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After a few days of busy work for the New Year, it is finally the New Year's Eve.

The house was cleaned a few days ago, and all the New Year's goods are ready.Tao Ran took out various fruit plates, two plates filled with candy, and various melon seeds and fruits.

The custom in Yuanshan is to have a sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner at night and a simple noodle dish at noon.

But in Tao Ran's family, all three members of the family are foodies, and even ordinary noodles can be made extremely delicious.With the chicken soup boiled in the morning, the hand-rolled wide noodles, fresh wild vegetables, and the chili oil made from the peppers watered by Shennong Spring, the taste is great.

Tao Ran ate two large bowls in one go, still feeling a little unsatisfied.But the New Year's Eve dinner at night usually starts earlier, Tao Ran thinks about the big dinner at night, so he controls himself not to eat too much.

He has one important task today, which is to boil the paste.Taoyuan Village usually makes their own paste to paste Spring Festival couplets. Although the village canteen sells glue, the people in Taoyuan Village don’t like to use it.

And they all have their own recipes for making the paste, which is just right for making the paste neither thin nor thick.Tao Ran is also good at this. He helped Tao Shengwen when he was a child, especially when he was full, this job was completely handed over to Tao Ran.

What I want to post today is not only the Spring Festival couplets on the door, but the past few nights have nothing to do. The three members of the Tao family are watching TV and eating barbecue.Later, Tian Yuxia had a whim, and went to a distant mountain to buy red paper and cut out window grilles.Tian Yuxia doesn't have too many tricks, just a few simple ones, and now Tao Ran has pasted them on the window, which looks great.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, you can hear the sound of firecrackers in the village, which means that your family is going to have a New Year's Eve dinner.

"The city has also issued a notice this year. No firecrackers can be set off in the urban area. Sooner or later it will be our turn." Tao Shengwen chatted with a group of middle-aged and elderly people on his mobile phone, and sighed when he heard the sound of firecrackers, "It's still a good idea not to let firecrackers go off." Chinese New Year, the taste of the new year is getting weaker and weaker now, far worse than when we were young."

Before Tao Ran could speak, Tian Yuxia took over the conversation directly: "How can it be compared to before? We used to look forward to eating something good during the Chinese New Year. Now? Look at the chicken, duck and fish hanging on our wall. We usually have the money to buy what we want to eat, so what else can we look forward to during the Chinese New Year?"

"Why not? Family reunions, mutual visits, and the Spring Festival Gala." Tao Ran said with a smile.

"The Spring Festival Gala is getting uglier every year. I remember that last year's skit was not interesting. This year, let's watch the Spring Festival Gala when you two watch the New Year together. I'll go to bed early, or else the firecrackers will go off after twelve o'clock." I can't sleep because of the noise." Tian Yuxia picked up a baked orange and peeled it carefully.

It's cold now, and she doesn't want to eat fruit, because she always feels too cold, so she only eats the baked ones.

Looking at the time, it was almost five o'clock, Tian Yuxia stood up, ready to start cooking.Tao Ran was going to help, but was called back by Tian Yuxia.

There were only three people in total, and Tian Yuxia prepared five dishes and two pots. The two pots were stewed fish head and stewed chicken with potatoes. These two pots were stewed by Tao Shengwen early in the morning, and Tian Yuxia didn't need to deal with them.

As for the five dishes, two of them are related to Li Tingzhou.One is the directly cured sausage sent by Li Tingzhou. Tian Yuxia has already steamed it in the pot, so just take it out when the time comes.There is also the sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root that Li Tingzhou taught Tian Yuxia. He remembered that Tao Ran liked to eat this dish. He taught Tian Yuxia a lesson during the past few days in Taoyuan Village, and gave them a portion of sweet-scented osmanthus that he had prepared. .

It has to be said that according to Li Tingzhou's teaching, Tian Yuxia quickly learned the essence of this dish.Osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus root are sweet but not greasy, soft and delicious. Even Tao Shengwen can eat several pieces if he says he doesn't like it, let alone Tian Yuxia, who likes sweets.

The remaining three dishes are fried meat with celery, stir-fried lettuce and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.These vegetables are all from Taoyuan Village, so the taste goes without saying.After eating eggs from Aunt Chunmei's house, scrambled eggs with tomatoes became Tao Ran's family's favorite.

Of course, the three of them couldn't finish eating so much, so Tian Yuxia planned to fry less.As for the vegetables, Tao Ran and Tao Shengwen had already washed them in the morning, and now they can be easily fried without any help.

Today's potato stewed chicken tastes very good. In contrast, the taste of fish head soup is a bit eclipsed.Potatoes and chicken are both produced in Taoyuan Village, but there is no fish in Taoyuan Village.

The fish head stewed today is a local big fish specially bought by Tao Shengwen. After raising it with Shennong spring water for a few days at home, I used Shennong spring water to stew the fish head soup today. It tastes good.

The stewed fish soup is to have "fish" every year, and the second is to use these fish soups to make fish jelly.The thorns on the fish head are very large. Use a dense colander to sieve both sides, and the fish pond will be cleaned.In the winter temperature of Taoyuan Village, this fish head soup only needs to be left in the living room overnight, and it will turn into fish jelly.

Carefully remove the solidified oil on the upper layer, cut the remaining fish jelly into small pieces, and pour over toppings made of white vinegar, chili oil, garlic juice, etc.Dig with a small spoon, the fish jelly dangles on the spoon, like jelly.Putting it in the mouth, it feels icy cold and melts in the mouth, which is also Tao Ran's favorite.

