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Chapter 17 Chinese New Year

On New Year's Eve, the whole family is busy.

Mr. Xia directed his sons to climb to the roof, sweep away the snow, and replace the roof with brand new tiles and thatch.

The old Spring Festival couplets were taken off the door and new ones were pasted.

Things like "Raise your head to see happiness", "Six animals are prosperous", "Auspicious snow and good harvest", window grilles with the word "Fu", etc. are all posted up one after another. These things must be posted neatly before noon, and no one place can be left.

Mrs. Zhou and her whole family sat together making dumplings.

Mrs. Zhou assigned tasks to several daughters-in-law.

Mrs. Liu was responsible for kneading the flour with fine white flour. After mixing it, she put it in the basin and woke up. Kneading the dough was a strenuous job. Mrs. Liu didn't want to sweat, but she didn't dare to refuse. When she heard her mother-in-law's assignment, her smile froze.

Mrs. Sun was responsible for chopping ten kilograms of meat stuffing. The meat was chosen by Mrs. Zhou herself, all of which were fat and lean pork belly.

Mrs. Zhou also carefully selected two cabbages, two sauerkraut and two radishes, and asked Mrs. Wu and Mr. Jiang to work together to clean them first, then chop them into fine pieces and prepare them for stuffing.

The fifth daughter-in-law, Mrs. Cheng, was responsible for taking care of the pregnant elder daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhu. She also looked after a few younger children, such as Meihua, Linghua, Liulang and Zaohua.

Zhou took matters into her own hands, spread out twenty eggs, and mixed in two pieces of tofu.

Xia Yujiao is responsible for peeling onions and garlic, and mixing the dumpling fillings.

The older girls, Jinhua, Peach Blossom, Xinghua and Lihua, were all given jobs by Zhou.

Jinhua is responsible for selecting leeks, Peach Blossom is responsible for lighting the fire and boiling water, and Xinghua is responsible for cleaning chopping boards, knives, and washing pots and pans.

Lihua is responsible for soaking mushrooms, fungus, and dried vegetables, and also has to check for leaks and fill in the gaps. Whenever there is a shortage of people and someone needs help, she has to rush to help.

The other children were also very interesting. The boy took three or five small firecrackers and ran to the village, gathered his friends, buried the firecrackers in the snow, lit the seal with half-cut incense, and then covered his ears and retreated to safety.

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Boys love firecrackers, and the sporadic "bang", "bang" and "bang" come and go in a continuous manner.

The girls all followed their elder sisters wisely and were very discerning and ready to help them at any time.

Of course, there are also those who are not so conscious, such as Yinhua.

At first she was bored in the room and didn't want to come out. Although she came out later, she didn't go to Jinhua. Instead, she went to her sister-in-law Zhu, chatting with her to relieve her boredom.

Xia Daohua's eyes occasionally glanced over, while Yinhua's eyes were a bit panicked and evasive.

I don’t know what she is afraid of. Is she afraid that Xia Daohua will hold her responsible for not reporting the news to her family in time? Or is she afraid that Xia Daohua will think of something harmful to her?

After working for a long time, the noodles soon woke up and several kinds of dumpling fillings were mixed well. Mrs. Zhou took her daughters-in-law and granddaughters and happily sat down to make dumplings.

When there are more people, the work will naturally become much faster.

At about two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the setting sun shone warmly into the house, and the table was already covered with curtains.

On every curtain, there are white and fat dumplings standing in circles, crowded together, and lined up.

Take the curtains outside to freeze, and then start to cook the meat, stew tofu, and stew sauerkraut and blood sausage.

The Xia family worked until dark, and every household in Beiguan Village lit up lanterns.

On weekdays, at night, anyone who dares to light a lamp and boil oil will be scolded by the old man in the family who is very careful about their budget.

But now is the Chinese New Year!

Every household pays attention to a bright appearance.

Even the poorest family in the village must light up all the lights and must not put them out until dawn.

After dinner, the Xia family first went to the ancestral hall to worship and kowtow to their ancestors. Then they returned home. Everyone gathered together and had a very sumptuous dinner. Except for the children, everyone drank more or less wine.

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At the wine table, everyone was also lively and chatting, not as quiet as usual.

After having enough wine and food, it was time to clean up again.

After that, it was time to kowtow to the old man Xia Ping'an and the old lady Zhou to pay New Year greetings.

Press the head of the room, starting from the big room and going all the way to Xia Yujiao.

After that came Dalang's generation.

The rule of Lao Xia's family is that as long as they don't have a family, they are considered children.

Therefore, in Daohua's generation, only Xia Dalang and Zhu did not have New Year's money. However, Xia Yujiao, the previous generation, had New Year's money although she was older.

The New Year's money is all wrapped in red paper, but everyone knows who gets how much - ten coppers for each boy and five coppers for each girl.

Then the old couple took out the treasure they had been hiding - a large pot of frozen pears, frozen persimmons, and frozen flowers.

The children jumped forward with cheers, and Xia Daohua couldn't help but smile.

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly declared: "Don't be anxious. Each person can only eat one frozen persimmon and frozen pear. If there are too many, you may catch cold. You can eat a handful of bonuses, but don't freeze your appetite. Save some for later.

I have to eat dumplings!”

The children cheered, agreed, and stretched out their little hands to pick out their favorite food from the big basin.

As soon as he grabbed it, he turned around and ran away.

Xia Daohua also stretched out her little hand and took out a frozen persimmon. She took a bite on the skin of the persimmon, and the ice-cold feeling made her whole body feel energetic instantly.

The skin of the persimmon was a little astringent, but the sweetness was more intense. She followed the small opening and took a big sip. The thick, sweet persimmon juice flowed into her mouth with a swipe.

“Comfortable!”

Xia Daohua smiled and narrowed her eyes.

I don’t know if it’s because the variety is relatively primitive, but this persimmon is not big in size, but it tastes really delicious!

Not only did the children happily eat these frozen fruits that are special to Beiguan Town, but the adults also picked their favorites and ate them happily.

Mr. Zhou's teeth were pretty good. He was holding a black frozen pear and chewing it while talking to Mr. Xia.

After everyone talked and laughed for a while, they heard the melodious bell ringing, followed by a "bang!" and a group of fireworks exploded high in the sky, illuminating half of the night sky brightly.

The bright light passed through the thick two-layer window paper and shone into the room.

It turned out that the county government rang the bell, told the time, and set off fireworks.

The fireworks set off by the county government were like a signal. Immediately afterwards, many places in the county also followed the "cracking" sound of firecrackers, and many wealthy families also set off fireworks.

Suddenly, there were beautiful scenes everywhere in the night sky.

Colorful, brilliant, fiery trees and silver flowers, it’s so beautiful.

It caused everyone to run out of their homes and stand in the open space with a good view. They stretched their necks, raised their toes, and looked around. Their heads kept following the light of the fireworks and the sound of firecrackers. They simply didn't know where to stare.

Just watch it.

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