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Or you can just break the sugar bag in the middle to expose the sugar completely, then tear off the dough of the sugar bag and eat it with the sugar.

But no matter how you eat it, this sugar bun is delicious, and it is a favorite of children who rarely eat sweets and white flour a few times a year.

Over time, steaming sugar buns became a routine, and eating sugar buns became the thing that children looked forward to and loved the most.

The beauty in this memory is like wine that ferments over time. The longer it ferments, the mellower and more fragrant it becomes, making it hard to put down.

Therefore, even though the brothers Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu had been accustomed to eating all kinds of delicious food with Xia Mingyue over the past six months and were accustomed to eating, they were still very happy to hold a sugar bag each, help light the fire, and eat with relish.

By the way, look at the stove with anticipation.

Because at this time, in the steamer on the stove, there was also steaming a delicacy that they liked and looked forward to very much - sweet potato buns.

Peel the sweet and crispy sweet potatoes, grate them into shreds, and then cut them into small pieces. There is no need to add any sugar. Just treat the small pieces as ordinary fillings, wrap them in bun skins, and wrap them up little by little.

Unlike ordinary dumplings that require pinching folds, these sweet potato dumplings are usually wrapped in a round shape. At first glance, they look like big round rice balls.

After being steamed, the originally round sweet potato buns will become somewhat oval, and because they are filled with sweet potato grains, the surface appears somewhat uneven.

Take a bite, you can find thin skin and plenty of sweet potato filling, and the sweet potato grains are soft, delicious and extremely sweet because they are thoroughly steamed.

The fresh fragrance of sweet potato and the aroma of dough mixed together is so delicious that you will never get tired of eating it.

This is the favorite of brothers Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu, and they are enjoying the meal very much.

Xia Mingyue and the others had been busy for a long time and were a little hungry, so they all took the sweet potato buns to eat.

"Don't mention it. Even if I've eaten too much meat and fish, I'll still find this sweet potato bun delicious." Mrs. Lu sighed, put the last bit of dough in her hand into her mouth, and picked up another one.

"Yes." Jiang Zhuguo also agreed, smiling with curved eyebrows.

Xia Mingyue also ate with relish and gave two to Wu Jin as well.

Sweet potato buns do not have any seasoning and can be the main food for Wu Jin during this period.

Wu Jin had eaten steamed sweet potatoes and steamed buns, but he had never eaten sweet potato buns made in this way. After trying them, he found them delicious and ate them with hearty bites.

When you are eating to your heart's content, a humming sound comes from your mouth.

Seeing this, Xia Mingyue smiled.

By the time the last basket of sweet potato buns came out of the pot, the sun had already set.

Lu took Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu back to clean the door frames and post couplets.

Xia Mingyue and Jiang Zhuguo also started to put up Spring Festival couplets, window decorations, and even hung two red lanterns inside the gatehouse.

Xia Mingyue even bought many small red lanterns and hung them under the eaves and on the apricot trees.

In winter, the apricot trees are bare, but now decorated with small red lanterns, they look very festive and lively. At first glance, it looks like the trees are full of fruits.

In addition, there were several red Spring Festival couplets hung and even pasted on Wu Jin's doghouse.

Wu Jin’s doghouse was short and he couldn’t buy a ready-made one, so the couplets were written by Xia Mingyue herself.

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First line: Woof woof woof woof woof
Second line: Wangwangwangwangwangwangwangwang
Banner: Health and longevity

The life span of a dog is only a dozen years, which is only about one-fifth of the human life span. A healthy and long life is the greatest blessing and expectation for it. Xia Mingyue likes this couplet, and Wu Jin is also very happy. He sticks out his dog head from the doghouse, grins and sticks out his tongue.

The second day is New Year’s Eve.

They braised some meat and vegetarian food in the morning, preparing to eat them in the evening and during the New Year. Xia Mingyue and Lu even fried some cooked food.

Thick tofu slices and radish balls are indispensable for the Chinese New Year. I fried some of each, and Xia Mingyue even fried some sweet potato chips.

The red-fleshed sweet potatoes, which are as soft and glutinous as chestnuts, are cut into finger-thick strips, washed clean, coated with sweet potato starch, and put directly into the oil pan.

Fry it first until cooked, then fry it until brown.

The fried sweet potato fries are golden with an attractive reddish-brown color, with a crispy surface and soft, tender and sweet inside, and are very satisfying to eat.

In addition, Xia Mingyue fried some salty and delicious hemp leaves to eat as snacks during these days.

I was busy frying things until noon.

Everyone was hungry but also felt a little tired, so they simply used local ingredients and cooked a big pot of meatball soup with freshly fried radish meatballs, and cut the fried tofu slices into shreds and mixed them with cabbage hearts to make a sweet and sour dish to go with rice.

The staple food is the black vegetable and meat buns steamed yesterday.

In the afternoon, everyone started making dumplings.

Still making dumplings stuffed with sauerkraut and pork, Xia Mingyue, Jiang Zhuguo and Lu gathered together, one rolling the dough while two wrapped them, talking and laughing.

It's fun.

Seeing that the dumplings were almost finished, Xia Mingyue stood up, washed her hands, and prepared to start cooking the New Year’s Eve dinner.

As a result, as soon as he stood up, he was stopped by Jiang Zhuguo and Lu.

"Sister Xia always cooks for us on weekdays. Now that the year is over, it's time for us to cook for Sister Xia."

After Jiang Zhuguo finished speaking, Mrs. Lu also echoed, "Yes, sister-in-law, you have been busy for a year. Take a good rest tonight and try our cooking skills."

"You two, come quickly and play with your Aunt Xia over there." Mrs. Lu called Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu.

Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu were originally a little regretful that Jiang Zhuguo and Lu would be responsible for the New Year's Eve dinner.

After all, at such an important time, they would rather eat some delicious meals.

But as mother said, Aunt Xia has been busy for a year and it’s time for her to take a break.

The two brothers came up to Xia Mingyue and hugged her arms, one on each side. "Aunt Xia, come and play shuttlecock and sandbags with us."

The shuttlecock is made of goose feather tubes left over from the big goose that He Shunzi had given him before, and chicken feathers from the roosters slaughtered in the past few days. The chicken feathers are brightly colored, and they shine with colorful luster under the sun, which is very beautiful.

The sandbag was sewn by Jiang Zhuguo, who specially selected six pieces of cloth of different colors. Buckwheat husks were placed inside, making it bulging and quite heavy.

These toys that everyone played with in childhood also aroused Xia Mingyue's childishness, so she simply played with Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu.

We play shuttlecock kicking to see who can kick more, or you kick the shuttlecock to me and I kick it to him, and the three of us take turns kicking like this to see who fails to catch it.

There are even more ways to play with sandbags.

You can kick it like a shuttlecock and play it the same way. You can also have two people stand on either side and one person stand in the middle, and the two people throw sandbags back and forth towards each other, while the person in the middle needs to hide to make sure the sandbags don't fall on him. (End of this chapter)