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Chapter 262 261. Happy New Year!

Xiang Jin's mother has gone back, and Xiang Jin and the others are about to start making dumplings. Aunt Liao took the initiative to take on the responsibility of rolling the dough. He was about to roll out a large sheet of dough in no time, and Xiang Jin felt that he didn't have that ability, so he was happy.

Grandma Mo went to bring out the big pot of stuffing, and Aunt Liao said, "Not to mention, girl Jin is very good at mixing stuffing. Although there are raw shrimps in it, there is a little There is no smell of fishy smell, but it is full of freshness and fragrance."

Grandma Mo also nodded with a smile on her face, "Well, yes! Look, this stuffing contains pork, shrimp, chopped green onion, dried bamboo shoots and carrots. nice.

We used to make dumplings with this kind of stuffing, isn’t it all the pimple dish with pork cubes, or add some dried tofu, chopped green onion and ginger? "

Aunt Liao said yes, and Xiang Jin teased, "That's because the ingredients are different, so the filling method is different, but if you still want to eat dumplings with other flavors, I have several kinds of fillings here." How to do it, I will tell you when the time comes!"

Grandma Mo and Aunt Liao both smiled and said yes!

After a while, Aunt Liao rolled out a large sheet of dough, and then Grandma Mo found a mold and started printing, and then Xiang Jin and the others began to wrap it up.

During the wrapping process, Aunt Liao said, "Hey, why does this skin give me a bright and transparent feeling? Auntie, do you think so?"

Grandma Mo picked it up and looked at it seriously, "It really is, and I feel that the skin is still a little firm."

Xiang Jin smiled and explained to them, "This one is called crystal dumpling, and our stuffing today contains shrimp grains, so this dumpling is called crystal shrimp dumpling. It will look better when it is boiled and steamed. And the taste will be better and fresher, I will describe it to you, and you will know it by then."

Aunt Liao said, "Girl Jin, you know everything. You can see that your dumplings are beautifully made. The patterns are so fine and dense. It's so delicate. It's like an ingot. My aunt is reluctant to eat it."

Grandma Mo put away a wrapped dumpling, then picked up a dumpling wrapper and put a chopstick of stuffing in it, laughing and laughing at the same time.

While pinching the dumpling in his hand, Xiang Jin said, "How can I know everything? I don't know much about rolling the dough. I often roll the dough so that the thickness is uneven, one side is high and the other is low. How can you roll this one, auntie, every place is even as if you measured it with a ruler, auntie, can you roll out my dough for us tomorrow too?"

"Okay, then there's nothing else to say," Aunt Liao replied without thinking.

Everyone continued to make dumplings while talking and laughing. Grandpa Zeng came in and asked Grandma Mo to answer the phone when halfway through making dumplings, saying that it was their grandson Zeng Haoze.

Grandma Mo was overjoyed when she heard that it was the grandson of their family who called. She quickly put down her work and went to answer the phone.

Aunt Liao said to Xiang Jin, "Your great grandson, Hao Ze, is also very capable. He is five years older than Yan Chen. He has been skipping grades since he was a child. The 13-year-old Since then, I have been admitted to the National Defense University."

"So awesome?" Xiang Jin was surprised.

Aunt Liao nodded, "Isn't it? After graduating from university, it is said that he took the postgraduate entrance examination again, and he will be an officer when he comes out."

"My God, is this simply a child prodigy?" Moreover, this child has goals and plans for his life and future, Xiang Jin was surprised.

In her previous life, she also saw such a child prodigy on the news, saying that he started studying at the age of six, finished elementary school in two years, entered junior high school, completed the three-year courses of junior high school in two years, and mastered all high school courses. Knowledge, when he was ten years old, he was admitted to a key university with a score of 510 and became the youngest college student in the country at that time. Then when he was 13 years old, he became the youngest graduate student in the country, and when he was 16 years old, he became He became the youngest doctoral student and was admitted to an aviation college majoring in mathematics.

