In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve, the last day of 1975.
On this day, everyone got up early and started to get busy after breakfast.
Li Chunyan boiled water, Guo Jianping and Guo Jianjun killed chickens and fish, Liang Xueying and Deng Qingling went to the well to wash vegetables, Guo Youxing put up Spring Festival couplets, and the children were taken care of by their eldest brother Guo Haochen.
Around three or four in the afternoon, the sound of firecrackers could be heard everywhere.
For a moment, the air was filled with the smell of burning firecrackers, red firecracker paper fragments were flying everywhere, and everyone's face was filled with festive smiles.
The New Year's Eve dinner and tomorrow's meals were prepared by the Guo Jianping brothers and Li Chunyan, while Liang Xueying and Deng Qingling gave the children a bath and washed their hair, and then did the laundry.
By the time they finished washing the clothes and returned home, it was almost six o'clock, and the New Year's Eve dinner at home was almost ready.
The New Year's Eve dinner was particularly sumptuous, with six dishes and one soup, a plate of boiled chicken, a plate of tofu with green onions, a plate of fried cured pork head with garlic sprouts, a pot of steamed eggs, a plate of braised pork, a plate of fried cabbage with oil residue, and a mushroom chicken soup.
The braised pork was made by Li Chunyan. This is what the children said they wanted to eat. When Li Chunyan heard the children’s request, she of course satisfied them.
After all, I can cook it myself, and making braised pork is not a big deal. Even if it is troublesome, I have to arrange it for the children. It's the New Year, and I don't want to disappoint the children.
"Wow! It's so delicious, auntie. The braised pork you made is so delicious!" Guo Ningwan ate the braised pork without even raising her head, and buried her head in eating the meat.
"Yeah, it would be nice if I could eat it every day." Little Haoran wished every day was Chinese New Year so that his mother could make braised pork for him at home.
The other children didn't say anything, but just ate the braised pork silently. If they said a few more words, the braised pork would be finished.
"Haha, if it tastes good, eat more. I'll cook it for you more often in the future." Li Chunyan said as she put a chopstick of braised pork into the bowls of Guo Haoran and Guo Ningwan respectively.
Li Chunyan was very happy to see that the children liked the braised pork she made so much.
In a short while, the whole plate of braised pork was finished by the children.
In the end, as everyone worked hard to eat, all the food was eaten up.
Everyone was very satisfied with the meal, especially the children who were very full.
After the New Year’s Eve dinner, Deng Qingling and Li Chunyan cleaned up the dishes and the table. It’s the New Year, so they have to give the children a day off.
The children seemed to have unlimited energy. Even in the freezing weather, they were not afraid of the cold. They grabbed some peanuts and sunflower seeds and went out.
The others sat around the fire drinking tea and chatting.
After chatting until around ten o'clock, Deng Qingling took Guo Ningwan back to the room to sleep. It was a cold day, but it was still warm in bed.
As for Guo Haochen and the twins, they didn't want to go to bed so early, so they stayed up with everyone else.
Here they had company and food to eat, so Guo Haochen and the others stayed until twelve o'clock. When the time was up, they all went back to their rooms to sleep.
Deng Qingling and Guo Ningwan were sleeping so soundly that they didn't even know when they returned to their room.
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New Year's Day.
After breakfast, the children followed Guo Jianping and others to the village to pay New Year’s greetings to their elders.
Liang Xueying and Li Chunyan stayed at home, while Deng Qingling went to chat with Ma Liying.
"Liying, what's wrong with you? I haven't seen you for a while. Why do you look so pale?" Deng Qingling looked at Ma Liying and asked.
"I'm pregnant, but the reaction to this baby is a little stronger. I can't stand the smell of any meat or fish. I vomit as soon as I smell it." Ma Liying said.
In fact, she was also helpless. She had not been pregnant since she gave birth to a son a few years ago. Now she was pregnant again with great difficulty, but she did not expect such a big reaction.
Deng Qingling was surprised: "Is it so serious?" It sounded similar to when she was pregnant with her eldest son.
"Yes, I didn't even eat the New Year's Eve dinner properly. Everyone was eating in the main room, so I hid in the room and waited for them to finish eating before I drank the millet porridge." Ma Liying nodded helplessly.
No matter how nutritious millet porridge is, it can't withstand her frequent vomiting.
If it were better under normal circumstances, no one would be willing to buy meat or kill chickens to eat, so there would be no smell of meat at all.
But it’s Chinese New Year now!
Which family doesn’t cook meat?
When it comes to dinner time, the smell of various stews wafts through the village.
As soon as she smelled the smell, Ma Liying vomited a lot of urine and even vomited yellow bile.
Seeing Ma Liying looking pale and haggard.
Deng Qingling immediately told her that she had tried various anti-nausea methods she had heard of when she was pregnant.
After all, everyone has different tastes, so Deng Qingling shared all the methods she knew to stop morning sickness.
As for whether to use it or not, or whether to try it or not, it’s up to her, and I can’t make the decision for her.
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The second day of the Chinese New Year.
Today is the day when married daughters return to their parents' home.
Just then, early in the morning, when everyone had just finished breakfast, Guo Yu and Zhou Feng came back with their children.
As soon as they entered the yard, they were seen by the children.
"Aunt, uncle, my cousin is back!"
When the children shouted, the people in the house heard it.
Liang Xueying and her husband came out first, followed by Guo Jianjun and his wife, and Guo Jianping and his wife. They had just packed up to go back to her parents' home, so they were a step behind.
"Do you miss me, my dear?" Liang Xueying took the grandson from her daughter's arms.
Zhou Jiazhen put his arms around Liang Xueying's neck and said in a baby voice, "I miss you. I miss Podai."
"Podai also misses our Ah Zhen. Come, give Podai a kiss." After saying that, Liang Xueying kissed Zhou Jiazhen on the fair and tender little face, and the little boy giggled happily.
Guo Youxing: "Come, give Gongdai a hug too."
Guo Youxing went over and took his grandson from Liang Xueying's arms.
After taking his grandson, Guo Youxing wanted to give him a kiss on the cheek, but the roots of Guo Youxing's poorly shaved beard pricked Zhou Jiazhen's face.
The child's skin was tender, and Guo Youxing's beard made Zhou Jiazhen feel numb, itchy and painful.
Zhou Jiazhen stretched out his hands and held Guo Youxing's face, "No, it's itchy and painful."
There was a hint of panic in Zhou Jiazhen's tone.
Liang Xueying was so scared that she quickly hugged him.
"Ignore your old man, your father-in-law. Come on, let's go inside and your mother-in-law will get you something delicious." Liang Xueying turned around and walked into the house with Zhou Jiazhen in her arms, without even looking at Guo Youxing.
Guo Youxing: It's unfair! He really didn't mean to hurt his grandson. It's all his fault for not shaving cleanly.
well!
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