Su Nian and the others sat at the table, toasting each other with delicious food and wine.
Su Yiyi and her friends each took out half a pound of meat to make braised pork, stewed a meat dish, fried eggs, and stir-fried shredded radish. They also went to a villager's house to exchange an old hen that no longer laid eggs for soup, which made up four dishes and one soup. They also steamed a pot of two-grain flour buns, and that was it for New Year's Eve.
As for Chen Yu and Gu Qingxu, they all had similar dishes, just a few simple dishes, except for stewed chicken. The reason was that the villagers raised chickens to save eggs for oil, which was not readily available. Su Yiyi and the others also happened to have chickens by chance.
Only Su Nian and his friends are relatively special. They have everything they want, and they are things that ordinary people can't afford.
"Yuxian, isn't it too conspicuous for us to eat so well?" Su Nian took a bite of stir-fried sea cucumber with green onions, looked at the educated youth sitting at other tables in the yard, and said with a smile.
"Let's eat all of these quickly. They don't know what they are anyway!" Qin Yuxian said, pointing at the sea cucumber and the large prawns.
In fact, there were not many sea cucumbers or prawns, only about five or six. Qin Yulin seemed to have counted them in advance, so there were only two for each person.
Qin Yuxian picked up the serving chopsticks beside her and picked up two sea cucumbers and two prawns for each person, dividing up everything that could be seen.
As for the big turtle, they didn't even cook it.
In fact, Qin Yulin himself didn't want that thing, but his subordinates forced it on him, saying it was a great tonic.
Su Nian and the others quickly ate the two rare things. The rest, pork, pheasant, rabbit and so on, were not worth mentioning. After all, it was well known that Qin Yulin could hunt.
"Sun Zhiqing, look at your former friends. They kicked you out and made such a wonderful New Year's Eve dinner! And you were so nice to them before!"
Su Yiyi looked at Su Nian over there, who was eating and drinking lavishly thanks to Qin Yulin and his sister. She felt very unbalanced and began to instill hatred in Sun Yanyan.
"Haha! They are all rich and powerful, I can't afford to eat here! Even if I live with them, I will just be a burden to them. I am not that shameless!" Sun Yanyan was originally upset about the fact that they separated her. After hearing what Sun Yanyan said, she felt even more uncomfortable and spoke in a sarcastic tone.
In their opinion, Su Nian is the weakest one, and he is just lucky to be with Qin Yulin and his sister.
"Tsk! You say the grapes are sour because you can't eat them. Su Zhiqing got pork, pheasant, and rabbit. You didn't get any benefit from working with them! But you are jealous, right?" Chen Yu and the others were close by. Li Na couldn't help but mock when she heard Su Yiyi and the others saying bad things about Su Nian.
Chen Yu and Du Xingfang also looked at this side with strange eyes.
"I hate the kind of people who are good at first but start to say bad things about others when things go wrong! If you can't afford to play with them, don't play with them! What sour words!" Du Xingfang couldn't stand it and said directly.
"Look at Su Zhiqing and the others, no one says anything bad about others!" Chen Yu shook his head and sighed.
Anyone who is not stupid can tell that these words are said to Sun Yanyan.
She was always nice to people, but when things went wrong she started saying bad things about them!
Sun Yanyan blushed as she listened to their sarcastic remarks about her, but she did not dare to retort loudly for fear that Su Nian would hear her, which would be disastrous. She had never expected that Su Nian, who was so domineering and violent, could be so popular.
"Yuxian, go boil water and wash the cabbage, and I'll chop the meat. We'll eat dumplings tomorrow!" After Su Nian and the others finished their meal, they cleared the table and started preparing dumplings for the first day of the new year without any delay.
"That's right! We haven't prepared the meat filling for the dumplings yet!" After hearing Su Nian's words, Chen Yu slapped his forehead and said with sudden realization.
"Yes! Let's eat quickly, and then get ready!" Du Xingfang and the others didn't hesitate any longer and sped up their New Year's Eve dinner.
Su Yiyi and the others didn't say anything, but they just buried their heads in eating without saying anything.
There were many people here, so they needed to prepare a lot. The key point was that everyone had already eaten the half a pound of meat they had taken out! They still had to take more out. How much meat was left for them to eat?
After seeing Chen Yu and the others finish their meal and leave, Su Yiyi and the others started to discuss.
"We have used up all the meat, and each person needs some to be minced into minced meat! What do you think?" Jiang Beichuan discussed with everyone in a low voice.
If it were Su Yiyi, she would definitely decide on her own how much each person should contribute without any discussion.
"I only have half a pound of meat left. Can you give me another three ounces?" Sun Yanyan said in a low voice.
"Take it all out! Let's have half a pound each! That's two pounds of meat, and we'll have a meal of big meat-filled dumplings!" Su Yiyi said with a smile.
"Is it too much?" Li Tao said with a frown. He didn't prepare much meat.
"Beichuan, what do you think?" Su Yiyi asked Jiang Beichuan again.
"Then let's give each person three taels!" Jiang Beichuan said directly.
When Su Yiyi heard this, she originally thought it would be two against two, but now it became one against three. Even Jiang Beichuan was not on her side. She instantly felt like she had lost her dominant position.
Su Yiyi looked at Sun Yanyan unhappily and remained silent.
Sun Yanyan was concentrating on eating. She felt Su Yiyi looking at her, but she didn't look up.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the educated youth all got up early and were in high spirits. No one mentioned anything unhappy, and they all cooked steaming dumplings.
Su Nian and the others reheated the leftover meat and vegetables from New Year's Eve, especially the fish which was basically untouched.
"Sister Nian! Is this what we call having surplus every year?" Qin Yuxian asked with a smile.
"Yeah! Yes, there will be surplus every year, and there will definitely be fish this year!" Su Nian joked with a smile.
When spring comes and flowers bloom, especially in summer, with such a big river guarding you, how can you not have fish to eat?
For the New Year's Day meal, only Su Nian's table still had the chicken and fish from New Year's Eve. On the other tables, there were only dumplings left. There were not many dishes, just enough to eat.
When eating dumplings, there are no dishes. Everyone takes the dumplings back to the house to eat so that no one will freeze outside.
Su Nian and his friends set up their table in the kitchen. It wasn't too cold because of the heat from cooking, so the three of them squeezed in to eat.
When Sun Yanyan was carrying a bowl of dumplings back to the house, she walked to the door and smelled the aroma of meat. She couldn't help pursing her lips and biting them, and her heart became more and more uncomfortable.
I felt that they broke up that day, so completely, and got back together after I left, just to get rid of me, the burden.
Listening to the laughter of Su Nian and the other three, he felt like a complete outsider and felt extremely wronged.
The person who felt the most aggrieved was Dong Xiaobing, the person she protected. Since that day, he seemed to have never looked for her. Even when they met outside, he pretended not to know her and was only concerned with talking and laughing with those actresses.
When Su Nian and Qin Yuxian returned to the house, they saw Sun Yanyan holding dumplings and crying silently. They looked at each other in confusion. Who had provoked her again?
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