Tianyuan Shoufu is two and a half years old

Chapter 189 New Year's Eve Dinner

For the New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve, Chen Qiuxiang's family prepared a sumptuous meal.

Braised pig's head, charcoal-grilled pig's trotters after marinating, stewed elbows, Sixi meatballs, boiled cabbage, squirrel mandarin fish, Buddha jumping over the wall, chrysanthemum tofu, chicken wings, tofu and tofu skin pot.

Chen Qiuxiang looked at the sumptuous delicacies on the table, and then at the population of their family, and joked, "Can we finish eating so many dishes?"

"Don't be afraid of leftovers." Qin Muzhang said calmly, "The leftovers of the New Year's Eve dinner means that there will be more than every year. It doesn't matter if you can't finish eating and continue to eat during the Chinese New Year. Your space can be kept fresher than a refrigerator."

"Yeah, it's not bad for us to have a good meal during the Chinese New Year." Wang Mingya said with a big belly and smiled. She was very satisfied with today's New Year's Eve dinner, which was too rich.

"It's delicious." Qin Xiaobao also said, then pointed to the charcoal-grilled pig's trotters and said, "Mom, I want to eat this."

"Okay, okay." Chen Qiuxiang replied, "We can have dinner after your grandfather sets off the firecrackers."

Qin Songtao and Qin Muyu father and son were outside preparing to set off firecrackers. The firecrackers were made by Qin Muzhang and Qin Muyu brothers. Qin Muzhang, who is good at physics and chemistry, cooperated with Qin Muyu, who knew everything, and made [-] firecrackers. The loud firecrackers came out.

Qin Songtao hung the firecrackers on the gate. There was nothing outside the gate. He did not intend to let the firecrackers affect the flowers, plants and vegetables in his yard. Mingya would lose her temper too.

"Father, are you alright?" Qin Muyu, who was holding a burning incense stick in his hand, looked at his father and asked.

"No, no, please help move the firecrackers and throw them farther away." Qin Songtao said to his son while hanging the firecrackers.

"Okay." Qin Muyu moved the firecrackers dragged on the ground to a place so that they would not be piled up together or hang to other places.

After packing up the firecrackers, Qin Songtao said to his son, "Mu Yu, go and light the firecrackers."

"Okay." Qin Muyu replied enthusiastically, took the incense stick to the side of the firecracker head, put the red-hot incense on the fuse, watched the fuse ignite, and Qin Muyu hurried back.

"Crackling bang—"

The firecrackers rang, and Qin Xiaobao was very excited because his father covered his ears, so he didn't feel so scary or noisy. He also jumped up and down happily, clapping his hands, looking very excited.

Qin Muyu was also in a good mood, smiling like a child.

No wonder he was so happy. After all, he was in poor health in his previous life, and his parents would not let him set off firecrackers.And when he grows up, setting off fireworks and firecrackers is prohibited in the city, even if he wants to set off fireworks and firecrackers himself, it is impossible.

This was the first time he lit firecrackers. It was Qin Muzhang who lit firecrackers last year. This time it was finally his turn.It was a stimulating and exciting feeling, and he quite liked it.

[-] firecrackers sounded like a lot, but in fact they only burned for a while and they were done. After the sound of firecrackers stopped, they went back to the main room to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Qin Muzhang held up his cup and said to everyone, "There are many happy events this year. Although our brothers have been away for nearly half a year, we have gained a lot."

"This year, not only did my eldest brother pass the examination as a scholar, but my mother was also happy again. Our Qin clan also received awards. It's all a happy event."

"I hope we can make persistent efforts next year, and the better. I wish all of us a happy family, good health and all the best!"

"Happy New Year!" Qin Muzhang said.

"Happy New Year!" Everyone else raised their glasses to clink glasses with Qin Muzhang. Even the pregnant Wang Mingya and three-year-old Qin Xiaobao also raised their glasses to clink glasses together. Their glasses contained fruit juice.

After clinking glasses, Qin Muzhang and the others drank the wine in the glass, Qin Xiaobao and Wang Mingya also took a big sip of juice, and then Qin Songtao said to everyone, "Eat and eat vegetables!"

"Oh - eat - eat meat -" Qin Xiaobao said happily, and then asked his father to pick up a charcoal-grilled pig's trotter for him to chew.

The trotters are marinated in advance to be very soft and rotten, and after charcoal grilling and sprinkling with barbecue ingredients, they are even more fragrant. With the aroma of marinade, charcoal grilling and barbecue ingredients, it tastes crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. .

This little doll, Qin Xiaobao, can hold a pig's trotter and chew on it. The soft and glutinous pig's trotter doesn't bother her teeth at all, and it tastes very crispy and tender.

There are still quite a lot of pig's trotters. This charcoal-roasted pig's trotter made by Qin Muzhang has at least a dozen trotters, and he is not afraid of not being enough.

There are only two stewed elbows, but each elbow must weigh three to four catties, so there is no need to be afraid that it will not be enough for such a large amount.

"It's delicious." Chen Qiuxiang said while eating the stewed elbow. If this stewed elbow is not cooked properly, it will be like rotten skin and meat, and the meat will easily clog the teeth.

But what Qin Muzhang made is that the skin QQ bounces just right, and the meat inside is not too sticky, so soft and rotten that it doesn't bother your teeth or clog your teeth.The meat absorbs the aroma of the marinade, but it does not cover up its original taste, which is very fragrant and delicious.

"Azhang's cooking skills are really good, and this stewed elbow is really delicious." Wang Mingya also said that she didn't suffer from morning sickness after pregnancy, so her appetite has always been good.

But Wang Mingya was still very happy to be able to eat the delicious food made by her own son. The dishes on the table were so delicious.

"Charcoal-grilled pig's trotters are also delicious." Qin Muyu said, "The outside is crispy and the inside is tender, and it tastes like charcoal-grilled. It's very delicious."

"Eat more if it tastes good." Qin Muzhang said, while putting some vegetables for his son and telling him not to only eat meat, while telling his daughter-in-law to eat more vegetables and drink some soup so as not to choke.

"You plan to plant peach trees, what else are you planning to do?" Qin Muyu looked at his younger siblings and asked, "Can these 3000 acres of peach blossoms alone attract those literati?"

"It should be possible. There are still a lot of scholars in Huyang County and even Pingzhou as a whole, and there are also many scholars from wealthy families." Qin Muzhang said, "Although there are not as many as there are in Jiangnan, it is not too bad. Our Taoyuan Garden can still It attracts a lot of literati."

Qin Muyu nodded, "If I hadn't had to continue studying for the Juren exam, I would have planned to build an academy next to your peach blossom forest."

"It's okay in the future." Qin Muzhang said.

Qin Muzhang and Qin Muyu brothers talked about their plans for the future, what they had seen and heard on the trip, etc., and also talked with Qin Songtao about the future development of his kiln factory and so on.

In fact, Qin Songtao's kiln factory is not very personal. He only needs to teach his apprentices and nephews, and he seldom takes care of the rest.

He is at the age of retirement, so of course he will not add any workload to himself, most of the work is done by apprentices and nephews.

He doesn't bother to care about how the kiln develops in the future. He just needs to have an income to support his family and let him do something to pass the time. He doesn't have so many ambitions.

(End of this chapter)