freenovelworld Chapter 209 New Year's Eve Dinner
Chapter 209 New Year's Eve Dinner
In the evening, there was always hot water in the kitchen.
Wen Wuyan was the first to take a shower. The reason why he was the first was simply to let him warm up the small room with hot air.
Li Xin went next, and then Gu Qingqing brought Dahua and Erhua together.
The one hundred and first time they complained about the inconvenience of not having a hair dryer, Gu Qingqing could only wipe them vigorously with a towel and then sent them back to the house to slowly roast themselves by the fire.
"Qingqing, you should go back to the room quickly to avoid catching a cold. I'll wash your clothes." Seeing that Gu Qingqing was planning to wash clothes with a towel wrapped around her head, Wen Wuyan hurriedly urged her.
"Just leave the clothes alone and go cook some porridge." Gu Qingqing soaked the family's clothes in a large basin and hurried to the east wing.
As a result, by the time she had dried her hair and the two children's hair in the house, Wen Wuyan had already washed all the clothes.
Li Xin also cooked a pot of porridge in the kitchen.
I don't even know when Old Yang, who came over, even roasted some cabbage.
At dinner that night, Wen Wuyan said to Old Yang, "Uncle Yang, let's have dinner in our courtyard tomorrow on the 30th. It will be more lively with more people."
"Hahaha, no, I'd rather stay with Zhao Dong and the others. They invited me to help with the cooking." Old Yang said with a smile.
"Isn't Zhao Feng's wife's Jiangnan cuisine pretty good? Why did she let you be the chef?" Wen Wuyan asked again.
"It must be for the fun. I used to celebrate the New Year with them, and I want to do the same this year. You don't have to worry about me. I won't celebrate the New Year alone."
Wen Wuyan and Gu Qingqing were also worried that he would be too lonely living alone, and seeing that he and Zhao Dong were getting along well, they stopped forcing him.
After dinner, Gu Qingqing and Wen Wuyan did not rush to bed, because there was some braised meat that needed to be slowly braised on the stove at night.
She also wanted to make some pork jelly tomorrow, and she happened to have some fresh pork skin at home.
If it is processed that evening, you can cook it the next morning and eat it in the evening.
Thirty years old.
It was still daybreak, and someone in the village was burning bamboo early in the morning, making a loud bang bang bang sound.
Gu Qingqing slept a little late yesterday and was woken up by a sound similar to that of firecrackers. She curled up like a shrimp and crawled towards Wen Wuyan.
He mumbled something to himself, and it took Wen Wuyan a while to hear a few words clearly.
The general meaning is: Whose house is this? Why are they setting off firecrackers just as the rooster crowed? She wants to sleep.
Wen Wuyan smelled the soapberry scent on her hair and whispered to her, "You can still sleep a little longer." Then he raised his hand and covered one of her ears.
Gu Qingqing was sleeping soundly in Wen Wuyan's arms. Dahua and Erhua in the east wing were so excited after being woken up that they couldn't fall asleep.
Especially the second flower.
"Sister, let's get up and burn the bamboo too." Erhua pulled the quilt tightly, leaving only her head sticking out.
"Do you dare to burn it?" Dahua asked.
Erhua nodded, but finally shook her head, "Sister, I don't dare to burn it, but I dare to watch from a distance."
Dahua sighed, "I don't dare either."
She didn't dare because she was scared. Before the family split up, Erlang, Sanlang and the others threw bamboos that were about to explode towards her. At that time, some of them did not explode, and many of them were discovered by her, so she stayed away from them.
More often than not, they would attract her attention from the front, and someone would go around behind her and throw a thick piece of bamboo behind her.
The sudden explosion of firecrackers behind her really scared her so much that she jumped around in the yard. As a result, her grandmother scolded her for being useless because of her loud screaming.
As a result, she is now a little afraid of the sound of firecrackers that may explode suddenly at any time.
So, she didn't dare to burn bamboo.
"Sister, I'm a little scared too. Why don't we go and call Brother Daxin. He will definitely dare to do it."
"Let's wait until my parents wake up, otherwise they will disturb their sleep." Dahua said as she shrank her head into the quilt.
Even though Gu Qingqing hid in Wen Wuyan's arms with one of her ears covered, she still couldn't sleep as long as she wished.
