OBS Chapter 285 New Year’s greetings
Chapter 285 New Year’s greetings
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Jingxue estimated that it was about time, so she went to the captain's house.
When she went there, she was still a little hesitant. After all, it was the New Year, and it was a little different from visiting someone's home at other times. She had to say some polite words and greet people, which was really difficult for her, who suffered from social anxiety.
Fortunately, when she arrived, she found that there were quite a few people sitting in the house, all of whom were from the village who came to wish the team leader a happy new year.
Even the educated youth from the educated youth points were there.
Don’t treat village cadres as non-cadres. In this era, village cadres are very important officials and should not be offended.
Villagers usually go to the homes of village cadres to pay New Year's greetings.
When Liu Jingxue entered the room, she just said "Happy New Year" to the team leader and Aunt Sufen, and then she was pulled by them to sit down and talk, and was handed a bowl of sugar water.
With so many people around, Liu Jingxue didn't need to think of topics to talk about. She just had to listen to everyone talking and respond when they asked her a question, which made her feel greatly relieved.
Today everyone has to visit different places to wish everyone a happy new year, so no one will stay long. After sitting for a while and chatting for a while, they all say goodbye.
Liu Jingxue waited until everyone left before she took out the gifts she had prepared from her bag: a bottle of wine, a bag of brown sugar, and a bag of candy.
"Aunt, thank you for your care since I came here.
This is a small token of my appreciation, please do not refuse it."
After dealing with her for so long, Aunt Sufen was familiar with Liu Jingxue's character. She knew that she was sincere in giving, so she gave it to her without any hesitation.
"Okay, Auntie will accept it shamelessly.
Xiaoxue, please stay home for lunch today and don’t leave.”
Liu Jingxue refused with a smile, "Aunt, not today.
I came to your house as soon as I left home, and I also had to go to the secretary's house.
Besides, when the children in the village visit each other to wish each other a happy new year, they will definitely go to my place.
After the New Year greetings, I have to hurry home to avoid being turned away by them."
Wu Sufen thought about it and realized that given Liu Jingxue's relationship with the children in the village, they would definitely go to wish her a happy new year, and it would be bad to turn the children away.
“Not today, let’s do it another day.
When the time comes, Auntie will ask Sister Guiying to invite you over, and you can’t refuse anymore.”
Liu Jingxue had helped her family a lot, and this time she accepted such a valuable gift. Wu Sufen would feel uncomfortable if she wasn't treated to a meal.
Feeling that it would be inappropriate to refuse again, Liu Jingxue nodded and said, "Okay, I'll come over next time when I'm free.
In fact, I have long wanted to try authentic Northeastern cuisine.
Just like the pig-killing dish, I can’t stop thinking about it since I ate it.
I always feel like I can’t get the same taste when I make it myself.”
Liu Jingxue didn't lie.
She had already killed two pigs in the space, and tried to stuff blood sausage and make pig-killing dishes according to the methods taught by the aunts and sisters-in-law, but for some reason, it always felt not so delicious.
Wu Sufen smiled when she heard this, "Don't worry, my cooking skills are second to none in the production team, and I will definitely let you taste authentic Northeastern cuisine."
After leaving the team leader’s house, Liu Jingxue went to Secretary Xu’s house.
The New Year gifts given to Secretary Xu are the same as those given to the team leader’s family.
Aunt Chunhua was also very enthusiastic when she saw Liu Jingxue coming. After all, through Liu Jingxue, her family exchanged meat for bicycles, watches and tickets at a low price.
Liu Jingxue stayed there and talked with others for a while. She was fed a bowl of sugar water and ate some melon seeds before she left Secretary Xu's house.
After returning home, Liu Jingxue opened the gate to the courtyard, so that she wouldn't have to open the door again when the children came over.
Except for the frozen pears, frozen meat and frozen tofu, the rest of the snow in the yard had already been cleared out.
Liu Jingxue also opened the door and put a sun talisman into the room, which raised the temperature a little.
Of course she did not forget to add some fire to the stove to hide her tracks.
Liu Jingxue moved the table under the windowsill to face the door and placed some candies, biscuits, pine nuts, hazelnuts, melon seeds, peanuts, dried meat, fried dried fish, and hawthorn slices on it.
There are also some dried fruits produced by the space, made from fruits grown in the Northeast.
Not long after Liu Jingxue was ready, the first batch of children arrived.
They stood outside the courtyard and shouted, "Sister Xiaoxue, Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year to you too."
Liu Jingxue waved to them, "Come in quickly, Sister Xiaoxue has prepared a lot of delicious food for you."
With her permission, the children came in.
The children's eyes widened when they saw so many delicious foods on the table.
“Lots of delicious food.”
All these delicious foods are for them.
Some of the children were in disbelief and some were afraid to take action.
"Don't be polite with me, just take it yourself," Liu Jingxue encouraged.
The children looked at each other, took one or two items, and then stopped.
And even if they took it, they only took a little.
"Why only take this little? Take everything, take more." Liu Jingxue said.
The leading child replied, "Sister Xiaoxue, no need, we just want to taste it.
There will be other children coming later, so we have to save it for them."
“You don’t have to worry about the people behind you, Sister Xiaoxue is still here.
When these are gone, Sister Xiaoxue can bring out some more."
The children still didn't make a move, "Sister Xiaoxue, these things are definitely not cheap, you should keep them for yourself.
There are so many kids in the village. If you take them as you please, you will go bankrupt."
Liu Jingxue couldn't help but laugh, "Don't worry, this little bit of stuff won't bankrupt your sister Xiaoxue."
Seeing that they didn't move, Liu Jingxue quickly took matters into her own hands and gave each child some of each item, stuffing their pockets full.
The child at the back wanted to escape, but Liu Jingxue closed the door and locked him in the room.
Liu Jingxue didn't open the door and let them go until all the children were taken care of.
"Since I know you guys are going to other homes, Sister Xiaoxue won't keep you here.
When I saw other children in the village, I told them that Sister Xiaoxue had prepared delicious food for them and asked them to come over quickly. "
The children covered their pockets which were about to overflow with money and walked out of the door embarrassedly.
"Dashun, what should we do? Do we really need to ask the other children to come over?"
"Yes, Dashun, if you let anyone else come over, with her loose hands, all the good things in her house will be given away by her."
Dashun sighed, "They want to go and wish Sister Xiaoxue a happy new year, and we can't stop them.
Otherwise, people will think that Sister Xiaoxue doesn’t like the children in the village, which would be a discredit to Sister Xiaoxue.”
“In my opinion, we should not listen to Sister Xiaoxue and let all the children in the village go.
Those who are willing to go to pay her New Year's greetings will get benefits, and those who are unwilling to go will not get any of the good things, and Sister Xiaoxue will keep them for herself."
"Okay, let's do as you say.
Everyone's pockets are full, so after we go home and put our things down, we'll go to the next one together."
Although the children did not promote Liu Jingxue, the children in the village had a good relationship with Liu Jingxue and all came to wish her a happy new year.
Liu Jingxue followed suit and stuffed everyone's pockets full.
She also made a special observation and found that the children only came once and did not come again because she gave them a lot of things.
Liu Jingxue once again sighed that the children in the village were well educated.
Since the children brought back so many fresh foods, they were naturally asked by the adults at home where they came from, and they also gained a lot of favor in front of the villagers.
Although some people blame her for not knowing how to live, they still have a good impression of her in their hearts. After all, as parents and grandparents, they will look up to anyone who treats their children well.