Chapter 199: Family Reunion Year (Part 2)
Since the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Rongsheng, the laughter and joy in the house have never stopped.
During this time, some people came to visit, but they were just curious to take a look. After all, there were only two cars parked in this yard. In the entire Ertuozi Village, no, looking at the surrounding neighboring villages, the Zhou family was the only one.
Seeing that it was almost time for dinner in the evening, Rong Mei brought Zhou Dabao out to paste the Spring Festival couplets, blessing characters, and window decorations that had been prepared in advance with paste. Rong Sheng and Natalia also joined in and hung lanterns together.
Rong Mei bought quite a few, not only hanging a large one on the gate, but also a number of smaller ones on the fences in the yard. With the Spring Festival couplets posted and lanterns hung all over the yard, the atmosphere of the New Year was instantly created.
Liu Rong and Uncle Li were busy preparing dishes in the kitchen, while brothers Zhou Nanxu and Zhou Zhengfu took paper money and offerings to the graves of Zhou's father and other ancestors of the Zhou family. After returning from the sacrifices, they set off firecrackers in the yard.
Everyone came out, covered their ears, watched the firecrackers pop, and shouted in unison, "Happy New Year!"
With Liu Rong's words, "Let's prepare dinner!"
Dishes were placed on the table one after another.
The fish that must be included in the New Year's Eve dinner symbolizes "abundance every year", and the braised pig's trotters are known as "money-collecting rakes", so gnawing on the trotters symbolizes "collecting money home", and the four-happiness meatballs represent reunion and happiness, symbolizing the four great joys of fortune, wealth, longevity and happiness. The colorful large pulled skin on the cold dishes symbolizes the colorful life, and pulled skin symbolizes longevity.
Secondly, the goose stewed in an iron pot is also indispensable, as well as the delicious chicken stewed with mushrooms, braised duck, braised pork elbow, steamed pork with rice flour... Snacks also include crispy pork strips and fish strips, and after-meal fruits such as frozen pears, frozen persimmons and apples, which is so rich.
Liu Rong looked at the lively atmosphere and her eyes almost turned red.
As the current head of the family, she stood up with a glass of white wine in her hand and looked at everyone with a smile.
"Let me first mention that our family hasn't had such a lively New Year's celebration for a long time. First of all, we warmly welcome my father-in-law, mother-in-law, and his uncle Li to come from afar."
"Secondly, I would like to thank you again for raising such a good daughter and agreeing to accept our Nan Xu. It is a blessing for our Zhou family and Nan Xu to marry a daughter-in-law like Rong Mei. Please rest assured, I treat her as my own daughter and will never let her suffer any grievances."
"Finally, I hope that all of us will have good luck in the coming year, good health, safety and success, and a thriving career. Of course, I also wish our eldest son success in his studies..."
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After Liu Rong spoke, Zhou Nanxu and everyone else spoke one after another.
“Happy New Year, everyone!”
"Happy New Year!"
Everyone stood up together and raised their glasses. Except for the juice that Zhou Dabao drank, the rest were all white wine, and they clinked their glasses to celebrate.
Alcohol can give people courage. After two glasses, Liu Rong became bolder and was no longer restrained at all.
The more he drank, the more he talked.
Finally, he stood up, pointed at Uncle Li, stared at him, and called Uncle Li by his name, "Comrade Li Hongsheng, didn't you confess to me today and asked me to give you an answer? Well, I will give you an answer now."
"First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Liu Rong. I am fifty years old this year. I am a widower. My ancestral home is Handan City, Hebei Province. My ancestors were in the cloth business. Later, due to the turbulent times, my family sent me to Harbin and I married into the Zhou family as a second wife. In addition to my eldest son Zhengfu and my youngest son Nanxu, whom you have met, I have two daughters.
As for my later situation in Hebei Province, there is no need to introduce it further, I think you know it.
As for me, I still have some thoughts about you.
However, this idea is not enough to support me and Comrade Li Hongsheng to prepare to spend the rest of our lives well. I have no intention of leaving this land. I have spent most of my life here.
It is said that if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. I married here and was given the name Zhou Liu. This is my root. I want to settle down here in the future. This has always been my idea. "
Oh my god... just!!!
This, this, this... the drunken mother-in-law is still so interesting!!!
Originally, I thought he would act like an ostrich and avoid Uncle Li, but now he responded directly in public. Look at everyone at the table, their eyes are about to fall out of their heads in shock, including Uncle Li himself, whose face is red as a monkey's butt. I don't know if it's because of the alcohol or because he was scared by Liu Rong.
It was just that Rong Mei was getting excited when Liu Rong's next words made her the "protagonist".
"Although Mei Yatou told me that I could date Comrade Li Hongsheng first without getting married, I am still an old stubborn person. I am not as active as young people and I am stubborn. Since I agreed to date, I must be aiming for marriage.
The plot about the down-and-out lady who becomes the richest woman in the village and the noodle shop landlord whose family falls into poverty, although it sounds quite like a play, we live a down-to-earth life here and what matters is sincerity.
I think Comrade Li Hongsheng, you are not very sincere in this regard. Do you know why? Because of you! You have hidden something from me. Why did you hide the house from me? Why did you move in and be my neighbor? And, uh, and, about the shops, why did you hide it from me and not tell me that the two shops were yours, but you said that they belonged to your friends and were just vacant. I was lucky...
Woohoo~ You are so insincere, you have done so many things... woohoo..."
Liu Rong's habit of crying whenever she drinks has not changed.
Uncle Li panicked when he saw Liu Rong crying. He didn't care about being embarrassed. He stood up and apologized to Liu Rong repeatedly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I..."
But Liu Rong ignored him and continued to point at him, "I'm really touched by what you did."
Then, she changed the subject, stopped crying, and looked at Uncle Li with a stern face, "However, you have to honestly confess your true situation now. After you have done so, I will consider whether to agree to continue to associate with Comrade Li Hongsheng with the purpose of marriage!"
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