Little Life on An American Ranch - Chapter 700

  Chapter 700 is required

  The New Year’s Eve dinner in the United States is not a New Year’s Eve dinner. It can almost be changed to brunch, regardless of the meal. Anyway, the New Year’s Eve dinner here is in the morning according to Chinese time.

  That is to say, Jian Heng’s family cooked a table full of dishes in the morning, including all kinds of chicken, duck, fish and geese, and there is no shortage of pork, chicken, and beef, and this year there is an extra dish: crocodile meat. Zhao Changshan just sent it last night, and a few catties of crocodiles raised by one of his friends came here.

For the New Year’s Eve dinner, everyone should drink a little according to the custom of the festival anyway, so children’s arms are filled with fruit juice, adults’ glasses are filled with wine, women’s glasses are filled with red, Jian Heng and others There is white wine in the cup, and no one persuades, anyway, anyone can drink whatever they want.

   Jian Heng saw that the family was all together, big and small, sitting around the round table, so he said to his father Jian Zhenhua, “Dad, can you tell me a few words?”

  Jian Zhenhua thought for a moment and replied, “What are you talking about?”

  Sun Xiuying said: “Say something auspicious for the Chinese New Year, and just say a few words if the child asks you to say it.”

Hearing what his wife said, Jian Zhenhua stood up holding the wine glass in his hand: “It’s a new year again, I wish everyone in our family is safe and sound, and the children who will come home soon are also healthy , and, in the new year, everyone’s career is going up and down, and life is very comfortable!”

   “Okay!” Yang Bin smiled and echoed his old father-in-law’s words.

  Jian Heng asked: “No more?”

   “It’s gone, what are you talking about so much, let’s have a drink first, and then let’s start the banquet!” Jian Zhenhua smiled and raised his glass: “Come on, let’s meet one!”

  Hearing what Jian Zhenhua said, everyone at the table stood up, including Ning Ning, Xiao An, and even Pooh sticking out his head out of love, as if this New Year’s family portrait is also a part of it.

  All the cups touched together and made a crisp and pleasant sound, just like the good old days of old Jane’s house.

“Come on, come on, try this crocodile meat first, I made it with the recipe Xiao Zhao gave, I don’t know if it’s good or not!” Sun Xiuying put down the cup in her hand, picked up the chopsticks and said to a table of children .

   “Scallion crocodile meat?” Jian Heng stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of crocodile meat and put it in his mouth.

All the crocodiles that Zhao Changshan gave were tender meat, without bones and without oil, which was just right for frying with shallots after being marinated. In fact, there was no big difference between this stuff and fried shredded pork with shallots, but because I didn’t eat it often, so The taste of the crocodile meat in the mouth is quite novel, and my mother Sun Xiuying’s cooking is not bad, so this plate of shallot crocodile meat is very popular.

   “Do more next time!” Jian Heng didn’t enjoy himself a bit.

  Sun Xiuying said: “There is not much left. I will save the rest for barley and wheat soup. Don’t even think about it.”

  Barley listened and said: “It doesn’t matter what we eat, let’s make it for everyone to eat next meal, it seems that everyone likes it.”

  Sun Xiuying said: “It’s not the same whether they eat or not, but you two are different. Now that one eats enough for two, maybe we can’t neglect the two of you.”

   Now Barley and Wheat are already showing obvious bosoms, especially Wheat is obviously bigger than her sister Barley.

   “Mom, there is no need for this!”

  Damai couldn’t stand this, and she didn’t have the concept of giving birth to a baby, so Sun Xiuying’s actions made her feel a little bit sorry.

When Jian Heng saw it, he immediately interjected and said, “Oh, isn’t it just a piece of meat? I’ll ask about it tomorrow, and I’ll buy a hundred-and-a-half catties. When the time comes, each piece will be marinated and fried in front of a steak.” Eat, you must vomit everyone!”

  These words immediately heated up the atmosphere on the table, forgetting about Sun Xiuying’s plan to let the two precious daughters-in-law enjoy the crocodile meat exclusively.

   “You child, you must eat something that hurts you! You have a grudge against Qian.” Sun Xiuying looked at her son dumbfounded, with a little love and a little dissatisfaction in her eyes.

  Barley became happy when he heard it.

  Jian Heng said: “What else to do if you earn money? Isn’t it just simple food, clothing, housing and transportation? Eat as much as you want. Is losing weight still a problem for our family?”

  Jian Zhenhua said cheerfully: “You child, why do you have to eat so much?”

   Still wanting to say something, Jian Zhenhua’s cell phone rang.

  Jian Zhenhua took it out and took a look. After picking it up, he stood up and walked to the side and began to talk on the phone: “Hey, old horse, have you eaten yet? Our family is eating…”.

  As soon as I heard the sound, I knew it was a call to greet.

   Before Jian Zhenhua finished talking on the phone, Yang Bin’s cell phone rang again. Before Yang Bin stood up, Jian Heng’s cell phone rang.

After waiting for Jian Heng to finish his call, he sat back on the table, only to hear Sun Xiuying stretch out her hand and pat the table lightly a few times: “All of you, turn off your cell phone for me. Let me finish the meal before starting!”

