Emperors are the best and most prosperous cities. Cheng Tianyuan thought that his father-in-law and mother-in-law might not like small counties like Rongcheng, but he didn't expect that they would only stay here for a few years and had such a deep relationship.
He said happily: "Since my parents like it, they will come here to spend the winter in winter. Staying in a heated room every day is actually not good for the health. The winter here is short, and it is only half cold.
Months, at most one month, and other times are quite warm."
"Compared with minus ten degrees, or even twenty degrees, this place is really warm." Xue Ling asked with a smile: "Or, do you come here for the New Year this year?"
"I will decide then." Dad Xue smiled and said, "There are two months left before the New Year, so don't worry."
The winter in the north is very long, and occasionally it starts to become cold. It will most likely continue to be cold until the beginning of spring the following year, and it will not start to warm until March.
In contrast, the weather in the south will be warmer, and even without heating, you can barely survive the winter. You have to burn a few charcoal fires and turn on a few days of heaters to survive the winter easily.
But Xue's mother was a little moved and couldn't help but say, "It's boring to celebrate the New Year at home every year. If you are used to living in Rongcheng, then it's okay to celebrate the New Year here. With Xiao Ranran, even if life is cold, you will be in your heart.
It's warm, too."
Cheng Tianyuan smiled and explained: "The little guy can speak a lot. Now he is over one year old and two months old, and he has grown to this taller."
Xue’s father and mother were both surprised and laughed, “So amazing! So high?!”
"He was still holding it in his arms during the Chinese New Year, and he was so old in a blink of an eye! The child is just fast!"
"Children grow up quickly and elderly grow up quickly. This is the norm in life!"
"Where!" Cheng Tianyuan smiled and said, "My father and mother are very healthy and not old at all."
The two old men were coaxed by their son-in-law and laughed.
Xue Ling was already hungry and didn't care about looking at the scenery. He urged: "Let's go to the store to see if there are any snacks or something. Let's get some stuff to your stomach first, I'm hungry."
The noodles and mashed potatoes I ate at the airport in the morning were already suffocated by the digestive system, and I was so hungry at this time.
Cheng Tianyuan felt very distressed and hurriedly said, "I brought a little rice cake in the car, and I'll go and get it for you immediately."
"Why don't you go quickly!" Xue Ling smiled bitterly.
Cheng Tianyuan ran away and soon ran to the jeep in front of the store, took a small cloth bag, and ran back quickly.
"In the morning, my mother prepared rice cakes for me as breakfast. They were hot and fresh, so I wrapped a few pieces of bamboo leaves and put them in my cloth pocket. I thought that if everyone was hungry in the afternoon, they could cushion their stomachs in advance.
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He quickly opened it and handed it to Xue Ling.
Xue Ling was not polite at all, washed his hands in the stream, turned around and pinched a large piece to eat.
"Well...it's really a damn taste! It's delicious!"
Cheng Tianyuan smiled and handed it to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, explaining: "There is a little sweet bean paste wrapped inside, it won't be too sweet. It's wrapped in bamboo leaves and steamed. It tastes pretty good. Dad and mom, you can try it too."
Xue’s father and mother looked at the milky white pastry wrapped in green bamboo leaves, and suddenly became interested. They imitated Xue Ling to wash their hands by the stream, and each of them took a piece.
"Well... it's delicious!" Xue's mother praised her surprise: "Sister Liu Ying's skills are still so good! I have tasted several snacks she made, and they all tasted very good. I didn't expect that the rice cakes she made were also so delicious!"
"It's delicious! It's soft and tasty, and it won't be too sweet or too greasy." Dad Xue snickered and bit off half of it.
Seeing Xue Ling feasting, Cheng Tianyuan quickly whispered: "Wife, don't be too fast. The rice cake is sticky, and eating it too fast will easily choke."
When Dad Xue heard this, he quickly slowed down and laughed.
"I thought it tastes delicious for a moment, so I bite it desperately! Fortunately, Ayuan reminded me, otherwise I would probably be choked!"
Everyone laughed,
Xue Ling ate one piece and couldn't help but want to eat the second piece.
