It is difficult for the farmer's sister

Chapter 40 Envy (New Year's Eve)
Su Chennan has already woken up now, and she doesn't want to nestle in the back basket, Su Rui hugs him to her chest, he hasn't seen so many people in a long time, and keeps looking around curiously...

Su Chennan pointed to a place and showed Su Rui, "Eldest sister, elder sister, I want Guoguo."

Su Rui turned around and saw an old man selling oranges carrying a pole.It's no wonder that Su Chennan wants fruit, Su Rui often gives Su Chennan apples and pears to eat when there are no outsiders at home.

Su Rui walked over, Su Qiao smelled a burst of fragrance and asked, "What kind of fruit is this? It smells so good..."

"Girl, do you want to buy some oranges? These are from the south, they smell delicious and taste delicious..."

"Uncle, how much is this?"

The old man smiled embarrassedly, "Because it was transported from the south, the loss on the way is quite large, so the price is not as expensive as the fruits in the north. It costs two hundred copper coins a catty."

Su Rui thought that it was twice as expensive as ordinary apples, pears, and persimmons, but the transportation and storage in ancient times was inconvenient, so this price was considered a conscience.

"Give me twenty catties."

The old man was startled for a moment, then he came to his senses, put down the pole in a hurry, and weighed it for Su Rui.

Su Ying pulled Su Rui's clothes from the side: "Sister, there are too many..."

Su Rui answered her in a low voice, "It's not much per catty. Brother Chen Jie is helping us to carry things, and Su Qiang is also helping to look after Su Wan. When we go back, we have to ride Chen Yuan's ox cart. Thank you, it just so happens that oranges are rare, so I can send two catties to the family, so the six catties will be gone. If the New Year’s Eve dinner is going to be eaten in the old house, then I have to take another two catties..."

After Su Rui made such a calculation, Su Ying didn't make a sound. For such a rare fruit, she must save more to eat.

Finally, I went to buy pork. I met a mutton seller and bought a hind leg. I met a door god painting and bought a few pieces, as well as firecrackers.

Su Rui thought to herself, there are all kinds of snacks, candies, melon seeds and peanuts at home, so there should be nothing wrong with it, right?
Passing by the paper shop, Su Rui remembered that she didn't buy the paper money for her ancestors at thirty, so she patted her head and hurried to buy it again.

After buying everything, Su Rui saw that it was still early, so she took a group of child laborers to a haggis soup shop, and each of them ordered a bowl of haggis soup to make pancakes.

When walking back, because everyone bought a lot of things and the ox cart was full, everyone except Chen Nan, Chen Li, Chen Hua, Su Wan, and Su Min had to walk back.

Before the sun went down, we returned to the village.Su Changying still finished sending off others first, and then sent Su Rui and brother back.

Everyone was freezing all the way, Su Rui thought that they all like to eat haggis soup at noon, so she chopped up the leg of lamb, washed it, skimmed off the bloody foam, added a few slices of ginger and red dates, boiled it, and simmered it slowly .

Tired, Su Rui asked her siblings to go to sleep for a while, she looked at the fire, and tidied up the things she bought.

The mirror is placed in the bedroom, dried seafood and fruits are placed on the side, and snacks, candies, fried melon seeds and fried peanuts are placed in the cabinets in the main room. As for some gadgets, they are placed in the bedroom for younger siblings to play with.

Mutton and pork were frozen in the snow nest, and paper money for door gods and the like were placed on the tribute table in the main room.

Glutinous rice flour, peanuts, and sesame seeds are all placed in the kitchen.

After packing up everything, the mutton has been stewed for more than an hour. Just as Su Rui put out the fire, she heard movement from the bedroom.

Su Rui thought to herself, they are all very lucky, and just woke up when this was done...

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the buns at home were almost finished, and Sister Su Rui steamed another hundred buns and sixty steamed buns.

Take out the glutinous rice flour, peanuts and sesame seeds bought at the market yesterday.Su Rui took Su Ying and Su Qiao to make sweet dumplings. In fact, they can also make salty dumplings, but considering that the dumplings are all salty, let's eat sweet ones.

Knead the glutinous rice flour first, divide it into small balls, fry the crushed peanuts and sesame seeds until fragrant, put them in a stone mortar and mash them, add sugar and lard, and knead them into small balls. The glutinous rice balls are flattened and wrapped in sesame and peanut balls.Shape into rounds and freeze.

