OBS Chapter 365 The twelfth lunar month 29
Chapter 365 The twelfth lunar month 29
Several people looked in the direction of her finger and were dumbfounded.
“…Does that count?”
Zhou Xing smiled secretly and said, "How can this not be counted? Don't you love eating it the most? This time I bought several kinds of cakes, all of which you have rarely eaten. It cost a lot of money!"
Zhou Guo nodded, "If you don't like this gift, next time, I'll give you another one."
"...I like it, how can I not like it? I like your brother the most." Zhou Mai said hurriedly.
As an older brother, how could I not like it when I asked the youngest sister in the family to buy me a gift?
Although Zhou Mi felt something was not quite right, he still expressed his love for the gifts. He really liked them. Food and other things were the most practical, much more practical than those fancy gifts. He didn't ask them to bring anything for the New Year. The fifty cents he received yesterday was still a full fifty cents. He had to save it. The feeling of saving money was better than anything else.
Zhou Gu thought of the things that had just been unloaded from the two carriages and nodded vigorously. In previous years, during the New Year celebrations at their home, let alone these things, sometimes they couldn't even find a single melon seed.
Li picked up some of the newly bought things such as melon seeds, peanuts and dates in a big bowl and put them on the small table. Although she bought a lot of cakes and pastries, she still had to save them for the New Year. If she ate them now, where could she buy more?
The old man’s tea is ready.
The family sat on the warm kang, drinking hot tea, cracking melon seeds and chatting. It was a rare time that they did not do needlework. They had been doing it for a year and they had to take a few days off. The family's new clothes for the New Year had already been made, so they had nothing to do now.
Even the most labor-intensive soles, Zhou Guo and Zhou Gu had nothing better to do, so they sewed a large pile of them. Each of them had several pairs, enough for the whole year. Besides, the feet of most people in the family were still getting bigger, so there was no point in sewing so many pairs.
The family was talking about visiting relatives and friends during the New Year. Should they go to the homes of their neighbors and the head of the village to visit? They had not visited any of their neighbors since they came here.
As he was speaking, Hei Dadan started barking wildly towards the door.
A soft but firm voice came from outside the yard, "Is Guoguo's mother home?"
The family looked at each other. It was Qian, the neighbor next door. She never came to their house unless she had something to do. They didn't know if there was anything wrong.
"Hey, you're here, come in." Li quickly got off the kang, put on her shoes and went out to greet him, saying with a smile, "Come in and sit down, drink some tea and eat some melon seeds."
Zhou Guo and others also hurried out to greet them.
Qian was standing in the yard, with Wang Changsheng and his sister standing beside her, holding a bowl of something unknown in her hand.
Seeing them all coming out, he smiled faintly and said, "The kids are bored at home, so I thought of coming to visit and see what Guoguo and the others are doing. I also came to talk to you."
They are all poor women whose two men were captured. A woman with a bunch of children, they are all miserable people. However, the children of the Zhou family are all grown up. Most importantly, there are many capable and earning money, so she doesn't need to worry too much, at least she doesn't need to worry about the biggest money issue for the time being.
But Qian's case was different. Her two children were still young and could not help her much. She had to take care of everything at home by herself. Now that the New Year had finally come and all her work was done, she thought of bringing her two children to visit her relatives. They were the only two families living at the end of the village.
Li smiled widely and waved enthusiastically, "Come in, come in, have you eaten yet? Da Mao, take your brothers to eat some glutinous rice cakes on the kang."
Zhou Su waved to Wang Changsheng and the other man. They were about the same age and came happily at his wave.
Qian was holding the fragrant beans she had fried herself.
As soon as Li saw it, she said, "You fried the beans very well. They are golden yellow and not burnt at all. They smell very fragrant."
Qian smiled and said, "The children were clamoring for some, and I thought since it's Chinese New Year, I would just fry some. I just finished frying it, so I brought it over for you to try."
"Have you prepared everything for the New Year? My family hasn't even started cooking these. You know my family is full of big eaters. Even a little bit of food is not enough to fill their stomachs. We can hardly afford it."
The two men sat on the kang and chatted about gossip, and then they talked about the group of people who followed Zheng Xiucai halfway. They all came from the same place and walked thousands of miles here, so they had a lot to talk about.
Once you start talking about it, there's no end to it.
Zhou Guo and his friends took Wang Changsheng and his sister to roast glutinous rice cakes by the fire pit. They cut the newly harvested beef, mutton and pork, skewered them and roasted them carefully. The aroma filled the whole house.
The brother and sister had never eaten anything like this before. The little meat they had was fried and had never been roasted like this. They also sprinkled a lot of unknown things on it. In their family, the only thing that could be put into the dishes was salt.
I didn't even dare to speak for a moment.
Zhou Guo gave the roasted meat skewers to the old man and his companions first, and then gave each of them one skewer. Fearing that the brother and sister might not be used to it, she roasted pork for them.
The two of them held the meat in their hands and hesitated for a while before taking a bite, imitating Zhou Suli and the others. They were stunned after taking the bite. Although they knew the meat was delicious, how could it be so delicious?
Zhou Guo gave them two more skewers of beef, which they both ate with great relish. They also ate the mutton with great relish, without even frowning.
Everyone in the room was happily eating barbecue and cracking melon seeds. Wang Changsheng and his sister were smiling happily as they ate. Gradually, they became less restrained and even laughed louder.
Qian saw it all and smiled in her heart.
Li smiled and said, "When you have nothing to do, you should take them out for a walk more often. You said they were bored. Look, how are they bored?"
Qian nodded with satisfaction.
The twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month.
The Zhou family's house was steaming hot early in the morning, and all kinds of steamed buns made by Li and Zhou Xing were ready to be steamed.
Zhou Guo leaned over to take a look, and was immediately overwhelmed by the wonders. There were rabbits, little tigers, little pigs, ducks, and all kinds of flowers. There were eyes made of red beans, mung beans, and black beans. Except for the fact that they had no color, they all looked extremely cute, adorable, and chubby.
She thought all of them were beautiful and exclaimed, "Mom, I didn't expect you to have such skills."
Li smiled and said, "This skill was passed down by your grandmother. In previous years, your grandmother did this work herself. Your grandmother can make everything. Unfortunately, I have only learned these few. Your eldest sister is better than me."
Zhou Xing said modestly: "My kneading is not as good as grandma's."
Li said, "How old are you? Your grandmother has been doing this for her whole life. It's amazing that she can do this well."
"It's amazing." Zhou Guo nodded, "Mom, can I have one?"
After getting Li's approval, she picked out something from the steamer. After choosing for a while, she picked out a fat, white, red-eyed rabbit. She held it in her hands, looked at it from left to right, and then bit off one of the rabbit's ears.