Grandfather’s house

As the lunar new year approaches, we start to make preparations. My host parents bought 紅包, (red envelopes) we will make decorations in Chinese class, and we have started to clean. I went with my parents to my grandfathers house to sweep and dust. His house is very traditional. It has three sides and it’s made of orange, clay brick. There’s a shrine in the center room with beautiful wood tables and chairs that are decorated with jade. We didn’t stay there very long though, and after we were finished cleaning we went to see a nearby fish market. The fish market was huge! Inside whole fish and cooked fish were sold. Outside, there was many little fishing boats parked at the harbor and people fishing off of the dock. It was quite a windy day and a family was flying brightly colored kites over the water. There bright red tales contrasted  brilliantly against they gray sky. I had never seen anything like it. Every time we would pass a stall offering samples my host parents would make sure that I got to try whatever it was. For dinner, they gave me soup, my host mom saying “小魚” as she points at my bowl. When I realized that what I thought might be the “small fish” were, in fact, mushrooms I looked closer at what I had assumed were short noodles. These presumed noodles had eyes! Although the look of the tiny fish was less then appetizing, the soup was tasty. This fish market ended up being quite the experience and my new parents were happy to see how willing I am to try new food.
Thanks for reading,
Autumn 丁晚秋