The Orphan's Counterattack in the 1970s

Chapter 75 Chinese New Year

Time soon came to New Year's Eve. Chen Xiaolin rejected Uncle Chen's proposal to celebrate the New Year together. She planned to celebrate the New Year at home alone.

Although Chen Xiaolin celebrated the New Year alone, she also cooked a large table full of dishes.

This is the first time she has spent the New Year alone. Although her parents were divorced in her previous life, she had always lived with her mother.

Every New Year, her mother would take her back to her hometown in Guangzhou. Chaozhou City in Guangzhou Province is a place with a strong Chinese New Year flavor. Chen Xiaolin especially likes to eat the braised goose head made by her grandmother.

Unfortunately, she never had the chance to see that kind old man again.

Chen Xiaolin suddenly missed her mother, every word of her nagging, and every dish she cooked.

I don't know if her mother would faint from tears if she knew she died.

Chen Xiaolin felt like drinking. She took out a bottle of red wine from the space and poured herself a glass.

This red wine has been stored in the space for a long time, and it tastes better than before.

This night, Chen Xiaolin drank the entire bottle of red wine by herself. Lying drunkenly on the kang, she suddenly felt that she was really lonely.

When Chen Xiaolin woke up the next day, she was still in a daze. It seemed that she was really drunk last night!

After washing up, Chen Xiaolin will go to Uncle Chen's house next door to pay New Year's greetings.

"Happy New Year to grandparents, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters-in-law!" Uncle Chen's family happened to be sitting at home when Chen Xiaolin came over.

"Xiaolin, happy New Year!" Grandma Chen took out a red envelope and gave it to Chen Xiaolin.

Seeing Grandma Chen give the red envelope, everyone else present also took out the red envelope and handed it to Chen Xiaolin.

Chen Xiaolin didn't expect to receive so many red envelopes during this trip.

Chen Xiaolin took out a handful of White Rabbit toffees from her pocket and gave six to each of Goudan and Shitou.

"Thank you, little aunt, for the toffee. Little aunt is the best." Goudan's eyes lit up when he saw the toffee in Chen Xiaolin's hand. He hadn't eaten toffee for a long time, and his grandma was not willing to buy any toffee during the Chinese New Year. As for sugar, I just bought a pound of fruit candies. The fruit candies are not as delicious as White Rabbit toffee.

"Little Dog Dan is so good, why don't you take your brother to the village to pay New Year's greetings." Chen Xiaolin remembers that when she was a child, she would go to the village with Chen Mu and the others to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year whenever she returned to her hometown.

"I'll wait for Xiaobao to come over before going. I want to play with you at home." Goudan planned to wait for his little friends to go to pay New Year greetings together. It's more lively when there are more people!

"Xiaolin, don't worry about Goudan. Come and sit." Aunt Chen moved a stool for Chen Xiaolin to sit on. She also brought a plate of melon seeds and peanuts from the room and placed it next to Chen Xiaolin.

"Auntie, you don't have to be so polite. You can keep these melon seeds and peanuts for yourself." Chen Xiaolin was not short of food, so she took a peanut out of her mind.

"I fried these melon seeds and peanuts myself, please try them quickly." Aunt Chen took a handful of peanuts and melon seeds and put them in Chen Xiaolin's hand.

Chen Xiaolin sat at Uncle Chen's house for a while and then went back. She wanted to go home and stay there, fearing that someone would come over to pay New Year's greetings later.

After noon, Chen Xiaolin finally sent away the last wave of children.

Chen Xiaolin was so noisy that her head hurt. For the first time, she felt that there were too many children in the village.

After lunch, Chen Xiaolin welcomed Shen Jiaojiao and Liu Zhaodi into her home.

"Xiaolin, why didn't you come to visit us today to pay New Year's greetings? Fortunately, I prepared the candy and beef jerky." Shen Jiaojiao pounced on Chen Xiaolin as soon as she entered the door.

Fortunately, Chen Xiaolin reacted quickly, otherwise both of them would have fallen off the kang.

"I still have some free time. I entertained waves of children this morning."

"Haha, I heard the screams of children at home this morning." Shen Jiaojiao was also very busy this morning. The children who were celebrating the New Year at Chen Xiaolin's home also went to her and Liu Zhaodi's homes.

"Do you want to eat fried rice cakes? My grandma brought a lot of rice cakes to me yesterday."

"If you want to eat it, you have to eat it. I like to eat rice cakes, but it's a pity that I can't make them." Liu Zhaodi has liked to eat rice cakes since she was a child. Unfortunately, now that she is in the countryside, she can't make them even if she wants to.

"If you want to eat it next year, you can exchange it with my aunt. My aunt makes a lot of rice cakes every year." Aunt Chen is a hard-working person, and the rice cakes she makes are delicious. Every year, people bring things to her. Replace it with rice cakes.

That's really great. Thank you Xiaolin. Fortunately, you are here, otherwise Jiaojiao and I would not have such an easy life." Liu Zhaodi was very grateful to Chen Xiaolin from the bottom of her heart. She came from a familiar city to an unfamiliar countryside. , it would be impossible to say that she was not afraid, but meeting Chen Xiaolin here made her feel a lot more at ease.

"Don't be so polite. I'm just renting my old house to you. You are actually settling in Daqingshan Village on your own."

"Okay, we are all friends. Don't thank me here and there. Today I brought my mother's new beef jerky. Xiaolin, you must try it. This time it has chili pepper, which is better than last time. It tastes better."

Shen Jiaojiao's mother is best at making beef jerky. The beef jerky she makes is very dense and chewy when you bite into it. It tastes delicious and has a sweet aftertaste. The aroma of beef jerky lingers in your mouth for a long time, making you want to eat it again.

The beef jerky sent this time still took a lot of effort from Shen's mother. The beef alone was difficult to get. Thanks to Shen's mother's brother working in the slaughterhouse, she was able to get ten kilograms of beef.

Ten kilograms of beef were made into beef jerky and only about four kilograms were left. Mother Shen didn't keep any of it and sent it to Shen Jiaojiao.

Chen Xiaolin was embarrassed to eat the beef jerky that Shen Jiaojiao brought over for nothing, so she took out a small bag of dried fruit from the cabinet. These dried fruits were dried by Chen Xiaolin using fruits in the space. They are not only delicious, but also good for the body if eaten in large quantities.

"Jiaojiao, Zhaodi, you all want to try the dried fruits. I brought these dried fruits back from Qiongdao."

"Wow, this is dried mango. I like eating mangoes, but it's a pity that mangoes are too expensive and hard to buy." Shen Jiaojiao ate several pieces of dried mango at once.

"You can eat more if you like. I still have a lot of these dried fruits." There are so many fresh fruits in Chen Xiaolin's space. She doesn't like eating dried fruits very much, but she doesn't dare to take out the fresh fruits and eat them openly. She could only choose to make the fruit into dried fruit.

"Xiao Lin, I want to discuss something with you. Can you ask your third brother if you can help me exchange some dried fruits and send them back? Don't worry, I'll pay for the postage." If Shen Jiaojiao didn't know Chen Jiaojiao, Sen, she even wanted to write to him and ask him to change the dried fruits for her.