Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 499 Moving the Oil Jar
The two little ones slept soundly, and they didn't wake up until the older ones finished their meal and went to clean up.

Just as it happened, the steamed chicken cakes and millet porridge for them were both hot in the pot. They changed their clothes and hurriedly fed them some.

After the two little ones finished their meal and played for a while, Zhang Shuzhen and Aunt Li boiled a pot of water in a large pot, poured it into a big basin, and gave the two little ones a bath.

It’s the Chinese New Year, so it’s important to get rid of the old and bring out the new.

The adults all went to the bathhouse to wash themselves. The two babies were too young to take them to the bathhouse, so they could just wash themselves at home.

The radiator is burning very hot, the earthworm is also burning very vigorously, and the room is warm and not cold at all.

The two little ones took off their clothes and put them into the large aluminum basin. Now they were really good at it. Their fleshy little arms were scratching and pulling in the water, and their calves were kicking in various ways, which made the two little ones giggle with joy.

Who doesn’t care about such a fun little guy?

Zhang Shuzhen, Zhou Qinglan, and sister Sheng Yunfang worked together to clean the two babies, dry them with towels, wrap them in blankets, and put them on the kang.

Then powdering, dressing, and matting were all done in one go. Wu Yuhua and Feng Shuyan barely had to do anything, and the two babies were clean and fragrant.

The whole family was amused by the cross talk, and the dumpling makers also stopped what they were doing and concentrated on watching TV.

The dumplings were wrapped and brought to the kitchen, the kang was cleaned up, and then everyone ate melon seeds and watched the Spring Festival Gala.

The actor who later said "I miss you so much, my audience friends," as soon as he took the stage, began to enter the attention of the national audience from this year on, and has appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage for more than 30 consecutive years.

"Okay." The two little girls also remembered, so they stopped making trouble and went to the kang to coax their younger brothers and sisters.

Until the show was over, while the Peking opera and songs were being performed on the stage, Zhang Shuzhen hurriedly urged everyone to wrap up the last piece of bread.

Normally, making dumplings doesn’t require so much attention. Children are happy to do it. It doesn’t matter if you give them dough and make two dumplings at will.

"Grandma, I want to take a bath too." When the two girls, Xin Yue and Xin Qi, saw each other, they were so greedy that they had to argue and insist on taking a bath.

But the dumplings on New Year's Eve must be wrapped decently and neatly, just like ingots. How can we let children reach out and cause trouble?
Sheng Xiping, who was sitting on the sofa chatting with his father and brothers, heard this and hurriedly called his daughter over.

Then he took out candies, chocolates, melon seeds, pine nuts, shelled peanuts and other delicious foods from the cabinet, and coaxed the girls to eat them without letting them cause trouble.

Aren’t there still frozen pears and persimmons in the warehouse? Go pick up some and come back slowly to eat later. "Sheng Xiping then instructed his son to get the fruit.

Years ago, when the processing factory distributed benefits, Sheng Xiping asked Sheng Xiyun to send him a cart of apples, and he happened to keep some at home for his children.

"You two just went to the bathhouse the day before yesterday, why are you joining in the fun now?
Let's play for a while. It's time to chop stuffing and make dumplings later. Don't make any trouble. "Zhou Qinglan glared at her daughter.

Big oil is animal fat, also called meat oil.

For those who love cleanliness and have conditions, washing once a week is normal. For those who don’t like cleanliness or have no conditions, washing once a month is normal.

Sheng Xitai really had a second thought. He held the knife in both hands, clanged it for a while, and then chopped the minced meat.

On the morning of the 27th, Zhou Qinglan took the two girls to the bathhouse to take a bath. It had only been a few days, why were they washing so frequently?

On New Year's Eve, there was another meal of dumplings. Seeing that it was getting late, Zhang Shuzhen went to make noodles with Aunt Li.

After mixing the noodles, I woke up for a while, and the dumpling fillings were adjusted. At about six o'clock, the board was placed on the Kang in the east room.

In winter, the temperature is low and people don't sweat much. Most Northeastern people don't bathe every day.

Fortunately, there were many people working, so it didn't take long to make five or six curtain-covered dumplings.

When there is delicious food, the two girls don't want to work anymore. Each of them grabs two pieces of candy, nestles next to their father, and eats contentedly.

The men were all pushed to the sofa. Sheng Xian and Sheng Xikang were holding their babies in their arms, chatting and coaxing them.

We had children at home and couldn't stay up too late, so around 10:30, everyone reluctantly went to the kitchen to cook dumplings.

Moving a big oil jar on New Year's Eve is called "moving meat", which is homophonic to "moving marriage".

These two little girls come up with whatever they want.

This year, the family is full and there are more than ten people eating, so we must not make too few dumplings.

Sheng Liancheng took his sons to the yard to distribute paper and set off firecrackers.

At eight o'clock sharp, CCTV's Spring Festival Gala started. The whole family was staring at the TV intently, and even the dumpling maker was distracted.