Every time he ate his favorite food, Tao Ran would praise them as his favorite, and he was very playful.

After a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, Tao Shengwen went out alone to visit the elderly in the village.This is not a custom, it should be a rule that Taoyuan Village consciously abides by. When Tao Shengwen gets older, it will be Tao Ran's turn to visit.

Once Tao Shengwen left, only Tian Yuxia and Tao Ran were at home, and the room was really deserted.As it was getting dark, Tao Ran turned on all the lights in the house. They pay attention to the fact that the New Year's lights should be on all night.

"Bang!" Someone started to set off fireworks.The fireworks started to bloom, and different fireworks appeared in the sky one after another.

The villagers in Taoyuan are not short of money anymore. Almost every family has bought fireworks, and Tao Ran's family is no exception.Tao Ran took the big fireworks bought by his home outside the house, and after seeing that it was far away from Taoshan, he lit them with peace of mind.

Hearing that there are fireworks here, many children ran over.Seeing these children holding lanterns and smiling carefreely, Tao Ran took out various small fireworks from the house and distributed them to the children, and even played with them.

When the fireworks gradually stopped, Tian Yuxia went upstairs to sleep, Tao Shengwen also returned home, and watched the Spring Festival Gala with Tao Ran.

Tao Ran discovered that his father also had a talent for complaining, and his desire to complain on TV was particularly strong.Tao Ran is busy sending various New Year greetings in various groups on his mobile phone, and grabbing red envelopes and bonuses.

The dormitory group is also very lively. The boss met his parents with his girlfriend a few days ago, and his whole person has become different. He would occasionally urge them to find a girlfriend as soon as possible.The second child lived with his parents at home. During the Spring Festival, he did not forget to enrich himself and felt that he was always studying. Compared with him, Tao Ran felt that he was too decadent.

As for the old Si Liyuan, he was celebrating the New Year at his grandfather's house, and he even took a family portrait. He didn't let his hair out, but he sent it to the dormitory group.

Tao Ran saw Li Tingzhou who was still conspicuous in a family with good looks at a glance, and the photo was a big table meal, which seemed to be Li Tingzhou's craftsmanship.

While Tao Ran was holding his mobile phone in a daze, the countdown started on the TV, and it was twelve o'clock so soon.Tao Shengwen got up and took out the firecrackers and walked out the door. The firecrackers needed to be lit after twelve o'clock, which represented the beginning of a new year.

Tao Ran didn't go out with him, but sent a small video to Li Tingzhou at the last second of the countdown.At the same time, Tao Ran also received a New Year's greeting from the other party.Tao Ran put away his mobile phone and prepared to go back to bed early.

The sound of firecrackers in the village is one after another. The time for setting off firecrackers in this village is early and late. Some people like to sleep before setting off firecrackers, but the latest is after five o'clock. , there will always be firecrackers ringing, that is, Tao Ran's house is on the edge of the village, and the sound heard is relatively small, but Tian Yuxia is a light sleeper, she knew that she could not sleep well in the second half of the night, so she gave up the night watch and went up first Go to sleep.

Don't think that it will be fine until five o'clock. After the firecrackers are set off, it's time for the children to get up.Why wake up so early, carry a bag to visit every household, say a few auspicious blessings, and get all kinds of candy.

Some people will get up early, open the door, the candies and fruits are ready, and they are waiting for these children to come to visit the New Year.Tao Shengwen is one of them. He likes this tradition of New Year's greetings. He will get up early to open the door, and he will give each child a lot of candies. Children in the village like to come here.

Tao Ran remembered that when he was very young, he made a fuss about going to New Year's greetings, so Tao Shengwen asked an older child in the village to take him with him.Tao Ran clearly remembered that the snow was thick and slippery that time, and he kept wrestling while walking on the road, but he still insisted on going to pay New Year's greetings.

Tao Ran still remembers that he couldn't sleep because of too much anticipation, and he also wondered whether to go out to pay New Year's greetings or stay at home to watch the finale of Digimon. Those have become unforgettable memories of his childhood.

He is very happy that this custom has not disappeared with the passage of time, at least Taoyuan Village still exists.Looking at these cute children, Tao Ran gave them an orange and an apple.

Tao Ran found that it seemed that these children were not only from Taoyuan Village, but also from Nantian Village, which was really remarkable.Although Nantian Village is next to Taoyuan Village, it is still a little distance to walk there. These children have come here to pay New Year's greetings. It is estimated that some children from Taoyuan Village also went to Nantian Village.

Usually at eight o'clock in the morning, the New Year's greetings don't end, and it's time to have breakfast at this time.On the first day of the new year, of course I ate dumplings in the morning. Pork with scallions, pork with celery, fennel pork, and leek eggs. Tian Yuxia had already made dumplings of various flavors and frozen them in the refrigerator.

Among these dumplings there is also a special dumpling with a coin inside, which will bring fortune to whoever eats it in the new year.

After Tian Yuxia wrapped the dumpling, she didn't make any marks.Just put this dumpling in the outermost refrigerator drawer, guaranteed to be ready for cooking this morning.

Therefore, the three members of the Tao family didn't know who would eat this lucky dumpling, and they all ate carefully, for fear of accidentally breaking their teeth.