No matter what time it is, the Chinese New Year is always a joyous event.
After a busy year in the village, we can finally take a few days off.
Although the winter in the north is very cold, it does not hinder people's good mood during the New Year.
Every morning before dawn, there are people traveling on the road.
Every household has to buy supplies for the New Year.
Liuyang Town was even more lively. The supply and marketing cooperatives put out firecrackers and couplets early in the morning.
It is so bright and prosperous that it makes people feel festive just by looking at it.
This year, the Li family has a new member, Zhao Nianhui.
Fried dough sticks, sugar cakes, crispy biscuits, and fried tofu are all fried early.
As for snacks such as melon seeds and candies, Grandma Li hid them away.
Fearing that he would not even make it to the Spring Festival, Xiaohu secretly ate everything.
Dumplings are a New Year’s Eve dinner that every household will talk about.
This year they prepared three different dumpling fillings.
One is sauerkraut beef, which Qin Hongyuan likes.
One is with pork and green onions, and the other is with vegetarian filling of leeks and eggs.
Grandma Li loves to eat vegetarian dumplings.
This is also a habit she developed when she was a child.
Eating meat was a fantasy at that time.
During the Chinese New Year, being able to eat dumplings wrapped in white bread is already a wonderful thing.
Only those who have enough food at home would be willing to add some eggs and animal oil into it.
It smells even better and can cause diarrhea if eaten.
I have been eating light food for a long time, and only eat meat occasionally, which makes my stomach feel uncomfortable.
Even though meat is available now, Grandma Li still eats vegetarian fillings.
Grandma Li was solely responsible for the job of making dumplings.
The dumplings she makes are plump and good-looking. Not only are they filled with plenty of stuffing, but most importantly, they don’t leak out.
This is the experience and skills that the elderly have accumulated over decades of life.
Qin Hongyuan took Xiaohu to post couplets.
"Xiaohu, change into new clothes." Qin Hongyuan shouted.
Xiaohu touched his clothes reluctantly.
This is the new cotton-padded jacket he has been looking forward to for a year.
"I want to wear it."
New Year’s Eve.
The children couldn't wait to put on their new clothes.
Qin Hongyuan had no choice but to give some instructions.
If you get your clothes dirty before the first day of the new year, you won’t have new clothes to wear next year.
In the eyes of children.
This is an extremely severe punishment.
Xiaohu answered yes obediently.
Then he immediately followed the other children to set off firecrackers.
Children have a lively time during the Chinese New Year.
For them, delicious food, fun things and new clothes, that’s the Chinese New Year.
For adults, after a busy year, they can finally have a few days of rest.
The Chinese New Year is celebrated when the whole family gets together and has a reunion dinner.
"Let me help you."
Zhao Nianhui was holding a basin of paste.
It was cooked on the stove and was still steaming.
Clean up the previous couplets.
Dip a brush in paste and paste the couplets.
"It's crooked."
"Come a little closer."
"High promotion, good luck."
During the Chinese New Year, people always say auspicious words.
There are also some rules to follow when pasting couplets.
If it is high, it is called auspicious; if it is low, it is called promotion.
Of course, it is also a rare day of liberation for children.
Because of this day, no matter how naughty they are.
Parents will not beat or scold their children as usual.
New Year’s Eve is the last day of the year.
Everyone in the village hopes for a good year ahead.
After finally getting through the day, I can finally have a big meal in the evening.
There were several plates of plump ingot-shaped dumplings on the table.
Next to it is a stew made from various fried foods, including meatballs, fried tofu, vermicelli, pork, etc.
Fish is a must-have dish on the Chinese New Year’s table, symbolizing abundance in the coming year.
Chicken stewed with mushrooms, sweet and sour spareribs, braised pork...
There are exactly ten dishes in total.
Four people definitely can't finish it.
Grandma Li laid out the clean dishes.
I looked at the sky which was already darkening.
"Why hasn't Xiaohu come back yet?"
Just as Zhao Nianhui was about to go out to look for him, he came back.
Xiaohu's laughter can be heard from far away.
When I arrived at the door of my home, I was still reluctant to say goodbye to my friends.
"Xiaohu, this is your New Year's gift."
Zhao Nianhui took out a jar with a smile.
Xiaohu turned the jar over and looked around.
He pointed at the word and said, "I know it. It's pronounced as 'mai', which means wheat."
"Well, this is malted milk. It tastes great when mixed with water."
Although Xiaohu doesn't know other words.
But he had heard of malted milk.
Hearing this, he stretched out his hand with some surprise and poured some into his palm.
After taking a lick, he couldn't stop praising it: "So sweet, so delicious."
Grandma Li glanced at Zhao Nianhui with some resentment.
"It's so expensive, why buy it?"
Zhao Nianhui smiled and said, "As long as the child is happy."
This thing is really ridiculously expensive.
The supply and marketing cooperative in Liuyang Town doesn’t have this thing yet.
I found malted milk that time I went to the county town.
A can weighs a little over one pound and costs more than thirty yuan.
It is almost equivalent to a month's salary for workers in some large factories.
But the purpose of celebrating the New Year is to have fun.
Zhao Nianhui sold it back without hesitation.
Xiaohu called out sweetly, "Sister Huihui, this is delicious, thank you."
Grandma Li asked Xiaohu to put the food away and eat it later.
Xiaohu was so obedient that he hid him in the cabinet under his bed.
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