Rebirth of Shuangshu

Chapter 17
The spring thunder hides from the ground in the spring of the night, and the snow keeps falling in the young years.

Xiaonian today.

It was also the day when Lin Xiaoxiao invited the villagers to live in the hot spring villa.

Today's breakfast is pickled vegetable porridge.The pickles are Fuling mustard, and the rice is Wuchang Daohuaxiang.

Inventory is limited, we dare not waste it.There is only one bowl of porridge per person, and pickles should be saved.

You must know that the salt in this era is government-run, and the price is much more expensive than meat.

Aunt Jiang's eyes were full of confusion when she saw Lin Xiaoxiao take out the rice, just like when Lin Xiaoxiao gave the flour to Gong Shugou back then.

People in this era have never seen rice and flour.

Lin Xiaoxiao cooked a meal of preserved egg and lean meat porridge for everyone. Aunt Jiang cried after drinking it, and Mei Ya and Da Ya even licked the bottom of the bowl clean.

Lin Xiaoxiao sighed in her heart, wondering how many more meals like this she could have.

Early in the morning, Lin Xiaoxiao gave New Year gifts to Aunt Jiang, Da Ya and Mei Ya first.

After breakfast, Lin Xiaoxiao called Aunt Jiang and the three into her room, and gave her a New Year gift—three down jackets.

Da Ya and Mei Ya are small in stature and cannot wear Lin Xiaoxiao's clothes.

Lin Xiaoxiao has two daughters next door, and it happened that there was a down jacket for the children in their package. Lin Xiaoxiao looked it over and felt that it could be worn by Da Ya and Mei Ya.

The children's down jackets come in a variety of patterns and bright colors. I hope Da Ya and Mei Ya will like them.

The down jacket for Aunt Jiang was worn by Lin Xiaoxiao's mother before.Considering the aesthetics of the villagers, she deliberately chose dark gray that is resistant to dirt.

"It's called a down jacket. It's made of duck down. It's warmer than a cotton jacket. Try it on and see if it fits you well."

Mrs. Jiang was a little at a loss holding the clothes.

Da Ya and Mei Ya were young and didn't think so much. After thanking Lin Xiaoxiao, they picked up the clothes and gestured to them.

Because the village people are going to be entertained at noon today, and there are still many things to do in the morning, the episode of presents will soon pass.

In this era, there is no custom of eating dumplings in the young year, and the villagers don't know what dumplings are.

So today's dumpling banquet will be fully directed by Lin Xiaoxiao.

Lin Xiaoxiao invited 76 guests from the whole village. According to the ten dumplings per person, 760 dumplings should be prepared, which is [-] in total.

Ten dumplings for one person is not too much, but the current conditions can be called extravagant.

The hot spring villa now has electricity, and a lot of preparations started last night.

Lin Xiaoxiao took out a whole bag of ten catties of flour, a whole seven catties of bean sprouts and ten catties of pork from the warehouse.

Aunt Jiang brandished a kitchen knife and chopped the pork into minced meat.Da Ya and Mei Ya are in charge of cutting cabbage.Lin Xiaoxiao made the dough personally.

Kneading the noodles one day in advance is because the noodles are not fermented in cold weather.

After the vegetables and meat were ready, Lin Xiaoxiao took out the seasoning and started to adjust the stuffing.

Aunt Jiang watched and studied.

Lin Xiaoxiao also needs to teach them how to roll dumpling wrappers and how to make dumplings.

They worked so hard last night that they didn't go to bed until almost nine o'clock.

The main work was completed last night, and the dumplings were made directly this morning.

Making dumplings is easy to learn, but rolling dumpling wrappers requires a little skill.

Lin Xiaoxiao quickly rolled out some dumpling wrappers, and then asked Da Ya and Mei Ya to learn how to roll them.

The four chatted and made dumplings.

Aunt Jiang talked a lot more than when she first came here, and it was very interesting to talk about the past, especially when she talked about some people in the city.

Aunt Jiang's family was originally from Zhoulaiguo. After Zhoulaiguo was destroyed, the family fled to Wuzhang Village.

