A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 224 Children also need respect

Six people, eight dishes.

This is the configuration for this New Year’s Eve dinner.

There are five dishes of chicken, duck, fish, meat and shrimp, as well as fried yuanxiao, mixed salad and mashed potatoes.

The last two dishes are eaten in the Western way, and my wife specially made them to relieve tiredness.

The Li family often eats the fresh food that Li Xiang brings back, so they accept these two new dishes well.

In addition, Mrs. Li’s spicy chicken and boiled fish are equally popular.

The eldest sister also had boiled prawns as she wished.

She really likes to eat shrimp, but she can count the number of times she eats them on five fingers a year.

It’s not that I can’t afford it, it’s that I can’t buy it.

Seeing how much she loves to eat, everyone intentionally let her go.

People at the table, while changing glasses, said auspicious words and blessed each other.

One advises you to eat more food, the other advises you to drink a glass of blessing wine.

Under the hustle and bustle, Professor Hao and his wife's homesickness dropped to the lowest level.

In previous years, at this time, the old couple would lose their energy.

During the festive season, people with great dreams will miss their families sometimes.

The motherland is a motherland, not a home.

Home is where there are loved ones.

Although Li Xiang has worked hard to make up for the regrets of the old couple's family relationship.

But after all, it is just a filling, he is not the complete circle as before.

The old man is already over seventy.

Li Xiang wonders if they can hold on until the day they open.

But he hoped that during the waiting time, the two of them would remain positive and optimistic, instead of living in despair waiting for dawn.

This is why the relationship that was previously limited to Li Xiang and his wife was joined by other members of the Li family this year.

Li's mother invited her to go to the countryside with her to make quilts, and she agreed with interest.

The eldest sister has also become friends with the teacher for many years, and the two of them talk most about health issues.

Every time the eldest sister talks about it, the teacher is like a primary school student in class, nodding his head and studying very seriously.

For the elderly, it is not a bad thing to move around more, talk more, have things to focus on, and people to worry about.

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The family finished their meal and watched TV programs together before saying goodbye.

When I got home, it was almost twelve o'clock.

There was still a while left, so everyone didn’t rush to sleep and waited together to set off the firecrackers after midnight.

After setting off the firecrackers, the matter was settled.

The family used the sound of firecrackers outside as a lullaby.

I didn't sleep well that night. I finally fell into a deep sleep, and a crackling sound outside was about to wake me up.

Let's wait until this point is over, then fall asleep in a daze, and there will be another burst of crackling, which is true.

Different from previous years, this year's news is a bit crazy.

To say something ominous is like making a final elegy, a hoarse cry at the end of an era.

The sleepy Li Xiang got out of bed by himself without anyone shouting.

After getting dressed neatly, he led his younger siblings to pay New Year greetings to the elders in the courtyard.

The old lady's red envelope to the two brothers was two dollars as usual, and the elder sister's was still one dollar.

She looked down upon the girl and was still so naked.

The elder sister calmly stuffed the red envelope into her pocket and accepted it well.

Now that she has mastered it, she even laughs at herself: "There are so many girls in a courtyard, but the old lady only gave me and Sister Yuyu red envelopes, which shows that the old lady doesn't hate me that much."

Li Xiaodi was still hesitant at first, otherwise he would give fifty cents to his eldest sister to please her. Seeing that she didn't look angry when she said this, I was secretly relieved and felt that I could save the fifty cents.

Fifty cents is nothing to the rest of the Li family.

But for Li Xiaodi, calling it a huge sum of money is not an exaggeration.

This money will play a decisive role in whether he can continue to be the most popular kid in the alley during the Chinese New Year.

When the three brothers and sisters returned from greeting each other, their empty pockets before going out were already filled.

The neighbors were too enthusiastic and refused to let the things go without taking them.

But it wasn't for nothing, Mother Li just dispersed at home.

Each child was given two fruit candies, the woman was given a handful of dried fruits, and the man was given a cigarette.

Whether inside or outside the hospital, everyone who can speak a few words to the Li family is here.

Especially for children, adults will also care about face. If a child has candy, he will be a mother.

The child who gets the candy first goes out and shows off.

As a result, a large group of people were attracted to the Li family, including the big ones and the small ones. There were dozens, if not hundreds, of people.

The Li family has saved a lot of cigarettes and dried fruits. Li Xiang signed a lot of them last year and often bought them home.

But fruit candies are actually bought in department stores with real money.

There were three kilograms in total, and they were all gone in the morning. This was not enough.

The children who came after them started to look miserable as soon as the candies were gone.

Mother Li couldn't bear it, thinking that the morning would be over soon and there would be no one to pay New Year's greetings in the afternoon.

She used Little Brother Li's private room to unpack the peanut candies specially made for him by his wife.

One child got three pieces.

This peanut candy is delicious, but it takes a lot of time and effort to make. Little Brother Li has been frugal and doesn't move much.

It is indeed rare to find something that can make foodies reluctant to part with it.

Li Xiaodi was watching the whole making process. He knew that he would only make such troublesome food once a year at most.

First of all, the sugar juice requires a lot of effort.

The Li family bought 20 kilograms of sweet potatoes and spent several hours boiling them, but the amount of usable sugar juice was less than four kilograms.

It looks like four kilograms is quite a lot, but it's still in a thin state. Once it shrinks to a pulp, it won't actually make a few pieces of candy.

Mix the stir-fried rice popsicles with the red-skinned peanuts, shape them, dry them, and slice them into two bags.

A pack cost only more than 30 yuan. On the day it was made, at the teacher's house, everyone destroyed most of the pack while chatting and drinking tea.

There was more than one pack left, so I brought them all back.

In the past few days, Little Brother Li has been obsessed with the remaining pieces to satisfy his craving, and he can only bear to eat one piece a day.

As a result, when he came back from playing, he found that his home had been robbed by his mother.

The Demon Crying Skill, which had not been performed for a long time, started his performance again.

Originally, it was not a good idea to spank children on the first day of the new year, but Mother Li was really angry.

You dare to howl at home in the first year of junior high school, right? Then don't blame her for being rude.

The ash-stained rattan that had been placed was put to use again. Although it was not interrupted, the injuries on Little Brother Li's body still looked horrifying.

Mother Li was so angry that she no longer cared about hitting people or not.

At night, Little Brother Li was sobbing and holding on to the vine marks on his face, while he was picking up his rice angrily.

After eating two bites, I wiped the tears rolling down my face.

It looked pitiful and aggrieved.

Li Xiang and his eldest sister pretended to be cowards and ate the rice from their own bowls obediently.

His eyes always stayed in the square inch in front of him, not giving the two people any chance to meet their eyes.

Xu Damao's shout came from outside. Li Xiang finished the meal in three bites and then put down the bowls and chopsticks. He called him from outside and ran away very quickly.

The eldest sister followed closely behind, saying "I'll go take a look too" and kept up with the eldest brother.

(End of this chapter)