Siheyuan: After being reincarnated as a master's daughter

On this joyous and peaceful 28th day of the lunar year, it seems as if the whole world is enveloped in a strong festive atmosphere, with countless families engaging in intense yet joyful busyness.

Look, a busy lady is making dough in her kitchen alone! She is skilled and quick, and she does every step carefully and meticulously. In a short while, the plain dough in her hands glows with vitality, like cute elves jumping.

After the dough was fermented, the aunt took a short rest and then could not wait to go out of the house and join the lively group of women, aunts and aunties in the yard. They sat together, talking and laughing, holding scissors in their hands, concentrating on cutting all kinds of exquisite window paper-cuts and blessing characters. These paper-cut works are of various shapes and lifelike, some are like delicate and beautiful flowers blooming on branches; some are like smart and playful little animals playing; and some are like dignified and auspicious patterns that convey beautiful meanings...

In this moment full of laughter and the strong flavor of the New Year, everyone exchanged their expectations and blessings for the New Year while carefully creating their own unique style of art. The sun shone on them, reflecting their happy and satisfied smiles, forming a warm and harmonious beautiful picture.

Yi Jiale followed his father to the street to buy liquor and firecrackers.

The supply and marketing cooperative is particularly lively today. People are busy buying liquor, New Year pictures, and firecrackers. The salespeople are so busy that they have no time to rest.

After buying everything he needed, Yi Zhonghai took his daughter back to the yard.

As soon as I walked to the gate of the courtyard, I saw Yan Bugui walking towards me with a smile on his face, holding the Spring Festival couplets he had written: "Old Yi, Happy New Year, Tuanzi."

Yi Zhonghai and Yi Jiale also greeted Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui handed his Spring Festival couplets to Yi Zhonghai: "Old Yi, this is a free gift from me to your family this year! It's not only a New Year gift from me to Tuanzi, but also from Mr. Huo."

The father and daughter, who were originally trying to be polite, heard that Mr. Huo also had one, so they thanked him and took it.

But Yi Zhonghai also laughed a few times: "Old Yan, being so generous is not your style."

Yan Bugui smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Of course I have to ask for some writing fees and money for the red paper and ink for others, but Tuanzi and Huo Sheng are my proud students, isn't it just a couplet? It's no big deal, I'll give you couplets for free in the future!"

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, he quickly took Yan Bugui's hand and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll ask you to make couplets for my family in the future!"

Yan Bugui had already said what he wanted to say, and there was no way to take it back. So he nodded and agreed with a painful heart.

When we got home, our mother had pasted window flowers on the windows. When our aunt saw the father and daughter coming back, she also pasted up couplets and New Year pictures. Every household had doors filled with bright red flowers, as if to make up for the missed Spring Festivals in the past two years at once.

When the aunt heard that Yan Bugui had given the couplets for free and that he would be responsible for all the couplets in her house from now on, she was overjoyed and said with a smile, "Old Yan is really generous this time. I guess he will be so upset when he goes back that he can't sleep."

The family of three burst into laughter when they heard this.

After pasting the New Year pictures and couplets, Yi Zhonghai was responsible for slaughtering the chickens and geese.

The aunt happily followed Sha Zhu and busy themselves with preparing the New Year's goods. They first started to make the delicious fried crispy meat, which was a particularly critical process.

Sha Zhu showed his skillful cooking skills and carefully mixed the crispy meat seasoning to perfection. After everything was ready, the two of them worked hand in hand in frying.

At this time, Yi Jiale, Lin Xiong and He Zhiyuan were also attracted by the tempting aroma, and their eyes were fixed on the boiling hot oil. The rich aroma that came to their noses seemed to have magical power, making the three of them drool, and they were even reluctant to blink, for fear of missing any wonderful moments.

Yi Jiale has eaten a lot of delicious food since he was a child, but this kind of crispy meat just out of the pot is really a rare delicacy. It is what Yi Jiale looks forward to the most. It is especially fragrant when it is just out of the pot. Sorry, Yi Jiale has been confused by the fragrance. His mind is temporarily stuck and he can't find an adjective.

The old lady looked at the greedy children with a loving face, and her eyes fell on the frying pan that was emitting fragrance and sizzling. She carefully looked at the golden and crispy meat in the pan, and estimated that the heat was almost done, so she quickly reached out and took out an extremely large enamel bowl. Then, she skillfully scooped out all the fragrant crispy meat that had just come out of the first pot and carefully put it into the bowl. Then, the auntie handed the bowl of tempting crispy meat to the three little ones with a smile on her face, and said softly: "Okay, little darlings, don't just stare and drool! Look at you, your mouths are wide open and your saliva is about to flow down! Come on, take it and enjoy it! Today, I promise to make sure you have enough to eat. If you feel that you are not satisfied, you can come and get another bowl after you finish eating! We will continue to fry other delicious things in a while, and you will be able to taste them all then!"

Yi Jiale and his two friends happily took the heavy enamel bowl filled with crispy meat, nodded excitedly, and their eyes were shining with joy that could not be concealed. Then, as if they were afraid that someone else would snatch it away, they couldn't wait to grab a piece of steaming crispy meat, stuffed it into their little mouths without hesitation, and chewed it with relish. For a moment, the whole room was filled with the rich aroma of meat and the children's happy and satisfied laughter.

Yi Jiale and the other two held their bowls and ate while going outside to watch Yi Zhonghai slaughtering chickens and geese. The children did not find the scene scary and ate the crispy meat with relish. Yi Jiale even put a few pieces of crispy meat into Yi Zhonghai's mouth from time to time.

It is really a training for people in this era. Yi Jiale had never seen chickens being slaughtered before. When he came to this era, he was shocked when he saw He Yushui killing fish for the first time. He was so scared that he cried. Now he can still enjoy watching chickens and geese being slaughtered. He doesn't feel scared at all. He just thinks that the chicken blood is delicious for cooking and making soup, and the meat is so fragrant.

Yi Jiale and the other two quickly finished the whole bowl of crispy pork. When they smelled the aroma of other fried food in the room, they carried their bowls back into the house.

Now, Auntie and Shazhu have fried several kinds of food, including fried mushrooms, fried shredded carrot balls, fried sweet potato balls, fried tofu, and fried sugar-coated fruit. Yi Jiale and the other three took a lot of each and put them in a big bowl, then took it out and ate it with relish while watching the chicken being slaughtered.

By the time they had dinner, the three of them could no longer eat anything else.