After cooking the dumplings, pick some of them on the plate, and then pick the rest on the cover curtain. Place a firewood stick on one end of the cover curtain so that the dumpling soup can flow out along the gaps of the cover curtain.

Naturally, the house was still on the kang, and there were two tables on the ground, and everyone sat around the table. When Chen saw that the dumplings were served on the table, he quickly asked his daughter-in-law to sit down and have dinner. "Okay, the eldest daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law, all sit down to eat dumplings. This year, the dumplings have a lot of meat in the filling, so it is guaranteed to be delicious."

Everyone sat down. Xue poured the garlic paste and brought vinegar. Anyone who liked it would make it himself. The family was talking and laughing, "Well, this dumpling is good, it tastes fresh enough and has a lot of meat." The old man nodded.

Jinghan picked up a dumpling and asked to go down, but unexpectedly he bit a hard thing. He covered his mouth and spit out the things inside. It was a copper coin. "Mom, I've got the money."

Everyone smiled and said that Nian Jinghan would definitely make a lot of money. The dumplings for the New Year were all filled with some things, and whoever ate them would get a good start. For a moment, everyone ate all kinds of things, including copper coins, jujubes, and sugar. Everyone would be very happy to eat them.

After eating dumplings, it happened to be the first time in the middle of the year. Everyone picked up the table together, and then Mr. Xu and Chen sat on the kang. Wenhan and his grandchildren all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to their grandparents, "Grandpa and grandma have good luck in the New Year, I wish them good health and longevity and long-lasting fortune."

The old man and Chen were sitting on the kang, looking at the grandchildren, feeling so beautiful. "Okay, get up, get up." The two of them quickly took out the red envelopes that had been prepared long ago, and each of them sent one. There was not much money in the red envelope, just five copper coins.

The children came to the old couple one by one to take the red envelopes, and then each took the red envelopes and sat happily aside.

After midnight, everyone was sleepy, so they went back to their house to sleep. They were not allowed to sleep on New Year's Eve. The old saying goes, bedding is placed on quilts at night at 30, and the hens at home will love to hold their nests next year. So everyone didn't take off their clothes, and they fell asleep while covering their bodies with a small quilt.

On the morning of the first day of the lunar month, everyone got up late, and Xue and Zhu got up very early. They cooked dumplings in the fire. Before the dumplings were cooked, Zhixin took out a hang of firecrackers and ordered them. Today's firecrackers don't need as many as New Year's Eve, just have a moment of meaning.

When the dumplings were out of the pot, almost everyone in the family got up, changed into new clothes, and then everyone ate the dumplings together.

Chen looked at the children in the family and changed their clothes, and they were dressed up with energy. "Look, these children in our family are so beautiful, and this year they are dressed up with people, which is really energetic." Chen said with a smile. "Let's do our best this year and make more money. The children are all older, so it's time to dress up well."

The old man listened, nodded, and looked at Wenhan and Wencheng, and liked him very much. "Yes, look at how fast these two big grandchildren are, and they grow up in a blink of an eye. We should work hard for a few years. In another two years, the children should get engaged and talk about their wives."

When Zhixin heard it there, he smiled and said, "Dad, mom, why are you anxious? Wenhan is only thirteen this year, Wencheng is only ten years old, so he is still in a hurry."

"That's not the case. This child grows very fast and grows older in a blink of an eye. We are preparing early. There are four kids in the family. Zhixin, the burden on you and Merrill Lynn is also heavy." Chen sighed. Wencheng and Wenchang are now under the jurisdiction of the boss. The boss's burden is much heavier. In the future, he will have to talk about marriage and spend money.

"Mom, we won't talk about this during the New Year. Don't worry, Zhixin and I are still young, so we will have more work. Let's treat these two children from the second family as our own." Xue said on the side. Chen did not agree to adopt the child to the third family, and Xue also agreed. After all, the second child could not be allowed to lose his descendants. After all, the second child was a soldier and he was the one who served in the army. It was also necessary for them to help the second child raise the child.

Seeing that everyone had finished their meal, Chen said to the children, "You kids, you should go out to play. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, neighbors and neighbors all went to pay New Year's greetings from house to house. Remember to come back to have dinner in the afternoon, did you hear it?"

The children agreed in unison and went out together. Someone was already walking around outside. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it was time to greet each other and say goodbye to each other. On all roads in the village, there were people walking around, wearing new clothes and smiling on their faces. When they met each other, they would ask for a happy New Year.

The children naturally left next to the house. Whenever they go, they would take out melon seeds and candy to entertain them. It won’t take long to fill their children’s clothes with candy. During the Chinese New Year, children are the happiest people.

Jinghan took out a candy from her pocket and put it in her mouth. The sweet taste made her squint her eyes. How great would it be if she could live such a life every day in the future, Jinghan thought to herself.

