Eating melons

After two days of snowstorm, although there is still wind and snow, it is not as heavy as at the beginning.

You won’t wake up to find snow that’s almost as tall as a person.

But there were also many times when it snowed heavily, and when I woke up the snow was almost up to my knees.

Therefore, it can be said that the snow on the roof has to be swept every day, and sweeping snow every day is a big project.

There's no other way, because they have so many houses. The snow on the roofs of seven houses needs to be cleared, and there is also such a large yard outside.

Like the old educated youth, more than ten people lived together, and more than ten people only needed to sweep the snow in one house.

Oh! No, there are a few old educated youth who have also built houses, so they need to sweep twice.

The days after the heavy snow can be said to be somewhat dull and very boring.

Soon it was the end of the year, and these ordinary days suddenly became lively, with the air often filled with the aroma of meat.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi also got busy. They had originally planned to just eat hotpot.

The original plan was for the two of them to celebrate the New Year together, but later Yu Xi said that the seven of them could celebrate the New Year together and spend the New Year's Eve together.

Everyone agreed, so Wei Wei and Jiang Qi had some free time.

After all, with Yu Xi, Xiao Xuemu, Li Zhibin, and Wu Mei here, there are four capable bosses, and it is not the turn of Wei Wei, Jiang Qi, and Liu Jiaojiao, the three lazy bosses, to intervene.

But within two days, without even two days of preparation, Liu Yang came and invited them to celebrate the New Year at the old educated youth residence.

In this way, the seven people's plan to celebrate the New Year was delayed. After all, although there were some unpleasant things between them and the old educated youth in the past, they were still a group after all, and it was not easy to refuse this matter.

Now Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were busy again. Although they were going to celebrate the New Year with the old educated youth, the seven of them just had to prepare a few dishes together.

But there are still some differences between the New Year celebrations in the north and in the south.

In Wei Wei and Jiang Qi’s hometown, people eat New Year’s Eve dinner at midnight and early the next morning.

But it’s different in the north, where dinner is almost always replaced overnight.

It was the first year in a foreign land. Wei Wei and Jiang Qi had nothing to do, so they didn't want to treat it casually, so they got busy again.

Watching Wei Wei and Jiang Qi busying around, Wu Mei was very curious. Not only Wu Mei was curious, but Liu Jiaojiao and the others were also curious.

"Jiang Qi, what are you guys busy with? It seems like you've been so busy these past two days!"

Jiang Qi said, "Preparing things for the New Year! Preparing food for the New Year's Eve dinner!"

Liu Jiaojiao asked curiously, "Aren't we going to celebrate the New Year with the old educated youth? Why are we preparing so many things?"

Are you planning to take all this stuff? There's really no need.

Believe it or not, if you take this thing, it will never come back. They won't even remember your kindness, and who knows, they might even miss you."

Jiang Qi quickly said, "No, these things are not taken away. We are going to eat them ourselves. Weiwei and I plan to eat them."

Liu Jiaojiao asked curiously, "Are you planning to come back for another New Year's Eve dinner?"

Jiang Qi was just about to say that we have New Year’s Eve dinner at midnight, but then she remembered that she was not from Hunan Province in this life and had nothing to do with Hunan Province.

Therefore, even though the words were on the tip of his tongue, he swallowed them back and immediately changed his words.

"The New Year customs in Weiwei's hometown are a little different from ours. They have their New Year's Eve dinner at midnight and another one at four or five in the morning.

So we decided to have a meal there according to their custom.”

Upon hearing this, Liu Jiaojiao and Wu Mei were both stunned. They didn't expect it to be like this.

Hearing this, Liu Jiaojiao immediately thought of something and said excitedly, "Why don't we wait until we have the New Year's Eve dinner at the Youth Hostel and then celebrate the New Year together!

Let's get together and have some fun, it's boring staying at home anyway."

After saying that, he looked at Wu Mei again, "What do you think?"

Wu Mei nodded, "I'm fine with either."

He looked at Jiang Qi again, and Jiang Qi nodded immediately, "Sure!"

Anyway, the original plan was for the seven of them to celebrate the New Year together, but the plan was cancelled because the old educated youth intervened.

It's just right that we can play all night long, with a poker table and a mahjong table. The New Year is supposed to be lively!

