On the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the second snow of 2021 comes.
There was heavy snow falling outside the window. Inside the house, Zhang Zhong and his family were making dumplings. Xu Yuhan was also nearby. She wore an apron. It looked like that, but the dumplings made by her hands did not look like that.
.
Seeing the dumplings she had made, Xu Yuhan herself felt a little embarrassed, "Did I put too much filling in this dumpling? It feels a little swollen."
Hu Huifang smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, as long as you squeeze it tightly, it doesn't matter whether it looks good or not, it tastes the same. Dumplings are just like people, the appearance doesn't matter, the main thing is the filling."
Pengpeng also made a dumpling wrapper to wrap next to it, but she hasn't made a finished product yet. When Xu Yuhan said that the dumplings had too much filling, she had an idea, leaving only a little filling, and wrapped it for them.
look.
"Dad, grandma, look at my dumplings."
Zhang Zhong looked at the "dumplings" in her hand and laughed immediately. She wrapped the good-looking dumplings into buns, the pleated ones.
Hu Huifang glanced at it and said, "What's the difference between this and just peeling off the dumpling wrappers?"
Pengpeng frowned, "The wontons also have very little filling."
"Okay, okay, you can do whatever you want. Anyway, the family doesn't lack your dumpling wrappers, so let's do whatever you want."
"Grandma, you are destroying my self-confidence. Dad said that when teaching children, we should focus on encouragement." Pengpeng said.
Hearing Pengpeng's serious words, Hu Huifang was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said, "The child today is only six years old, how can he speak more fluently than anyone else? What your father said is also about dividing people.
I think you need to put some pressure on me."
"Why?" Pengpeng frowned even more.
"Why? Because you already know how to give yourself confidence. If I give you confidence again, you won't be able to go to heaven. When I was your age, I followed your wife to make dumplings. If I didn't make dumplings well, I would be beaten."
(Mrs.: great-grandparents)
Zhang Xingjun smiled and said, "Don't scare her, she's only that old."
"Hey, do you think she looked frightened?"
…
After making the dumplings, Li Zhuo came over as soon as the first pot of dumplings for lunch was finished.
"Why are you here at this time? It's snowing so heavily outside." Zhang Xingjun opened the door for Li Zhuo and saw him carrying a gift. He was a little surprised and asked, "Why do you still bring something?"
Li Zhuo is tall. His life has become more comfortable during this period. He seems to have gained some weight. He wears thick layers and stands at the door like an iron tower.
He breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice, "I came to see you. It's been a long time since I've been here."
Hu Huifang walked out of the kitchen in an apron, "It's better to be in time than in time. Zhuo Zi, you came just in time. My dumplings have just been cooked. Zhang Xingjun, please pour Zhuo Zi a cup of tea. I will come over soon after the dumplings are ready."
Li Zhuo was not polite, rubbed his hands and said, "When I said why I came here, my left eyelid twitched. I stared at the ground all the way to see if I could pick up money. I didn't expect that the good stuff was in the pot."
Zhang Xingjun took him into the living room, and Zhang Zhong had already poured water for him, "What do you want here? Don't tell me that you have a good nose. You smelled my dumplings from afar."
"Are you swearing? I don't have a nose like yours." Li Zhuo laughed and took out an invitation card from his pocket, "I'm here to deliver a post. I will get married on the second day of the second lunar month.
You take uncle and aunt over for a drink."
Zhang Chong smiled and said, "Hey, the date is set."
Li Zhuo did tell Zhang Zhong before that he had plans to get married. Within half a month, the date was set.
Zhang Xingjun was also surprised and said, "So fast? We haven't heard your mother mention it."
"I only decided on this in the past few days. My mother didn't know long before you did."
"Well, you have always had ideas since you were a child. This is a good thing. Your mother is looking forward to your marriage every day. Now that the matter is settled, this year will be much easier for her."
"In addition to sending invitations, I also hope that Uncle Zhang will come forward and become a celebrity on the man's side." Li Zhuo said.
Zhang Xingjun waved his hand, "I can't do this, and I've never been a celebrity."
"Uncle Zhang, please don't be so modest. Besides, people who are famous now have few things to do, so I won't trouble you too much."
Indeed, Li Zhuo and the others are in free love, and finding a celebrity is just a matter of complying with customs.
Zhang Xingjun pondered for a while and said, "Okay, I'll do my best."
The two families have been dealing with each other for more than 20 years, and Zhang Xingjun certainly knows the situation of Li Zhuo's family. He is orphaned and widowed, and has no powerful relatives. If he is not willing to be this popular man, Li Zhuo will really be in trouble.
Seeing Zhang Xingjun's agreement, Li Zhuo said happily, "Then I'll thank Uncle Zhang."
"You're welcome to say thank you. I'm going to see how your aunt's dumplings are doing. Zhang Zhong, you and Zhuo Zi are chatting."
"Well, you go ahead." Zhang Dian nodded. When Zhang Xingjun went to the kitchen, he said to Li Zhuo, "Congratulations."
"We are all happy together. Looking at your situation, good things are coming soon?" Li Zhuo said and gestured towards the kitchen. When he came in just now, he saw Xu Yuhan who was helping inside.
"Anyway, it's not early before you. Have you booked everything in this hotel?"
"Of course, otherwise how could I dare to send invitations to Meizhuang Hotel? There is one more thing I haven't said. In addition to asking Uncle Zhang to be my celebrity, shouldn't you also contribute? I'm short of a best man, so you just have to submit.
one time?"
"Me, the best man?" Zhang Zhong shook his head, "Have you ever seen anyone with a child as the best man?"
"What's the point? You've never been married, haven't you? And when you said that, I thought of giving Pengpeng an errand, and let her be a flower girl. What do you think?"
"She can be a flower girl. This girl likes fun. If you tell her, she will definitely agree. But you have to think about me being the best man. It's not that I don't want to be your best man. If you don't care, you're afraid that others will.
care."
"I have thought of everything you said, and I have thought about it a long time ago. The best man's broken rules are not all those that have emerged in the past few years, and they are not old traditions. It doesn't matter. Besides, the two of us have grown up together.
If you don’t come to be the best man, who will?”
"It's okay for you to say that I'm inappropriate. Come on, you have to give me a big red envelope when the time comes."
Li Zhuo smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely give you a big red envelope when the time comes."
"Uncle Zhuo, you're here, what do you mean by red envelope?"
"Pengpeng, where did you go just now? Come on, come to Uncle Zhuo and let me see if you have grown taller recently."
"I was drawing just now. Uncle Zhuo, please stop looking. My father said that I have grown taller. What did you say about the red envelope, Uncle Zhuo?"
"Uncle Zhuo is going to give you a task. If you can complete the task, I will give you a super big red envelope."