This year is the fourth Spring Festival Gala, and watching the Spring Festival Gala on New Year’s Eve has become a habit for most viewers.

"Well, Fourth and Fifth, please move the big oil jar aside for me. I think it's a bit in the way."

The Forestry Bureau has a bathhouse for employees, and each unit provides bathing tickets, so be sure to wash regularly.

Zhang Shuzhen led her three daughters-in-law, two daughters, and Aunt Li to make dumplings together.

Zhang Shuzhen was directing her daughters-in-law to boil water and cook dumplings when she suddenly saw the big oil jar on the pot table.

Zhang Shuzhen also instructed Sheng Xitai to chop the stuffing. The young man had strong hands and could chop the stuffing quickly.

"Xinhua, go to the cardboard box in the outer room, look through a few apples and wash them.

"Go and ask your dad for something delicious. Don't look around here. It's Chinese New Year today, and you can't let your thirty-year-old dumplings get in trouble."

So he called his two daughters over and asked them to move the oil jar.

In rural areas, there are no bathhouses, and it's extremely cold in the house. It's likely that winter will mark the Chinese New Year, so just take a shower, that's what it sounds like.

In 1986, Bingyin was the Year of the Tiger in the lunar calendar, so after the opening song chorus, the cross talk "Speaking of Tiger in the Year of the Tiger" was immediately followed.

The two girls, Sheng Xinyue and Sheng Xinqi, also wanted to make dumplings. They eagerly approached the panel, but were pushed aside by Zhou Qinglan.

Next to the door of the outer room, there were several cardboard boxes, and there were fruits delivered by Sheng Xiyun.

In the early years, if there were children in the family who had not yet announced their marriage when they were older, the elders would ask the children to move the oil jars on New Year's Eve.

It means that in the new year, the child's marriage will be settled.

Sisters Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei were born in 1963, and they will be twenty-four after the new year.

If this had happened in the past, the neighbors would have laughed at any girl who had not gotten married until she was twenty-four.

Nowadays, people are a lot more tolerant of this, especially sisters Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei who have just graduated and started working, so it is understandable that they got married late.

What do Zhang Shuzhen think? The twenty-fifth is the birth year, so it is not easy to get married. If you are not married on the twenty-fourth, you will get the twenty-sixth.

If by that time it would be too late to be true.

Therefore, Zhang Shuzhen specially ordered her two daughters to move the big oil jar.

I hope that the two girls can get married in their 24th year, so that the couple will have one less thing to worry about.

After all, Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei were still young and didn't understand this. Their mother asked her to move the oil jar, and they actually moved forward.

The Sheng family's oil jar is not small, it can hold thirty kilograms of oil. Aunt Li made a jar full of oil just two years ago, and she hasn't eaten much yet.

Thirty pounds of oil, plus the jar? After all, it must not be nearly fifty pounds? Moreover, it is still a jar, which is round and round and difficult to handle.

Sheng Yunfang went over and hugged her by herself. She didn't pick her up, she just moved her place.

Sheng Yunfei took a look and went over to hug her, but she didn't pick him up.

The two sisters thought about it and decided to carry it together. So they both stretched out their hands to lift the jar. "Okay, Fourth Sister, Fifth Sister, please put down the oil jar quickly. Don't smash it.

Our mother wants you two to get married and get some luck, so don't take it seriously. "

Zhou Qinglan took a look at it and thought, is this really a big deal? So what should Lao Shen do if his two sisters-in-law are caught in a flash?

Besides, there's still a lot of oil in it. If it's smashed, you'll have to find a way to buy suet.

If you’re celebrating the Chinese New Year, don’t look for trouble.

When sisters Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei heard this, they understood, and their faces immediately turned red. "Mom, look at you, you didn't tell me earlier."

Zhang Shuzhen smiled happily, "Can we tell it in advance? It's not allowed after I tell you.

Oops, now that you are old, you should find a partner to get married, start a family and have children as soon as possible.

Look at your sister-in-law, her four children are now gone. How worry-free are you? "

Wu Yuhua didn't say anything to her mother-in-law, but just pursed her lips and laughed.

Sister Sheng Yunfang was so upset by her mother's words that her face turned red. She quickly put down the oil jar and lowered her head to light the fire.

After a while, the water in both pots was boiling, so they put the dumplings in and cooked them.

The water is boiled three times, the dumplings are cooked, a table is placed in the room, and the dumplings are taken out and carried into the room.

Just in time, the firecrackers outside were finished, and the family happily sat around the table and started eating dumplings.

This year's dumplings are still filled with money, sugar, dates, peanuts and other things.

One moment this person shouted that he had paid for it, and the other moment said that he had eaten dates. Anyway, no matter what he ate, it had auspicious meanings.

While we were joking, the finale sketch on TV came out, "Mutton Skewers".

The two people's humorous performance made the audience in the audience and in front of the TV laugh.

"Hey, this is a good show, and the acting is really good." Everyone praised in unison.

