flstandardbreds Chapter 176 New Year’s Money
Chapter 176 New Year’s Money
Zhang's father lost, and Zhang Cheng didn't know what to draw, so he followed Zhang Yunyue and drew a glasses frame.
Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang looked at the lively crowd and laughed along with them.
Seeing that everyone was interested in Gobang, Zhang Yunyue took out a piece of paper from the room, drew squares on it, and peeled some peanuts and melon seeds so that everyone could take turns playing quickly.
They kept arguing and noisy until midnight, and everyone was still very energetic.
While others were still playing, Zhang's mother and Zhu went to the kitchen to prepare bread dumplings. Fortunately, the meat had been chopped and the stuffing had been mixed in advance, so all they had to do next was roll out the dumpling wrappers.
The two men brought the chopping board, the kneaded dough, and the mixed cabbage and pork filling to the main room and placed them on the table.
Everyone put down the peanuts and melon seeds in their hands, washed their hands, and helped to make dumplings.
Grandma Zhang also took a dozen copper coins from the house, washed them, and asked everyone to wrap them in the dumplings.
After wrapping the dumplings, Zhang's mother and Zhu took them to the kitchen to cook.
Fortunately, we had the New Year’s Eve dinner early, as everyone was getting hungry after playing Gobang for so long.
After the dumplings were cooked and served in the main room, everyone started eating.
"Crunch!" Zhang Xingfeng spat out a copper coin from his mouth and said happily, "Mother, Father, I got a copper coin."
"It seems that Xiaofeng will be more blessed next year."
"Mother, I also ate the copper coins." Zhang Yunxue took the copper coin out of her mouth.
"Oh, then our Xiaoxue is also blessed, haha."
Everyone in the Zhang family got at least one copper coin, and Zhang Xingfeng got three. He was so happy that he ran around the main room.
He also said that he would be the luckiest person in the family next year.
After eating the dumplings, it was already the next day.
Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang took out the red envelopes they had wrapped in advance from the house.
Grandpa Zhang smiled and said, "Come on, come on, it's time to give out lucky money. I slept late today and won't be able to get up tomorrow, so your grandma and I decided to give out lucky money now."
Zhang Xingfeng and Zhang Yunxue immediately came up to the two men and kowtowed.
Zhang Xingfeng raised his head and said, "I wish Grandpa and Grandma good health and happiness, and all the best."
Grandma Zhang smiled and responded, "Okay, okay, okay, I also wish our Xiaofeng peace and success in his studies. Here, this is the New Year's money from grandpa and grandma."
"Thank you, Grandpa and Grandma."
Zhang Yunxue also said: "I wish Grandpa and Grandma a happy New Year, and may the pines and cypresses be evergreen."
"Oh, okay, okay, come on, I wish our Xiaoxue will always be beautiful."
Zhang Yunxue took the New Year's money and said, "Thank you, Grandpa and Grandma."
Zhang Yunyue, Zhang Xingfeng and Zhang Xinghao also kowtowed to their grandpa and grandma and wished them a happy new year.
After saying the blessings, everyone received a lucky money.
Zhang's father and Zhang Cheng also took out New Year's money from their rooms.
The four of them each gave the five brothers and sisters a New Year's gift.
Zhang Xingfeng: "Sister, look, I have six lucky moneys."
Zhang Yunyue laughed and said, "Sister also got six lucky money, hahaha."
Everyone laughed for a while.
Father Zhang said, "Father, mother, Xiaoyun, Xiaohao, you guys go to bed first. The second son and I will stay up all four of us."
Grandpa Zhang nodded, knowing that he couldn't guard for that long at his age: "Okay, you guys add more wood to the fire in the main hall, it's going to be cold in the second half of the night."
"Yes, I understand, Dad."
So, after everyone else in the family had cleaned up, washed up and gone to bed, Zhang's father and Zhang Cheng played Go in the main room for a while.
Zhu and Zhang's mother were chatting while eating melon seeds. Zhang's mother talked about all kinds of gossip she heard in the town, while Zhu talked about all kinds of gossip she heard in the village.
In this way, the four of them waited until the morning. After Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang got up, they washed up and went to bed.
Nothing happened today. Zhang Yunyue and the others were still sleeping, and no one called them.
After Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang finished their breakfast, they each grabbed a handful of melon seeds and went to visit friends in the village.
Nearing noon, the people in Zhang's family who were sleeping started to get up one after another.
Fortunately, there were still a lot of dishes left from yesterday, so Zhang Yunyue steamed the rice and then heated up the dishes.
Seeing that Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang had not returned yet, Zhang's father called Zhang Xingyun and Zhang Xinghao to go to the village to look for them.
When the two of them came back, Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang had not returned yet.
"Xiaoyun, Xiaohao, where are your grandpa and grandma? Why didn't you come back with them?"
Zhang Xingyun said, "Dad, Grandpa and Grandma were having dinner at Great Grandpa's house. They were about to leave, but they were held back by Great Grandpa and Great Grandma.
Grandpa and grandma couldn't refuse, so they agreed to stay for dinner, and then we came back."
Zhang Xinghao continued, "We almost didn't make it back. Just now, Cousin Zhong wanted to pull us back, but we ran away so fast."
"Okay, since Grandpa and Grandma are eating it, let's eat it too."
in the afternoon.
Zhang's mother and Zhu are packing things for the trip back to her parents' home tomorrow.
There are also cookies made by Yueyue, six packs of the same flavor, and four packs of small cakes.
There are also crispy peppers, fried chili peppers and pickled chili peppers in the house, which are packed into two kilograms.
Each person also took two pounds of braised pork head from home.
Add the cloth and wine bought before the New Year and it’s almost enough.
Then put the things in the backpack, put it in the car tomorrow and drive away.
The next day.
Since Zhu's parents' home was closer than Zhang's mother's parents' home, Zhang Cheng drove a donkey cart and Zhang's father drove a horse cart.
Father Zhang and Zhang Cheng put the New Year gifts that they had packed yesterday in the car.
Zhang's father drove a horse-drawn carriage with Zhang's mother and three children to Qiaojia Village.
Zhu took out the bedding that she had used in the old house from her room.
There is a mattress on the donkey cart, and a bed is used to cover the legs, otherwise it would be very cold sitting on the donkey cart in this weather.
After putting the bedding in place, Zhang Cheng drove the donkey cart with Zhu and the two children to Shangyang Village.
As soon as Zhang's father drove his horse-drawn carriage into Qiaojia Village, he was seen by the villagers of Qiaojia Village.
"Oh, look, that's Qiao Dazhu's son-in-law."
"It's him. He came last time during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I saw him. Oh, now he's here in a carriage. It's amazing."
"Don't talk about my son-in-law. I heard that Qiao Dazhu's family harvested peppers this year. No, it should be last year. They harvested them for their family. They built a very large workshop in the village, and they have dozens of employees."
"Hey, I've heard about what you said. Last year, Qiao Dazhu's family harvested peppers and peanuts for several months. They harvested them from all the surrounding villages and even bought a bullock cart. They must have made a lot of money."
"Of course we made money. Think about it, we sold peppers and peanuts to him, and he sold them to his son-in-law. How could the son-in-law make the father-in-law lose money, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes. Before the New Year, I saw that their family bought a lot of New Year's goods in town. But they must make money by harvesting peppers. If they don't make money, it's a waste of effort."