Chapter 166: Money sticks come and go
Set off small firecrackers, as if they were dead, and they looked very happy, which made him speechless.
After playing outside for a while, it was time to eat, and Li Jiayi ran home.
The lunch meal was very rich, mainly some leftover ingredients from the evening meal.
It’s okay to talk about the extras. Although it’s just a few extras, there are still a lot of extras in the twenty-six dishes!
It was cool and hot, and there was also a soup, which made the whole family feel full, even a little too much.
Fortunately, people in this era digest it faster, but in fact there is not enough oil and water.
If we were like later generations and had meat for three meals a day, digestion would probably not be so fast.
Although the food of Li Jia's family was good, it was not as good as that of later generations.
This is not to say that Li Jiayi does not have the ability to make his family reach that level. The main reason is that he is too conspicuous.
If their family ate the same way as later generations, it probably wouldn't be as simple as someone in the courtyard reporting it.
Since these two days are Chinese New Year, the family can cook more dishes. Under normal circumstances, their family has at most two meat dishes for dinner, and sometimes only one.
There is basically no meat in the morning. At noon, I either eat in the factory or in the school cafeteria.
Even if we can’t go to school because of the heavy snow, we can cook at most one meat dish at noon, and the amount of meat used is still in the hands of the eldest sister.
Their food is better than most others, but it is still within control.
At the very least, even if their family eats meat, others will not target them.
This is because most of the meat is cooked meat that he took out from the space, such as pig head meat, pork liver, and pig heart.
At most, I stew chicken or ribs every now and then, and sometimes also stew goose.
Only at this time can people in the courtyard smell the fragrance, but there is nothing they can do about it.
Because he brought these things back from outside generously, he knew at a glance that there was nothing wrong with them.
I definitely bought it from the pigeon market, so there is nothing I can do about it even if I smell the fragrance.
Although lunch was very sumptuous, neither Li Aimin nor Liao Kai drank.
Mainly because it will be busier in the afternoon. What if drinking too much affects cooking.
So we can only put the drinking at night, and Ye Xin also promised Li Aimin that he could drink as much as he wanted in the evening.
This made Li Aimin so happy that he could finally have a drink.
Li Aimin loves to drink, Liao Kai does the same, and Liao Kai has been drinking since he was a child.
In Liao Kai’s words, drinking must be learned from an early age, otherwise you will not be able to learn it when you grow up.
It is said that the amount of alcohol has been established. Even if you drink heavily, it is just a symptom. At most, it will evaporate faster for people with strong bodies.
After eating, the family started to get busy again, and Li Jiayi returned to the room at this time.
People are like this. They tend to get sleepy after eating too much. This is what he is like now.
No, it didn't take long for me to lie down in bed, and I fell asleep before I knew it.
He was woken up by his eldest sister because he was ready to have dinner.
When Li Jiayi came to the living room, he felt that the day's work was not in vain, it was so rich.
And it is made by a certified second-level chef, so the taste is as good as you can imagine.
Li Aimin took out the wine, the special Maotai liquor, and took out two bottles at once, which seemed to be a big deal.
As for Li Jiayi, he also took out a military kettle from the house and poured an enamel jar for each of his mother, eldest sister and second sister.
Yes, what Li Jiayi brought out was peach juice, and it was 100% pure. It tasted great.
I started eating this meal before six o'clock, and I ate it until after eight o'clock, which took nearly two hours.
As for Li Aimin and Liao Kai, they both drank a little too much, but Li Jiayi sent Liao Kai back.
He also helped him add coal to the stove and sealed the fire to prevent gas poisoning.
By the time he got home, his mother and two sisters had already packed up the Eight Immortals Table, leaving a lot of leftovers.
"Mom, there are so many things left. You won't eat any leftovers tomorrow, right?" the second sister Li Jialin asked at this time.
“What happened to the leftovers? I wanted to eat them before but I haven’t yet! It’s only been a few good days! I don’t like the leftovers anymore.”
Ye Xin turned to Li Jialin Talked for a while.
Actually, Li Jialin didn't mean this. It was just her simple words that caused Ye Xin to misunderstand.
What she actually means is that tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year. You can’t just eat leftovers on the first day of the Lunar New Year!
"Mom, there are a lot of leftovers. I think we should give them away!"
A total of six people made twenty-six dishes at once. This is indeed Too much.
"Okay son, I'll do as you say." Ye Xin nodded and said.
The second sister is so depressed! Are there so many differences between this daughter and my son?
I just said a word and was scolded like my third grandson.
When my son said goodbye, he immediately nodded, "This mother is definitely a person."
"Son, who do you want to give these meals to?" Ye Xin asked.
Li Jia thought for a moment and said, "Just give it to Aunt Cheng's house in the front yard, Aunt Xu's house in the middle yard, and Sun Laizi's house in the backyard."
"Okay, I'll give it to you. Just use a basin to separate them, and then ask your eldest sister to send them over, but son, you are a bit rude.”
