We have already started chatting and preparing for the New Year’s Eve dinner.
This year there are more Wang Jun and Li Qiaoyun in the family, and her cousins have already sent them home to celebrate the New Year.
"Hey, Qiu Nan, how about sitting this year? Two tables in the living room?"
"Why are there two tables? After you leave, I asked Zhu Wen to make the tables for us and put them in the pavilion."
"Hey, my wife is my wife after all. This is a beautiful job. I was just thinking about moving the table."
"Okay, stop being poor and go kill that chicken in the yard."
Ding Qiunan smiled and pushed his man out of the kitchen.
As a result, Jiadong had already killed all the chickens and was waiting for the boiling water on the stove to boil before plucking the feathers.
"Xiao Chu, take care of that fish in the pool."
"Okay sister, I'll do it right away."
"junzi"
"Here you are, sister"
"Peel the potatoes."
“Okay”
"Wenxuan"
"Auntie is here"
"Go to the kitchen and chop up the meat."
"OK"
Li Qin was like a general manager, assigning tasks to each idle person.
"Jia Dong, where is your father?"
"Mom, my dad took Haohao out just now."
"Hey, this old guy, he runs away as soon as he gets to work."
"Aunt, what else are you doing? I'm here."
"The child is asleep Yueyue?"
"Yeah, put it on the bed."
"Have you plugged your ears? Don't let the sound of gunfire outside scare the child."
"It's already stuffed."
"That's fine. Take a look at the vegetables in the basin on the floor and wash them."
"OK"
"Mom, the water is boiling on our stove." Xiaojuan walked over from the small door, holding a kettle in her hand.
"Give it to Jiadong. He happened to be plucking the chicken feathers. I'll make a pot later. It will still be useful."
"I know, Mom."
"Juan'er, please bring over the pot of meat and skin jelly prepared in our kitchen later."
"good"
Seeing that the work was almost arranged, Li Qin pulled a small bench and sat down under the eaves, picked up the leeks on the ground and started to pick them.
"Qiu Nan"
"What's up, sister, I'm in the kitchen."
"I just want to ask, are your parents sure they can't come? It's so lively here."
"I asked a few days ago, but they were not willing to come and said they would celebrate the New Year at their place."
"Tell me, these old couple are really busy during the Chinese New Year. Why don't they ask someone to drive over to pick them up? The food they make will be eaten after two days. It's cold and they won't worry about spoilage."
Ding Qiunan walked out of the kitchen, obviously a little moved.
"Okay, I'll pick them up after I finish the fish, and I'll pull them over." Li Chu, who was picking up the fish, raised his head and glanced at his wife.
"Xiao Chu, stop getting the fish for now and go pick it up now. I guess they may be preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner right now. Go early and don't let the busy work come in. Just bring the people here."
"Okay, I'll go now."
As soon as he said he was leaving, Li Chu threw the fish he had just killed and was digging out back into the basin, washed his hands and went into the house to put on his coat.
"Wenxuan, where are your car keys? I can drive your car more spaciously."
"It's on the coffee table in my room."
Ding Qiunan stood at the door of the kitchen and pursed her lips, smiled slightly, turned around and walked into the kitchen to continue working.
Li Chu drove the car all the way to the Grain Bureau Family Courtyard.
The guard at the gate recognized him a long time ago. He poked his head and saw that it was him in the car, then walked out of the guard room and opened the big iron door.
"Director Li, come to see my father-in-law!"
"Ah, I want to take them to my place to celebrate the New Year. Come on, Lao Liu, come on."
Two packs of cigarettes flew out of the car, and the guard, Old Liu, hurriedly caught them.
"Director Li..."
Before he could say anything, the car had already started to drive in. Only one hand reached out from the car window and waved twice.
He lowered his head to look at the two packs of Hongmei cigarettes in his hand, then raised his head to look at the butt of the car, and couldn't help but mutter: "Hey, he deserves to be in an official position, and he earns more money."
Every time Li Chu came over, he would give him or his counterpart a pack or two of cigarettes. When the two doormen saw his car, they came over and opened the door faster than when they saw the director's car.
In the past, there were coal sheds built in front of family courtyards. Each family would have one, which contained some briquettes and other sundries. Later, it was no longer called a coal shed and was called a carport. The function of use has changed, and everyone uses it.
If you have gas, you don’t need to buy briquettes anymore.
At the gate of the Grain Bureau Family Courtyard, there are very few people pulling carts selling briquettes. They all know that gas is already connected here.
However, some people will still buy it. Every year before heating, and after the heating is turned off, it is still relatively cold. People with elderly and children at home will still light a stove.
In fact, it is very convenient to have a stove at home. You can make a pot of water on it and you can use hot water from time to time. Especially in winter, you can seal the stove before going to bed at night and put a pot of water on it. When you get up in the morning, you can use it.
There is hot water available, which is quite comfortable.
Many people are reluctant to use gas stoves to boil water for washing.
Not to mention putting a steamed bun on top and baking it to eat. In this era of lack of snacks, that is the favorite of many children.
The building where Ding Ma and the others live could be further apart from the building in front. There is not only a coal shed downstairs, but also a small garden where many people play here every day.
That is to say, there are few cars now, otherwise the yard would be jammed with cars.
After parking the car, Li Chu went up to the second floor in three steps and knocked on the door. Outside, he could hear Ma Ding's loud voice instructing Jianguo to open the door.
"Brother-in-law? When did you come back?"
"I just came back last night, are you all at home?"
"You're all here, come in quickly, brother-in-law."
As soon as he entered, the room became lively.
Everyone knew that he was on a business trip. Seeing that he hadn't come back yet on the 28th or 9th day of the twelfth lunar month, I thought he would never come back for the Chinese New Year this year, but I didn't expect that he was back in a hurry.
"Mom, stop working so hard, pack up and come to my place to celebrate the New Year."
When Father Ding heard what his son-in-law said, he smiled happily.
In previous years, the Chinese New Year was celebrated with a big family, which was very lively. This year, there were only five of them, and the house suddenly became more deserted. The old man didn't even think about celebrating the Chinese New Year.
"Why are you going to your place? Take a look, I have prepared so many things here."
"Mom, put all these on the balcony, open the window a little, the cold weather won't damage it, let's go, we are waiting for you.
Jianguo, Nana, go back and pack your things, prepare to leave the ink mark, and I'm waiting for you to go over and do some work."
Li Chu's unreasonable attitude made them look at each other, but this decision must be made by Ding Ma.
"Oh~ let's go then, Xiaona. Just change Kaikai's new clothes and get another coat. The same goes for you. Don't take too many things. You'll be back in two days."