After cooking two of them, the younger siblings shouted that it was delicious, but Su Rui was afraid that she would not be able to digest it, so she only fed one to Su Chennan, and she was so unhappy that she pouted all afternoon...

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, there was nothing to do at home, so Su Rui went to Su Changle's and Su Changying's homes.Seeing that there was nothing she could do to help, she went home.

New Year's Eve, also known as the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, is the night of the last day of the twelfth lunar month in the lunar calendar. It is connected end to end with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month).The main traditional folk activities on this day include worshiping ancestors, posting door gods, setting off firecrackers, giving lucky money, eating New Year's Eve dinner, and sending the God of Wealth to others. The word "Chu" in "New Year's Eve" means "to go, to change, to change".

New Year's Eve means "the end of the month and the end of the year". People have to get rid of the old one and get rid of the new one.Therefore, the activities during this period are all centered on getting rid of the old and bringing forth the new, eliminating disasters and praying for good fortune.

Early in the morning, Su Rui woke up Su Chenrui to dress Su Chennan, and put the things for ancestor worship into the basket.

Today is thirty, and in the morning all the men in Sujia Village have to worship their ancestors, Su Rui told Su Chenrui, "Chen Rui, you will follow Uncle Chang Le and the others today, and after offering sacrifices to your ancestors, go burn paper for your parents, remember No?"

Su Chenrui nodded, picked up Su Chennan, carried the basket on his back, and walked towards Su Changle's house. Su Rui looked at Su Chenrui worriedly, until Su Chenwei appeared in the distance and ran over to pick up Xiao Chennan, then Su Rui was relieved Back to the yard.

After a while, Su Ya from the old house came over: "Sister Rui, grandpa and grandma asked you to come over for a reunion dinner at noon."

Yes, it's Su Ya. Those who don't know will definitely have doubts. Didn't the Wang family reconcile and leave? Su Ya and his brothers and sisters all live with Wang, so why are they still in the old house?That's because Mrs. Wang is now living in the old house, with money and land deeds, living and eating together every day, and won't leave until the house is built... It's not like doing a little work like before...

What a big bowl of dog blood...

Su Rui welcomed Su Ya into the room, and hurriedly said, "Okay, can you come in for a while?"

As soon as she entered the room, a gust of hot air hit her. Su Ya saw that the brothers and sisters of the second uncle's family were all wearing muslin jackets, sitting on the kang eating snacks and having fun.

My heart is full of envy. Once upon a time, she was the object of envy of my younger siblings.

But since their father and mother reconciled, the life of the brothers and sisters in the old house was not easy at all. The father didn't like it, and the grandparents didn't dare to ask the mother to work, but they were not polite to them.

Su Ya sighed secretly: "Hey...the world is really impermanent."

Su Qiao went down to the kang to bring a teapot and teacups, and gave Su Ya a cup of brown sugar ginger water.

Yes, the Su family has teapots and teacups, instead of using bowls to entertain people. I went to the county on the 27th and bought imported products, which were very beautiful.The price is also pretty good, a set costs three taels of silver, Su Ying nagged Su Rui for a long time afterwards, saying it was a waste of money.

Alas...Su Rui also suffers in her heart. Every time she spends money, she has to be told by her sister, but if she has money and doesn't spend it, is she still saving money?It's not like I can't earn it back...

Su Ya sat down and drank a cup of brown sugar ginger water, and the chill on her body eased. Su Ying handed her a piece of bean paste stuffed snack. Su Rui thought it was good, not too sweet, so she bought a lot...

Su Ya took it, and bit her mouth small: "Thank you, sister Ying."

Su Ying smiled and said, "Sister Ya, you are welcome, we are all sisters in the same cousin."

Su Ya and Su Ying are the same age, just one day behind their birthdays, but their childhood lives are very different...

Su Ying has been working since she was a child, so Su Ya doesn't need to do it. Su Ying's clothes are dirty every day because of her work, and Su Ya is very clean every day because she doesn't have to work. Love clean girls, but no one pays attention to Su Ying...

Su Ying looked at Su Ya now, and thought to herself, "Sure enough, as the eldest sister said, 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, never look down on anyone, don't do anything too extreme, and leave a little leeway. Only in the future Good to meet..."

(End of this chapter)