Chapter 172 New Year
In this way, Xu Lingjun and Xiuzhi were chatting while wrapping dumplings.
Although there were no entertainment activities such as TV or mobile phones in later generations, Xu Lingjun felt extremely warm in his heart.
Xu Lingjun put the wrapped dumplings on the cabinet in the corner of the cottage.
There is no stove in this hut, the temperature is very low, and the dumplings can enter a semi-freezing state.
Just like his jar of sauerkraut, the sauerkraut soup was always half frozen.
Every time the sauerkraut is taken out, it is covered with ice.
Xiuzhi cooked the remaining dumplings in two pots separately.
Of course it is a pot of pork and cabbage, and a pot of mutton and green onion.
Xu Lingjun was not idle when cooking dumplings in Xiuzhi, so he made some honey and red dates.
I made a large jar of honey red date drinks for Xiuzhi.
He was going to have a drink with Xiuzhi, of course he was drinking wine, so Xiuzhi could drink this.
After all, today is the New Year. Although the conditions are difficult now, it has a bit of a sense of ritual.
Of course, this hardship is what Xu Lingjun, a time traveler, feels about it himself.
Xiuzhi doesn't think so. She feels that the year she spent with Xu Lingjun this year is the best year she has had in so many years.
In this era, it is mainly in the past ten years, and the New Year is not allowed to be given priority.
Not only are couplets not allowed to be posted, but firecrackers are not allowed to be set off.
In terms of liveliness, it is definitely worse than that.
Even New Year greetings are very distinctive, but I will talk about this later.
"The dumplings are ready." Xiuzhi broke through two large pots of dumplings directly.
Before putting it on the small kang table, I turned it around for a few times to make the dumplings turn.
This prevents the dumplings from sticking to the dumplings.
"Come on, Xiuzhi, sit down and eat quickly, I've prepared the rest."
Xu Lingjun had already cleaned up the small kang table.
Peanuts, sauerkraut, and the spicy oil he had suddenly thought of just now.
He knew that Xiuzhi loved spicy food, so he made this spicy oil just after Xiuzhi finished making dumplings.
In fact, it is just to crush the dried peppers, add salt and pepper, and then pour it on directly when the oil is heated.
"You sit down first, I'll get you vinegar and garlic."
Xiuzhi saw that there was a lot of things on the small table, but the man was careless and hadn't taken the vinegar and garlic yet.
Xiuzhi knew that Xu Lingjun liked to eat garlic when she ate dumplings.
"Hey, I really forgot this." Xu Lingjun said with a smile.
Xiuzhi's careful life makes him feel very warm.
Long ago, they ate oil-pig dumplings, but Xu Lingjun said that eating dumplings must be served with garlic.
Unexpectedly, Xiuzhi remembered it immediately.
Now that I’m eating dumplings again, Xiuzhi is thinking about bringing him garlic.
This is the tacit understanding between husband and wife. Only by living together sincerely can we slowly integrate into each other.
"Come on, Xiuzhi, I've made you a honey red date drink. Today I'll drink, you drink a drink."
"Ah! When did you get this?"
Xiuzhi looked at the drink that Xu Lingjun handed him in surprise and said.
"Haha, just when you cooked dumplings."
"I'll pour you some vinegar, and then I'll add some of my special chili oil to mix it with you."
"You can pick up a dumpling and try it out."
Xu Lingjun took Xiuzhi's bowl and showed off the chili oil he made as if offering treasures.
"Old Xu, you are the head of the family, you can eat first."
Xiuzhi asked Xu Lingjun to eat one first, this is the rule.
The head of the family must eat first before she can move her chopsticks.
"Okay, then I'll have a pork and cabbage first."
"Yeah, it tastes great, Xiuzhi, you can try it too."
Xu Lingjun also made some vinegar and chili oil for himself.
He didn't refuse Xiuzhi's kindness, so he picked up a dumpling and started eating.
"It's delicious~ it's really delicious." Xiuzhi couldn't help but shed tears as she ate.
"Hey? What's wrong with Xiuzhi, why are you still crying?"
Xu Lingjun originally wanted to have a cup with Xiuzhi.
As soon as he picked up the wine glass, he saw Xiuzhi flowing with golden beans and asked anxiously.
"No, I'm happy, I'm really happy."
Xiuzhi had a smile on her face, but tears couldn't stop flowing down her face.
"Xiuzhi, come on, I'll wipe your tears, stop crying, we will do this every year from now on."
“Yeah~”
"Come on, Xiuzhi, let's have a drink together, and let's have our son, and let's celebrate together."
Xu Lingjun picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Xiuzhi, and drank the wine from the small wine glass in one sip.
Xiuzhi was also a little excited, and then took a big sip of honey red date water.
"Old Xu, what if I have a daughter, will you not want me like my brother-in-law?"
Xiuzhi asked hesitantly.
She heard Xu Lingjun talk about her son, but who knows whether it was a son or a daughter in her belly?
If you have a daughter, will Xu Lingjun dislike it?
Will she become like her brother-in-law before?
"It's better to have a daughter, but my daughter is my father's close-fitting little cotton-padded jacket."
"Besides, why do we only want one?"
"When you have a baby, you have to work hard and have a few more."
"I want both sons and daughters, and I love them all."
Xu Lingjun just said a son habitually.
Because Xiuzhi has always cared about men and women, he followed suit.
Unexpectedly, Xiuzhi still has such concerns.
"Well, let's give birth to a few more people. Then you can give birth to three bald young people, so don't dislike me."
Xiuzhi also let go, and said with a smile when she thought of the naughty boys in Feng Li's country.
"It's okay, I'll beat them up to you if I'm not obedient then. Haha~"
After Xu Lingjun said that, he raised his hand and made a few whipping moves.
"No, you can't beat it, the child can't beat it."
Xiuzhi saw Xu Lingjun's movements and quickly touched her own belly.
I was afraid that the child in my stomach would be frightened.
"Haha~ OK, don't fight, don't fight."
"Okay, hurry up and eat dumplings. It will be no good if it gets cold in a while."
Xu Lingjun couldn't help but smile when he looked at Xiuzhi's cute appearance.
"Yeah, eat dumplings."
"When I finish eating, I will serve you dumpling soup. There is flour in it, so you can't waste it."
This dumpling soup is also a good thing, with flour in it, and you have to drink it after eating it.
So in the later generations, in addition to eating dumplings in the cold weather, I wanted to drink such a steaming bowl of dumpling soup.
There are also many people who have this habit, which is passed down from their parents.
In this special period, it was such a New Year's Eve.
There was no sound of firecrackers, no cheers of children running wildly outside.
Every household lives their own life behind closed doors.
But no matter what, each family is trying to give the family a good meal.
Especially the seven teams, they divided the meat, fine grains, and the little cloth that Xu Lingjun had divided at the beginning.
This allows many families on the team to have a few good meals and make new clothes for their children.
Chapter completed!