Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 678: New Year's Eve, New Year's money, New clothes on the first day of the new year, the queen wears the same clothes and is beautiful to a new world

The younger generation in the family greets their elders during the New Year.

There is no distinction between the Fang family and the Zhu family, as long as they are elders, they should be bowed to.

The four elders in the family said to everyone:

"The new year has come. I hope our family will be safe and healthy, and that our children will be well."

“New year, new scenery, I hope everyone can have new gains!”

"For those who are married, you should support each other and live a prosperous life in the new year. For young people who are not married, you should work hard and pursue your dreams."

"Work is hard, take good care of yourself and your children in the new year!"

Afterwards, everyone received New Year’s money from their elders.

Even Hu Daohu's assistant Xiao Lin was no exception. After paying New Year's greetings, he also received red envelopes from four elders.

Zhengyi and Mingzhu are the two youngest children in the family, so the whole house is full of people wishing them a happy new year.

The two children played with firecrackers and ate candies during the New Year, and they didn't feel sleepy at all.

He received the most red envelopes in the whole venue.

The only person at home who was working and resting normally today was Old Six Fang Xia, who was already asleep.

But her family also left her a red envelope.

Red envelopes are New Year's money given by elders to convey blessings and love. Although the money is not much, only one or two yuan, it is a lot of money for children.

Of course, Hu Daohu and Huang Huijie gave their children more red envelopes.

I've asked them to stuff less in there, just as a token of my appreciation, but I still saw a lot of food stuffed in there.

According to them, they never had this custom of celebrating the New Year when they were abroad. Generally, everyone celebrated the New Year on their own, and there were few days when the family got together. The New Year period was the time when they had the most social engagements.

On the contrary, this year, they celebrated the Chinese New Year in the country and systematically felt the traditional Chinese New Year atmosphere.

The dialect tells them that New Year’s Eve is just the beginning and there is more to come.

Tonight's show is almost over.

Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there will be many activities.

After midnight, we have entered the New Year.

My family doesn’t have the habit of staying up all night, so I just tidied up, washed up, and went to bed.

Fang Yan's house also has guest rooms, which were arranged for Hu Daohu and his wife and his assistant to stay, allowing them to rest early before returning to the main hall.

At this time, only my father and others in the main hall had not gone to rest yet. This is the custom in our family. Today is the day for the elders to go to bed last.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhu Lin took out Fang Yan's courtyard award certificate from the bedroom and announced the good news to the elders in the family who were still awake.

"That is to say, this courtyard house is now in dialect?" asked the old lady He Huiru in surprise.

Fang Yan nodded and said:
"Yes."

I still find it a little unbelievable. How can this kind of operation still exist in this era?

Simply unheard of.

At this time, Father Fang Zhenhua pointed at the document and said:
"It's clearly written on it, and the big red seals of three units are all stamped on it."

"This should be handled as a special matter. Moreover, this courtyard has been preserved and not transformed into a slum. It is still in the hands of the foreign affairs department and can be used at any time. Don't you think it's strange?"

He Huiru asked:
"Any idea?"

Fang Zhenhua said:
"Well, isn't this clear? It's obvious that this place is reserved for people who have made contributions to diplomacy as a reward."

Professor Zhu on the side nodded and said:

"Yes, Lao Fang's analysis is quite correct."

"Put yourself in the shoes of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office. It's really hard to reward people. Building a large yard like this to provide housing for those who have made contributions is a good idea."

Mother-in-law Fu Zhaojun said:

"Life is all about food, clothing, shelter and transportation."

"Anyway, this courtyard is now part of the dialect, and it can be considered a large inheritance for the unborn child."

Zhu Lin touched his belly and said:

"I hope the child will be more motivated after he is born."

When Fang Yan heard this, he said to his wife:
"Well, I just hope to grow up healthy and live happily."

"He doesn't have to worry about the house and money anymore. As long as he doesn't break the law, he can do whatever he wants in the future."

Hearing Fangyan's words, Zhu Lin smiled and said:
"Haha, your educational ideas are rare. Nowadays, everyone wants their children to be successful."

The dialect said:

"That's how it is in our family. We do whatever we want to do based on our own conscience."

Zhu Lin thought about it carefully and found that it was true. The Fang family was rather lax in managing their children and did not let them learn anything. However, he himself started learning dance when he was a child.

My life path was arranged by my family and was always tense. It was not until I met Fangyan that I realized there was another kind of life, and that this kind of life could also be lived well.

Anyway, whatever the child’s father says makes sense, so we will listen to him in the future when it comes to the child’s education.

After putting away the documents, Fang Yan and Zhu Lin returned to the room.

The elders in the family also went to wash up. Soon, the Fang family yard fell into silence.

The only sound left was the lingering sound of firecrackers outside, which continued to ring in the streets and alleys.

……

When I woke up, it was already six in the morning. Fangyan used to go to bed early and get up at five o'clock every day, but today he was a little late.

As soon as I woke up, I heard firecrackers outside.

