The Little Dumb Wife of the Mountain People

Chapter 168
After eating Wen Bao's breakfast again, Wen Chengquan burped contentedly, and then he talked about his intention of coming to her early this morning.

He didn't make it clear when he discussed with his third brother last night. The most important thing is that he didn't know what Wen Bao was thinking.

"Bao'er, tell me about your plan. Before you said you would make birthday cakes?"

"Well, the birthday cake I make is called Shoutao."

Wen Bao also thought about it for a long time before she remembered a kind of steamed bun she had seen on the Internet in her previous life, the birthday peach.

In fact, she has seen many styles, but those are too complicated, so she can try the simpler style of Shoutao.

The peach-shaped steamed buns made of white flour can be stuffed with various fillings, and the peach flesh is dyed pink with edible red dye on the outside, and the peaches are finally shaped with the help of a wooden comb.

Although she has never done it, Wen Bao feels that it is not a big deal with her current cooking skills, but there are a lot of birthday peaches to be cooked, and she definitely cannot finish them by herself, and needs the help of others.

"I'm going to make three kinds of fillings, candied dates, lotus seed paste, and sesame seeds, so besides flour, I also need to buy these."

Wen Bao wrote down the things he needed and handed them to Wen Chengshuang. He was responsible for sending the list to Wen Chengyong in the town so that he could prepare these things.

In addition to these, what must be determined is the banquet menu.

There was a lot of birthday noodles the night before, and Wen Bao's proposal was to start preparing them early in the morning. There is an ice cellar at home, so just store them in the ice cellar.

Eight side dishes, four meat and four vegetables, are easy for Wen Bao, but to make them delicious and suitable for eating with noodles, you need to pay attention to this.

"Eight side dishes, four meat dishes. I prepared cold pig ears, braised pork feet, saliva chicken and fried small fish. For vegetarian dishes, see what is available at home and what can be bought. It is best to eat hot or cold. vegetable."

Regarding cooking, the whole family does not have Wen Bao's authority, so naturally she can do whatever she says.

The next morning's breakfast is also very particular, but Wen Bao's has a lot of breakfast styles, just pick a few that look good and taste good.

The main banquet dishes at noon also need to be discussed, but with Wen Bao present, these are not problems, but the simplicity of the dishes and the speed of serving them need to be considered.

After discussing the dishes, several people discussed other things, fearing that Wen You would find out, Wen Chengshuang and his brothers went back to see the children first, and kept their respective wives.

"Sister, I saw the clothes you designed for my parents. I modified the style a little. I'm already making it, but I want to ask Meihua to help."

Being pregnant, Wen Liu's sewing is very tiring, but Meihua is also pregnant, and the two of them are the only ones in the family who are good at sewing, so they can only work hard together.

"It's easy, I'll just talk to Meihua later, but I'm afraid that Meihua will have to prepare a birthday gift after she finds out, and I don't have time."

Meihua is not only Song Dalang's younger sister, but also Wu Wanjin's goddaughter. In the past few years, she has always respected Wu Wanjin and his wife as her own parents. For Wen Youcai's fiftieth birthday, she must prepare a birthday gift for this uncle.

Wen Liushi also frowned upon hearing Wen Bao's words, she really didn't consider this matter.

"Father's clothes are easy to make and there are not many patterns, but mother's clothes have chrysanthemums on them. My eyes hurt from embroidery in the past two days."

In ancient times, chrysanthemums were a symbol of longevity. Wen Liushi originally changed the patterns on his clothes to chrysanthemums for auspiciousness, but now he is embarrassed.

"You embroidered all the bright flowers?"

"What do you mean?"

Wen Liushi didn't understand what Wen Bao meant for a moment, and looked up at her suspiciously.

Wen Bao glanced at her, and said with a smile: "If you embroider all the patterns and petals of a flower, it will be bright. If a flower is only embroidered with meridians, it will be dark. I think if you arrange it well, it will be bright." This kind of alternation of light and dark should also look pretty."

Wen Bao's words caused Wen Liushi to fall into deep thought. It happened that Meihua came here with her belly outstretched. She was still in the early stages of pregnancy. When she heard the birthday gift they discussed, she immediately agreed.

"In the past two months, I have been bored at home and embroidered a lot of shoe uppers. I will just send shoes and socks to my uncle and aunt, and let Wu Yong go hunting with his elder brother. They are all from my family. I think my uncle and aunt will not care so much. "

Wen Bao agrees with Mei Hua's words very much, her parents have money in their hands, and they don't lack these things, so the most important thing is their heart.

Meihua's proposal won the final approval of everyone, and they discussed the matter of gathering at Wen Bao's house in the afternoon to start working on the birthday ceremony.

After saying this, Mrs. Wen Xu suddenly said: "The children should tell them this too, alas, I am afraid that the children will not be able to hide it."

When she opened her mouth, Wen Bao was also taken aback.

Compared with the birthday gifts they prepared with all their efforts, her father must prefer the birthday gifts prepared by the children.

"I found an opportunity to talk about this secretly with Tuantuan today, and she can understand what we mean."

