Chapter 46, Chinese New Year
After Sun Zhaorong came back, he didn't sleep anymore, but started to work.
Su Pingshan and Su Tiankun got up when they came back and started picking mud to fill the road.
Su Tianhai and Su Tianwen got up and started helping clean up the seafood.
Su Jiao bought a new stove and did not let Sun Zhaorong save so much, so she kept hot water on the stove. The two little ones consciously mixed hot and cold water to wash things, so that their hands would not be so cold.
When Su Jiao got up, everything was almost cleaned.
Su Jiao grabbed Su Tianhai and Su Tianwen and said, "Okay, you two are already very capable. My sister will do the rest."
Su Tianhai: "Oh, sister, we are a family, you should sleep a little longer, we are men, we can do this."
Su Jiao was soft-hearted: "Sister, I know, but you are still growing, so you should do less heavy work. It's too cold, so hurry up and warm yourself by the fire."
"Okay." After saying that, the two of them wiped their hands and entered the main room, but came out again after a while.
The two people carried the brazier and placed it next to Su Jiao: "Sister, let's bake and warm together."
Su Jiao's heart melted when she heard this: "Okay, sister will prepare delicious food for Tianhai and Tianwen later."
"Uh-huh."
Su Jiao moved quickly, put the ingredients in the kitchen and started cleaning the yard. Her two younger brothers were very sensible and kept watching, hoping that she would grow up quickly so that she could help her sister.
Sun Zhaorong's dishes have been placed on the steamer, as long as the temperature is maintained.
Su Jiao began to pickle the ingredients.
After cleaning, wait until after eating to make it taste better.
She planned to marinate the squid first and start cooking after solving the breakfast problem.
When Su Pingshan and Su Tiankun returned from filling in the road, it happened to be open.
Seeing his wife and children busy in the yard, Su Pingshan felt very sad.
The New Year's Eve evening passed quickly. Su Jiao had just finished making the dried squid and gave a piece to each of her two brothers. It was already twelve o'clock at noon.
The family divided the work and cooperated. Su Tianyu and Su Tiankun were responsible for hanging lanterns, pasting couplets, and lighting fires. They were busy until half past five when the dishes were finally ready.
Su Pingshan had already worshiped his ancestors and set up a big table. Su Tianyu and Su Tiankun were responsible for serving the dishes. Su Jiao turned on the lights in the main room and installed them when Su Pingshan took the time to return to the village. They would not have lights on until the Chinese New Year.
The room was bright and bright. This was the first time for Su Tianhai and others to have New Year's Eve dinner in such a bright hall. The sumptuous food on the table made them drool.
Su Jiao waited until Su Pingshan and Sun Zhaorong were seated before letting her two younger brothers use their chopsticks.
The two of them also knew that their parents had worked hard. After they sat down, they gave each of them a crab: "Mom, Dad, you have worked hard."
After saying that, he gave Su Jiao another one: "Sister eats it, and sister also works hard."
Su Jiao touched the heads of her two younger brothers: "Okay, you can eat too. We have all worked hard this year, but I think the hard work is worth it. Come on, let's drink."
This is glutinous rice wine that Su Jiao brewed when she had free time. It's sweet, so it's okay to drink a small cup.
Su Tianhai and Su Jiao were given juice instead of glutinous rice wine.
Su Pingshan also rarely had a drink. This year felt like a dream, unreal, but life was actually going by like this.
Both he and Sun Zhaorong knew that all this was thanks to Su Jiao: "Tianhai is right, Jiaojiao is the hardest worker, so eat more."
Su Jiao watched her bowl pile up into a small mountain in just a moment. Su Tianyu only had four chopsticks each, and this bowl wasn't that big...
"Okay, okay, I can't let it go anymore, Tianwen, stop pinching it, sister, do it yourself."
"Okay, sister, eat quickly and grow taller."
"Yeah, Tianwen is good."
Just as Su Jiao was about to peel the shrimp, Su Tiankun had already put the peeled shrimp in her bowl.
Su Tianyu placed the opened crab next to her: "Brother, you can eat it, I can peel it myself."
Su Tianyu: "The shell is hard and hurts your hands. Eat it quickly. It will be cold and smelly."
Su Jiao felt extremely comfortable. It felt really good to be pampered by others. Her sincerity was exchanged for the sincerity of her family.
In the future, their home will be better.
The food on the table was sumptuous, but they had strong fighting power, and the shrimps and crabs were quickly eliminated.
This was the happiest New Year's Eve dinner for Su Pingshan and Sun Zhaorong.
In previous years, I would still worry about what to cook for the New Year’s Eve dinner. I always had to cook some meat for the New Year, but no matter where I had the money, the New Year’s Eve dinner basically consisted of one more dish than usual, which was pickled vegetables.
Sun Zhaorong feels sad when I think of it in the past. It doesn't matter if I don't mention it, things will be better in the future.
Su Jiao looked at the faces of her family members and felt at ease in her heart. She would take root here in the future and it would be a new and different life.
They ate the New Year's Eve dinner for an hour and a half. It was very cold outside the house, but the hearts of the whole family in the house were warm.
Su Jiao also took the initiative to talk about her plans for next year. After hearing this, Su Pingshan asked: "Jiaojiao, is it cost-effective to open a store in the county?"
Su Jiao: "It's affordable even in the town, let alone the county."
That was not what Su Pingshan wanted to ask. With Su Jiao's character of building a house wherever she opened a shop, he was afraid that with the money he would make, Su Jiao would turn around and want to build a house again.
Sun Zhaorong: "Jiaojiao, your dad is afraid that you want to build a house in the county again, so he asked if it's worth it."
Su Jiao: "Ah? Dad didn't expect you to think so deeply, but dad, you understand me. I really just want to buy some land here and there and build a house. From now on, you and mom don't have to do anything and can just collect the rent and enjoy themselves.
It’s old age.”
Su Pingshan was speechless.
Su Jiao said a little naively: "Mom, Dad, don't worry, the reform trend has already started, and life will definitely be better. Taking advantage of the current cheap land, we can buy it even if we don't build a house, and keep the land until the market stabilizes."
If we sell it again, we will definitely make more money."
This time Sun Zhaorong was speechless. The couple were so shocked by Su Jiao's thoughts that they could not recover. This child was too bold!
Su Tianyu and Su Tiankun understood a little bit, but they didn't understand a little bit.
"Jiaojiao, the reform you are talking about is the construction that we saw on TV in the southernmost part of the country right now?" Su Tianyu asked.
Su Jiao nodded: "Dad, the parents of some classmates in our class went to the south to work last year. They said that due to the reform and economic explosion there, factories are being built everywhere for development."
Su Pingshan: We are not very close to that side, when will this wind reach us?"
Su Jiao: "Dad, what we are thinking about is that in the future, each of the brothers will have an apartment, which is actually not too much."
Su Pingshan thought about it and it was indeed the truth. If each of the five children had one set, they would have five sets. He and Sun Zhaorong were still young, so let's just go for it. If you don't go for it, you won't know if you can make a profit or not.
He would definitely buy a house and land if he had money. He believed in Su Jiao's vision.
Chapter completed!