Siheyuan: At the beginning, you can absorb good luck to stay alive.

After Mei Wenhua and his family returned home, they began to clean their house.

It’s just that my sister’s mind was all on papering the lanterns. Mei’s mother asked her to clean the windows with Mei Wenhua, but she wiped them a few times and ran away.

"Mom, the window is too high and my brother and I can't reach it. How about we put up the lantern first?"

"Can't you use your smart little head and think of a solution? See what your brother did?" Mei's mother put the prepared paste on the table.

At this time, Mei Wenhua moved the bench under the window and was cleaning the window carefully, not missing a blind spot.

However, the height is still a problem, and the high places are still out of reach, so I can only wait for Mei's mother to take action.

"It's not that my brother can't reach the high places, and it's useless even if there is a bench. Why don't you come over and lay lanterns with me!" My sister sat down at the table and started to do it.

Mother Mei watched her sister making lanterns and gave her guidance.

After my sister finished making a lantern, let her continue to make it by herself and come to the window.

"Hua'er, come down and let mom do the rest!"

"Okay, Mom, I can't reach the rest. Be careful when you stand on the bench." Mei Wenhua jumped down from the bench, washed the handkerchief, and handed it to Mei's mother.

Mei Wenhua was worried that her mother would not be able to stand firmly on the bench, so she carefully held the bench and waited for Mei's mother to clean all the windows.

After Mei's mother cleaned the windows, Mei Wenhua came to the table to lay out the lanterns.

My younger sister is really good at making lanterns. Mei Wenhua just helped her. The brother and sister cooperated. It didn’t take long to use up all the materials Mei’s mother bought to make lanterns. A total of six small lanterns were made.

"Mom, my brother and I have finished making all the lanterns. Are we good?" My sister took the finished lantern and ran to show off to Mei's mother.

"Awesome! Lan'er is the best. You made the lanterns quickly and beautifully!" Mei's mother gave a thumbs up to her sister.

"That's necessary. I'm good at papering lanterns!" My sister was happy and handed the lantern to Mei's mother, who couldn't wait to hang it up.

Mei Wenhua and his family were busy until noon, when they finally cleaned all the rooms and hung up all the lanterns.

"Mom, what will our family eat during the Chinese New Year?"

"Eat the same amount, but take out more. Make more today and prepare everything you need for the next three days."

After hearing what Mei's mother said, Mei Wenhua came to the kitchen and took out a piece of pork, about 10 pounds, followed by beef, mutton, a chicken, and a duck.

Then there are vegetables such as Chinese cabbage, eggplant, radish, and cucumber.

Finally, I took out the rice and noodles and filled the kitchen with them.

"Mom, are these enough? If not, I will take out some more."

"Enough, too much! Half is enough!" Mei's mother began to arrange the dishes, lifted the duck and handed it to Mei Wenhua, "Hua'er, put the duck away. Just stew a chicken for the New Year!"

Pork, beef, etc. were also cut in half by Mei's mother, and Mei Wenhua was asked to put away the half.

The vegetables didn't move.

"There's too much meat. Who can eat so much meat during the Chinese New Year? Save the rest for later."

"In our family, I have a lot of meat here. I can't finish it. I can't finish it at all! I can't finish even one piece of it!" Mei Wenhua said calmly.

Now that he's signed in, he can't finish thousands of kilograms of meat a day!

"You're throwing away a piece, don't waste food!" Mei's mother glared at Mei Wenhua angrily, and tapped Mei Wenhua's forehead with her finger.

"Now that we have food, we must know how to cherish it and not waste it. Every grain of food is hard-earned. If it is gone one day, it will be difficult to eat even one bite!"

"I got it, Mom, I'm just telling you! No food will be wasted!" Mei Wenhua assured immediately.

"That's about right." Mei's mother put away the vegetables and started cooking. She got 5 kilograms of rice, washed it, and soaked it in water.

The next step is to make noodles, prepare meat fillings, and make dumplings.

My sister also started making dumplings. Mei Wenhua didn't know how to do this, so she watched her mother and sister make dumplings.

"Mom, I feel hungry. When can we eat?"

"It's still early for New Year's Eve dinner! Why don't you eat something first to make up for it?"

"Let me get something to eat. There are still some dishes brought back from Master Liu's house!" Mei Wenhua volunteered.

"Okay! Hua'er, steam the buns and heat the vegetables. Be careful not to get burned!" Mei's mother nodded.

Mei Wenhua's movements were very quick and it didn't take long to finish it.

At this time, Mei's mother and sister also wrapped the dumplings, which were just ready to be eaten.

Mei Wenhua and his family are busy preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner, and they can still have a good meal at noon. Some families in the yard don't have such a good life.

At Qin Huairu's house at this time, Qin Huairu was leaning on a cane and also busy in the kitchen.

But instead of stewing meat or making dumplings, she was cooking polenta.

The three Banggeng brothers looked at the pot eagerly, their saliva flowing out.

"Mom, when can I eat? I'm so hungry!"

"Mom, I'm hungry too! I've been growling for a long time!"

"Mom, how about we fry the hanging meat and eat it?"

"It will be ready soon, don't worry!" Qin Huairu blew into the pot, "Save the meat for dinner at night. Our family only has this one pound of meat, so we will cook it all for you during the Chinese New Year."

The pound of meat hanging in the kitchen was bought by Qin Huairu with money borrowed from the uncle.

Ever since Si Zhu was arrested, the only person Qin Huairu could borrow money from was an old man.

But the old man only borrowed two yuan when he borrowed money. Without Fuzhu being so generous, he could borrow five yuan casually!

This made Qin Huairu miss the time when Silly Zhu was around even more.

It's a pity that Shazhu made a fool of himself and was sentenced to prison. It will take several years for him to be released. This makes Qin Huairu even more worried about the future.

"Damn Qin Huairu, look how greedy my precious grandson is? Can't you cook meat for him? Are you going to wait for my precious grandson to starve to death before you are willing to eat it!" Jia Zhang said towards him Qin Huairu cursed.

Hearing Jia Zhang's scolding, Qin Huairu raised his head and glanced at the small piece of meat hanging.

We only have a little meat at home, but now that we have eaten it, there won’t even be any meat in the New Year’s Eve dinner!

After looking at the children, Qin Huairu pretended not to hear what Jia Zhang said. She decided that the fried meat was not enough for a few chopsticks, so she should chop it all into meat fillings and add more cabbage to make dumplings. !

In this way, Xiaodang and Sophora japonica may still taste a little meaty flavor!

"Why are you silent and mute? I asked you to go out this morning to find a way to get some money, but you didn't get the money and you pretended to be injured when you came back. You are the only one who can injure yourself during the Chinese New Year!"

When Qin Huairu didn't answer, Jia Zhang cursed even louder!

"It's Chinese New Year, no matter where I go to get money, no one is willing to lend it!" Qin Huairu couldn't help but burst into tears. When will this day end?