After she finished washing, she stood in the yard and listened to the sound of firecrackers in the village. At this moment, she felt the arrival of the New Year more truly.
I suddenly felt that sleeping was a waste of time.
At this time, he was in a very good mood and shouted, "Children, get up."
Wang Wang~
Dahei ran in from the front to report.
"Well, good morning, Dahei!"
Then he called out to Daxin who was following closely behind him, "Daxin, you're up already?"
Daxin said happily, "Good morning, Auntie. I woke up a long time ago. I was woken up by the firecrackers."
Gu Qingqing was beaming with joy, and immediately said to Li Xin, "Go and take the bamboo your uncle chopped yesterday to the front yard. When the big and small flowers are ready, you can bring them to play with them, and we'll light them up and make a loud noise like the others in the village."
Gu Qingqing and Wen Wuyan were cooking the pork skin that they had processed last night in the kitchen, and the rest of them were busy preparing the dumplings for lunch and the dishes to be cooked in the afternoon.
When Dahua and Erhua learned that Daxin was going to take them to set off firecrackers, they looked both scared and expectant. Dahua covered her ears and watched from afar.
Erhua was a novice but wanted to play, so she threw a piece of bamboo onto the fire and ran away happily.
After playing, Wen Wuyan took the three children to post couplets.
I could only hear laughter coming from the yard, "Dad, the top one is crooked, move it a little further in."
"Dad, it's crooked again, move it a little further out."
"father......"
The "Fu" characters written by Dahua and Daxin were not good looking either, especially compared to the one written by Wen Wuyan. They were too embarrassed to post the characters in the inner courtyard, so they and Erhua's characters were all posted on the wall outside the chicken coop.
Then I picked vegetables and kneaded dough, and made dumplings with sauerkraut and meat and shredded radish for lunch.
It is said that one should offer sacrifice to ancestors after lunch, but they really don’t know who to offer sacrifice to.
Gu Qingqing then pulled Wen Wuyan, raised the bowl of dumplings, and worshiped towards Dongfang.
: Mother, if I come to ancient times, can you still find me? If you are still alive in heaven, please bless me, your son-in-law Wen Wuyan, and the three or four children in the family to be healthy and safe.
Wen Wuyan saw Qingqing worshipping seriously, so he also followed her in worshipping with a serious look.
He didn't know what Qingqing was praying for. He prayed that everything would go well for Qingqing.
They prayed with all their heart. The two daughters-in-law of the old Wen family, led by Mrs. Wen Chen, held up incense sticks and worshiped their ancestors and God.
After the worship, Wen Chen turned around and saw Sanlang following behind her, also holding incense and praying in a serious manner.
"What are you doing here, little kid? This is not a place for you to play! Get out of here!" Mrs. Wen Chen scolded angrily.
Sanlang naturally had his own little thoughts in his mind, and just hoped that his aunt would not give birth to a son...but he didn't dare to say it out loud at this time. Instead, he pretended to say, "Grandma, I will pray for whatever you pray for. I am also doing this for the good of our family!"
Mrs. Wen Chen glared at him but did not snatch the incense from his hand.
.......
Wen Wuyan's home.
There were only dumplings for lunch.
After eating, we started preparing the real New Year’s Eve dinner.
Braised pork, nourishing stewed goose, sweet and sour spare ribs, braised fish, stewed bones with sauerkraut, spicy tofu, stir-fried lotus root slices, spinach with garlic, cold-mixed jelly, etc.
She prepared ten hot dishes and two cold dishes. Although they were called two cold dishes, they were actually rich braised dishes, because she cut yesterday's braised duck, spare ribs, and lotus root slices and put them in a large plate, which counted as one portion.
The delicious mushrooms and the stewed boneless goose meat, with golden broth, almost half of a big goose was stewed. Gu Qingqing only put a small half in the stew pot and simmered it slowly over charcoal fire.
The big carp is rosy and shiny, with a fragrant aroma.
The golden chicken soup is steaming and has a unique aroma.
Wen Wuyan and Gu Qingqing drank wine, and the three children drank hawthorn juice. As for Sanhua? Gu Qingqing served a small bowl of chicken soup in front of her.
"Everyone raise your glasses and say a few words to wish everyone a happy new year!"