After eating the pig-killing meal, everyone took action.
Guo Muyang was responsible for notifying the relatives, and he didn't have to travel across mountains and rivers to notify them. He just had to take a walk around the town.
At the end of the year, people go to the market every day to buy New Year's goods. You will always meet relatives or their villagers and ask them to help notify them.
Jie Bom, Jing Dasao and other women washed cabbage and peeled radishes, washed the dishes and chopsticks borrowed from various families, and ground tofu. The men chopped pork, moved tables, chairs and benches, and chopped firewood.
Deng Qingling took the children to decorate the new house. Guo Hongqing bought some balloons in Guangzhou and used them specifically to decorate the wedding room.
The balloons at this time didn't have any fancy designs.
It was just a big red balloon with the words "Congratulations on your prosperity" and a big "囍" character written on it.
The children had a lot of fun just by blowing up balloons.
By the time they finished decorating the house, the soy milk was ready. The children drank the soy milk and ran around to play.
Seeing someone working in the kitchen, Deng Qingling went to help light the fire and boil lard.
They are going to fry the tofu with lard, so they need to boil more lard.
As time passed, the aroma of lard dregs wafted everywhere, arousing the appetite of the children playing in the yard.
The children ran to the kitchen door and stretched their necks to look inside.
"Brother, I want to eat lard scraps." Guo Haojie looked at the pot of golden lard scraps on the stove and swallowed his saliva.
Guo Haoxi patted Guo Haojie on the shoulder and urged him and Zhou Jiahua, "Go in and ask the adults for more. Remember to ask for more."
"Yeah." Guo Haojie and Zhou Jiahua nodded and walked into the kitchen.
"Grandma, Podai, and Auntie, we want to eat lard residue." The two of them looked at the bowl of crispy lard residue and their mouths were watering.
"Okay." Big Bom responded with a smile.
She turned around and saw several older children standing at the door, and she immediately burst into laughter. These little rascals only knew how to order the two younger ones to beg for food.
The eldest uncle Liang Ying filled a large bowl with lard residue, and with a smile on his face, he said to the children at the door, "Come in quickly and take the residue out. If you serve it to your younger brother, he won't spill it."
"Okay." Guo Haoxi walked in with a smile and took the bowl from Uncle Bom, "Thank you, Auntie."
"Thank you, auntie." Guo Haojie and Zhou Jiahua also followed suit.
"Okay, you guys go out and play, don't stay in the kitchen.
I'll call you after I fry the tofu." Liang Ying said, waving her hand.
"Hehehe, let's go out first then."
When they saw Guo Haoxi bringing out the lard residue, the children waiting at the door immediately surrounded it. Without even bothering to wash their hands, they all reached out to grab the lard residue and stuffed it into their mouths.
By the time the lard residue is cooked, the tofu has been pressed and can be cut into small pieces and fried in a pan.
After frying some tofu, I served it to the children and Old Mrs. Guo to eat with soy sauce.
At noon, everyone had a simple meal, just stir-fried cabbage with oil residue, pork stewed with potatoes, stir-fried tofu with green onions, braised pork head with dried bamboo shoots, radish and bone soup, and corn and multi-grain rice. Everyone was very satisfied with the meal.
After lunch, we fry glutinous rice cakes as a return gift to relatives.
Invite the villagers’ close relatives to dinner in the evening, and ask them to come and help early tomorrow morning.
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The next day, around seven o'clock in the morning, everyone got up and went to Uncle Guo's house to help.
Some people boiled water and killed chickens, some washed and cut vegetables, and Deng Qingling, Liang Xueying and others went to the kitchen to cook breakfast.
After breakfast was cooked, Uncle Guo asked Liang Xueying and Aunt Zaojiao to go home and call the children to have breakfast.
(It’s the same here. When we have a wedding, we always invite the elderly and children in the village to have a meal.)
There are eight tables at today's banquet, including those from Old Lady Guo's family, Dabom's family, his married daughters, and Guo Youqing's close relatives.
Including the people from Uncle Guo, Uncle Guo, and Guo Youxing's family, there were quite a few people. Guo Youxing's family alone had two tables.
The dishes were cooked by Deng Qingling, with Uncle Jie and others helping out, while Uncle Da, Uncle Er, Liang Xueying, and Guo Youxing entertained the relatives.
At noon, when all the guests arrived, the dishes began to be served.
Each table has six dishes and one soup, including fried cabbage with oil residue, braised pork with fruit peel, fried chicken with wood ear mushrooms, tofu with scallion oil, steamed spareribs with fermented black beans, and stewed bones with radish.
Guo Hongqing was wearing a blue Mao suit with a big red flower pinned on his chest.
Fang He was wearing a bright red satin cotton jacket, her hair was tied up with a red silk scarf, and a red flower was pinned on her chest. Both of them were wearing a pair of leather shoes.
During the meal, Guo Hongqing and his wife each held a cup of tea and walked towards the guests to toast them. Someone behind them held a tray with peanuts, candies and cigarettes on it. Every time they toasted a table of guests, they would bring out two handfuls of peanuts and candies and put them on the table. When they saw a male elder, they would light a cigarette for him.
"I heard from my sister-in-law that Hongqing worked in Guangzhou and also made a lot of money selling things on the street.
I even thought about letting my child go to Guangzhou to work with his older cousin after the New Year.
"Little sister, do you want your children to come with us?" Aunt Guo Da whispered to Aunt Guo Er.
You can't make much money selling things in town, so it's a good idea to let the child go out with his cousin to try his luck. It's better than the whole family staying at home.
"Yes, let them go together, but... Hongqing and his wife are not free today, otherwise we can come back and tell them on the second day of the New Year." said Guo Ergu.
She thought so too. As the saying goes, a tree will die if it is moved, but a person will live if he moves. If the children can leave this remote mountain area and go out to explore the world, their future will surely be broadened.
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