She never thought that she would meet such a talented person again in this lifetime, and she was actually a fellow villager with her. However, Xiang Jin felt that Yan Chen and his cousin should be studying at the National University of Defense Technology instead of the National Defense University. There is still a big difference between the two. difference.

The National Defense University is not an ordinary university, and it is not something you can get in if you want. They don't recruit fresh graduates, and they don't have a bachelor's degree.

They only recruit postgraduates and doctoral students in the army. It is said that the lowest military rank requires a lieutenant colonel. This school is a school specially trained by the country for the army to train mid-to-high-level generals, and it specializes in training those who fight A place for commanding talent.

Therefore, people who enter this place are generally not too young in age, at least around 30 years old. First of all, you have to fight in the army. If you want to be a lieutenant colonel, it will not take a year or two. If you have achieved results, you may not be able to do it without at least ten years of hard work.

Moreover, at this age, you have risen to an unusual height in terms of military literacy in all aspects, maturity and stability in thinking, and ability to broaden your horizons. This has nothing to do with whether you are a genius prodigy It doesn't matter how much it matters, this is a process of years of deposition.But Yan Chen's cousin is very young, he seems to be only a few years older than him, it is very unlikely for someone as young as him to enter there.

Only he was admitted to the National University of Defense Technology from the very beginning, and he still filled in the non-command major of the National University of Defense Technology in the pre-approved volunteers. Only in this way can he study for an undergraduate degree after being admitted, and then he will have the opportunity to apply for a master's degree in the school after graduation. If you pass the entrance examination, you can become a graduate student with military registration in the school. Once you have military registration, you will naturally become an officer after you come out.

Thinking of this, Xiang Jin couldn't help sighing, "It turns out that the reason why Yan Chen is so smart and so good at reading is because their family has the gene for high IQ?"

Aunt Liao said, "Isn't it? Your Uncle Minghan used to be very good at studying, and he also skipped a good grade. He skipped grades in elementary school, junior high school, and high school. He also graduated from university early, so he became a young adult later on. up scientists.

Hao Ze's mother is also a scientist, and both of them belong to that kind of high-level intellectuals, so the born Hao Ze is also very smart. Not only does he have good academic performance at a young age, but he is also very assertive.

I don't know Yan Chen's father, but Yan Chen's mother, your Aunt Mingzhu was a very smart girl when she was young, how smart she gave birth to Yan Chen? "

Then Xiang Jin wondered, "Oh, auntie, Grandpa Zeng's family has such a powerful grandson, why do I rarely hear people say it? The one I hear the most is Xiang Yan from the old Xiang's family, saying Why is she so good at reading?"

Aunt Liao said, "One is that Hao Ze lived with his parents outside the province since he was a child, and his household registration is also the household registration of urban residents. He doesn't come back very often, and he lives directly in the town when he comes back, so The people in Wantou didn't have a deep impression of him. They thought he was just a provincial, not from our place, so naturally they couldn't pay more attention to and understand him.

The second one is that your Grandpa Zeng and Grandma Mo are relatively low-key and introverted people. They are not acquainted with people. They are not allowed to tell people these things. In addition, when Hao Ze's child was admitted to college, it was several years ago. They are not allowed to talk about this matter. "

Xiang Jin nodded, "Understood!"

Ten minutes later, Grandma Mo came back with a smile all over her face, and then Aunt Liao asked, "Is your Haoze doing well in the army?"

Grandma Mo said, "Okay, it's good, they said they ate dumplings at night, and just now they watched the cultural troupe's sympathy performance for their troops. After the performance was over, we called and asked about the health of my grandpa and me. The situation is that he will come back to see us when he has a holiday next year. He also said that they had a day off in the army a few days ago, and he went outside to buy some things for me and his grandfather and mail them back. It’s here, let’s check it out when the time comes.”

Aunt Liao said, "Oh, your Haoze is really filial!"

Grandma Mo just nodded with a smile, "Well, the two children in our family are quite filial and sensible. Whether it's him or Chenchen, they are good to both of us."

