On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Chen Jiang came over to help grind sorghum and eat Yuanxiao.
"You stay here for lunch. I'll make some noodles. Let's fry shredded radish balls and some rice cakes."
Chen Jiang is sensible, but he is still a half-year-old child. When he heard that he wanted to eat fried food, of course he was willing.
Chen Miao uses steamed sweet potatoes to stick the sorghum noodles alive so that they won't explode when fried and will become soft when cooled.
After the pot was cooked, Chen Miao asked Chen Jiang to send some to his family. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it was also a little thought from being a daughter.
Chen Jiang ran back and the two siblings ate. Chen Miao didn't eat much of these and kept letting Chen Jiang eat. There was brown sugar in the stuffing, which was a good thing in this era when sugar can't be eaten all year round.
Chen Jiang ate ten pieces, but Chen Miao was so frightened that she didn't dare let him eat rice cakes and let him eat shredded radish balls instead.
When the four members of the Chen family ate, Chen's mother gave each of her two children a piece of fried rice cake and three radish balls, and let the men eat the rest.
"Mom, why is my third sister's life so good? They are all good things. This brown sugar is so sweet."
Mother Chen didn't say anything when she listened to her youngest son's words. The fourth son told her that her daughter had received five yuan for killing a Japanese last time. Her uncle must have left some money for her when he left.
It's your own life, and you get what you eat.
"Fourth sister, can you give me your fried rice cake?"
Chen Dou added it up and wanted to give it to his younger brother, "You can eat what you have." Liang Caixia stopped the old girl.
No one dared not listen to what his mother said. Chen Dou looked at his little brother's pitiful look, then looked at his mother who was glaring at him, but in the end he still didn't have the guts to give in to his little brother.
Chen Tong felt very aggrieved. His mother was not like this before. Even if she had delicious food, she would only be able to enjoy it.
But I don’t know when I stopped pampering myself.
The reason why Mother Chen is like this is because she has thought too hard. With nine children, the only ones she can count on in the future are the third daughter, the old daughter and the fourth son. None of the rest are good, especially the youngest son. Who knows when he will become a bad learner.
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Even if I want to criticize him now, he should be that kind of person.
After lunch, Chen's mother asked Chen Dou to send half a liter of shelled peanuts to her third sister. Today I ate fried rice cakes, which were filled with brown sugar. If fried chopped peanuts were added to make them more fragrant, I thought it must be wrong.
Chen Tong wanted to go, but Chen's mother stopped him and followed him to grind the corn. Now this is a job that must be done every day. After the spring planting, there will be no time to do this.
Chen Dou knocked on the door and said, "Fourth brother, these are the peanuts my mother asked me to bring. She said she would put fried chopped peanuts in the dumpling stuffing tonight to make them more fragrant."
Chen Miao heard Chen Dou's voice and called her in. She asked Chen Jiang to serve fried rice cakes. How can children not like sweets?
Chen Dou was quite embarrassed, but Chen Miao insisted on her eating it. "Does it taste good?"
"It's delicious. Dad also said it's delicious."
"If it's delicious, just eat a few more pieces. I'll go make some noodles right away. Live more. You two stay here and eat Yuanxiao."
"No need, Third Sister. I have to go back to cook. Besides, I've already eaten."
Chen Jiang was peeling peanuts on the side. He wanted to stay and eat Yuanxiao.
After Chen Dou ate two pieces, he stopped eating and lay on the kang looking at his two nephews.
"Third sister, they are so good-looking, so fair."
"Well, he looks fair and clean now. Who knows what will happen in the future?" Of course she was happy when someone praised her son.
Chen Miao's face is already healed. Look at a little girl touching the little hands of her two sons.
Chen Jiang had fried the peanuts, crushed them into pieces with a rolling pin, and put some brown sugar on them. Chen Miao asked Chen Dou to help wrap them together. If he wasn't going to eat them here, he would take some raw ones back.
"Third sister, don't take it with you. Mom said she would also cook Yuanxiao for dinner tonight."
Seeing her little sister's embarrassed look, Chen Miao wondered if the other three families in the house were making sarcastic remarks.
"Third sister, you can make it yourself. I'm going back to grind the corn."
After Chen Dou left, Chen Miao asked Chen Jiang what was going on?
"No one gave my parents money or bought anything during the Chinese New Year. They were unhappy when they saw the meat I brought back and cursed, but they didn't dare to say anything in front of my mother."
"Did they see it again when you went back to deliver fried rice cakes this noon?"
"Isn't that true? Chen Mao from Third Brother's family was chasing me and crying. I wanted to give him a fried radish meatball, but Chen Tong snatched it away and failed to give it. Third Sister-in-law was so angry that she cursed. That means my parents are having a good time.
I don’t even know how to give food to the juniors.”
"They didn't give anything to their parents during the Chinese New Year?"
"No, dad said he can still do it now and doesn't need them to buy anything for him."
Chen Miaoxin said that it was up to them. In fact, she didn't understand it very much. Since the rules have been set, she should follow them. There was no need to feel sorry for them. Who didn't live like this?
The two siblings quickly wrapped up the rice dumplings and put some corn on them.
When Chen Dou returned home, he also started preparing to make Lantern Festival. Chen Xiaoyan came in quietly and said, "Auntie." They were about the same age.
"You didn't make Lantern Festival?"
"Auntie, I don't have sorghum noodles at home, or grind them."
Chen Dou immediately understood what her eldest niece meant, but she didn't say anything.
This eldest niece is just like my eldest sister-in-law. I dare not give her anything. The food has already been distributed.
Chen Xiaoyan didn't get a response and curled her lips, "Auntie, did my third aunt give my grandma something delicious for lunch? I smell fried shredded radish balls."
Chen Dou just nodded.
"Auntie, can I go to my third aunt's house and borrow some sticky sorghum noodles?"
Chen Dou still didn't say anything. She could do whatever she wanted, but the third sister would never give it to her.
Chen Xiaoyan really didn't dare to go to the third aunt's house. At that time, the third aunt was not married and she didn't like to talk at home, but they couldn't take advantage of her at all.
Chen Dou also used sweet potatoes to celebrate the New Year. Today I ate fried rice cakes, and the noodles were all sweet.
"Auntie, why are you using sweet potatoes to make noodles?"
Chen Dou didn't know what to say, so he didn't answer.
Chen Xiaoyan knew that she couldn't take advantage, but before leaving, she still took a large piece of sweet potato and ate it while walking.
Chen Dou knew it would be like this. There was no way, this was the same as the sister-in-law. But the sister-in-law didn't dare to come to their place now.
In fact, Chen Dou was willing to split up the family and no longer have to serve them. It was not tiring at all to just feed the five members of the family, wash clothes, and feed the animals.
When Mother Chen came out, she had already heard what her eldest granddaughter had just said. Although the younger daughter and the third daughter didn't like to talk, it was impossible to fool them.
“Mom, my third sister used sweet potatoes to make noodles, and I think it’s delicious.”
Mother Chen didn't say anything. She had to boil water to feed the pigs. This year's pigs were not killed, and they were not enough to weigh a hundred pounds. It would be better to wait until the wheat autumn season to kill them, so that they could sell them for more money.
