Everyone is happy to get money and wishes the vacation could be longer.

After distributing the gift packages, the factory was closed and the workers had their holidays. They will return to work on the eighth day of the first lunar month next year.

After the holiday, everyone felt that the whole village was filled with joy.

On the 27th day of the first lunar month, Lu Chengcheng still went to social events. Her third aunt and grandmother took the children to the county town to buy New Year's goods. The bags, big and small, almost filled up Lu Chengcheng's house.

When Lu Chengcheng came back from a social event, she looked at the house full of things and seriously suspected that they had moved the supermarket back home.

Grandma said to Lu Chengcheng: "Chengcheng, your grandpa and cousin are coming over."

Lu Chengcheng asked: "When?"

Grandma looked at Lu Chengcheng and said, "The day after tomorrow, the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month."

Lu Chengcheng was very happy. It was Chinese New Year, and it was only when there were many people and it was lively that it was called Chinese New Year. "Why are you here to celebrate Chinese New Year all of a sudden?"

Grandma said softly: "The main reason is to celebrate the New Year with you, secondly to see your career, and thirdly to celebrate the New Year in the countryside. We haven't celebrated the New Year in the countryside yet."

Lu Chengcheng smiled and said, "Then I'll prepare rooms and toiletries for them."

Grandma pulled Lu Chengcheng and said, "No need. We can buy it after they come. Isn't there a canteen?"

Lu Chengcheng asked, "Are they used to using things from the canteen?"

Grandma said, "What's there to be unaccustomed to? Just use them. Don't think of them as being too spoiled."

Lu Chengcheng thought about it and said, "No, we still have to prepare. Otherwise, if we come here and there is nothing at home, wouldn't that be rude?"

Grandma smiled and said, "Chengcheng is really thoughtful. But you don't have to prepare it. I'll do it. You can focus on your own things. I won't delay you with these little things."

Lu Chengcheng said: "Let me prepare it myself. It will show my sincerity if I do it myself."

Grandma felt sorry for Lu Chengcheng: "Then I'll prepare with you."

Lu Chengcheng said: "Let's go to the county town to buy it tomorrow."

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Lu Chengcheng made careful preparations for the arrival of his grandfather and eldest cousin. His grandmother was very happy and kept buying things for Lu Chengcheng's family.

After preparing the necessary things, Lu Chengcheng went to do his own thing. Grandma was at home preparing things for the New Year with the third aunt, Lin Xiangyun and Lin Xianglu.

On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Lu Chengcheng would go to the village for a banquet.

Since she had to help out in the village, Lu Chengcheng did not attend any social events. She turned them down, saying they were not important, so she just put them off.

The pigs were slaughtered before daybreak and sent to the owner's house. After that, Lu Chengcheng didn't have to work anymore because she had already done the most important work.

Lu Chengcheng returned home, took out the leftover pork from the banquet to thaw it, then went to the chicken farm to catch a rooster and the rabbit farm to catch a rabbit, sent them to be killed, and then took them back home.

Go to the warehouse and get some chestnuts to make chestnut roast chicken for lunch.

Third aunt is quite good at cooking. Grandma has always been the eldest daughter and has been served by servants since she was a child. She doesn't know how to do housework at all, let alone cook, so Lu Chengcheng has to help her.

However, something unexpected happened. Lou Shaotang came and drove everyone out of the kitchen: "I will cook, you all go outside and have a rest."

Everyone looked at him blankly.

Lou Shaotang said: "I am quite good at cooking. Believe me, I won't let you down."

Lu Chengcheng said: "To be honest, you don't look like someone who can cook."

Lou Shaotang explained: "Cooking is one of my ways to relieve stress, so I cook often and I am a good cook."

He lives the life of an old cadre, he doesn't smoke, drink, socialize much, and leads an ascetic life, but everyone has stress, and his way of releasing stress is to cook.

Lu Chengcheng blinked twice: "Then I'll help you, Third Auntie, go and have a rest."

Lou Shaotang was overjoyed: "Okay."

So only Lu Chengcheng and Lou Shaotang were left in the kitchen.

Lu Chengcheng looked at Lou Shaotang and asked, "What are you going to cook for lunch?"

Lou Shaotang looked at the ingredients: "Chestnut roast chicken, double pepper rabbit, twice-cooked pork, boiled pork slices, sweet and sour spareribs, steamed pork with rice flour, steamed fish, stir-fried lettuce, tomato and egg soup, is that enough?"

Lu Chengcheng showed some surprise: "That's enough, that's enough, these are all delicious dishes, enough to eat, I didn't realize you are so good."

Lou Shaotang had been praised a lot since he was a child, but he didn't feel much pleasure. But when Lu Chengcheng praised him, he felt happy and said, "Okay, let's do this. You help me wash the vegetables and I'll start cutting them right away."

"Okay." Lu Chengcheng was not vague and started getting ready immediately.

At noon, grandma received a call saying that they would be there in more than an hour.

Grandma asked them to slow down because the mountain road was difficult to drive on.

An hour later, grandpa and cousin arrived. Lu Chengcheng came to the gate to greet them: "Grandpa, cousin."

Grandpa smiled and said, "Cheng Cheng."

The eldest cousin Qiao Yaojun came forward to hold Lu Chengcheng's shoulders and looked around: "Well, girls really change a lot when they grow up. They become more and more beautiful. The skin is so delicate and beautiful."

Lu Chengcheng smiled implicitly: "My cousin is really straightforward in praising people."

Qiao Yaojun patted Lu Chengcheng on the shoulder and said, "There's no such thing as being tactful when praising someone. If you want to praise someone, just do it openly. Besides, Chengcheng deserves my praise."

Grandma smiled and said, "You are right. Cheng Cheng is the best girl in our family."

Lu Chengcheng poured tea for Grandpa and Qiao Yaojun, then arranged a guest room for them so that they could rest and have half an hour to eat.

The two did not rest and wanted to go out for a walk. The countryside before them was very different from the countryside they knew and was very novel.

Grandma took them out.

Lu Chengcheng continued to go to the kitchen to help cook.

There was a burst of aroma coming from the kitchen. Lu Chengcheng smelled the aroma and enjoyed it: "I didn't expect your cooking skills are so good."

Lou Shaotang was modest again at this moment: "Not bad."

Lu Chengcheng laughed: "How come you are such a good cook as a soldier?"

Lou Shaotang explained the reason for cooking.

Lu Chengcheng understood: "It's really not easy to be a soldier." At this point, she suddenly thought of something, "Lou Shaotang, why hasn't your grandfather come yet?"

Lou Shaotang smiled and said, "Grandpa is chatting with an old soldier next door. He might be having a good time."

Lu Chengcheng knew about this: "Yes, there are one or two veterans in our village."

Lou Shaotang said: "He has been visiting them these past few days and they have been having quite a good chat."

Lu Chengcheng asked: "Lunch is almost ready, do you want to go and call the old man to eat?"

Lou Shaotang said: "I'll call him."

"No, I'll go and call him myself. I know where he is." Lu Chengcheng stopped Lou Shaotang, then took off her apron and went out.

Lu Chengcheng found Mr. Lou at an old soldier's house, called him, and then he went home with Lu Chengcheng.

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