After a while, an elderly man in his sixties opened the door.

"Uncle, we are here to wish you a happy new year." Li Deyou hurriedly smiled and went up to say hello.

"It's Deyou and Xiaowu! Happy New Year. Alas! Why are you still mentioning so many things?"

The old man looked at the cigarettes and side dishes in Li Deyou's hand, and smiled, but he said with a dressed face.

Last year, Li Deyou and his son would visit each month, and the few of them were already very familiar with each other.

"Look at what you said, come empty-handed during the Chinese New Year and don't be laughed at by the neighbors." Li Deyou said with a smile.

"I was just telling your aunt that the construction will start today, why don't you come yet?" the old man said with a smile.

"There are many things to do during the Chinese New Year. I originally thought I would have come yesterday, but the second day of the second day of the New Year was not suitable, so I didn't come." Li Deyou laughed.

"Don't worry, leave it to me. I'll take the child to the unit to handle work later."

"I should have retired long ago at this age, and the company is short of staff and is stuck. When Xiaowu is brought out, I will be able to retire with peace of mind, the old man." The old man promised.

"I'll rest assured to leave the child to you. Uncle, I won't stay for too long. Today, my family will be entertaining guests, so I have to rush home to entertain you." After chatting for a while, Li Deyou got up and offered to say goodbye.

When Li Deyou returned to his eldest sister Li Xiulan's house, his second brother Li Dezhong had already returned.

"How about Dezhong, has A Quan arranged it?"

"After the arrangement, Uncle Wu was very enthusiastic when he saw the gifts we brought." Li Dezhong smiled happily.

"Sister, why don't you take your children with us? It's convenient to go back and take the bus." Li Deyou said to Li Xiulan who was packing things.

"That's all, if I walked with your two nieces, I had already set off."

"Afen, Aping, your uncle is back, let's set off quickly." Li Xiulan shouted into the house.

"Mom understands, let's clean up and come out now."

Because Zhao Hongjun and his two sons had to go to work, the job of visiting relatives today fell on Li Xiulan and his daughter.

"Everyone is ready to sit down and leave!"

When everyone was seated in the car, Li Deyou drove the mule cart to the house with a whip.

There were people pushing bicycles, donkey carts, and ox carts along the way, but most of them were Route 11.

He rushed to rush Li Deyou to return home and it was already past nine o'clock. At this time, most of the relatives had arrived, and Li Xiulan, the farthest away, had not arrived.

"Deyou, Dezhong, you sent your two children to work in the county town in the morning.

As soon as he arrived, Li Wen's uncle hurriedly stepped forward and asked. Other relatives at home also came forward to ask.

"Hey! Awen, this child, knows some people, just writes articles and makes some money. He just happened to get two jobs when he has the chance." Li Deyou said a little rumor for a while.

Everyone could not ask anything else, so they stopped asking.

No one's family has done anything like this or that in this year, and it's not for a better life, so Li Deyou doesn't want to say that everyone can understand it.

If you have something to do in the city in the future, you may have to ask Li Deyou’s house for help. Nowadays, there are relatives or those who work in the city. You can gain a lot of money.

"Okay, it's time to start dinner. Everyone has been waiting for a long time." Wang Chunmei walked out of the kitchen and said.

Today, there were a lot of guests coming to Li Wen’s house, and they stayed for eight tables. When I woke up in the morning, Li Wen borrowed all the tables that were not for guests, which was enough.

In fact, it is like this when we entertain guests in rural areas. We come and go, borrow tables and stools from each other. After all, each family only has two sets of tables and stools, which is just enough for ordinary meals at home.

Hundreds of relatives, who were sitting in the yard of the room and at the door, stuffed Li Wen's house tightly.

But most of them are children. When eating, adults only have more than three tables. Good guy, the children stuffed them into five tables.

Li Wen's family also made a big deal when we were entertaining guests today. The family prepared more than 20 kilograms of noodles early and was waiting for it to be used today. In addition, two dustpans of white flour steamed buns were prepared, which was enough for the guests to eat today.

There are four side dishes, shredded pickles, spicy and sour cabbage, sour bean sprouts, and cold braised pork. The rice this morning was hard.

There are more than 20 families in the village today. This year, the villagers have rich, so they bought a lot of food for redeemable food through the production team.

Let’s talk about the Chinese New Year, even if the family is in bad condition, you have to invite guests to eat white noodles. You can’t lose face.

This morning, every household invited sour soup noodles. Inviting guests to dinner locally, using this sour soup noodles in the morning is a top-notch treatment.

"Everyone eat it while it's hot. Today I'll be full of sour soup noodles!" Li Wen smiled and put the sour soup noodles held in the wooden plate on the table.

"Awen, your family's treat is amazing today. It's okay to have sour soup noodles. There were four cold dishes in the morning, and one was meat." Li Wen's uncle said with a smile.

"Haha, my uncle said, you have to be tough when treating guests during the New Year. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't come next year."

"Good boy, the rumors are true! Awen is really good at speaking now." Second uncle Wang Yuncheng said with a smile.

"Uncle, hurry up and have a meal. The meat on the plate is almost finished by my uncle and others. There will be no second plate at that time." Li Wen and Wang Yuncheng said teasingly.

"Damn, you guys, this is not OK. Don't leave some for your brother-in-law." Wang Yuncheng hurriedly turned around and saw the already-empty braised pork plate and said.

"Haha! If you don't eat meat, you will have a problem with your brain." Several of Li Wen's uncles mocked Wang Yuncheng.

"You guys are shameful! Forget it, I'll eat noodles quickly. Today, the sour soup noodles are full of oil and water, I have to eat more." Wang Yuncheng hugged the four bowls of noodles brought by Li Wen directly into his arms.

At this time, Li Deyou came over with his face again.

"Yuncheng! I just didn't have any meat, so I didn't eat it! Don't worry, it's even more abundant at noon. I've divided dozens of kilograms of pork during the Chinese New Year." Li Deyou said with a smile.

"Then I'm waiting. But this sour soup noodles in your house are really good this year, full of oil and water."

"It seems that this year has really been released. I will take care of my brother-in-law in the future." Wang Yuncheng quickly took two bowls of noodles and put them in front of him, and said with a smile.

"Haha, what's the post? Everyone can only gather a few times a year, so we must have a good hospitality."

"Also, you eat less in the morning, noon is the main meal." Li Deyou smiled and patted Wang Yuncheng on the shoulder and turned around to serve the meal.

Today, there were only four or five guests on the eight tables of guests serving the meal, which made everyone very busy.

Because it is only delicious to just talk about sour soup noodles with one bowl, so a person can eat dozens of bowls.

Although his mother Wang Chunmei changed the noodle chunks, Li Wen's arms were so tired that he couldn't lift them up after taking them out in the morning.

Fortunately, I left it to my aunt and others for food, so I brought my cousin to help, otherwise I wouldn't be able to handle it.

Today's sour soup noodles are full of oil and water. Add white flour steamed buns and four cold dishes with a large portion.

Many adults and children couldn't wait to drink the soup and drank the steamed buns, so they drank half full, which made the breakfast end early. It was past ten o'clock after breakfast.

After breakfast, relatives and friends began to sit in the yard and chat, basking in the sun at the door and listening to the radio. The children took the New Year's money given by the old lady to go to the village to sell firecrackers and toys.

Li Wen sat next to the stove and ate breakfast in a hurry, then picked vegetables and cured meat with his family.
Chapter completed!