Hearing Jiang Qi's agreement, Liu Jiaojiao immediately said, "Then I'll go talk to them."

After saying that, he ran away to call Yu Xi, Xiao Xuemu, Li Zhibin and others.

After hearing what Liu Jiaojiao said, Yu Xi, Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin agreed without saying a word.

With the addition of these people, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi suddenly had some free time.

Those things no longer needed to be handled by the two of them, Yu Xi, Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin took care of it.

When Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were dealing with it before, they had to sweep and shovel snow every day and melt the ice before they could get water.

Besides, the daytime is so short, and they both like to sleep in, so they seem very busy every day, but in fact they only do a little.

But now that there are more people around, the two of them immediately have free time.

For example, when we went to the old educated youth’s house to have New Year’s Eve dinner, they prepared a chicken and a fish.

It was prepared by the seven of them together. In fact, Yu Xi contributed a chicken, Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin contributed a fish, and the others did not plan to take anything.

But they prepared a lot more on their side, including chicken, duck, goose, fish, and mutton. The mutton is used for hot pot, as well as braised meat and bacon. In short, it is very rich.

Wei Wei bought the bacon on the system, but she told them that it was sent from home.

The fish was bought from the next-door brigade. The Red Star Brigade has a fish farm, but no reservoir and no fish. However, the next-door brigade does have fish.

Li Zhibin and Yu Xi bought it when it just started snowing.

As for Wei Wei and Jiang Qi, they did not go, mainly because it was snowing at that time and the journey was a bit far, so they had to walk.

For Wei Wei and Jiang Qi, two people who would rather stay still than move, it was really a huge challenge for them to walk such a long distance in the snow and ice and then bring things back.

Therefore, the two of them did not go, and they did not buy a lot of fish.

But Wei Wei and Jiang Qi don’t eat so much of this kind of fish. They both prefer to eat fish fillets.

Therefore, the two of them usually buy fish in the system shopping mall.

So at the next brigade, the two of them bought about ten fish together, which was more than enough. They have been eating until now and there are still five or six left.

The New Year's Day soon arrived, and the Red Star Brigade became lively.

Even at the Youth League Institute, one could hear the occasional sound of firecrackers coming from the brigade that day.

This year has been a bumper harvest for the Red Star Brigade! The crops in the fields have been good, and the harvest at the farms has also been quite good.

There was no plague, so the work points were particularly high, and almost every household had extra money.

When adults' pockets are full, they tend to be extra generous to their own children.

Almost every household bought firecrackers for their children, but most of these firecrackers were put away and not taken out until the New Year's Day.

After looking forward to it for a long time, the New Year's Day finally arrived and the firecrackers were finally taken out.

Before daybreak, the entire Red Star Brigade was awakened by the sound of firecrackers.

The originally monotonous and pale scene gradually revealed some bright colors.

On the shoveled paths in the countryside, children finally came out to play, and the ground was no longer covered in white.

The air was filled with the aroma of various meats, and the meats that people were reluctant to eat were also taken out.

A few people originally planned to make dumplings, after all, dumplings are eaten during the Chinese New Year in the north.

But the old educated youth at the educated youth center said they had made dumplings, so they didn't plan to make any more.

After all, although they didn't bring staple food with them, their chickens and fish were quite big.

The chicken weighed more than four pounds, and the fish weighed five or six pounds.

Originally, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were planning to bring some things with them, after all, they had nothing to offer, but they were stopped by Yu Xi, Xiao Xuezuo and Li Zhibin.

It could be said that they were very generous for the seven of them to take more than ten kilograms of meat.

As for staple food, they didn't prepare it, they just made some for themselves to eat in the evening.

But with so much meat and dishes in the evening, I can’t eat much of the staple food.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi also have a lot of frozen dumplings, so we can just cook some when the time comes, no need to wrap them.

Yu Xi, Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin were busy preparing the dishes, and Jiang Qi occasionally lent a hand.

Wei Wei and Liu Jiaojiao were free, and even Wu Mei was free because she didn't know how to cook southern food.

They were not surprised that Jiang Qi could cook southern dishes, and they all thought that Wei Wei taught her.

They were planning to have dinner at Wei Wei's place that evening, so Wei Wei simply pulled the two of them together and started to dress up.

Actually, it’s not really dressing up, it’s just cleaning the house.