The son and daughter-in-law are back to celebrate the New Year, and the happiest people are Xu Chenghou and his wife.
Fortunately, there is nothing missing at home, and chicken, duck, and fish are all prepared.
So, on the twenty-ninth day, Zhou Guilan led her daughters-in-law and began to cook all kinds of delicious food.
Zhou Guilan has already steamed the big steamed buns, so she only needs to steam two more pots of jujube steamed buns.
A few days ago, Su Anying was still selling goods in Yangcheng. Zhou Guilan didn't know when her daughter-in-law would come back.
I was afraid that it would be too late to prepare anything at the end of the year, so I started steaming steamed buns in advance.
After steaming several pots, they were all frozen in a big vat outside.
There is also meat. The pigs that were killed yesterday were distributed by Xu Shiyan’s work unit and given by relatives and friends. We have all kinds of meat at home.
So he dug them all out, including pork knuckles, pig trotters, and large pieces of pork belly, and threw them all into the pot.
Everything that needs to be fried over there has been prepared in advance.
On the morning of his thirtieth day, Xu Shian brought his wife and son back with a lot of vegetables, and the house became even more lively.
Nowadays, Xu Shiyan and the others do not need to do the work of matching couples. Xu Haibo and Xu Haitao lead their brothers to do it all.
Some of the boys were holding glutinous rice paste and wiping the gate pillars with brooms, some were holding couplets and pasting them up, and some were watching from a distance to see what was right and wrong.
"Brother, go up two centimeters over there, yes, yes, hey, that's it, okay."
Xu Haiyuan was the one who stood in the distance to see what was right and what was wrong. Under his command, the brother carefully posted the couplets for several weeks, then posted them on the doorkeeper, hung up the money, and went out to celebrate the occasion.
After that, the children also posted pairs on the door, barn, chicken coop, and other places.
Then, there is the word "福", which is posted on windows, doors, water tanks, wherever I can find it.
After finishing the pasting here, Xu Shiyan’s house was also pasted, and then the children set off firecrackers while walking and came back happily.
Xu Shixian led his brothers to set up a lantern pole in the yard and crackle firewood.
Normally, the firewood at home is always provided by Xu Chenghou. In order to celebrate the New Year, he has prepared a lot in advance.
But there is a meaning in breaking firewood and holding firewood in the New Year.
Besides, Xu Shixian and the others haven't been back to do any work for the family for several years. This year, the brothers have agreed to give their father and mother more firewood, so that he can save some energy.
When these people lived in big houses, they would go up to the mountains to plant trees and cut firewood in winter. Naturally, this task was not difficult for them.
The brothers wielded axes and cracked firewood all morning, filling the woodshed with firewood.
In the kitchen, Su Anying's sisters-in-law were leading Xu Jinfeng and Xu Jinxiu in cooking and cooking. Zhou Guilan wanted to come over and take a look, but was kicked out immediately.
It was just a reunion dinner, with five sisters-in-law and children to help, how could the mother-in-law do it?
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the reunion dinner was served.
There were a large family of more than 20 people, but the kang table was too small to sit wide, so we took the kang table from Xu Shiyan's family and put the two tables together.
Chu Xuanhuai and Xu Chenghou led their children to eat on the Kang. Xu Shixian and his five brothers led their wives to the table on the floor.
This reunion dinner is much richer than the pig-killing dish that day.
Not to mention chicken, duck, and fish, it’s quite normal to have these during the Chinese New Year.
The key is, there are several kinds of vegetables on the table, and they are all rare things.
There are more than a dozen dishes, and the dishes that come later can only be piled on top of other plates. This is a big table full, which makes people greedy just looking at it.
The old rule is that during the Chinese New Year, a family photo must be taken.
So everyone came into the room, sitting, standing, squatting, everything was arranged.
Then Xu Shiyan set the timer for the camera, flashed the light, and heard a kacha sound, which just kept the smile on everyone's face.
After taking a complete family portrait, everyone sat down and Xu Shiyan took several more photos with his camera.
Especially the table on the Kang, Xu Shiyan specially took a few more photos of his parents and children.
The children's faces are filled with happy smiles. The New Year is the happiest moment for children.
"Third brother, come and eat quickly, but don't play with your camera."
When Xue Xiulin saw Xu Shiyan taking pictures of the children, she quickly called him.
"Just like your elder brother, he won't be finished until he's caught with a camera."
Xu Shixian also bought a camera last year. Hey, it’s so rare for a young man.
On Sundays, if I have nothing to do, I go to Beishan or Xijiang or some other place, and take photos of any flowers or clouds I can find.
Xue Xiulin said that she was following a demon.
Xu Shiyan glanced at Xu Shixian, and the two brothers looked at each other and smiled. Then Xu Shiyan put the camera in the cabinet, came over and sat down to eat.
It was a rare occasion for the Xu family to celebrate the New Year together as a large family. The old couple were obviously very happy, and Xu Chenghou had to take a few sips.
There is plenty of wine at home, including all kinds of good wines. Most of them are given to Xu Shiyan by his friends. Xu Shiyan usually doesn't drink them, so he puts them all away.
It's the Chinese New Year, so I don't care about that. I find a few bottles of Maotai and pour a cup for Chu Xuanhuai and Xu Chenghou each.
"Dad, Master, it's not that I won't let you drink. You should drink less as you get older.
This wine is said to be used for state banquets? Anyway, people say this is very good, but what kind of aging is it? I don’t know, let’s give it a try.”
Zheng Yuyang bought this specially for Xu Shiyan a while ago, there are only two boxes in total.
Xu Shiyan knew the value of these things and was reluctant to touch them, so he put them away.
If it weren't for the Chinese New Year today and the whole family was here, he wouldn't be willing to take it out to drink.
Chu Xuanhuai picked up the wine glass, put it in front of her nose, smelled it, and nodded.
"Well, it's a good thing."
Among the people in this room, Mr. Chu is the most knowledgeable.
I have never seen anything in my life, and Maotai is not a rare thing among them. So when the old man smelled it, he knew what this wine was like.
Xu Shiyan laughed when he heard it, "It must be my master who is knowledgeable. They gave it to me, but I don't understand anything."
It’s just left there anyway, and I don’t want to drink it.”
"Eldest brother, second brother, fourth and fifth brother, let's pour some too.
Well, it’s Chinese New Year, we’re not here to drink too much, we just want to drink well and taste it slowly, and let’s have a taste of what this wine tastes like.”
Xu Shiyan laughed and poured it on all his brothers.
What can I say, when this wine was cheap in the past, everyone was poor, and no one was willing to spend seven or eight yuan to buy a bottle of wine and drink it back.
Now that I have money, this wine is also expensive, and it seems not easy to buy.
After a few more years of waiting, it will be really great to be able to buy it. It is estimated that not many people will be willing to drink it, so they will keep it for collection.
This was the first time in his two lives that Xu Shiyan drank Moutai.
In the era when he was reborn, this thing was almost sold to the sky. If you want to buy it, you can't buy it with money.
Even if you spend a lot of money to buy it, it may not be real.
Zheng Yuyang said that he had an acquaintance in Qian Province and asked someone to get this wine specially for Xu Shiyan so that Xu Shiyan could keep it to entertain guests during the New Year.
He also said that if Xu Shiyan drank well, he would wait for the opportunity to get a few more boxes for Xu Shiyan.
Why would Xu Shiyan bother others so much? After calling Zheng Yuyang to thank him, he tactfully expressed that he didn't want to cause trouble to others.