The happy little days of the Ye family

Today, New Year's Eve, is a day for family reunions, bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new.

When the sky was still hazy, smoke was already rising in the village, and the aroma of breakfast filled the air in the village.

The diligent villagers had breakfast early and started their busy day.

Today is New Year's Eve, and there are a lot of things to be busy with. Ye Qingqing didn't want to sleep in, so he got up early.

However, no matter how early I got up, after changing Chenchen's diaper and feeding her milk, the sun was already high in the sky.

At this time, the village was already very lively, filled with the joyful laughter of children, and occasionally a few women's scoldings.

Children are not allowed to be spanked during the Chinese New Year. These little brats are trying their best to stay alive, teetering on the edge of being beaten.

After breakfast, Ye Qingqing happily took out the new year's goods he had bought previously.

"My husband, you are tall, you can post the window grilles and couplets, and I will make the paste."

"okay!"

Tangshan picked up a pair of red lanterns and walked out happily:

"I'm going to hang up the lanterns. I hope next year it will be as prosperous and prosperous as this red lantern."

At the entrance of the hall, there is a pair of old lanterns from last year. They are worn out by the weather and the sun every day.

Tang Xiaojing used a bamboo pole to take down the old lantern, and Tang Shan stepped forward and hung up the new lantern.

The red round lanterns added a bit of joy to the yard, which made the father and son feel happy.

Immediately afterwards, the father and son replaced the old lanterns at the door and hung up new ones.

After the two took down the old window grilles and couplet flowers, they cleaned the yard again. Even the cowshed and chicken pens behind were cleaned cleanly.

At this time, Ye Qingqing came over with a bowl of steaming paste, and at the same time he did not forget to say:

"I counted the couplets and window grilles before buying them, and put a pair of window grilles on each window."

"Be sure to check the order of the couplets and don't put them upside down. If they are wrongly posted, there will be no extra ones to replace them."

Tang Xiaojing took the paste, patted his chest and promised:

"I know, leave this matter to me and you can rest assured."

Every year, it was Tang Xiaojing and his son who put up window grilles and couplets. He could do this with his eyes closed.

After putting up couplets and window grilles, the room was full of joy, and bursts of smiles appeared on the faces of the three of them.

After the house is tidied up, it’s time to go to Ye’s house to help.

There are only a few Tang family members, so the house is deserted and the Chinese New Year is not lively.

The two families have agreed to celebrate the New Year together and have a reunion dinner at Ye's house in the evening.

Ye Qingqing hugged Chenchen, while Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing behind him held large and small bags of things.

Yesterday, Ye Mu was busy taking stock of the income of the public school and making delicious celebrations. She completely forgot about making sweet-scented osmanthus cake and rice cake.

When she woke up this morning, Ye Mu took Li Guoer busy in the kitchen.

When Ye Qingqing and four others came over, the sweet-scented osmanthus cake had just come out of the oven, and the whole yard was filled with the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus.

Xiaoqi held a fist-sized piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and happily stood at the door of the kitchen, chewing on it until her face was covered with cake dregs.

The sweet potatoes and snowballs at his feet looked at the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in his hand, wagging their big tails crazily.

The little guy was very loyal and divided the pastry into three parts. He kept the big one for himself and placed the two small ones in front of the sweet potato and snowball.

At this time, the Ye family had put up couplets and window grilles. Like the Tang family, a pair of exquisitely shaped red lanterns were hung at the entrance and hall door, looking very happy.

"Mom, I'm coming!"

Ye's mother in the kitchen heard her daughter's voice and quickly called her over. She was going to make fried goods later and was short of manpower.

Soon, Ye Mu heard footsteps, and Ye Qingqing came over holding Chenchen who looked like a glutinous rice dumpling.

"You're just in time. We're going to make fried food later. Come over and help."

"Mom, what are you going to make this year?"