After Fangyan started speaking, I realized that my eldest sister and brother-in-law had already gotten up.

The couple came together and set off firecrackers at the door.

After setting off the firecrackers, most other people in the house woke up.

I have to wear new clothes today. I made new clothes before the New Year and I put them on today.

Zhu Lin was wearing a red woolen coat that he and Fang Yan had bought in the store before. It was a similar style to the one worn by Hu Daohu's wife Huang Huijie, and even less expensive than hers.

However, when Zhu Lin put it on, it looked like high-end fashion. Huang Huijie even thought it was the latest model that Lao Zhou's family had sent from Hong Kong.

But when she looked at it, it turned out to be just an ordinary domestic style, which made Huang Huijie stunned.

Then I exchanged coats with Zhu Lin to try them on, and found that Zhu Lin still looked good in my coat, but I felt that my coat didn't look that good when I wore it.

In the end, Huang Huijie had to admit that being fifteen years younger was indeed an asset.

She also noticed that her second sister Fang Ning looked very beautiful in new clothes. The clothes were picked out by Zhu Lin and Fang Yanyi at the mall before they came back and given to her second sister as a gift. She kept them for the New Year and she looked very beautiful in them this time.

In addition, her face has become more rosy and her skin is healthier after recuperating at home for some time. She looks radiant after putting on new clothes.

Huang Huijie also praised Fang Ning.

As for my sister-in-law Zhu Xian, she didn't join in the beauty contest because she hadn't gotten up yet.

My eldest sister was busy in the kitchen today and was still wearing work clothes.

So it was not checked.

The men's new and old clothes are almost the same, especially Fangyan, who also has to do morning exercises.

My brother-in-law, Fang Yan, Hu Daohu, and little boy Zhao Zhengyi were sweating from practicing.

It hasn't been cleaned up yet, so I can't see it.

I won’t be cleaning this morning, but I will be offering sacrifices to my ancestors at home.

Before breakfast, the family lights up the joss sticks and kowtows in turn to worship their ancestors, expressing their remembrance and gratitude to them and praying for their ancestors to bless the family with peace, happiness and well-being in the new year.

In fact, it is just repeating what happened yesterday.

Mr. and Mrs. Hu did not participate in this event. They went to the main hall only after the ancestor worship was completed.

The Fang family’s breakfast was carefully prepared.

This meal doesn’t have to be delicious, but it does have to have auspicious meaning.

Of course, dumplings are a common food. Because they are shaped like ingots, eating dumplings means "bringing in wealth and treasure." Originally, my eldest sister planned to wrap coins in some dumplings, and whoever eats them will have good luck in the new year.

However, Fangyan felt that it was unhygienic and potentially dangerous, so he replaced it with pitted red dates and sugar and wrapped them inside.

Eating dumplings filled with red dates symbolizes a sweet and prosperous life; eating dumplings filled with sugar means a sweet and happy new year.

In addition, the family also made rice cakes, which means "higher every year", in the hope that life and career will get better and better every year.

There are many ways to make rice cakes and many flavors.

The traditional rice cakes in Beijing are yellow and white, symbolizing gold and silver.

Yellow rice cake is generally made from yellow rice flour, with a soft and glutinous texture and a faint rice aroma; white rice cake is mostly made from glutinous rice flour and has a more delicate texture.

The ingredients are things like red dates and bean paste. After steaming, the rice cake can be eaten directly, and it has a sweet and soft taste.

You can also cut it into slices and fry it in a pan until both sides are golden brown. The outer skin becomes crispy while the inside is still soft and glutinous, which has a unique flavor.

Under the guidance of the dialect, some white sugar or osmanthus sauce is sprinkled on the rice cake to increase the richness of the taste.

Everyone likes sweets these days, so in addition to rice cakes, the family also made a bowl of glutinous rice balls for everyone.

Tangyuan, tangyuan, symbolizes reunion.

The family conditions are relatively good, so the fillings of the dumplings this year are both sweet and salty, sweet ones like sesame and red bean paste, and salty ones like meat.

The family sits together and finally eats a bowl of steaming dumplings, which symbolizes family harmony and reunion.

In fact, Fangyan mainly took into consideration that the second sister would leave after the New Year, so he asked her to eat more good food and leave some good memories.

She has been recuperating at home for this period of time and looks much healthier. When she goes to Shanghai to study by herself, I don’t know what it will be like when we meet again.

She is not someone who can take care of herself, so now at home, Fangyan wants to give her all the good things he has.

After breakfast, Fang Yan had to go to work. There was no way around it, doctors were like this, especially since he was now the actual helmsman of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Peking Union Medical College.

Hu Daohu's wife will stay at Fangyan's house, while Hu Daohu will go to pay New Year's greetings to his master Lu Donghua.

Although he had already gone to buy New Year's goods yesterday on New Year's Eve, Fangyan still asked him to bring some gifts as a token of his appreciation.

Then Fangyan took the rice cakes she made at home and went to work at Union Hospital.

There is a high probability that someone will come to see him for medical treatment today.

(End of this chapter)