At night, Qin Xiaobao stood in front of the window and looked out. In the sky, on the trees, and on the ground, white snow slowly accumulated. It was not completely dark outside, but there was light.
Tonight will probably be a sleepless night.
Yaya and the others couldn't sleep peacefully. They had arranged their shifts and took turns to get up every hour to check on the situation of the kennel.
Qin Xiaobao didn't volunteer to participate. He didn't understand anything and could only add to the chaos.
Maybe it was because of the snow. That night, he didn't read novels or movies on his mobile phone as usual. He didn't even close the curtains. He just looked at the snow outside quietly, and then fell asleep.
I don't know how long it took, but Qin Xiaobao woke up from his dream with tears in his eyes, as if he had had a dream.
I tried to remember, but couldn't remember anything.
It was still early, only after seven o'clock. When I stood up and looked, the outside was already covered in silver and a vast expanse of white.
Crunch, crunch!
The snow was about seven or eight centimeters thick. The children didn't know what time they got up. A path had been cleared at the door. Qin Xiaobao was so childlike that he insisted on walking to the snow on the edge.
It's so soft that every time you step on it, you'll find a pit!
Following the sound of people, I went to the kennel at the back and found Yaya and the others there.
"Brother Xiaobao!" Qiongting heard the voice, raised her head and waved.
"What are you doing?" Qin Xiaobao walked forward, and there were three or four people surrounding the dog, with a needle in his hand.
"It was too cold last night. Some dogs caught a cold and had to be picked out, given an injection, and then isolated." Ding Qiang said, holding the dog's butt very skillfully.
Ooooooooooo!
Screams came.
Some of the other friends in the kennel were timid and hid in the kennel after hearing the noise, but more dogs were lying in the snow. Qiongting was very anxious: "Don't play in the snow, we will all be together later."
It got wet.”
Dogs don't understand people's words. Maybe in their eyes, snowing is also a very interesting thing.
All kinds of fun, all kinds of fun, especially a few big white dogs, all four legs turned into mud.
Ding Qiang put the injected dog into the cage and sighed: "It's over, no rest today."
"Brother Xiaobao, please help me." Qiong Ting took him to the warehouse next door, took out a large towel, and came back holding a pile of towels.
"Wait a minute to help the dogs wipe themselves, otherwise the fur will get tangled, they will catch a cold, and the straw will be soiled."
Qin Xiaobao nodded: "Shall we start now?"
"Don't worry," Qiong Ting looked at the happily playing dogs in the kennel: "Let them play for a while, let's go have breakfast."
Yaya and Qiongting are responsible for cooking when the cooking aunt is away. The other boys really don't know how to do it, so they can only help.
After sitting down, Qin Xiaobao found that a pony was missing.
"He was on duty all night yesterday and went to bed at six o'clock." Ding Qiang said: "Now he is catching up on his sleep!"
Breakfast is porridge, steamed buns, and a few side dishes.
The weather is cold, and a bowl of hot white porridge will make your whole body feel comfortable.
"I'm looking at the weather forecast. The sun should come out later," Yaya conveyed the mission: "Let the dogs out one by one later. Ding Qiang, you can help clear the snow from the kennels."
"Let me help," Qin Xiaobao took a bite of the bun: "You can't just eat and drink for free, you have to do some work."
"Okay!" Yaya was not polite: "But it will still be broadcast live, you have to block it."
"It's okay to appear on camera, but people probably can't get through now. I can't even see the road outside clearly." Qin Xiaobao didn't care: "The audience will probably think I'm just stopping by to take a look."
"Then it's better to be careful."
Thinking about the scene where everyone looked forward to snowing yesterday, it seems that they have selectively forgotten it today.
Qin Xiaobao's original image was that downstairs, Yaya and her children were building snowmen, having snowball fights, taking various photos, and enjoying the fun brought by the snow in the courtyard.
In fact, they have been busy since about six o'clock.
First clear the road, then sweep the snow off the roof of the kennel, observe the dog's condition, and give the dog an injection.
There was no rest after breakfast. There were about ten dogs living in each kennel. Qiongting and the others took the dogs outside to have fun. Qin Xiaobao and Ding Qiang took shovels and pushed the cart to start cleaning the floor.
Yayana took the camera and came over to shoot for ten minutes and then left.
The focus of the audience's attention is naturally the dog. What's the point of working hard?
Qin Xiaobao was huffing and puffing, breathing heavier and heavier, and taking off his clothes piece by piece.
Although I am young, I have never done this kind of work in the past two years. I am not used to it.
Ding Qiang watched there and persuaded him to go back and rest. It would be okay to take his time.
"It's okay, I'll just treat it as exercise!" Qin Xiaobao wiped the sweat from his forehead: "It would be nice to be able to sweat in the winter."
"I'm just worried that your whole body will be sore when you wake up tomorrow."
"What's the point? I'm not going out anyway."
