The whole village is fleeing famine, fortunately I have a concubine system

"Thank you, aunt."

Seeing that Qian Guixiang felt a little embarrassed, Old Lady Wang grabbed a handful and put it in Qian Guixiang's hand.

"What are you thanking me for? We are from the same village. Come and play if you have nothing to do.

Daya just loves playing with you."

Qian Guixiang held the melon seeds in her hands, which were about to overflow.

He nodded hurriedly, fearing that if he ordered too slowly, Old Lady Wang would grab another handful.

Daya heard the sound and ran out. When she saw Qian Guixiang, she rushed up to hug her.

"Xiangxiang, come and play with me!"

Qian Guixiang quickly shook her head at Daya, fearing that Daya would rush over and spill the melon seeds in her hand.

Fortunately, Daya stopped when she was one step away from Qian Guixiang.

Then he moved a stool and sat next to Qian Guixiang.

"Aunt, is my aunt at home? Can I ask her for help?"

"My dear, my dear. Come out quickly. Lai Tou is looking for you."

Xiaomi responded and walked out of the house.

"What do you want from me?" Qian Laitou saw Xiaomi, took out the red paper in his hand, and said to Xiaomi with a smile:

"Hey, little aunt, I want you to write a couplet for my family."

Xiaomi's eyes widened and she pointed at herself: "Me? Writing couplets?"

Qian Lai Tou nodded affirmatively.

Xiaomi thought about his poor handwriting and said to Qian Laitou, "I can't do it. I'm only three and a half years old. How can I write a couplet?"

When Qian Lai Tou heard what Xiaomi said, he scratched his head in embarrassment.

In his opinion, Xiaomi knows everything, but he didn't expect that he couldn't write Spring Festival couplets.

Old Mrs. Wang couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Then the whole Wang family was filled with laughter.

Xiaomi also found it funny and started laughing too.

In the end, when Qian Laitou left, he still took away a pair of written Spring Festival couplets.

Xiaomi hired external help—Wang Chengzi—to write it.

After Wang Chengzi gave Qian Lai Tou the letter, he also wrote about his own family.

He used the brush and inkstone that Xiaomi gave him.

As everyone finished writing the Spring Festival couplets, the New Year seemed to be approaching.

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"No, move it to the middle. It's crooked again. Hey, Wang Chengzi, come down. I'll put it on myself."

Early in the morning of that day, Wang Zhuzi was grabbed by Old Lady Wang.

I carried a ladder and stood at the door to paste Spring Festival couplets, and the paste used to paste the couplets was made of glue.

Paste it on the back of the Spring Festival couplets and then stick it on the door.

Wang Chengzi was being directed by Old Lady Wang and didn't know how to paste it.

It took a long time before it was finally posted the way Grandma Wang wanted.

Zhang Xing'er and Zhao Lishui were already busy in the kitchen.

Busy cooking and making dumplings.

First of all, fish is indispensable, which means abundance every year.

There are also pork meatballs and whole chickens.

The last dish is dumplings, which are indispensable in every household.

This time, Old Lady Wang invested even more money and made white flour dumplings with pure meat filling.

The greedy children were drooling.

When Zhao Lishui saw this, she grabbed a handful of meatballs and gave them to them.

Then he sent them all away.

In the evening, I cooked a whole table of dishes.

"Goudan, go and ask Boss Zhou to come over for dinner."

Old Mrs. Wang called out to Goudan, who was drooling at the food on the table.

Goudan reluctantly turned his eyes away from the food, said "Oh", and ran quickly to the next room.

After knocking on the door next door a few times, Boss Zhou opened it.

Goudan saw that his room was dark, without a single ray of light.

Boss Zhou said in a muffled voice, "Goudan, what's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

"My grandma asked you to come to my house for dinner."

Boss Zhou shook his head: "I won't go. It's too troublesome."

Just as Goudan was about to speak again, Old Lady Wang’s voice came from next door: “You two, come here quickly.

Goudan, if you can't call Boss Zhou, then don't come back."

Goudan looked at Boss Zhou helplessly and shrugged.

"Oh, just come on. I've been waiting for you."

After saying that, he took Boss Zhou's arm and walked towards Wang's house.

During this time, he did not forget to close the door for Boss Zhou.

Seeing that Old Lady Wang was determined, Boss Zhou reluctantly went into the Wang family.

"Grandma Wang, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"Stop talking nonsense. You call me Grandma Wang, so can't I treat you to a meal?"

After that, he pointed to the seat next to Wang Chengzi and said to Boss Zhou: "Just sit next to Chengzi. Just treat it like your own home."

Old Wang placed a few pillars in the middle of the yard and set them on fire.

After the bamboo burns, it makes a crackling sound, which is considered as setting off firecrackers.

After the show, he walked into the main hall and sat down in the main seat.

"Let's all eat."

After saying that, he picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and took a bite.

Then everyone started eating. Boss Zhou, who was sitting next to Wang Chengzi, also started eating.

"Eat meat. What's so delicious about cabbage?" Old Mrs. Wang muttered, then stood up and picked up a chicken leg for Boss Zhou.

Then he put another chicken leg into Xiaomi's bowl.

Xiaomi ate the chicken leg in the bowl and looked at the whole family with a happy face.

"The dumplings are here. Freshly-made white flour dumplings."

After just a few bites, the dumplings were ready again.

A big pot of dumplings was served on the table steaming hot.

Old Mrs. Wang first served a few to Xiaomi, and then served a full bowl to Old Man Zhou.

The others waited until Old Lady Wang had finished serving their food and then started to serve themselves.

"Huh?" Daya spat out the contents of her mouth in confusion.

When he saw it was a copper coin, he held it up happily and said to others, "Look, I got a copper coin."

"Oh, it's true. That means Daya will have good luck for the whole next year."

"Yes, yes, yes, we are lucky."

The family ate the New Year's Eve dinner while chatting and laughing, and then cleared the table.

Another brazier was moved into the main room for heating.

Next to it were peanuts and melon seeds fried by Old Lady Wang, as well as other fried snacks such as dates and walnuts.

They gathered together, talking, eating and keeping watch.

Xiaomi originally planned to keep watch, but the child gets sleepy very quickly. He was still talking one second, and fell asleep on Zhang Xing'er's lap the next.

Zhang Xing'er picked up Xiaomi and brought her back into the house.

He then took off Xiaomi's coat and shoes, and then covered her with a blanket.

Then he gently kissed Xiaomi's chubby cheek.

He squeezed Xiaomi's little hand again and then walked out.

After the family and Boss Zhou kept watch all night, they all went back to sleep.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, just after dawn, Xiaomi's door was banged on.

"My dear, my dear. Hurry up and get up. It's time to go to pay New Year's greetings."

Xiaomi lay in bed, still feeling cold, and tucked her head back into the quilt.

The quilt was made by Old Lady Wang with new cotton wadding, and it had just been dried in the sun during the day.

It was warm inside and she didn't feel cold at all. Xiaomi lay inside and didn't want to get up at all.

"Happy New Year, Tuanzi!"

"Happy New Year, Xiaomi!"