novelaction Chapter 591: Can't Sweep the Floor During Chinese New Year
Chapter 591: Can't Sweep the Floor During Chinese New Year
Lao Li, supported by his son and grandson, was the last one to leave. Looking at Zhou Da Cang and Zhou Gu, Zhou Mai and others standing beside him, they already had the aura of maturity.
And there is Zhou Guo next to him, the Zhou family is really different!
It is said that this huge family business was built by Zhou Guo and his brothers, and Zhou Dacang did not contribute at all.
Zhou Dacang alone is enough to make them unable to catch up. If the two brothers Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi become successful in the future, I am afraid that these people will not even be able to say a word by then.
Zhou Dacang didn't wait for him to speak, and said, "You are old, Lizhang. If your legs and feet are not working well, you should rest at home as much as possible. You have been worrying about things all your life, so you should leave these things to the young people. As the saying goes, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. No matter how much you care about, how many lifetimes can you care about? How long can you care about them? Don't you think this is the truth?"
Zhou Guo couldn't help but look at his expression. He was smiling and there was nothing else on his face.
The old man opened his mouth and closed it again. After a long while, he finally nodded and sighed, "I'm sorry to trouble you today."
Zhou Dacang said, "It's nothing, it's just a meal. The most important thing is that you have to rest well and live another 20 to 30 years."
Lao Lizheng smiled bitterly, "No, I can't refuse to accept my old age. You are right. Now it is you young people's world. We old bones can't walk or run. You just work hard. The Zhou family's success depends on you."
He patted his son's hand and said, "Let's go back too."
The group walked out slowly.
Zhou Guo and the others felt a little uncomfortable looking at his aging back. Obviously he was still very energetic at that time, more spirited than anyone else.
Zhou Gu said: "The village head has aged too fast in the past two years. At this rate, I'm afraid he won't be able to sit here for many more years."
Zhou Mi said: "That's why he was anxious."
Zhou Mai nodded.
Zhou Guo touched his stomach and said, "Okay, everyone has left, let's go eat. We've been busy all day and only had breakfast. How come this New Year's Day feels like a torture... Let's pack up first."
Turning around, I saw the yard in a mess.
After Wang Fugui and the others finished their meal, they were busy cleaning up the yard and putting away the tables and chairs. These were borrowed from the village and had to be returned.
Zhou Gu and a few others carried tables, chairs and benches and went to the village.
Zhou Guo originally wanted to sweep the floor, but not only the yard, but also the floors of several rooms were littered with bones and melon seed shells.
Just as she picked up the broom, Li said in surprise: "You can't sweep, you can't sweep."
He rushed over and snatched the broom from her hand, "It's New Year's Day, why sweep the floor? With this sweep, you've swept away all the wealth and good fortune in the family for the year."
"Ah? I won't sweep the floor anymore." Zhou Guo was shocked. "Why didn't I know I couldn't sweep the floor today?"
After thinking about it, it seemed that I had not swept the floor before that day. The main reason was that there were not so many people at home. Even if there were some villagers who came, they did not throw away the food after eating. They threw them into the scoop basket. Even a little bit of melon seed shells did not matter.
Li said, "Now you know that you can't sweep the floor during the Chinese New Year, no matter how dirty or messy the house is, just bear with it."
Without sweeping the floor, she could only call Black Bold and let it eat from every room. There were so many bones on the floor.
Heidadan is now as tall as her when he stands up. He is a real big dog with a big appetite. He eats all the time, from the yard to the house.
After everything was done, Wang Fugui, Chen and others also went back.
Li gave each of them a red envelope and said, "It's New Year's Day. I'm sorry to bother you. This is a little gift from me. Please take it."
Wang Fugui said, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing? We are here to help you, not to ask for your money. With these families, there is no need for such things. Take it back quickly."
Li smiled and said, "I know you are all well, but it would be fine in normal times, but during the New Year, how can I let you go empty-handed? Take it, take it, think of it as something I give to the children. Take it all. You all have meat and other things. I can't just give you a few bags of vegetables. This is not the previous years."
He had to force it into the hands of several people.
They refused for a long time before accepting it and leaving.
After everyone left, the Zhou family finally had time to prepare dinner.
Because this was a last-minute arrangement and there were so many people, all the prepared dishes were eaten up and nothing was left.
Everyone can’t wait to make it now.
Zhou Guo flipped through the remaining ingredients and said, "Let's cook a pot. There's still half a pot of chicken soup left over from last night. It will be enough if we add some water."
Without saying a word, everyone rolled up their sleeves and started working.
Some are washing vegetables, some are cutting meat, some are soaking dried goods, and some are steaming buns. It’s too late to prepare rice, but the steamed buns are ready.
The main room was covered in dirt, and Zhou Guo was annoyed by the sight, so he simply moved the pot to Zhou Dacang's room.
The ingredients, meat, meatballs, and vegetables filled up the kang, and the big kang could hardly hold all of them.
Li looked at Zhou Xing and the others who were still bringing in the dishes and asked hurriedly, "Is it too much? Can we finish all this?"
Zhou Guo was mixing the bowls and said, "Mom, we haven't had lunch yet. We're already starving. Besides, it's Chinese New Year, so of course we have to prepare more things. We need to prepare everything at home. If it weren't too late, I would also like to make some fish balls. If we can't finish them, we can just eat them when we're hungry at night. They won't be thrown away."
These days, people pay extra attention to food and cherish every grain like it has nothing to lose. They will never throw away bowls of food.
Li thought about it and it made sense. They had been busy all day and just served others, and they hadn't even eaten yet.
After a while, all the dishes were brought in, the pot was heated, and Zhou Guo's bowl was ready.
The thinly sliced meat is thrown into the pot one by one. When it changes color, it is taken out and coated with sesame paste. It is so delicious that it makes people want to cry.
Zhou Guo was reluctant to swallow the first bite. He had been hungry for a whole day, and the first bite was so delicious that it was amazing.
No one spoke.
After putting a large plate of meat slices in, each person couldn't get it out of the pot with just two chopsticks.
In a short while, four plates were empty.
It's all meat.
Li sighed as she ate. Life at home had gotten better, and they could eat meat in plate after plate. In previous years, there was so much meat that it was probably their family's annual supply.
Zhou Guo couldn't feel full after all by eating the vegetables, so he took a steamed bun and started to eat it, taking a bite of steamed bun, a bite of meat, and a bite of mushroom slices, and he was intoxicated by the fragrance.
I feel that this busy day is really worth it. For this bite, I can let her be busy for a few more days.
After the meal, when the meat was finished, Zhou Guo went to get a basket of eggs.
Everyone was puzzled, "Why are you carrying a basket of eggs?"
Zhou Guo said, "Eat it. It will be delicious if you beat the eggs and cook them into poached eggs. Otherwise, there will be more and more eggs left. When will we be able to finish eating them?"