Chapter 52 Preparations for New Year's Eve, Another Year
The past was unbearable. Liang shook his head, waved away the unpleasant memories in his mind, and wandered around in the kitchen with great enthusiasm. She wanted to help, but there were already Cui Xi, Luo Ying, and Colorful in the kitchen. Gu Shuixiu was directing, and there was no place for her to use.
However, Liang had made up his mind to learn how to be a good wife and mother with Gu Shuixiu, so he naturally would not leave the kitchen easily.
Seeing that she was happy, Gu Shuixiu let her go and put all her thoughts on the New Year’s Eve dinner.
"Luoying, wait until the greenhouse is over and cut some leeks and green onions. In addition, we have grown some mustard greens in the valley this year. The climate this year is very good. The mustard greens and cabbages grow very well. You call Cheng Hai and get four cabbages and cut two more mustard greens."
"Oh~ I'll go now." Luo Ying took off the bib on her body, responded sweetly, and immediately ran out of the kitchen.
Liang asked curiously: "Are the mustard greens you mentioned the kind of green vegetables in the valley? Is it delicious?"
When Liang first arrived at Cuizhu Mountain, Gu Shuixiu took her to visit. At that time, there were not much green in the mountains. Most of them were cold-resistant trees and green. The others were dead branches or yellow leaves all over the trees. The ground was even more desolate. The valley from Cuizhu Mountain actually had a green vegetable growing at that time.
Liang felt strange at that time, but she had just arrived at Cuizhu Mountain and was curious about everything she saw. She thought it was because it was so special that she could grow vegetables in winter, so she didn't ask.
Later, Gu Shuixiu never brought the dishes to the dining table, and Liang gradually forgot about this.
At this time, Gu Shuixiu mentioned it in front of her, and Liang immediately became curious again.
Gu Shuixiu licked her big belly and changed her sitting position. Then she said with a smile: "There are not many vegetables that can be eaten in winter, and our family only has a greenhouse. It takes a lot of effort to serve those off-season vegetables, so I specially collected some vegetable seeds that can grow in winter.
Unfortunately, it would snow more or less in winter, so the mustard greens and cabbage planted in the past failed to survive the New Year. This year, I just tried it with a try attitude. If it doesn’t work, I can only dig it out in advance to eat it. Fortunately, there is no snow this winter, only frost. The mustard greens that have passed the frost will be sweeter. It will be delicious after stir-frying. You can try it later."
Liang could not wait to try it, so he didn't hide his greed at all.
After a while, Luoying's baskets of leeks and onions came in, and the greenhouse was right in Dong's house, so Luoying's degree was faster than Chenghai.
Cuixi saw the green leeks and onions, and immediately asked with a smile: "Madam, do you still want to make dumplings?"
Gu Shuixiu smiled, nodded slightly, with a smile in her eyes, and joked: "Cuixi is almost a worm in my stomach. She guessed it before I could speak."
Liang was shocked when he heard this, "But the kind of dumplings we eat during the New Year in Jiankang? Is this also popular here in Yongjia County?"
It’s no wonder that Liang was so shocked. Last year, she had specially inquired about some surrounding villages in order to follow the customs. No one had ever told her about dumplings, whether it was a good life or a difficult time. No one had ever told her about dumplings. No wonder she felt so incredible now.
Cuixi also lived in Jiankang before. Knowing Liang's mood at this time, she explained to Gu Shuixiu: "Mrs. Shen, my wife made dumplings last year, but my wife knows a lot of ways to make dumplings, and the dumplings they make are all the same, which are a hundred times more delicious than the ones in Jiankang."
When Cuixi admired Gu Shuixi so much, Liang just smiled, but didn't take her words to heart. It was just a dumpling, no matter how much she made it, Liang was tired of eating it.
Seeing Liang's disapproval, Cui Xi just smiled mysteriously and did not explain.
The picked onions and leeks had been washed, so Gu Shuixiu asked Dong Yi and Dong Chenghu to chop the pork together, and then cut the onions and leeks into pieces. At this moment, Cheng Hai also cut the cabbage and mustard greens back.
Seeing that the ingredients were all complete, Gu Shuixi asked Cuixi to prepare the dough, and she went to mix the sauce.
Liang couldn't understand it now. The dumplings they ate in the past were meat, all of them were meat. Now the filling made by Gu Shuixiu is so complicated that she doesn't have to eat them. Just smelling the smell will make people's greed almost come out.
After Cuixiu made the noodles, Liang had already taken the initiative to sit aside and help make dumplings without Gu Shuixiu's invitation.
With Liang's addition, Cuixi can make other dishes at a time.
After noon, all the dishes for the New Year’s Eve dinner were made. This year, there were many people. Gu Shuixiu’s main products were still hot pot, but there were more sweet and sour fish and grilled pork chops, some fried food, and some desserts.
These things are the favorites of children. A few young people don’t eat these things anymore, and with dumplings, they don’t even look at the hot pot.
The adults didn't talk about them, but instead looked indulgent and doting. For a whole year, there were only a few days when the children could be free and unrestrained by the adults.
This is the first time the Shen family has eaten such delicious dumplings. Almost all of them are full of dumplings, so they save the hot pot directly.
During this period, Gu Shuixiu asked Luo Ying to cook once more so that others could not eat it.
The cold wind outside Dong's house was still howling as before, blowing the lanterns and slapping the brackets from time to time, and the slight light became the warmest scene in Cuizhu Mountain.
Everyone in the house was eating heartwarming hot pot and talking about their own various aspects of life, and they were extremely happy.
The lively New Year's Eve hurriedly passed by everyone's inner laughter.
The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and everyone got up late. Only those children sat obediently in the main hall early. They did not go out to play in the yard, but sat upright, which made Cuixi and others look sideways.
However, several people knew the reason for the abnormality of the children. They all laughed and thought they didn't see it, and they were all busy with their own affairs.
The first person to get up was Shen Shikang. When he stepped into the main hall, the children stood up to pay New Year's greetings to Shen Shikang. The loud and sincere voice scared Shen Shikang away all the sleepy creatures.
Shen Shikang, who was already a little confused, was now completely energetic.
Shen Shikang paused, slowly stepped into the other foot in the children's hopeful eyes, and then sat down calmly to the upper seat, saying seriously: "Sir, I hope you can work harder this year and make greater progress. In order to encourage you, I think I will re-form a new course plan and add half an hour to the practice of calligraphy every afternoon every afternoon."
The children who were originally waiting for red envelopes were immediately clumped into a ball, and they all looked at me and I looked at you and responded dullly.
A cunning chuckled at the corner of Shen Shikang's mouth, and then he handed over the red envelopes one by one.
Chapter completed!