Chapter 364 New Year’s Eve
Tong Pandi helped Tong Huaqiong organize the clothes for the New Year.
Tong Pandi doesn’t know that this Spring Festival is the first real Spring Festival for the aunt and nephew in the world.
After arranging the clothes, Tong Pandi fed Hua'er, and then followed Tong Huaqiong to the yard to collect the clothes to dry.
“My cousin is back?”
Tong Pandi saw Gu Taohua and Su Chengmin coming in together, so he greeted Gu Taohua.
"Ancestor worship came back so soon?" Tong Huaqiong raised her head and asked.
Tong Huaqiong raised her head and saw Gu Taohua, who was astonished as if she didn't recognize her daughter.
Although they see her every day, Tong Huaqiong feels that Gu Taohua has grown taller and lost more than half of her body flesh during this period. Her whole body is as bright and moving in the ice and snow as a sprig of peach blossoms in spring.
Su Chengmin, who was walking with Gu Taohua, put on new clothes tailored by Chen Sufen, looking brave and free.
I don’t know what he said to Gu Taohua outside. Gu Taohua was still smiling when she came in. Su Chengmin looked at Gu Taohua with sparkling eyes.
The two people walking together are like the golden boy and girl in the painting.
The two of them dazzled Tong Huaqiong’s eyes.
If Gu Taohua were not her biological daughter, Tong Huaqiong would want to give her a slap in the face.
“Forget it, I had a quarrel with the clan leader. She said that I was so old and I was not engaged yet, so she wanted to propose marriage to me. I said it was none of his business, and he said that I had no tutor and it would bring shame on my ancestors. , I am so angry that I am a descendant of the Gu family.”
After speaking, Gu Taohua raised the pig's head in her hand and said: "I brought the pig's head angrily. Since our ancestors' face is so easy to lose, they don't deserve to eat my pig's head."
Su Chengmin raised his head. Yang said with the snack box in his hand: "Peach Blossom Hands" The snacks offered to the ancestors were also brought."
Su Chengmin naturally couldn't enter the Gu family's ancestral hall. He was playing with Xiaolong outside, and when he saw Gu Taohua walking out of the Gu family's ancestral hall carrying something, cursing, he was stunned. Came back with Gu Taohua.
Tong Huaqiong smiled, pointed at Gu Taohua and said: "You, you, if you bring it, bring it. If the ancestors don't eat it, we will eat it."
Tong Huaqiong is going to worship the ancestors on New Year's Eve, how much is in Tong Huaqiong's heart A little embarrassed, she didn't want to admit that she was Lao Gu's widow, so she naturally didn't want to go to the Gu family ancestral hall to perform the ceremony of her daughter-in-law.
Fortunately, the emperor who was far away in Shengjing granted her the title of township monarch, so she was able to escape and not go to the ancestral hall to perform the ceremony of the Gu family's daughter-in-law.
This behavior naturally triggered a big discussion within the Gu family. The patriarch was so angry that he wanted to use the clan rules to suppress Tong Huaqiong. Tong Huaqiong brought out the imperial edict. The frightened patriarch almost gave Tong Huaqiong a slap in the face, and he never dared to say that Tong Huaqiong should go. It’s a matter of worshiping at the ancestral hall.
The three brothers Jingzhe, Chen Sufen and Liu Yuee of Dahan Valley and Dashu Valley were listening to the patriarch’s instructions in the ancestral hall.
The patriarch secretly used Gu Dahan’s mother to drive a wedge between Tong Huaqiong and Gu Dahan.
The honest Gu Dahan, who had been PUAed by Tong Dajiao for more than 20 years ago, had a heart-to-heart with Tong Dajiao. In the past year, he was baptized by Tong Huaqiong and became more and more convinced that his stepmother was not wrong.
Gu Dahan directly interrupted the patriarch's instigation and said directly: "Patriarch, when my mother was not good to me before, I didn't see you upholding justice. Now my mother treats me like her own son. Why do you jump out and say that this is not okay? Who are you? Do you want my mother to treat me well or not?”
The angry patriarch wanted to expel Gu Dahan from the Gu family’s ancestral home.
The three brothers of Anzu Wan and Chen Sufen and Liu Yuee returned home together.
Because there were so many people celebrating the New Year together, Tong Huaqiong took her family to cook New Year's Eve dinner in the middle of the afternoon.
