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It was not even four o'clock, and the sun was already cold in the west. Grandfather Qi was grinning from ear to ear when she saw so many kids. Qi Hong even dragged Qi Yuan to see his new toy.

When the weather was good two days ago, Third Uncle, Third Aunt and Eldest Aunt helped Grandfather Qi clean up the house, and when they were cleaning, they had to clean everything in the house in the yard, even the corners and corners. When they were done, they had to sweep through the house, shake off any dust they missed, and then move everything back in the house. You can see that this was a very important thing to do in a few things that had to be done a few years ago.

When the sun set, they would have to set firecrackers in the yard, and even place paper money on the altar. Grandpa Qi would call a few children over to kowtow a few times, all for the safety of the next year, starting from Qi Chang's memories, he would kowtow when they left the kitchen for the new year. When the ceremony was over, Grandpa Qi would give the food on the table to the children, and the childhood memories of the small year were like sweet cantaloupes, soft dates, and thick white frost on the persimmon cake.

Before the sun set, the village was already filled with the sound of scattered firecrackers, helping Grandfather carry a black lacquered table to the center of the courtyard, on which were placed white porcelain plates filled with apples, oranges, bananas, cantaloupe, dates, and persimmon. Three small glasses were placed in white porcelain bowls, and three pairs of red chopsticks were placed on top of the offerings.

After the small ceremony was over, Wu Yuzheng led a few boys and hung a string of red firecrackers on a long bamboo pole in the courtyard. Grandma lit a stick of incense while Wu Yuzheng lit the firecrackers.

Relying on Guo Guo's promotion, everyone knew that tonight, Qi Xiang's house was going to eat hotpot, so they all had to eat with him. With the addition of himself and Wu Yuzheng's eleven children, everyone majestically went to the Qi Xiang house to eat hotpot.

When Qi Ma arrived home, she had already heated the pot several times with hot water. The bone soup in the big aluminum pot was already a milky white color, Qi Meng helped her cut the slightly frozen beef and mutton meat into thin slices, Qi Ching and Wu Min washed the cabbage, spinach and potatoes, chopped the vegetables and vegetables, and put the round glass turn over the tea table in the living room. After a short while, Qi Ma put the pot in the middle, filled the pot with bone soup, added some pieces of ginger and onions, and put them into the pot.

When the kids saw that the electric cookers had been served, they also surrounded them. They had never eaten the hotpots before, so they saw that Qi Zheng had plugged in the plug and that they were eating the hotpot next to the electric cookers.

Qi Xiang said, "Yes, let's boil the food in the pot and dip it in the sauce."

After setting up the pot, they went to chop up Mother Qi's autumn leek sauce. Then, they added water together with the sesame paste to rejuvenate the leek sauce. Then, they filled a small plate with the sweet and sour garlic, cut up the coriander and put in a small plate. Each of them had a small bowl of sesame paste and a small plate.

When the color of the meat changed, they scooped up a bit of meat for each child with a small spoon. The children couldn't wait to dip it in the cooking bowl, and as they ate, they said, "Delicious." As they ate, they laughed and said, "Eat slowly, we still have a lot of meat."

The kids ate some steamed buns before they slowly ate the vegetables that were put into the broth. They said, "Sis, it's really delicious. It's not troublesome to cook it, why don't we eat it every day?"

Mother Qi said, "Did you forget what I told you about 'delicious food cannot be used often'? If I were to give you a meal every day, you would have enough for three to five days. "

While helping to put the meat and vegetables in the pot, Wu Min put the scalded dishes onto their plates with a small spoon. She ate a few mouthfuls and stood up, saying, "Qi Tan, sit down and have some. I'll cook for you."

Qi Xiang said, "Elder sister, it's better if you eat quickly. I haven't digested the jujube with the persimmon cake in my stomach yet. Just wait for me to put some noodles in the pot later."

At this time, the little fellows who were eating heartily were full. Qi Hong burped and said, "I ate so little, so why do I burp?"

Qi Xiang said, "You have to eat this slowly. When you're full, you'll starve to death. If you try to be full, you'll have to wait a while before eating again."

