Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 1017 The New Year's Eve Dinner of "Upper Green and Lower White"

Even though Jiang Chen and his family's living standards have improved a lot, this New Year's Eve dinner was not very eye-catching or sumptuous, and it was only a little better than the standard of a family.The reason for this is that, on the one hand, both parents and Jiang Chen have come through hard times, so even though their living standards are good, they still insist on being thrifty and living a simple life.On the other hand, this is also related to the crowd. For them, being able to get together to have a meal is more important than this table meal, and they don't care what they eat.So Jiang Chen just used these home-cooked dishes to make a few of his favorite dishes, such as the Northwestern-style big plate chicken, cumin mutton, double-cooked pork, steamed Yellow River carp, etc., which are all affordable dishes.

Although it was a bit late, my aunt and Lei Jun still rushed back, and with the sound of firecrackers, the New Year's Eve dinner officially started.A large family gathered around a special round table, and the bustle began.What's more interesting is that the customs and habits of different places are different. For example, Jiang Chen's family still maintains this traditional habit.That is to pay attention to the upper and lower seats, and this seat is not determined according to the orientation, but according to the dishes.And Jiang Chen and the others follow the customs of their hometown, paying attention to the upper green and the lower white, which means that the family is clean and safe in the coming year.The so-called Shangqing is actually a plate of spinach, and the place it faces is usually the upper table, so the elders in the family are seated, and this is naturally Jiang Chen's father.

As for Xiabai, it is usually a plate of lotus root, which is a cold dish with spinach.And this seat is supposed to belong to the two boys, but they are still young, so Wei Lingling and Jiang Chen took the seats.It's just that because it's the New Year's Eve dinner, the men in the family must have a few drinks, so for convenience, Jiang Chen sat next to Lei Jun and the others.Of course, there are still many such rules, but they have been gradually simplified as time goes by, leaving only the upper part green and the lower part white to inherit the tradition and distinguish seats.With the development of the times in later generations, these traditions are basically forgotten, so there is no need to pay attention to them, but they are still very traditional in rural areas.In this period, it is still more particular, especially in some rural areas, this tradition has been well preserved.When you see a table with dishes set and no one is seated, or no one is seated at the upper table, don't be surprised, and don't just sit down, otherwise it will be very embarrassing.Of course, if you sit at the same table, it won't matter to you, but there are many things on the wine table, such as drinking, you will definitely not feel good.

After drinking and eating, the women began to clean up the mess, and the children, led by the two maids, started playing with firecrackers.As for Jiang Chen, he made a cup of tea with Lei Jun and his father and chatted.The sky was getting dark, and after the women finished packing, they took the dumpling stuffing and dumpling wrappers in the living room and started making dumplings while preparing to watch the Spring Festival Gala.It is also because of the traditional relationship that dumplings are not eaten for the New Year's Eve dinner here, and dumplings are usually eaten on the morning of the first day of the new year.Because dumplings are shaped like ingots, eating them in the morning on the first day of the new year is called dumplings, implying a wealth of wealth in the new year.Of course, dumpling stuffing is also very particular, for example, celery stuffing means hard work, leek stuffing means long wealth, cabbage stuffing means white wealth, rapeseed stuffing means vegetables and so on.This is not superstition, it's just people's longing for a better New Year.

As for the Spring Festival Gala, with the development of the past two years, the format of the entire program has become more and more mature, and there are more and more programs.Therefore, in this era of lack of material and spirit, people look forward to the Spring Festival Gala very much, and it has even become a political task now.Although Jiang Chen lived in the information explosion in his previous life and was familiar with these programs, he enjoyed watching them with those closest to him.What made Jiang Chen happy was not the comic dialogue, but the laughter of his family members.

When everyone was immersed in the content on the TV, Lei Jun looked at his watch and gave Jiang Chen a look.Jiang Chen nodded knowingly, then quietly left the seat with Lei Jun, and walked out.Just when Jiang Chen and Lei Jun thought no one would notice, Jiang Chen's mother, Wei Lingling, and Li Siyan all walked out. Wei Lingling and Li Siyu were holding a thick dress each.Lei Dan said angrily to them who slipped away quietly: "I knew you couldn't stay, but you didn't say a word when you left. You were sneaky, like something."

"Hehe..." Jiang Chen and Lei Jun laughed awkwardly.

Wei Lingling walked up to Jiang Chen and stuffed the clothes to Jiang Chen, saying, "It's cold in the mountains, be careful if you catch a cold, come back early, my child and I will wait for you."

"I'll be back soon." Jiang Chen nodded and smiled.

Seeing that Li Siyu and Lei Jun had finished explaining, Jiang Chen and Lei Jun got into Jiang Chen's car.They all drank alcohol today, so Zhou Ning still had to drive.As for the boy Zhou Ning, he has a habit of not drinking at all, so he didn't drink alcohol at the New Year's Eve dinner table.Because it was night, the speed was very low for safety reasons, but it still took less than an hour to reach the wolf den.At this time, except for the guard officers and soldiers on duty, most of the people in the Wolf Cave were hit in the open space of the airport, eating melon seeds and peanuts around a big bonfire, and watching the performances of their comrades-in-arms.The arrival of Jiang Chen and Lei Jun naturally caused a stir among the team members, and as Jiang Chen, who has literary expertise, the officers and soldiers naturally would not let it go, and Jiang Chen sang three songs on the court before taking a rest .

After chatting with the team members for a while, Jiang Chen and other leading cadres started to go down to the sentry post, in other words, to stand guard for the soldiers.Although many of them are in a form, but on such a special day, especially in the environment of missing relatives and team members getting together, these team members who are on duty must be extremely lonely in their hearts.So at this time, the care from the superior is particularly important.Jiang Chen came to a sentry post, but the steel guns in the hands of the team members began to replace the guards, and this battle was four shifts, that is, four hours.Of course, the usual sentry is every two hours, but it is only during this special period, so the time of the sentry has been adjusted to one hour, so that it can be regarded as taking care of every team member on guard.

Originally, Jiang Chen wanted to stand for a while longer, but was snatched by other cadres, Jiang Chen had no choice but to be laid off.Seeing that it was still relatively early, Jiang Chen took a few cadres on duty and began to patrol the dormitories of the team members in turn to visit everyone.On this special day, everyone will definitely have a hard time, especially some players who haven't been back for several years.Maybe you usually don't feel anything, but at this time, in this environment, you may cry secretly in that corner.This is not a sign of cowardice or weakness, on the contrary, these tears are the real tenderness of a man.This is the so-called iron man's tenderness, or a man's tears are not lightly flicked, but it has not reached the point of sadness.At this moment, in such an atmosphere, no matter how tough a man is, he couldn't help but shed tears.

(End of this chapter)