Reborn 1960之巧女当家

Chapter 54

Grandpa Xia is too lazy to argue with Grandma Xia, anyway, he has already decided that no matter what Grandma Xia says, he will not change his decision.

As for Xia Lao Si, he even said that if Grandma Xia helped him, he would not go home, so he knew that Grandpa Xia had made up his mind to do so.

Over the years, because of Grandma Xia's help, Xia Laosi's family has saved some money, but no matter how rich they are, he can't make money!
Now Xia Laosi is deeply worried about the future of his family. The two children in the family are still young and can't help him. He wanted to intercede with Grandpa Xia, but he didn't dare to say anything when he saw Grandpa Xia's black face.

It took about two hours for the New Year's Eve dinner in Xia's old house. After eating, Wang Ximei and the others helped to clean up before going home. It was already past eight o'clock when I got home.

Normally, it would be time to go to bed at this time, but today is the New Year's Eve and we have to watch the New Year's Eve. Wang Ximei and Xia Zhongguo have been busy making dumplings as soon as they got home.

Of course, Wen Hao and the others were not idle, and when Wang Ximei finished mixing the dumpling fillings, they went to the table together to help make the dumplings.

At any rate, Xia Nuan was an adult in his previous life. Although his cooking skills were mediocre, he still knew how to make dumplings. So besides Wang Ximei and Xia Zhongguo, Xia Nuan is the most skilled at making dumplings. Wen Hao is not bad either. After all, this is not the first time he has made dumplings.

But Wenhua and Wenzhi are bad dishes. They are too young to master the strength of their hands, and it is the first time to make dumplings. The dumplings they make are not like dumplings, but more like buns or pancakes.

However, no one laughed at them. Wen Zhi and Wen Hua also made dumplings very hard. The Xia family of six made dumplings together in more than half an hour. Fat dumplings.

Of course, there were some strange shapes mixed in these white and fat dumplings. Wen Hua and Wen Zhi recognized those made by them at a glance, and scratched the back of their heads and smiled sheepishly.

"I didn't expect our Nuan Nuan to be so good at making dumplings. It seems that your mother will be more relaxed in the future." Xia Zhongguo looked at Xia Nuan with a smile and felt that his daughter was good at everything.

"That is, which girl is as ingenious as I am." Xia Nuan proudly raised her little head.

"You won't be ashamed, little girl, how can anyone praise herself like this."

After making the dumplings, their family sat on the kang, eating melon seeds and dried fruits found on the mountain, chatting leisurely.

Xia Zhongguo and Wang Ximei usually have a lot of work to do, and to be honest, they rarely have time to chat with Xia Nuan and the others. On this night, Xia Nuan felt that the distance between her and her parents had become closer, and she could even say that she Has been fully integrated into the family.

In this era, there is no TV, computer, mobile phone or even a radio at home. Xia Nuan felt bored while sitting, so Wen Hao took out his textbooks and took them to study. At the beginning, he was very energetic, but time passed slowly. It's past their usual sleep time.

Fortunately for Xia Nuan, she would usually study in the system and stay up all night, but Wen Hao and the others were already sleepy.

"Boom..." Xia Nuan was startled by the sound and immediately looked over.

After she saw it clearly, she realized that it was Wen Zhi who was sleepy while reading the book, and his head went down little by little, and finally hit the Kang table with his head.

Originally, the purpose of staying up late was to keep the firecrackers off at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, but Xia Zhongguo saw that the children couldn't hold on anymore, so he didn't force them.

"Wen Hao, if you guys feel sleepy, go back to your room and go to sleep. It's enough for me and your father to watch the new year here."

Wen Zhi rubbed his eyes with his hands, "No, I'm still waiting to see Dad set off firecrackers. Isn't it a waste of time to go to bed at this time!"

Wen Zhi moved up and down the kang while talking, and patted his face with both hands, not wanting to go back to sleep so early.

Chinese New Year is the most anticipated day for children. On this day, they can not only eat delicious food, wear new clothes, but also get lucky money and play firecrackers.

What the boys in the village look forward to most is to play with firecrackers, but in the past few years, even people would starve to death. Where can I get the money to buy firecrackers? he touches.

