Otoharu

Chapter 166
The New Year’s Eve dinner on New Year’s Eve is the most important meal throughout the year. Generally, there are no less than twelve dishes, which symbolizes peace and prosperity for the twelve months of the year. These twelve dishes are basically hard dishes. , such as eel, yellow croaker, sausage, etc., the main dish is a "hot pot". There are not only meatballs, shrimp, bacon, egg dumplings, ham slices, but also quail eggs and all kinds of vegetables that can be found in winter.

Such a full pot, just looking at it makes people move their index fingers.Eating "hot pot" on New Year's Eve is also to win a "lucky head". The hot pot is steaming hot, which means "reunion, prosperity, and warmth".I hope that the coming year will be like this at home.

The Li family has a small population, and almost everyone around such a hot pot can eat enough. This is the only day of the year that Mrs. Li is extraordinarily generous. No matter how much meat and vegetables Li Meier and the others eat, she will not say a word.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, the family gathered together in Mrs. Li's lobby room to watch the New Year. The round table was filled with New Year's snacks such as melon seeds, peanuts, sesame candies, and walnut cakes.Everyone chatted and waited for the arrival of the new year.

A few years ago, because of her young age, Li Meier always fell asleep halfway through watching the New Year's Eve, so this year she decided to stick to it until the midnight.

But listening to adults chatting is really boring, and it is easy to fall asleep after listening to it, so she is going to do some activities to prevent drowsiness.

"Grandma, this new year's watch is really boring, let's play something." Li Meier suggested enthusiastically.

"Good! Good! Play! Play!" Kang Geer, who was dozing off in Jiang's arms, heard his sister say that he wanted to play, and immediately became energetic, patting his little meaty hands and jumping out word by word. .

Mrs. Li loved her grandson the most, and she was idle anyway, so she asked, "Then what do you want to play?"

"Let's play origami games." Li Meier said with bright eyes.

"Isn't this what you children play?" Mrs. Li was a little displeased. How old is she, and she still plays this kind of children's game.

"I didn't say that only children can play. Write punishments or rewards in the origami, just to have fun." Li Meier still said enthusiastically.

"Mother, I think it's very interesting, let's listen to Mei Meier." Li Yan also played this game when he was a child, and now he hears his daughter mention it, and he still misses it, so he agrees.

Seeing that her son said the same thing, Mrs. Li reluctantly nodded in agreement.

Li Meier immediately took a piece of waste paper from Li Yan's study room, folded it in two or three times, and wrote various rewards and punishments in it. It's not that excessive, it's about the level of "sing a song, dance a dance, make a face, tell a joke...".

Li Meier finished writing, picked up the origami paper, and introduced herself: "I am the youngest among us here except Brother Kang. Then I will fold it, and everyone must listen to me."

"There's so much nonsense, hurry up." Mrs. Li urged impatiently, knowing that Li Meier was restless.

"Then grandma, come first, how many folds do you think?" Li Meier asked, looking at Mrs. Li with a smile.

"Dong, eight." Mrs. Li chose eight, an auspicious number, without thinking about it.

Li Meier folded it eight times with a smile, then looked at the words on the east side, "Grandmother, it says to sing a song, you can't play tricks, hurry up and sing a song for everyone."

Li Mei'er looked at Mrs. Li and smiled wickedly, like a little mouse that has stolen oil to eat.

"Mother, I remember that when you were young, you liked to sing operas with your father the most. Since your father left, my son has never heard you sing again. Taking advantage of this New Year's Eve, you will sing us a song. "Li Yan also said aside, his face full of nostalgia.

Mrs. Jiang didn't hear her husband say this, so she looked at Mrs. Li curiously, "Mother, so you can also sing operas, and my daughter-in-law is lucky today."

"Zu...Zu, sing, sing!" Brother Kang clapped his hands desperately, still jumping out word by word.

Everyone in the audience said this, and Mrs. Li was proud of herself, but she still pretended to be modest and said, "Where is it, I can sing a few lines."

Li Meier was agile, and immediately rushed over and pulled Mrs. Li's sleeves, swaying from side to side, shamelessly pretending to be tender and coquettish, "Sing, let's sing, I haven't heard my grandmother sing before."

Seeing her grandchildren looking forward to it satisfied Li's vanity, and then she nodded Li Mei'er's forehead, and then complained falsely, "I really can't do anything with this girl's film, so let's sing one. "

Whether the opera sung by Mrs. Li is good or not, everyone is very supportive, especially Kang Geer and Li Meier, who clapped their hands so crisply.

Mrs. Li also sang with a joyful mind and body, and laughed, her interest became higher and she said to Li Meier, "Let your father fold it next."

Li Yan smiled, and said softly: "I choose West, six times." Li Meier immediately shook it six times with great interest, and this time it was a reward, a piece of sesame candy.

Everyone felt a little disappointed when they watched it. If they didn't get the punishment, there would be no good show.

Li Yan still took a piece of sesame candy with a smile, but stuffed it into Jiang's mouth, which made Jiang's face blush with embarrassment, and gave him several bad faces.

"Then I'll be your mother next." Not seeing her father in embarrassment, Li Meier felt a little reconciled, and immediately pointed the finger at Jiang.

Naturally, Mrs. Jiang did not disappoint, thought for a while, and said, "Then I will choose Nan, ten blows."

Li Mei'er quickly finished ten folds, and this time finally got to the punishment again, dancing.

Immediately, Mrs. Jiang got into trouble, waved her hands and said, "Oh, how can I dance, change one, change one!"

"Mother, you can't change it, this is the rule." Li Meier said seriously because she wanted to see her mother dance.

"Yingying, you can just dance one, you can dance anything you want." Li Yan also wanted to see his wife dance, so he coaxed from the side.

"Meier's mother can just dance one. Don't you know how to sing at the temple fairs in the country? You can also swing your sleeves." Mrs. Li is an expert at watching operas, and she thinks that everyone should come twice these days.

Jiang had no choice but to drive the ducks to the shelves, hand over his son to Mrs. Li temporarily, and made a few circles in front of everyone, doing a few classic hairpin movements of Huadan in operas.

Li Yan led the applause and cheered for his wife. Li Meier also jumped up and down and clapped her hands. Kang Geer even stood on grandma's lap and twisted her waist. The atmosphere reached its peak for a while.

(End of this chapter)