"A bottle of Xifeng wine is not enough to share! I also took the most of the bottle of Fenjiu we drank two days ago. Today we can enjoy it." Li Deyou said with a smile.

"Then you have to drink more today. This good wine is so exciting! We each of us only sipped in a sip a few days ago, but we didn't feel satisfied." Li Dezhong was also curled up by the wine worm in his stomach and smiled.

"Okay, let's have a good meal today." Li Deyou happily placed the wine bottle and wine cup on the table.

After putting the melon seeds and peanuts, Li Wen and his elder brother brought a box of soda from the old lady's room. This was bought by Li Wen in the town a few days ago and was ready to let everyone drink it together on New Year's Eve.

There is one disadvantage in the north in winter, that is, the weather is too cold and water is easy to freeze. If you put a basin of water, you will be frozen in one night. This soda is still warmed on the old lady’s kang.

After a while, all kinds of cold dishes on the dining table were already neatly arranged.

This year, the Li Wen family has had a bumper harvest year, and the family has really grown up.

Last year, their family only served three dishes, one meat and vegetables, and it would be fine if everyone ordered them. Unexpectedly, there were six dishes tonight, and two with meat. My mother said there were two hot dishes, and I waited for someone to come before serving them.

Many cold dishes are mixed with secret seasonings made by Li Wen, which tastes sour, spicy and refreshing.

"Fifth brother, good New Year in Dezhong!" At this time, Desheng, the two sons of the branch secretary Li Juncai family, walked in with plates in his hands and two children.

"Haha, happy New Year, hurry up and sit down."

Li Deyou was listening to the radio when he saw the two of them coming in, and hurriedly got up to meet them.

"Mom, you don't have to be in the kitchen. My uncle's Desheng and the German army have arrived." The second uncle on the side shouted hurriedly into the kitchen.

As mentioned in the previous article, relatives within five robes will carry vegetables and walk around to celebrate the New Year together. However, they will first go to the oldest relatives to pay New Year's greetings to express respect.

This year's old lady also wore new clothes, which were well-tailed and very energetic. In addition, life in the Li family has improved a lot in the past few months, and the old lady's complexion has been rosy and her health has improved a lot.

The old lady put down her work in the kitchen and walked out with a smile.

"Happy New Year, uncle!" Li Desheng and the others came forward to greet each other, and the children also asked their grandma.

Because the two families are relatives, they walk frequently and the children are also very relaxed.

After the old lady sat down, Li Desheng and his two children kowtowed to the old lady to wish him a happy New Year.

The old lady smiled and sent a red envelope to each of the two children. The money was not much, only five cents.

It’s not that the old lady is stingy, she’s a lot of money. She will come to seven or eight families later. There will be a lot of children at that time, and each one has to give.

Within the next ten minutes, it seemed like an agreement was made. From time to time, relatives came over with their children, and then repeated the previous process to greet the New Year.

"Xiaoli, bring the hot dishes up and we'll start the meal." Li Deyou shouted to the kitchen.

After the two dishes became hot, the table was filled with eight dishes from Li Wen's family and seven or eight dishes served by his relatives.

"Okay, everyone is here today. The food tonight is very rich. Let's use your chopsticks." Li Deyou announced and everyone started to push the cups and drinks.

There were too many people tonight, so two tables were opened. Li Deyou's man had a table, while the old lady and his mother, second aunt, opened a table.

Because there are many children, women can no longer sit on the table. Li Wen had to come to the table with his father and others.

"Come on, everyone raise their glasses to celebrate the harvest of the New Year." The lively atmosphere was inspired, and the second uncle shouted with the wine glass in his hand.

"Cheers, Happy New Year!" Everyone laughed.

At this moment, whether it was the wine glasses on the adult table or the drinks on the children and women tables, they were all raised at this moment, and everyone celebrated the arrival of the new year together.

After a cup, everyone sat down to eat the food. However, the adults took a few bites and didn't let it go. Because there were still six or seven places to leave in a while.

After half an hour of coming, everyone left and left. The child did not bother to bother me and dried the soda in the bowl and left with his father.

After all the relatives left, Li Wen's family completely relaxed.

"Come on, let's sit and touch each other." My father and second uncle brought Li Wen and others to the old lady's table.

"Okay, let's talk together." The old lady was really happy tonight.

"cheers!"

Several little guys excitedly raised the soda bottle in their hands and clinked glasses with adults.

"Okay, mom, you eat first at home, we have to go to the turntable." Father Li Deyou and second uncle stood up and said.

"Okay, go, be careful tonight. If you drink too much, let the child come back and call someone." The old lady reminded.

"Mom is okay, who doesn't have a kang? Don't worry." Uncle Second said with a smile.

"Okay, Xiaomin and Xiaoyong, you two follow us to the turntable." My father said to the little guys who were drinking happily.

"Oh well!"

