The grand lady who time-traveled became a hot mom

Chapter 79

In a flash, it will be the New Year's Eve. On this day, every family is rushing to make dumplings and make New Year's Eve dinner at home.Even the children don't come out to play, they help at home.

The custom in Linjia Village is to worship ancestors at home on New Year's Eve. On the morning of the first day of the new year, every family brings dumplings and rice wine to the ancestral hall, and Yuli is leading the men of Linjia Village to perform the sacrifice.

Early in the morning, Fang Yumin's house began to get busy.Paste couplets, red paper-cuts, and upside-down blessings, and the home and the outside are completely new.

Lin Qiu came to knead the dough, and Fang Yumin scratched the dough with a bamboo knife a few times, pulled and twisted, and it became a twist, sprinkled with sesame seeds and fried in boiling oil, the white, tender and soft dough immediately It turned into crispy, golden-yellow twists, with a tangy aroma, which made Xiao Yang and Xiao Ming salivate.

"Is it delicious? Ha ha." Fang Yumin picked up the floating twist and put it on the plate and said with a smile.

"good smell."

"I'll give you a taste later, it's too hot now."

"it is good."

Because oil is very precious, farmers rarely boil a large pot of oil to fry food like Fang Yumin.Frying with oil is a luxury for them, let alone deep-frying?Since Fang Yumin's family began to extract oil, they have been more generous in using oil. Fang Yumin used to fry at most, but now she doesn't feel heartache when frying.Soybeans are so cheap!
In addition to fried twist, Fang Yumin also fried French fries, shredded taro and pork tofu balls.

Lunch on New Year's Eve is going to Lin Chunlai's house for dinner, and dinner is eaten at home.According to the previous practice, one catty of pork, one cooked whole chicken, three plates of dumplings and one plate of rice cakes should be brought to Lin Chunlai’s house to worship ancestors at ten o’clock in the morning, and then the family will have a reunion dinner together .

This time, Fang Yumin used a food box to pack a box of mahua. It's Chinese New Year, let's treat it as a snack for the children to make them happy.Sugar is really too precious, and Fang Yumin also has selfish intentions. She only wants to let Xiao Yang and Xiao Ming eat the ones she makes.

When they arrived at Lin Chunlai's house, Lin Xialai's family of four had already arrived.Under the leadership of Lin Daniu, all the men followed him to worship their ancestors.

However, women are not allowed to participate in the sacrifices. Fang Yumin really thinks that this place is too patriarchal, right?Aren't men born of women?If you have the ability, don't marry a wife, a boy, a boy!Fang Yumin decided to teach her two sons to be kind and respectful to women in the future.

After the ancestor worship ceremony was completed, Fang Yumin took out the mahua for everyone to eat.Sure enough, this kind of crispy food is very popular. You eat one, and I eat up a box of twists in a short while.

So the men sat in the living room while the three daughters-in-law went into the kitchen to prepare lunch.

Because everyone eats at Lin Chunlai's house, his family doesn't need to produce pork.Then a large family of 16 people, only three chickens and two catties of pork, may be okay to eat enough, but it is absolutely impossible to eat well.

Fang Yumin had already been reminded by He Shi that the family had already had lunch before coming here.They don't expect to eat well either.

Hu smiled and said to Fang Yumin: "Xiaolian cooks delicious food, everyone in the village knows that, Xiaolian, I will leave this to you."

Fang Yumin smiled: "Sister-in-law doesn't want to cook, it's okay for me to cook, washing vegetables, chopping meat and burning fire, please choose one."

Hu still smiled and said, "Isn't Second Aunt working? The kitchen is small, so I won't block you here."

"In this case, second sister-in-law, let's go out too." Fang Yumin said while washing his hands with a spoon of water, "The family has been separated for a long time. Uncle's family doesn't need to produce pork, but they will provide food. We can just go out and wait for the food."

He also put down the dishes in his hand, and said with a smile, "That's right. Let's go out."

Seeing that Mrs. He and Fang Yumin were about to leave, Mrs. Hu hurriedly let them go and shouted: "Hey, how can I do so much by myself after you leave?"

Fang Yumin and He Shi just laughed and said nothing.

Mrs. Hu twisted it a bit, and said, "Then, then I'll wash and chop the vegetables, and I'll trouble my second and third aunts for the rest."

Fang Yumin accepted it as soon as it was good, and said with a smile: "We are just joking, how can I let my sister-in-law do it alone? Second sister-in-law, right?"

"Yes."

"Okay, hurry up and cook, the parents-in-law and the children are all hungry."

"it is good."

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and it's too difficult to make a serving of 15 people with just such a small amount of meat.Lin Chunlai's house doesn't have any seasoning, just coarse salt, lard, soy sauce and dried chili.Fang Yumin had no choice but to make big pot dishes, and stewed potatoes were the safest and most delicious.

