"Drive slower." Xu Suizhu warned Baozi worriedly. Ever since he modified his beloved wife's car, he has always wanted to drive fast. Although there is no such condition in the town, and he has repeatedly promised not to drive fast, he is still worried.
Ah, besides, the three children come from a mountainous area. People who don’t often ride in cars can easily get dizzy when suddenly taking an express train.
Lu Chixiao glanced at her with a smile: "Okay, you drive in front of me, and I will follow you."
This way, let alone driving faster, the car will crawl at a crawling speed.
Xu Suizhu thought about it, picked up his son and got into the Beetle at the intersection, and drove slowly back to Platinum Coast.
As soon as he got home, he was taught a lot of truth on the way, and the haggard little bun immediately returned to his usual liveliness. Before anyone entered the house, he heard him calling: "Grandpa! Grandma! Your baby Xiaoyu is back!"
"Just call me grandma and grandpa, what about me?" Lu Chilin was playing with his son on the sofa. When he heard the little bun running in like a little rocket, he picked up his son and walked to the entrance, and asked teasingly.
"Uncle! Brother An'an!" Little Baozi changed his slippers, stood up on tiptoes, held his little cousin's hand, and said like a grown-up, "Brother Xiaoyu is out of school, is An'an good at home?"
An An grinned and rushed towards him.
Lu Chilin bent down and hugged his son, letting the two brothers make out.
Mrs. Lu poked her head out of the kitchen with a smile: "You're back! It's a little later than usual today. Are you hungry? Go and wash your little hands, let's start dinner! Today your grandpa bought your favorite beef. It's sliced.
Let’s heat the pot and eat the thin ones.”
This is the first time I eat pot since autumn.
Diet and climate conditions in the north and south are closely related.
Autumn and winter are cold in the north, so hot pot is more popular. Old hot pot is one of Kyoto’s famous dietary features.
The local climate in the fjord is warm, and the temperature is around 15 degrees Celsius at its coldest. The most common dishes on the table are basically seafood.
Of course, now that the economy has developed, meat breeding has developed from small individual businesses to farms of a certain scale, and pigs, sheep and beef are no longer scarce. But there are still very few families who do not eat during the holidays.
Hot pot on ordinary days.
Although it has been several years since the Lu family moved to the fjord, and there have been many changes in their diet and life, they still steam steamed buns, steamed buns, and dumplings from time to time. They are also stocked in the refrigerator and freezer. In autumn, there are more
He is ready to scald the pot.
The cook hired by the Lu family is also from the north. She is good at making good steamed buns, making beautiful dumplings, and making the hot pot soup base deliciously.
The second elder of the Lu family was in charge of purchasing. They went to many farmers' markets in the county and bought the tender beef that their eldest grandson liked to eat the most. They also bought a knife of fat and lean mutton and a sheep scorpion.
Beef and mutton are thinly sliced and hotpoted. The sheep and scorpions, known as the "gold in meat and the king of calcium supplements", are stewed until they are crispy and chewy. You can eat them directly while waiting for the hotpot. They are nutritious and delicious.
"This lamb and scorpion has been stewed for a long time. It's just right to eat now. Wash your hands and sit down quickly. Where is Xiao Yu?" Mrs. Lu came out carrying a pot of freshly stewed lamb and scorpion.
"I just spit out my milk from An An. I went up to change my clothes and came down immediately." Lu Chilin said.
This is the convenience of the brothers living next door. Going upstairs is their home.
Since the town was renovated, Xu Suizhu's family moved back to Platinum Coast. After discussion, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law decided to open up the two lofts downstairs. The second floor is used as guest rooms and bodyguard housing, and the first floor is used for daily living and nanny housing. The brothers get together when they have time.
Let's fire together.
The two lofts upstairs are the bedrooms and study rooms of my family. Only a small living room is reserved, with a swivel sofa wrapped in top-grain cowhide, where I can accompany my children to read and play chess in my free time.
This weekend, Chen Junting went to inspect the Haicheng branch. Lu Chilin came back early and took his son to play with his parents. Needless to say, they had dinner together.
"Okay, let's have dinner!" Mrs. Lu announced.
Then he saw the three young men following Zhuang Yi, holding their washed-white military green schoolbags solemnly. Seeing their unusual attire, he was slightly startled, and immediately said, "They are just random students, right?"
?Come in, come in! Just treat it like your own home. Xiaoyi, take the slippers for them. They are in the bottom cabinet, right! Right there. The woolen slippers knitted by your beautiful aunt are all in men's sizes, so they can be dragged on without a problem.
.”
Xu Suizhu and Baozi Daddy parked their cars and came in. They briefly talked to their mother-in-law about the situation of the three teenagers.
Elderly people hate to hear sad things, especially Mrs. Lu. She is a philanthropic person, and her sympathy suddenly surged. When the three young men accompanied Xiaoyi to the bathroom, they washed their hands and faces and came out, they greeted her warmly.
They sat down:
"Come on, the hot pot will take a while. Let's have a bowl of old duck soup made by grandma herself, with some dried bamboo shoots and ham. Xiaoyi and Xiaoyu like to drink this soup in autumn. It is nourishing and moisturizing. You guys also want to try it.
If you like it, I'll stew it for you next time."
The three teenagers were mumbling and didn't know what to say. They always felt like all this was a dream.
On the way here, they were actually very nervous.
It’s not that they are worried that the family will sell them. No matter how bad the environment is, can it be worse than their current situation?
What they were worried about was whether the family members would dislike them. After all, who would be willing to provide free dinner to three half-grown men who could feed off a poor old man?
I never thought there were such kind people in this world.
Not only did he not dislike them, but he also enthusiastically served soup and meat into their bowls. This kindness made them both touched and ashamed - they had almost bullied the children of this family before in order to "quickly resolve".
"Bata", "Bata"...
Big tears fell into the soup.
"them……"
Little Baozi was about to say "They cried", but Zhuang Yi covered his mouth.
It is said that "men don't shed tears easily, but they are not sad yet".
It can make stubborn young people lower their heads and cry quietly with red eyes. They must be the only ones who know their mood at this moment best.
Xu Suizhu handed the three small white square towels - the family always has them for wiping the children's hands and faces when eating, and they have been sterilized by boiling water - and gave one to each of the teenagers:
"Sheep and scorpion are a bit spicy, aren't they? Look at you, your nose and tears are coming out from the spicy food. Wipe it away quickly. Eat some spicy food in autumn and winter to keep out the cold. If you're not used to it, eat a few more meals and you'll get used to it."
The little bun opened his mouth and wanted to say "It's not spicy, it's not spicy at all", but Zhuang Yi covered his mouth again.
"..."
They all confused him.
"Brother Yi, why are you covering my mouth? I still have to eat! I still have to chew the sheep bones!"
Zhuang Yi: "..."
Then you're chewing it! You keep staring at others and exposing their shortcomings! Aren't you afraid that they will get angry and pick you up and beat you up?
Don't say that Little Baozi didn't know the worries in his brother Yi's heart. Even if he knew, he would probably slap his little chest and say arrogantly: "Don't be afraid! I'm very powerful! I can fight against several of them with one like Brother Zhuangzhuang!"