Mibao looked up blankly, listening to his mother's words.
Some people say that when people grow up, they do not grow up slowly day by day, but always grow up at a certain stage, or even a certain thing, or a certain moment.
Just now, she felt like she understood something all of a sudden.
Every time a person grows up, it is not easy. Sometimes, the more painful the experience, the more it makes people grow.
Tang Minglu had originally given Fan Duobao a bracelet and was waiting for his sister to ask him for it. As a result, Xiaotuanzi stood there stunned, his big eyes twitching, not knowing what he was thinking.
Tang Minglu felt cute just looking at her, so he walked around from behind, bent down and hugged her chubby face, lowered his head and kissed her: "Mi Bao'er?"
The fat dumpling was squeezed into a small mouth by him: "Huh?"
Tang Minglu smiled and said, "Don't you want a hand rope?"
"I want it," Mibao put his deep thoughts behind him at that time: "Mibao wants it."
Tang Minglu smiled, pulled his sister to the corner, brought three hand ropes, and said with a smile: "Here you go, a happy family of three."
"Wow!!" Mi Bao was pleasantly surprised.
The carvings made by the third brother represent a family of three. Shen Zhen is wearing men's clothing and has a book in his hand with the word "Fu" written on it. Mi Bao is two girls with a lot of money and the words "Fu" are written on their coats. with "Lu" written on it, and then Shangguan Xingtuo carved a cat-like shape with a pair of big eyes and the word "Longevity" written on it.
Each one is adorable, and the three are not the same! Shen Zhen’s is with Shen Zhen in the middle, Mi Bao’s is with Mi Bao in the middle, and Shangguan Xing Tuo’s is Shangguan Xing Tuo’s in the middle, which is slightly bigger. Little by little.
It’s just perfect!
Mibao grabbed it and wanted to show it off to his family.
Tang Minglu quickly winked at her. Mi Bao glanced at her parents and suddenly understood. In order to show that she was not just a treasure who forgot about her parents after marrying a daughter-in-law, she quickly stuffed the small bracelet into her sleeves.
Then she secretly gave it to her cat son at night, and the next day, she secretly gave it to her wife.
Shen Zhen also liked it very much, and the three of them agreed to wear it again on the first day of the new year.
Tang Minglu also made a lot of carvings, carving them for every child, including Shen Linquan.
People like Tang Mingsong carved couples and boys and girls; people like Tang Mingqi carved a small number one scholar; his uncle and cousin carved the number one scholar in martial arts; Shen Xingsi was the four treasures of the study; Tang Lingfang was a sword; and Shen Linquan was the one who carved the number one scholar. The hall was filled with gold and jade.
When Shen Linquan looked at it, he couldn't help but laugh, and said to Shen Zhen: "Ming Lu is really a beautiful person at heart. How did he know that I am suitable for a wealthy family? Is it that my aura of wealth is so obvious..."
Before he finished speaking, someone outside called: "Is anyone home?"
Shen Linquan responded quickly, put the rope into his sleeves, and trotted out.
Shen Linquan is very busy these days.
The main reason is that it's the New Year, and everyone sends New Year's gifts to the Shen family. Shen Linquan has to go and receive them every time.
Every family has made a little money this year, so the New Year's gift requires two pounds of meat, plus two pounds of snacks, some bought, some made at home, and some dried vegetables, tofu, fruits, etc., to make up for the four-color gift.
The Shen family didn't expect it at first, but later they made preparations and asked Shen Xingsi to write some spring couplets and blessing characters. Whoever came to give gifts would just write a set. Each one was different, which was quite pleasing.
Mrs. Fan also gave the New Year's gift in a serious manner.
There are many children in the Tang family, and they attend Shen Zhen's special training class. In addition to the meat that must be given, Mrs. Fan also gave them silk, balm and wine. They were all things they could use on a daily basis. She did not deliberately buy expensive ones. But it is definitely different from what was given in the village.
Everyone was busy, and no one except the Shen family noticed that just in Nian Gengen, the county government had a new county magistrate.
It's New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.
Early in the morning, before Mi Bao woke up, the family became busy.
