Chapter 364 New Year’s Eve
Tong Pandi helped Tong Huaqiong pack clothes to wear for the New Year.
Tong Pandi didn’t know that this Spring Festival was the first real Spring Festival for the aunt and nephew in this world.
After tidying up the clothes, Tong Pandi fed Huaer, and then followed Tong Huaqiong to the yard to collect the dried clothes.
"Is my cousin back?"
Tong Pandi saw Gu Taohua and Su Chengmin coming in together, so he greeted Gu Taohua.
"Are you back so soon from worshiping your ancestors?" Tong Huaqiong asked, looking up.
Tong Huaqiong looked up and saw Gu Taohua, and was surprised as if she didn't recognize her own daughter.
Although they saw each other every day, Tong Huaqiong felt that Gu Taohua had grown taller and lost more than half of her body weight. She looked as bright and charming as a peach blossom in spring in the ice and snow.
Su Chengmin, who was walking with Gu Taohua, changed into new clothes that Chen Sufen had just cut for him, and he looked both heroic and free and easy.
I don’t know what he said to Gu Taohua outside. Gu Taohua was still smiling when she came in. Su Chengmin looked at Gu Taohua with shining eyes.
The two people walking together are like the golden boy and jade girl in a painting.
The two of them dazzled Tong Huaqiong's eyes.
If Gu Taohua was not her biological daughter, Tong Huaqiong would have wanted to strongly support them as a couple.
"Don't mention it. I had a quarrel with the clan leader. She said that I was still unengaged at my age and wanted to find a partner for me. I said it was none of his business. He said that I had no family education and brought shame to our ancestors. I was unworthy of being a descendant of the Gu family. I was so angry that I came back."
Gu Taohua raised the pig's head in her hand and said, "I was so angry that I brought the pig's head here. Since it's so easy to lose face for your ancestors, you don't deserve to eat my pig's head."
Su Chengmin raised the snack box in his hand and said, "Taohua also brought the snacks for the ancestors."
Su Chengmin naturally couldn't enter the Gu family's ancestral hall. He was playing with Xiaolong outside. When he saw Gu Taohua coming out of the Gu family's ancestral hall carrying something and cursing, he accompanied Gu Taohua back.
Tong Huaqiong smiled, pointed at Gu Taohua and said, "You, if you have it, just take it. If our ancestors don't eat it, then we will eat it."
Tong Huaqiong felt a little uncomfortable about worshipping ancestors on New Year's Eve. She was unwilling to admit that she was Old Gu's widow, and naturally did not want to go to the Gu family ancestral hall to perform the rites of a daughter-in-law.
Fortunately, the emperor in Shengjing conferred the title of Xiangjun on her remotely, so she was able to escape from going to the ancestral temple to perform the ceremony as the daughter-in-law of the Gu family.
Naturally, this behavior caused a great discussion within the Gu family. The clan leader was so angry that he wanted to use clan rules to suppress Tong Huaqiong. Tong Huaqiong brought out the imperial edict, which scared the clan leader so much that he almost kowtowed to Tong Huaqiong. He never dared to ask Tong Huaqiong to go to the ancestral hall to pay his respects again.
The three brothers Gu Dahan, Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe as well as Chen Sufen and Liu Yue'e were listening to the patriarch's speech in the ancestral hall.
The clan leader used Gu Dahan's biological mother to sow discord between Tong Huaqiong and Gu Dahan.
The honest Gu Dahan had been PUA'd by Tong Dajiao for more than 20 years and was on the same side with Tong Dajiao. In the past year, he was enlightened by Tong Huaqiong and felt more and more that his stepmother was not wrong.
Gu Dahan interrupted the tribe leader's provocation and said directly: "Tribal leader, you didn't seek justice when my mother treated me badly before. Now that my mother treats me like her own son, why are you saying that this is not okay? Do you want my mother to treat me well or badly?"
The angry clan leader wanted to expel Gu Dahan from the Gu family's ancestral home.
After paying homage to their ancestors, the three brothers, Chen Sufen and Liu Yue'e returned home together.
Since there were many people celebrating the New Year together, Tong Huaqiong took her family to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner in the afternoon.
