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Chapter 286 Spring Festival Gala!

It turns out that Bang Geng is not stupid at all, he is just simply lazy and slippery.

With the four Zhang brothers supervising behind him, the kid washed the pig intestines until they were whiter than his own face.

The meticulous attitude is comparable to doing a chemistry experiment.

There are many people in the Zhang family and many mouths to feed. After the pregnant woman Tang Danniu woke up from her nap, she went to the front yard and started preparing dinner.

This year, with Tian Xiaozao's help, and Zhang Shenfei rolling up his sleeves to make stir-fried pig intestines and braised pig's trotters for everyone, she obviously felt a little more relaxed.

in the kitchen,
Zhang Shenliang was making a fire, Grandma Zhang was peeling garlic, Tian Xiaozao was picking vegetables, and Tang Danniu was kneading dough and steaming buns.

Zhang Shenfei cut off one third of the cleaned pig intestines and reserved them for stir-frying.

Then throw the rest into the marinade pot along with the pig's trotters.

The braised soup in that pot was obtained by Tian Zhigang from the stall selling braised food in their snack cooperative.

According to Li, the stewed pork broth, this is a century-old soup passed down from his family.

When Grandma Zhang heard this, she curled her lips and laughed: "If the fire really lasted for a hundred years, wouldn't it be full of flies, mosquitoes, spiders and cockroaches? How filthy."

Tian Zhigang also laughed: "That Lu Rou Li is just bragging. He said before that his family has a bowl from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Later, he invited a professor from the Archaeology Department of the Imperial University of Peking to take a look, and the professor said at a glance that the bowl was from the last week."

These words made Grandma Zhang laugh out loud.

Tang Danniu was also grinning with her teeth bared. Suddenly, she turned her head and saw Tian Xiaozao's awkward walking posture. Her eyes lit up and she thought of something.

He leaned close to Tian Xiaozao's ear and whispered something, with a hint of vulgarity revealed in his smiling eyes.

"Oh, sister-in-law, what nonsense are you talking about..." Tian Xiaozao blushed immediately when she heard this.

"You are still shy in front of your sister-in-law?" Tang Danniu pouted and nudged Tian Xiaozao's waist with her elbow. "Tell me about it and let your sister-in-law give you some guidance."

The same goes for Zao'er. She's already a young wife, but why does she still act like a virgin?

Are you embarrassed to talk about something with a bit of color? ? ?

This is so shameless!!
Seeing Tang Danniu laughing foolishly, Zhang Shenfei couldn't help but approach her with a kitchen knife and asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, what are you and Zao'er talking about?"

"We, we are talking about..."

"Sister-in-law, don't say that!" Tian Xiaozao dropped the vegetables she was picking, covered Tang Danniu's mouth with her hand, and threatened with a red face, "If you dare to say that, I will never let you go!!!"

"Oh, I really can't explain this." Tang Danniu shook her head.

have to……

Looks like I can't join in the fun.

But there is no rush. I can interrogate Tian Xiaozao in person after class in the evening.

If this girl doesn't tell the truth, don't blame him for wielding a big stick to teach her a lesson! !

Thinking of this, Zhang Shenfei grinded his back teeth and smiled.

He ignored the two of them and went back with a kitchen knife to start cutting the pig intestines.

After cutting the pig intestine into dice, cut a large amount of green onion segments.

Make sure to give enough green onions, as they are the essence of stir-fried pig intestines.

After all the side dishes are cut, add onions, ginger, garlic, peppercorns, star anise and dried chilies into a hot pan with cold oil and stir-fry until fragrant.

When frying strong-smelling foods such as pig intestines, you must add enough spices to suppress the fishy smell.

After fully bringing out the aroma of the spices, Zhang Shenfei poured in the pig intestines.

Stir-fry vigorously to remove moisture. When the surface of the pig intestine becomes tiger skin-like, add scallion segments and seasonings.

Stir-fry a few more times and serve.

The stir-fried pork intestines made by Zhang Shenfei were served on the table. Tang Danv and Tian Xiaozao had already prepared other dishes.

There are eight dishes in total, four cold dishes and four hot dishes, and each dish comes in duplicate, which means there are a total of sixteen dishes including plates and bowls.

There are many people in the family and the children have grown up, so one table obviously can no longer accommodate them all.

Seeing this, Sha Zhu, who came to Zhang's house to borrow something, called out to Yi Zhonghai who was passing by the door of Zhang's house.
"Uncle, Zhang Shenfei has a large family and the New Year's Eve dinner can't fit all of them on one table. How about you lend him your table?"

After saying this, he seemed to be afraid that Lao Yi would be stingy and refuse to lend the money, so he continued confidently:

"Anyway, there are only three people in your family, you and your husband and wife and the deaf old lady, so you can just sit down wherever you want. There are so many people in the Zhang family, so they can't make do."

