Candide in Chronology is on strike

The fish is directly braised in sauce, the shrimp is minced, and sweet potato starch is added to make balls. The staple food is dumplings stuffed with lard residue and cabbage.

For this sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, the three of them started making it after lunch. They were busy until four o'clock before they could eat.

If this is the case in the Qin family, after the dishes are cooked, some dishes with soup must be put out first to pay homage to the ancestors. These are done secretly by the elderly in the family or those who are older and already in charge of the family. After all, the four old traditions are broken now. , these are all traditional dregs that need to be abandoned. On the surface, no one dares to follow them face to face, but privately, many people are still secretly worshiping their ancestors.

After all, how can traditional customs that have lasted for thousands of years be cut off all at once?

"It smells so good! Sister, your cooking skills have improved again." Qin Qing, the cook, saw the large table of dishes and had a bright smile on her face.

"You have a sweet mouth. Go and get the bowls and chopsticks. Dinner will be served soon." At this time, Qin Xi actually missed soda.

Although during the previous Chinese New Year, because it was winter and the weather was relatively cold, generally speaking, no drinks were consumed, but at this time, she felt that the food on this large table would be more suitable and more enjoyable if there were drinks.

It was still very bright outside at this time, after all, it was only four o'clock.

They are chatting and laughing here, the food on the table is steaming hot, the three of them are talking to each other, the atmosphere is not quiet at all, but next door, nothing has started yet.

Liu Mei is still in confinement. As for Qin He, he can prepare three home-cooked meals a day. Generally speaking, they are the kind of things that can be boiled with water, but he has to prepare them on this reunion night. When it comes to hard work, his skill is not enough.

Besides, it's hard for a clever woman to make a living without rice. There is nothing in the house, and Liu Mei doesn't allow him to touch the eggs. What kind of hard food can he make?

Although there is a scent coming from next door, it is very weak. After all, the cold air can block many things, including the aroma of food. It is difficult to smell it without getting closer and smelling it specifically.

Today, Liu Mei also got up and went out to move around. She was wrapped tightly in a bloated and thick cotton coat, and her forehead was wrapped with a cloth to prevent her head from getting cold and getting headaches in the future. It could be said that she was fully equipped.

"Why did you come out?" Qin He quickly walked over and took the child over.

After this period of practice, he has become very skilled in holding the child.

"I'm so tired from lying down, let's go out for a walk." Liu Mei sat directly on the small bench next to the stove, not knowing what kind of impact her words had on Qin He.

Apart from anything else, the words "I feel so tired from lying down" are enough to make him envious and jealous.

He cooks the food at home and washes the urine rings. These two things alone are enough to put him at his disposal. In addition, Liu Mei's situations arise from time to time and she needs his support. During this time, he , I really feel physically and mentally exhausted.

Of course, Liu Mei also feels that she is the one who has the hardest time, because she has to take care of the children, coax them and feed them. These three things have now become her entire life.

In addition, she had to get up at night to feed the baby, which was really hard. She had to get up two or three times every night, and she had to coax her baby after feeding it. She had to endure it so hard that she had dark circles under her eyes. She looked old. More than three or four years old.

Since giving birth to the child, she has not slept a full night. She stayed up all night long, causing her hair to fall out in large quantities.

Now she finally understood why she needed the help of her mother-in-law during confinement. It was really hard for her to work alone. Qin He was a big man with rough hands and feet. He could do something as simple as changing a urine ring. I still don't understand yet. If it were my mother-in-law, things would be different.

However, she didn't know how to talk to her mother-in-law. Logically speaking, if her daughter-in-law was in confinement, if her mother-in-law knew what she was doing, she should take the initiative to come to the countryside to take care of her during confinement! But obviously, Liu Qin is not among them.

"What's for dinner tonight?" Liu Mei asked when she saw the empty iron pot. Today is New Year’s Eve, so you should have a delicious meal!
  These days, she has become a little tired of eating eggs. Now what she wants to eat most is meat. She wants to eat meat in her dreams. She is always greedy.

"Same as before, sweet potato and rice porridge."

"If you don't have enough, add an egg and boil it."

No matter how greedy he was for the eggs at home, Qin He would not steal Liu Mei's eggs because they were Liu Mei's confinement rations, that is to say, they were his son Qin Zhiwen's rations.

Qin Zhiwen was the name of his eldest son. The couple racked their brains and asked Yang Jianhua, who was teaching in the village, to come up with a name that was so literary, nice, and easy to pronounce.

Although Liu Mei was not very happy because there was no meat, she couldn't say anything. After all, she still had eggs, but Qin He didn't even have eggs, only Xiaodie pickles and porridge.

This pickle was pickled by Qin Xi. There isn't much left. It will be gone after eating it.

Liu Mei had tried to pickle some by herself before, but all of them were rotten. She can only say that watching and actual operation are two different things.

There is no chance this year, we can only wait until next year.

After dinner, Liu Mei took her children back to the house, but Qin He did not go back to the house to sleep, but went to the next door.

Standing outside the door of the room, he wandered repeatedly. He had made up his mind before, but when he got to this point, he hesitated again, unable to save face.

After a while, Qin He's feet were frozen and some of his hair was frozen by white frost. He also came to his senses. After taking a deep breath of white mist, he still didn't take that step and turned around to go back. .

Qin Jiang and Qin Xi, who were sitting in the house, heard the footsteps of leaving. Both of them knew that if they missed each other, they would miss each other, and the estrangement would be the estrangement. If it is not eliminated in time, the two sides will only go further and further apart in the future.

"Okay, no need to wait any longer, just go to bed!"

Both sides are very stubborn and no one is willing to take that step. They are destined to go farther and farther in the future.

Qin Qing was very good at looking at things at this time. Although she didn't quite understand the development of the matter, she knew that the atmosphere at home was not good.

So, she obediently followed Qin Xi to wash her face and feet, then went back to the house to sleep, and dutifully warmed her sister's bed. When she woke up the next morning, she had almost forgotten about it.

Qin Xi was the first to get up. Other times, she would stay in bed, but not today.

She wrapped two red envelopes with a dime in them and placed them next to her brother's and Qin Qing's pillows respectively, in order to get some luck.

Qin Jiang got up and soon discovered the little surprise on his pillow. He opened the red envelope happily, and then wrapped another one for Qin Xi. Qin Qing didn't miss that either.

"Xiaoxi, Happy New Year." Qin Jiang personally handed the red envelope to Qin Xi.

"Happy New Year, brother."