Sixty-year-old only child: The system taught me how to become rich

Today is New Year's Eve, and the women of the Gu family got up early in the morning to prepare for the reunion dinner in the evening.

She wanted to eat something good during the New Year. He Chunlan gritted her teeth and finally decided to kill one of the hens at home and prepare fried chicken.

This is an authentic farmhouse recipe. Cut the chicken into small pieces, add pepper, onion, ginger, garlic and other seasonings, and stir-fry over high heat to maintain the tenderness of the chicken.

But it was still early, so He Chunlan first directed his eldest daughter-in-law Liu Chunyan to boil a pot of hot water. Then he went to the chicken pen, grabbed a hen with quick eyes and quick hands, wiped the hen's neck with a knife, and used a basin to catch the blood that was released.

By the time this series of actions was completed, Liu Chunyan's hot water had already boiled. She poured the hot water into a large wooden basin and carried it to the yard. Liu Chunyan deliberately filled only two-thirds of the water to prevent herself from being scalded.

He Chunlan put the killed chicken into the hot water, then lifted its neck to let the part in the water out of the water. The chicken was still very hot at this time, but He Chunlan was used to doing the job, and her hands had a thick layer of calluses.

She plucked out her hair without fear of being burned. Her hands were red from the heat and she had to take a rest from time to time. It took a long time to finish plucking the feathers of this chicken.

After plucking the feathers and cutting the chicken into pieces, she washed her hands and prepared to make lunch. Although the evening meal is more important, you also need to eat at noon.

However, because of the evening meal, He Chunlan made the lunch meal simpler. I simply steamed sweet potato rice, fried vegetables and eggplant, and the portion was not large.

But no one had any objections, everyone in the team did it this way. And it’s winter now, I don’t work much, so it doesn’t matter if I eat less. The most important thing is the New Year's Eve dinner. Everyone is waiting for that meal in the evening.

It’s not like everyone else did nothing this morning. They all swept the floor and wiped it inside and out. After all, New Year’s Eve is about getting rid of the old and welcoming the new.

Gu Daquan also took out the red paper he bought at the commune and asked Gigi Gigi to write a few couplets on the spot. The Gu family's handwriting is average. Gu Xian's handwriting is pretty good, but his calligraphy is really average.

In previous years, everyone in the team would ask Uncle Seven to write couplets. The seventh uncle is already very old. He went to a private school before the founding of the People's Republic of China. Unfortunately, the imperial examination was canceled before he could take the examination.

Although the seventh uncle has no fame, he has been writing calligraphy for many years, and his calligraphy skills are quite good. That’s why everyone doesn’t like to go to the commune and buy ready-made ones. They like to ask others to write them.

But since Gigi Lai came, the Gu family no longer asks Uncle Seven to write. Because Gigi Gigi's calligraphy is also very good. Everyone doesn't understand calligraphy, and I don't know which one is better, Gigi Lai or Uncle Qi. I just know that both of them write beautifully and are pleasing to the eye.

Gigi Lai learned calligraphy from her grandfather and father. Scholars at that time of her grandfather liked to use calligraphy with calligraphy, so her grandfather's calligraphy was very good.

It also comes from family education. Li Yuzhu studied with her grandfather since she was a child, and then Gigi Lai also studied with her grandfather for several years.

Unfortunately, due to the war, Gigi Lai's grandparents passed away when Gigi Lai was a few years old. After that, Gigi Lai studied with Li Yuzhu.

While Gigi Lai was writing Spring Festival couplets, Zhang Pandi and Fang Xiaohong put up window grilles in various places at home. The window grilles were cut a few days ago. Every woman in the village knows how to cut them. It's just a matter of whether they are skilled or not.

Fang Xiaohong's craftsmanship is superb, and she cut all the complicated ones. The cuts are all lifelike and beautiful.

When I was cutting window grilles a few days ago, young girls and women from the team would come to get advice from time to time.

Li Zi finished writing the couplets, Gu Xian applied the mixed paste on them, and then stood on the ladder to paste the couplets. Gu Daquan was standing below giving instructions, reminding him from time to time that he was posting it crookedly.

After dinner, although it is not yet evening, the children can't wait. A few older children pestered the adults to break some firecrackers for them to play with.

The adults really couldn't help but thought that today was New Year's Eve, so they just wanted to let the children have fun, so they agreed.

At this moment, several older children took the dismantled small firecrackers and ran out to play with their friends, and the younger children followed.

Although the adults strictly prohibited them from playing with firecrackers, they were afraid that they would blow up themselves. But they couldn't help but follow their brothers and sisters and watch them play.

Gu Ning also went with him today. Children always like to play with older children. Seeing that they were playing near home and going with their brothers and sisters, and because they really couldn't leave today, Gigi agreed.

Not to mention other people, it is common for the eldest to take care of the younger ones in the team, so parents have nothing to worry about. Children are very strong-skinned, while adults are free-spirited. No one thinks there's anything wrong with this, after all, they all grew up like this.

It was the first time he went out without an adult. Gu Ning was very excited and watched the older children set off firecrackers.

Although he had been prepared after everyone's reminder, Gu Ning was still startled when the firecrackers sounded.

However, seeing the happy faces of the people around her, she was also infected. She quickly put aside her fear of the sound of firecrackers and joined the applauding team.

All afternoon, everyone had a great time. After all the firecrackers brought by everyone were set off, we started playing games together. Boys and girls were divided into two teams.

As a girl, Gu Ning naturally plays with her sisters. They drink wine at home. Of course, some younger boys also played along.

This is the favorite game of the girls in the village, everyone wants to be the bride. So a few older children discussed it, and they took turns being the bride. As for the little brats like Gu Ning, they would be the children, best man, bridesmaid and other supporting roles.

Those who were arranged didn’t have any objections, as long as someone took them to play. Gu Ning was really too young, so she spent the whole afternoon as a nurse, and she only had to obey the orders of a few older children.

They played for a long time, until the smell of food gradually came from the village, and the children couldn't wait to go back. Normally, they wouldn't necessarily go back.

But today is different. Today is New Year's Eve, and we have a New Year's Eve dinner. They have all seen the preparations made by the adults in the past few days. They all know how rich the New Year's Eve dinner is, so they can't wait to go back when they smell the aroma.

Of course, the Gu family's children are no exception.

When I got home, the meal was almost ready. The chicken has been fried, and He Chunlan also made the egg dumplings that are almost always included in the New Year's Eve dinner.

Egg dumplings are made with a skin fried in egg liquid, wrapped with pork filling, rolled up, and fried into something a bit like spring rolls. Every household here will cook this dish during the Chinese New Year as long as they have the conditions.