"In previous years, it was just small twists and balls. Guo'er said they also fried sesame leaves over there. This year, we also fried some sesame leaves at home."

"Okay, I haven't eaten this sesame leaf yet." Ye Qingqing still had some expectations in her heart.

Ye Qingqing handed Chenchen in his arms to Mrs. Ye, asking her to help take care of it, and then rolled up her sleeves to work.

Li Guoer, who was on the stove, turned to look at Ye Mu:

"Mom, the rice cakes here are almost ready. I'm very strong, so I'll make the dough and make twists later."

"Okay, then it's hard work."

Li Guoer was very strong, and the dough was smooth in her hands, and she kneaded the dough in a short time.

Roll the mixed noodles into long and thin strips, then twist the two noodles into a twist shape, and then cut them into similar small pieces.

Li Guoer moved very quickly, and the twist was ready in a short time.

It's just that the twists made are twice as big as those made by the Ye family in previous years. I'm probably half full after eating one.

Mother Ye smiled and said, "If we make this mahua big enough, we will definitely not have to worry about food for the family next year, and we will make a lot of money."

Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing made 4 different kinds of meatballs, namely sweet potato meatballs, lotus root meatballs, radish meatballs and pork belly meatballs.

Ye Qingqing brought the lotus root over. The Tang family was small, so even if they gave New Year gifts and made lotus root powder, there would still be a lot left.

When he came here just now, Tang Xiaojing brought over half of the lotus roots at home.

While Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing were frying mahua croquettes, Li Guoer was preparing to make mahua croquettes.

"Mom, there are sweet and salty flavors of sesame leaves. I'll make a little of each flavor."

Before Ye Mu could say anything, Ye Qingqing said excitedly:

"Okay, okay, let's make a little of each. We haven't eaten it, and we don't know which one is more delicious."

"Okay, I'll make half of each flavor." Li Guoer said cheerfully.

Although people in the Ye family are keen on making money, they are not stingy.

He is very good to himself and his family, and he never treats himself badly when it comes to food.

Li Guoer also has a cheerful and cheerful personality, which may seem a bit lavish to outsiders, but she gets along very well with the Ye family.

The hemp leaves are made of white flour, and the finished hemp leaves look particularly like leaves.

And sesame seeds are sprinkled on top, so it's called "hemp leaves", but in some places it's also called fried fruit.

The black sesame and plum fruit had been washed yesterday and put into a small bowl for later use.

Li Guoer cracked an egg into the white flour, added an appropriate amount of lard, and then started kneading it vigorously.

Halfway through kneading, Li Guoer divided the dough into two, adding an appropriate amount of salt to one half and sugar to the other half.

After the two doughs are kneaded, they need to rest for about a quarter of an hour.

At this time, the rice cakes in the pot had been steamed. Li Guoer took away the firewood from the stove and put the white dumplings one by one into the wooden basin to soak.

The prepared rice cakes should be replaced with clean water every day so that they will not go bad easily.

Put away the rice cakes and the dough just now has woken up.

Li Guoer placed the dough on the chopping board, then sprinkled a small handful of black sesame seeds. After rolling the dough into thin slices, she cut it into small diamond-shaped pieces.

Put the leaves into the oil pan and fry them twice, and they will turn into crispy fried sesame leaves.

The women were busy in the kitchen, while the men of the family were killing chickens and geese in the backyard.

Father Ye and Tang Xiaojing squatted in front of a wooden basin, and the two of them quickly removed the feathers of the big goose in front of them.

Tangshan is killing chickens, and in the pond next to it, there is a big grass carp weighing more than 6 pounds waiting to be killed.

Mr. Ye took Ye Donglin to clean the chicken pens, donkey sheds and sheep sheds.

As for Ye Xilin, he is still busy cooking pig food. The pigs at home cannot go hungry for a meal.

Old Mrs. Ye was supervising the work while holding a curious Chenchen, while telling everyone about the latest gossip in the village.