The Peasant Girl's Splendid Manor

90-100

Chapter 91: pay a New Year call
Chapter 91 Happy New Year

The Mo familys New Years 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.