Grandma Su was very satisfied.
After seeing the gifts Su He had prepared, he smiled and said, "Good, good, good. We'll send them to the Huang family as betrothal gifts later. It's good that we can offer such good betrothal gifts for a wedding in the countryside. It will make our in-laws think more highly of us!"
Su He was surprised. Was a pair of pillowcases really that rare?
I later asked Grandma Su and found out that it was indeed very rare!
Firstly, cloth coupons were scarce in the countryside during those days; secondly, red cloth was too expensive. Even city dwellers sometimes couldn't afford such pillowcases for their weddings, let alone people in the countryside. So this was already considered a generous gift.
Grandma Su was worried that she had emptied her savings to buy it, and she even wanted to give her some money back later.
However, Su He refused. She was truly not short of money now. Although she couldn't tell her family openly, she could still occasionally improve their lives.
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Lunar New Year's Eve is fast approaching. Due to policy reasons, many things are not allowed to be done now, but the New Year celebrations in the countryside are still very lively.
Everyone got up early and started working. My cousin and Su He also helped their younger siblings tidy up the house. The men tidied the outside and the women tidied the inside.
The adults in the family were also busy chopping wood and cooking.
This was Su He's first time celebrating the New Year in the countryside. Unlike in later generations, people in this era valued the New Year even more.
I started preparing long in advance, and I brought out all the things I usually wouldn't eat or use.
It can be said that they have been busy all year, just to have a good New Year.
After a busy day, the family finally sat down together for their New Year's Eve dinner.
The family cooked a total of ten dishes. Although they weren't all big fish and meat dishes, they were still considered rare delicacies in this day and age!
Everyone, adults and children alike, enjoyed the meal that night. Old Man Su even brought out his treasured wine and drank with his sons.
Thanks to Su He, the Su family had a better New Year than ever before.
Grandma Su didn't keep everyone up late that night. Around 10 p.m., she sent the younger children to bed.
The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year, which was also Su He and Su Mu's birthday. Early in the morning, Grandma Su specially made them a bowl of longevity noodles with fine grains and an egg in it.
This was something that few others could afford to eat, and Su He happily ate it all. The younger members of her family also came over to offer their birthday wishes. Although it was simple, such a ceremony was rare in the countryside. Even Su Mu was able to receive such treatment thanks to Su He.
After the meal, many people came to our house to offer New Year's greetings.
Su He also went to the village to pay New Year's visits with Su Miao and the others.
The Su family is considered a prominent family in Nanshan Village, with many relatives. They can be considered related to almost everyone in the village, so there are quite a few families to visit during the New Year.
In addition, Su He has become quite successful this year, and she was praised and asked all sorts of questions at each place she visited, so it took her a whole morning to visit them all.
She was exhausted when she got home.
But she couldn't rest on the second day of the Lunar New Year. On this day, married women return to their parents' home, so she had to accompany her mother to her maternal grandmother's house. Her two married aunts would also be coming back.
Su He's two aunts were the third and fourth children of Old Mrs. Su. The eldest aunt married into the next village, which was not far away, so she could come back often.
But my aunt married into a neighboring town, so she had to take a bus and then walk a distance to get back.
So the younger sister rarely comes back, but this time the Su family received advance notice that the younger sister would also be coming back. When the old lady Su found out, she was overjoyed and had already prepared food to properly entertain her two daughters and sons-in-law.
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