The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor

Chapter 91 Happy New Year

The Mo family’s New Year’s Eve dinner was very sumptuous, with twelve dishes of meat and vegetables. The two families gathered around the table and ate happily for nearly an hour before putting down their chopsticks and continuing to watch the night.

At midnight, the Mo family lit incense candles in the yard, sacrificed fish and meat, and then set off a long string of firecrackers. The vigil was not over until everyone had eaten dumplings.

 Listening to the sound of firecrackers outside, everyone yawned happily and went back to their rooms to sleep.

Early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Mo Yan and his juniors got up and put on brand new clothes to pay New Year greetings to their elders, Mo Qingze and Li Zhong.

Mo Qingze and Li Zhong were already prepared. They took out several red envelopes from their sleeve pockets with a smile and gave one to each of them.

Mo Yan accepted it with a smile and hid it in the purse around her waist. However, the three little guys couldn't wait to open it. They saw that one of the two purses contained a half-weight of small silver fish, the other a half-weight of silver peanuts, and one by one. I was so happy that I quickly packed it up and held it in my arms, for fear of accidentally losing it.

 After washing up, Mo Yan cooked a pot of longevity noodles with old chicken soup and served it as breakfast for the family, symbolizing peace and prosperity in the new year.

After the six people finished eating the fragrant noodles, they took the New Year gifts prepared last night and planned to go to Liuyang Village to pay New Year greetings.

But before they could go out, there was a knock on the courtyard door. Mo Yan opened the door and saw that it was Lin Yong, Lin Da and more than ten people who came to pay New Year's greetings.

 “Hey, Brother Lin, Happy New Year to you all!”

 Mo Yan was stunned and quickly let the person in.

A smile appeared on Lin Yong's cold face, and he handed the two cleaned rabbits to Mo Yan: "The ones I hunted yesterday afternoon have been pickled."

Mo Yan took it and thanked them with a smile. Mo Qingze quickly invited them to sit in the room and served them snacks and tea.

Mo Yan carried the rabbit into the kitchen and started cooking dumplings. Seventeen people came at once, and they couldn't eat enough without the two hundred dumplings. She filled two pots with water and cooked them together. It took four pots to finish the two hundred dumplings.

The steaming dumplings were served to the table, and the delicious taste aroused people's appetite. Lin Yong and others felt hungry. Knowing that this was a rule and could not refuse, they picked up chopsticks and ate without politeness.

These people had eaten at Mo's house once before and knew that Mo's food was delicious, but what they didn't expect was that even the ordinary dumplings were better than their own, especially the fillings and rich meat flavor. It was so fresh that they wanted to swallow it on their tongues.

　　Everyone had a bowl full of dumplings, and in the end they drank all the soup and water. Looking at the empty bowls on the table, everyone blushed. After counting the dumplings they had eaten, each one felt even more embarrassed.

Seeing that it was almost time, knowing that the Mo family was rushing to Liuyang Village to pay New Year greetings and would be rushing back in the afternoon, Lin Yong and others did not delay, and sat for a while before leaving.

Mo Yan and others quickly picked up bacon, sausages and other New Year gifts and walked with them. Lin Da and others kindly helped them get the things.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. There are no oxcarts on the streets, so I can only walk to Liuyang Village on two legs. Lin Yong and others also got up at Yinshi and walked to Mo's house for two hours.

It's okay for the adults. I don't feel tired walking with my hands empty. Mo Yan is three older and can barely keep up. Zhen'er has short calves and can't walk for half an hour. Mo Qingze stops and carries him on his back. He also felt that he was a man and was determined not to be carried away by others.

Mo Qingze ignored him and grabbed him and carried him on his shoulders. However, the food in the Mo family was so good in the past few months that Zhen'er gained a lot of weight. As a scholar, Mo Qingze was not as strong as a farmer. After a while, I was quite tired.

Upon seeing this, Lin Yong took Zhen'er and put it on his back without saying a word, but his speed didn't slow down at all.

Mo Yan watched from behind, beating her sore legs with envy. She planned to buy a car after the new year. She had been busy before, but she had forgotten such an important thing.

We rested twice on the way and finally arrived at Liuyang Village at noon.

Li Zhong and his grandson came here this time. In addition to paying New Year greetings to Lin Meng and others who were familiar with them, they also planned to visit the village chief's house. After all, they would live in Liuyang Village in the future and it was necessary to have a good relationship with the village chief.

Mo Yan and others are also going to the village chief’s house, but the first one to pay New Year’s greetings is Old Mo’s family.

So the group of people separated. Li Zhong's ancestors and grandsons followed Lin Yong and others, while Mo Yan and others went to Lao Mo's house in the west of the village.

No matter what the relationship between the two families is, Lao Motou is Mo Qingze's biological second uncle and a close elder by blood. Old Motou can close the door and prevent Mo Yan and others from entering, but Mo Yan and others have to pay New Year's greetings to their elders.

I saw smoke coming out of the chimney of Lao Mo's house from a distance, apparently making lunch. Mo Yan's family came over with New Year's gifts and saw the younger generation playing at the door.

Shitou was the first to notice them. He threw away the stones in his hands and ran here. He ran to Mo Yan, hugged Mo Yan's thighs, looked at Mo Qingze and the others, and called his cousin sister sweetly. and cousin.

Mo Yan pinched his face, bent down and picked him up. She saw that he was wearing a washed white clothes outside, and inside he was wearing a new cotton coat that she had made for him not long ago. Obviously, there was no new clothes made for him at home. , and when he saw that Goudan'er and Ernier, who were staring at their family, were also wearing old clothes, they knew that Lao Mo's family was not having a good year this year.

 The old Mo family is not only not living well. Ever since Mo Yongshou and Mo Yonglu were imprisoned, and one of them will be exiled for three thousand miles in a year, and will never be able to return, the old Mo family has not been peaceful for a day.

At the New Year's Eve dinner last night, Mo Hong saw that the seats for her second son and third son were empty, and she couldn't help but burst into tears. Her words were full of vicious curses on Mo Yan's family.

 Lao Mo was seriously ill and did not feel better until these two days. When Mo Hong made a fuss, he thought of his two sons who were suffering. As a result, he fainted again due to the stimulation. Fortunately, he did not vomit blood.

“Who asked you to come to my house? A bunch of wolf-hearted bitches, I’ll beat you to death!”

At this moment, a harsh shout sounded, which made Xiao Shitou tremble all over. Mo Yan looked up and saw Mo Yongxi rushing towards them with a twisted face. He raised his hand and hit Xin'er in the front. go…

 (End of this chapter)