Xu Shiyan and his wife had four children and were really busy.
So Xu Chenghou said that this year the two families will celebrate the New Year together, which is lively and convenient.
On the morning of his thirtieth day, Xu Shiyan cleaned up his yard, erected a lantern pole, and hung up red lanterns.
After putting up couplets and the word "Fu" outside, I packed up and went back to my parents' place with Su Anying and the four children to celebrate the New Year.
Now that the day is getting better, of course Zhou Guilan must prepare more delicious food.
Starting at around ten o'clock in the morning, Zhou Guilan led her daughter and daughter-in-law to work in the kitchen, frying one delicious thing after another.
The aroma wafted into the house, and Xu Haiyuan and Xu Jinping looked towards the kitchen with saliva flowing.
"Two little greedy cats, let's go and eat. Don't overeat. There are still a lot of dishes."
Zhou Guilan brought a bowl of freshly fried meatballs, dried fruits, and crispy twists, and asked Xu Haiyuan to take them to the house to eat, so as to save them from being greedy here.
The two children took the bowls and happily went back to the house to eat.
They were eating, and the two little ones were greedy when they saw it, and kept screaming.
Fortunately, Xu Shiqin was watching, and Xu Haiyuan almost handed the meatballs to his brother.
"No, they are too young to chew these fried things. You two can eat, and I will steam chicken cakes for them."
Remember, you must not feed them anything else."
After Xu Shiqin watched his nephew and niece eat all the delicious food in the bowl, he felt relieved and went to the kitchen to steam chicken cakes for the two little ones.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the food was all ready. The Kang table was placed on the Kang in the east room, and the family sat around the table to have a reunion dinner.
In the evening, Xu Chenghou coaxed the children while the others started making dumplings. At 11:30 in the evening, firecrackers started to sound outside.
Xu Chenghou woke up his sleeping grandchildren and told them to go out and set off firecrackers.
When Xu Haiyuan and Xu Jinping heard that firecrackers were about to be set off, Xulu immediately got up, dressed up and went out with their grandfather and father.
I haven't paid much attention to it in the past two years, and some of the old rules have reared their ugly heads.
Before putting down dumplings and setting off firecrackers, Zhou Guilan would set up a heaven and earth table in the yard, with some steamed buns, chicken, fish, meat, wine and other offerings on the table.
When the water in the pot boiled and before the dumplings were about to be cooked, Xu Chenghou led his children and grandchildren out, first lit three incense sticks and inserted them into the bowl filled with corn noodles.
It's not easy to find an incense burner bowl at this time. Most people use two bowls to hold one bowl of corn noodles, and press them firmly.
When it runs out, you can still feed the pigs and chickens with the corn noodles without any delay.
Xu Chenghou lit incense and handed out papers, while Xu Shiyan lit a five-hundred-ring firecracker.
After the firecrackers were set off, Xu Chenghou led his children and grandchildren to kneel down and kowtow in front of the heaven and earth table, sincerely praying for peace, success and everything goes well in the new year.
After handing out the papers and kowtowing, the two men started coaxing the baby.
There are more types of firecrackers on the market this year. In addition to ordinary firecrackers and two-kick firecrackers, there are also other types.
There are flash thunders, colorful pearls, sky-piercing monkeys, and various small fireworks that children like, small airplanes, and little bees.
In order to comfort his children, Xu Shiyan bought tens of dollars worth of fireworks and brought back a basket. Now he took them out and lit them one by one.
Flash thunder and colorful pearls are a bit similar, they both fly out one by one and explode in the sky.
The flash mine will explode and make a loud noise, while the colorful pearl will not make that much noise, and it will look better when it explodes.
The two little kids raised their heads and looked at the beautiful fireworks blooming in the dark night sky, jumping up and down with joy and clapping their hands.
Seeing how happy their children were, Xu Shiyan and Xu Chenghou became more and more excited.
If Zhou Guilan hadn't cooked the dumplings and told them to go back to eat dumplings, the two men would probably be able to continue.
"Let's go home and eat dumplings first. After dinner is finished, we can come out to play."
Xu Chenghou looked at what was left in the basket. He might not be able to put them all away in a while, so he might as well eat first.
The two children spent a lot of time outside. It was quite cold outside at night, and their little faces turned red from the cold, but they didn't care.
The two children were addicted to watching the fireworks. When they heard about going inside to eat, they all turned around reluctantly.
"Dad, how many more can we put in?" Xu Jinping tugged on the corner of Xu Shiyan's clothes to discuss.
"Good boy, let's go inside first to warm up. When you're full, daddy will take you out to let you go.
Look, there are still these in the basket, we will put them away soon." Xu Shiyan picked up his daughter and coaxed the little girl back to the house.
Xu Jinping was happy when she heard that they would come out to set off fireworks later. She hugged her father's neck and happily followed her father and grandfather into the house.
The Kang table is still outside, so I have to stand aside.
The side stand is actually a table with foldable legs. When not in use, it can be folded up and placed against the wall, so the locals call it the side stand.
There were six or seven plates of dumplings on the table, with a bowl of garlic sauce in the middle, a bottle of vinegar and a bottle of sesame oil next to it.
Small plates and chopsticks were placed in front of everyone.
Zhou Guilan saw Xu Chenghou and his son coming back with their children, so she invited them to eat dumplings together.
"Come on, everyone, sit down, let's eat dumplings."
The table was placed next to the kang, and Xu Haiyuan and Xu Jinping were placed on the edge of the kang. The two children were small, so it was just right for them to sit on the edge of the kang.
Zhou Guilan put four or five dumplings into small bowls for each of them, and poured soy sauce, vinegar, and sesame oil into their small plates.
The two children went to bed tonight. They didn't eat much and were a little hungry now.
The fragrant and hot dumplings were right in front of them. Both children were hungry, so they didn't care about them and hurriedly ate them.
Xu Jinping was a bit younger, so it was a bit difficult to pick up dumplings with chopsticks, so she just started.
The adults don't care if they see it, just let them do it, as long as the children are happy to eat it.
"Yes, it's delicious. Grandma put money, peanuts, red dates, and sugar in the dumplings. Let's see what you can eat."
Zhou Guilan sat next to the two children and coaxed them to eat.
The two little ones were asleep and didn't wake up while the firecrackers were being set off outside. Just in time, everyone could have a peaceful meal.
The dumplings on New Year's Eve are filled with something to win prizes. Most of them are filled with money, candy, etc.
Of course, there are also some people who are not well-intentioned.
There used to be a mother-in-law who wrapped a small piece of charcoal in the dumplings on New Year's Eve and said as she was wrapping it, she would eat it if she saw who was evil in the family.
When she said this, the mother-in-law stared at the eldest daughter-in-law, which meant that the daughter-in-law had a dark heart.
As a result, when the dumplings were cooked and eaten, the charcoal-wrapped dumpling was eaten by the youngest son of the family.
The angry little son turned dark at that time and lost his temper with his mother.
Zhou Guilan doesn't have those bad thoughts. She wants to celebrate the New Year and no one will find her uncomfortable.
No matter who eats what, everyone will send all kinds of good words and blessings. The Chinese New Year is all about this celebration.
Not to mention, most of the money went to Xu Shiyan and Xu Shiqin.
Xu Shiqin also ate dates, peanuts, etc. Everyone said that Xu Shiqin would have good luck in the coming year.
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