Quickly travel through the life history of a young couple

Firecrackers were set off all night long on New Year's Eve, and 1966 officially arrived.

However, the firecrackers last night didn't let the two of them sleep particularly well. On the morning of New Year's Day, the two of them had to go back to the village and get up early again.I left some of the dumplings I made yesterday ahead of time and planned to eat them this morning.

The various New Year gifts to be sent back to the Chu family, as well as the food and drinks to be prepared at the banquet, have been prepared for a long time, and they still use the old method of stealing and substituting.

Fortunately, on New Year's Day this year, the weather cleared up. After riding his bicycle for about 40 minutes, he arrived at the entrance of the village. Qin Liuchen jumped out of the car, and the panniers placed on the back seat suddenly became much heavier.The two looked at each other and saw that there was nothing wrong, then they pushed the cart towards the village.

Many children and adults in the village were walking around to pay New Year greetings to various houses. Some of them recognized Chu Bai and asked him to say hello. Naturally, they could guess who the woman behind him was. Father Chu was organizing his son's first birthday some time ago. Five is about to hold a banquet, and everyone says that their daughter-in-law is a solidly married woman.

Before they arrived at the door of Chu's house, the two younger ones, Wen Han and Zimeng, came out to greet them. When they met, they called the third brother and the third sister-in-law a happy New Year.Qin Liuchen replied to them very politely, and then took out the candy from his pocket.For children, Qin Liuchen's most straightforward feeling is that as long as they don't cry or make trouble, or don't cry in front of him, that's fine.

As soon as they entered the door, it turned out that Uncle Chu and Aunt Chu were also waiting for them.The elder asked the two of them to come into the house very enthusiastically.Chu Bai parked his bicycle, took his things and followed Qin Liuchen into the house, saying hello to the elders first.Father Chu and Uncle Chu took out the new year's money and said to them, "Take this money, don't shirk it. You know you shouldn't take it after you get married, but this is the first year after all, so keep it first." It will be gone from now on." The two of them forcefully stuffed the red envelopes of New Year's money into their hands.Qin Liuchen looked at Chu Bai and accepted it without rejecting it.Children who do not have juniors in the family are basically younger siblings, so Qin Liuchen and Chu Bai each have a handful of candy.

There were also people who were close friends with the Chu family who came to pay New Year's greetings and take a look at what Chu San'er's wife was like.It was almost noon, when no one was around, Stepmother Chu and Second Aunt Chu were busy making dumplings in the kitchen. Qin Liuchen and Chu Bai also took out the basket of things, and placed another basket full of things.

The bulk of the food is from the Chu family, the second uncle Chu, and uncle Chu. Each family has two packs of peach cakes, two pounds of meat, brown sugar, red dates, fruit candies, and dried fruits. Each family has four apples or pears.The two sisters Chu Xia and Chu Dong have already been born, and each child is a piece of cloth. Although Chu's second daughter-in-law has not yet given birth, she is also a piece of cotton.This was the defective cotton cloth that I bought from the warehouse. It was cut into four parts, one of which had already been given to the Chu family.

"Such a good cloth, it feels so comfortable." When Aunt Chu came in and saw the cloth, she touched it with her hand and said with emotion. "Second Aunt, there is something wrong with this cloth when it is dyed. It is easy to fade. If you take it back and wear it for your children, you must wash it several times. Just wash it off or wash the flowers." Qin Liuchen explained at the side, Let them never forget to wash them several times. "Okay, just don't worry."

In addition to this cotton cloth, other New Year gifts include money and gifts distributed as welfare in department stores and canteens, and some are taken directly from the space.Chu Bai and Qin Liuchen also planned to go to Uncle Chu's house after lunch and give him his New Year's gift. When Father Chu heard this, he waved his hands quickly, "Don't go back and forth. It's already agreed. Your sister will come back tomorrow." Mom, just take them with you. Your uncle also said that you don’t need to worry about anyone coming to visit you for New Year’s greetings. It’s not like they’re missing on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. Besides, there’s no one who comes to your uncle’s house on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Don’t go back and forth!”

Now that Father Chu and the others have discussed it, Chu Bai also gave up the decision to go to Uncle Chu’s house.

In addition to the New Year's gifts, the only thing left is the things that must be used at the banquet.Qin Liuchen and Chu Bai will definitely prepare these meat dishes in advance. Although there can be a lot of things in the space, the two of them calculated that it would be better to bring things like wine directly on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, otherwise this backpack With so many things inside, it would definitely arouse suspicion.

There are banquets held in the village, and most of them are farm dishes, which are good if they include fish and meat.Then he took out a large piece of pork belly, salted fish, and finally three prepared chickens under the basket.

"Hey, you guys are really good at loading this basket." Uncle Chu and Father Chu just went back and forth, and suddenly they saw so many things on the kang, all of which came out of the basket. Quite shocked.Chu and Bai, who were sitting on the kang, just smiled and said nothing. Of course that was not the case. Some things came out of the space when they saw that no one was sneaking around in the room.