Jian Heng was quite honest and turned off the phone directly. Yang Bin was also considered sensible. Seeing his old mother-in-law glanced at him, he immediately turned off the phone and put it in Jian An’an’s hands. It was Jian Zhenhua’s turn At that time, the old man was a little unhappy.

   “They are all old friends and old colleagues. They greet each other all at once during the Chinese New Year. You said that your shutdown is so inhumane,” Jian Zhenhua said.

Sun Xiuying heard it, and immediately poohed: “Don’t put money on your face, and you are old colleagues and old friends. Why didn’t I see them call during the Chinese New Year? Now my son is doing well, and they think it can be used. Our house is closed, and they all popped up one by one, do you want to close it?”

  Jian Zhenhua immediately raised his hands when he heard it: “I’ll shut it down, can’t I shut it down? You see, what you said is really ugly after the Chinese New Year!”

Sun Xiuying said: “That’s the way it is. Don’t say that others say that old horse. I used to wear a pair of pants when I was with you. His son is going to enter the factory after graduation. How did you help? When An An graduated from our family, he thought of the county seat. The school goes to work, he, the deputy director of the Education Bureau, is still in charge of what to do!”

   “Mom, forget it, isn’t it just a waste of trouble to mention what these people are doing during the Chinese New Year?” Jian Anan said with a smile.

  Sun Xiuying said: “I just look down on your father’s good old man!”

   “It’s closed, it’s closed! The children are all here, and it’s Chinese New Year too, so don’t be angry if you get old?” Jian Zhenhua said with a smile.

   “Don’t look at them mixing together and hear if they are all heartless things,” Sun Xiuying said.

  Jian Zhenhua nodded and replied, “Don’t worry, I’m your acquaintance, don’t mention anything else, I’m not a prostitute.”

  Hearing what the old man said, Sun Xiuying’s anger was finally extinguished.

Jian Heng patted Lao Niang on the back a few times with his skill. Jian Heng had already remembered when the family was defeated. Friends are really not even friends of friends. When something happens, it’s like old Jane’s family is a disaster, and they all disappear at once.

Sun Xiuying hated her so much. In the past, someone in someone’s family was born, aged, sick and died. As soon as Sun Xiuying and his wife were notified, they would go no matter how far away they were. When it was the turn of old Jian’s family to have an accident, they all ran away. It’s also human nature, and Sun Xiuying could understand if she was afraid of getting involved when the incident happened, but Sun Xiuying was really disappointed when she saw these people on the road afterwards and pretended not to know them.

  Jian Zhenhua has a low face, and he will not be cold-faced to those who post it, so this group of people slowly started to gather together again, brother Jian and brother Jian shouted. These people mainly thought that Old Jane was doing well now, and that he and the secretary of the county magistrate had dinner together from time to time, and they had to let him take the lead. Naturally, these people wanted to follow Sticky Light before posting it.

  Yang Bin said repeatedly: “Eat! We don’t care about others now, and our family doesn’t owe anyone favors. Come! Let’s celebrate the New Year happily together!”

  Jian Anan said: “Yes, come and drink, Mom, let me toast you, I wish your grandchildren are healthy, lively and strong!”

  As soon as Sun Xiuying heard about her eldest grandson, Sun Xiuying immediately forgot her unhappiness, picked up the cup and took a sip: “You are going to be an aunt soon, do you have any gift money?”

   “How can the gift money be less?” Jian Anan laughed.

As soon as the old lady was happy, the atmosphere on the table immediately rose again. Everyone casually toasted and drank in twos. They started chatting while eating. Soon the table was divided into two groups. The women chatted about food, Here, the men chatted about the racecourse, and Yang Bin’s official career, which is too small to be underestimated.

Now it’s not the same as before. All kinds of delicious and fun things come during the Chinese New Year. Now everyone’s life is better, and the food and clothing they usually eat and wear are not much different from the New Year’s. So everyone doesn’t eat much, almost half of them There are leftover dishes, but there is no concept of throwing away the dishes in Jian Heng’s family, because Pooh is there.

Half of the meat on the table was given to Denver, and almost all the rest was pushed in front of Pooh. This guy is not a big fan of meat and vegetables. He was lying on the side of the table with a bear scarf hung around his neck by ‘grandma’ Sun Xiuying. With a big mouth sucking the dishes on the plate.

   “Hey, hey! That fish can’t be given, this fish will be left in the first place, it’s auspicious!”

  Seeing Mai Mai reaching out to put the half-eaten plate of lithium fish in front of Pooh, Sun Xiuying immediately snatched the plate back from the sky.

“how?”

  Barley said with a smile: “My mother said it every year. This is called having fish every year! Every New Year’s Eve, the fish must be left over, even if there is a fish head left.”

   “Barley has a really good memory!” Sun Xiuying praised the barley, and then added: “The wheat is also good!”

  Jian Heng was stunned by the side at this time, but he didn’t see anything good about wheat in this matter. However, Jian Heng would not find this unpleasant, because at this time, Jian Heng’s son was obviously not as important as Barley and Wheat in Sun Xiuying’s heart.

   At this time, the meal was finished. Jian Heng turned on his phone and found ten greetings on WeChat. He opened it up and saw that it was either from his classmates or from people like He Ye and Wu Yong, or from the staff of the ranch. For the first time, Jian Heng was remembered by so many people during the Chinese New Year.

  (end of this chapter)