"No," Xue's mother reminded: "We ordered several fish, and there will be vegetables later. If your belly is filled with rice cake, things will be wasted later. You can take the rice cake back for food, fish can be eaten
Can you take half of it back?"
Xue Ling smiled embarrassedly and retracted her hand.
Cheng Tianyuan wrapped the remaining rice cakes. Seeing Xue Ling pouting her mouth a little unhappy, he couldn't help but lower his voice to coax her.
"There are still a lot of rice noodles at home. I'll make some fresh ones for you tomorrow."
"Yeah!" Xue Ling nodded sizzlingly.
Several people were walking by the stream, basking in the sun and waving the cool breeze, and their intuition was very comfortable.
Dad Xue couldn't help but praise: "I feel like late autumn is still the same here, and the wind is not cold at all."
After speaking, he took off his coat.
Xue's mother also imitated him to take off her coat and wipe the thin sweat from her forehead.
She is a little fatter than Xue’s father, and is a slightly fat person. She is fatter and is more likely to sweat.
Cheng Tianyuan quickly stepped forward and took the coat from their hands.
"Dad, mom, I'll take your coats into the car. I'll have lunch later, so it shouldn't be cold."
"Okay! Thank you!"
Cheng Tianyuan put his coat and rice cake in the car. He was afraid that the rice cake would burn the sun, so he specially hid the cloth bag inside to avoid the smell of a while.
Then, he walked into the shop and urged the owner to take a quicker job.
Steamed fish is faster, and the fish will be served in more than ten minutes.
Cheng Tianyuan took a pot of hot water, soaked all the bowls and chopsticks, then dried the water droplets and put them on.
Mother Xue saw that he loved clean movements and liked them very much.
"This good habit of Ayuan has been retained, it's really good."
She turned her head and told Xue’s father, explaining: “When Ling Ling was in confinement, every time he washed the dishes, he would boil them with boiling water and disinfect them. This is a good habit.”
"Not bad!" said Xue's father: "The bowls and chopsticks outside are a bit fat and greasy, so it feels uncomfortable to hold them. If you cook them like this, it will be much better to pick them up."
Xue Ling laughed secretly.
In this era, there was no such thing as dishwashing liquid. People who love cleanliness would use rice water to wash dishes, while mother-in-law and Cheng Tianyuan were used to scalding dishes with hot water, and only in summer would they use rice water to wash dishes.
I have to say that the wisdom of the working people is really worthy of praise!
Cheng Tianyuan said warmly: "Dad, mom, you should eat steamed fish while it's hot, let's eat it quickly."
Dad Xue quickly took the chopsticks, picked up a large piece of snow-white fish, and took a bite.
"Yo! So sweet!"
"That's it!" Xue's mother asked, "Can it be fresh if you pick it up and steam it directly. Isn't it fresh? There are many fish tail thorns, and there are no fish bones in other places. Eat quickly!"
Dad Xue didn't bother to say anything and ate in big mouthfuls.
Xue Ling was also very hungry and was feasting.
When Cheng Tianyuan saw that she had been there for more than a month, she lost a lot of weight and felt very distressed. She ate while adding fish to her.
After eating the steamed fish, braised fish was quickly served again, followed by fried fish.
Later, they didn't eat much, so they just ate fish.
Dad Xue said happily: "It's so delicious! I've never eaten such a sweet fish! No wonder your mother has been thinking about it since she ate it!"
There was no such thing as tissue in this era. Everyone took the handkerchiefs from their pockets and wiped their mouths and hands.
Xue's mother couldn't help but cover her mouth, "I found that I was too full! I was overeating!"
"Haha!" Xue Ling said quickly: "No, you stand up first and take a walk slowly. The fish are easy to digest and will be fine in a while."
Cheng Tianyuan was very considerate and turned around to check in with the shop owner. He asked for two pickled sour plums.
"Mom, you may be too tired of eating it. It will be better to eat a little sour plum."
Mother Xue ate one and nodded quickly.
"Well, my chest feels a lot more comfortable."
The four of them were in a hurry to return to Rongcheng, walked around the stream before getting in the car and leaving.