Rebirth: Don’t be a coward and be a mother’s baby

Chapter 31 Come on, let’s have New Year’s Eve dinner
The morning of New Year's Eve was foggy.

The restaurant owner originally wanted to work another day, but she was worried about Zhou Chunyan. After getting up in the morning, she rushed to the door of the house where Zhou Chunyan's mother and daughter lived across the street, only to find that neither mother nor daughter came back.

After checking with the neighbors, I found out that Zhou Chunyan was sent to the hospital last night.

The neighbor is a middle-aged woman in her 40s. She likes to inquire about all kinds of gossip and spread it everywhere. When she heard the landlady asked her about Zhou Chunyan's whereabouts, she made a fuss and sent Zhou Chunyan to a hotel with a man, but was sent away by the police again. The story of going to the hospital was described vividly, as if he had experienced the scene himself.

The boss lady didn't believe a word of what the middle-aged woman said. She believed what she saw and experienced more than what others said.

She knew what kind of person Zhou Chunyan was.

Zhou Chunyan works neatly and diligently in her shop. In addition to washing dishes, she takes the initiative to help herself with chores every time she has free time, such as sweeping and mopping the floor and tidying up the tables. Sometimes she is even too busy preparing food, so she also helps with cutting vegetables. The technique is crisp and neat.

She can take on several guys by herself, but even grown men can't do it for her.

And the little girl Xie Jianjia, when she had nothing to do, she would stand at the door and call for business after finishing her homework. When she was too busy, she would hold a pen and paper and help her order food for the guests.

At a young age, my handwriting is beautiful and correct.

Both mother and daughter worked for her, and she felt they were underpaid even though they were paid [-] yuan.

The proprietress stood at the door of the market and made a calculation in her mind. It was New Year's Eve and every household was eating at home. The restaurant probably had little business. It would be a waste to buy too much food. If it was too little, there would be no need to open.

Based on her years of experience in opening a shop, the family has to eat the leftovers from the New Year celebrations until the fourth day of the first lunar month. After the fourth day of the lunar month, there are fewer relatives coming to visit. Many families are too lazy to open the fire and choose to eat in small restaurants. .

She simply took a break from New Year's Eve to the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. She was busy all year long and gave herself a holiday.

The old man is gone this year, and she has no children. I heard that Zhou Chunyan and her daughter are not welcomed by their parents.It's okay, the Zhou family is blind and ignorant, but she has good eyesight, and she celebrates the New Year with her mother and daughter!
The proprietress rode the electric tricycle that her husband bought at a great price during his lifetime and drove quickly to the hospital. After searching for a long time, the nurse told Zhou Chunyan that Zhou Chunyan had been picked up by the police in the morning, so she drove the tricycle to the police station again, planning to take Zhou Chunyan back. .

Before entering the police station, as soon as I parked my tricycle on the roadside, I saw a group of uncles and aunties standing together with their heads stretched out, talking about Zhou Chunyan.

There were all kinds of nasty things to say, and filthy words came out all the time.

The landlady felt bad. If Zhou Chunyan came out of the police station later and heard that she was scolded like this, she would be sad to death.

When she was young, she was often scolded by people, including her husband's family, because she could not have children.

Her mother-in-law forced her to go to the clinic for a check-up and found out that it was indeed her health that made it difficult to get pregnant. Her mother-in-law directly accused her of annihilating her children. If her husband hadn't protected her and taken her away from the run-down village to a place thousands of miles away from her hometown. In this place, she will be poked in the spine for the rest of her life and unable to lift her head.

Thinking of this, the landlady made a U-turn and planned to go to the nearest market to buy a hat. After Zhou Chunyan came out of the police station, the hat could cover her face and prevent people from criticizing her.

As soon as the proprietress turned around, she saw a familiar woman sitting in the driver's seat of a stylish black car across the street. The woman's head was also looking in the direction of the police station.

The proprietress recognized this woman. She often came to see Xie Jianjia. She was also very familiar with Zhou Chunyan. She must have driven here specially to wait for Zhou Chunyan and her daughter at the door.

The proprietress looked at the black Volkswagen with the film on it, and then at her tricycle, which was unobstructed in all directions, and gave up her plan to take Zhou Chunyan and her daughter back on the tricycle.

She drove her tricycle home and went to the largest market near her home. She bought some fresh meat and vegetables and planned to cook a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner for her mother and daughter in the evening. She also bought a large fire pot and some dried wicker sticks. Zhi, specially waiting for Zhou Chunyan to come back to get rid of the bad luck of being contaminated by the dead person. …

It's New Year's Eve at night, and every household is noisy and busy.

In the afternoon, Zhou Chunyan and Xie Jianjia helped the proprietress clean the restaurant and home. The three of them were exhausted from cleaning, and they forgot all about the bad things for the time being.

After cleaning, it was time to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner in the evening. Zhou Chunyan helped the landlady in the kitchen, while Xie Jianjia used rice paste to stick couplets on them, standing on a small bench and pasting them door by door, from the room to the living room and then to the door. Finally, there was the restaurant's back kitchen and door. They were all posted squarely without any skew. The proprietress praised Xie Jianjia for her good work.

Until it was getting dark, several children gathered together and chased each other. One of them took out a "weapon" and threw it at each other.

With the sound of "pop", all kinds of firecrackers seemed to have received the order and began to sound in unison. The whole town made a continuous crackling sound, which was very lively.

Many people who had taken a seat in the open space in advance began to perform the traditional ceremony of burning paper to invite their ancestors.

Xie Jianjia was helping her mother serve food in the house. All the lights in the house were turned on, and the sound of the large color TV set was turned to the maximum by the landlady, but it still couldn't cover up the sound of firecrackers outside.

Before the proprietress went out to burn paper and set off firecrackers, she first poured three small glasses of white wine and placed them on the left, middle and right sides of the dining table. Then she scooped three bowls of rice from one side of the rice cooker and placed them on three sides. Glass of white wine right in front.

After finishing all this, the proprietress, like everyone else, went out to burn paper and set off firecrackers to welcome the ancestors.

When she came back from burning paper outside, the corners of the boss's eyes were slightly red, and she pretended to be chatting with Zhou Chunyan as if nothing had happened.

Xie Jianjia guessed that she missed her late husband. She didn't know how to comfort people. She fished out of her pocket and took out a peanut candy that was rewarded by the landlady because she posted the couplet well. She opened the candy wrapper and handed it to the landlady's mouth. side.

"Grandma, eat some candy."

This call of "Grandma" made the landlady very happy. She opened her mouth and ate the peanut candy given by Xie Jianjia. Then she grabbed two big handfuls from the table and stuffed them all into Xie Jianjia's pockets.

The love is beyond words.

For the New Year’s Eve dinner for three people, the landlady cooked eight dishes.

Steamed sea bass, braised chicken, roasted pork with mountain vermicelli, sweet and sour pork ribs, fried rice balls, stir-fried cabbage, stir-fried potato sprouts, plus tofu braised in broth.

The food is full of color, fragrance and taste, and the mouth watering after watching it.

The landlady poured all three small glasses of white wine back into the bottle, poured three bowls of rice upside down into the rice cooker, picked up the rice spoon, and poured a bowl of rice for Xie Jianjia from the untouched area on the other side.

"Come on, come on, let's have New Year's Eve dinner!"

　There is only one update today! (ω). Because I want to adjust the update time, and try to update during the day in the future. It is too late at 1230 o'clock in the evening, and no one seems to read it.Thanks to the two friends Golden Shining Dawn Moshang Baihuakai and VK[-] Snow Wind for their recommendation votes!
　　


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