Mrs. Jiang's husband was a swordsman under the noble family when he came to Zhou, but he could only make a living as a savage in the suburbs when he arrived in Hu State.

Aunt Jiang's son has learned fencing from the family, and even Aunt Jiang knows a few fists and kicks.

Mrs. Jiang's husband and son volunteered to sign up for the military conscription a few years ago, thinking that they could make contributions on the battlefield and restore the family's glory.

It's a pity that the world is unpredictable, and both died on the battlefield.

Aunt Jiang has a strong personality, she would rather live alone than remarry.She had some pension money in her hand, and she was able to farm the land, so she was able to live a decent life.

However, in the past few years, the government has forcibly collected money and food, and Mrs. Jiang can't get rid of it.

"I thought this winter would be impossible, but I didn't expect Shannv to come and bring us food."

Aunt Jiang silently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Da Ya and Mei Ya are young, so they don't have that deep feeling for Aunt Jiang.

"My grandfather said that our village has good geomantic omen, and there are gods on Little Kunlun Mountain."

"Shannu, do the gods live in the palace?"

Seeing the sparkling eyes of the two little girls, Lin Xiaoxiao laughed.

"Yes, the gods live in palaces. There are many big square palaces, and there are many small palaces in the big palace. The palaces are piled up layer by layer and reach the sky."

"Is there a dragon on Little Kunlun Mountain?"

"I don't know if there are dragons in Little Kunlun Mountains, but we have many flying in the sky, running on the ground, and swimming in the water."

The identity of Shannu seems to be able to adapt to being called a lot.

Lin Xiaoxiao no longer rejects being called a mountain girl, and can occasionally agree to make a joke.

It is quite fast for four people to make dumplings.

It took about an hour, and [-] dumplings were wrapped.

Putting the wrapped dumplings aside, Aunt Jiang estimated the time and began to boil water to cook ginger soup.Later, the villagers walked over, and each of them gave a bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold.

For today's meal, I only prepared dumplings.

Although there is still a lot of food in the warehouse, Lin Xiaoxiao still decided to save food in the long run.

It's still sunny today.

Lin Xiaoxiao felt a little thankful that it didn't snow.

Speaking of it, Lin Xiaoxiao was lucky.The weather has been fine during the period since she traveled here, making it convenient for her to do a lot of things.

The villagers walked slowly supporting the old and the young.They also drove two ox carts, on which were the New Year's goods that everyone gave to Shannv.

Although everyone's life is very difficult, they are still willing to give Lin Xiaoxiao the best things at home.

Some people sent eggs, others sent needles and thread, and some even sent a few bundles of unknown hay.

No matter how high or low, it is the heart.

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at her eyes and felt that it was too little to invite everyone to a meal of dumplings.Still, she has always been very rational, suppressing the emotions she shouldn't have.

It was still early for lunch, so Lin Xiaoxiao asked everyone to sit in the main hall first.

Yesterday Lin Xiaoxiao instructed Da Ya and the others to re-arrange the main hall.The screen was pulled to the corner, and tables and chairs were added.

At noon, everyone eats in the main hall.

After Aunt Jiang got up in the morning, she put multiple braziers in the main hall.At this moment, the main hall has been roasted warmly.

Lin Xiaoxiao took out a few decks of playing cards, checkers, and children's toys from the warehouse.The children's toys were left in her house by the neighbor.

Lin Xiaoxiao has already taught Da Ya Mei Ya how to play with these things, and now they will lead the villagers to play in the main hall.

Lin Xiaoxiao took another big bag of melon seeds from the warehouse and distributed them to everyone.

It was the first time for the villagers to eat melon seeds, and they were very rare.Many people are reluctant to eat it and put it in their pockets after tasting it, planning to keep it for later tasting.

Everyone played poker in the main hall, and the children ran around chasing toy trains.

Lively and chaotic, the feeling of the New Year came out.

The dumplings at noon amazed everyone.

Some old people shed tears of excitement like Mrs. Jiang.

There were [-] dumplings, not one was left, and the dumpling soup was gone.

This new year is the happiest time the Wuzhang villagers have had in recent years.

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