Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 104 New Year's Eve Dinner

The reason why Liu Haizhong came to see Xu Qing was mainly because his two sons were not doing as well as they should. Not only were their academic performance not as good as when Xu Qing was in school, but their calligraphy skills were not good enough.

Whenever he can see it, Liu Haizhong will ask his two sons to write it, and then paste it on the door of his house, so that everyone in the compound can see it.

Unfortunately, his two sons' calligraphy skills were worse than the other.

As a last resort, I had no choice but to come to find Xu Qing.

Xu Qing nodded to the second uncle and agreed.

Today's New Year's Eve, the second uncle gave back a pack of cigarettes and just wrote a few words. For Xu Qing, it was a matter of hand.

Within 10 minutes, Xu Qing helped Liu Haizhong write Spring Festival couplets, blessing characters and other things.

The second uncle showed joy, took the Spring Festival couplets, and hurriedly handed Xu Qing a cigarette, then happily returned to the door of his house, called out Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, and asked them to paste them on the door of the house.

At this time, Xu Qing also took the three little ones, and pasted Spring Festival couplets and blessings on the door of his house. After he finished his work, he returned to the house and helped Xu Damao write Spring Festival couplets on the door of his house.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, when Xu Qing took Xu Damao's bicycle to the tailor shop to pick up three little ones' new clothes, Xu Damao talked about it on the way.

At the same time, I gave Xu Qing a dollar and asked him to post it after he finished writing it.

Therefore, after Xu Qing finished writing the couplets for the door of Xu Damao's house, he also helped the old lady write the couplets.

Anyway, there are ready-made red paper, ink, and brushes in the house.

Besides, the old lady was in the yard, and she was always very kind to the three little ones. Sometimes Xu Qing didn't come back from get off work, and she could help take care of them, so Xu Qing also helped to write them.

The old lady was standing outside the house on crutches. She saw that Xu Qing not only wrote Spring Festival couplets and the word "Fu" for her family, but also pasted them on them.

With wrinkled hands, he took out a handful of fruit candies from the room and gave them to the three little ones who came with Xu Qing.

The three little guys thanked the old lady in unison, and then followed Xu Qing back to their home.

At this time, the third master brought Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang to help everyone write the Spring Festival couplets in the middle courtyard.

Of course, he also collected two full cigarettes, all with handles. After all, they were worth a few dollars.

Yan Bugui was very satisfied with this.

In fact, he wanted to come to the backyard to take a look and see if he could earn a few more packs of cigarettes.

However, Yan Bugui thought that since Xu Qing started writing Spring Festival couplets in the backyard, he had almost never gotten a pack of cigarettes in the backyard in the past few years, and no one in the backyard had ever taken the initiative to look for him.

Yan Bugui knew that there was no possibility, but he felt a little unwilling.

And he didn't want to go directly to the backyard rashly, in case of embarrassment, wouldn't he lose face as the third master of the compound.

Then he sent Yan Jiefang to the backyard to take a look. If someone's door hadn't been posted yet, he would come over when the time came.

It's just that within 30 seconds of Yan Bugui waiting in the middle court, Yan Jiefang, who ran to the backyard, turned around and came back.

Yan Bugui took a look and knew there was nothing to do, so he turned around and took Yan Jiecheng with him, and walked back to the front yard.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Qing was busy preparing for the night in the kitchen, and the three little ones all started to help.

The second brother, Xu Aiguo, went to the hut next door to get tofu, white radish, cabbage, potatoes, and vermicelli.

The little girl and Xu Fengming, one was sitting on the bench in front of the stove to light the fire, and the other was helping the elder brother peel onions and garlic.

To celebrate the new year tonight, Xu Qing wants to cook a good meal so that his younger siblings can have a comfortable and prosperous New Year.

Life was hard in the past because of the current environment.Xu Qing couldn't change things by himself, but he could improve his family's living conditions.

Of the two noodle urns in the kitchen right now, one urn is full of stick noodles, and most of them are white noodles.

Not counting the few catties of white flour and mixed noodles in the hut next door, the food was enough for him and the three little ones.

Xu Qing took out the pork he bought at the supply and marketing cooperative from the cupboard, cut off a large piece, and used it to stew the meat. Some of the rest was used to stir-fry two meat dishes; some was used to chop stuffing and make dumplings.

As for the pork sent by the street office because he saved people and brought honor to the neighborhood, Xu Qing didn't move for the time being.

At eight o'clock in the evening, with the joint efforts of his younger siblings, Xu Qing finished the New Year's Eve.

Although there are not many dishes in winter, Xu Qing changed his tricks and cooked a lot.

An enamel pot of stewed meat, a plate of spicy and sour shredded potatoes, a plate of stir-fried pork, and a plate of vinegar-coated cabbage.

There is also an enamel pot of stew, which contains potatoes, tofu, cabbage, vermicelli, meat slices, and radish slices.

There is also a plate of fried cabbage with tofu and a plate of fried meat with cabbage.

The dumplings were also wrapped and cooked, and now they were all placed on the kang in the front room.

When Xu Qing was making dumplings, he found the coins in the house, cleaned them, and put them all into the dumplings.

At this moment, the four brothers and sisters are sitting on the warm kang, eating New Year's Eve dinner, welcoming the arrival of the New Year.

Xu Qing made a lot of dishes, and the little girl was indecisive for a while, not knowing what to eat.

He tasted the fried pork, took a bite of the sliced ​​meat in the stewed dish with his chopsticks, and then picked up the dumplings in the bowl, dipped them in vinegar and stuffed them into his mouth. He was very happy to eat.

Xu Aiguo and Xu Fengming are just like the little girls, everything looks delicious and they try everything.

But Xu Fengming, a clever little ghost, although he tasted a few mouthfuls of each, the main thing was to keep eating the dumplings, trying to be the first to eat the coins wrapped by his elder brother.

The little girl noticed it quickly. When she saw her third brother Xu Fengming eating dumplings faster than her, she became a little anxious. She quickly turned her head and grinned at Xu Qing and said:

"Brother, help me eat too."

However, the little girl and Xu Fengming fought for a long time, but it was Xu Aiguo who was the first to get the coin.

Xu Aiguo chuckled, pinched the coin in his mouth, and said with a happy smile, "Brother, I'll be the first to eat it!"

The little girl and Xu Fengming pouted at the same time, looking at the second brother enviously.Then he lowered his head and continued to eat the dumplings in his bowl quickly.

In less than 3 minutes, the little girl also took out the coin, with a look on her little face, and she swung towards Xu Fengming triumphantly.

Xu Fengming scratched his hair with his chopsticks, and looked up at his elder brother Xu Qing, his small eyes were full of grievances.

Xu Qing was also a little puzzled, there were a lot of coins, why didn't there be any in the third brother's bowl.

Xu Qing quickly picked up some dumplings from the bowl in front of him for his third brother.

Xu Fengming raised his chopsticks again and started to eat. Without thinking about it, he bit into the coin in one bite. His face was filled with joy, he spat out the coin, and showed off to the little girl with a grin.

At twelve o'clock in the evening, Xu Qing and his younger brothers and sisters stood on the snow in the courtyard and set off firecrackers.

At this time, the crackling sound of firecrackers was also heard from the front yard and the middle yard.

It can be said that the entire Forty-Nine City, at this point in time, is full of deafening firecrackers, and everyone is celebrating the new year!
　Ask for collection! ! !Ask for a recommendation ticket! ! !Ask for a monthly pass! ! !
　　
　
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