Vol 2 Chapter 302: New Year's Eve Dinner

New Year's Eve, the last day of the Chinese New Year, is the most important traditional festival for Chinese people. On this day, not only does the house and the outside of the house have to be cleaned up, but they also have to post Spring Festival couplets, post New Year pictures, and hang lanterns. Every household must prepare delicious food, and the whole family will stay together to stay together. Especially the dumplings are served at midnight.
Aunt Chen, Zhou Xiaozheng and Lin Lishan, who were sent home for the New Year, went to the army all day, and they became more and more busy. Considering that the whole family could not keep the dumplings together on New Year's Eve, Zhou Jiao could only have breakfast on New Year's Eve, and the family would gather to eat dumplings for reunion.
For this meal, Zhou Jiao packed five kinds of dumplings, including pork sauerkraut, pork and mushroom and cabbage stuffing, shrimp and pork stuffing, leek and egg stuffing and beef dumpling stuffing. For each type of dumpling, a lot of coins and red dates are placed in order to be auspicious.
In the early morning, there was a sound of firecrackers and firecrackers. In the compound, the military members from all corners of the country belonged to one place and one customs. The only constants were to post Spring Festival couplets, post New Year pictures, and hang lanterns. Every family is even more vigorously preparing a table of New Year's Eve dinner with a good meaning.
Zhou's family got up early in the morning, posted Spring Festival couplets, New Year pictures, and hung red lanterns. After letting off the firecrackers, the family gathered together to eat dumplings in advance.
Zhou Xiaozheng went to the army to arrange staff on duty, and Lin Lishan kept going to the art troupe to arrange a performance, leaving Zhang Guoqing and his wife at home with their children.
During the day, the old lady Cheng secretly took Zhou Jiao to hide in the room to pay her ancestor offerings, and then took her to the nearby cafeteria to make dumplings with the military members. The old lady took the opportunity to rush her home to take care of the child before she had packaged it for an hour.
Out of the canteen, children can be seen everywhere lighting firecrackers and throwing them at the lesbians passing by. The girls were shocked with a "bang", and the naughty children laughed. On this day, no one would speak ill of pranks, and the lesbians who were teased were all smiles whether they knew them or not.
The door of the Zhou family was open. Many children from the courtyard came and went back and forth. The close friends gathered in the living room. The boys chatted about the troops that had returned from the peninsula battlefield, each talking about internal news. For tonight's show dinner, they have lost the excitement that they had just moved into the compound.
Zhang Guoqing smiled and hugged the child. He didn't make any remarks, so he avoided sensitive topics. There is no shortage of topics in the living room with boys and girls who are close in twos. Obviously they already have a concept of subordinate and subordinate levels, and the children with the highest positions in their parents usually like to summarize.
The remarks of these second-generation children are affected by the environment, and casual chats often care about political issues. They usually look very noble and straightforward. Once they make good friends, they really use their lives to make friends. They have a good relationship to a certain extent, and they will be very casual regardless of you and me. Asking the other party to do something is just one sentence, and they will scold each other if they fail to do it well, and they will not make a roundabout. As soon as Fang Fei, who is already working, will be taken to the restaurant to have a meal, as soon as they receive their salary, they often don't have half a dime in their pockets in the middle of the month.
They are very clear about the inside and outside of the courtyard. Everyone in the yard had an opinion that the fight was broken and bloody, and they vowed to stay away from each other forever, but as long as the other party was bullied outside the yard, they would naturally unite to help the fight.
Often when there is a pupil in the compound saying that he has been bullied by another compound, he casually yells and a group of big and small brothers and brothers in the compound come forward and lead people to fight for justice. Once there was a group of six or seven-year-old children who followed behind shouting and beating!
Since Zhang Guoqing had contact with these people and the relationship between the two sides became harmonious, every time he saw them come to the house, he asked them to pour their own tea. They are no longer welcome to Zhou's house now. If Zhou Xiaozheng is not at home, it will be as casual as at home.
When it was time for dinner, they didn't go home. Several people gathered together to touch each other's pockets. When they saw people coming, they directly called people to the service agency to get fish and meat and move the wine jar. Knowing that Zhou Jiao is ready, they like to spend just a few money in their pockets. The picture is fun. He drank alcohol and didn't eat any food, and said with a smile to eat dumplings while keeping his stomach.
The noise came to the meeting point in the auditorium, leaving a mess and no one would clean up. Everyone carried the army and was shielded safely, then closed the door and flocked to the auditorium.
The auditorium has a new look. The huge Presidential New Year picture, the walls are covered with red paper couplets, and red lanterns are hung, and the laughter and joy are everywhere. Except for the first few rows, the positions are reserved for leaders. The friends of all ages gathered together, and the friends who usually put on the shelves if they didn't agree with each other also laughed and laughed today.
Didn't you see that many of the parents are watching them? Soldiers educate their children, and most of them are kicking directly. If you are being trained or beaten in full view, no one will look good on their faces.
Living in the compound, Zhang Guoqing saw soldiers using whips to whip children more than once. The children in the compound are relatively distant from their parents. Parents are busy with work and are often away from home. Children go to and from school in the compound. There is a nanny to take care of their lives. Families without nanny have three meals a day in a mixed canteen. They just want their children to be safe and lack communication with each other. As for the child, who was born 50 years ago and had never seen his father once or twice while growing up, where did the affection come from?