The fish has been fried, the ribs from the newly killed pig two days ago have been stewed in the pot early in the morning, and the stewed chicken, duck, mutton, beef, etc. are also stewing in the pot.
All you need to do at home is stir-fry some vegetarian dishes and make dumplings.
Qinghe Bay is very cold in winter and it is difficult to get fresh vegetables. When Tong Huaqiong expanded the yard, he built a cellar and stored radish and cabbage in it.
Tong Huaqiong also asked Gu Taohua to grow vegetables in the space. Man'er picked the vegetables out of the space early in the morning, so there were several plates of fresh vegetables on the New Year's Eve dinner table that were not available in Qinghewan.
At dusk, the children studying in the village private school were sent by their families to give gifts of thanks to their husband, Su Chengmin.
The farmers are simple and give whatever they have. A bowl of dumplings for him and a bowl of meat and vegetables for you.
Some families who were not well off brought steamed buns and flower rolls. Su Chengmin accepted them all with a smile, touched the children's heads and told them that he would teach them martial arts after the spring.
The children jumped up with joy and were unwilling to let the village chief find a new wife. Dusk falls and lanterns are lit in the yard.
When the wind blows, the lanterns on the fence and under the eaves sway in the wind
A big table is set up in the main hall, and Tong Huaqiong's first New Year's Eve dinner in this era begins.
After a busy day, she didn't have time to miss home. At this time, she looked at the table full of dishes and sniffed. She missed her home in the future.
I don’t know if my family is also celebrating the Spring Festival at this time. Without her, my parents’ New Year will be deserted.
How she wished it was a parallel world.
In the parallel world, she is still celebrating the holidays happily with her parents.
Although there are only three people in the family, they still cooked a sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner, and the table was filled with her favorite dishes.
There are lion heads made by my father, braised pork stewed by my mother, and shredded sweet potatoes made by her.
With the background sound of the Spring Festival Gala, the three of them chatted and laughed, eating a New Year's Eve dinner and drinking a bottle of wine.
When the bell rings, watch the fireworks outside through the window.
Then I complained about the Spring Festival Gala while eating.
This kind of time seems to be normal year after year. Unexpectedly, one day even such normal days will disappear.
"Grandma, come out quickly, let's set off the firecrackers."
"There are also fireworks that Grandpa He bought in Fucheng, come and see."
Tong Huaqiong, who was homesick, was caught by Man'er and Yaozu interrupted by shouts.
Tong Huaqiong put away her sadness and came to the corridor with a smile.
At this time, the sound of firecrackers began to sound in the village.
"Grandma is here, we can set off the firecrackers. Uncle Laifu quickly took out the thousand-ring firecrackers." Man'er said not to be outdone when she heard the rising and rising firecrackers from other houses in the village.
Su Chengmin placed a thousand-ring firecracker tray on the snow. Gu Jingzhe lit the fire stick from the kitchen and handed it to Su Chengmin. Su Chengmin pointed the sparks at the cannon twister.
Just a crackling sound was heard in the Gu family yard.
The children covered their ears.
The steaming sparks lit up the snow and everyone's faces.
After the white smoke from the firecrackers dispersed, Su Chengmin started to set off the fireworks.
"I'll come, I'll come."
Gu Taohua was so playful that she picked up the fire stick and lit the fireworks.
Fireworks rose up one after another, exploding chrysanthemums, peach blossoms, and peonies in mid-air
“What beautiful fireworks.”
"In addition to flowers, there are also big fish."
Man'er and Duo'er clapped their hands and looked up at the sky.
The entire Qinghe Bay was attracted by the fireworks exploding in Tong Huaqiong's yard. Everyone walked out of the house and stood in the yard and raised their heads.
This is the first time that fireworks are set off during the Chinese New Year in Qinghewan. In the past, if everyone wanted to watch the fireworks, they had to wait until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to go to town to watch them.
The wealthy families in the town will set off fireworks at night. Sometimes if you go early and arrive late, you may not be able to catch them.
Now you can enjoy fireworks in your own village.
Tong Huaqiong heard the cheers of the children outside and asked Gu Taohua and Su Chengmin to set off a few more fireworks.
For the Chinese New Year, it should be used to add luster to the atmosphere of reunion in the village.