Mountain Village Massacre, Train Murder Case Chapter 10 New Year's Eve Dinner for Two
When you get used to the prosperity of the secular world and experience life and death, you will find that, in fact, a simple and ordinary life is what you want most.
The winter night always comes very early. After Xu Lang and Xiao Yueyue stayed at the door for more than an hour, the sky gradually dimmed. The father and daughter did not continue to sit at the door like old men in the countryside and watch.
When the street was out, the two of them each carried their own small benches back home and started preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner.
In fact, whether it is for Xu Lang, who is in a foreign land, or for Xiao Yueyue, who grew up here, the Chinese New Year is actually no different from usual. The only difference may be that tonight
Eat dumplings, watch the New Year's Eve, watch the boring Spring Festival Gala, and of course, set off firecrackers at twelve o'clock.
Xu Lang had already woken up to make the dough at noon. Now, all he had to do was roll it out with a rolling pin and cut it into small squares with a knife. As for the fillings for the dumplings, Xu Lang had already prepared them.
In the kitchen, Xu Lang skillfully rolled out the dough with a rolling pin, then cut it into small squares with a knife and put it on a plate. Xiao Yueyue came to the restaurant with the plate, sat on a chair, and began to shape the dough.
Some kind of dumplings.
The dough was not big, enough for two people, one big and one small, to have a meal, so Xu Lang cut the dumpling wrappers in a few moments, then took the plate to the restaurant, and wrapped the dumplings with Xiao Yueyue.
Hold the dumpling wrapper in your left hand and a small spoon in your right hand. Take a spoonful of dumpling filling and place it on the dumpling wrapper. Then put down the spoon, fold the dumpling wrapper in half once, wrap the dumpling filling in the dumpling wrapper, and then fold it into a shape.
Make an arc shape, and then use your fingers to press both sides of the dumpling wrapper firmly, using the stickiness of the dumpling wrapper to stick it to ensure that the dumplings will not fall apart when they are put into the pot.
Xiao Yueyue is small, has a small stature, and has small hands. Although she is very experienced in making dumplings, she is still a child after all and cannot make them quickly, while Xu Lang can make them very quickly. When he is making dumplings, he will
It is a custom here to put a coin in the dumpling. Wrapping a coin in the dumpling is a good sign for whoever eats the dumpling. Of course, it doesn't have much meaning, it's just a celebration.
Xu Lang didn't want to be lazy. Anyway, it was just him and Xiao Yueyue. Now they had nothing to do. It would be good to do some small things and give Xiao Yueyue a little surprise.
In less than half an hour, the dumplings were wrapped. Xu Lang took the wrapped dumplings to the kitchen and put them away, and then started to clean up the mess. After Xiao Yueyue washed her hands, she obediently went to the bathroom to take a shower.
It's time to get ready to change into new clothes.
In fact, for Xiao Yueyue, she basically wears new clothes every month, so it is not unusual for her to wear new clothes during the New Year.
When Xu Lang and the others were making dumplings, it was completely dark outside, and the lights in every house were on.
The street lights on the road also emit orange light, the red lanterns hanging at the neighbors' doors also emit festive lights, and occasionally the sound of firecrackers can be heard on the street.
Winter is cold. Although this is not the north, it still feels cold at night, and you can always hear the sound of children laughing and playing on the street, as well as the sound of firecrackers going off.
The explosion of firecrackers and the screams of children sounded particularly lively, as if it was the Chinese New Year.
There was a lantern on at the door of Xu Lang's house. He didn't buy a lantern to hang it. It wasn't because he didn't have money to buy it, but because he didn't think it was necessary.
In fact, when Xu Lang first came here, during the first two years of Chinese New Year, Xu Lang didn't even put up door paintings or Spring Festival couplets. At that time, the woman next door, Zhang Mei, curiously asked Xu Lang why he didn't put up door paintings during the Chinese New Year.
What about Spring Festival couplets?
Xu Lang just smiled and said it was too troublesome and he didn't want to post it.
Zhang Mei is a warm-hearted person. At first, she thought that Xu Lang had just come here, bought a house, and had a child. She didn't have much money, so she was reluctant to buy door paintings and spring couplets, so she bought them in her house.
Zhang Mei was given the door paintings and spring couplets by Xu Lang to put on them, but they were politely rejected by Xu Lang, which made Zhang Mei puzzled for a long time.
