The Ups and Downs of Mrs. Yipin

Chapter 4 Beijing New Year
In this way, before the Chinese New Year, Fang Xiuyi sold five dishes to Minglou, earning a total of 30 taels of silver. Among them, the high price of seafood may have something to do with the fact that the capital is located in the north.Every time I go, the boss will bring back some food, enough for the three of us to eat for a day or two, Fang Xiuyi is very satisfied, as far as she knows, the county magistrate only costs 50 taels of silver a year.She really doesn't have the ability to make more money. Her appearance is ordinary, but she is most handsome; she has no special skills;In short, she thought and thought, it was really embarrassing for the transmigrator. It has been nine years, and life is very tight. Selling a dish to a restaurant, she has to think about it for a few days, recall the steps of the previous life, and consider the ingredients and ingredients. taste.The only thing that is better for me is probably my mentality.

In the previous life, Fang Xiu and his wife were already very indifferent to Chinese New Year. They flew home on New Year’s Eve, reunited with their parents, ate and drank at home for a few days, and listened to their mother’s constant urging for marriage. Life.Think about it, the past life is really like a cloud, many memories are already very blurred, even cooking has to be carefully recalled, but she also admires herself, in this life, these years are so difficult, she has come over , haven't complained yet.

This New Year, Fang Xiuyi wants to give the children a good time.Living conditions have improved slightly, and there is still money in hand. Both myself and my children are in good health, especially the two children, who have grown up.In the past, when the mother-in-law was still alive, most of the money she earned was used to treat the mother-in-law and buy medicines. The child could wear a piece of clothing for a long time, and the pants could be changed from trousers to cropped trousers.Although her mother-in-law had a heavy burden when she was alive, Fang Xiuyi never disliked her.When she first came here, she was very unfamiliar with everything here. It was her mother-in-law who taught her patiently and kept saying that Changsheng was sorry for her.Although she can cook, when her mother-in-law is in good health, she basically does all the housework, and Fang Xiuyi mainly takes care of the children.Fang Xiu treats her mother-in-law as her own mother and benefactor, she has food and clothing, and she is close to her mother-in-law first. If there is no mother-in-law, she may not have such great endurance and survival ability in this life, and she will not be so cute. of two children.Now that she is a little more stable, she really misses her mother-in-law a little bit, and her mother-in-law shouldn't have passed away so early.

Fang Xiuyi made three clothes for the children, which cost a lot of money. Even the children said it was too extravagant.They used to wear two sets of clothes a year ago, from the beginning to the end of the year.Now with three sets of clothes at once, I feel a bit like an upstart.

"Don't talk so much nonsense, try it quickly, let mother see how cute the babies are!" Fang Xiuyi, like all mothers, likes to dress up her children.

"Mother, where are your new clothes?" Fei Yu likes the new clothes very much, although they are made of cotton, but mother makes them very beautiful.

"Don't worry, why would you wrong me?" Fang Xiuyi took out two sets of clothes, one was a slanted jacket and trousers, the other was a double-breasted gown and a skirt, and the first was for her to wear in the coming year. Wear it live, the last set is for going out to meet people.

Siyuan's face was red. Mother put on new clothes, they looked really good.

"Aha, our Siyuan's face is blushing, is it because I look stupid?" Fang Xiuyi teased Siyuan.

"Mother, it looks good!" Siyuan was even more embarrassed to speak.

"Well, mother looks so good in such a dress!"

"Okay, children, let's all look good! Haha..." Fang Xiuyi hugged the two children and kept kissing them.

For the New Year's Eve dinner, Minglou delivered several dishes, and Fang Xiuyi also fried meatballs for the child, added another dish, made eight-treasure rice, and bought a little sugar extravagantly.This is the most fulfilling year they have lived in these years, and they are well fed and warmly clothed.Fang Xiuyi even bought firecrackers and fireworks for the children.Feiyu and Siyuan happily threw away their usual poise and solemnity, took the firecrackers and fireworks and let them go outside the door, chatting and laughing with the children around them, exchanging ideas about who had the loudest firecrackers, Who has the best fireworks.When Fang Xiu saw this scene, she felt that no matter how hard she worked, it was worth it.

After the excitement was over, Fang Xiuyi set up a small table on the kang, and the three of them made dumplings together.

"Mom, why do we make dumplings?"

"Northern people celebrate the New Year. They make dumplings on New Year's Eve. They eat dumplings in the morning on the first day of the new year. Besides, there are copper coins in the dumplings. Whoever eats them will have good luck in the coming year!" Familiar with it, cooking and soup are learned slowly after graduating from university.

"Mother, are the dumplings delicious?" Siyuan was also curious, having never eaten them before.

"Of course it's delicious, otherwise why would I eat it during the Chinese New Year. As the saying goes: there is nothing better than dumplings, and nothing better than lying down. Do you think dumplings are delicious?" Although she is in the south, she was a northerner in her previous life, so she never made dumplings for the children!
"Mom, can we have one tonight?" Fei Yu felt that the minced meat smelled delicious.

"Not tonight. After we wrap it up, put it outside and freeze it. Come together tomorrow morning, and I'll cook it for you."

"Mom, what do you think of my wrapping?" Siyuan felt that he couldn't wrap it well either because there was too much stuffing or he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

"Well, it's okay, just come a few more times in the future."

"Mother, your wraps are so pretty!" Fei Yu discovered that his mother could make several wraps, including ingots and birds.

"Practice makes perfect!" Fang Xiuyi slipped her mouth when she was proud of herself.

"But, mother, haven't we never eaten before? How can one make perfect?" Fei Yu asked strangely.

Fang Xiu paused for a moment, "Of course mother is a genius, otherwise how could there be two genius babies like you. Okay, I finished making stuffing, and I will put it outside to freeze. Fei Yu, tidy up the kang, mother still needs more food." Leave the rest of the noodles to steam the buns."

Siyuan thinks more than Fei Yu, he knows that mother lied, mother really knows a lot of things, she has never been to the north, but she is very familiar with everything in the north, it seems that living in the capital, mother is more handy.

The child was too young, Fang Xiuyi didn't plan to watch the new year, but went to bed a little later than usual.The two children slept on either side of Fang Xiuyi, each holding one of their mother's arms.

"Okay, tonight, mother will tell you a story about a nine-colored deer." Fang Xiuyi doesn't have much time to make arrangements every day. In the past few years, she has been used to telling stories to her children every night. She only thinks about telling stories when she is going to bed. What, sometimes, I mentioned several times, and the children said they had heard it. She felt that her story was almost exhausted. From the age of three to the age of nine, how could there be so many stories!

(End of this chapter)