"Uh!" Li Jia was stunned for a moment.
"Cripple Sun is not what you should call me. You have to call me Uncle Sun. Even your dad and I have to call you Brother Sun."
Li Jiayi scratched his head and said : "Mom, I know, I won't call you that again in the future." "That's right, no matter what time, you can't lose your courtesy."
"Yeah!"
There was a lot of leftover food, which filled a large porcelain basin. Ye Xin divided it into three portions and asked her eldest sister Li Jiaqi to deliver it to them.
Although Li Aimin and Liao Kai both drank too much and could not use the sauna, Li Jiayi still did it alone.
Just behind my mother, eldest sister and second sister.
No words for a night.
At about five o'clock the next morning, Li Jiayi got up from the space.
It's better to box first, then wash up, and then come out of the space.
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year! We need to get up early and let the door open. It was agreed yesterday that Li Jiayi will be the door opener this year.
No, we got up before dawn, it’s winter now! It was just dawn around seven o'clock.
It was only six o'clock after he finished boxing in space and took a shower.
Going downstairs to the living room, Li Jiayi took out three mareizi, opened the door and walked out.
He didn't plan to play it outside, but planned to play it in the yard. Although the sound would be loud, it would not have any impact.
Because at this time, the sound of cannons being fired was heard all over the imperial capital, and it was estimated that no one could sleep well.
Three cannons were fired, and he finished them in less than five minutes. As for the whip, he would not fire them until breakfast.
After firing the cannon, Li Jiayi was no longer sleepy. Originally, he had no intention of going back to sleep.
Just sitting alone in the living room, he took out the big plate with peanut and melon seed candies.
I made myself a large enamel jar of tea and sat there eating and drinking.
The tea in the enamel jar has not been finished yet, my parents have also gotten up, and my mother wants to cook.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the meal was relatively simple, just dumplings and hand-made noodles, so I didn’t bother Liao Kai.
Dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year are a must. This is the case here in the imperial capital. No matter the family situation is good or not, there will be dumplings on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year.
As for hand-rolled noodles, just boil them and run them through cold water, then mix them with minced garlic and eat them.
It’s called Qian Chuanzi here in the imperial capital, and it’s also indispensable on New Year’s Day.
Anyway, this is how it is here in the imperial capital. As for what the customs are in other places, Li Jiayi really doesn’t know.
Although Liao Kai didn't have to get up to cook, Liao Kai came very early, not only to come over for dinner, but also to come over to pay New Year greetings.
"Brother Li, sister-in-law, Happy New Year." Liao Kai said, clasping his fists.
“Happy New Year.”
"A little gift is not a sign of respect." Liao Kai said as he handed the things he carried to Li Aimin.
"I said Xiaokai, what are you doing? When you come here, don't you just feel like you're at home? What kind of gifts do you want to get?"
"Brother Li, you also know my situation. , I have no relatives, so I have no place to go. This gift I prepared it in advance, you can't let me take it back, right?"
Hearing what Liao Kai said, Li Aimin nodded and said, "Okay, but it won't happen next time."
"Okay, I get it."
"Uncle Liao, Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year, here, I'll give you a red envelope." Liao Kai took out a red envelope and handed it to Li Jiayi.
"Uh! Uncle Liao!" Li Jiayi really didn't expect that Liao Kai would give him a red envelope.
"Thank you, Uncle Liao."
Knowing that Liao Kai was not short of money, Li Jiayi was not polite, even though he did not value the money in the red envelope at all.
But it makes sense! This is lucky money, which means that he is one year older, and he will receive red envelopes during the New Year, which is auspicious!
“No matter how polite you are, this is what you should do.”
While eating breakfast, Li Aimin also took out a few red envelopes and gave them to his (her) three siblings respectively.
As for Ye Xin, there is no need, because Li Aimin alone represents it.
Of course, Liao Kai also prepared red envelopes for Li Jiaqi and Li Jialin, and they just took advantage of this time to give them together.
The red envelopes given by Liao Kai were not small. Each of the three siblings received ten yuan, which was more than what their parents gave them.
Because the red envelopes given by my parents only cost five yuan each.
As soon as Li Jiayi and his family finished their meal, the children in the courtyard began to come over one after another to pay New Year greetings.
Li Aimin is not stingy either. He has packed a lot of red envelopes in advance. No matter who he is, he will give a red envelope to anyone who comes over.
But there is not much money in it, each red envelope contains only ten cents.
"Happy New Year to uncle and aunt, happy coming of age to sister Jiaqi, sister Jialin, and brother Jiayi."
At this time, Sun Qingjun brought his two sisters, Sun Qingmin and Sun Qingmei, over to pay New Year's greetings.
"Okay, okay, happy new year, wife, give me the red envelope quickly."
In fact, there are two kinds of red envelopes that Li Aimin packs. One contains a dime, which is mainly for the people in the yard. Children who come to pay New Year greetings.
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(End of this chapter)