As soon as Grandma Mo washed her hands and was about to continue packing, Grandpa Zeng asked her to answer the phone again. After going away, she only came back after talking for half an hour, and then Aunt Liao asked her again who called, Grandma Mo said that it was her son and his daughter-in-law who called, and the daughter-in-law called just as soon as she hung up on her son, so she talked a little longer this time.

Aunt Liao asked, "Aren't the two of them together during Chinese New Year?"

Grandma Mo said, "No, they all have jobs. Not long ago, Minghan and two colleagues from their unit went to other provinces with the staff of the cooperative unit, and spent the New Year there.

Xiao Xiao was discussing an academic topic at the end of the year, and after the meeting was over, she said she would buy a ticket to come back, but my father and I considered that there would be crowds everywhere when we came back at the end of the year. It is very inconvenient, especially at the end of the year at the station there are more thieves and cheaters.

And when she comes back, she won’t be able to stay for a few days before she has to go back to work. The trouble of running around, and we are both fine in our hometown. We are in good health and everything is fine, so I told her not to worry about it. , don't come back either.

Her side is a little closer to her natal parents' side, so I asked her to go back to her parents' side to have a look. It's rare for an old couple to see their daughter once a year, and it's also a strange thought. Yes, they didn't go back last year, they came back to our side, you said they came back to our side for two years, how can you say that? "

Aunt Liao nodded, "This is the same, the palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, and the parents on both sides are concerned."

Grandma Mo also nodded, "She said that she would come back to see us after the Chinese New Year, around the time of Qingming Festival. I said don't mind her, it won't be crowded when she comes back."

Aunt Liao nodded again.

Just when Aunt Liao was rolling out the last big piece of dough, Yan Chen called. After Grandma Mo went to pick it up, Grandma Mo asked Xiang Jin to answer the phone when she came back, saying that Yan Chen wanted to have a word with her .

Xiang Jin answered the phone, "Hello?"

"Xiang Jin, happy new year!"

Xiang Jin was startled for a moment, then the corners of his mouth curled up, "Happy Chinese New Year, Yan Chen!"

"Did you have New Year's Eve dinner together today?" Yan Chen followed and asked.

Xiang Jin answered on the phone, "Ah, Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng invited us to your house for dinner."

"You did it?"

"I didn't do it all, they did it too!"

"What delicious food did you make?"

"A lot, a big table," followed Xiang Jin and told him what dishes he had cooked.

Yan Chen listened patiently, and then said, "It sounds like Tao Tao is delicious."

Xiang Jin asked him, "What about you? You have also cooked a lot of delicious food, right?"

"Well, there is also a big table, but it is not as delicious as your cooking."

"No way?" Xiang Jin didn't believe it. He heard that Auntie Jiang was pretty good at cooking.

Yan Chen said, "Aunt Jiang is really good at cooking, but today's meal is cooked by Uncle Tao."

"Why, Aunt Jiang isn't here?"

Yan Chen said, "Aunt Jiang's old man is sick and hospitalized, and she is taking care of her in the hospital."

"Oh, is that so? Is it serious?"

"It's a little bit. Yesterday I rode my bike to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and then I fell and broke my leg."

"Isn't it because your Auntie Jiang won't be able to come to your house to cook for a long time?"

"It may take at least half a month."

Xiang Jin comforted him, "It's okay, when you come back, I'll make you what you like."

"Okay!" Yan Chen agreed, and then asked, "Is the New Year in my hometown very lively?"

Xiang Jin said, "It's okay, anyway, when I wake up early in the morning, someone will play the tape recorder, and the transmission can be heard all over the bay.

Afterwards, every household is cooking delicious food, and the bay is full of fragrance. By twelve o'clock, the sound of firecrackers everywhere has not stopped. How about your place, is it lively? "

Yan Chen said, "We only start setting off firecrackers in the evening, and someone is setting off fireworks right now."