"Dad, the two kilograms of meat we prepared for you are one kilogram of beef and one kilogram of mutton. Don't forget it." The cows, sheep and pigs raised in the space have already been put to use.It’s Chinese New Year, how can we not eat some meat?If they weren't worried about being too eye-catching, they would have wanted to take out more.

When the two of them heard that there was beef and mutton, they were immediately happy and responded with a smile, not wanting to confuse them.When my daughter-in-law came to make the mutton soup for the first time, she spent a long time looking for the mutton and haggis to be used in it. Unexpectedly, there was not only mutton, but also beef.

Li Qiang also saw those things when he came back, smiled and said nothing.Everyone may think that there are so many good things because Qin Liuchen works as a salesperson in a department store in the county town.In fact, he and Zhou Man had already guessed that maybe they were people with the same special fate as Huang Yaoqi.

In fact, when Qin Liuchen was discussing with Chu Bai what to take, he had some concerns about Li Qiang, but after thinking about it, Li Qiang's favorable impression now made him feel that there was no need to be so unfounded. In this regard, everyone still had some tacit understanding. tacit agreement.

Indeed, even if Li Qiang knew it, he would not pierce it. Besides, the meat was in his mouth, so why would he do something that would harm others and not benefit himself?

Therefore, these three people had a tacit understanding and did not mention it clearly. In the later period, these materials went into everyone's stomach safely.

At noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the New Year meal must be all dumplings. At Chu’s house, we eat cabbage and pork dumplings.Chu Bai remembered that Qin Liuchen complained about cabbage dumplings at that time, and he didn't know if she had any objection to cabbage dumplings.Qin Liuchen understood what Chu Bai wanted to express, and secretly said in her ear, "I just don't like cabbage buns. The dumplings are fine, don't worry."

According to custom, dumplings will be filled with chestnuts, peanuts, tofu, and sugar fillings. Although coins will be wrapped in them, everyone attaches great importance to money now. If the money is missing in the dumplings, etc., it will be hard to find it. It was bad, so I didn’t let it go.

Because it was the first year that Chu Bai and Qin Liuchen got married, Stepmother Chu followed the custom and specially made a few more sugar-filled dumplings. Two of them were divided into their bowls, which symbolized the two newlyweds. Life has been sweet since then.Chu Bai and Qin Liuchen were also very happy to accept such blessings.

I have to say that last time, after Li Qiang promised to provide for his mother in old age, Stepmother Chu's entire state became more relaxed, and she no longer fussed over this aspect.Second Aunt Chu didn't know what happened to the two of them. Seeing Stepmother Chu's situation, she secretly admired her old man.

The dumplings filled with sugar are really delicious. Of course, this does not mean that other dumplings are not delicious. Just like the dumplings filled with cabbage and pork, there is a piece of tofu inside, which means good luck. Qin Liuchen also ate it and thought it was pretty good. food.

After lunch, they were discussing the dishes to be used at the banquet. Qin Liuchen and Chu Bai had already discussed it. This banquet would be held in accordance with common rural customs, but it must not be particularly shabby. After all, they both had to eat.

So Chu Bai said from the beginning that when the time comes to get Erhe Noodles steamed buns from the county, the family should not prepare too much, especially the steamed buns, which must not be served.Before they objected, he immediately said that both of them were eating in the canteen now, and some food stamps would be useless if they were not used up, so don't fight on this aspect.

But Uncle Chu and Father Chu felt that they had already taken so much meat, and they were afraid that they would not be able to bear the food if they prepared more food.At this time, we can see the importance of assistance. Li Qiang echoed from the side. The couple did not lie. After speaking, he also slipped away.He couldn't say these words more. The two of them had other opportunities, but he didn't. If his mother found out and asked him to come back to subsidize it, it would be the end of the world.

Now that the staple food has been decided, the dishes are naturally prepared according to four seasons being cool and eight being hot.Like pork and cabbage stewed vermicelli, steamed meatballs or steamed meatballs, a fish dish, and a chicken dish.These four meat dishes are considered good.The remaining vegetables are potatoes, cabbage, radish and that's about it.

"San'er, don't worry. The family will have prepared everything in advance. No matter what happens, you won't lose face!" Father Chu discussed the dishes with his son. This was also his son's first wedding in the village. He must not be disappointed. Save face.

A few people chatted some more, and Chu Bai secretly glanced at Qin Liuchen several times, feeling as if he was about to doze off.Indeed, he was a little sleepy. Firecrackers were set off outside last night and he didn't sleep well.So I told my family to go back to the county town first. Others saw that it was getting late and urged them to go back quickly.

"Be patient for now, let's go home and sleep again. If we fall asleep on the road and the wind accidentally blows, it will be bad." Chu Bai told Qin Liuchen as he rode on the car. "As soon as I put it away and let the wind blow like this, I will wake up and I won't fall asleep on the road."

The two of them yawned while talking, and quickly rode back to the county town. After returning home, the fire on the stove had not been completely extinguished, so Chu Bai added a handful more to it to keep it burning longer.The two of them washed themselves, changed their clothes and got into bed directly to sleep. There was nothing more important than sleeping now.