"Yeah, let's have some drinks later! We'll have a day off at home tomorrow and have a good New Year!"
"Liu Qian, shall I spend the New Year at your place or in my house?"
"Of course, in my house, I have all the tools for cooking. It's Chinese New Year, so why not have some dumplings? I'll show off my cooking skills tomorrow night and prepare a table for the New Year's Eve dinner. Let's see if there are any employees.
If you are celebrating the Chinese New Year somewhere, just ask them to come over and celebrate it together, it will be more lively this way."
"That's great. In fact, I also had this plan, but I was just afraid that you would find it too noisy, so I didn't say anything!"
“The Chinese New Year is no different than usual, the more lively the better!”
"Then you should quickly send a message to the group. If anyone signs up, we can prepare more things in advance!"
Liu Qian sent a message in the employee group, and six workers responded quickly. Eight people can share a table. Liu Qian looked at the things at home and found that it would be enough for eight people to eat for three days. "Xia Yang, buy some tomorrow.
Cooked food is fine, we will make all the seafood and vegetables ourselves! Let’s make the dumplings together in the afternoon, and then we will serve the dumplings and cooked food first. You and the others will drink first while I add the seafood and vegetables one after another!”
"That's great. Let's see who has good cooking skills and ask them to cook a few dishes for you. You don't have to do the work alone!"
"Actually, I'm not too busy! Wash and cut the vegetables in advance. One vegetable can be served in five minutes, and they can all be served in no time!"
"Yes, after drinking, we can play cards together, watch the Spring Festival Gala, and watch the New Year together is quite meaningful!"
"Yeah, I feel like this year is destined to be special."
Chapter 52: Celebrate the New Year together
At two o'clock in the afternoon on New Year's Eve, someone knocked on Liu Qian's door. They were a pair of young lovers in the sewing class. At first, they planned to spend the New Year alone in a rental house. After hearing Liu Qian's invitation, they immediately signed up.
Afraid of being alone when going out, the two of them bought some fruit and a box of beer at the supermarket and came early to help.
Although Liu Qian said in the group that the New Year's goods were ready and no one was allowed to bring anything in, everyone brought either fruit or wine or drinks. Everyone arrived before three o'clock, so Liu Qian decided that everyone should go first
Wrap the dumplings. There are three types of dumpling fillings: three fresh stuffing, cabbage meat and shepherd's purse meat.
Although Liu Qian is not superstitious, she has to be a little particular about opening the door for business. Leeks are the main component of the three fresh stuffings, which means long-lasting wealth; the cabbage stuffing means money; and shepherd's purse naturally means gathering wealth. At the same time, everyone
They also wrap steel coins, which symbolize wealth, into dumplings; they also wrap white sugar, walnuts, peanuts and other items that symbolize the sweetness of life into dumpling wrappers.
Three male workers rolled out dumpling wrappers, and Liu Qian and three female workers began to make dumplings. One male worker was responsible for putting the dumplings on the utensils, while Xia Yang was responsible for boiling the dumplings under water. There were many people and strength, and before four o'clock, the dumplings were ready.
It’s all wrapped up. Liu Qian decided to have the New Year’s Eve dinner in advance.
Three female workers entered the kitchen with Liu Qian, and one of them was responsible for cutting the cooked food. The first dish was air-dried chicken, which means that the chicken is the head, which means good luck; the second dish was pig face, which symbolized having a head and a face, and also meant a prosperous life; the third dish was
The dish is braised lion head, which means prosperity in all seasons; the fourth dish is braised pork ribs, which means unity, friendship and mutual support. Next, various seafood and vegetables are served, and now Xia Yang’s dumplings are also out of the pot!
Everyone cooked together, and Liu Qian served everyone more wine. Eight people raised their glasses together to wish a happy New Year. Everyone put down their glasses and tasted the dumplings they made by themselves. The dumplings tasted good. Everyone rushed to grab the dumplings to see who could eat them.
Chapter completed!