After the show is over, everyone will eat a few more dumplings, and that’s it.

The table was cleared, another cross talk was performed, and then the clock rang at twelve o'clock.

Sheng Xiping took the lead and led everyone to pay New Year's greetings to Sheng Liancheng, his wife, and Aunt Li.

The four children, Sheng Xinhua, Sheng Xinyu, Sheng Xinyue, and Sheng Xinqi, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to pay New Year greetings.

"Grandpa, Grandma, Happy New Year to Grandma Li, I wish you good health, peace and happiness."

The three old people were so happy that they opened their mouths and hurriedly asked the children to get up. Then Zhang Shuzhen took out the red envelope and gave it not only to these four, but also stuffed red envelopes into the hands of Xinze and Xinyao.

The two little ones didn't understand what it was, but they held on tightly. Sheng Xinyao was lying on the kang, waving her little hands and kicking her calves, so happy.

After midnight, there were no programs, and the children happened to be very sleepy, so we might as well just go and have a rest.

Of the seven houses in the Sheng family, five can be accommodated, let alone a dozen or so people. Even a few more can still be accommodated.

In the east room suite, Sheng Liancheng lived with his three sons and two grandsons. On the bed outside, sister Sheng Yunfang slept.

On the kang outside, lived Sheng Xiping, his wife and two daughters.

Zhang Shuzhen and Aunt Li lived in the west room suite with Wu Yuhua and Feng Shuyan.

In this way, if the child wakes up and cries at night, the two of them can get up and help, allowing Wu Yuhua and the others to have a good rest.

Everyone stayed up until midnight and were all sleepy. Not long after they lay down, they all fell asleep.

She slept until seven o'clock in the morning on the first day of the first lunar month. Aunt Li got up quietly to light the fire and heated up the remaining dumplings and food from last night into the pot.

Aunt Li was busy in the kitchen, and Zhang Shuzhen couldn't sleep, so she got up to help.

After a while, everyone got up one after another, took time to eat after washing.

As soon as we finished breakfast, Chen Weiguo and his wife brought their children over to pay New Year greetings.

Last year during the Chinese New Year, everyone talked about buying a house, and then a few of them started looking for houses in Songjiang River.

If there is something ready-made, buy it. If there is nothing ready-made, just buy a homestead and build it yourself.

There was an open space not far to the east of Sheng Xiping's house, which happened to be bought by Chen Weiguo.

In the summer, Chen Weimin and his wife hired a construction team to help build five brick houses.

The two families were close to each other, so Chen Weiguo was the first to come to the Sheng family to pay New Year greetings.

As soon as they sat down and chatted for a while, Wang Jianshe, Zhang Zhijun, Pan Fusheng, and Gao Haining also came over.

Everyone gathered together happily, chatting and laughing in a lively manner.

Last year, Chen Weiguo and others were responsible for import and export matters in various places. They were extremely busy and only returned to Shenzhen occasionally.

At the company's annual meeting at the end of the year, Chen Weiguo and the others went back, but Sheng Xiping and Wu Yucheng went to Heihe again and did not meet.

It was a rare occasion for the brothers to get together, and they were all very cordial, and the conversation was particularly lively.

In the Heihe border trade, every family made a lot of money following Sheng Xiping. Although Chen Weiguo and the others did not go, they invested in shares and got a lot of money.

Especially the brothers, brothers-in-law, etc. of these people have all made a lot of money.

Whether it’s my parents or my father-in-law’s mother-in-law, I now obey their every word.

Every family has money, life is easier, and there are fewer conflicts. This year, it can be said that life is going smoothly.

Everyone also understood in their hearts that Sheng Xiping had the intention to lead them. Otherwise, with Sheng Xiping's current financial resources, there would be no need for others to invest in the stock. He would have spent the money he needed to stock up on goods.

Therefore, everyone is very grateful to Sheng Xiping.

"Xiping, my father-in-law and mother-in-law called me specifically to ask me to thank you.

My brothers-in-law have all made a lot of money following you this time, and life at home has become easier.

My father-in-law said that when the third and fourth sons go back after the new year, they will make arrangements to find a wife for them. "

Chen Weiguo was so happy that his grin reached behind his ears.

Chen Weiguo's daughter-in-law, Zhao Juan, had many brothers and sisters in her natal family. At first, her family could no longer afford to support her, so they thought of sending her to the Northeast and marrying her to a similar family.

Although Chen Weiguo and his wife have helped the Zhao family in recent years, the burden on the Zhao family is too heavy. Zhao Juan's third and fourth brothers are both very old and have not yet married.

Since Zhao Juan's two younger brothers went to Heihe, they have received a lot of salary every month, and at the end of the year they also received a large amount of money.

The two brothers were unable to return to their hometown during the Chinese New Year, so they sent money home and even sent telegrams home.

When the Zhao family heard the news, they were so happy that they called and said they must thank Sheng Xiping.

(End of this chapter)