Seeing Wen Zhi like this, Xia Zhongguo and the others didn't force him to go back to his room, and they sat on the kang until twelve o'clock.

Before twelve o'clock, Wang Ximei went to the kitchen to cook dumplings, while Xia Zhongguo hung the firecrackers on the bamboo poles and lit them carefully.

"Crackling..." Soon a series of firecrackers rang out, not only the Xia family could say that the whole village was very lively with the sound of firecrackers, Wenzhi and Wenhua were also excited about it.

After the firecrackers were set off, Xia Nuan's family went back to their room to go to sleep after eating dumplings. This time, Xia Nuan and Xia Zhongguo were lucky enough to eat coins in the dumplings.

After eating, everyone went back to their rooms and went to sleep. The next morning, no one stayed in bed and got up early.

It was rare for Xia Nuan to get up to exercise on the first day of the new year. Xia Zhongguo and Wang Ximei got up early to prepare dried fruits, twists, candies, melon seeds and peanuts, waiting for others to come to visit for New Year greetings.

Today, Xia Nuan specially chose a coat with many pockets to wear on her body, and also took a cloth pocket to hold candy or something when she went to the village to pay New Year's greetings.

Last night, Xia Nuan was very excited when she thought that she could go to various houses to pay New Year's greetings today. Xia Nuan had never tried it before. The children in the village would go to each house to bring blessings to each family. Of course, every family would Give snacks such as candies and dried fruits to children who come to visit for New Year's greetings.

When Xia Nuan woke up early in the morning, she found a red envelope under her pillow, and there was fifty cents in it, which is not a small amount. Wen Hao and his four children added up to two yuan. In this era, the official workers in the factory The salary is only forty or so yuan a month!
Xia Zhongguo and Wang Ximei will not take the children's New Year's money. The children keep the money for themselves. The Xia family's children are more sensible and never spend it. They save the New Year's money every year. of.

Wen Hao is already 12 years old for New Year's greetings. Half-old children like him cannot participate in the New Year's greetings, so Xia Nuan and his three are the only ones from Xia's family to visit the village this year.

"Nuannuan, remember to be polite when you go out to pay New Year's greetings, and don't run around."

"Understood, mother, I will help you earn it back." Xia Nuan waved the cloth bag in Wang Ximei's hand and walked away with Wen Zhi and the others.

Xia Nuan took Wenhua and Wenzhi to half the village and almost filled his pockets and cloth bags, and Wenhua and Wenzhi even more so, and the bags were already full after only a few houses.

Both Wenhua and Wenzhi looked at Xia Nuan enviously. They had already planned to prepare a cloth bag like Xia Nuan next year so that they would not have to run back and forth.

In addition to going to every household in the village to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year, there is another particularly important thing to do is to worship ancestors.

After Xia Nuan and the others returned from paying New Year's greetings in the village, Wang Ximei had already prepared the things needed for ancestor worship at home.

They brought their things with Grandpa Xia and the others to go to the tomb of Grandpa Xia Nuan to worship their ancestors on the mountain. The sound of firecrackers was everywhere on the mountain. Xia Nuan was not curious about the custom of worshiping ancestors because there will be more in the future, just follow along Just come up the mountain.

Xia Nuan knew from Xia Zhongguo that Xia's family was not originally from Dafeng Village. Of course, her great-grandfather fled to Dafeng Village after Zhanluan dragged his family with him before settling down here.

Grandpa Xia took them to worship their ancestors before going down the mountain, and after they went down the mountain, they went home.

Tomorrow is the day to go back to her natal home on the second day of the Lunar New Year, but because Xia Xiaocao will go back to Dafeng Village tomorrow, Wang Ximei is not planning to go back to her natal home tomorrow, and Wang Ximei plans to go back to her natal home after Xia Xiaocao comes.

Xia Nuan was very satisfied with the New Year this time, it was completely different from her previous New Years, and it was much more flavorful, at least she no longer had to spend the New Year alone at home like before, and even worshiped her ancestors without knowing her ancestors who is it.

(End of this chapter)