In the third year, Xu Lang finally bought door paintings and Spring Festival couplets and put them up. Now he didn't look so out of place. In fact, it wasn't that Xu Lang didn't want to put them up, but that for some reason, he just didn't want to put them up.
After Xu Lang finished cleaning up the restaurant, he turned on the gas stove to boil water and turned on the TV. The hosts on the TV were all wearing festive clothes and saying auspicious words, and every station was playing the Spring Festival Gala.
It seems that everyone is happy for the arrival of the New Year.
Xu Lang sat on the sofa, not looking at the TV, but looking at the dark night outside the door. His eyes were a little blurry, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Gudonggudong"
I don't know how long it took, but the sound of boiling water came from the kitchen, interrupting Xu Lang's thoughts. He stood up, walked to the kitchen, and started making dumplings.
After the dumplings were placed, Xu Lang took a spoon and stirred it gently in the pot a few times to ensure that the dumplings did not stick to the bottom of the pot. He looked at the blue flames and the white dumplings rising and falling in the pot.
His expression was a little sad, and he didn't know what he was thinking of. Xu Lang let out a long sigh.
"Why......"
"Why are you sighing again? If you keep sighing, you will get old easily." A milky voice came from Xu Lang's side.
Xu Lang turned around, looked down, and found that Xiao Yueyue had finished taking a bath, put on new clothes, and was standing next to Xu Lang. At this moment, she was standing on tiptoes, holding Xu Lang's hand with one hand.
, looking at the gradually boiling pot, in a pair of black grape eyes
Full of longing.
Xu Lang smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to rub the little girl's head, and asked with a smile: "Are you hungry?"
Xiao Yueyue shook her head and said, "A little bit."
"It will be ready soon. Prepare some vinegar and put it on the dining table." Xu Lang ordered.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yueyue immediately let go of Xu Lang's hand and started to prepare.
Xu Lang looked at Xiao Yueyue's lively back, his eyes narrowed subconsciously, and he showed a knowing smile.
Not long after, the dumplings were cooked. Xu Lang took out three bowls, filled them with three bowls of dumplings, and brought them to the table. Xiao Yueyue had already prepared them with chopsticks.
After Xu Lang served the dumplings, he returned to the kitchen, picked up another pot, and began to pour oil into the vegetables. The vegetables were already prepared, and Xu Lang only needed to stir-fry them now.
With the jingling of bells and the sound of a shovel hitting the bottom of the pot, several plates of delicious, delicious and fragrant dishes were ready. After the dishes were finished, Xu Lang put the dumpling pot back on the gas stove and started
Continue cooking over low heat.
The dishes were put on the table, and Xu Lang sat at the main seat. Xiao Yueyue had been sitting obediently waiting for Xu Lang. She did not start eating in advance.
After Xiao Yueyue saw Xu Lang coming, she looked at Xu Lang with chopsticks, tilted her head and thought for a while, then asked: "Today is the Chinese New Year, don't you have a drink?"
Xu Lang was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xiao Yueyue and said with a half-smile, "Do you want to drink?"
Xiao Yueyue rolled her eyes, then nodded very sincerely, looked at Xu Lang cautiously, and asked: "Drink a little?"
Xu Lang nodded helplessly and said nothing.
Seeing Xu Lang nodding, Xiao Yueyue immediately beamed, immediately jumped down from the chair, ran to the cabinet nearby, took the bottle of Wuliangye on the cabinet, handed it to Xu Lang's hand, and then turned it away
I got up and brought two wine glasses, one big and one small.
Xu Lang poured himself a full glass of white wine, and poured half a glass for Xiao Yueyue, then capped the bottle and put it aside.
Xiao Yueyue sat down on the climbing chair again. She picked up the wine glass in front of her, raised it, and said to Xu Lang: "Happy New Year to Dad."
"Happy New Year to our little Yueyue."
The two people's wine glasses touched together gently, and then Xu Lang took a big sip, while Xiao Yueyue took a slight sip, and her pink and tender face suddenly turned red.
, like a ripe little apple, really cute.
After Xiao Yueyue took a sip of wine, she immediately stuck out her tongue, picked up the chopsticks, and started eating the dumplings. When Xu Lang saw this scene, he shook his head helplessly, his eyes full of endearment.