The fish has been fried, and the ribs from a pig that was slaughtered two days ago have been stewed in the pot early in the morning. Chicken, duck, mutton, beef, etc. are also stewed in the pot.
All you need to do at home is stir-fry a few vegetarian dishes and make dumplings.
Qinghe Bay is very cold in winter, and fresh vegetables are hard to come by. When Tong Huaqiong expanded the yard, she built a cellar and stored radishes and cabbages in it.
Tong Huaqiong also asked Gu Taohua to grow hydroponically grown vegetables in the space. Maner pulled the vegetables out of the space early in the morning, so there were several plates of fresh vegetables on the New Year's Eve dinner table that were not available in Qinghe Bay.
At dusk, the children who were studying in the village private school were sent by their families to give gifts of thanks to their teacher Su Chengmin.
Farmers are simple and will give whatever they have to you. He may give you a bowl of dumplings, and you may give you a bowl of meat and vegetables.
Some families who were not well-off brought steamed buns and flower rolls. Su Chengmin accepted them with a smile, touched the children's heads and told them that he would teach them martial arts after the spring.
The children jumped for joy and didn't want the village chief to find a new teacher.
As dusk fell, lanterns were lit in the yard.
When the wind blows, the lanterns on the fence and under the eaves sway with the wind
A large table was set up in the main hall, and Tong Huaqiong's first New Year's Eve dinner in this era began.
She had been busy all day and had no time to miss home. Now, looking at the table full of food and sniffing, she missed her home in the afterlife.
I don’t know if her family is also celebrating the Spring Festival at this time. Without her, my parents might have a lonely year.
How she wished it was a parallel world.
In the parallel world, she is still happily celebrating the holidays with her parents.
Although there were only three people in the family, we still prepared a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, and the table was full of her favorite dishes.
There are lion heads made by my father, braised pork stewed by my mother, and candied sweet potatoes made by her.
With the background music of the Spring Festival Gala, the family of three chatted and laughed while eating a New Year's Eve dinner and drinking a bottle of wine.
When the bell rings, look out the window at the fireworks outside.
Then they complained about the Spring Festival Gala while eating.
Times like this seemed ordinary year after year, but I never expected that one day even these ordinary days would disappear.
"Grandma, come out quickly, the firecrackers are setting off."
"There are also fireworks that Grandpa He bought in the capital. Come and see them."
Tong Huaqiong, who was homesick, was interrupted by the shouts of Maner and Yaozu.
Tong Huaqiong suppressed her sadness and walked to the corridor with a smile.
At this time, the sound of firecrackers began to be heard in the village.
"Grandma is here, we can set off firecrackers now. Uncle Lai Fu, please bring out the thousand-bang firecrackers." Hearing the sound of firecrackers from other families in the village, Maner said unwillingly.
Su Chengmin placed a plate of firecrackers with a capacity of one thousand bangs on the snow. Gu Jingzhe lit a fire stick from the kitchen and handed it to Su Chengmin. Su Chengmin aimed the spark at the fuse.
Suddenly, crackling sounds were heard in the Gu family's yard.
The children covered their ears.
The rising sparks illuminated the snow and everyone's face.
After the white smoke from the firecrackers dissipated, Su Chengmin began to set off fireworks.
"I'll come, I'll come."
Gu Taohua was in a playful mood and picked up a fire stick to light the fireworks.
Fireworks rose up one after another, exploding chrysanthemums, peach blossoms, and peonies in the air...
"What beautiful fireworks."
"Besides the flowers, there are also big fish."
Maner and Duoer clapped their hands and looked up at the sky.
The entire Qinghe Bay was attracted by the fireworks exploding in Tong Huaqiong's yard. Everyone walked out of their houses, stood in the yard and looked up.
It was the first time that fireworks were set off during the Chinese New Year in the entire Qinghe Bay. In the past, if people wanted to watch fireworks, they had to wait until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to go to the town.
The wealthy families in the town would set off fireworks at night, and sometimes you might not be able to catch them if you went too early or too late.
Now you can enjoy the fireworks in your own village.
Tong Huaqiong heard the cheers of the children outside and asked Gu Taohua and Su Chengmin to set off a few more fireworks.
Since it’s the New Year, let’s just add luster to the reunion atmosphere in the village.