strictlysupreme Chapter 204 Preparations Before the Year
Chapter 204 Preparations Before the Year
Therefore, one can learn to be thick-skinned.
Gu Qingqing remembered that when she traveled through time, she fed Sanhua, and she must have done it secretly by herself, hiding from others.
Now she could rest her head on Wen Wuyan's shoulder, talking to him while feeding Sanhua.
About whether to be ashamed or not?
Why be embarrassed in your own room?
She and Wen Wuyan had already had in-depth discussions on this point many times. As long as she was not embarrassed, it would be others who would be embarrassed.
At this moment, they were talking about the topic of Chinese New Year. Gu Qingqing was looking forward to it. She even chattered excitedly, "What do you think we should cook for the days before the New Year? This is the first time we spend it alone this year. We can't treat ourselves badly no matter what."
Wen Wuyan was embarrassed. He turned his head slightly to look to the side, and pretended to be thinking with his back to her. After a while, he said, "We have better conditions this year. Let's steam more buns tomorrow. Although some of the buns are eaten, the vegetables in the cellar must be eaten. Although the radishes are piled up in the dirt in the cellar, they have obviously become a little hollow in the past few days."
"Sure. Tomorrow we'll pick out the lighter radishes. In addition to making steamed buns, we can also fry some radish balls and lotus root boxes. The meat sent by the Shen residence included a piece of tenderloin, which I've kept separately. We'll make it into crispy pork. It's very fragrant, but it uses a little more oil."
When Gu Qingqing said this, she seemed to be aroused and pursed her lips unconsciously.
Wen Wuyan, who happened to look back at her, couldn't help but find this scene a little funny, and even spoke with a clip unconsciously, "We need to cook some red beans at home and make some red bean buns. This is the first time we go out to celebrate the New Year, so we need to prepare things for offering."
Wen Wuyan raised his shoulders imperceptibly as he spoke so that Qingqing could lean on him more comfortably.
Wen Wuyan moved his shoulders, and Gu Qingqing followed suit by moving her head. They found a comfortable position and continued to lean against him. Then, Wen Wuyan said, "Make some more brown sugar buns. I think the kids will definitely like them."
Then Gu Qingqing heard Wen Wuyan burst into laughter. She bumped her head against his shoulder and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"Qingqing, what of your cooking don't children like? What's more, I'm going to make meat buns tomorrow. I'm afraid they won't know which one to eat first."
Gu Qingqing wanted to open her mouth to refute, but no words came out even though the sound was on the tip of her tongue.
Of course, who doesn’t love meat buns?
Who doesn’t love brown sugar buns?
I used to hesitate for a long time when faced with traditional pickled cabbage and spicy beef instant noodles, let alone my child who often had poor diet in the past!
I’m afraid they want to eat both~!
"It's okay. They can eat whatever they want. Our family didn't have the conditions before, but now we do. We must not treat them harshly when it comes to food." Gu Qingqing's tone was filled with pink bubbles.
Gu Qingqing waited for a while but didn't hear Wen Wuyan's voice. She turned her head slightly and looked up, only to see him nodding.
Gu Qingqing raised her eyes and looked at Wen Wuyan's ears and the side of his face, which he could only see. Seeing that he didn't say anything, she took a slight breath and blew it towards Wen Wuyan's ears as if to mischief.
Wen Wuyan's body subconsciously trembled due to her blowing, causing Gu Qingqing to laugh so hard on his shoulder.
She was laughing so hard, but that made Sanhua, who was eating, suffer. Not only did the food bowl slip away, but several drops of food also dripped onto her face.
Hmmmm~ Sanhua protested, and Gu Qingqing held back her laughter and let Sanhua continue eating.
Wen Wuyan looked at her helplessly, raised his hand to rub his ears and sighed, "Qingqing, you are becoming more and more naughty like Erhua. I even suspect that Erhua has infected you."
Gu Qingqing continued to laugh after hearing this, and after a while she tried to defend herself, "Wen Wuyan, I still have a childlike innocence. You can't make me act like a boring old woman, only you like it."
"Okay, okay, Qingqing still has a childlike heart. Qingqing can do whatever she wants. As long as you and the children are happy, I'm happy. By the way, we have Yuanxiao on the first day of the new year. Do we have any glutinous rice flour this year?" Wen Wuyan suddenly asked.
"There are still some, but not much. Just enough to make a dozen Yuanxiao." Gu Qingqing thought for a while and answered.
The first meal on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Niutoushan Village is definitely Yuanxiao, in the hope of a happy reunion.
Dumplings are only made by wealthy families, because dumplings require white flour, which is too expensive and they cannot afford it.
In fact, Gu Qingqing prefers to eat dumplings, especially dumplings with two copper coins, praying for wealth in the coming year.
"If you want to eat Yuanxiao, the mill in the village will definitely be very busy these days. You don't know how long you have to wait just to line up. So just use the glutinous rice flour at home. It's better to shake out as much as you can, and use the rest to eat dumplings. The dumplings are shaped like gold ingots. In the coming year, we will have good fortune and happiness and reunion." Gu Qingqing didn't say a word when she saw Wen Wuyan. She thought that based on her understanding of him, he might get up very early or very late to grind the flour without delaying his family affairs, so she said this deliberately.
Wen Wuyan smiled slightly, "That's fine, we'll make dumplings and Yuanxiao together that morning, and whoever likes can eat what they like. This year it's my fault for not thinking carefully enough, forgetting that everyone will use the stone mill at the end of the year, which is the busiest time after the spring and autumn harvests. It's also too late for me to think about it, otherwise we can go to town and buy a smaller millstone, so we don't have to squeeze with everyone else."
Gu Qingqing raised her hand over her shoulder, moved it back and forth in the air to touch Wen Wuyan's head a few times, and then touched Wen Wuyan's head and gently comforted him, "Don't blame yourself, this is nothing. We have eaten sorghum buns on New Year's Day for many times before, but now it's much better than before. We will buy a mill in the spring of next year. Not only will we buy a mill, but we can also buy a donkey. When we need to pull the mill, we can let the donkey go. In the future, when we take the children out, we will have a donkey to pull the cart, which will save us a lot of effort!"
Gu Qingqing said as she peeled Sanhua out of her arms, straightened her clothes and held her upright, patted her back to make sure her breasts would not come out before putting her down.
Wen Wuyan nodded and said, "These are all things for next year. We'll talk about them then. There's no rush now."
Gu Qingqing helped Sanhua cover the quilt, and Wen Wuyan behind her helped her cover the quilt, "Go to sleep, there is still a lot of work to do tomorrow."
"Well, sleep."
The next day was the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month.
Gu Qingshen woke up and distributed two large bowls of noodles. Because they were going to make something for the New Year, the whole family except Sanhua joined in.
Steamed buns, dumplings, vegetable dumplings, meat dumplings, red bean and red date sugar dumplings...
Gu Qingqing didn't stop the kids from kneading the dough, and let them do it. Those who looked ugly were told by Gu Qingqing, "Whoever made it gets to eat it."
I originally thought that they would give up because their work was ugly, but they became more and more excited, making buns and steamed buns in all kinds of shapes, and it took a whole pot of steamed buns to finish them.
The children were extremely excited when they saw the food they made being steamed and taken out of the pot.
Gu Qingqing put them in a special frame and let them enjoy themselves.