Among the few children, Tuantuan was the only one who could make the whole family feel at ease. No one had any different opinions when Wen Bao said that he would entrust such an important matter to her.

Tuantuan was obviously very excited when Wen Bao found out about this matter. After listening patiently, she swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva before carefully asking, "Mother, what do you think we should prepare for grandpa's birthday?"

This feeling of doing things secretly really made Tuan Tuan very happy, but after the fun, she had never prepared for such a serious birthday gift.

Someone in the family had a birthday before, and the children gave them everything, especially Pangpang, who likes to give away all kinds of meat that he likes to eat, but this time it is obviously not possible.

"Well, you can write and draw. As long as you prepare it yourself and do what you can, Grandpa will definitely like it."

After Wen Bao finished speaking, Tuantuan really got to know each other and began to think about it. She really wanted to gather all the younger brothers and sisters in the family together to discuss, but it was obviously impossible.

Tuantuan was worried, and when she learned that Wen Chengshuang was going to the town, she decisively wrote a letter to her brothers who were studying in the town. Since she couldn't solve the problem, it was always right to find her brothers.

The whole family was secretly preparing for Wen Youcai's [-]th birthday. He didn't feel anything at first, but after a few days, he realized something was wrong.

"Why do the children seem to be a little bit wrong these days?"

Upon hearing his words, Wu immediately raised her head, and said seriously: "No, it may be that there are many pregnant people in the family, and the children get together to chat about the children. You know, the children are a little bored because of the college. "

Wu Shi had been told by Wen Bao a long time ago that this matter should be kept from Wen Youcai, and they could only tell him after they had prepared everything.

After listening to Wu Shi's words, Wen Youcai thought about it for a while, and just when Wu Shi thought he had guessed something, he finally said, "I don't know which of them can have a granddaughter."

Hearing what Wen Youcai said about this matter, Wu also sighed with great regret. There are seven grandchildren in the family, plus eight grandchildren, and there is only one granddaughter. She really hopes that both daughters-in-law can give her a granddaughter. hug.

When it came to the topic of the big fat granddaughter, the old couple were obviously unhappy, and after each sighed, they stopped thinking about it.

In private, Mrs. Wu immediately went to Wen Bao and told what Wen Youcai had noticed. After repeatedly telling Wen Bao and the others to be careful, she couldn't bear to ask Wen Bao how he was preparing for this matter.

"Mother, don't worry about this, we are well prepared."

Of course, the preparation is very good. There are so many brothers in the family, and one thing can't be done by oneself, so just distribute it to others.

Wen Bao has successfully made birthday cakes in the shape of birthday peaches. After seeing it, everyone thinks it is good. Wu Wanjin even sneakily said that he can make more styles and sell them in the store.

Wen Bao does know a lot about styles, but she doesn't know how to make them, so she can only tell the general appearance. Everyone brainstorms to make the best one, and if it can't be done, there is no way.

Although Wu was relieved after hearing Wen Bao's words, she did not participate in this matter, and she was still afraid that the children would not be able to handle it well.

After Wu Wanjin found out, she went to find Mrs. Wu, but she didn't know what the two had said. After the chat, Mrs. Wu never mentioned the matter of asking Wen Bao to tell her about it.

Two days before Wen Youcai's [-]th birthday party, Wen Bao and the others finally got everything ready, and Wen Chengzhi and the others rushed back from the town. Only then did Wen Youcai know that his sons and daughters had kept everything from him Done so many things.

"You guys..."

Wen Youcai seemed to have a thousand words to say, but he was so moved that he couldn't say what was in his heart. Wen Bao gave the children a wink, and the children immediately surrounded him cheerfully.

This person said, "Grandpa's long life is not a problem." The other person said, "Grandpa can wait for the four generations to live together." After the whole family laughed at this, they put their arms around Wen Youcai softly and said: " Grandpa, wait for Tuantuan to make you new clothes to wear."

Wu Wanjin looked at his house full of children and grandchildren, looked at his two fat grandchildren, and pulled Afu in front of him. No matter how you look at it, there were still not as many children as there were around Wen Youcai.

"You brothers and sisters should also work hard, have more children, and I will be satisfied with having so many grandchildren around me at my [-]th birthday party."

Wu Wanjin expressed emotion, Wu Houye and Meihua didn't know what to say, no matter how powerful they were, they would not be able to give birth to so many children in the next few years.

Afu leaned softly in his arms, and said in a childish voice: "Grandpa, mother has a younger sister in her belly."

"Well, we Afu are going to be sisters."

After listening to Wu Wanjin's words, Afu smiled shyly, and leaned into Wu Wanjin's arms, unwilling to go out.

Song Guo looked at her fat body, and finally gave up the idea of ​​going to grandpa's arms to compete with her sister for a place.

It's just that he looked at his fat body, thought about what his cousin said today, and sighed helplessly. He snatched sister Tuantuan's chicken legs once, but his cousin made him not eat chicken legs for a month.

It's really hard to do!
Laughter spread throughout Wen's house. Since Wen Youcai already knew that his family had made arrangements for his birthday, the whole family naturally got busy immediately.

(End of this chapter)