"What about your family, is the New Year lively? Are there many people around to watch the New Year together? And then there will be fireworks?" Xiang Jin asked.

Yan Chen said, "Our house does not set off fireworks. Our house is in the compound of the military area. There are not many people in our house. It's just me, Uncle Tao, and two guards."

"Ah? Just the four of you? Where's your grandfather? And your dad? Didn't you say that your aunt would also celebrate the New Year with you?" Xiang Jin was surprised.

Yan Chen seems to be used to it, "My grandfather was in the army to condolences to the officers and soldiers. There are very few opportunities to celebrate the New Year at home. Basically, I will not spend the New Year at home every year. At noon, I went to my dad to have a meal with him. In the afternoon I just came back, my aunt is naturally celebrating the New Year at their house."

For some reason, Xiang Jin felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this. Speaking of which, Yan Chen and his family are in very good conditions, but he lives very lonely. No wonder his temperament is so indifferent and indifferent.

"Then have you made dumplings?" Xiang Jin asked again.

Xiang Jin could feel that Yan Chen was smiling when he was talking over there, "Uncle Tao and the others are taking care of it."

"Then you won't help?"

Yan Chen said, "When I went upstairs, they were still mixing stuffing and rolling dough."

Xiang Jin said, "We are almost done making dumplings. Let me tell you, we made crystal shrimp dumplings. Have you ever made them before?"

"No! Is it delicious?"

"I think it's okay. I'll wrap it for you when I get back. But when you come back, you won't have shrimp dumplings, but I can make crystal dumplings for you then."

"Then the shrimp dumpling is mainly made of shrimp?"

"Well, the shrimp dumplings are naturally filled with shrimp, and it is best to use live shrimp. If the shrimp is dead, the filling will lose its taste.

Aunt Xiaoping's son went fishing with his uncles to Miyun Reservoir two days ago, and then he caught a lot of shrimp and fish in the no-man's land there.

Then Aunt Xiaoping brought some for our family and Grandpa Zeng, and then we kept the fish, peeled out the shrimps and chopped them into stuffing, and we came to make dumplings at night . "

"Okay, then you can also make me a crystal shrimp dumpling, and I'll bring you shrimp!"

"Ah? You brought shrimp? It's so far away? If the shrimp lacks oxygen, it will die easily," Xiang Jin was surprised. In this era, there is still that kind of machine that oxygenates the water.

After the car inspection, he said, "Don't worry, I will guarantee you live shrimp when the time comes."

"Okay then!" Xiang Jin agreed, then looked at the time, and said, "Then I'll hang up if it's okay?"

"it is good!"

"Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!"

"Help me give Uncle Tao a shout--Happy New Year!"

"it is good!"

Xiang Jin hung up the phone and went back. Grandma Mo and Aunt Liao were almost done packing. Grandma Mo asked, "What did you talk about with Yan Chen?"

Aunt Liao also looked at her, and Xiang Jin said, "It's nothing, I just learned about the New Year's situation in their provincial capital, and then said that we are making dumplings, and they are also making dumplings."

Grandma Mo and Aunt Liao both had smiles on their faces.Then Xiang Jin looked at the dumplings in the two big dustpans, "How many can this dustpan hold?"

Grandma Mo said, "There are about one hundred and twenty or thirty dustpans in one dustpan."

Xiang Jin said, "Then there are more than 200 dumplings here?"

Grandma Mo nodded, "Yes!"

Then Xiang Jin quickly calculated that her mother brought two types of flour, a total of four catties and five taels, and the dough she brought back was about one and a half catties.

A catty of flour plus water can be mixed with a dough that is less than [-] grams, which is close to a catty and a half. According to her touch, the weight of a dough is about eight or nine grams.

That is to say, one catty of flour can make seventy to eighty dumplings.

She will know how much noodles to make dumplings tomorrow.

Then I heard Grandma Mo say, "Girl Jin, you can bring some dumplings back later."

Xiang Jin refused, "No, you and Aunt Liao keep it for yourselves. I originally packed it for you."