On New Year's Eve, anxious men gathered. Early in the morning, Tang Youxiang and Tang Youji went to the New Year's Fair and finally bought a bunch of New Year's goods.
Mrs. Fan, Mrs. Bao, took her new daughter-in-law Qingzhi and began to cook various meals.
Make flower cakes, steam jujube steamed buns, and make meat dragons... The steamed buns steamed on the New Year's Eve need to be put into a jar and eaten until the 15th, so a lot of them need to be steamed.
You also have to "take away the oil", that is, make fried vegetables, fried tofu, fried meatballs, fried lotus root sandwich, fried meat, fried vegetables, fried twists... make large pieces of meat, stew chicken, make crispy pot...
Mibao was half asleep, and smelled the fragrance wafting in. His saliva wet the pillow, and he couldn't sleep anymore, so he got up.
She has small arms and legs, so she can wear spring and autumn clothes, but winter clothes are really hard to put on. Fortunately, the third brother is more leisurely, so when he saw it, he quickly came over to help her put it on, and tightly wrapped the small cotton trousers. Let her go out to wash her face.
My uncle, with his two followers, and one Shangguan Xingtao, seemed to be going crazy. He kept screaming excitedly, like a little whirlwind, going back and forth between the Tang family and the Fan family. He brought his own chopsticks and surrounded the house. Eat one meal by the stove, then eat another meal there.
Mi Bao was infected by them, so he went to the stove without even brushing his teeth, then poked a big meatball with chopsticks and ate it.
The uncle warmly invited, "Mi Bao, come to my house! My mother fried mahua! She also fried fried dough sticks! You go and eat!"
Mibao was very interested, so she also held up her small chopsticks, followed the four people, and ran out quickly.
Fan Weiquan looked rough. In fact, he could do all kinds of work at home and outside the house. He was frying things in the oil pan. He laughed when he saw Mibao coming. But because of customs, he tried not to talk when the oil was "losing". Otherwise, the oil would be stolen by oil thieves, so he didn't say anything.
Lady Wan took a piece of clean cloth, wrapped it in a fried dough stick, and gave it to Mibao to eat.
Mibao had chopsticks in one hand and fried dough sticks in the other, and several children stood in a circle to eat. The little cousin couldn't help but said: "This is great! My eldest brother is also at home, and my aunt's house is also close. This is great!"
"That's right!" My uncle also said, "It's so lively to celebrate the New Year like this! It's great!"
"That's right," Lady Wan couldn't help but open her mouth and said, "I also think it's good. If you're not your father, you have to guard that shabby house! You should move here as soon as possible!"
Fan Weiquan waved his chopsticks and said nothing.
Then Mi Bao invited: "Shall we go to Shen's house?"
"Okay," my uncle was very interested and his eyes lit up: "You can take us there! The Shen family will definitely have a lot of delicious food!"
"Okay." Mi Bao waved his hand generously and led them away.
At this moment, Lady Wan remembered that she couldn't speak anymore, so she looked at Fan Duobao and asked him to follow them and keep an eye on them.
Fan Duobao hadn't taken off his gloves yet, so his parents didn't let him do any work. They could only accompany Fan Weijin to put the spring strips there, and he nodded and followed.
Before I even entered the door, I smelled a sweet fragrance. It really spread throughout the whole village. I guess it was making candy.
But the Shen family is relatively distant in the village, so if it weren't for Mi Bao, the uncle and the others would really not dare to come, and certainly the children from other families would not dare to come.
Mi Bao was more familiar with it than entering his own home, so he rushed in, then stood at the door of the kitchen and asked: "Aunt Liu, what delicious food did you cook today?"
Chef Liu turned around and said with a smile: "Hey, little miss, I've been waiting for you to come." She brought out a plate of candies: "This is freshly made, and it's still a little warm. It's best to eat. Be careful when eating. .”
This kind of candy is actually stove candy, which is also maltose. It is rolled with a layer of sesame seeds and is chewy. The more you chew, the stickier it gets, which makes it especially delicious.
Mibaozao's sweets are just fried dough sticks, which is a joy to eat.
Shen Zhen came out after a while and said with a smile: "Have you had breakfast?"