Born into a farm family, I became rich by pressuring my parents.

Chapter 33 New Year's Eve
It's not completely light outside yet.

Although Jiang Jinyu's eyes were open, she was still half asleep and half awake. She said "um um ah ah" in response, but the scene from her dream at night was still in her head.

As soon as Bai left, she fell back and threw herself back on the kang.

"Jiangyu Niang!" Bai poured the water and waited nearby. Unexpectedly, no one came over for a long time, so she stood at the door and shouted at the top of her lungs.

Jiang Jinyu woke up instantly, no longer feeling sleepy.He put on his cotton slippers and ran out quickly.

She lived in the west wing, and a small room measuring ten square meters was built next to the house.

This was what she had requested when the house was first built.

This room shares a wall with the west wing. When the fire wall is lit in winter, it is very warm here.

In winter, it is perfect to take a bath with water in a big wooden bucket.

Jiang Jinyu soaked his whole body in contentedly, leaving only his head exposed.

It is also customary to take a shower and wash your hair on the morning of the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Elders tell their children that taking a bath before midnight can wash away the bad luck of the past year, and they will have better luck in the coming year.

If you wait until midnight to wash it, you will wash away your wealth for the new year and make you miserable for the whole year.

In previous years, in the old house, there were many people and little hot water, so the pots had to be used to prepare the evening meals, making it even more difficult to boil water.

Jiang Jinyu's family of three often misses the opportunity to take a shower.

This time she was finally able to make her own decisions. Bai got up early in the morning to boil water and made sure that everyone in the family was washed early - including her youngest son who was only a few months old.

Jiang Jinyu returned to her room after taking a shower and wrapping her hair.

There was a kang and a wall of fire in the room, and my hair was completely dry in less than an hour.

Jiang Jinyu was sitting on a stool, with a small bronze mirror placed on the table in front of him.

This was also brought back by Jiang Mingshun.

People nowadays are really good at making bronze mirrors. Even though it was not the first time she saw it, she was still shocked when she saw the clear image inside through the mirror.

Jiang Jinyu took out all the beads, hairbands and copper hairpins that Jiang Mingshun bought for her from the box and placed them on the table.

When she was in college, she had a roommate who was a Hanfu enthusiast and took her to participate in several Hanfu club activities.

Jiang Jinyu was groping on her head while recalling the hairstyle her roommate had given her at that time.

It took a while before she managed to tie her hair into a simplified bun.

She turned to look in the mirror. Although it still looked a little awkward, it was definitely considered exquisite in Huangtian Village.

Jiang Jinyu ran to Jiang Mingshun with satisfaction and turned her back happily: "Dad, does it look good?"

"Haha," Jiang Mingshun looked at his daughter trotting over like this, with not a single flower falling off her hair. He clapped his hands and said, "Yes, my daughter's hands are so skillful! Look how tightly her hair is tied up."

Jiang Jinyu: "..."

She curled her lips in disgust, as expected she couldn't discuss any topic of beauty with a straight man.

Bai also finished taking a shower, and she came in from outside wiping her hair.

After seeing Jiang Jinyu's new hairstyle, she touched it gently in admiration: "You did this yourself? It's so beautiful!"

Jiang Jinyu became happy again, thinking that if something like this happened again, she should go directly to her mother.

As for her father, he just needs to be responsible for buying it!

Near noon, it started to snow heavily outside again.

Jiang Jinyu stuffed a few small pillows into his chair and nestled directly in with a blanket.

There is a small stove on the table in front, and they plan to eat pot today.

Jiang Jinyu looked at the snow outside the window while holding the cup and drinking sip after sip.There was a wisp of steam rising from the top of the cup, and a few chrysanthemum petals were floating in it, which was regarded as scented tea.

After lunch we really started to get busy.

Bai will stay at home and prepare meals.

Jiang Jinyu will go out with Jiang Mingshun to give gifts.

The snow has stopped outside, but it's still freezing cold.

Mrs. Bai put Jiang Jinyu in a newly made jacket vest and put on a thick cotton-padded jacket.

In addition to the standard cotton pants and shoes on snowy days, Jiang Jinyu also put on a rabbit fur hat.

Jiang Mingshun exchanged the rabbit skin with others at the market.

There was only such a small piece, so Jiang Jinyu used it to make a hat.

Fortunately, we have a mule cart at home.

Jiang Mingshun, who was driving the bus, had to blow the cold wind outside.Jiang Jinyu was much more comfortable sitting inside. She lifted up a corner of the curtain and looked outside.

The road from her home to the foot of the mountain was deserted, especially after the river froze and fewer people came to fetch water, making the area even more deserted.

After walking a little further, you will meet people who are also out to give gifts from time to time.

Jiang Mingshun's popularity is particularly good this year.

He was driving the cart on the road. The mule was still trotting forward, but he gradually met more and more people.

From time to time, he would stop to say hello to others, and some fellow travelers would talk to Jiang Mingshun beside the mule cart.

He simply got off the mule cart, led the mule and walked with everyone else.

Jiang Jinyu shouted "uncle, uncle, grandpa" obediently, but sat firmly on her butt.

Just kidding, she didn't want to go down. It was freezing outside. With her short arms and short legs, she went down to accompany them. Wouldn't that be asking for trouble?
After running down one afternoon, Jiang Mingshun gave away all the [-] dumplings he had brought from home.

When Bai prepares meals at home, she also waits for someone to come to deliver dumplings.

Sure enough, not long after Jiang Mingshun and Jiang Jinyu left, people started coming to their door one after another.

By the time Jiang Mingshun arrived home with his mule cart, he had already received hundreds of dumplings.

Jiang Jinyu went over and took a look. The quality of the dumplings varied, and most of them were not as good as those made at her home.

It's just that the picture of giving dumplings has a good meaning. As long as you give it, it is a sign of your heart, and there is not much to worry about.

Although there are only a few people in the family, Bai Shi has prepared twelve dishes for New Year's Eve.

There are chicken, duck and fish, and each of the twelve dishes is different.

Don't think this is a joke.

When Jiang Jinyu was at the Jiang family's old house, she had seen several bowls of the same dish.

That year, the weather was hot and there was little rain. The crops in the fields did not grow well, and there was not much harvest throughout the year.

Although it is a lean year, New Year's Eve still has to be celebrated.

Mrs. Yang arranged for her son to buy a pound of meat, a fish, and a little rooster from her yard.

But this is only three dishes, which is far from the standard for New Year’s Eve.

So I could only add more vegetables and radishes to the meat dishes, which would increase the portion.

The effect is obvious. Eight bowls are filled with three kinds of meat and vegetables, and two kinds of cabbage and tofu are added to make ten bowls.

Jiang Jinyu sat at the dinner table, thinking about the past, and felt that only three months had passed, and the days he had lived in the past few years felt like a lifetime ago.

(End of this chapter)