Then they went to the grocery store and bought festive items such as Spring Festival couplets, New Year pictures, and red lanterns.
The brothers Su Wencheng and Su Wenxuan were busy carrying daily necessities such as rice, flour, cooking oil, etc. They also did not forget to select some exquisite candies and melon seeds to prepare for entertaining visiting guests during the New Year.
Yao Qingshuang bought fresh pork, beef and mutton at the butcher shop, planning a sumptuous meal for the New Year's Eve dinner.
After buying all the New Year’s goods, the family is preparing to go home.
Suddenly, an enticing aroma wafted over. It turned out to be a time-honored dim sum shop selling special dim sum.
Yao Qingshuang thought that during the Chinese New Year, it was also a pleasant experience for the whole family to sit together, drink tea and enjoy delicious snacks.
So she took her family to the dim sum shop and picked out some signature dim sum.
After returning home, Yao Qingshuang and her family worked together to clean the house, post Spring Festival couplets and hang lanterns.
The children were laughing and playing nearby, helping to pass things around.
The room was gradually filled with a festive atmosphere, and everyone's face was filled with happy smiles.
There are ten dishes on the New Year’s Eve dinner table, which symbolizes perfection.
The family sat together, laughing and chatting, reviewing the hardships and gains of the past year and looking forward to a better life in the new year.
The house was warm and the aroma of the New Year's Eve dinner was wafting in the air.
Su Mingfan's cheeks were puffed up, and his hands were tightly gripping a greasy chicken drumstick. Juice kept dripping down the corners of his mouth, but he didn't care. He chewed heartily while shouting with longing: "New Year's Day is so great. I wish it could be New Year's Day every day."
Those bright eyes sparkled with a desire for endless food and joy.
Su Mingyang and Su Minglan sat aside, their little faces also covered with oil stains, and they ate the meat in the bowl with the same satisfaction.
Su Mingyang ate with great concentration, savoring every bite as if it were the most delicious food in the world; Su Minglan laughed happily from time to time, and the chopsticks in her hand kept moving between the dishes.
Su Wenjun looked at his son with a mixture of anger and amusement. He reached out a hand and gently patted Su Mingfan on the head, feigning anger and saying, "You little bastard, you're dreaming of celebrating New Year's every day."
As he spoke, he held the chicken head firmly in his other hand and took a big bite. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were full of doting on the children's innocent words and cherishing of this reunion moment.
Yao Qingshuang looked at the satisfied expressions of her family and her heart was filled with gratitude.
This New Year, they finally settled down in their new home. The days ahead will surely be as colorful and harmonious as this New Year's Eve dinner.
As the midnight arrived, firecrackers rang out one after another throughout the village.
At this time, the biting cold wind blew gently, bringing a hint of coolness, but it could not cool the burning fire of expectation in the hearts of the villagers.
Su Wencheng stood tall and straight, steadily standing in his own courtyard, tightly holding the string of firecrackers that symbolized bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new.
He looked focused, his eyes revealing a hint of solemnity and excitement, and he shouted loudly: "Children, cover your ears quickly, I'm going to light the fire!"
The children could no longer contain their excitement. When they heard the shouts, they quickly covered their ears with their tender little hands, but their eyes were wide open, staring at the firecrackers in their father/uncle's hands without blinking, their eyes full of curiosity and anticipation.
Su Wencheng squatted down slightly and carefully spread the firecrackers on the ground. After making sure they were placed flat, he slowly took out the fire starter. The faint sparks flickered and jumped in the darkness, like cold stars twinkling in the night sky.
He gently moved closer to the fuse of the firecracker, and in an instant, sparks jumped onto the fuse and spread rapidly.
Soon, the deafening sound of cannons rang out, breaking the silence of the night, like an exciting New Year's melody.
The fire from the firecrackers flickered and swayed in the darkness, illuminating the excited faces of everyone in the courtyard.
As the sound of firecrackers echoed one after another over the village, the new year finally arrived with light and firm steps.
This will be a year full of hope. Everyone in Sujia Village firmly believes that on this new land, they will use their hard-working hands and firm beliefs to write a glorious chapter for their own family and reap full happiness and peace.
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During those turbulent years, Lu Youan, with his extraordinary strategy and resolute decision-making, worked hand in hand with Prince An to overcome countless hardships and dangers in the turbulent power struggles in the court and the smoke-filled wars on all sides.
For three whole years, they carefully planned and gradually weakened the little emperor's power, and finally succeeded in dethroning the little emperor.
After that, Lu Youan used thunder-like means to quickly suppress the various forces that were ready to make moves in various places. With his unparalleled prestige and strength, he ascended the throne and became the master of the world.
However, when he truly possessed supreme power and endless wealth and glory in the world, he found that he was always lingering in his heart with an indescribable loneliness.
In the silent night, he often sat alone in the empty and luxurious palace, his thoughts involuntarily drifting back to the days when he fled famine with the villagers of Sujia Village.
At that time, they lived in the open air and worked hard every day to find food to fill their stomachs and a safe place to live. Their lives were indeed full of hardships and difficulties.
But during that long journey, the relationships between people were pure and simple. There were no intrigues and deceptions in the court, nor were there the heavy responsibilities and tremendous pressure that an emperor must always bear.
He could walk side by side with the villagers, share the few available foods, chat and laugh together by the campfire, and feel the most authentic joys, sorrows, anger and happiness of the world.
Those days, though bitter yet sweet, became the most precious and relaxing time in his memory.
Now, although he has owned the entire world and controlled the life and death, honor and disgrace of countless people, this lofty throne seems like an invisible cold cage, completely isolating him from the warmth and sincerity of the outside world.
The endless feeling of loneliness followed him like a shadow, making him deeply realize what it meant to be "lonely at the top".
At this time, a cloud of dust rose on the road leading to Sujia Village. The village chief's face flushed red, his eyes flashed with irrepressible excitement, and he waved the whip in the air vigorously, driving the creaking ox cart from the direction of the county town.
Before he even entered the village, his loud and excited voice echoed over it: "Good news, good news! The new emperor has ascended the throne, issued a general amnesty, and exempted taxes for one year. We won't have to pay taxes next year!"
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