Siheyuan: Happy life of veteran drivers

Chapter 488 Little New Year’s Eve

In Siheyuan, because it is the Little New Year's Eve, basically all units have ended get off work an hour earlier than usual today, in order to prepare for the upcoming Little New Year's Eve. The Siheyuan, which already has a strong sense of fireworks, is even more lively today.

Residents who work in the steel rolling mill have also returned home one after another, preparing to celebrate the New Year together with their families.

Little New Year is also known as "Kitchen God Festival". The belief in worshiping the Kitchen God expresses people's pursuit of the dream of "enough food and clothing".

Because the main activity of Xiaonian – Kitchen God worship – is carried out at night, Xiaonian is also called "Little New Year's Eve" or "Little New Year's Eve".

Xiaonian marks the official start of the Spring Festival. It is also from this day that people begin to prepare for the New Year, and the streets and alleys are filled with joy.

That day, Qin Jingru chopped a pound of pork, mixed it with cabbage and green onions to make a large plate of stuffing, and then she skillfully wrapped dumplings, preparing to wait for Wang Hongtao to come back and eat dumplings. It was New Year's Eve, so dumplings were a must.

As a result, after looking forward to it for a long time, Wang Hongtao did not appear but Xu Damao who came to deliver a letter appeared.

It is impossible to say that Qin Jingru did not feel disappointed, but there is gain and loss. She was mentally prepared from the moment she married Wang Hongtao.

"I understand, Brother Damao."

Qin Jingru responded crisply, and then went to the central courtyard to find He Yushui.

Originally, she could have called Lou Xiao'e, but it would definitely be inappropriate with Xu Damao around. Although her own man was unfaithful, Qin Jingru was very careful about how she behaved with other men.

Lou Xiao'e is not suitable, and my cousin wants to take charge of the Jia family, so I can only go to He Yushui.

He Yushui was bored at home. Ever since her sister-in-law Sun Xiaoying became pregnant, her sense of presence as a younger sister had become increasingly less. But it was normal. After all, after getting married, she had to put her own family first.

He Yushui, who had already been interested in Qin Jingru, hit it off immediately when he saw her coming to his house. He took Qin Jingru's hand and walked towards the backyard together.

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In the dormitory of the steel rolling mill, the three people who were celebrating the New Year's Eve as if it were the New Year's Eve did not have so many customs, but instead focused all their energy on cooking.

Come to think of it, with such a thick thigh in front of you to hug, who would want to worship the Kitchen God, that illusory god?

If you can get along well with Wang Hongtao, why would you worry about not having enough food and clothing?

Meat, vegetables, things flying in the sky, things swimming in the sea, Wang Hongtao only needed to find an excuse to go out for a walk, and when he came back he would have a bag full of food, enough for the whole family to have a sumptuous meal.

The two women knew that the man was very capable, so they didn't ask any more questions and began to busy themselves with preparing dinner.

Wang Hongtao lay on the bed and watched the two of them busying themselves. This is how a real man should behave!

There are fried cabbage with bacon, spicy and sour sea cucumber soup, braised pork, blanched prawns, sour soup tofu, ham and winter melon, etc. The table is full of delicious dishes that make people drool just by looking at them.

Due to time constraints, we didn’t prepare dumplings as the staple food, so we simply steamed a pot of flower rolls.

Even so, it was an extremely sumptuous table, and few places outside could match it.

Liu Yanan smiled and served everyone a bowl of hot and sour sea cucumber soup, saying, "Okay, all the dishes are here, let's start eating now."

"Okay! I've been craving for it for a long time!" Zhang Na has been following Liu Yanan since she came out of school. She is still the same child she was before, which is somewhat similar to Qin Jingru.

After sitting down, Zhang Na couldn't help swallowing her saliva as she looked at the table full of delicious dishes. She couldn't even believe that she had made all of them.

Cooking is done one by one. I already have a premonition when I cook it, but when the dishes are all laid out in front of me, it is another kind of shock.

