Xu Haiyang and others were finally dragged away by their parents, crying and shouting.
Looking at the departing figures of his children and grandchildren, Xu Chenghou couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
"What do you think will happen if the child is left behind? We are not their biological grandparents. How can we still abuse the children?"
The fifth daughter-in-law, isn’t her mother’s family also in Donggang?
Even if she doesn’t come back to us in the second year of junior high school, she won’t go back to her parents’ home in the third year of junior high school? We can take the child away then.”
"On the fourth child's side, Hua'er is engaged on the sixth day of the new year. Even if they don't come back to pick up the child, the third child and his wife can still take the child back to the camp.
All of these have to make the child cry. Look at how the child cried."
The old man feels sorry for his grandchildren, and he can't help but give them all.
"Hey, they are the parents of the child, what can we say?
They say that our children don’t kiss us. Whenever we come back, we just leave as if we were holding a torch. Can our children kiss us?
Haven't you heard Haiyang talk about his grandma and grandpa all day long? The Wu family is close to each other, so of course they are close."
Speaking of this, Zhou Guilan was also dissatisfied, but what's the use?
A son has no control over his mother. After marrying a daughter-in-law, he has to listen to his daughter-in-law.
It was useless for the old couple to nag, so they simply stopped thinking about it and quickly packed up their things to prepare for the New Year.
On New Year's Eve, Xu Shiyan still took his wife and children home to celebrate the New Year.
Compared with previous years, Xu Shiqin was missing from the family. During the reunion dinner in the evening, Zhou Guilan could not help but utter a few words.
"Why don't we all say that we have to raise a son? After all, the son will marry a wife and add more people to the family.
This girl can't do it. After raising her for more than twenty years, she finally became a grown-up."
"Come on, old lady, don't say anything. My daughter and I are all the same.
Son? Raising a son depends on whether you have a good daughter-in-law. As for our five sons, isn’t it the only one who comes back to spend the New Year with us?
Come on, let’s not talk about the Chinese New Year, come on, come on, eat some vegetables. Hai Qing, come on, this fish is delicious.”
Xu Chenghou didn't like to mention that. If he had time to think, he might as well coax his grandson to eat more.
"Eat quickly, finish the rice in the bowl before you can watch TV.
I heard there is a gala party this year? Let's make dumplings early and save time to watch the party."
Compared with previous years, this year's New Year's Eve is even more anticipated. The main reason is that the Xu family has a TV.
Ever since he learned that there was a party on New Year's Eve, Xu Chenghou had been looking forward to watching the party on TV.
"I know, I know, don't worry, I've chopped the meat stuffing in advance, and I'll chop some vegetables and make noodles after dinner.
You don’t have to start making dumplings until six o’clock, and they won’t delay you from watching the gala party.”
Not only Xu Chenghou was worried about it, but Zhou Guilan was also worried about it, so he made all the preparations for making dumplings early this year.
When the party was mentioned, the whole family became energetic, and the children also moved quickly to eat.
After the reunion dinner, I was supposed to rest for a while, but I didn’t rest this time.
Xu Chenghou and Xu Shiyan quickly found melon seeds, pine nuts, and hazelnuts, stir-fried them in a large pot, and kept them for the guests.
Su Anying grabbed a few children. The West Room was burning hot, so she gave the children a bath and changed clothes to celebrate the New Year.
Before half past five and six o'clock, everything was ready. Xu Shiyan rolled out the dumplings, and Su Anying and Zhou Guilan made the dumplings.
Xu Chenghou coaxed the two little ones not to cause trouble. Xu Haiyuan and Xu Jinping washed their hands and ran to be dumpling legs, helping to arrange dumplings, press pancakes, etc.
This time, Zhou Guilan did not insist on grabbing the medicine with her hands, as that was too slow.
It's better to cut quickly with a knife, lift the knife with your hand, and cut out the uniform white and fat dough pieces one by one.
Sprinkle thin noodles and flatten them, roll them out with a rolling pin, and wrap them with meat stuffing mixed with cabbage and radish. Rows of white and plump dumplings are ready.
Not only Xu's family wants to make dumplings in advance so they can watch TV, but others also think so.
Especially those who don’t have a TV at home and have to go to other people’s homes to watch TV, they all start making dumplings early.
Before eight o'clock, the Xu family's dumplings were all ready.
Afraid that the dumpling wrappers would get stuck on the curtain after being left for a long time, Zhou Guilan simply found a white cloth to cover the dumplings and took them outside directly.
The dumplings left outside in this cold weather will freeze hard in a short time. When the dumplings are cooked at night, they will be brought back to the pot and eaten directly.
As soon as the dumplings were taken out and the panels were cleaned, the dogs outside began to bark.
As soon as we went out, sure enough, many people from the neighbors came, all to watch the party.
"Brother Xu, sister-in-law, have a great New Year. I wish you a happy New Year in advance.
Well, I heard there is a party tonight? We will be at your house tonight." Someone came in and said with a smile.
"I didn't bring anything with me. These are freshly roasted melon seeds, and these are tea leaves given by relatives at home.
Let’s make a pot of tea later and watch the party while drinking tea and eating melon seeds.”
For those of you who are particular about it, bring something with you. After all, it’s not easy to disturb others during the Chinese New Year with nothing left.
"Oh, look at you, why are you so polite? We have everything at home, you just come."
When Xu Chenghou saw it, he couldn't help but be polite, and then asked Su Anying to make a pot of tea, put the Kang table in place, and let the visitor sit on the Kang to drink tea and watch TV.
The party started not long after, and people watching TV came in an endless stream.
People who don’t usually come to watch TV on weekdays came to join in the fun tonight.
The room in the Xu family, regardless of the kang and the floor, was full of people, and there really wasn't even a place to get down.
In 1985, the Spring Festival Gala was held in the gymnasium and was broadcast live.
The female host wore a skirt suit for the first time, and the male host wore a red shirt and white suit, which was refreshing.
Although various situations occurred frequently during the live broadcast, these people who were watching the gala for the first time in front of the TV watched it with gusto, and were so amused by some of the funny programs that they could not stand upright with laughter.
I saw that it was past eleven o'clock and the party was not over yet, but it was time to cook the dumplings.
Most people were reluctant to leave, turning back every step of the way to leave. There were also some children who refused to leave and had to finish watching.
Zhou Guilan and Su Anying went to make a fire to boil the dumplings, while Xu Chenghou and Xu Shiyan went outside to set up the heaven and earth table and offerings, put the dumplings inside and put whipping paper outside.
If we put it aside in previous years, the children would not be able to wait to see the fireworks before the firecrackers were set off.
This year, nothing like that happened. Xu Haiyuan and the others were all watching TV in the house, and no one came out.
If the children don't come out, those flash thunders, colorful pearls, etc. that I bought in advance will be useless.
Xu Chenghou and his son simply put two of them away and then carried the basket into the house.
As soon as he entered the house, the neighbor's wife hurried over, plucking her child's ears and dragging the child away.
"I don't know when it is? Are you eating dumplings and watching TV? Why, do you still want to eat at your Grandpa Xu's house? Go home quickly."
The shrewish wife scolded the children while walking.
The child's ears were grabbed by his mother, and while he was begging for mercy, he had to look at the TV.
It wasn't until he was dragged out of the house that he reluctantly went home.