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Because Guangdan and Lin Xiaoniu were making jokes on the side, this little abnormality of Gouwei did not attract much attention from the family. Of course, these could not be hidden from the eyes of the old mother Fang Cuihua.

Fang Cuihua, who knew her eldest son's little thoughts very well, pretended to know nothing. She even thought that it was best for boys to encounter some setbacks when they were young, because without tempering, they could not become adults.

On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, the family began to prepare New Year's goods. Although the house was basically fully stocked, these pastries and candies were all brought back by Lin Xiaoniu from the county town.

But on this day, Lin Daniu and his brothers carefully divided these things into many portions. These were to be taken out for New Year's greetings in the first month of the lunar year, so they were sorted out one by one.

In addition to cakes and candies, people who are well-off will also bring a piece of meat when paying New Year's greetings here, so the Lin family's pork is cut into pieces according to weight and kept aside to be taken to visit relatives during the first month of the year.

Cao Lian took the women in the family to start preparing New Year's goods in the kitchen. These New Year's goods are the food for the first month of the New Year. As it is the most important festival of the year, the ingredients are naturally more abundant.

This is also the day that the children look forward to the most. The small kitchen is packed tightly, which makes Fang Cuihua angry from time to time. But during the Chinese New Year, the children are also more tough. After all, according to the old rules, children are not beaten during the Chinese New Year!

This year, Cao Lian's New Year menu was very rich. She got up early in the morning and first cut some lean meat with Fang Cuihua. Then Fang Cuihua chopped half a basin of fat and lean meat. After finishing all this, she took out the fat fish frozen in the yard.

These fish were pulled out of the river by Gouwei earlier and had been frozen in an ice hole on the eaves. Now they were taken out and put in warm water to thaw.

"Mom, what are we going to do with the fish?" Goumaoer asked, slurping his saliva and staring at the fish on the chopping board eagerly.

Cao Lian glanced at her son who had turned into a greedy little cat with amusement and said, "Coat the fish with flour and fry it in oil."

When Gou Maoer heard that it was fried in oil, the saliva in his mouth seemed even more uncontrollable, and the little guy seemed to have his eyes on the stove.

Erya and Taohua helped on the side. After the fish and meat were processed, Cao Lian began to add seasonings and marinate them. By the time everything was marinated, it was already mid-morning.

Guangdan sat under the stove and stretched his head to ask: "What are we going to have for lunch? These have to be fried this afternoon, right?"

"Well, these will be more flavorful if marinated for a while longer. Your mother is kneading the dough. We're going to fry the fried dough sticks later. You each will be full after eating a little at noon. I'll also cook a fish head soup. That's it for lunch." After Cao Lian arranged lunch, she went back to her work.

It is too late to prepare food when guests come during the first month of the lunar year, so the fish and meat in the house are basically prepared in advance. In the past, they were stewed and kept aside. Because the temperature here is low, there is no such thing as spoilage or staleness.

But the conditions are different this year, so Cao Lian simply fried some things as Guangdan suggested, such as fried crispy pork, fried meatballs, and fried fish.

Of course, this practice makes the old lady at home feel distressed, because this is all oil, all oil that can be sold for money! !

The old lady thought that out of sight, out of mind, so she just stayed in the main room with the baby and didn't even want to come over to take a look.

"Just keep making trouble for these spendthrifts like your mother! You little girl, all you know is how to laugh!! And laugh! Hehehe!" The little old lady, who used to be unhappy when she saw her granddaughter, was now pinching Yaya's little nose and laughing happily.

Next to her was Mrs. Wu's granddaughter, who was playing with her hands. The little girl was called Ping'an, which was the name she had been given these days. Mrs. Wu hoped that the child would grow up safely.

Xiao Ping'an now follows sister Yaya every day. He seems to be more attached to Yaya than to his own sister. I don't know if it's because they are of similar age.

Guangdan came out for a walk and saw that his grandmother was in a good mood. He played with the baby for a while and then was called to the study by Goudan.

Because at that time Goudan was still teaching his elder brother in the study. What Goudan had to do was to teach his elder brother all the basic arithmetic knowledge taught by the master, and also to teach his elder brother to read on a daily basis.

Although Gouwei had attended a private school for a few years, he didn't know very many characters. If he hadn't learned to write characters while making and selling brushes later, he would probably have known even fewer characters.

Now Gouwei doesn’t have any other ideas. His only goal is to sort out the account books by himself, so he studies very hard.

Fortunately, the food in the kitchen was not yet cooked at that time, so Guangdan simply took over Goudan's shift.

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but ever since what happened to Sister Xiang'er, his elder brother had become more calm and attentive, and seemed to be studying hard.

Guangdan didn't finish his lecture until Goumao came over and shouted that it was time for lunch. Of course, Gouwei was only listening vaguely, which made Guangdan doubt his life.

I am very serious!

My eldest brother also listened very carefully!

Why didn't it work?

As soon as I entered the main room, I saw a plate of fried dough sticks on the table. Fried dough sticks are a must-have for the Chinese New Year here. Even for the poorest families, they cannot be without them. Guangdan took a closer look and found that this year's fried dough sticks were, well, bigger than before!

After washing his hands in a wooden basin of warm water, he directly and unceremoniously stuffed a plump fried fruit into his mouth. This was a sweet fried noodle dish, but Guangdan ate it up before he could even taste the flavor!

When he went to get them again, he found that there were only three or four left on the big plate. Guangdan retracted his claws in embarrassment, glanced at his uncle and dogtail, and then muttered in dissatisfaction: "Only one per person? How can this be enough?"

"Isn't one for each too little? A few years ago, you, your uncle, and your eldest brother shared one, and it was smaller than this." Grandma Lin started to criticize, and the little old lady felt pain in her heart while eating it!

Listening to the complaints of the stingy old lady, Guangdaner sighed softly, why, even though the family has money, they still can't eat enough!!! Why!