The cheerful days seemed to pass faster. In a blink of an eye, it was already the sixth day of the first lunar month. Zhide and Han returned to the town on the morning of the third lunar month. It was very rare for them to live at home for four days. Wenxing kept shouting that he wanted to go home, and Han couldn't stay, so Chen did not force them to keep them. He brought them a few pieces of meat, a few large bags of fried meatballs, fruits, etc. Han did not pick them up this time and took them all.

Zhiming and his wife did not leave, but lived at home. Huixin was married at the 8th day of the lunar month, and the family was busy, so Zhu kept helping at home.

The rules here are that when a girl gets married, her parents' family will have to serve guests on the first day. On this day, she is just a wedding. Some of the things to hold banquets were prepared before the New Year, and some of them have to be prepared. Xue and Zhu led Jingya and Jinghan to work hard together, and Jingwan and Jingxian were also helping.

"Sister-in-law, I think the things that should be fried are almost the same. The meat and other things were prepared before the New Year. Just wait for it tomorrow morning. I will ask a few wives to help you tomorrow. We can cook and cook, and we can do it." Zhu said while washing the fungus there.

"Well, my mother means that she is busy at home, so she doesn't have to hire a chef anymore. Your skills are good, not worse than those chefs. With a few help, it's enough." Xue was packing cabbage. In the winter of Northeast China, there were not many vegetables and vegetables. She had to hold a banquet, and cabbage was the protagonist. "Jinghan, you lead Jingwan and Jingxian to pick up some onions and garlic. You will have to use a lot tomorrow. Dig it out quickly, so that you can save uselessness at that time."

"I know, mom." Jinghan agreed. My sister-in-law is about to get married. Jinghan feels reluctant. She gets along very well with her sister-in-law. In the future, when my sister-in-law gets married, she will not be able to meet frequently. "Mom, why does the Tao family get married in the first month? It will be more than a few months."

"You little girl, what do you know? In the first month of the year, people's stomachs are a little oily and watery. This way, they will save a lot of food. The Tao family is quite good at calculating, but they don't know how their ches are going the day after tomorrow?" Xue didn't look up, and was busy with his hands, explaining to Jinghan.

Only then did Jinghan realize that it was for this. Will my sister-in-law have a better life in the future when she married into such a family? My sister-in-law is not in good health and has a soft temperament. If she meets a powerful mother-in-law, it will be really worth it. Jinghan once again sighed that the fate of ancient women was so involuntarily. After the Chinese New Year, she was already nine years old. Here she usually started to talk about kinship at the age of fourteen or five, and got married at the time of sixteen or seventeen. By this calculation, there were only five or six years left to talk about kinship. What would her fate be like in the future? Jinghan felt a little confused.

"Sister Jinghan, what's wrong with you?" Jingwan asked strangely when she saw Jinghan not moving.

Jinghan then came to his senses and smiled, "It's nothing, I just thought I won't see my sister often in the future." Forget it, why do you think so much? Let's talk about what happens in the future, who knows what tomorrow will look like? Jinghan is more optimistic by nature. Anyway, since he comes, he will be at ease. First of all, he will be rich in his own family so that he can have a better choice. "Come on, let's finish the work quickly, and then go to talk to my sister-in-law." As he said that, he quickly speeded up and quickly ate the garlic.

In the east room, Chen was carefully reading Huixin's dowry and put them in the box one by one. Since Huixin was ten years old, Chen started preparing dowry, and later he slowly added it. He bought a lot of them before the New Year, as well as some good things that Zhixiang brought back, and all the skins that Zhixin hunted before the New Year were left behind. In this way, Huixin's dowry alone would be sixteen, which would be quite good. It would be great if the dowry would be eight to ten when she got married.

While tidying up things, Chen also shed tears. Her daughter is the mother's flesh. Now her daughter is about to get married, so she feels very uncomfortable when she is a mother. Huixin has been weak since childhood. Chen has spent a lot of effort to raise her daughter. Now her daughter is about to get married, and I don't know what life will be like in the future. As a mother, she wishes her daughter will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life, and the couple will be harmonious. The Tao family seems that it is not so easy to get along with. Will Huixin suffer after marrying? Chen can't help but think about it.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Huixin just came over and saw her mother crying.

Chen wiped his eyes and smiled. "It's okay, I just remember how you looked when you were a child. Come and sit down." Chen pulled his daughter down. "Look, this is the dowry that our family has prepared for you. There are 16 pounds in total. We will get married in a grand manner the day after tomorrow. Huixin, you have to learn to be tough in the future. You should endure what you should endure, fight for what you should fight, and don't give in too much to some things. You just need to remember that as a wife, as long as you are dedicated to your husband, and the rest are acceptable. Do you understand?"
Chapter completed!