On the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, even though there were no firecrackers, the aroma of food and the laughter of the people filled the village from the morning, indicating the arrival of the Spring Festival.
In the morning and afternoon, Zhou Yan's family only ate a little bit of food, and the most important meal was the dinner.
After the lunch, Ye Yuanrong and Lu Jianguo even took a nap in the space, so that they could have a better night. The first thing to go is the fact that you can't get any more time to practice, so you can't delay.
The first time I saw it, I thought it would be a good idea for me to go back to my hometown, but I didn't know that I was going to be there.
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The first is the stewed dishes in the front and the stir-fried ones in the back.
The first stew is just back when the package of duck feet package, clean, plus wine, ginger, onion knot, put in the pressure cooker stew before line, otherwise the other pot stew out are not bite, and so stewed, put aside, and finally into the pot stir fry once can eat, fried out of the duck feet package, under the chili surface with onion, ginger and garlic these spices, fragrant and spicy, as well as chewy, used to drink is no better.
The domestic free-range chicken, but about two pounds, sweet and not fatty, as the bottom of the pot, do not have to worry about not finished, the soup can also be used to go under the fish cake with vegetables.
The green vegetables were also chosen with spinach and collard greens, but the cabbage was kicked out of the New Year's Eve dinner army because of its name, just as the cauliflower was selected because of its harmonic fortune, although the cabbage unjustly indicated that it also had a harmonic name of a hundred fortunes, but the host family did not hear its call.
The carp was braised whole, except that although this was on the table, it wouldn't be eaten, and the chopsticks wouldn't be touched until the first day of the new year had passed.
In addition to the pork with pickled plum cabbage, sweet potato stewed egg rolls, braised lamb, pearl balls, not counting the dishes that went into the pot, there were only eight in total, although not as sumptuous as in previous years, but still put on a full table.
In the afternoon, when Ye Yuanrong and the others were preparing their meals, Zhou Yan was able to take a shot at the side, and Lu Baichuan had nothing to do directly, so he took a few carrots out, and each plate was carved with a flower, perhaps it was because he was not able to take his turn at cooking since he was a child, and he had nothing to do to figure out these reasons.
The company has also created a fruit platter, where all kinds of fruits have matured, such as watermelons, grapes, lychees, and other fruits of all seasons.
Zhou Yan hadn't even seen him show this hand, and was curious beside him, asking, "When did you know how to do this?"
Lu Bachuan's hands didn't stop moving, saying, "When I was in middle school, at that time, whenever it was New Year's Eve, they stayed in the kitchen and ignored me, I was bored watching TV by myself, and I thought I wanted to show off, so I tossed these out, and then it became a regular item every year."
After saying that he saw Zhou Yan staring at the fruit in his hand, he asked again, "You like to eat fruit like this? Then I'll often make it for you to eat later."
Zhou Yan just looked at his slender white hands, nimbly rotating the fruit knife in his hand with the fruit, felt fiercely beautiful, not wanting to eat the fruit, but did not refuse, thought about it and said: "often or not, just get me a copy on my birthday."
The fruit plate is something that is not unusual to see more than once, let alone a grown man, it is not too strange to eat a fruit every time and still have to peel it to put up a pattern out.
They ate their New Year's Eve dinner early, around six o'clock, the wine is home-brewed sweet wine brewed, boiled with water, put rock sugar, drink sweet, with a hint of rice, alcohol flavor is not strong, how to drink will not be drunk, but just for the atmosphere.
The family, as in previous years, first raised their cups clinked, said to each other to wish each other good health and success in the coming year.
In previous years, after a drink, you can start to eat, but this year Lu Jianguo picked up the wine jug again, to everyone's cups are full, said: "This year too many things happened, although we are now living in stability and wealth, but there are still too many compatriots in deep water and fire, I hope the disaster is over soon, the light quickly come."
The atmosphere at the table was quite heavy at the moment, and several people clinked their glasses with each other to drink the wine dry.
In the end, it was Ye Yuan Rong who gave each of the three people a chopstick of food and said, "Come, eat the food, eat the food, after the snow melts, no matter what plans you make, but ultimately, you have to wait for the New Year, it's useless to think about anything now."
That was the reason, and a few people didn't want to make a good New Year's Eve dinner depressing, so they began to drink and eat vegetables, and although they didn't have the Spring Festival Gala that had accompanied them for many years, they gossiped and talked about old anecdotes, and it was a hot and lively affair.
The meal lasted for more than two hours until it was over eight o'clock, after which the table was cleared and the fruits and snacks were placed.