The two little guys quickly drank the last little soda. Today, the little guys' task was to kowtow and receive red envelopes and mix melon seeds and candies, and they were all happy to go.

Li Wen also went there every year when he was a child. However, when he went to junior high school, his younger brothers grew up. Li Wen stopped going.

My mother and second aunt quickly filled a plate of meat on the table and let my father take it with me.

After a while, Li Deyou held the food, Li Dezhong took the wine, followed by two little kids, and walked out of the house with a chat and laughing.

In fact, according to custom, all relatives gather together to have dinner and celebrate the New Year. However, there are too many people in each family this year and cannot sit together. We can only send a few representatives to go door to door to greet New Year.

After my father and second uncle left, my mother and second aunt went to the kitchen to prepare dumplings.

Although there are many dishes today, they are all small plates and there are many people, so they will definitely not be full. Moreover, eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year is a custom. As long as the family conditions allow, every family will make dumplings during the Chinese New Year.

More than twenty minutes later, my mother and second aunt walked out with a small pot of dumplings.

"Come on, everyone has eaten dumplings." My mother and second aunt happily distributed dumplings to the children.

"Wow, these meat-egg dumplings are so delicious." Li Tao hurriedly grabbed one and took a bite.

This year, the dumpling skins of Li Wen’s family are all made of white flour, and the large radish meat wrapped in them is very real and rich.

"Ah, what's so hard, it hurts your teeth." Li Juan bit something.

The little guy took it out of his mouth and saw that it was a one-cent coin, and he was very surprised.

"Our family's lucky one this year is my baby girl!" Wang Chunmei was very happy and hugged the little girl and kissed her.

Everyone was talking nice things, and the happy little guy was smiling.

In the following time, everyone ate coins, but there was only one unlucky guy, Li Tao, who was so angry that he was humming.

"Oh, I seem to have eaten!" the little guy said happily.

"Then take it out and take a look." Li Quan quipped with a smile.

"I'm eating too fast, I seem to swallow it." The little guy said frowningly.

"Ah! You're not lying, are you?" The second aunt next to her was shocked. This little girl was doing these stupid things.

"Well, I feel like my throat is stuck and I swallowed it." The little guy said pitifully.

"You kid are so stupid that you don't know who you have followed, so what can you do?" The second aunt said anxiously.

Aunt, it's okay. A penny is very small, so A Tao will automatically pull it out tomorrow. If not, I'll give you some oil to lubricate it." Li Wen looked at Li Tao's live treasure happily.

"Just be fine, I'm shocked."

When the second aunt heard that it was fine, she sat down and patted Li Tao on the back of her head with a smile.

Today's dumplings are full. Don't look at the little guys, but they have a lot of appetite.

Li Juan is six years old this year. She has eaten more than a dozen big dumplings, and she has eaten a lot of meat and vegetables.

Tonight it was New Year's Eve and the New Year was about to stay up to the New Year, so everyone did not sleep after dinner. Instead, they all went to the old lady's room.

It's too cold in winter, so it's still warm to sit on the kang.

Li Wen turned on the radio and started listening to the singing sounds released in the channel.

There were no Spring Festival Gala programs at this time, and the TV sets were just around the corner, and the number of them was not large in the country. The most popular one now is the radio.

The whole family sat around the kang with two plates of melon seeds and peanuts, chatting while listening to songs. From time to time, the sound of children playing with cannons came from outside.

More than two hours later, it was already late at night and the door was pushed open. My father and second uncle came back with a little guy on their back.

"Why did you fall asleep after turning the door?" the old lady asked with a smile.

"Hi! Don't mention it. These two bastards were coaxed to drink some yellow wine at my uncle's house." Father Li Deyou said with a smile.

"These two kids are real, come on, I'll take off my sleep." The old lady asked her father to put the two little guys on the kang.

Li Wu and Li Quan and others saw that they couldn't sit down, so they slipped down. Fortunately, they got some coal tickets in the village last time, and Li Wen changed some at home.

My mother lit the stove, and the room became warm in a short while.

My father and second uncle happened to put the teapot on the stove and soaked a can of tea.

I drank all night and had some tea to refresh myself.

At this time, it was time to ring on the radio, and it was twelve o'clock.

The old lady, her mother and second aunt got off the kang and started burning incense and kowtowing in the yard.

"Awen, you can set fire to fire, it's the New Year." His father Li Deyou asked Li Wen to fire to fire the New Year's cannon.

This year, Li Wen's family also bought a lot of cannons. They put some off when posting couplets in the afternoon, but now there are still many left.

The eldest brother Li Wu carried firecrackers and walked around the yard and the door.

Li Wen, Li Quan and second sister Li Xia gave up the second kick at the door. The little guys were already sleepy and couldn't scream even when they heard the sound of cannons.

With the sound of firecrackers from Li Wen's family, the entire Sanxing Village seemed to have come alive from the dark night.

The village began to get lively, shouting and firecrackers covered the entire village.
Chapter completed!