brother Liu got them from.

Mrs. Liu was right, there were simply too many different kinds of meat in the house.

There is so much meat that you definitely can’t finish it in one meal.

But it doesn’t matter, the weather is cold and you can leave the meat and eat it slowly.

"Mom, I've never seen so many good things in my life." Sister Liu couldn't help but exclaim, "The lives of ordinary people like us are getting better and better."

There were so many delicious foods at home that Liu Ersao was a little undecided for a moment.

"Little sister, what are we going to eat tonight?"

Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and said, "Let's make a few more dishes for everyone to enjoy, such as old duck soup, sweet and sour spareribs, chicken stewed with mushrooms, chopped pepper fish head, pickled fish, cumin lamb, steamed crabs..."

"And bullfrogs. Make a dry pot of bullfrogs, and stir-fry two vegetarian dishes, braised tofu, and spicy kelp shreds. And the staple food is white flour steamed buns?"

There are exactly ten dishes, and I think the men in the family can finish them all.

First, get rid of all the miscellaneous meat and save the pork for making dumplings tomorrow.

Mrs. Liu felt dizzy after hearing this. She hooked her finger and said, "Okay, I'll ask you later if I can't remember it."

Preparing the New Year's Eve dinner for so many people is not easy, as it involves washing, cutting and cooking vegetables.

Liu Yinyin didn't let Liu Ersao work alone.

After carrying the children to the small beds in the living room and coaxing them to sleep, Liu Yinyin went to the kitchen to help wash the vegetables.

"Little sister, there is something that my sister-in-law would like to ask you and your brother-in-law for help."

Liu Yinyin turned around and glanced at her: "Second sister-in-law, we are all family. If you have any questions, just tell me directly. I will definitely help if I can."

Mrs. Liu sighed and said, "It's about Hu Zi... I was thinking of sending Hu Zi to a nursery, otherwise I'll have to take him with me wherever I go."

Now that she has lost her job, Liu Ersao plans to go out to sea to pick fruit with the villagers on the island next year to earn some pocket money to supplement the family income.

"That's it." Liu Yinyin smiled, "It should be no problem. I'll tell Gu Cheng later. But... like Ye Ye, I have to pay some tuition fees."

The primary schools and nurseries built by the troops are free for children living in family homes, which can be considered a benefit for military families.

Children of villagers on the island can go to school if they need it, but they have to pay tuition.

One dollar per semester is not too much, but not too little either.