Growing up under the oppression of her father and brother, Zhang Na had hardly ever eaten anything delicious. Even the work meals at the steel rolling mill were delicious in her eyes.

Looking at the huge table in front of her, which was something she had never seen before, Zhang Na's eyes became moist unconsciously.

Liu Yanan noticed Zhang Na's reaction and quickly comforted her:

"It's okay, Nana. The hard times are over. Although your father and brother didn't love you and treated you cruelly, that's all in the past. Sister Liu will take care of you in the future, and your brother Wang will also love you. You will only live a better and happier life than others."

Zhang Na couldn't help choking up when she heard this. This girl had lived in the shadow of her father and brother since she was a child. She ate poorly, dressed poorly, and had to be on guard against them in fear. Only she knew how much sadness and misery she had experienced. Now, the rain has finally stopped and the sky is clearing, and the moon is shining.

Zhang Na looked left and right, and finally said with tears in her eyes, "Well, I understand, Sister Liu, we will be happy in the future!"

Wang Hongtao gave Liu Yanan a thumbs up and praised her performance:

"Come on, eat it all. Sister Liu, don't be polite. Today is the Little New Year, let's treat it as the Big New Year and eat it all in one go!"

The fact was that the two girls were used to being simple in their daily lives, and they didn't dare to eat too much when they suddenly had a sumptuous meal, otherwise their stomachs wouldn't be able to adapt and they would easily get diarrhea. Wang Hongtao also ate slowly with them.

You don’t have to worry about food going bad even in the cold winter, as the outdoors is a natural refrigerator.

After finishing the meal and clearing the table, Wang Hongtao looked at Liu Yanan with ill intent.

"Um...I was sweating a little when I was cooking, so I'll go wipe myself off first."

"Let Nana accompany you first." After saying that, he picked up the basin of water and ran into the inner room.

Zhang Na just realized what was happening and wanted to run away, but Wang Hongtao grabbed her and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I...."

"I'm sweating too and want to wipe my body." Zhang Na said with a red face and lowered her head.

"You're lying! You're just helping out by washing the vegetables. You haven't even cooked yet, so how can you sweat?" Wang Hongtao said righteously, then leaned close to Zhang Na's ear and said gently: "How come you're so distant after just a few days of not seeing each other? Did you change your mind right after you had a meal?"

"No! I didn't!"

Zhang Na hurriedly looked up and said anxiously, but what she saw was Wang Hongtao's mischievous eyes. After realizing that she was being teased, Zhang Na quickly lowered her head again, with an indescribable shy expression.

Although this was not the first time she had been with Wang Hongtao, Liu Yanan had always gone out early to avoid the situation. This was the first time that the three of them were in the same room.

"Come with me into the room and talk." Wang Hongtao said softly in her ear.

"Ok!"

Having been together for so long, Zhang Na knew what Wang Hongtao meant by "talking", but she did not resist, just as Liu Yanan said before:

She also needs company.

Liu Yanan came out after cleaning, but shook her head helplessly when she heard the familiar voice, and then walked in.

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Wang Hongtao stayed here all night and did not leave until dawn.

After Wang Hongtao left, the two girls lay back lazily, planning to take a nap.

Wang Hongtao had breakfast on the street and then hurried back to the courtyard.

The sun shone on the snow, and it was already bright in the early morning. The residents of the courtyard also woke up very early, got up, washed, and prepared to go to work.

"Hey! Section Chief Wang?!"

"Did you just come back from outside?" A resident who went out early greeted Wang Hongtao.

"Yes, I had a social event at the factory last night. I drank too much and didn't come back. I just woke up now." Wang Hongtao answered loudly. His purpose was to create a character who had a lot of social events at work, so that it would be convenient for him to stay out all night in the future.

"Section Chief Wang is worthy of being the face of our courtyard. He is conscientious and responsible in his work. He is still busy even on New Year's Eve."

Wang Hongtao waved his hands: "Ah~~, it's just my job, I don't deserve praise."

"I won't tell you guys anymore. I'm not going home on New Year's Eve. I have to go home and coax my wife!"

"See you later!"

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