Entering the main room of grandpa's house, the whole family except Bruce Lee was waiting for them inside.
Everything was a routine procedure, kowtowing, paying New Year greetings, and collecting New Year's money. After Sun Dahai finished drinking the poached eggs in sugar water made by his grandma, the procedure ended.
Grandpa is 61 this year. He is affable and loves to joke. Everyone knows that since he was a child, he has envied the landlord's family during the Chinese New Year. The children, the housekeeper, and the shopkeeper take turns reporting the year's results to the head of the family. So everyone starts every year at the beginning of the year.
Second, report the work to him according to his wishes and let him have a good time.
After everyone had finished the procedure and calmed down, my grandfather coughed dryly, walked slowly in all directions, walked to the main seat in the middle of the hall, and sat down, with a solemn look on his face.
Sun Dahai almost laughed out loud.
Grandpa, grandpa, if you want to play the role of a grand old man, you should be more dedicated. When you should be sitting upright, why don't you cross your legs?
Everyone started to move. As Sun Dahai walked out, he asked his second aunt next to him.
"Second aunt, where has my uncle gone? Why didn't you see him?"
The second aunt smiled and said, "Last time your cousins came to your house in the city, did you make them a new dish? What's it called fish?"
Sun Dahai thought for a moment and replied: "It must be boiled fish. This is what they seemed to eat last time they came here."
"During dinner yesterday, your brother-in-law said that he had been with the army in the Land of Abundance for more than ten years, and occasionally went out for tooth festivals. He was also used to eating spicy food, but he never found Sichuan food delicious. Xiaohong said you cooked it
Fish is delicious, but it's numb and spicy, making people want to eat it but not dare to eat it. No, he's interested. Knowing that you are coming today, he said he would go to the pond to break the ice and catch two fish, and let you give them to him when he comes back.
He did. He left early in the morning."
While talking, Sun Dahai had already walked to the door of the main room.
"Dahai, listen to your mother, you have started to take charge of things in your house. When you go to grandpa's house, you can sit here and listen." Grandpa stopped Sun Dahai and asked him to sit down too.
Sun Dahai looked at the layout of the main hall. Under the central hall were two groups of four chairs facing each other, so he consciously sat on the last chair on the left.
The eldest cousin Li Jian didn't say anything. He nodded to Sun Dahai and sat opposite him.
At this time, his uncle Bruce Lee ran back, handed the two fish he was carrying to his aunt, and whispered a few words to her.
The eldest aunt went out with the fish, and the younger uncle also sat down.
After everyone left, the uncle began to report to grandpa about the situation at home this year.
Sun Dahai looked at the situation in the main room and nodded secretly. It looked like it was really happening here.
Grandpa sat at the head of the hall alone, with his uncle, second uncle, uncle and Li Jian on his right. On his left were Sun Weiguo, Li Cuifeng, Cao Yong and Sun Dahai who were invited to attend.
The reason why mother Li Cuifeng appears here is not because of her status as the third daughter, but because she is the immediate family member with the highest academic qualifications and highest position in the family, and she is also a big leader of the country, a penmaster (Grandpa said).
Everyone was pretending to be serious, and the reporting work continued. Finally, it was Sun Dahai's turn. He also said a lot about "study hard and make progress every day", "be the successor of communism", and "make his own contribution to the early realization of the four modernizations".
Work hard" and other nonsense like this won rounds of applause, plus two thumbs up from Bruce Lee and Li Jian, and a roll of the eyes from my mother.
Grandpa concluded with a few words, praising everyone for their hard work last year and looking forward to the new year's expectations. The report lasted for half an hour and ended successfully with applause.
This is a conference of unity, a conference of victory, a conference of carrying forward the past and opening up the future, and a conference full of ceremony.
Grandpa, who had had enough fun, smiled broadly. He patted this, then that, and finally walked out with satisfaction.
An old kid!
