Girlfriend's Fortune

Chapter 425 Chapter 420 Four: New Year's Eve
Song Qiufei took a quick look at the baskets, and saw that they were full of eggs, and the bottom was covered with thick thatch, showing that the master was careful about them.

Looking at the clothes of these people, they are all old clothes with scars patched so that they can no longer be repaired. They are not cotton-padded jackets, and they don't look too warm.

The faces of several people were also a little yellow, which was enough to show that they were struggling.

She suddenly understood a little bit, and said, "Take everything back, I can't eat so many eggs."

When the man heard this, he almost burst into tears. He accepted everything sent by the rest of the village, but he didn't accept theirs. Wouldn't this mean that he wouldn't give them any more land to plant?

Without these kinds of land, their life would be even more difficult.

Is this delivered late?I knew we would come together that day.

But at that time, the few of them couldn't prepare a decent one after all the preparations. This basket of eggs was only made up after scraping together in the past few days.

No, as soon as they got together, they hurried to Songshan Village.

Song Qiu also felt a little sad when he saw that the eyes of the three 41-year-old men were all red, it was all for life, wasn't it?

The poor also have difficulties of the poor.

"You also rented the land in Lishugou in previous years to plant it? How did you rent it in previous years, and you will continue to rent it after the new year. You can take all these eggs home and eat them yourself."

Song Qiu rarely said a few words, and agreed.

When the man heard that he could continue planting for them, he immediately smiled, as if he was so happy, and thanked him again and again.

In the end, after some discussion, they put the basket down and ran away, fearing that someone would chase after them.

Song Qiu looked at several baskets, so many eggs, it was a little funny.

These eggs are nothing to her, but to the few families just now, they are probably more precious than anything else.

She sighed, turned her head to look at the New Year's goods she had bought, and had a plan in mind.

There are no more than [-] households in Huangjia Village who rent the land in Lishugou, and they don't need much.

When Du Chuanfu and the others came over tomorrow, Song Qiu asked them to bring back gifts, one package of pastries, one package of candies, one package of melon seeds, and one package of fried meatballs for each household.

This gift is quite heavy for a country family.

But for her, it's fine.

After collecting so many things from others, I can't return them, and it's not good to collect them for nothing.

After returning the gift like this, she felt more at ease.

When old Yuan saw her, she also sighed and praised her for doing the right thing.

"We are not bad at this point now, but life is hard, just like in previous years, if we didn't have the bacon from your uncle's house, the chicken from your aunt's grandma's house, the glutinous rice cakes from your grandma Deng's house, and the rice cakes from several families in the village The gift, the New Year's Eve dinner can't even be put on the table!"

Only those who suffer can understand that kind of suffering.

Listening to this, Song Qiu also felt a little emotional.

It wasn't her in previous years, but this year, including in the future, it's her.

She smiled and said: "Don't worry, grandma, from now on, our family's annual reunion dinner will be fully prepared every year!"

Song Qiu didn't just talk about it, the focus of this New Year's dinner is to make it lively, and the richer the better, it's better if you can't finish it for a few days!

This year is the first New Year's Eve for her and grandma, so she made extra preparations.

Waking up early in the morning on the [-]th day, Song Qiu killed the fish first, leaving old Yuan Shi at home to prepare other side dishes, while he went out of the house with a basket on his shoulders and Ah Ling, who was carrying a basket on his back.

It is a custom to go to the grave early on 31 and invite relatives below to come back to celebrate the new year.

In previous years, Song Qiu went there alone, his family was not rich, and the things he carried were simple, a basket could handle it.

But this year Song Qiu prepared a basket full of wealth.

The sacrifices to the grave include wine, meat, whole chicken, and melon and fruit snacks, which are very complete.

There are also most of the baskets prepared with paper money and incense candles, which are guaranteed to be enough for relatives to spend.

When Ah Ling is a family member, it is justified to take her to the grave together.

Ah Ling experienced this for the first time, and felt that it was very novel, and he didn't feel heavy when he was carrying a lot of things.

The two went up to Songshan Mountain together. The snow stopped last night, but there was still a lot of snow on the mountain, and the road was not so easy to walk.

The tombs of the deceased relatives of the Song family are not far away, and they are all in that area, just across the valley behind Ershan Mountain.

Only Song Qiu's great-grandmother, her grandfather's grandmother, was buried farther away, behind two hills.

It was too far away, every year Song Qiu shouted to burn paper here in Shan'aozi, because old Yuan was worried about her going so far to the grave alone.

But this year, with Ah Ling by his side, it's natural that he'll have to go all out.

Song Qiu planned to go to the grave for Grandma Gaozu first and then burn paper for Grandpa and the others.

It took the two of them nearly an hour to reach Grandma Gaozu's grave.

If it wasn't for the vertical tablet that said it, Song Qiu would not have been able to find the grave.

Going to the grave, laying out all the sacrifices, Song Qiu burned a lot of paper money, lit two candles and put them in front of the grave, lit incense, gave three to A Ling, and the two kowtowed to the grave After making a bow, he put the incense next to the candle.

After paying homage to Grandma Gaozu, the two of them packed their things and returned the same way.

It stopped at the foot of the col on the side of Ershan Mountain.

There are one, two, three, four, five graves here, all not far from each other.

According to seniority, Song Qiu kowtowed to the grave of great-grandfather and great-grandmother first, then grandpa Song Xiaoquan, and her parents.

After paying homage to several graves, the prepared paper money and joss sticks were all used up, and the two of them carried the offerings and prepared to go down the mountain to go home.

When I got home, it was almost noon.

Going to the grave is like this, it almost takes half a day.

For example, the dead relatives of Liu Laomeng's family in the village were buried on the mountain beside Kuaiji Songshan Temple. They went to the grave on the [-]th of this year, and it took half an afternoon to go home for a few days.

Therefore, it is normal to have reunion dinner in the middle of the afternoon, or to eat reunion dinner after dark.

Song Qiu rested his feet and drank a bowl of fermented glutinous rice soup cooked by the old Yuan. Then he put on his apron and began to show off his skills, ready to cook.

After discussing with old Yuan Shi, she decided on a twelve-course meal.

First of all, fish is necessary, and it must be whole fish, not least chicken. Everything starts with good luck.

A white-cut chicken is auspicious.

A konjac roast duck is full of wealth.

A dish of braised crucian carp is more than enough year after year.

A dish of tamales, steaming day by day.

A round of tofu balls.

A leek egg, long time.

A dish of vinegar-stuffed cabbage brings wealth from all directions.

A little stir-fried celery, work hard to make money.

A cured meat platter is booming.

A dish of cold lotus root, good luck.

A cold pig's ears, smooth sailing.

A dish of cold mixed vegetables, happy for the whole family.

Four meat, four vegetarian and four cold dishes, all live together.

Song Qiu was in charge of cooking, the old Yuan family was lighting the fire, and Ah Ling was helping.

Although there are only three people, the small stove house is full of happiness and joy.

By the time the twelve dishes filled the table, it was already mid-afternoon.

Pour the wine, set the table and chopsticks, and invite the relatives who come back to eat first.

Song Qiu took firecrackers and set them off in the yard. The crackling of the firecrackers could be heard throughout Songshan Village.

One after another, there are still a lot of firecrackers ringing continuously, so that people can know which family's reunion dinner is starting when they hear it!

(End of this chapter)