Chapter 315 The unsatisfactory part of the New Year's Eve dinner
Most of the New Year's goods brought back by Comrade Xu are food.
Although he didn't ask what food he bought at home before he came back today, based on his understanding of his mother, he concluded that her mother was frugal and she must have bought all the New Year's goods.
And with his current income, it doesn't matter if he eats or drinks during the Chinese New Year, it's just a drop in the bucket.
No, he bought three kinds of melon seeds in the car today, including pistachios, raisins, candied fruits, etc., and bought everything by the pound.
I also bought a pork leg, a lamb leg, and ten pounds of beef.
I also bought a bunch of other dry goods.
In addition, I also bought a new set of clothes and new shoes for each of my mother, brother, and sister.
Anyway, he bought everything he could think of.
As a result, when they saw the things he brought back in the car, his whole family felt that they had bought too much.
Xu Tonglu, who came to help move things, was stunned when he saw the huge pile in the car.
Ge Yuzhu came to help move things. When he saw a lot of things in the car, he was surprised and said: "Brother, why did you buy so much? How can we finish eating so much food? Mom bought New Year vegetables."
When Ge Xiaozhu came out of the kitchen and saw so many things that Xu Tongdao had bought, he couldn't help complaining that he spent money and bought too much.
Comrade Xu just laughed and said: "Not much! Not much!"
He feels that the meaning of making money is to make the whole family happy.
Otherwise, why work so hard to make money?
If you can’t buy more things during the holidays, then when should you buy them?
It is the wish of many people to have a prosperous New Year. He feels that a fruitful New Year can make the whole family feel happy, or at least feel satisfied.
And this kind of happiness and satisfaction can change the mental state of everyone in the family.
It will make them feel that this home is finally on its feet.
It can make them full of hope for the future.
It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.
If it's normal, it's around three o'clock in the afternoon, which is not too late.
But today is New Year’s Eve, and it’s past three o’clock. Some people may have almost finished their New Year’s Eve dinner. This is not an exaggeration. In Comrade Xu’s impression, every year during the New Year, there are always some people who finish their New Year’s Eve dinner early at around three o’clock in the afternoon.
, and then... play mahjong.
Especially for those families with gambling habits, they always have New Year's Eve dinner very early every year in order to finish eating early and go out to find a card table early to play.
When Comrade Xu drove into the village just now, he saw the doors of many houses closed, and they were all having New Year's Eve dinner.
So, as soon as he, his brother, and sister moved the New Year's goods in the car home, his mother, Ge Xiaozhu, urged him to worship his ancestors quickly.
The New Year's Eve dinner can only be held after ancestor worship is over.
Tongdao Xu was very familiar with the process of ancestor worship.
Because before he was reborn, he had been responsible for ancestor worship for many years. Since his father disappeared, he has been responsible for the ancestor worship at home every year.
Carry the Eight Immortals table in the main room to the middle of the main room, and together with your mother, brother, and sister, bring the dishes for ancestor worship to the Eight Immortals table one by one, put out bowls, chopsticks, wine glasses...
Fill each wine glass with wine, put some vegetables in each bowl, and mutter something to invite the ancestors to go home for dinner and drinking.
Then he kowtows, he takes the lead and finishes eating, followed by his younger brother, and finally his younger sister.
After finishing eating, I went out to set off firecrackers and burn paper money...
Light incense.
This set of procedures must be performed three times before this year's ancestor worship is completed.
These are all things he learned from his father from childhood.
What is ripe cannot be overripe.
But it was precisely because he was so familiar with this trick that when the three brothers and sisters came to burn paper money outside the gate, Xu Tonglu and Ge Yuzhu both raised questions.
Ge Yuzhu: "Brother, this is your first time worshiping ancestors! How come you are so skilled?"
Xu Tonglu: "When I worshiped my ancestors last year, I forgot to light incense. My mother talked about it all night. How come you don't remember everything?"
"Because you are careless!"
Comrade Xu casually brushed it off.
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When the family had New Year's Eve dinner together, the dishes on the table were just as Xu Tongdao expected. Although there were many plates, there were not many hard dishes.
Mother's frugality was clearly demonstrated at the New Year's Eve dinner.
The most valuable dish is a pot of chicken soup.
Followed by braised pork ribs.
Once again, it’s a braised fish.
Moreover, according to local customs, the braised fish on the New Year table cannot be touched until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Xu Tongdao frowned, but as a son who is celebrating the New Year, he cannot talk about his mother.
He smiled and poured wine for his brother, and asked his sister to pour drinks for his mother, inviting everyone to eat and drink more.
This is his first reunion year with his whole family after his rebirth. He didn't make it back for last year's New Year's Eve dinner.
So this year's New Year's Eve dinner, he had mixed feelings.
There is emotion, satisfaction, and even more happiness.
Sister Ge Yuzhu's face had the biggest smile tonight. Although the light shone on her dark skin, her bright smile made Xu Tongdao think she was beautiful tonight.
In fact, he always thought that his sister was very beautiful. Apart from her dark skin, she had no other shortcomings.
My younger brother Xu Tonglu also had a faint smile on his face tonight. Although he still didn't speak much, the anger between his brows was obviously much lighter.
This kid has been unruly since he was a child. Ever since his father disappeared, the anger in his brows has always been with him, but tonight, the anger on his face seemed to be the least.
My mother also had a subtle smile on her face tonight.
She didn't eat much, and she was serving food to him, and to Xu Tonglu and Ge Yuzhu. She looked at the three children on the table, and she seemed to be in a trance.
I don't know what she is thinking.
Xu Tongdao was very thoughtful and noticed his mother's abnormality. He also noticed that his mother's eyes glanced at the empty side of the Eight Immortals Table from time to time.
The table is fine and not broken.
The only vacancy is that there is no one sitting on that side.
Tongdao Xu knew why she looked at the side where no one was sitting from time to time.
Their family was originally a family of four. During the Chinese New Year every year, they would sit on each side of the Eight Immortals table, neatly and neatly.
But his father disappeared, and the Eight Immortals Table was no longer full.
He wanted to say something to his mother, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.
Today is New Year's Eve after all, so we can't talk about unhappy topics.
He held back, but when everyone was about to finish eating, his mother, Ge Xiaozhu, could not hold back. She sighed, looked at the empty side, and said softly: "What a pity! Xiaodao can make so much money now, if...it should..."
How wonderful!"
What she said was unclear, but Xu Tongdao, Xu Tonglu and Ge Yuzhu all understood it.
The expressions of the three people were different, and the chopsticks in their hands stopped.
"Mom, do you miss dad?"
Ge Yuzhu asked softly, her mood becoming a little depressed.
After asking, he looked at Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglu worriedly.
The smile on Xu Tongdao's face disappeared and his brows wrinkled slightly.
The one who reacted the most was Xu Tonglu. This boy looked up at his mother, Ge Xiaozhu, and stared coldly for a few seconds. Then he suddenly slapped the chopsticks in his hand on the table and said angrily: "Mom! Why are you mentioning him? What's wrong with our family now?"
?He did such a scandal, do you still miss him? Do you have any blood?"