On New Year's Eve, a commotion broke out in the Chiang Family, leaving everyone in a foul mood during this grand holiday. Chiang Qing didn't dare mention Qi Taiguo's name for a while. Lu Shufen, seeing that everyone in the family was on edge and couldn't relax even during the New Year, hated Qi Taiguo, the instigator of it all, and that despicable Jiang Dafang as well.
In contrast to the Chiang's low spirits, Cheng Su and her family were very cheerful.
On New Year's Eve, every household slaughtered chickens and ducks, pasted red couplets, fried 'four-happiness' meatballs, and wrapped 'grandchildren' buns.
This was Cheng Su's first New Year as a wife, so she also got up early from the warm bed to help with the chores.
The rituals for worshipping the gods were handled by the mother-in-law, the pasting of new couplets by Qi Taiguo and his brothers, and Cheng Su went to help Father Qi slaughter ducks and pluck their feathers.