After Sha Zhu finished speaking, he thought to himself that he was really smart.

Zhang Shenfei gave him a thumbs up: "Brother, you are awesome. You think about your brothers..."

Sometimes he was really curious, was Shazhu really stupid or just pretending to be stupid?

How come she could always hit the spot right in Yi Zhonghai's heart?
I wonder if Yi Zhonghai, who has been stabbed by Sha Zhu many times, still wants Sha Zhu to take care of him in his old age like in the original novel? ?

Curious, really curious!!
After hearing what Sha Zhu said, Yi Zhonghai's face suddenly turned as dark as ink: "..."

He Yuzhu, you are a dead thing.

Hello, you are so high and mighty, you used my table to curry favor with Zhang Shenfei, and you stabbed me in the heart!!!
He took a few deep breaths to calm down the myocardial infarction in his heart, and said coldly to Sha Zhu: "Aren't there three people in your family? Why don't you lend your table to Zhang Shenfei's family?"

Sha Zhu scratched his head: "We are all young people in our family, and we eat a lot...

Didn’t the top leader say that people like us are like the sun at seven or eight o’clock, who are able to eat and work hard?

Like your husband and wife and the deaf old lady, their bodies are half buried in the ground and they can’t eat for long... It’s better to lend you the table.

We are all neighbors living in the same yard. We see each other every day. You can’t be so selfish and only think about yourself in everything…”

Sha Zhu spoke earnestly, consciously standing on the moral high ground, and prepared to launch a fierce attack on Yi Zhonghai.

I'm Nima!!!

Yi Zhonghai's defense was completely broken.

He turned around and ignored Sha Zhu who kept calling him, and left.

Sha Zhu spread his hands speechlessly towards Zhang Shenfei: "Ah, this old man is really something, he has no awareness at all.

You should give me a reply whether you want to lend it or not??? The older I get, the more I go backwards...

How about Dafei, I can help you carry the table over from their house???"

I have come directly to your door, you can't pretend to be ignorant and unwilling to lend it to me? ? ! !
Sha Zhu looked serious.

Ah, this... that's not necessary. Zhang Shenfei waved his hand.

……

After all, it was New Year's Day, and Zhang Shenfei still had some moral integrity and did not actually go to Old Yi's house to borrow a table.

Instead, they chose to set up a table on the kang and let the children sit on the kang to eat.

The adults and four older children sat at the octagonal table.

After everyone was seated, the fourth child, Zhang Fenjin, slammed the table and yelled, "Second Aunt, Second Aunt, turn on the radio quickly, the Spring Festival Gala is about to start!!!"

"That's right. I didn't enjoy it last year and now I'm anxious." Zhang Fendou also said.

"I don't know if Mr. Hou will still perform crosstalk this year. The Night Travel Notes two years ago made me laugh..." Zhang Xiangmei said as she recalled the content of the crosstalk and grinned foolishly.

The child had just grown new teeth, and when he opened his mouth, two big black holes were revealed.

But the other children didn't care. At this moment, the only thing on their minds was the Spring Festival Gala.

Seeing his younger brothers looking like frogs in a well who had never seen the sky, Zhang Pingan sneered:

"What's the point of listening to the radio? It's better to watch a movie. Last year, I went to watch a movie at the Spring Festival Gala with my friends, and it was really good.

I saw what several celebrities looked like... and the one from the Plains Guerrilla..."

Zhang Shenfei turned his head towards the kang table and showed off to his younger brothers.

The young men's eyes suddenly turned red with jealousy.

Although their family conditions are much better now, their mother Tang Danniu has always been strict.

None of the children in the family had any pocket money. The only money my eldest brother had was earned by working during the summer vacation.

When will we grow up and go out to the movies? ! ! ! ! ! The boys all thought at the same time.

"Don't show off in front of your brothers. It's a virtue for you to eat meat without smacking your lips when others can't get enough..." Zhang Shenfei gave Zhang Pingan a slap on the head, then signaled Tian Xiaozao to turn on the radio and wait to listen to the Spring Festival Gala.

That’s right, even in this era of material scarcity, there is the Spring Festival Gala.

The Spring Festival Gala can be traced back to 1956.

It is only because television is not yet widely used that the Spring Festival Gala is now broadcast via the radio.

All the content is narrated by the host or actors, and the audience can imagine the scenes based on their imagination.

In order to satisfy the desire of the general public to watch the Spring Festival Gala with their own eyes, the country specially filmed a movie of the Spring Festival Gala last year and released it in major theaters.

"Cheers!!! Happy New Year!!!" The family raised their glasses and wished each other Happy New Year in unison.