It took a whole day to clean up the entire kennel.
The main reason is that wiping the dogs is troublesome. Not all dogs cooperate. Qin Xiaobao did not participate in this work. He and the dogs are not familiar with each other and may be bitten.
Five minutes for one dog, more than seventy dogs, and by evening, everyone collapsed from exhaustion.
"How about this," Yaya came up with an idea: "Let's just have some noodles for dinner, then take turns taking a shower, go to the conference room to watch a movie with the air conditioner on, and make New Year's dumplings by the way, how about that?"
This proposal received support from everyone.
Qin Xiaobao rolled up his sleeves: "You go take a shower and leave the cooking to me."
"Okay, I'm here to help." Yaya waved her hand and hurried everyone back to the room.
I have been sweating today, and the temperature has dropped several degrees. If I don't take a hot bath quickly, I will easily catch a cold.
Qin Xiaobao walked to the refrigerator: "Let's just have some shredded pork and shrimp noodles."
"It's up to you, but can you do it?" Yaya tied an apron on him.
"It's simple. You help me cut the pork into shreds and marinate it with cooking wine, soy sauce, and chicken essence." Qin Xiaobao looked around and found clams spitting sand soaked under the sink. He poured water and rinsed again: "Hiss, it's so cold.
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Then he took a large pot and took a pot of water, put it on the fire, threw the washed clams in, and poured in the cooking wine. This is the soup stock.
Looking at his skillful movements, Yaya was very surprised: "Brother Xiaobao, have you started cooking recently?"
"It doesn't count," Qin Xiaobao cut the ginger: "It's because your sister Bingbing often comes to the house, and I help you, and I learned something after going back and forth."
Yaya put on a teasing expression: "It's rare. When will we be officially introduced to each other?"
"When given the opportunity, she often says she wants to have dinner and chat with you."
"Okay, then call me when you are free, and I will go to the Magic City to find you."
"OK."
It is not difficult to cook noodles. Use clams as the base, add ginger slices, and cook it for ten minutes, and it will feel like seafood soup.
Guessing that the children would be back from bathing soon, I put down the shredded pork and shrimps, set up another pot, added noodles, and cooked them in cold water.
Put the noodles in a big bowl, put the shredded pork and prawns on top, add the soup, cover with the fried eggs, and sprinkle with a few chopped green onions, it's perfect.
"delicious!"
“The noodles are so chewy.”
"It's still a sun egg."
“The soup is so fresh.”
Qin Xiaobao was very proud: "Yeah, my craftsmanship is pretty good."
How could it not be delicious? Shredded pork, eggs, clams, and prawns are all made from real ingredients. Besides, after working all day in such a cold weather, it’s almost eight o’clock, and my chest is already pressed against my back.
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Even instant noodles are delicious and come with extra bonuses.
The portion of a bowl of noodles is not small. Except for Yaya, everyone else ate all the soup and ingredients, and even a few young men were still a little bit unsatisfied.
It makes sense for a half-grown man to live in poverty.
"Stop eating, go prepare the ingredients for making dumplings first, and have dumplings for midnight snack."
A group of people quickly cleaned up the kitchen, took cutting boards, flour, and various other things to the conference room.
Seven people sat around the desk, wiped it with a rag several times, and prepared to knead the dough.
"Shall we watch a movie or a variety show?"
"Brother Xiaobao, why not watch the movie you made?" Qiong Ting suggested.
"My movies don't seem suitable to be watched during the Chinese New Year," Qin Xiaobao thought for a while: "Let's just put on a variety show. It's Chinese New Year, so smile more."
Making dumplings is a pleasure.
The whole family sat around, chatted and finished the work without feeling tired.
Especially these seven people, during this relatively sensitive time before the Chinese New Year, it can be said that they directly provided comfort to each other.
At the end of the day, I probably counted nearly three hundred.
Qin Xiaobao's hands were full of flour: "Well, let me tell you something. I just secretly put something in these more than 200 dumplings. If he eats it, he is lucky, and I will give him a new mobile phone."
"Oh oh oh!" Everyone including Yaya cheered.
"I won't tell you what it is, but you can eat it with confidence. You don't need to eat coins. You don't have to worry about scratching your teeth or being in danger of swallowing it in your stomach." Qin Xiaobao looked at everyone eager to try: "How about we start directly and choose some for each person, first
As a late night snack?"
Seeing everyone start to take action immediately, he quickly reminded: "No waste, take as much as you can, do you hear me?"
As a result, there was another disagreement while cooking. Ding Qiang and the others thought that theirs would definitely win the prize, but when they got mixed up, it was disrupted.
Cooking them one by one is a waste of energy and is definitely not allowed.
After struggling for a long time, I decided to unify.
It turned out that it was still difficult to choose one of the three hundred. Everyone looked at each other while eating, but in the end they still couldn't find that special dumpling.