Everyone relaxed, and Cao Yong, who was experiencing this for the first time, was a little confused. So Sun Dahai, who was also attending for the first time, not counting his previous life, smiled and explained the reason to Cao Yong.
After Cao Yong understood it, he also smiled.
Sun Weiguo and Cao Yong took turns introducing the situation to everyone. Li Cuifeng made a special trip back a few days ago and told the Li family about it in advance. Except for Bruce Lee, who only returned to the capital on New Year's Eve, everyone has been thinking carefully these days. Waiting for Sun Weiguo
After the introduction, everyone raised their own questions and suggestions.
During the heated discussion, Li Zhong came, bringing his son Li Yongchao and grandson Li Fei, as well as two bottles of Hengshui Laobaigan.
Li Zhong was born in 1919, and he and his grandfather Li Wen, who was born in 1920, are cousins who did not enter the fifth server. They have a common great-grandfather.
Li Zhong joined the local guerrillas when he was young. After the peaceful liberation of the capital in 1949, he became the village chief, where he remains today.
Li Zhong has two children. After graduating from the normal technical secondary school, the eldest daughter became a teacher in a key primary school in the city through Jiang Xiuping's introduction. Later, she fell in love with and got married to a male teacher from the same school. Soon after, the two fell in love.
Kouzi's head was filled with excitement, and they both responded to the call of the country, participated in the activities of young cadres supporting the border areas, and ran to the border areas.
The family leave that came once every few years could not last for three days and four nights on a one-way train, so the two of them gave up on returning to the capital to visit relatives. They exchanged letters every year and only waited for the 25-year period to expire before returning to the city with their families.
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His son, Li Yongchao, was in the same class as Li Cuifeng. After failing the college entrance examination, he changed to a technical secondary school in accounting. He is currently working at the district Agricultural Bank of China. Li Zhong specially brought his son here to let him oversee the investment.
Li Zhong and his son also joined the discussion.
There is strength in numbers.
After everyone expressed their opinions from different angles and filled in the gaps, the investment plan gradually took shape.
Sun Dahai didn't cook lunch, so it was cooked by his eldest aunt and second aunt, the chefs, and his two cousins.
There are strong rules in rural areas, especially during the New Year or weddings and funerals. Except for grandma who is old and does not need to cook, the rest of the work must be done by the daughter-in-law and adult female relatives of the family, except for the chef.
Li Cuifeng is an exception. Firstly, she is in a meeting to discuss issues. Secondly, as a division-level cadre and the first Capital University graduate from Northwest Wangxiang, she is not known in the hearts of her family members, including those in the entire commune who know her.
He will treat her like the third daughter of the Li family who just comes and goes.
Lunch is a typical eight bowls during the Chinese New Year in rural areas. Although life has improved slightly in recent years, daily meals are still almost devoid of oil and water. Everyone eats them during the Chinese New Year or at weddings and funerals in the village to supplement their health.
Therefore, this farm food does not pay much attention to the color, flavor, and shape, but the quantity is large enough and the taste is strong enough. Like the braised carp on the table, it goes down very slowly. Adults find it too earthy and fishy, while children find it too fishy.
However, the several semi-finished dishes that Chef Cao made in advance, including crystal meat, steamed pork and braised pork processed by his aunt, are very popular. Especially the fried meatballs, which are fragrant and fragrant after being thickened with gravy and poured with sauce.
As soon as it was served to the table, there were immediately empty bowls left. My aunt cooked three pots in a row before everyone was satisfied.
The lunch was divided into two tables. Grandpa, grandma and the people who just had the meeting ate at the main table in the main room. The others had a separate table in the west room.
Sun Dahai was a little disapproving. The main room was very big. Although it was a mud house, it was not bright enough, but if you squeeze it in, it would be no problem to set up three tables. As a result, eating in two rooms is now divided into two rooms, which is far worse than at home. Everyone is crowded on one long table.
Eat deliciously.
In his uncle's resentful eyes, Sun Dahai retreated, and he promised to cook him boiled fish for dinner.