Qi Hong put down his chopsticks and went to watch TV. Guo Guo also put down her chopsticks and followed. She said to Qi Hong, "I'll rest a bit first too. I'll come back later to eat." The meaning behind his words was that he had to leave it for me. Otherwise, I won't be able to eat it anymore.

The meal continued on and on until eight in the morning. The soup continued in the hot pot twice, and when there wasn't much left over after the noodles cooked the soup, everyone touched their belly and shouted, "What should we do if we eat so much tonight? Don't sit around, just walk around the house. "

Qi Yuan said to Wu Yurong, "Why don't we go outside and release the gold?"

Drops of gold was a common kind of firework used by children in rural areas for New Year's. The gray paper had a long and thin, slender and long hair, the head had gunpowder, the tail had paper wings, it was flat, and the 20-30 pieces were a bundle. When playing, one could light them up with their hands or use their saliva to moisten the paper wings and stick them to the wall. When Qi Yuan saw some of them being sold yesterday at the market, she didn't want to buy them at first, but after she saw them, she said they would burn the clothes, and the clothes would get dirty easily. Thinking about those last few decades in some forums, she would talk about these drops of gold, some of them kneeling down and begging to know where to sell them, just to recall their childhood, where to buy some more. Qi Yuan didn't like to set off firecrackers, but he liked to play with them, and when he saw them, he would itch for a while he waited for his mother to leave them alone after she finished eating.

Wu Yurong also knew about Drops of Gold, and hearing Qi Yuan's interest, Guo Guo and Qi Hong became even more anxious when they heard it. They shouted, "Hurry up!" Mother Qi was afraid of burning her clothes or hands.

After switching on the light at the back of the house, there was a faint yellow halo in the darkness. The cement at the back of the house was very clean. Qi Zhengyuan took out two bundles of gold coins that he had bought. There were around forty gold coins. Other than Qi Yinfeng's younger brother and sister, no one else had five.

The children were all able to light their own matches and run while holding them, or they would circle around and stare at the golden droplets for a short period of time. Guo Guo didn't know how to light a match, so she anxiously pulled Qi Cheng's hand and said with a smile, "I'll light it for you, but you can't run like them." Guo Guo nodded her head and said, "We won't run."

Guoguo lit a match for Guoguo, using her hands to carefully watch the beauty of the scene pass by. Her eyes were very serious, waiting until the golden droplets finished burning and still holding the remaining pieces of paper wings. She said to them, "I feel pity for the golden droplets."

"Why?"

Guo Guo let out a sigh and said, "It's such a long one. It's only been a short while and it's already burnt out. Only this little tail is left. I only remember that the fireworks looked good."

Wu Yuzheng, who was at the side, patted her head when he heard Guoguo's words. She smiled and said, "Disheng is like this. It wants to bring you happiness. Do you see those beautiful flowers?" Seeing Guo Guo nod, Wu Yuzheng continued, "This is what it is willing to do."

Mother Qi was in the room, calling her to bring along Guo Guo to pick up Zhuo to call her up. Guo Guo picked up the phone and told her mother how nice the gold looked, how delicious the hotpot was tonight, and she even kowtowed to the Duke of the Kitchen when she was giving up the food, which made her smile even wider. Qi Ge said that she would give the phone to Zhuo Ya Qin later, saying that Zhuo would like to talk to her.

Zhuo Ya Qin said: "Qi Zheng, Guo Guo's grandfather and father want to see the child, I want to ask you to help me bring Guo Guo over."

Having known the two for so long, they heard about Guo Guo's father for the first time and said in unison, "It's no problem at all. When can we go? Where do I bring Guo Guo? "

Zhuo Yanqin pursed her lips into a smile and said, "Tomorrow afternoon, I have an appointment with them to eat lunch at the Moon Pavilion. You can bring them before noon, and you don't need to bring anything from Guo Guo. After eating, you can bring them back. I've been busy these two days, so I can't take care of her."

Qi Cheng smiled and said: "Big sis Ya Qin, you don't have to be so polite. Guo Guo is so obedient, now it's my grandma's little cotton-padded jacket, I have to thank you for trusting us to bring our child over to our house."