Chapter 419 New Year’s Eve
As soon as they finished breakfast, the Su family began to prepare for the New Year’s Eve dinner in the afternoon.
The adults were busy picking vegetables, washing vegetables, cutting meat, cleaning fish, and processing various ingredients.
Zhou Liyun is usually very busy, and because she needs to protect her hands during surgery, she seldom cooks, but today she is preparing her specialty, fried meatballs.
Her fried meatballs were made in accordance with Old Mrs. Zhou's true skills and were very authentic. Su Xing loved them very much, and other people in the Su family who had eaten them also praised them highly.
When Su Xing saw her mother preparing to make meatballs, she began to drool uncontrollably.
Su Yu was sharp-eyed and noticed that her sister was swallowing her saliva. She couldn't help but asked with a smile: "Sister, what are you craving for now?"
Su Xing replied quickly, "I'm not greedy."
"You're still saying no, but I saw you swallowing your saliva!"
Su Xing: "...You are seeing things."
"I'm not seeing things! Sister, you're actually craving everything, right? You must be very happy during the New Year, with so many delicious foods." Su Yu's smile was really asking for a beating.
Su Xing rolled his eyes at Su Yu, turned around and left her with his back, grabbed a handful of celery and started picking it.
Grandma Su slapped her granddaughter on the back and glared at her, "Don't make trouble for your sister, kid. It's a blessing to be able to eat. Who is like you, eating like cat food?"
"Why am I eating cat food?" Su Yu pointed at her nose, "I'm a big eater, okay!"
At her age, as long as she is healthy, she will have a good appetite!
but……
She glanced at Su Xing. Compared with her sister's appetite, she was indeed "cat food"... right?
"Go, go out and play. Don't get in the way in the kitchen. It's such a small place, there's no room for so many people."
Grandma Su chased them away and reached out to grab the celery in Su Xing's hand, "Xiao Xing, take your brother and sister out to play. You kids are not needed here."
Su Xing, "Oh, good milk..."
She usually does a lot of housework and is quite good at kitchen chores, but today there are many people in the kitchen and it is indeed quite crowded, so she should go out.
Su Zekai bought a lot of children's toys, such as firecrackers, firecrackers and monkeys, and called his two sisters, "Let's go, let's go out and play for a while."
"Okay, okay!" Su Yu followed happily.
Su Xing also washed his hands, dried his hands and changed his clothes.
The three of them played outside for a while, and when they had finished setting off the firecrackers, Su Yu started to feel cold and wanted to go upstairs.
When they got home, they played Landlord again.
By the time Su Yu's face was covered with notes, it was time for the Su family to have their New Year's Eve dinner.
There were twelve dishes in total, about half of them were spicy and half were non-spicy, but even the spicy dishes were not very spicy.
In fact, among the family of six, only Zhou Liyun and Su Xing, mother and daughter, cannot eat spicy food.
The dishes were served, so we first “disinfected” our phones, then took a few photos and posted them on our Moments.
After Su Xing finished posting, she refreshed her Moments and found that everyone was posting pictures of their New Year’s Eve dinner. She scrolled down and liked each one of their posts.
When I refreshed the page again, her post already had a lot of likes and comments.
Dad Su opened a bottle of Moutai that he had treasured for a long time and poured a glass for everyone except the two sisters Su Xing and Su Yu.
Su Xing stared at her father's wine glass, eagerly.
Grandpa Su noticed the look in his granddaughter's eyes and couldn't help but smile, "Xiao Xing, do you want a drink?"
Grandma Su glared at her husband, "What are you talking about, old man? Xiaoxing doesn't know how to drink!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the eldest granddaughter stretched out her hand to her father, "Yes, Dad, let me have a taste."
"Are you okay?" Su Shaohui didn't dare to give the bottle of wine to his daughter.
Zhou Liyun also said: "You are just a kid, just drink some beverages. How about you drink two glasses of beer?"
She knew her daughter could drink a little beer, but the alcohol content of the liquor was a bit high...
Su Xing was unwilling to give in, "I'll just take a bite..."
Old Master Su winked at his son and said, "It's New Year's Day, give her less."
Su Shaohui couldn't resist his daughter's gaze and poured her a small cup. "Just one cup."
Just one cup.
Su Xing brought the wine glass to his nose, his nostrils twitching: It smells quite good!
Seeing her sister like this, Su Yu couldn't help but feel moved, "Can you give me a drink too?"
This time it was unanimously rejected by everyone.
Old Mrs. Su: "Why would a child like you drink alcohol?"
Mr. Su: "Minors are not allowed to drink."
Su Shaohui: "You should drink orange juice."
Su Yu said dissatisfiedly: "My sister is not that old either!"
Zhou Liyun: "Your sister is an adult."
Su Yu curled his lips and stopped talking.
Su Zekai poured a glass of orange juice for his sister with a smile.
Su Xing curled his eyes slightly, like a cat that had stolen some dried fish.
Mr. Su raised his glass and said, "In the new year, I hope that our family will be healthy and make further progress in work and study."
When he said the second half of the sentence, he glanced at Su Yu.
Su Yu didn't look at her grandfather: What did you say in the second half? I didn't hear it clearly!
The whole family raised their glasses together: "Cheers——!"
……
eight pm.
The Su family sat in the living room, making dumplings and watching the Spring Festival Gala together.
Although everyone says that the Spring Festival Gala is getting worse every year, especially in recent years, it has been almost ridiculed by everyone, and there are few programs that can make people's eyes shine and leave a deep impression.
But on New Year’s Eve, most families in China will still turn on the TV and watch and complain about the TV.
Who knows why this is the unspoken must-see program during the Spring Festival for Chinese people? It seems that New Year's Eve would not be complete without watching the Spring Festival Gala.
Su Xing had watched this year's Spring Festival Gala in her previous life and had some impressions of many of the programs, but she still watched it with joy. It was not because she thought the programs were so exciting, but because she enjoyed the atmosphere of the whole family watching TV happily together.
Around ten o'clock, the sound of firecrackers outside became more frequent.
Old Mrs. Su also went to the kitchen and started cooking dumplings.
Grandpa Su, Su Shaohui and a few children went downstairs to set off a string of long whips.
Welcome the God of Wealth and eat dumplings!
……
The old couple of the Su family were old, so they didn’t stay up too late. After eating dumplings, they sat for about half an hour and then went to bed.
The cell phones of Su Shaohui, Zhou Liyun and their children started ringing non-stop, mostly with WeChat messages and text messages wishing New Year's greetings, and some calls from people who were closer to them.
Of course, everyone sent out a lot of New Year greetings messages.
At midnight.
Su Xing's cell phone rang and a call came in.
She looked and saw that it was He Xu calling.
Everyone in the Su family fell silent and looked at Su Xing and her phone.
Su Shaohui, in particular, was craning his neck to try to see the name displayed on Su Xing's mobile phone screen.
Su Xing didn't notice her father's look. She stood up "calmly", went back to her room, closed the door, and then answered the phone.
A clear and pure voice came from the other side of the receiver, "Happy New Year, girlfriend."
Su Xing couldn't help but curl her eyes again. She said in a brisk tone and sweet voice, "Happy New Year, boyfriend."
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[I haven't been discharged from the hospital yet. It's my birthday. I asked my attending doctor for a day off. I will write a chapter at night and meet up with some friends during the day.]