Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 38
After the dumplings are cooked, some are put on the plate, and the rest are put on the curtain.Put a firewood stick on one end of the curtain, so that the dumpling soup can flow out along the seam of the curtain.

Naturally, there were still two tables on the kang and on the ground in the room, and everyone sat around the table.Seeing that the dumplings were on the table, Mrs. Chen hurriedly asked all the daughters-in-law to sit down and eat. "Okay, the eldest daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law, sit down and eat dumplings. This year's dumplings have a lot of meat in them, so they are guaranteed to be delicious."

Everyone sat down, Mrs. Xue poured clear sauce into the garlic paste, and brought vinegar, anyone who likes it can make some by himself.The family chatted and laughed while eating the dumplings, "Well, this dumpling is not bad, it tastes fresh enough and has a lot of meat." The old man nodded and said.

Jing Han picked up a dumpling and wanted to go down, but unexpectedly bit a hard object.He covered his mouth and spit out the contents, it was a copper coin. "Mom, I got money."

Everyone smiled and said that Nian Jinghan will definitely earn a lot of money, and that the dumplings for the Chinese New Year are made with something on the bread, and whoever eats it will win a prize.All of a sudden, everyone ate all kinds of things, such as copper coins, jujubes, and sugar. Whoever got them would be very happy.

After eating the dumplings, it happened to be the right time, everyone picked up the table together, and then Mr. Xu and Mrs. Chen sat on the kang.Wen Han and his grandchildren all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to their grandparents, "Grandpa and grandma have auspicious Chinese New Year, I wish grandma and grandpa a long and healthy life, and a long and prosperous life."

The old man and Mrs. Chen were sitting on the kang, looking at these grandchildren, they felt so beautiful. "Okay, get up, get up." The two quickly took out the red envelopes they had prepared a long time ago, and distributed one to each of them.There was not much money in the red envelope, just five copper coins.

The children came to the old couple one by one to take the red envelopes, and then sat down happily with their red envelopes.

After midnight, everyone was sleepy, so they went back to their houses to sleep.On New Year's Eve, it is not allowed to lay down the quilt to sleep. As the old saying goes, sleeping on the [-]th night and laying down the quilt, the hens in the family love to cuddle in the coming year.So everyone didn't take off their clothes, and fell asleep with a small quilt on their bodies.

In the morning of the first day of the new year, everyone got up late, but Xue Shi and Zhu Shi still got up very early.After cooking the dumplings, Zhixin took a bunch of firecrackers out to order before the dumplings were ready. Today's firecrackers don't need to be as many as on New Year's Eve, just a little bit of fun.

After the dumplings came out of the pot, almost all the family members got up, put on new clothes, and then everyone ate dumplings together.

Mrs. Chen looked at the children in the family, all of whom had changed into new clothes, and each of them was well-dressed, "Look, these children in our family are handsome, and this year's clothes also dress people up, really. Spirit." Chen said with a smile. "Let's work hard this year and earn more money. The children are all grown up, so it's time to dress up well."

The old man listened and nodded, looking at Wen Han and Wen Cheng, he also liked it very much. "Yeah, look at how fast these two grandsons have grown up. We should work hard for a few years. In two years, the children will all be engaged as wives."

Zhixin listened over there, and smiled, "Father, mother, what's the hurry? Wen Han is only thirteen this year, and Wen Cheng is only ten years old, so we still have to go."

"That's not the way to say it. This child grows fast, and he will grow up in a blink of an eye. Let's prepare early. There are four kids in the family. Zhixin, you and Meilin have a heavy burden too." Mrs. Chen Sighed.Both Wencheng and Wenchang are now under the management of the boss, and the burden of the boss is much heavier. In the future, they will talk about marriage, and the days of spending money will come later.

"Mother, let's not talk about it for the Chinese New Year. Mother, don't worry, Zhixin and I are still young, so we can do more. The two children of the second family, we treat them as our own." Said aside.Mrs. Chen disagreed with adopting the child to the family of the third child, and Mrs. Xue also quite agreed. After all, the second child could not be left without descendants.After all, the second child joined the army in place of Zhixin, and they should help the second child raise the child.

Mrs. Chen saw that everyone had finished their meal, so she said to the children, "You children, go out to play when you should. On the first day of the new year, neighbors and neighbors will go to each house to pay New Year's greetings. Remember to come back for dinner in the afternoon, listen Are we there?"

The children agreed in unison, and then went out together.There are already people walking around outside, and the first day of the new year is the time to say hello to each other.There are people walking around on all the roads in the village, all wearing new clothes and smiling.When they met each other, they would all say Happy New Year.

The children naturally left from house to house, and wherever they went, they would bring out melon seeds and candies to entertain them.It won't be long before the pockets of the children's clothes will be filled with sweets.During the Chinese New Year, children are the happiest people.

Jing Han took out a candy from her pocket and put it in her mouth. The sweet taste made her narrow her eyes.It would be great if I could live such a life every day in the future, Jing Han thought to herself.

