Chapter Seven hundred and twentieth IX Chinese New Year is celebrating children
“Sister-in-law, why do my family still say whether to help or not?
If Shi Yan can arrange it, he will definitely not refuse." Su Anying laughed after hearing this.
Her character has always been like this, she is very arrogant and does not hold grudges, and she never takes the past seriously.
They are all descendants of the old Xu family. Their children have become successful, and their uncle and aunt's faces are also shining.
When Su Anying said this, Xue Xiulin was naturally happy, so she dragged Su Anying and insisted on having a drink.
The sisters were laughing and joking, and everyone was drinking too.
Fortunately, the alcohol content of the ice wine was not high, so it did not make them drunk.
The whole family had a great reunion, and the meal was very lively.
Xu Chenghou and Zhou Guilan looked at the room full of people, and the smiles on their faces never broke.
After the reunion dinner, we quickly put everything away, then rested for a while and started chopping meat and vegetables to prepare dumplings.
The children were all sent away to stare for a while, so they didn't have the energy to stay up late at night.
I started making dumplings at six-thirty in the evening, and by eight o'clock, most of the dumplings had been made.
Just at this time, the party also started. Everyone was watching TV and making dumplings.
The party has been held for several years, and for children, it is no longer as attractive as it was in the early years when television was first introduced.
Cross talk, skits, etc. are okay, and the children can sit still.
But once it was replaced by the singers, dancers and opera singers, Xu Haitao and Xu Haibin, it was as if they had nails growing on their butts and they couldn't sit still at all.
"Come on, let's go out and set off cannons? This thing doesn't look good and is boring.
Wouldn’t it be good if we let the firework go off for a while and watch the skit when we come back?”
The host announced the scene and said that the next solo was about to be performed. Xu Haitao came close to Xu Haibin and Xu Haiyuan and whispered.
Boys are less able to sit still.
Especially during this Chinese New Year, there are a lot of firecrackers at home, and the sound of firecrackers can be heard from time to time outside.
The children were also worried, so when Xu Haitao said this, they opened their eyes and became energetic.
"Okay, my dad bought a lot of cannons. I know where they are. Let's go."
Xu Haiyuan looked at the singer on TV and thought it was boring.
So I ran to the back room of the east room and took out a lot of firecrackers from the cabinet.
Several boys put on their coats and hats, went to the stove pit, pulled out a few sticks of firewood with sparks on the front, and went out to set off the firecrackers.
During the Chinese New Year, my family bought a lot of firecrackers, including all kinds of firecrackers.
Xu Haiyuan sorted out a lot of them and placed them on the ground. Then Xu Haitao and others took firewood with sparks and lit the firecracker fuses.
Then, the courtyard became lively and full of noise.
From time to time, the sky-piercing monkey would fly out with a squeak and explode in the air.
Or there were flash thunders, colorful pearls, etc., which not only exploded, but also exploded in various colors, lighting up the courtyard.
"These naughty kids, it's not time to hand out paper yet, they are making a fool of themselves."
Xu Shixian heard the noise outside, shook his head, and wanted to get up and call the children back.
Don't set off all the firecrackers because you won't be able to use them when handing out paper later.
"Brother, don't worry, there are plenty of firecrackers at home.
Let them do whatever they want. The boy is like this, and he usually can't do it without anyone to accompany him.
This time the six boys got together, it’s good that they didn’t lift the roof of the house, let them go.”
There are boys at home who are noisy and have a lively New Year celebration.
During the Chinese New Year, Xu Haiyuan likes to be quiet, and Xu Haiqing is too young to dare to play the zither, so Xu Shiyan takes his sons out to set off cannons.
This year, the six cousins got together. Xu Haibo, Xu Haitao, and Xu Haibin were all young and fearless. With the three of them taking the lead, Xu Haiyuan and the others also started to make trouble.
That's great. The Chinese New Year is all about excitement. Without excitement, it wouldn't be fun.
When it was said that day that the brothers would be celebrating the New Year at home, Xu Shiyan got his thoughts.
I specially brought back some more firecrackers from the participating store, just for the children to play with.
Who is celebrating the New Year? It’s just children. Without children jumping around, what’s the point of celebrating the New Year?
After Xu Shiyan said this, Xu Shixian didn't go out anymore. He sat down to eat melon seeds, drink tea, and watch TV.
It just so happens that next is a skit. The skits in these years are all carefully prepared, full of jokes, and very funny.
Whether they were in front of the TV or in the studio, the audience was made to laugh by the sketch actors on stage.
At nine o'clock, all the dumplings were wrapped. There were many people in the family, so they were filled with seven or eight curtains.
Zhou Guilan rummaged through the cabinet and found a few pieces of clean white cloth, covered the dumplings, and took them out.
In the past, white flour bags were white cloth bags with a red or blue thread woven at both ends.
Most people save flour bags, clean them specially, and then take apart the stitches to make a square piece of cloth.
It's a good thing to keep as furoshiki or make aprons.
It will take a few more years before woven bag-style dough bags will be available. Once the woven bags come out, cloth dough bags will no longer exist.
The Xu family's life was good and there was no shortage of white flour, so they saved a lot of flour bags.
Zhou Guilan had already cleaned them up and kept them for coverings and other things.
The dumplings were wrapped, and there was still a while until the papers were handed out. Everyone sat down and watched TV.
After watching the wonderful and funny show, everyone was laughing so hard that they couldn't stop laughing.
"By the way, these are apples and pears from my hometown. Lao San and his company brought back several carts this year to provide benefits to the workers. Come and try them all."
Zhou Guilan suddenly remembered that there were some fruits at home, so she quickly found them, washed them, and brought a basin over for everyone to eat as they pleased.
"Well, this apple is very good, very sweet and crispy. Don't we have good things here too?"
Xu Shixian took an apple and took a bite. It was crunchy, sweet and delicious.
"This pear is not the same old variety as before, but it's still pretty good."
Over there, Xu Chenghou took the pear and looked at it for a long time.
It's not the variety he remembered. He took a bite and tasted it. It was okay and quite delicious.
"Over here, the place is too remote and the roads are not good, so we can't transport good things out.
If the road can be properly repaired, the other side will not be poor." Xu Chenghou sighed while eating pears.
"Third brother, your company is better. In this year's situation, you still have money to provide benefits to your employees."
Xu Shixian muttered while chewing an apple.
“I still didn’t understand this year that he was using a big flower basket to hold fruits.
Moreover, the preparations there are not sufficient and the quantity is not enough.
When I took a look at the things after they were brought back, I had no choice but to distribute them evenly and share them in portions of ten or eight catties for each family.
I told Brother Qu that next year, we can use bamboo baskets or cardboard boxes. It’s more convenient and better than this.”
Xu Shiyan also took an apple and gnawed it. Not to mention, this apple was indeed delicious, better than Guoguang and so on, and quite sweet.
"Our unit is okay. Anyway, we got through this year, but I don't know what next fall will be like.
Let’s take a look at the Spring Fair. If the orders are good at next year’s Spring Fair, then everything will be fine.
If there are no orders at the Spring Fair, it may not be like next year.
No matter what happens, the workers must have a good year."