I had New Year's Eve dinner with Lao Ling, and then went to visit Tang's house next door. Tang Xiao had already set up the mahjong table, so Ling Yun was left alone.
Ling Rui laughed helplessly and sent Ling Yun over, "Uncle Tang, you guys are having a lot of fun. I'm going to light firecrackers."
"Go ahead, go ahead." Tang Xiao waved his hand.
"I'm with you." Tang Ning said and smiled.
Ling Rui nodded, "Yeah."
Both families are only children, and they always thought they would form a marriage between Qin and Jin, but fate played a trick on them. Now, Ling Rui has a partner and is passionately in love. But Tang Ning is just working hard.
The Tang family's parents didn't know how to persuade him.
After all, it was Tang Ning who made the mistake at that time.
"How have you been lately? I heard that you are working hard on filming!" The two of them went downstairs and headed to the warehouse downstairs.
"Of course you have to take your work seriously." Tang Ning replied with a smile, without any other expression at all.
With that said, they each opened the door of their warehouse, took out the firecrackers and fireworks, and then set them up in front of their respective homes.
The two looked at each other and then lit the fire.
First, the fireworks were lit.
Then there are the small firecrackers.
After a while, the sound of fireworks exploding and the crackling of small firecrackers came from in front of the door.
Looking at the fireworks scattered in the night sky, Ling Rui exhaled a breath, as if it was a year ago.
In fact, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, because firecrackers are being set off everywhere to celebrate the New Year.
"You're finally back this year." Tang Ning walked over with a smile and looked at Ling Rui, "It's great."
"I will come back during the New Year in the future." Ling Rui smiled, "They are getting older, so they always want to come back more to accompany them. Moreover, I also want to find another companion for my dad."
Tang Ning laughed, "Are you sure?"
"Of course, if he wants to."
"Well... we can give it a try and go on a few blind dates." Tang Ning thought about it seriously, "I'll tell my mother later and let her help watch first."
"That's fine." Ling Rui nodded. He was often away and the two families were on good terms, so of course he had to leave many things to the Tang family.
"Okay, let's go upstairs, it's time to start."
"Haha, let's go."
Going upstairs, sure enough, Tang Xiao and the others had already started shuffling the card game.
"Hey, there's still a spot here, who's coming?"
"A-Ning, come on." Ling Rui smiled, "I'll watch for a while."
"Okay, I'll give you my seat later." Mother Tang smiled, she was just trying to make up the number.
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The new year has arrived amidst the sound of firecrackers and the smoke of fireworks.
The hands of the clock finally pointed to 12 o'clock.
"Haha, it's past 12 o'clock!"
"Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year!"
Everyone wished Happy New Year, and Ling Rui took Ling Yun back to his home to prepare for a rest.
After washing, Ling Rui took out his mobile phone, smiled, and sent a message to An Ge: Happy New Year, Teacher An~ I wish you a successful career, academic progress, and a good love harvest in the new year!
After a while, Ange's message came back: Mr. Ling, happy new year~ I also wish you good health, career progress, and a good love harvest in the new year~
Seeing this, Ling Rui laughed and played the video.
At this point, on Ling Rui's side, fireworks and firecrackers went off.
"Mr. Ling, it's so noisy over there!" An Ge said loudly.
Ling Rui smiled and nodded, "This is the Chinese New Year!"
"How can you sleep at night if it's so noisy!"
"I fell asleep just lying down!"
"Are you a pig? You can fall asleep with such noise?"
"Teacher An, do you want to reorganize the language?"
The two shouted to each other across the mobile phone screen.
However, Ling Rui still glanced out the window. It was destined to be quiet tonight, and it was a bit difficult to sleep.
"I don't want it!" Ange replied with a smile.
Ling Rui also shook his head helplessly, "Okay, okay."
"hey-hey."
The two people immediately smiled stupidly and the other looked dumbly.
"Ah, celebrating the New Year is a bit annoying! I will be visiting relatives after spending a day at home tomorrow!" Ange complained immediately, "Then I have to eat, eat, eat! I get fat every time I celebrate the New Year!"
"Then why are you still so thin?"
"Because I have good control!"
Ling Rui laughed and continued chatting.
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The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Ling Rui also rarely stayed in bed. When she got up, it was already past 9 o'clock. When she opened the window, sure enough, there was a smell of gunpowder smoke, but this was the Chinese New Year in her memory.
On New Year's Day, you can't work.
Because it's the first day of the new year.
At Ling Rui's house, on New Year's Day, breakfast is always tofu soup.
Originally, Ling Rui's mother was in charge of this, but many years ago, it was Ling Rui's father who was in charge.
Only this year, Ling Rui got up first.
I took out the ingredients from the refrigerator, including tofu, winter bamboo shoots, mushrooms, ham, chicken intestines and duck intestines, chicken gizzards and duck gizzards, and green peppers. Then I took the leftover broth from yesterday's cooking of pig heads, chickens and goose, and started to prepare it.
Peel the winter bamboo shoots, wash and dice them.
Wash and dice the mushrooms.
Dice the ham.
Wash and dice all kinds of offal.
Dice green pepper.
Shred the tofu.
Then I cut a large piece of fat pig head meat and cut it into cubes.
Then heat up the oil in the pan, put the pork into the pan first, and let the oil boil, and the aroma will come out.
Chicken intestines, duck intestines, chicken gizzards and duck gizzards...
Looking at the pot full of ingredients, Ling Rui smiled. When farmers make this soup, of course they pay attention to the fullness of the ingredients. The more ingredients, the more the owner pays attention to it.
When Ling Yun got up, the soup was almost ready. He smiled and nodded, "I'll call Old Tang and the others."
Ling Rui nodded, "Okay."
Seeing that the pot was already boiling, Ling Rui added water starch and began to thicken the soup.
Soon, the soup in the pot started to thicken from water.
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"Wow, I haven't tasted this kind of soup for a long time." Tang Xiao took a mouthful of the soup and praised it, "Old Ling, your skills are no longer good. Xiao Rui has surpassed you."
"That's right, the young man is better than the old man." Ling Yun nodded in agreement.
"Shameless." Tang Xiao rolled his eyes, "Can you pay more attention?"
"Okay." Ling Yun nodded.
Several others laughed.
These two people are really at odds with each other all the time, but they also have a very good relationship. If one party is really in trouble, the other party will definitely try its best to help.
"This soup is indeed better than blue." Mother Tang smiled and nodded, "It's delicious and full of ingredients. After one bite, you don't want to stop at all."
"Then eat more." Ling Rui smiled and nodded.
"Want to take a walk in the temple in the afternoon?" Tang Xiao said, "The weather is pretty good today."
"That's fine." Ling Yun nodded, then looked at Ling Rui, "Will Xiao Rui go?"
"Go, I haven't been there for a long time." Ling Rui nodded. The temple Tang Xiao was talking about was a temple in a nearby scenic spot that was not well-known. The incense was actually quite good on weekdays, especially for some large religious activities.
At that time, people from all over the country would come to join in the fun, which was also a big memory of my childhood.