Grandma Mo just said how could they eat so much?
Xiang Jin said, "Grandma Mo, you have a refrigerator at home, wait for it to freeze hard outside, then put it in a clean bag and put it in the refrigerator to freeze. When you want to eat, take some out to cook or Just steam it.

You too, Aunt Liao, you can have a meal tomorrow, and then the day after tomorrow, sister Xiang Min and the others are coming back?At that time, you can also cook for them to eat. Since Auntie and your family don’t have a refrigerator for the time being, I will give you a little less, let’s take a hundred. "

"Oh, so much, so much, why do you want so much?" Aunt Liao followed suit and waved her hands.

Both Xiang Jin and Grandma Mo didn't say much, and Grandma Mo persuaded her to accept, "You can't refuse Girl Jin and the others' wishes. Besides, if you want to say more, we have more than you."

Aunt Liao looked at Grandma Mo, and then at Xiang Jin. Seeing their sincerity, she had no choice but to accept it.

"Okay, then I'll bring back a hundred of them later!"

Then count the dumplings for them.

Two or three minutes later, Xiang Jin counted a hundred dumplings, and asked Aunt Liao to take them back, and she told them that she was going back.

It was getting late, and it was inconvenient for Grandma Mo and the others to keep the two sisters for a long time, so they found a flashlight for them.

Xiang Jin took it, followed by Grandma Mo and took out the half rabbit and handed it to her, explaining that he would eat that one tomorrow, Xiang Jin did not refuse and accepted it.

Then Xiang Jin asked Aunt Liao, "Auntie, why don't you come with us by the way, as long as we have a flashlight, we'll send you back first, so that it won't be inconvenient for you to go back with a dustpan later."

Aunt Liao nodded, "Okay, then I'll go with you!"

When Xiang Jin's sisters returned home, her mother had already finished making the dumplings and was boiling water to wash up.

Xiang Jin put the half piece of rabbit meat away, and then asked her, "Mom, how many dumplings did our family make?"

Her mother said, "A total of 76 buns were made, and there was still a little stuffing left, so I used the ordinary flour to make the buns."

Xiang Jin nodded, and then discussed with her mother, "Let's go to grandma's house early the day after tomorrow, and then come back early in the afternoon."

Her mother said, "Aren't you staying at your grandma's house for two days?"

Xiang Jin shook his head, "It's better not to live, grandpa's greenhouse vegetables are still growing there, I don't feel at ease when you are alone at home, besides, uncles and aunts will definitely bring their cousins ​​with them in the third grade of junior high school." Going back to my mother's house, I don't have any fun there, and my grandparents have to work all day, treating us as guests, it's not good!"

Her mother thought about it too, so she nodded, "Never mind you!"

The sound of firecrackers kept going all night, either from this house or that house, from far away or nearby, which made Xiang Jin not sleep well all night, so she got out of bed early in the morning. Get up.

In the morning, Xiang Jin and the others cooked the dumplings directly. Looking at the crystal clear dumplings, Xiang Lan couldn't help sighing with his eyes wide open, "Wow, sister, these dumplings are so beautiful. I have never seen them before. I have seen dumplings like this before, the skin is shiny and smooth, and the fillings inside can be seen."

Xiang Jin's mother loved the dumplings too.

Xiang Jin raised the chopsticks and said, "Try it!"

Without saying a word, Xiang Lan picked up a dumpling and took a bite, then she was stunned, her eyes widened, and she nodded vigorously after swallowing the food in both mouths, "Yeah, it's delicious , Delicious, the stuffing inside is so fragrant, sister, I have never eaten such delicious dumplings," she said, and directly buried herself in eating.

Xiang Jin frowned, "No one is robbing you, pay attention to how you eat!"

Xiang Lan hurriedly slowed down.

Yang Juyun said, "This dumpling is really delicious, isn't it? I just think it's full of umami."

Xiang Jin had a proud face, "Isn't it delicious? But this shrimp is not easy to get, otherwise we can often make it and eat it."

