On the morning of New Year's Eve, the sun had just risen and had not yet completely driven away the remaining cold of winter, but the Xu family had already started to get busy. The house was filled with a warm and cozy atmosphere, and the three brothers and sisters sat happily around a large table. Each of them held a brush tightly, dipped the tip of the brush into the thick ink, and began to write Spring Festival couplets with full concentration. The eldest brother Xu Congwen was responsible for writing the first couplet, and his strokes were steady and powerful; the second brother Xu Cong'an was responsible for the creation of the second couplet. Although he was usually more lively and liked to play, he showed extraordinary concentration at this moment; Xu Congyi took on the responsibility of writing the horizontal scroll and drawing the word "Fu" - the horizontal scroll she wrote was as free and easy as flowing clouds and water, and the word "Fu" she drew was round, lovely, full and full, as if it contained beautiful expectations and wishes for a happy family and the health and happiness of relatives in the new year.

After the couplets were written, the family worked together to paste the red couplets on the door, with each word shining with festive light. On the door of the Xu family, the couplets were neatly arranged, the horizontal scroll was hung high, and the word "Fu" was pasted on the door upright, which was particularly eye-catching.

The highlight of New Year's Eve is undoubtedly the sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, so the meals in the morning and at noon are much more casual. There is no need to go to school or work today, so in order to free up more time, the Xu family decided to combine breakfast and lunch. The night before, mother Li Dahua specially steamed some more rice so that she could make egg fried rice today.

Since the last barbecue, Xu Congyi has not taken out anything new from her space. When she was frying rice today, she suddenly thought of taking out some ham sausage from her space. Xu Congyi likes Sanhui's starch-free sausage the most. She hasn't eaten it since she came here, so she specially took this brand of ham sausage from her space. At this moment, she was humming a little tune, and the knife in her hand was skillfully cutting the ham sausage into dices, ready to cook with the rice.

At this time, Li Dahua walked into the kitchen carrying the washed ingredients. These ingredients were for the New Year's Eve dinner in the afternoon. She saw Xu Congyi busy in the kitchen and came over curiously.

"Girl, what are you cutting?" Li Dahua came closer curiously and looked at what Xu Congyi was cutting.

Xu Congyi raised her head and smiled, and said to Li Dahua, "Mom, this is called ham sausage. I took it out from the treasure. Try it, it's delicious." After that, she picked up a piece of ham sausage she had just cut and handed it to Li Dahua's mouth.

Li Dahua took a bite and her eyes lit up: "Hmm! It's delicious, but..." She suddenly stopped, as if she wanted to say something.

Xu Congyi put down the knife in his hand and looked at his mother in confusion: "What's wrong, mother? Is there something wrong?"

Li Dahua said hesitantly, "Yi Yi, will these things you took out of the treasure have any bad effects on you?"

Xu Congyi was a little confused: "Not good to me? What does that mean?"

Li Dahua explained: "I'm just worried that if you take things out, it might cost you something... like costing you your life span, or making you sick or something like that."

Xu Congyi finally understood, and her heart warmed, knowing that her mother was worried about her. So she made up a white lie to comfort Li Dahua, saying, "Mom, don't worry, it won't happen. The gods said that because you worked hard to take care of me before, this treasure is a compensation for the years I was not with you. It won't make me sick, and it won't consume my life. This treasure is the most ordinary thing in the eyes of the gods, so there is really no need to worry!"

After hearing her daughter's words, Li Dahua finally felt relieved. She helped Xu Congyi stir the eggs. After everything was ready, Xu Congyi started to fry the eggs and fried rice. When the oil temperature is moderate, pour the beaten egg liquid into the pot, stir-fry quickly with a spatula, and fry the eggs into small pieces. Then push the fried eggs to one side of the pot, leaving space, pour in the chopped ham, and stir-fry until the surface of the ham is slightly browned. Then pour the rice into the pot and stir-fry with the eggs and ham. At this time, you need to use a spatula to constantly stir and cut the rice so that it is fully mixed with the eggs and ham, and stir-fry until each grain is distinct. When the rice is fried to a golden color and the fragrance is overflowing, sprinkle some chopped green onions and stir-fry evenly, then you can serve it on a plate.

Li Dahua stood aside, watching her daughter's skillful cooking, her eyes full of love and pride. Although the lunch was simple, it was extremely delicious. Especially with the addition of diced ham, it added a bit of flavor. Xu Congyi thought that next time he could try adding some ingredients like green peas to make the fried rice more colorful.

At lunch, everyone seemed to have tacitly agreed not to eat too much, but Xu Congyi didn't cook much either, just to fill everyone's stomachs. Take Xu Congan for example, he was a real foodie on weekdays, and every time he ate, he was like a hungry wolf, gobbling up the food in a flash. But today, he was also unusually eating, chewing slowly and politely.

"Cong'an, why did you eat so little today?" mother Li Dahua asked jokingly.

Xu Cong'an raised his head with a mischievous smile on his face: "Mom, there is a New Year's Eve dinner tonight, I have to save some space."

"Haha, kid, you only think about the dinner tonight." The whole family was amused.

In order to stay up tonight, after dinner, everyone chatted for a while to digest the food, and then went back to the house for a nap. After digesting the food, everyone went back to the house for a nap. The Xu family usually went to bed early and got up early, and had a regular schedule. Only Xu Congyi went to bed a little later because she had space to play for a while. But today, because they had to stay up until midnight, they decided to sleep a little longer at noon to get enough energy to welcome the night's stay.

Xu Cong only slept for about half an hour at noon before getting up. She was thinking about the dinner menu and planned to sort it out when she woke up. If any ingredients were missing, she would quickly take them out from the space.

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