Hard times have room

Chapter 959 It's New Year's Eve

Su Hongying grinned and happily brought the meat back home with a smile on her face. The mother and daughter packed up the meat without stopping, washing and cutting what needed to be done.

The big pig's head, all the bones were removed, the pig's ears were connected to the pig's face, and they were strung up with ropes. Together with the hind legs at home, they were marinated with salt for one night and hung on the kitchen stove. Next to the counter, make bacon.

The meat is hung up, and will only be taken down when guests come to the house.

The temperature is low in winter, and the meat is not easy to spoil. In addition, it needs to be warmed from time to time, so there is no need to specially burn the fire to smoke the meat. Usually, the smoke produced by burning wood for heating at home is enough to smoke the meat.

In the past two days, because of the killing of pigs and dividing the meat, every household in the village smelled of meat, and the laughter of children following behind the adults' buttocks, this year's new year has come out.

On the day of the 28th, Baolin’s family started making tofu. They used ten catties of soybeans and took a lot of effort to make more than 20 catties of tofu and more than three catties of bean dregs, which was quite good.

Half of the tofu was taken out, and some were shared in the old house and relatives and friends. Of course, some people in the back brought things like glutinous rice cakes or radish and small river shrimp. There are not many things, just a heart, you come and I go Yes, the relationship will get closer and closer.

The tofu dregs are not wasted either. After frying in a big iron pan, put them in a bowl. When you want to eat, add chili and sauerkraut to stir-fry. It is also a very good dish.

On the night of New Year's Eve, Pauline and her family of three went to the old house for a New Year's Eve dinner. Compared to last year, this year was much more lively. There was a chicken, a fish, two big bowls of meat, and two big plates of eggs. Stewed tofu, the staple food is white rice, no other coarse grains are added, everyone is holding on firmly.

In this day and age, it is a very happy thing to be able to eat enough and eat well.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, the whole family sat happily around the stove, knocking pumpkin seeds in their hands. Even Li Tao did not disturb the scenery for the first time, and only concentrated on listening to people's speech and knocking pumpkin seeds.

When they left, Pauline also received a red envelope from her grandma, not only her, but also the juniors in the family, who also specifically told adults not to take this red envelope, but the youngest two were very happy.

The two of them are the youngest in the family, they have no human rights!The brothers and sisters are the ones who are most strictly controlled, and they can forcefully explain everything because you are still young.

When I returned, there was light shining from every household. Today is New Year’s Eve, so it’s not a big problem to burn more firewood or burn more oil.

Su Hongying is very beautiful in her heart. This is the first time since she separated from her family that she gets along so harmoniously with the people in the old house. She can sit and talk together calmly. She looks like a shrew, it takes a lot of effort.

If the people in the old house can maintain this state, she doesn't mind living in peace with them at all.

Now she also sees it, Pauline is already grown up, and she doesn't have the energy to fight with them anymore, anyway, they have already separated, so the people in the old house should be treated as close relatives!
She doesn't like everything in the old house, and she won't fight for it, which fundamentally cuts off the source of the conflict. I hope her two sisters-in-law can figure it out.

Baolin was also very happy. This evening she mainly talked with Wenhui Wencan and Wenjun Baozhu, a family of brothers and sisters, and there are still many topics to talk about. For her, such a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere is It's been a long time.

The relationship between these brothers and sisters has obviously become much closer after the exchange last night.

Both Wen Hui and Wen Can went to high school in the No. [-] Middle School, and they were lucky enough to be assigned to the same class. The life of the two brothers in high school was still very good, at least no one dared to bully them.

Wenjun and Baozhu entered the primary school in the second half of this year. They are now the first-grade students of Chenjiazhuang Primary School. They also achieved good results in the final exam before school, ranking among the best. I'm so happy, this brother/brother-in-law is unreliable, but my son can always be relied on.

Among the whole family, Wang Jiandang was the happiest. For one night, he felt very happy in his heart. Such a happy family atmosphere was what he was looking forward to.

Early the next morning, Pauline woke up to wish her parents New Year greetings, and she also prepared two red envelopes.

"Happy New Year, Mom and Dad. I wish you good health and success in the New Year." Pauline said while stuffing two red envelopes in her hand.

Su Hongying and Wang Jiandang looked at each other with a smile, and after accepting it, they took out their own red envelopes, put the two red envelopes together, and returned them to Pauline.

"Happy New Year."

Su Hongying looked at Baolin, who was ready to move, and wanted to say goodbye to her: "Paulin, your parents know what you want, but now you are still a student, and you have just passed your 15th birthday, so the red envelopes are still good. You take it!"

"When you arrive and grow up, we will definitely not refuse again."

"Speaking of it, your dad and I made the money. In the next few decades, every year, we can receive your red envelope."

Looking at the four red envelopes in her hand, Pauline felt helpless, well, she didn't send them out, and even returned two.

The red envelopes she gave were two yuan each. She liked even numbers, and the other numbers were too big for a student like her, so she wrapped two red envelopes each.

Now, instead of sending it out, I sent two red envelopes back. However, the family doesn't have to worry too much about this kind of thing, so they just accept it.

In the morning, Su Hongying boiled tea, added hard candy and melon seeds, and used these things as sacrifices to pay homage to the ancestors. She burned some yellow paper and did not set off firecrackers.

Baolin cooked the breakfast, simple porridge with pork liver and lean meat, and a bowl of steaming porridge warmed me up.

After breakfast, the family goes to the old house to pay New Year's greetings non-stop, which is essential.

In terms of things, a pack of mung bean cakes plus a grass carp weighing two catties, a red envelope for each old man and old lady, plus a red envelope for the juniors in the old house, this is all the etiquette.

This year's ceremony is definitely one of the best in the entire Shanghe Village, and it is already considered very important.

Pauline herself has prepared some things, but she only intends to give them to brothers and sisters, adults, so forget it!

As the first junior in the family with an income, I still have to prepare for it. Although it is not very expensive, it is a good intention after all.

(End of this chapter)