Her mother said, "It's okay, it's okay, I have tasted this taste and that's enough."

Xiang Jin curled his lips, and it's enough to taste the taste, it's really satisfying!
Just after breakfast, I heard someone in Wantou yelling loudly, saying to go to the street to see a play, and some people said to go to the [-]th brigade to play on the swings, and some people were yelling to go climbing mountains and visiting temples. Those who want to play cards and mahjong are yelling, three missing one, come on!
After a while, people from Wantou came out one after another. They all wore new clothes and new shoes and chatted with each other. The women made appointments to go to the theater together, play on the swings, and climb mountains to worship Buddha. The men smoked cigarettes with each other to play cards and mahjong.

Two aunts saw Xiang Jin standing outside their yard from afar and shouted at her, "Xiang Jin, let's go, call your mother and let's go to Lianhua Mountain together."

Lianhua Mountain is a well-known Buddhist temple in Xiang Jin's place. It is located at the junction of the Seventh Brigade and the neighboring Longquan Township. The walking distance from Xiang Jin's house to there is about forty minutes. People from all over the town love to go there to burn incense and worship Buddha, and many people from Xiang Jin and others in Wantou also go there.

Xiang Jin said, "Auntie, you go, we won't go today, let's go another day." One is that they have an appointment to have dinner at their house today, and the other is that there are many people going there today, and it is very crowded. inconvenient.

After dismissing a few aunts, Xiang Jin turned around and went back to prepare lunch with her mother.

Because of the perch that Aunt Xiaoping took yesterday, Xiang Jin didn't plan to eat the fish from their house, so she asked her mother to kill the fish, and then took the fish head and the parts a few centimeters below it. After coming down, she will make a fish head with chopped peppers later, and the rest of the body will be made into cured fish like the fish in Aunt Liao's family, and the sea bass will be directly caught two to make steamed sea bass.

Her mother agreed and went to do it, while she planned other dishes to cook today.

Around nine o'clock, Grandma Mo and Aunt Liao came to their house on an appointment, and then they sealed a lucky red envelope for her and Xiang Jin, which made Xiang Jin very embarrassed.

Xiang Lan was very happy to receive the red envelope, his eyes were narrowed into a smile, and after thanking them, he hurried back to the house to hide it.

After Xiang Jin poured a glass of water for each of them, he went to the small house next to him and dragged a rusty iron pot out to raise a pot of fire for them to sit and roast there.

Grandma Mo and the others asked if there was anything they could do to help, and Aunt Liao also rolled up her sleeves, and Xiang Jin said, "No, no, I'm not in a hurry today, my mother and I are both busy, you sit and bake Your fire," she then ordered Xiang Lan to take out all the snacks, including the oranges that Ai Can's little fat man and his family brought to them yesterday.

"If you feel that this orange is cold after eating, you can put it next to the fire and roast it for a while, so that it won't be cold in your stomach after eating it."

Grandma Mo and the others nodded, and then Grandpa Zeng said, "Girl Jin, your crystal shrimp dumpling is really good both in terms of taste and appearance," and then gave her a thumbs up.

Aunt Liao followed suit, "Yes, yes, I have never seen such a beautiful dumpling in my life. They were so crystal clear that my aunt didn't dare to eat them at that time, thinking that what was scooped up in the bowl was a bowl of jade lumps." Woolen cloth."

Xiang Jin just smiled, "Auntie, you are too exaggerated, but I am very happy that you guys like it."

Aunt Liao said, "I like it, I like it, I like it."

Then Grandma Mo said, "Oh, by the way, girl Jin, didn't you say that you are also making dumplings today? Tell me and your Aunt Liao what fillings you want, and we will prepare them for you!"

Xiang Jin thought about it for a while, and was not polite to them, "It really is," so she asked Xiang Lan to take out the shallots and scallions in the kitchen, as well as the bunch of tender lotus root that her mother bought on the street today, Let them straighten it out for them, and even peel the skin.

(End of this chapter)