MTL - After Dressing Up As a Stepmother, I Transformed the Whole Family Into Working In the Fields-Chapter 405 Silence is better than sound

 New Year’s Eve is here.

 In order to have a good New Year's Eve dinner, Awang assigned tasks to everyone in the family.

 Liu Jidalang was responsible for writing couplets and hanging lanterns.

 Erlang, Sanlang, and Siniang followed Qin Yao in a general cleaning to wipe out last year's bad luck and welcome good luck.

Awang himself contracted the kitchen and warned in advance that no one was allowed to go in without his call today.

Qin Yao, who rarely picked up a broom, said, "I want to switch with Liu Laosan."

 Liu Jicai didn't change. He finally got an easy job, so he just gave Awang a big hug to express his gratitude.

The red paper bought in advance was moved to the front door, the tables and chairs were placed, the pen was lifted, and he looked proudly at Qin Yao who was carrying a broom in the courtyard and couldn't start. After a few strokes, the first couplet with flying dragons and phoenixes was revealed on the paper.

 【Good luck in the new year】

Qin Yao raised her eyebrows and moved forward with a broom to look at it. She was surprised that the handwriting on the paper was 90% similar to Gong Liangxiao's.

 The only thing missing is the soul.

　　It has its appearance, but it does not have its character and true meaning.

 But even so, it was enough to make Qin Yao look at Liu Ji with new eyes.

"How did you do it?" Qin Yao turned over the red paper under the couplet in disbelief to see if it was a template he had prepared in advance, and it was not written at all.

This move made Liu Ji very unhappy. He firmly pressed her hand that was turning the paper and said angrily:

“Why can’t I do it? Oh, am I useless in the eyes of my wife?”

Qin Yao was silent.

The silence speaks.

Liu Ji took a deep breath to stop himself from being mad to death. He took her hand away, picked up the pen and started writing the second line again.

 【Good year, safe and prosperous】

 Hengpi: Thousands of miles of rejuvenation!

 After writing, put down the pen gently, put your arms on your hips and raise your chest, look at Qin Yao with your chin, open your eyes wide and let me see if it is true or not!

Unsurprisingly, he received a hard slap on the back of his head.

 “Ouch!” Liu Ji jumped in pain and almost knocked down the table.

He quickly backed away, covering the back of his head in grievance, and said resentfully: "Madam, it's the Chinese New Year, can you give me some face?"

Qin Yao couldn't help but chuckle, put the broom into his arms, pointed to the yard, "Sweep the floor, I'll help you paste this couplet."

Liu Ji's lips moved. Under her indifferent gaze, he could not muster up the courage to resist. He held the broom, turned back three times, and warned uneasily:

“Remember to blow it, the ink is not dry yet, so it won’t be good if you spend it. I worked hard to write it.”

Muttered endlessly, noisier than the tongue-tied woman in the village.

 But looking at the 'beautiful' couplets on the table in front of her, Qin Yao couldn't find a reason to call him out for the first time.

Qin Yao waited for the ink to dry before picking up homemade rice paste and pasting this couplet with beautiful meanings on the door of her house.

Last year's old couplet had been tattered by several children. Qin Yao threw it on the ground. After pasting the new couplet, he picked up the old one and burned it in the stove in the courtyard.

On the faded red paper, Liu Ji’s handwriting like a dog scratching last year was instantly devoured by the fire.

 Instead, there are brand-new couplets on the door. The handwriting is free and easy, no longer scrawled as before.

 After the couplets are posted, the lanterns still need to be hung up.

Qin Yao waved to the elder man to come over. The young boy guessed what she meant, the tips of his ears turned red and he moved slowly.

Qin Yao found it funny, handed the lantern to him, and lifted Dalang up with one hand, "Is it high enough?" Dalang sat in her arms, not daring to move, and replied stiffly: "Aunt Yao, A little higher."

“Okay.” Qin Yao gently lifted the hook on the eaves and Dalang could easily touch it, and hung the lantern carefully.

 After hanging the first one, continue hanging the second one.

After finishing hanging the lanterns at the main entrance, we went to hang them at the entrance of the hall, and a red lantern was hung in front of each house, decorating the yard with joy.

Liu Ji also brought Erlang and Longfengtai over, and they cleaned every corner of the house and polished the tables, chairs and window sills.

Suddenly, the flavor of the New Year is here, and we can start the meal just waiting for Awang’s delicious dishes to be served.

While it was still early, Qin Yao brought scissors and taught several children to cut out the Chinese characters for blessing. They cut the words and pasted them on the window, which made people feel good.

Over in the kitchen, Awang shouted: "Get ready to eat!"

 The family of six in the house immediately stood up and ran over to serve the food.

Siniang’s nose twitched, “It smells so good!”

Liu Ji leaned over the stove to look at the milky-white wolf bone vegetable soup in the pot, sloshing and rolling, the milky white and emerald green complementing each other.

 It is a very simple soup, without adding any extra seasoning, and the original aroma is enough to whet your appetite.

In addition, there is a pot of braised pork belly, a carp with chopped pepper, a plate of scrambled eggs with shredded winter bamboo shoots, a plate of appetizing pickled radish strips, and a leaf of millet and red date cake.

　Including the soup in the pot, there are exactly six dishes, which is the auspicious meaning of Liuliu Dashun.

 Qin Yao and Liu Ji served the dishes, Dalang and Erlang served the rice, and the dragon and phoenix twins helped set the chopsticks. They just waited for Awang to serve the soup. The door of the main hall was closed to block the cold wind, leaving only the warm fragrance and joyful atmosphere in the room.

I have never had such good food before. My family of six, big and small, were all full.

 Only Awang is more restrained.

 Compared with the deliciousness of the food, he prefers to see the people around him look satisfied with their cooking skills.

This makes him feel that he is an indispensable member and has a sense of accomplishment.

Of course, the task of clearing away the dishes, tables, and chairs also fell to Awang. Who allowed him to move?

After the New Year’s Eve dinner, it was completely dark. The children couldn’t wait to take down the lanterns with long bamboo poles and light them all.

 Red candlelight filled the small courtyard, and the children's cheerful laughter filled the courtyard.

The stove in the courtyard was burning brightly, and the specially selected long bamboos were burned in it, making a crackling sound.

But the four brothers and sisters of Dalang were not satisfied with this noise. They dragged their father to take out the firecrackers they bought, divided each person into a long piece, lit an incense stick, and ran towards the village with them.

Children’s capital to show off is nothing more than this.

  Compete to see who has more money and whose firecrackers are longer.

Soon, the sound of firecrackers came from the village, adding to the excitement.

Qin Yao and Liu Ji followed them out, and the meal was finished at the old house. The two families gathered together, chatting about this year and thinking about the coming year.

 The hunger and cold in winter in my memory have long been replaced by the warmth and satisfaction of today.

The house in the old house was expanded by one room along with the large army in the village. The thatched roofs were all replaced with green tiles, the ground was paved with gravel paths, and two red pomegranate trees were planted in the corners.

This scene is completely different from the first time Qin Yao stepped into the old house.

During the vigil, the white snow was falling one after another, and it started to snow again.

 Old man Liu was sitting under the corridor, looking up at the flying snow in the sky, and said with a smile: "The auspicious snow heralds a good year, and the coming year will definitely be a good one." (End of this chapter)