A small breakfast shop in the street market, supporting the family and making money

After the Leng family brought the steaming hot food to the table, Old Man Leng hurriedly asked Leng Huai and Leng Cang to set off the firecrackers at the door.

The two of them went to light the firecrackers excitedly, while Leng Qi and the other kids followed behind them, covering their ears and joining in the fun. They were really having fun.

Afterwards, amid the crackling sound of firecrackers, the entire Leng family sat together and started to eat in a lively atmosphere.

The braised pork trotter is soft and tasty, the braised fish is fresh and delicious, the pickled pepper pork liver is sour and spicy and appetizing, and the pork tripe and chicken are nutritious. The whole family ate and praised the meal, and they were having a great time.

After dinner, when the family has eaten their fill, they happily sit together and make dumplings.

There are three kinds of cold dumpling fillings, namely sauerkraut pork, egg vermicelli, and green onion lamb.

They need to pack a lot of food, and when they can’t finish it, they can take it outside and freeze it, which makes it easy to eat when the time comes.

If you don’t want to bother in the morning, you can just use it to cook dumplings, or steam or fry them. Anyway, you will never get tired of eating them.

Therefore, the after-dinner activity for the whole family, big and small, is to sit around the dining table, chatting and making dumplings.

At this time, most of the households in the Cold War Village were in such a happy mood.

Village Chief Lan’s home.

The New Year’s Eve dinner at Village Chief Lan’s house has always been the best in the village, both in the past and now.

At this time, Village Chief Lan’s family and grandchildren were reunited, eating sumptuous meals and drinking wine. It was incredible how comfortable and happy they were.

On this happy day, Village Chief Lan drank two more cups and felt a little dizzy. After dinner, his grandchildren still pestered him for snacks, which was something they had to do every day.

Because they all know that grandpa loves snacks just like them, and he will buy some and stockpile them from time to time.

Today, perhaps Village Chief Lan was too happy. Seeing his grandchildren circling around him, he generously took out the spicy potato chips he bought from the Leng family.

The grandchildren were so happy to see this. You know, in the past, grandpa kept these potato chips very tightly, and it was difficult to eat one.

But today grandpa was so generous that he took out three or four bags in a row.

"Happy New Year, Grandpa! Grandpa, you're the best!"

As if they understood grandpa's expression, the grandchildren were sweeter than each other.

"Well, okay, okay!"

Village Chief Lan listened with a smile, enjoying the happiness of having his children and grandchildren around him.

"Okay, here, one pack for each of you, take it and eat slowly!"

After enjoying his meal, Village Chief Lan distributed the potato chips to his grandchildren, then sent them out to play while he went back to his room to take a nap.

In the house, Village Chief Lan looked at the more than ten bags of potato chips on the kang table and fell asleep contentedly. He couldn't help but sigh that it was really nice to celebrate the New Year. He had to buy snacks with the money given by his sons, and his wife couldn't control him anymore.

At this time, Li Yuemei and Liu Tiezi's family were in the village.

If we use one word to describe Liu Tiezi's family this year, it would be "earth-shaking changes".

Because they had separated from the old house before, they were even less welcome there.

So this year, even though the old house asked them to go back for a reunion dinner this year because they had earned money working for the Leng family, Liu Tiezi still refused to agree.

Before the family split up, they did the most work at home, whether in the fields or at home. They worked very hard all year round, but still could not get a single word of praise, and they couldn't even get enough to eat.

After finally proposing to separate the family, they were almost kicked out of the house with nothing.

Later, because of this, Liu Tiezi wanted to earn more money, so he went up the mountain every day to dig traps and set traps for hunting. As a result, he accidentally rolled down the hillside and broke his leg, making his life even more difficult.

Life was so hard and difficult back then, and neither of their parents came to visit them. Even though their family had no expectations, they still couldn't hide their heartbreak.

Later, it was Leng Yan who caught the injured wild boar in the trap set by Liu Tiezi, and gave their family a big pig leg, so that they had good food to eat during the winter.

Even after the New Year, they were given priority to work at the Leng family, so that they had a considerable income every day and their lives became better and better.

This year, because of our trust in them, we gave them the important job of making pearl tapioca pearls, and their wages doubled again.

Except for the youngest Liu Songsong and Liu Xiangxiang, who were too young to do much more than helping with odd jobs like rubbing pearls.

Li Yuemei, Liu Tiezi, their eldest son Liu Bangbang and eldest daughter Liu Hehe, all receive the normal salary of an adult.

When distributing holiday gifts at the end of the year, their family directly divided them into four parts. Each person received three pounds of pork, one pound of brown sugar, and two bags of cakes.

So for their family of four, they could get together 12 kilograms of pork, 4 kilograms of brown sugar, and eight bags of pastries. All the New Year's goods were ready, and they didn't have to spend any money to buy them.

More importantly, many families are reluctant to buy so much New Year's goods even if they have to spend money on them.

Not to mention anything else, just the twelve pounds of pork was something Li Yuemei couldn't even imagine.

When we lived in the old house, it was considered generous of my mother-in-law to buy two kilograms of pork for the whole family during the New Year.

For their family, being able to eat pork stewed with meaty radishes was already very good. As for pork, they dared not even think about it.

As soon as they had the slightest craving for food, the mother-in-law would scold their family, calling them gluttons and the reincarnation of starving ghosts.

Liu Bangbang and his children were scolded and were so scared that they didn't dare to pick up any food. Instead, they watched their grandmother lovingly pick up the few pieces of pork on the plate and put them into the bowls of her beloved eldest wife's family.

Whenever she saw this scene, Li Yuemei became more determined to split up the family. After they split up, her children would finally not have to look at anyone else's face when they wanted to eat something.

Therefore, when preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner today, Li Yuemei specially made a big pot of stewed radish with meat.

The difference is that the radish stewed meat she made has more pork and less radish. When eating, she would first fill each child's bowl with pork.

"Come on, eat! There's more in the pot, plenty!"

Looking at the children's bowls filled with pork, Li Yuemei felt very comfortable. It was so nice.

"Dad, Mom, you guys eat too!"

Seeing so many meat dishes on the table, Liu Hehe was happier than ever before. She picked up the chopsticks and put some meat into her parents' bowls.

"Yes, yes, yes, Dad and Mom, you should eat more too!"

Seeing this, Liu Bangbang and his companions followed suit and put a lot of meat on Zhang Cuiniang and Liu Tiezi respectively.

"Okay, okay, I'll eat them all!"

Their son and daughter are so sensible, and their lives are getting better and better. Li Yuemei and her husband felt happy and happy, with tears in their eyes.

It is not appropriate to cry during the Chinese New Year. Li Yuemei wiped her eyes to cover up and said, "Eat quickly. After dinner, we will make pork and green onion dumplings!"