Half a fat pig cooks the flavor of the New Year, and a big pot melts family affection
This is the Spring Festival couplet I wrote for my big family. At the same time, it is also a true portrayal of my family.
Half a fat pig, about 100 catties, anyway, half of it, 60 catties of beef and mutton, 30 catties of fish, more than 10 chickens, 100 catties of radish and cabbage, 200 catties of rice. This is my family's list of annual goods that have remained largely unchanged for decades.
A large family of nearly 30 people, plus many relatives of three generations come to the door, my family every year from the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the first lunar month, a large kitchen, two large iron pots, has been running non-stop, fortunately, living in the countryside, the big wood stove is very convenient.
My family is a veritable big family. My parents were in the thirties of the last century, and they raised five of us brothers with hard work, and all of them started a family. Because the brothers are very early to go out to work and live in their hometown, and the place of work is not together, but as long as there is something at home, they will return to their hometown as much as possible, especially every Spring Festival, all the younger generations will come back, no matter how many people come back every time, it is a kitchen to eat, and this has been the case for decades, so my family has no real sense of separation.
Farm yard. My dad was quite capable in the last century.
In the 60s and 70s, in the extremely remote and impoverished mountainous areas, it was not easy to pull the five of us brothers into a big way, and in the mid-80s, they even became 10,000 yuan households.
Now although my father has passed away, but there is a 90-year-old mother alive, this family will not be separated, the whole family of four generations of nearly 30 people, the Spring Festival reunion in the hometown, but also happy.
The most proud thing is that although our family is not too rich, we have never had a conflict over money and property, and the expenses of the big family are all borne on a voluntary basis.
Brothers settle accounts clearly, which is the way to get along for a long time. But I found that the more detailed the economic accounts in most families, the more contradictions there are, and money should be a tool to maintain family affection, and the family is not a place to be reasonable. What could be more important than affection.
The Zhang family has a very famous hall name "Bairentang", which advocates that the way for families to get along lies in the word "forbearance", but I disagree, because, forbearance, at a certain time, it will be unbearable, and once it breaks out, it will be war. I also advocate the use of the words 'forget' and 'remember' in the family, and forget the things that have passed and should not be remembered in time, especially some irrelevant language. Remember: It is to remember every drop of dedication of each family member to the family, with this memory, gratitude will naturally arise.
As the eldest brother, I would like to express my gratitude to the brothers who have made selfless contributions to this big family.