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Chapter 280 It's Chinese New Year!  Reunion year!

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    Today is the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month in the lunar calendar, ushering in the reunion day of my family, and it is also a very, very important time of the year.

    The so-called reunion dinner here is a family reunion dinner together, also called New Year's Eve dinner, but we usually eat two meals together at noon and evening.

    The New Year's Eve dinner here has a different meaning from the New Year's Eve dinner. On New Year's Eve, basically the whole family gathers around a small table, having dinner and watching the Spring Festival Gala.

    However, the reunion year is different. Generally, every family will enter the reunion year from the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month.

    Eating, visiting, setting off firecrackers, at my house today, at his house tomorrow, in turn.  The atmosphere of the New Year gradually became stronger from the sound of firecrackers.

    Of course, the reunion year is usually held at the elders¡¯ home, when one¡¯s close relatives come back to reunite, the family will have a meal together, chat, and play a little mahjong to brighten up the atmosphere of the New Year.

    Today, my aunt's family and Master Yao's family will come to my house to have a reunion dinner together.  This kind of kinship that blood is thicker than water has been passed down for thousands of years from ancient times to the present.

    ?Brothers reunite, children return, and each generation also conveys mutual feelings in this cultural precipitation.

    Of course, the reunion year also means a big meal!  Among the customs, there are many details.  Today, the Chinese New Year atmosphere will be pushed to a new climax.

    Since last night, my family has been preparing for today's meal.  Grandma took out smoked dried bamboo shoots, dried fungus and other dry goods that had been stored for a long time and soaked them in water in advance.  It is to let relatives taste this rare delicacy and experience the love of relatives.

    Just after breakfast, the family started to move and prepare for a hearty lunch.

    The 5 big roosters raised in the chicken garden have been fed since half a year ago. This is the time when they are fat and fat, and they are all used to entertain relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year.  Today, kill one first and add two hard dishes to our reunion dinner.

    Opening the door of the chicken garden, Grandpa bowed in, trying not to reveal his intentions, the big red rooster was very vigilant!  When it got a little closer, the rooster quickly avoided it.

    After several advances and retreats, Grandpa spotted the biggest rooster, opened his hands, and jumped forward!

    After some struggle, no matter how the rooster struggled, grandpa held it tightly and caught it out.

    The scarlet rooster weighing seven to eight catties had its neck wiped with a knife, and the bright red chicken blood spilled on the paper money that had already been laid out.

    The red money paper is used to paste the front and rear of the car, implying safe entry and exit.  The yellow money paper is pasted with family gods and used to pray for blessings.

    Put the killed rooster into a bucket filled with fresh boiled water in advance, scald it repeatedly, pull out the chicken feathers while it is hot, and peel off the old skin.

    Grandpa deliberately left the feathers on the tail of the rooster. The rooster with the shaved hair is very festive. On the bare body, there are a few long tail feathers sticking out from the buttocks.

    Put a small fire on the ground, hold the chicken with both hands, roast the soft feathers on the chicken body, and completely remove the chicken feathers.

    Wash off the dust on the surface of the rooster with clean water, cut it open along the breast and belly of the chicken, take out the internal organs, tear off the esophagus, and discard the chicken stomach and esophagus.

    Special attention should be paid when handling the liver, gall is attached to it, so be careful when tearing it!

    If this thing breaks, the chicken will suffer!

    After the chicken liver and heart are torn apart, the chicken county liver is exposed.

    Cut the county liver in half, clean up the food residue inside, pick off the hard film on the surface, and the county liver is also done!

    It is relatively troublesome to clean chicken intestines, but grandma has already practiced a set of skillful techniques.

    First cut the chicken intestines with scissors, clean up the debris, wash it repeatedly, and it will be done in a few minutes!

    The viscera in the rooster's belly are placed in a bowl separately and reserved for cooking.

    "Big Daddy (Yao's name for my grandma), you've all started cooking, I'll help you light the fire!" Yao's father came over early to help, and together they got busy for the lunch meal, and then Yao and the others who came over also joined in.  Come together, talk about the world, talk about what you have seen and heard recently

    Put the cleaned rooster into the pot directly, boil the water with the pig's head and pig's tail and cook.

    Dad began to move the table into the courtyard, and poured water to make tea.

    "mom!"

    "Mother-in-law!"

    "Dad~"

    The aunt's family carried salted duck and fruit, and greeted them as soon as they entered the door, and the atmosphere at home became lively.

    Uncle Yao, Dad, Uncle Yao, Master Yao, the four of them set up a table to play mahjong in the courtyard.

    girl??, father Yao, my mother, grandma, and others were busy in the kitchen.

    Peeling potatoes, scraping lettuce, picking vegetables and washing rice, there is laughter and laughter from the whole family while busy.

    My sister, Tian Yuan and I have fun. We go to the living room to watch TV and eat some snacks, and then we go to the kitchen to check whether the delicious food is cooked. Then we turn around and go to watch them play mahjong. In short, the whole room is full of us.  figure.

    The sun is shining brightly, the breeze is blowing, the smoke from the kitchen is curling up, and the laughter in the courtyard, maybe this is the happiest moment for me right now?

    "Ren Tao, help me get it!" Grandpa came in from the door, carrying vegetables and radishes, and holding lettuce leaves in his hand.

    "Grandpa, here I come!" Helping Grandpa take the strap and put it aside.

    After removing the radish shoots from the round radishes, only the white rhizomes remain.  The leaves were thrown into the chicken garden by the grandfather to feed the chickens, and the radishes were cut into two.  Under the command of my grandfather, I put half a piece of radish in the main room, kitchen, street, and pigsty, saving it for later use.

    "Dad, the pork is cooked, bring it here and respect the ancestors!" My aunt shouted standing by the pot.

    A sieve has already been set up on the stove, and the pig's head, pig's tail, and rooster, after they are fully cooked, are picked up from the pot and put into the sieve.

    Grandpa who came after hearing the news served the sieve, ready to start worshiping God.

    Dad also retreated from the mahjong table, doing preparation work with grandpa.

    Sisai was first moved to the lobby room and placed in front of the house gods.  Dad inserted the lit incense and candles into the radishes on the ground.

    Pour a glass of white wine, put it into the sieve, and insert a pair of chopsticks on the pig's head.

    This means that there is wine and meat, and there are bowls and chopsticks.

    On the one hand, the sacrifice is to let the younger generations remember their ancestors, and on the other hand, it is also to pray for themselves, praying for good weather, good health, and abundant wealth in the coming year.

    Grandpa took Dad, my sister and I, and started the ceremony.

    Each person took a few yellow money papers, lit them, and burned them in front of the statue of the house god. After the paper money was burned to ashes, they bent down and kowtowed three times.

    ? After worshiping in the main room, immediately walk through the process next to each other at the Di Gong on the street, the Kitchen God in the kitchen, and Liu Hu Xing Wang in the pigsty.

    After a lap, the ceremony at home came to an end.

    Next, I need to go outside, to the grave of my beloved great-grandmother.

    Visit the grave for the great-grandmother.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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