After a whole morning, they finally made all the steamed buns, flower rolls and dumplings, and used the remaining dough to make some dumplings.
Then put them all in the steamer and steam them.
These days have been very busy, but everyone is particularly happy, not only because the new year is coming, but also because they are about to have a big meal.
This kind of feasting on delicious fish and meat only happens during the Chinese New Year.
On New Year's Eve, Cheng Fangyuan packed up the ingredients at around 2 p.m., and took the purchased ingredients and the slaughtered chicken, and the three of them went to the old house to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner together.
After resting for so many days, Song Tanglan was finally able to get out of bed and walk. At first, there was a stinging pain when his left foot landed, but there was no problem at all if he walked slowly.
The food prepared for the New Year’s Eve dinner is particularly rich, not only with meat and fish, but also with white rice as the staple food.
When Aunt Li saw her youngest son and his family coming, she immediately asked her youngest son to help her clean the chicken she had just killed, while Cheng Fangzheng was sent to clean the fish.
With the help of the whole family, the New Year’s Eve dinner was ready at 5 pm.
The table was filled with fragrant braised pork, steamed fish, spicy chicken, braised rabbit, chicken stewed with potatoes, stir-fried shredded radish, pickled cabbage and a big pot of yam and pork ribs soup.
When preparing the New Year's Eve dinner, Song Tanglan didn't help much and was arranged by Aunt Li to sit aside and cook. It was because everyone in the Cheng family knew that her foot was injured and it had not healed yet.
They were not the kind of heartless people who needed a wounded person to do some work. Moreover, they had so many people and did not need a child like her. Seeing that Song Tanglan insisted on helping, they had no choice but to let her and Xiaohu make the fire.
Song Tanglan was also helpless about this. Ever since she was injured, her second sister had not let her do any work, so when she saw everyone busy just now, she suddenly felt a little guilty.
Fortunately, no one cared about this. Aunt Li asked the whole family to sit down and then started to have the reunion dinner in a lively atmosphere.
The whole family was particularly happy to have dinner. Nowadays, we can’t celebrate the New Year as we did before. We can’t set off firecrackers or worship gods. These are things that cannot be done in this era and are prohibited by feudal superstitions.
After the reunion dinner, Cheng Fangyuan and the other two returned to their home, prepared to boil water, and took a nice bath to celebrate the New Year.
Song Tanglan thought that she hadn't taken a bath since her foot was injured. She felt like she was going to stink. Now she could finally take a good bath.
Although I can't just soak in it freely, otherwise I'll easily catch a cold, which would be a sin.
She quickly took a bath and washed her clothes, then changed into the new clothes that Su's mother had prepared for her. Then she wiped her wet hair and returned to the kang.
After drying her hair with a towel, she went out. But as soon as she came out, she heard the voice of a child outside the yard.
When I walked over, I saw a group of children surrounding Song Tangcheng, all of whom were wishing him a happy new year.
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