"Then get up and walk slowly for a few steps. I'll take the dishes back to the kitchen." Fu Shinian was afraid that she would fall asleep right after eating and would feel uncomfortable in her stomach tomorrow, so he put shoes on her and let her move around in the house.
Tong Yiya also knew that she couldn't lie down to sleep immediately after eating, so she obediently walked around the house. When he came back, she had already walked back and forth several times.
Seeing that it was getting late, the two of them went back to bed to continue resting. Nothing happened to wake them up in the second half of the night.
When they got up the next day, it was already bright outside. They got up, packed up and washed up, then took Yuanyuan to the next yard to prepare food.
After making lunch and sending Yuanyuan to stay with Mr. Zhang, Tong Yiya began to teach Fu Shinian how to make braised pork.
Soon the braised pork was steamed and the two had nothing else to do, so they sat by the small clay stove and warmed themselves by the fire.
Tong Yiya suddenly thought about how to deal with Dong Weibing's job in the transport team now that he had returned, so she asked Fu Shinian, "Shi Nian, what did he tell you about Dong Weibing's job? Should he just ignore it or should he help sell it?"
"He didn't mention this, maybe he forgot. I'll write to ask next time I go to town. If you hadn't asked me today, I wouldn't have thought of it," said Fu Shinian.
"Well, you should ask earlier. Otherwise, when the snow melts in spring, your captain will see that you are the only one going back, so he will put his own people in. Then, if you want to do something, it will not be as convenient as before," said Tong Yiya.
"Yeah, that's true. The person who comes then will be in the same car with me. If he is someone difficult to get along with, it will be troublesome." After listening to her words, Fu Shinian thought about the relationship involved. In addition, he was reselling on the black market. If he finds a new partner in the future, he will not be able to go there for a long time or in the future.
"Well, you know it yourself. It's only one day away from the Chinese New Year. Let's clean the house tomorrow and wait for the New Year," said Tong Yiya.
"Well, you'll be free tomorrow, I can do the cleaning myself," said Fu Shinian
The two waited until the steamed dumplings in the pot were done before starting to prepare dinner.
The next day, Fu Shinian cleaned the house regularly, so all he had to do was sweep the cobwebs on the roof and wipe the tables and cabinets.
The only thing that needed to be cleaned in the courtyard next door was the pharmacy where Mr. Zhang lived, but Mr. Zhang would tidy that place up every day, and he was the only one who knew where the medicinal materials piled up inside were placed. Others generally would not help to tidy them up, for fear of making a mess and making it difficult for Mr. Zhang to find things next time.
So as to clean the two courtyards, Fu Shinian simply had to sweep the cobwebs, and the rest was handled by Old Zhang and Tong Yiya. It took them half a day to finish cleaning everything.
The third day is the busiest day of the year. It is New Year’s Eve. The whole family gets up early to make breakfast, and then starts to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner. Although most of the dishes are prepared in advance, they still have to kill chickens to stew soup, make braised pork, and a few stir-fried dishes. The most important thing is that they have to make a lot of dumplings today, so they have to soak the dried vegetables early.
After breakfast, Fu Shinian, under the instruction of Tong Yiya, began to chop the stuffing, mix it, and then knead the dough and roll out the skin.
When making dumplings, the whole family gathered in the kitchen together. In two hours, they made hundreds of dumplings and put up several steamed buns.
I saved some for tonight's meal, and took the rest out, rinsed it, spread it out and froze it.
After making the dumplings, Fu Shinian and Tong Yiya began to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner. They put all the side dishes that had been prepared long ago and steamed them in a pot first, and then they began to prepare the dishes to be stir-fried in the evening.
After breakfast, we killed the chicken and stewed the chicken soup on a small clay stove. It has been stewing for almost two hours now. The casserole for stewing the chicken soup was placed higher and the fire was turned down. It was slowly warmed up and served on the table when it was ready.
After the dishes were prepared, Fu Shinian started cooking and Tong Yiya started setting the table.
Soon the table was filled with various dishes. After Fu Shinian cooked the last dish and brought it to the table, the three of them sat down with Xiao Yuanyuan and started this year's New Year's Eve dinner.
Because today is Chinese New Year, they sent some of the prepared dishes to the shed early.
The plan was to have them come over here to celebrate the New Year together, but the elderly were afraid that someone would come and see them, and that it would cause them trouble, so they couldn't bear to come.
This has been going on for several years, and every year they ask, and they always get the same answer, so they just send the prepared dishes over in advance so that they can have a happy new year too.
Yuanyuan is now almost one and a half years old and can already eat by himself, so Fu Shinian specially made a dining chair for him according to the height of their dining table.
Now Xiao Yuanyuan is directing his father to pick up his favorite dishes for him and put them on his small plate. Then the adults start to eat with a smile.
Because today is New Year's Eve, a happy day, Tong Yiya took out the wine she brewed and gave it to Fu Shinian and Mr. Zhang to drink.
She wanted to drink it too, but the baby in her belly couldn't support it, so she just obediently drank the juice that Fu Shinian squeezed out of vegetables for her.
It tastes a bit sweet because it contains sugar, and has the fresh aroma of vegetables. She has gotten used to drinking it for some time, so she feels it's okay.
There was one time when Mr. Zhang was interested and asked for some to drink, but he ended up vomiting after drinking it. After that, every time he saw her drinking the vegetable juice, she had an expression that was hard to describe.
The three of them ate slowly at the New Year's Eve dinner. Fu Shinian and the others drank while they ate, while Tong Yiya was disassembling the stewed chicken.
A man was slowly gnawing at the chicken, listening to Mr. Zhang and the other man chatting, and taking care of his son from time to time.
Yuanyuan is also very well behaved. She will only call for her mother when there is no food on the plate.
The family ate from dawn to light, and finished their meal around eight in the evening. Fu Shinian cleaned up the dishes, boiled water to wash the dishes, cleaned the kitchen, and then took Tong Yiya and Yuanyuan back to their yard.
After returning to their yard, Tong Yiya asked Fu Shinian to boil water. She prepared to wash Yuanyuan and herself from head to toe, and wash herself clean to welcome the new year.
After Fu Shinian waited for them to finish washing and get on the kang, he went to wash himself. When he finished and got on the kang, he saw that his wife and son were already asleep.
He smiled and kissed them both on the forehead, whispering, "Happy New Year, Goodnight."
Then he hugged the two of them and fell asleep, waking up naturally the next day.
Tong Yiya woke up and looked out the window. Seeing that it was already bright outside, she looked at the two people, one big and one small, lying beside her.
Fu Shinian had actually woken up a long time ago, but thinking that he finally had some free time today, he wanted to get up with his wife and son on the kang.
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