I am in the courtyard, animals are just vegetables!

Oh my god, Cao Dongfang is cooking lamb and frying chicken, it smells so damn good!

Cao Dongfang’s cooking skills are so good, he doesn’t even give others a chance to survive.

He earns more than me! He eats better than me! He cooks better than the women at home! There is no way to complain!

I am not as good as others in everything!

Is Cao Dongfang so awesome?

Nan Yi family!

I don’t know what dish to make with fried chicken. This is fried pork ribs. It should be sweet and sour pork ribs. This dish consumes a lot of oil. I can’t afford it. Cao Dongfang still has high subsidies.

I just cooked a pot of mutton, at least twenty pounds, and fried two chickens, and a lot of fried ribs, about three to five pounds.

Cao Dongfang cooks three or five meals at a time, and these are delicious meals that most people can’t even eat. What kind of dishes are these?

It's beef, cooked in any way, and fish, a good meal.

Let's communicate when we have time. Cao Dongfang's cooking skills are not worse than mine. Nan Yi has no envy, jealousy or hatred. He just wants to exchange ideas on cooking with Cao Dongfang.

Cao Dongfang does not open the 'virtual world' when cooking. Now they are all ordinary dishes that can be bought or hunted, so he is not afraid of what others say.

It seems that Cao Dongfang's family doesn't make braised pork, so don't you want to eat it? I'm so envious!

As for not being able to afford it, no one believed it. Cao Dongfang had too much pork from hunting and couldn’t finish it!

I couldn’t finish it!

Mother Cao got up at four o'clock and had been playing with Cao Jiajia. The mutton was ready, so she filled two large lunch boxes for Grandma Wang, weighing nearly five pounds.

Cao Dongfang cooked a lot, 25 kilograms of mutton, so that people could eat more mutton during the New Year.

Cao's mother looked around the front yard again and saw that every family had a fire burning. This meant that it was New Year's Day and every family was eating, and no one was eating less.

It's not good to have the fire out at home during the New Year. After coming out of Grandma Wang's house, I looked at Third Uncle's house and shook my head. Third Uncle is really stingy.

Go home for dinner!

.......

Let’s pay homage to Cao Dashan first.

Cao's mother sat down and picked up the drink: "I wish you all good health, good luck, academic progress, and all your dreams come true in the new year! Cheers!"

The four of them had a drink and started eating.

“Dongfang, how much fried chicken and mutton soup did you make? So much!” Cao’s mother asked when she saw a plate of fried chicken and a large bowl of mutton soup.

"Not much, just two fried chickens. If Cao Jiajia likes it, let her eat more. And 25 kilograms of mutton.

Eat more mutton in winter, and give away what you can’t finish.” Cao Dongfang said indifferently.

"It's another eight dishes and one soup. Eat more, Yushui. You can eat it all at home tomorrow." said Cao's mother.

"Too much to finish." said He Yushui.

"Eat as much as you can. If you can't finish it, I'll take some away and give it to our factory security guard, Uncle Li, to try," said Cao Dongfang.

"He's the guard at the steel mill and a disabled veteran. We have the same one. I gave him the meat I distributed during the Chinese New Year," said Cao's mother.

"He was a retired veteran, with a lame right leg and missing left hand, but he had a good temper.

I was bragging to him a few days ago, he's a pretty good guy." Cao Dongfang said with a smile.

"You're a nice person. If you want to send some food, go ahead. I just sent mutton to Grandma Wang. Yan Bugui's family is distributing pickles, three per person. Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang are protesting.

Yan Bugui is too stingy, this is not a good thing, eating pickles on New Year’s Eve, really...” said Cao’s mother.

"Yan Bugui is hopeless. He has a decent income but still eats pickled vegetables every day. Liu Haizhong beats his children and the children are afraid of him.

Yan Bugui's children will also have opinions. He did it all by himself, so he can't blame others! "Cao Dongfang said.

"Oh! I have never seen someone as stingy as him. It's hard to find one in a thousand years." Cao's mother sighed.

"He is also a Chinese teacher. He said that if you have enough food and clothes, you will be poor, but if you don't plan well, you will be poor.

If you are not stingy, you will be poor and it will be like this for the rest of your life. There is no hope.

Including Yan Jiecheng's children, whoever learns it will be finished. If they are stingy to a certain extent, they will be as unwelcome as ungrateful and annoying. "Cao Dongfang said.

"When will Dongfang go out this year?" asked Cao's mother.

“We will go abroad to pick up goods in March, and depending on the country’s arrangements, we should go out in May, July, and September.

I have to go abroad once in April, and the stay will not exceed one month. "Cao Dongfang said.

"It's okay, five times a year. Be careful." said Cao's mother.

"Brother, bring some Coke back from abroad," said Cao Jiajia.

"Coke takes up space. When you return home, drink it if you have it. If not, just drink boiled water," said Cao Dongfang.