For other dishes, Fang Yumin used lard and a little dried chili to mix cooked radish, fried Chinese cabbage with soy sauce and fried peanuts with salt.

Mrs. He cut three pieces of chicken and put them on a plate, and Fang Yumin used minced ginger and scallion as a condiment.The dumplings were hot and served on a plate.

After heating up the wok, Fang Yumin put in lard, ginger, green onion, and garlic and sautéed until fragrant, then poured in water and boiled, then put down the rice cakes and cooked to taste.

Although it tastes delicious, Hu's heartache is that Fang Yumin added too much seasoning, especially the precious lard.Seeing her digging spoonful after spoonful, she wished she could rush over and snatch the can of lard and hide it.

After the meals are ready, they are served on the table. Because it is a reunion dinner, the two tables are merged, and 16 people sit together.At first everyone was quite polite, and the children also said some auspicious words to the elders.

Although Lin Qiulai's family and Lin Xialai's family came after eating, the weather was cold, and it took a lot of time to worship and cook, and they were a little hungry.

Just as soon as it started, Hu took the lead and led his three children to grab food.Hu's chopsticks were flying fast, and within a short while, almost all the chicken was placed in the bowls of Lin Chunlai and her three children, and the rest were chicken heads, chicken feet, and chicken buttocks.In the big pot of stewed pork and potatoes, it looked almost full of potatoes on the surface, and half a piece of meat could not be found.

Holding the chopsticks, Fang Yumin was shocked for a moment, smiled and said nothing, just reached out to pick up a chicken buttock and put it in Zhang Cuihua's bowl, saying: "Mother-in-law, the chicken buttock meat is very smooth and tender, and it's delicious when you add scallion oil." of."

He also gave Lin Daniu a chicken butt: "Elder-in-law, you can try it too."

Lin Daniu and Zhang Cuihua looked at the chicken butt in the bowl, their faces turned dark.Usually, you can grab it when you eat at home, but when you have a reunion dinner, you don't leave any face to the two elders.Let them lose face in front of the second daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law who have always been looked down upon by them but are now getting better and better. Where will the face of the two elders be put?

Lin Qiu didn't say anything in his eyes, he just picked up the shiny and smooth radish and gave it to Fang Yumin and his two sons.

Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang looked up at Lin Qiulai with a smile: "Thank you, Daddy."

Fang Yumin also took a piece for Lin Qiulai, and said with a smile, "You can eat it too. It's mixed with lard, everyone, eat it quickly, it won't taste good when it freezes."

"it is good."

Xiaohua and Taohua who came to Lin Xia's house also sat in their seats and ate slowly. Although they were hungry, they still didn't stand up to grab it. He was very satisfied with the performance of his son and daughter.

Lin Hehua, who has always seldom talked and has a weak sense of presence, also picked up potatoes for Lin Daniu and Zhang Cuihua, and said in a soft voice: "Sister-in-law San's cooking is really delicious. Father, mother, these potatoes are very soft. "

Lin Chunlai lowered his head in shame, not knowing, but today his wife and children are too shameful.It's just that they can't be said about them today.

However, Mrs. Hu didn't seem to think that there was anything wrong with doing this at all. If there were too many people, they would rob them. How could they be full if they didn't?
After dinner, everyone packed up, paid New Year's greetings to Lin Daniu and Zhang Cuihua, and then went home.

Starting from Lin Chunlai's family, in front of Lin Daniu and Zhang Cuihua, the adults should be respectful, the children should kowtow, and say something auspicious like Happy New Year, and then Lin Daniu and Zhang Cuihua gave red envelopes to their grandchildren.

After this, when it was Lin Qiulai's turn to take over the family, Lin Qiulai brought Fang Yumin and his two sons to pay New Year's greetings to Lin Daniu and Zhang Cuihua.After they finished speaking auspicious words, and Xiao Yang and Xiao Ming also accepted the red envelopes, Lin Qiulai gave Lin Daniu a cloth bag: "Father, mother, this is what Xiaolian and I want."

Lin Daniu and Zhang Cuihua seemed taken aback, hesitated for a while, Lin Daniu took the cloth bag first and Zhang Cuihua went over: "Then thank you, the third son and the third daughter-in-law."

Fang Yumin gave another cloth bag to the very quiet Lin Hehua who was sitting in the corner: "Sister-in-law, this is our heart."

Lin Hehua looked at Zhang Cuihua, smiled at Fang Yumin and said, "Thank you, third brother and third sister-in-law."

Lin Qiulai's family didn't feel full from this meal, and there was no fat in their stomachs. They were so hungry that they were blown by the cold wind.Lin Qiulai took the basket, and Fang Yumin rushed home with a child in one hand.

