After the banquet started, the table was filled with rich dishes, the aroma was overflowing, and the guests raised their glasses to toast, and laughter and joy were heard one after another.

Liu's father and Lin Weizhong also specially arranged some programs to liven up the party, including wonderful performances by folk artists and songs and dances organized by the villagers on a village basis to celebrate the newlyweds. The whole dam was filled with joy and harmony.

The most eye-catching thing in this wedding is the school that is about to be built.

The villagers came to ask Liu's father and his party how much the tuition fee was, who were the teachers, and whether they could send their children to the school.

Father Liu answered all the questions one by one. Of course, they could accept children from nearby villages. As for the teacher, it had not been decided yet. At least they had to invite a scholar to teach the children. As for the other courses, they would know their specific uses only after they put them into practice. It was useless for him to explain for a long time.

As night fell, the guests gradually dispersed and the wedding banquet gradually came to an end.

The newlyweds held hands and slowly walked into their new home amid everyone's blessings, starting their new life together.

A few days after the wedding banquet, it was New Year’s Eve.

There is no fleeing from famine this year, and no blood-sucking monsters.

Business is back on track this year. The drought is over and the crops in the fields have a good harvest.

After paying taxes, the industries in the county conducted a year-end accounting. Both agricultural and commercial taxes were not low, and after deducting some expenses and next year's working capital, the remaining money was still acceptable.

Father Liu took out a portion of the money and distributed dividends to each family in proportion.

Every household had at least a hundred taels of extra money. Although this amount of money was not much for a wealthy family, it was enough for ordinary people to have a good New Year.

In the twelfth lunar month, three big fat pigs were slaughtered for wedding banquets. Now two big fat pigs are slaughtered for the New Year. They are used to smoke bacon, make braised meat, and stuff sausages. The meat is stored so that there is no shortage of meat throughout the New Year.

Normally, every household cooks their own food, but on New Year’s Eve, Liu’s father gathered everyone together for a reunion dinner, and everyone agreed.

Starting from the twelfth lunar month, every household prepares a lot of hometown delicacies according to their own New Year preferences.

Fried meatballs, fried crispy meat, fried fish, making dumplings, making buns, braised meat, smoked bacon, sausage, cured pork ribs, etc...

On the morning of New Year's Eve, Lin Weizhong brought back a large cart of goods from the provincial capital, including a bucket of grass carp and crucian carp, some uncommon apples and bananas, and some seafood from the east.

Lin Weizhong also used his connections to get a large amount of beef and mutton today. Beef is a rare commodity. Only at the end of the year will the official grain shops slaughter and sell the cows. The cows are so old that they cannot be used for plowing the fields.

Liu Caiyun brought some fresh tofu made by her mother-in-law, as well as some braised tofu, dried tofu skin, and sprouted bean sprouts. Soybeans alone could be used to make several kinds of food.

As soon as Liu Xiaolu got up, Liu Caiyun called her to Liu's father's house to eat tofu pudding.

Liu Xiaolu loves to eat salty tofu pudding, which she puts in some chopped pickles, peanuts, chopped green onions, and chili oil. She can eat two big bowls of it early in the morning.

"Xiao Lu, don't eat too spicy food so early in the morning. And you're eating so much!" Liu Caixia couldn't help but remind her to be careful not to hurt her stomach.

Liu Xiaolu didn't care about her mother's nagging. She finished one bowl and went into the kitchen to get a second bowl. At least there was no chili in the second bowl.

Liu Caixia ignored her.

Fang Chenxi and Fang Chenhao, brother and sister, were also arranged by Liu's father to eat at home or at the farm in front. It was indeed troublesome for the two of them to cook for themselves. They had hardly cooked in modern times, so they could only do odd jobs.

Fang Chenxi served her brother a bowl of tofu pudding with sugar in it: "You eat sweet tofu pudding. When you grow up, you can eat the spicy tofu pudding that Sister Xiaolu eats."

Fang Chenhao didn't care because there was tofu pudding to eat today. Father Liu called people from other families and some adults didn't come. The children all liked to play together. At this time, all the children at the table, the younger ones, were eating sweet tofu pudding.

The sweet tofu pudding is also delicious, as well as the scallion pancakes that grandma makes in the morning.

After eating, the children rushed out to play.

Liu Xiaolu now also plays with them, although it is not appropriate for her to play with boys everywhere at her age in this dynasty, but no one here cares so much.

Liu Caixia hopes that the children in her family can get rid of their previous experiences and have a happy and beautiful childhood.

Liu's mother, Liu Caixia and Liu Caiyun were preparing the New Year's Eve dinner at the farm. The three of them cooked themselves, and the maids in the house helped them.

The kitchen is steaming hot, with the symphony of pots and pans rising and falling, creating a festive atmosphere.

Mother Liu skillfully stir-fried the dish in the pot. It was her specialty, the braised pork, which was bright red in color and had a fragrant aroma.

While stir-frying, she also did not forget to instruct the women around her on how to control the heat and seasoning, passing on her years of cooking experience.

Liu Caixia was busy making dumplings. She put the kneaded dough on the chopping board and skillfully rolled out the dumpling skins as thin as cicada wings.

Caiyun was mixing the dumpling filling on the side. Fresh pork, cabbage and chopped green onions were skillfully blended together in her hands, exuding an enticing aroma.

While making dumplings, the two chatted about family matters and laughed happily from time to time.

"Caixia, your dumplings are getting better and better." Liu's mother praised.

"It's all because of my mother's good teaching."

Liu Caixia responded with a smile, without stopping her hands. Liu Caixia didn't cook very often before, and basically it was Liu Caiyun who cooked for the three of them.

Liu Caiyun is responsible for stewing some soups. She carefully adds various ingredients into the pot and adjusts the heat to ensure that every soup tastes the best.

As time went by, delicious dishes were placed on the table one after another.

There are Liu's mother's braised pork, Liu Caixia's leek and pork dumplings, Liu Caiyun's chicken soup, as well as steamed fish, braised lion's head, sweet and sour spare ribs, stewed beef with radish, fried fish, fried crispy meat, fried meatballs and other delicacies.

As time went by, everyone else also came to the farm with the food they cooked at home. The farm was very big, so it was not a problem to set up ten tables in the yard. It would not be convenient to set up the New Year's Eve dinner in the open air on the dam.

Each family prepared similar things. Liu Qianxue and Sun Yaqing made a lot of snacks and tried to make cream. They used their connections to get some milk and goat's milk to make whipped cream themselves. The taste was okay, but it was too complicated to make.

Gao Damei served rabbit meat. The roasted rabbits made by their family tasted very good. They roasted about ten rabbits in one afternoon, and there was just enough space for one roasted rabbit on each table.

Qi Xin came to the farm early to help out.

The whole village is filled with a strong flavor of the New Year.

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