The fruit plate was the one that Lu Bachuan had gotten ready before, and there were quite a few in the snack space, candy, melons, and nuts, and since there were no outsiders, they were all set out, and Zhou Yan even made a pot of tea and poured a cup for each person.
The company has been in the process of developing the new product for the past few years, and the company has been in the process of developing the new product for the past few years.
They didn't sleep after washing up, but sat on the bed two by two with one bed each, continuing to chat, waiting for the new year to come.
Because it was the first day of the new year, Ye Yuanrong and Lu Jianguo did not want to start in the space, so a few people in the fire room together to make up a night, anyway, tomorrow will have to get up early, it is not a few hours.
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At zero o'clock, I don't know who still has a little firecracker, and the crackling of the firecrackers ushers in the new year. Ye Yuanrong and Lu Jianguo are awakened from their stupor, and the four of them say Happy New Year to each other.
After saying that, as if they had completed a task, Ye Yuanrong and Lu Jianguo immediately lay down and started to sleep, and soon there was the sound of slight snoring.
Zhou Yan let Lu Bachuan lie down as well, and went down to blow out the oil lamp, and then also went to bed, gathering the blankets for the two, there was no light in the dark night, but he could see that Lu Bachuan was smiling at his pair of eyes, and couldn't help but lean in and kiss his forehead, whispering, "May the year last forever."
With his parents in the same room, the two even if they wanted to, they could not do anything, besides, the second day during the day can not catch up on sleep, said that if you sleep, the next year a whole year will not wake up, although he is a night without sleep is no problem, but Lu Bachuan still need to rest.
The next morning before six o'clock, Ye Yuan Rong and Lu Jianguo got up to prepare breakfast, Zhou Yan wanted to get up to help, but was stopped by Lu Bachuan, saying that the meal could only be done by the two of them.
The morning dish is similar to last night's New Year's Eve dinner, but it's much more sumptuous, except that the braised lamb is replaced by fish jelly, and braised ribs and a Demoiselle cucumber are added.
After the food was put on the table, there was no hurry to eat, but placed a few chopsticks on the table, chopsticks but directly on the pot of food, and each bowl added a small spoonful of rice, and then put on the corresponding several wine glasses, each wine glass poured a little pad bottom of the cup of wine.
A few people stepped back and watched for a while before Ye Yuanrong and Lu Jianguo removed all the dishes and cups from the table, pouring a few drops of wine from each of the wine glasses onto the floor, and the rice was poured back into the pot before being distributed to the four people.
Zhou Yan looked at it strangely, but didn't ask the reason, and only later did Lu Baichuan tell him that since he couldn't go to his ancestral grave to offer sacrifices in the cold and snowy weather, he had offered it in this simplest way, and the number of bowls and chopsticks placed corresponded to the number of his deceased relatives.
At the time of the meal, it was still dawn, and a few oil lamps had to be lit in order to see clearly.
By the time the day dawned, the table had been cleared, the peanuts and peanut candies that had been made earlier, and a pot of boiled tea, Lu Bachuan went to open the gate of the courtyard and the door of the house again, although the wind blew in all of a sudden.
Soon, Zhou Yan heard the sound of Liu Yue coming over with Morningside, and before he even entered the house, he heard Morningside loudly say New Year's greetings to them, before he saw the two of them, and Liu Yue also said New Year's greetings to them incessantly!
Zhou Yan followed Lu Baichuan's instructions and poured a cup of tea for each of Liu Yue and Chen Chen, Liu Yue looked at him and smiled and took it, but Zhou Yan always felt that her glance was a bit meaningful.
The first thing that you need to do is to take a look at the shoes that you are wearing.
After that, Liu Yue still has to go home to guard the house in case someone comes over to pay New Year's Eve home no one, the morning left them, and Ye Yuan Rong and Lu Jianguo are elders, also have to stay at home. So it was up to Zhou Yan and Lu Bachuan to take the mornings and go from house to house to pay their respects to the village people.
First, they went to Uncle Lu's house, and then they went to one family according to the village people's seniority. In the morning, all three of them were rewarded with a bellyful of tea as well as a basketful of auspicious words.
Strangely enough, starting from Uncle Lu's house, a number of people had prepared small gifts for Zhou Yan and Chen Chen, all sorts of things from eggs to handmade cloth shoes, but not Lu Baichuan.
The first thing you need to understand is that you are a child, but when you want to excuse yourself, Lu Bachuan lets you keep it, which he doesn't understand.
It was only when he met Lu Baiming and Xiaojuan on the road that his hands were empty, and Xiaojuan was holding a pile of small gifts similar to his, that he confirmed what he had just thought and understood why Liu Yue was looking at him with a meaningful smile.
Zhou Yan looked back at Lu Baichuan, a little touched and a little helpless.