This is also the reason why he and Zhou Jiao's family received attention when they returned to the compound. People who see Zhou Jiao in the compound now jokingly call her Zhou Jiao pimple. Two days ago, Zhou Jiao exercised early in the morning, and five or six-year-old children ran over to call her sister, baby pimple.
As the leaders above entered, the auditorium burst into applause. After the opening remarks, there is a cultural performance. The thousands of times the same program made people excited, and several leaders did not notice the midfield withdrawal.
Zhang Guoqing smiled and nodded slightly. On this day, his father-in-law wants to accompany the soldiers in the army, and his mother-in-law also arranges four performances on the first day of the first month. On the New Year’s Eve when thousands of families are reunited, their family cannot wait to eat dumplings together to welcome the bell of the New Year.
Zhangjiacun in the northeast. At this moment, the long-awaited New Year's Eve that the children have finally come. That day the second child, Zhang Guoqiang and his family all gathered in the old courtyard to accompany Zhang's father and mother to celebrate the New Year together.
The two families gathered around the big table, smiling and waiting for Zhang's father and mother to say a few words before starting to move.
In the past, Father Zhang would lament a few words about the hard work of the family this year, and we will continue to work hard in the coming year.
Zhang's mother will boast about her daughter-in-laws, encourage more people in the coming year, work hard after the beginning of spring, and run the family diligently and thriftily.
Daddy Zhang looked at the children in front of him with a smile, and said with a smile that the better the day passes, and that he is very satisfied and then rely on their own efforts. Advise family members to learn to be content, think twice about everything.
Zhang's mother immediately threatened that she had left the house and hoped that the two daughter-in-laws would take good care of the man and child in the coming year.
After Zhang Dad moved his chopsticks, he saw the two sons below who were busy taking care of the children. He was deeply disappointed when he remembered that his old son and his family were far away.
When his elder son is at home, the first thing is to pour him wine, prepare food for his mother, and tell him some jokes to make him laugh. He looked out of the house from time to time, as if expecting them to come back.
The second child, Zhang Guoqiang, braved the heavy snow in the twelfth lunar month of his father to set up red lanterns in the yards of the county and the village and his little brother. He knew that his parents must be thinking about the little fifth. At this time, he deliberately joked that Zhang Guoqing and his wife escaped fast enough and saved the children's lucky money.
His words made everyone laugh. Everyone knows this is a joke. Since Zhang Guoqing's family went to the capital, their parcels have not stopped. Aunt Fang from the county seat sent them to Zhangjiacun within three to five days.
In addition to children's fabric toys, Zhang's father and mother have a variety of styles from cotton boots to hats, and three sets of new clothes. Not to mention that Zhou Jiao knitted two sets of sweaters and trousers for the two elders. Before leaving, Zhang Guoqing had already given the child fifty cents.
"I really feel that I am missing something when Xiao Wu is not at home. I don't know if I am used to studying in Beijing? There are many noble people over there, so it must be less comfortable than ours."
It's not as good as my own. After Zhang's mother left the old son's family, she fell asleep. In her dream, the old son smiled and called his mother.
Seeing that she was worried, Zhang Guoqiang quickly said with a smile, "Mother, you don't understand our Xiaowu? That is to be welcomed everywhere."
Sure enough, I saw Zhang mother's spirits startled, and she was very happy when she talked about the deeds of the old son.
Father Zhang couldn't help asking: "Do you think Xiao Wu will really wait for work and come back? A few days ago, his goddad came over, but he said that after fifteen, they must come back. This kid didn't say anything when he sent something. When I come back, it’s fine~EbookFREE.me~ Zhang Guofu laughed loudly,
Father, it’s not a few days after the fifteenth and the end of the first month. I guess Xiao Wu will be back at the end of the first month. Uncle Zhou must not bear his daughter. You, wait for your old son to come back with peace of mind. "
Thinking of Zhou Xiaozheng's father and daughter being bored, Zhang's father and Zhang's mother laughed and felt relieved.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, the ear-splitting firecrackers in the village rang out. Xizi and the others knelt on the ground and kowtow to Zhang's father and mother. The ceremony of kowtow is very solemn. Kneel down on both knees, kowtow on the forehead and repeat it three times. After getting a dime per person, they all hid in the house happy.
Zhang Dad took turns setting off firecrackers in three yards with his two sons. The children were not afraid of the cold weather and followed around, gathering a group of friends to play with small firecrackers.
Mother Zhang and his wife started cooking dumplings. When the dumplings were out of the pot, the children ran back unbearably. After the family had eaten dumplings, Zhang did not let the children keep their years old and asked them all to return to the house. On the first day of tomorrow, the family will inevitably go to the ancestral hall and visit their elders' homes for New Year greetings.
In the hall, the two old people leaned on the kang and chatted quietly about the old things, and stayed quietly until dawn.
At this time in the compound of the Beijing Military Region, as everyone counted down, the New Year finally came. 58 years came quietly.
In front of the bonfire in the square outside the auditorium, several literary and artistic enthusiasts played the accordion, playing the harmonica and the erhu, playing cheerful music. The onlookers were reluctant to go back and sang loudly.
Mrs. Cheng was taken home early in Ping An, Zhang Guoqing and Zhou Jiao looked at the fireworks in the distance, forgetting all their worries and sorrows.
On the New Year’s Eve in 57 years, all the scenes in the compound became unforgettable memories in their lifetime. Such a lively scene is gone forever, everything is nothing but everything, and I still sigh when I meet with old friends again in the future.