Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 148 New Year’s Eve

But this year is very special. Despite this, Xu Han still doesn't want to get through it in a muddle.

"Okay, I remember you bought red paper and other things. Let's decorate the house together tomorrow! The New Year atmosphere is essential." Lu Chuan suggested.

In fact, Lu Chuan himself hasn't felt the feeling of the Chinese New Year for many years. He is always alone, and if one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry. It doesn't matter whether he celebrates the festival or not, there is not much difference.

Lu Chuan was also thinking that he would no longer be alone this year, and with his wife by his side, he would definitely have a good New Year.

After deciding on the menu for tomorrow, the two of them packed up and prepared to rest, as they still had a lot of things to do tomorrow!

The next morning, Xu Han did not stay in bed anymore. She got up early and used the time in the morning to cook some meat. She washed some pickled chicken, beef, salted duck and other foods and cooked them directly later.

Lu Chuan was responsible for cleaning the meat, while Xu Han was responsible for preparing the side dishes for dinner.

First, wash the necessary vegetables. In ancient times, there were no other vegetables except cabbage and radish.

Unlike modern times, there are greenhouse vegetables all year round and you can buy them whenever you want.

These vegetables are still very rare in ordinary families. Fortunately, Xu Han has space, otherwise she really can’t eat them!

Take out some cucumbers, beans, tomatoes, celery, cauliflower and the like.

Of course, various types of mushrooms are also indispensable, and the delicious chicken mushrooms, matsutake, shiitake, black fungus, and chanterelles are especially indispensable.

The various meats that were stockpiled daily must not be left out, and the ones that needed to be fried or roasted should be roasted. The two of them had a clear division of labor, and the speed was quite fast.

Here, Lu Chuan put the meat into the pot to cook, and Xu Han was washing vegetables. She asked Lu Chuan to help chop the meat into pieces so that it could be cooked directly in a while.

By noon, the meat had been cooked, and Xu Han used the large iron pot outside to cook a large pot of spicy lamb heads and lamb trotters.

The taste is particularly overbearing and fragrant. The aroma comes out as soon as the ingredients are put in. People who are greedy will drool. I want to curse when I am processing it. I am drooling before it is even finished.

After the two of them had a quick bite to eat, Xu Han immediately began to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner.

Boiled chicken, boiled duck, salted beef, chicken stewed with mushrooms, braised fish, spicy rabbit cubes, stir-fried beef, braised lamb, dry-fried potatoes, dry-pot cauliflower, spicy lamb's trotters, cold cucumber salad, peanuts and edamame, cold beans salad, braised duck, cold tomatoes and many other dishes.

There were eight standard cold dishes and twelve hot dishes, a total of 20 dishes filling the table.

After everything was done, before it got dark, Xu Han and Lu began to put up couplets, cut window flowers, and decorate the house to make it particularly festive.

Coupled with the bacon, sausages and other things hanging under the beams, the atmosphere of the New Year is immediately created.

After everything was ready, Xu Han took out the previously brewed fruit wine from the warehouse, and prepared some nuts, such as peanuts, pine nuts, walnuts, etc., and added snacks and tea. It was really quite a sumptuous meal.

After everything was prepared, I made some dumplings. Dumplings are a must-eat on New Year’s Eve and various festivals, so we definitely can’t forget them.

After putting all the food on the table and paying respects to Mr. and Mrs. Lu, the two began to eat.

Looking at the table full of food, Xu Han couldn't help but sigh and said, "We've been busy all day today and prepared so many things. We two definitely can't finish them all. It's still a bit too lonely for just the two of us."

"When the disaster is over, if you find it lonely, we can have a few more children, or move to the county town."

"Let's stay here! I prefer the life here. Oh my! Why did you bring up this matter? Today is New Year's Eve. Even if it's just the two of us, we have to have some fun." Xu Han quickly changed the subject.

After saying that, he raised his glass and started drinking with Lu Chuan. Today's New Year's Eve dinner was eaten very early, and they started eating while it was still light.

After eating for about an hour, both of them were full, and then they chatted while eating pine nuts.

Xu Han suddenly remembered that there was one thing she hadn’t done yet!

Every New Year’s Eve, Xu Han’s mother would put garlic and spinach into the bucket, as if it had some meaning.

But Xu Han couldn't remember clearly, so she just followed her mother's example and put garlic and spinach into the bucket.

Then they went back to the room and continued staying there. Finally, it was too boring, so Xu Han took out Gobang and started playing Gobang with Lu Chuan.

"Haha, I won again." Xu Han said proudly, clapping his hands.

"Let's play another game. I've learned it." Lu Chuan continued.

After several rounds, the person with a bitter face became Xu Han.

"I don't want to play anymore. I don't want to play anymore. You win every time. It's really boring." Xu Han said angrily.

What else is fun? Mahjong or poker, it’s not fun to play with just two people! It’s more fun with more people.

The two of them were so bored that they stayed up until after eleven o'clock. Finally, they couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep.

The next morning, Lu Chuan got up to cook dumplings. Xu Han continued to sleep and lay down for a while before getting up.

After the dumplings were cooked, they paid tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lu, and then they began to eat the dumplings.

Xu Han and Lu Chuan's family have the same custom, they both eat dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year and then go to pay New Year's greetings after eating the dumplings.

But the two of them lived deep in the mountains, with no neighbors around, and could not go out to pay New Year's greetings.

So after eating dumplings, there was nothing to do. You can't work on the first day of the New Year, which means you can enjoy a leisurely and happy new year.

You can’t pour water or sweep the floor, you can’t sweep away the wealth, there are so many rules! You can’t use needles, thread or scissors before the fifth day of the lunar year.

The two people who had nothing to do were really bored. They were busy every day, and when they were suddenly free and not allowed to work, they felt uncomfortable all over.

Look here, touch there. Finally, Lu Chuan took out a brush and paper and began to teach Xu Han how to write calligraphy.

Xu Han had learned a little bit before, but that was when she was in school, and she had almost forgotten it all. When she picked up the pen again, her handwriting was crooked.

In the end, I wrote it carelessly under Lu Chuan's guidance, but at least others could understand it.

In this way, the two of them spent the entire afternoon practicing calligraphy, and finally the difficult day was over.

In the evening, Xu Han poured all the leftovers from yesterday together, mixed them together and ate them hot. It tasted even better than when it was freshly made!

When Xu Han was young, neighbors and relatives held a banquet and the leftover dishes were mixed together. Each household was given some leftovers, which tasted better than the whole table!

After dinner, even Lu Chuan thought it was delicious and had a very special taste that no other dish had.