For the New Year’s Eve dinner, the dumplings were filled with tofu and cabbage, cabbage and mushroom, and sauerkraut and tofu. The dishes on the table were all vegetarian, without any meat or even lard, and the soup was very clear and watery.
Zhao Xiaoyu sighed. If they continued to eat like this for more than forty days, their faces would probably turn green.
The Zhao family also lamented that there has never been a year when the New Year's Eve dinner was as plain as this year.
"Mom, eat!"
Old Sun picked up a dumpling and her eyes lit up. "Were the dumplings made by the third brother's family today?"
"Yes, my sister-in-law prepared the filling today."
"It's delicious. Although it's not vegetarian, it's as good as meat." Old Mrs. Sun, who had no expectations for the New Year's Eve dinner, could only eat dumplings. The other dishes were all made by her husband's wife, and the taste was far worse.
The other people at the table did the same, just eating the dumplings. Isn't it okay to eat them? Because the family can't eat lard, Xiaoyu was afraid that the family couldn't stand it without oil and meat, so she found a way to make some peanut oil and poured some into the dumpling filling. The salt she used was not coarse salt, so the taste would not be bad.
After dinner, Old Mrs. Sun asked all of them to stay up with her to celebrate the New Year, including Zhao Dashu and his family who were planning to slip away.
"Your father just left a few days ago, and we don't know if he will come back today. Don't leave. He must want to see the whole family together."
Zhao Dawen shuddered. Could my mother not say something to scare him? Staying up all night to celebrate the New Year is fine. What does it have to do with my father? Besides, there are so many people here today. He is not afraid.
Zhao Dashu looked at his daughter and daughter-in-law helplessly. What should he do? His mother had spoken, so they could only stay up with him to celebrate the New Year.
"It's from the old house. I remember the eldest brother had a cushion. He brought it from the main room for me to use as a cushion."
Zhao Dawen: ...I want to sit on the cushion he uses to support my butt?
Wang went to get it with a sour face. She was afraid that the head of the household would ask her to wash and dry it after her mother-in-law sat down, which was very troublesome.
Old Mrs. Sun sat cross-legged on a chair. There were three stoves burning in the room. She grabbed a handful of melon seeds and crackled them.
The others each found a stool and sat in the room, each grabbing a handful of melon seeds. For a moment, the room was filled with the sound of cracking melon seeds.
So they're going to eat melon seeds all night tonight?
"Where's the tree?"
"Dad, ask someone to bring two chairs."
Zhao Dashu and his family would never put themselves in a difficult position. They had to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year. They would also have to come to the old house to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow morning. Sitting for a while would surely make their backs sore, so he asked someone to bring in chairs from his home, one for each person.
By the way, ask them to bring some other snacks. Eating too many melon seeds will easily cause blisters at the corners of your mouth.
Zhao Dawen curled his lips. The third brother was the one who was particular. What? He couldn’t sit on the stool in the old house?
Just as I was thinking about how to make the third child look bad, Zhao Dashu came back, followed by a few people, and brought in four chairs with backrests and soft cushions. They also brought in a small tea table with more than a dozen plates of various pastries and snacks, but the quantity on each plate was not much. Then two pots of tea were served, one in front of the old lady and one in front of Zhao Dashu's family.
Old Mrs. Sun looked at the snacks in front of her and was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. Living with the third brother was just a life of luxury. Look, what has he prepared?
Oh, how could such a naive son be so foolish as to choose a snake den as his head?
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