Otoharu

Chapter 106

When it came to the Lantern Festival, Jiang finally agreed to Li Meier's going to see the lantern at night, and the little girl was so excited that her face was flushed like a chicken blood all day long.I even took out the new clothes for the New Year to wear, and prepared to show off on the street at night.

Mrs. Li couldn't see Li Meier's smugness, so she reprimanded angrily: "Every day I know how to go out and play around, I'm a fool all day long, I don't look like a girl, the sister Yuan next door is better than you It’s not too big, you’ve already started to learn how to sew, and you don’t know how to learn from others, I’ll see how you can get married when you grow up!”

Li Mei'er didn't care what Mrs. Li said, sticking out her tongue, "If you don't get married, you will depend on grandma for the rest of your life. Grandma, why don't you still watch me starve to death?"

Seeing her granddaughter acting like a rascal, Mrs. Li had a headache, she covered her forehead and cried, "I've been unlucky for eight generations to have a granddaughter who is such a debt collector like you."

Li Yan was very helpless when he saw the grandparents and grandsons bickering, so he could only comfort his old mother, "Mother, Mei Meier is so old, she is just at the age of eating and playing, and when she gets older, she will be sensible."

"If the girl is really sensible, my old man will burn incense!" Mrs. Li bowed to Buddha with both hands, and Amitabha said a few times.

As soon as the sun set in the evening, Li Meier took Jiang Shanqing and ran back from outside the street. Her little face was flushed, and she asked Jiang when she entered the door, "Mother, the lanterns are starting to be hung outside! When will Uncle and the others come?" ah?"

Jiang smiled and wiped the sweat off her daughter's face, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, sister-in-law Qiu is already cooking glutinous rice balls. After eating the glutinous rice balls, your uncle and the others should be there soon."

Li Meier smiled, "I like glutinous rice balls stuffed with lard and sesame seeds."

Their local glutinous rice balls are very famous, the most famous one is the stuffed with lard and sesame seeds. The crystal glutinous rice is wrapped with sweet lard and sesame seeds. When you bite into it, the oily fragrance is overflowing, glutinous but not sticky, fresh and delicious, it is absolutely delicious. .

"If you like to eat, you can't eat too much. Glutinous rice is hard to beat, and sesame stuffing is also sweet. Be careful not to damage your teeth." Jiang touched Li Meier's chubby face and reminded with a smile.

Mrs. Jiang took Li Meier and Jiang Shanqing to Mrs. Li's place, and the family sat together to eat glutinous rice balls.

The aroma of hot glutinous rice balls wafted out, and Mrs. Lin took the boat to serve the freshly cooked glutinous rice balls.This is the food from the host's house, served first, and Mrs. Lin brought Mrs. Qiu, Chuan'er, and Shuxiang to eat under the kitchen. Except for the different places, the food is actually the same.

Today is the big festival, everyone in the Li family celebrated the festival together, and the servants also had a good meal together.

Although the most famous one here is the lard glutinous rice balls, due to different personal tastes, Mrs. Qiu also prepared many other stuffings, including pure meat, sweet-scented osmanthus, crushed peanuts, five kernels, hazelnuts, lotus incense, red bean paste ...Anyway, as long as it can be wrapped in glutinous rice balls, you can eat it.

Li Meier likes glutinous rice snacks the most. It takes two small bowls to satisfy her appetite. One bowl is stuffed with lard and sesame seeds, and the other is pure meat.

Mrs. Li couldn't help complaining that her girl could eat so much, "You can eat less, girl, who has a big belly like you, just how you eat, you can't make the family poor !"

"Grandmother, I'm saving money for you. If I'm full at home, I can buy less food when I go out to the Lantern Festival later. If I'm not full, then I don't need to spend more money." Li Meier retorted eloquently road.

Mrs. Li thought it was the same reason, so she immediately changed the subject and asked, "Girl, are you full? Do you want another bowl?"

Li Mei'er giggled, and said narrowly: "Don't eat! Don't eat! I still have to save some stomach to go out for snacks."

Mrs. Li became anxious when she heard this, and scolded: "You stupid girl who doesn't save money, you know how to spend money recklessly, you are not allowed to buy food outside, and let your sister-in-law Qiu cook for you whatever you want to eat!"

The whole family listened to Li Laoniang and Li Meier chattering back and forth, and the atmosphere was very lively for a while.

After dinner, everyone started to get ready. Jiang was afraid that there would be many people during the festival, so she asked Chuan'er and Shuxiang to go with her to help look after Li Meier and Jiang Shanqing. After all, the two children were young, and they were lost or had an accident. What, it's no small matter.

As soon as everyone got ready, Jiang Yanzhi and Zhou Hanju came.The two came in a carriage, and this carriage was Zhou Hanyu's dowry. The two elders of the Zhou family loved their daughter so much that they married this carriage, which was used by the young couple to travel around on weekdays.

Li Meier and Jiang Shanqing got into the carriage happily, while Jiang Shi told Jiang Yanzhi beside the carriage, "There are many people on this children's day, please be careful, and come back after a short walk, don't play too late."

"Sister, don't worry, it's not the first time I've taken Mei Meier and the others out, everything will be fine." Jiang Yanzhi replied with a smile.

"Sister, don't worry, I will take good care of Mei Meier and Shanqing." Zhou Hanyu also echoed.

Jiang nodded and watched several people get in the car and leave.

In the carriage, only Zhou Hanyu, Li Meier, and Jiang Shanqing were sitting. Jiang Yanzhi and Li Yan were sitting in the front and driving, while Shuxiang, Chuaner, and Fuling were sitting in the back and following the carriage. It's better to be faster, and in about a quarter of an hour, we arrived at the market in the center of the town.

The Shangyuan Festival is a very lively festival, and even a small place like Zhangshui Town is doing well. Moreover, there is no curfew this night, so people can have fun.

In addition to all kinds of lantern stalls on the street, there are also lanterns hanging on the trees to illuminate the night, there are also sellers of glutinous rice balls, lantern riddles guessers, jugglers and so on, plus they changed into bright clothes early to visit the lantern festival The crowds of men, women and children are extremely lively.

Li Mei'er got out of the carriage, like a wild horse that had let go, and wanted to run forward, but it was Zhou Hanju who quickly caught her.

"Mei Meier, there are many people, don't run around."

Li Yan knew his daughter-in-law, so he jumped out of the carriage and came to hold her.

"Mei Meier, hold Dad's hand, don't run around, there are so many people, I don't know if there are kidnappers among them." Li Yan threatened his daughter.

Li Meier calmed down a bit now, and walked forward holding her father's hand.

Jiang Yanzhi looked at Jiang Shanqing who got out of the car behind, and said with a smile: "Shanqing, hold the hand of foster father."

Jiang Shanqing shook his head, "God-father, you can go with step-mother, I'll just follow Brother Shuxiang."

Jiang Yanzhi didn't force it, turned around and took his wife.

Zhou Hanyu's face was red, and she let Jiang Yanzhi lead her forward, feeling a little grateful to Jiang Shanqing, she came out today with only Fu Ling and a maid, just to enjoy the two-person world with her husband.

(End of this chapter)