Zhuohou waits until all the dishes are put on the table.
Everyone suddenly discovered that this year’s New Year’s Eve dinner was probably the most sumptuous meal everyone has ever had.
Except for wedding banquets, after all, many dishes are for good luck. Taste is second, and appearance and symbolic meaning are the most important.
And what is on the table in front of you?
The attractive color of the squirrel mandarin fish will increase your appetite just by looking at it.
There is also Yongzheng roast duck packed back from outside.
Braised pork cooked by Wang Weidong himself.
Pink, tender and fragrant shrimps.
There is also a little Buddha jumping over the wall with various materials brought together.
Croquettes that symbolize family reunion.
The braised pork elbow means that the coming year will be prosperous and bring wealth.
And a dish of chicken stewed with mushrooms that Ding Qiunan strongly requested.
The staple food is naturally the dumplings, which are indispensable for northerners.
There are a lot of dishes on this table, but the portion is actually just enough for eight people.
In an era when food and clothing are scarce, most people would rather eat less than waste it.
After sitting down, Ding Boren, as the head of the family, stood up and said some auspicious words.
Then came Father Yang, who repeated what Ding Boren had said in another way.
After the family clinked glasses, they started to use chopsticks.
Everyone's face was filled with joy.
This is Wang Weidong's first year in this world after traveling across time.
It has special meaning to him.
After meal.
The women went to boil hot water to take a bath, while the four men got together to play mahjong.
This is an indispensable entertainment activity for almost every family during the Chinese New Year.
After all, there aren’t many programs to watch on TV, let alone the Spring Festival Gala. What else can you do besides playing mahjong?
This is a time-killing entertainment activity.
The four of them, Wang Weidong, are all well-established, so naturally they don't know how to gamble.
After Ding Qiunan returned to the hall, he felt that it was boring for the four of them to just hang out like this, so he proposed to put something on his face as a bet.
For this reason, she deliberately dug out the large pack of plastic clips she bought.
After making a bet, the four men began to get serious.
Especially the two old men Yang Zhenhua and Ding Boren.
It would be so embarrassing if you can't play with young people and have a lot of clips on your face.
However, reality always backfires, or it should be said that both Yang Zhenhua and Ding Boren often forget the saying that girls are extroverted.
They were not on guard against Ding Qiunan at first. Only after most of his face was covered with clamps did they realize that they had been tricked.
Only then did he realize that Ding Qiunan, the traitor, had been breaking news to Wang Weidong and Ding Qiushan.
It was obvious that he wanted to prank the two old men.
I found it too late by this time.
After driving Ding Qiunan away, both Wang Weidong and Ding Qiushan began to become conservative.
The less cooked it is, the better it is, and the chicken tail can also be eaten.
When Mrs. Yang and Mother Ding came back, they saw their husbands looking embarrassed.
I couldn't help laughing at that moment.
After the two old men looked at each other full of resentment, they couldn't help laughing when they saw each other's embarrassment.
But the two of them refused to continue playing at all. These unfilial children knew how to play tricks on their elders, and they were just having fun!
After the mahjong table dispersed, the family gathered together and watched TV.
What is played above is Mr. Yuan’s storytelling, which can be passed down as a classic to future generations.
Even Wang Weidong, who has traveled from the future, watched it with gusto.
But at six o'clock that night, the color TV screen suddenly jumped to a snowflake interface.
Wang Weidong thought there was something wrong with the antenna and was about to go out and fiddle with it.
But I heard Ding Qiushan say: "Weidong, there's no need to go!"
Wang Weidong turned around and asked in confusion: "Why?"
Ding Qiushan explained: "It's Chinese New Year today. People at the TV station get off work at six o'clock, so there are no programs to watch."
Wang Weidong looked confused.
Forget it if there is no Spring Festival Gala, we won’t even show other programs. What is this?
In the past, I always complained about the bad things about the Spring Festival Gala. Only when I didn't even have to watch the Spring Festival Gala did Wang Weidong remember its benefits.
I feel lonely after buying this color TV. One of the greatest joys of the Chinese New Year is watching TV together as a family and discussing programs.
But now that this fun is gone, Wang Weidong doesn't know what to do.
Get under the covers with your wife as soon as possible?
It's not that it's impossible, but Ding Qiunan is pregnant with a child now, and Wang Weidong doesn't dare to mess around.
Wang Weidong touched his chin and felt that this was not going to work.
Don’t waste the TV you bought at home!
After finally getting rid of so many colorful TVs, it was just so that I could have some entertainment activities for myself in my spare time.
It is unrealistic to film TV series in China. Wang Weidong does not have such great rights here.
But there is no such problem in Hong Kong Island. He has just connected the sky-ground line there.
Let alone TV series, even if you want to make a movie, it’s no problem.
However, it seems that Hong Kong City currently only has experience in making Cantonese feature films. It may be a bit difficult to produce the TV series that Wang Weidong wants.
But the problem is not big. If there are difficulties, we must face them. If there are no difficulties, we must face them even when we create difficulties.
With such a big market, it just doesn’t make sense not to take a hand.
It can also better stimulate the development of mainland film and television.
Don't always think about focusing on the big screen. The effect on the small screen is even stronger.
After all, no family will go to watch movies every day, but the popularity of television will become wider and wider, and it is also a good channel for publicity.
In order to avoid future dramas in which the small screen would be full of praises for pigtails and those in which people travel back in time and kneel down to lick pigtails, Wang Weidong felt that he needed to save his life.
But this matter is not urgent. I will contact Uncle Hua in Hong Kong City another day and ask him to find a way to operate it.
There is no TV to watch, so everyone can only get together to brag and spank. As a family, there is always something to talk about.
And according to traditional customs, men have to stay up late on New Year's Eve.
You have to wait until after early morning before you can sleep.
Before nine o'clock, sporadic firecrackers sounded outside.
This is the fun of better off families.
Under normal circumstances, a large family will only buy five or six firecrackers for the Chinese New Year.
One circle during the New Year's Eve dinner, and another circle in the early morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
When you wake up in the morning, put it on again.
Save the rest for when relatives come to visit.
Change and leave a circle for the Lantern Festival.
Fireworks and the like are even rarer.
These things are no different from burning money. Everyone is not rich, so who will bother with these?
It will take ten or twenty years for the Spring Festival atmosphere to be at its strongest.
Especially in rural areas, setting off firecrackers and fireworks is like holding a competition. It can last from night to early morning, and money is not taken seriously at all.
Before dawn, Yang Zhenhua and his wife asked to leave.
Wang Weidong did not stop him this time and rode his bike to send the two old men back.
When he takes over a few more rooms in the courtyard next year, he might be able to take over the Ding family and Yang Zhenhua and his wife for the New Year.
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