What is the quickest and most straightforward dish?Of course it is hot pot!The broth at home was always hot, Xiaoyang Xiaoming took off his hat and padded jacket, one followed Fang Yumin to the kitchen to help light the fire, and the other went to pick vegetables in the vegetable garden.Lin Qiulai also sliced ​​the frozen fresh meat hanging on the eaves, and went to cut up two fish to pick up the fish meat.Fang Yumin adjusted the soup base of the mandarin duck hot pot, and put in frozen tofu, bean sprouts, and meatballs.Once the soup boils, put it in the prepared charcoal stove, and then the family of four sit cross-legged on the kang and start eating.

Fang Yumin threw the fish fillets into the hot pot and said, "Eat the easiest one first, be careful of getting hot."

"Yeah, it's best to eat at home." After Xiao Ming finished speaking, he carefully put the fish fillet into his mouth.

While blanching the fish fillet, Xiao Yang said, "Yes, mother, this is for you. Father, this is for you."

"Okay, you can burn it yourself and eat it, don't worry about us." Lin Qiulai also blanched pork belly for the two children with a smile.

Fang Yumin smiled and picked up a few pieces of tofu and put them on the plate: "Eat slowly, there are still a lot of moving meat in the backyard of our house."

Xiaoming and Xiaoyang couldn't help laughing out loud when they heard this, Lin Qiulai held back his laughter and reached out and tapped Fang Yumin's cheek.

After eating and drinking enough, the family of four spread out on the kang, touched their bellies and sighed happily.

After that, Fang Yumin asked Xiao Yang and Xiao Ming to take a nap, and there was actually nothing special to do for the reunion dinner at night.On the first new year of the time travel, Fang Yumin was going to make chicken in soy sauce, steamed fish with ginger and scallion, Sixi meatballs, stewed radish with pork ribs, fried dried beans with bacon, pig's knuckles, vegetable seedlings in soup, stewed eggs and chicken soup with pork belly.

These dishes are considered home-cooked dishes, and it is not difficult for Fang Yumin to cook.It's just that the braised lion's head is missing some ingredients, but she will make up for it with other ingredients.The pork belly and chicken soup has been simmered in the morning, and now it is buried in the fire pit with charcoal.

Dumplings are a must-eat for the first meal of the first day of the Lunar New Year. Lin Qiulai has already chopped the stuffing for the dumplings, and Fang Yumin has also adjusted the flavors. They start making dumplings after dinner.

Celebrating the New Year while making dumplings is something new, this is the first time for Fang Yumin to spend the New Year like this, not everyone used to watch the Spring Festival Gala to celebrate the New Year.

Xiaoyang and Xiaoming got up to help in the kitchen after not sleeping for a long time. They are good and sensible children.

Xiaoyang has some talent for cooking, and Fang Yumin is also relieved to let him do it.After Lin Qiu came to chop up all the vegetables, he and Xiao Ming prepared for them.

Soon, eight dishes and one soup will be ready.The sound of firecrackers came from the village one after another, and Lin Qiulai also hung the string of firecrackers outside the door.

After the family worshiped the gods of heaven, land and kitchen, Lin Qiulai took Xiaoyang and Xiaoming to light firecrackers. Fang Yumin covered her ears and watched from a distance, but she couldn't hide her smile.

After the crackling of the firecrackers, Lin Qiulai's family of four sat down at the dinner table for a reunion.

Fang Yumin raised his glass and said happily: "Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!" Lin Qiulai also raised his wine glass, while Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang raised their chicken soup. Everyone was smiling and happy.

"Cheers to a bright future!"

"Cheers to health and happiness!"

"Cheers to happy forever!"

Happiness overflowed in the warm room. Everyone ate happily and satiated. Turning their heads to look outside, Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang shouted in surprise: "It's snowing! It's snowing! Dad, mother, it's snowing!"

Fang Yumin watched the white snowflakes fluttering down, and murmured: "Auspicious snow heralds a good year."

Lin Qiulai walked up to Fang Yumin and hugged her, saying, "It must be Ruixue! Xiao Min, I am so happy to have you, Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang by my side."

Xiao Yang and Xiao Ming also came to them and hugged Lin Qiulai and Fang Yumin and said, "Father, mother. We are also very happy."

Fang Yumin couldn't help laughing, such warmth is not suitable for her, she pointed outside: "Shall we go out? Your father bought a lot of firecrackers, shall we play in the yard?"

There are not many boys who don't like to play with firecrackers. They widened their eyes in surprise and cheered in unison: "Good!"

Fang Yumin pointed proudly: "GO GO GO."

"dog Dog Dog."

"dog Dog Dog."

Lin Qiulai couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, and resigned himself to getting firecrackers and took his wife and children to play.

(End of this chapter)