The happy days seem to pass faster, and in a blink of an eye, it is already the sixth day of the first lunar month.Zhide and Han went back to town on the morning of the third year of junior high school, and it was very rare for them to be able to stay at home for four days.Wen Xing kept yelling to go home, and Mrs. Han couldn't stay, so Mrs. Chen didn't force them to stay.I brought them a few strips of meat, several big bags of fried meatballs, fruits and so on.Han Shi didn't pick and choose this time, and took them all.

Zhiming and his wife did not leave, but stayed at home all the time.Huixin got married on the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, and when the family was busy, Mrs. Zhu was always at home helping with the chores.

According to the rules here, when a girl gets married, her natal family has to serve wine to guests on the first day.On this day, it's just a wedding.Some things for the banquet have been prepared years ago, and others need to be prepared.Xue Shi and Zhu Shi led Jingya and Jinghan to work together inside and out, Jing Wan and Jingxian also helped.

"Sister-in-law, I think there are almost all the things that need to be fried. The meat and other things have been prepared a few years ago, and it will be ready tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, I will find a few daughter-in-laws to help. We can make the stir-fry and so on." Mrs. Zhu said while washing the fungus there.

"Well, what my mother means is that my family is busy with work, so I don't need to hire a cook anymore. Your craftsmanship is good, not worse than those chefs, plus a few helpers, it will be enough." Mrs. Xue was cleaning up there. As for cabbage, in winter in the Northeast, there are not many vegetables. If you want to hold a banquet, cabbage is the protagonist. "Jinghan, lead Jingwan and Jingxian to pick up some onions and garlic. You'll need a lot of them tomorrow. Hurry up and pick them up, otherwise it will be useless."

"Understood, mother." Jinghan agreed.My sister-in-law is about to get married, and Jinghan is very reluctant. She and her sister-in-law get along very well. After the sister-in-law gets married, they will not be able to see each other often. "Mother, why did the Tao family want to get married in the first month? Wait a few more months."

"You little girl, what do you know? During the first lunar month, people's stomachs are full of oil and water. If you come to a banquet like this, you will save a lot of food. The Tao family is very good at calculating, but they don't know that their family How about the banquet?" Xue didn't look up, she was busy with her hands, and explained to Jinghan.

Only then did Jinghan realize that it was for this.Will my sister-in-law have a better life after marrying into such a family?My sister-in-law is not in good health and has a soft temper. If she meets a powerful mother-in-law, it will be enough.Jinghan once again sighed that the fate of ancient women was so involuntary.After the new year, I am already nine years old. Here, people usually start dating when they are fourteen or fifteen years old, and they get married when they are sixteen or seventeen.Calculated in this way, there are only five or six years left before I can say goodbye, so what will my fate be like in the future?Jing Han felt a little confused.

"Sister Jinghan, what's wrong with you?" Jingwan asked strangely seeing that Jinghan was not moving.

Only then did Jinghan come back to her senses, and smiled, "It's nothing, I just think that I won't be able to see my sister-in-law often in the future." Forget it, why do you think so much?Let's talk about the future, who knows what tomorrow will look like?Jinghan's nature is more optimistic, anyway, if you come, you will be at ease, first of all, you should get rich, so that you can have a better choice. "Come on, let's finish the work quickly, and then go to have a conversation with my sister-in-law." As he spoke, he picked up the speed in his hand and hurriedly peeled the garlic.

In the east room, Mrs. Chen is going over Huixin's dowry carefully, and then put everything into a box.Ever since Huixin was ten years old, Mrs. Chen has been preparing the dowry for her, and has been adding it slowly since then.I bought a lot more years ago, and some good things that Zhixiang brought back, and all the leathers that Zhixiang hunted before the New Year are all kept.In this way, Huixin's dowry alone is sixteen levies, which is quite a lot. Generally, when girls from other families get married, it is not bad to have a dowry of eight to ten levies.

While Chen was arranging things, she also shed tears.The daughter is the heart of the mother, and now the daughter is getting married, and the mother feels very uncomfortable.Huixin was weak since she was a child, and Chen took a lot of thought to raise her daughter.Now my daughter is about to get married, and I don't know what life will be like in the future. As a mother, I wish that my daughter will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life, and the husband and wife will be happy.The Tao family seems to be not so easy to get along with. After Huixin is married, will she suffer?Chen couldn't help but think wildly there.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Just as Hui Xin came over, she saw her mother crying there.

Chen wiped her eyes and smiled. "It's okay, I just remembered what you looked like when you were a child. Come and sit down." Mrs. Chen pulled her daughter to sit down. "Look, this is the dowry our family has prepared for you. There are sixteen lifts in total. We will get married in a glorious manner the day after tomorrow. Hui Xin, you have to learn to be tougher in the future. What you should endure is what you should fight for." You don’t have to give way too much in some matters. You just need to remember that as a wife, as long as you are devoted to your husband, the rest is just fine. Do you understand?”

(End of this chapter)