After finishing the wine and champagne in the glass, the sound of a broadcast came from the radio at the right time.

"Dear audience friends, Happy New Year everyone!!!
Today is February 17, 1958, the Lunar New Year’s Eve…

There are many outstanding people from all walks of life participating in our Spring Festival Gala today. On my left is the mathematician Hua Luo..."

Soon, one wonderful program after another was transmitted to thousands of households through the radio.

The Zhang family boys were so engrossed in listening to the story that they forgot to grab the food and even forgot to chew the meat in their mouths.

When they heard the funny part, they laughed so hard that they fell backwards. Accidentally, Dang Fenjin knocked over the enamel teacup.

Seeing this, Tang Danniu threatened them to eat quickly and said she would turn off the radio if they didn't obey.

Finally the little guys calmed down and ate quickly.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, we stay up all night.
At twelve o'clock midnight, Zhang Shenfei led his eight nephews, holding little Laojiu, and set off firecrackers in front of the gate of the courtyard.

When Yi Zhonghai saw how he was surrounded by people, he remembered what she said at the gate of the courtyard yesterday and couldn't help feeling sad again.

This day is so boring...

Every day when I see the nine Vajras of the Zhang family and Zhang Shenfei's smug look, my heart feels like it's being pierced by thousands of steel needles.

Now he only hopes that the collective housing will be completed as soon as possible, and Tang Danniu and her sons can move out quickly.

Without these guys, Zhang Shenfei would have less capital to show off in the courtyard.

By then, I can turn a blind eye to it...

In the backyard of the quadrangle,

As the New Year's bell rang on the radio, the sound of Liu Haizhong beating his son was heard again in the Liu family.

The heart-wrenching cries of Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu echoed throughout the courtyard, but everyone turned a blind eye.

When Old Liu beats his son, he emphasizes training him in the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer. What's so strange about that?
If we didn't fight that day, everyone would find it strange!

Old Yan Family,
Due to the further tightening of New Year supplies, Yan Bugui grimaced in pain when distributing dumplings.

Warn the children that New Year dumplings will no longer be provided for free and they have to be accounted for.

"Aren't there parents like you? It's fine that you keep accounts for our daily expenses, but why do you have to calculate the money even for eating dumplings during the New Year?" Yan Jiecheng said dissatisfiedly.

"That's right, even parents are speechless when it comes to this."

"My classmates' parents never kept any account for their food, accommodation or clothes..."

Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang also said so.

They said before that the New Year’s Eve dinner on 30th of the lunar year would not be charged, and they, as parents, would just treat their children to a meal.

It's only been a short time now?? You're already regretting it. You really don't care about family affection at all.

Yan Bugui sighed: "Isn't it because life is getting harder and harder? Besides, isn't this the ancestral motto of our family? If you can't eat and wear well, you will be poor. If you can't plan well, you will be poor."

His parents treated him the same way since he was a child. I don't understand why these kids are so unhappy?
Old Yi Family,
The deaf old lady was very dissatisfied that Sha Zhu did not celebrate the New Year with everyone this year.

They chatted a few words, but Yi Zhonghai was not nice enough to Sha Zhu, which caused a rift between Sha Zhu and the three of them.

"Old lady, it's not that I'm mean to Shazhu, it's that he is a heartless kid." Yi Zhonghai said dissatisfiedly, thinking of how Shazhu treated him like his grandson in the afternoon.

The deaf old lady was unhappy and said with a straight face: "Zhu Zi is the best young man in the courtyard. No one has a better conscience than him."

Well, this doesn't make sense at all. Yi Zhonghai shut up and said no more.

When the aunt saw that Old Lady Long was still chattering on, she was about to say something, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she suddenly felt a nauseous feeling rising up her throat.

She covered her mouth and rushed out of the house.

Not long after, the sound of retching was heard outside the room.

The deaf old lady frowned and said, "What's wrong with Lanhua? Is she sick?"

The way Old Yi is looking for a wife is just like that. Not only is she weak and unable to have children, but now it seems that she has other diseases too. She is such a spendthrift woman.

Yi Zhonghai heard the retching sound coming from outside the room, and his heart suddenly lifted up: "No way? Did she eat something bad?"

After thinking for a while, he said, "If it really doesn't work, I'll take her to the hospital for a checkup tomorrow when it's open."

After all, she is his wife with whom he has been supporting for twenty years, and Yi Zhonghai still has deep feelings for Aunt Yi.

Jia's house next door.

Banggeng and Qin Laoer started fighting again over the only chicken leg.

When Jia Zhang saw that her dear old son had suffered a loss, she slapped Bang Geng on the butt.

ps: Godfathers, there will be another update later.

(End of this chapter)