"Your brother has a mission abroad. There is a place there to bring you Coke. You can drink it a few times a year. Other students can't drink it." Cao's mother said.

"Okay, no more." Cao Jiajia said with a sullen face.

"I haven't asked you yet, have you finished your winter vacation homework?" asked Cao's mother.

"I finished it early. It was just a little bit of homework, not much. I finished it all in two days." Cao Jiajia gestured.

"It's okay, let's eat. Have you finished writing, Yu Shui?" Cao's mother asked He Yu Shui.

"I've finished it. It's not a lot of homework and I finished it in three days." He Yushui said.

There is less homework during the winter and summer vacations nowadays. There are not so many homework books that I haven’t finished them even when school is about to start.

There is very little homework now and it can be finished in two or three days.

.......

After eating the New Year’s Eve dinner and wishing a happy new year to Cao’s mother, Cao Dongfang went out and went to Chen Xueru’s home.

It was just the mother and son who spent the New Year together. The nanny went home on the sixth day and was quite bored.

"Happy New Year, Uncle Dongfang!" Hou Kui said when he saw Cao Dongfang.

"Happy New Year, Hou Kui!" Cao Dongfang said and gave Hou Kui a red envelope with two yuan.

At home, Cao Dongfang also gave He Yushui and Cao Jiajia two yuan each. It was not considered a red envelope, but just New Year's money.

It is not good to give children too much money. If they have money but no tickets, they can’t spend it. Even buying soda requires tickets. It’s a bit too much.

The candied haws and sugar figurines sold on the streets may not require tickets.

"This afternoon, Uncle Niu and Uncle Pian took all the things away. They were very happy because they are rich now," said Chen Xueru.

"We are two poor guys. We can't keep much money even if we have it. We have too many friends and our life is not easy," said Cao Dongfang.

"Many of Uncle Niu's things are to be given away to others so that they can earn money. How they spend the money is their business," said Chen Xueru.

"That's right. They have no money, and you have found a way for them to make money. Don't worry about anything else. Just pretend you know nothing," said Cao Dongfang.

"Hou Kui will be seven years old next year. Is it too early for him to start school?" Chen Xueru asked.

"Hou Kui, do you want to go to school?" Cao Dongfang asked.

“Uncle Dongfang, I don’t know!” Hou Kui also didn’t understand what going to school meant.

"Let's delay it by one year. Hou Kui will be seven years old in September next year, and he will be eight years old the year after next," said Cao Dongfang.

"When are you going to teach Hou Kui martial arts? Have Cao Jiajia and He Yushui in your family learned it?" Chen Xueru asked.

“After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, I’ll teach him for a few days, and then he can practice on his own after he learns.

It takes a long time, so just practice slowly. If the two don’t want to practice, then don’t practice. Don’t force them. "Cao Dongfang said.

“Is it troublesome to practice martial arts?”

"Individuals must have perseverance. Time is a lifetime, and I don't know how many people can stick to it. If you don't want to practice martial arts, don't force it." Cao Dongfang said.

"Is it possible to practice for a period of time and then stop when it's almost done?" Chen Xueru asked.

"Yes, in this society, to protect yourself you have to practice Ming Jin. You should practice less or not at all in the future," said Cao Dongfang.

"Then practice for a few years, and then stop when you're almost done. Can't you practice a little bit more when you're older?" Chen Xueru asked.

"It's best to practice martial arts before the age of ten! It's not as good to practice martial arts after the age of ten as before!" said Cao Dongfang.

“Then start practicing at the age of nine. After practicing for ten years, you can protect yourself. The requirements are not high.” Chen Xueru said.

"Mom, why do we need to practice martial arts?" Hou Kui asked.

"Protect yourself from being bullied by others!" said Chen Xueru.

"Then I will practice at the age of nine, Mom, and then I can go out and set off firecrackers with other kids." Hou Kui asked.

"You go with Hou Kui to set off firecrackers. I'll go back home and pay New Year's greetings tomorrow," said Cao Dongfang.

"That's fine, Hou Kui, I'll go out with you to set off fireworks."

"Uncle Dongfang, goodbye!"

Goodbye!

......

Cao Dongfang didn't go too far and just walked around the area. The New Year atmosphere was very strong. The adults brought the children out to play, and the older children played by themselves.

Many children are setting off firecrackers, but there are also many children who cannot afford to buy firecrackers, so they pick up the firecrackers that others have set off but don't go off and set them off. No one will say anything?

Many children will share their firecrackers with everyone to set off firecrackers together.

Almost all the children had a lot of fun, and the Chinese New Year was a happy time for them.

Back in the courtyard, He Yushui and Cao Jiajia were also setting off firecrackers. They were having a lot of fun.

Unfortunately, there is no snow this year, and the harvest next year will not be good!

It has nothing to do with the kids!

Carefree childhood!