The next day, Wei Jianwei didn't come back until it was almost dawn. He didn't go back to his room, but just closed his clothes and slept on the newly repaired bamboo bed.
When Wang Chunhua got up in the morning, she was startled when she saw someone lying in the main room.
As soon as she entered, Wei Jianwei woke up, sat up rubbing his temples, "Mom."
Knowing that he hardly slept, Wang Chunhua felt distressed, "What should I do if I catch a cold while sleeping here? Take a rest first, I'll cook a bowl of porridge for you, and go back to your room to sleep."
"I'm not sleepy now." Wei Jianwei said. In the army, sometimes he couldn't sleep for several nights during the exercise mission, and could only squint at the gaps during the day. He just slept for a while, and he was already full of energy.
He got up and went to the yard, scooped up the water in the tank to wash his hands, and then carried the bucket pole to fetch water.
His father and brother didn't have such good energy, although they came back from the field earlier than him, they were still asleep.
In the room, He Xiaoyun was combing her hair, and Wei Yuanhang was also awake. After one night, he became lively again, turning somersaults on the bed with the quilt in his arms.
He Xiaoyun tidied herself up and put on some clothes for him, "Don't get lost, come quickly and get dressed."
"Mom, my teeth are healed." Wei Yuanhang got up quickly, grinning happily, showing her a mouthful of small white teeth.
"Yes, yes," He Xiaoyun taunted very bluntly, and put the clothes on his head, "Eat more plums today, and your teeth will be better."
"No, no, I won't eat plums anymore." The child's head was wrapped in his clothes, and he shook his head repeatedly.
He Xiaoyun pulled the clothes down, exposing his head, and took his hands and stuffed them into the sleeves. After the jacket was put on, the remaining trousers were easier to wear, so she let the child do it by herself, and she went to the kitchen to help make it breakfast.
Wang Chunhua had already lit a fire in the kitchen, saw He Xiaoyun coming in, and said, "Jianwei was lying on the bamboo bed in the morning, when I first saw it, I thought there were thieves in our house."
"He's back?" He Xiaoyun was a little surprised. When she got up today, she specially called Wei Yuanhang up, just to wait for Wei Jianwei to catch up on a quiet sleep. I didn't see anyone in the yard just now, so I thought he was still in the field. head.
"I came back soon after dawn."
It has been an hour or two since I came back. Although the weather is starting to turn hot, it is still very cool in the morning. The bamboo bed is even more chilly, and there is no quilt to cover it. back to the room.
He Xiaoyun has to admit that that guy is very reliable most of the time, except for being weak sometimes.
Wang Chunhua took out two eggs from the urn, washed them and said, "Xiaohang's birthday is today, make him a bowl of noodles."
Wei Yuanhang's birthday is today
He Xiaoyun was surprised again, why didn't I hear them talk about it until last night
But when you think about it, it seems normal. In this day and age, many people work all year long to barely fill their stomachs. How can they care about their birthdays? The situation of the Wei family is better, and Wang Chunhua People who are not stingy and mean will specially make noodles on the family's birthday.
Today is the fourth day of May, and it turned out that the little fat man was born the day before the Dragon Boat Festival.
In He Xiaoyun's impression, children's birthdays in her era were always filled with cakes, gifts, balloons and new clothes, but now, Wei Yuanhang's bowl of noodles and two eggs are considered the best.
Seeing that Wang Chunhua was about to scoop up flour again, her heart moved, and she had an idea, so she discussed with Wang Chunhua: "Mom, can I not make noodles this year? I want to make a snack for Hang Hang, and I also use eggs and flour."
Wang Chunhua glanced at her and nodded in agreement. Although in her opinion, eating noodles on birthdays is the same as eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival, it is a rule left by the older generation, but since her daughter-in-law has other ideas, she can't say anything.
After breakfast, Wei Jianwei also filled the water tank. He Xiaoyun called him in the yard, "After breakfast, go to your room and sleep. I will tell Hanghang not to disturb you."
"No, I'm not sleepy." Wei Jianwei said.
He Xiaoyun looked him up and down, seeing that he was indeed in good spirits, and said, "Then let me discuss something with you."
The last time she said that, it was to let him make building blocks for the child. After that, Wei Jianwei was nagged by Wang Chunhua for several days. Today's tone is exactly the same as that day, even the expression is the same.
Wei Jianwei looked at her, "What's the matter?"
He Xiaoyun also thought about the situation last time, waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, Mom has already agreed to it. She won't miss you anymore. I'll tell you when I come to the kitchen after breakfast."
Wei Yuanhang didn't know that today was his birthday, so he just let himself play in the courtyard after breakfast, and He Xiaoyun didn't tell him, so as not to make trouble.
She and Wei Jianwei were the only two in the kitchen. She separated the egg white from the yolk, put the egg white in a large clean bowl, dripped a few drops of vinegar, added a spoonful of sugar, and took out three chopsticks, and said to him: " Help me beat the egg whites so that they are as fluffy as cotton."
Fearing that he would not understand, she even separated the chopsticks between her fingers and stirred the egg white a few times. The picture looked a little funny.
Wei Jianwei raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not move.
"Oh, it's really a serious matter." He Xiaoyun stuffed the bowl into his arms, and stuffed the chopsticks into his hands, making stirring movements in his hands, urging, "Hurry up, stir quickly."
In the end, he still moved, and the chopsticks stirred the egg liquid rapidly, and soon large fish eyes appeared.
He Xiaoyun watched for a while, then nodded with satisfaction, "Just keep beating like this."
She handles the other part by herself, adding flour, sugar, and a little oil to the egg yolk. She should also add milk, but there is no such thing now, so she has to not add it.
While mixing the egg yolk and flour evenly, she turned her head to look at Wei Jianwei from time to time.
A few chopsticks were in his hands, stirring so much that they almost appeared as phantoms, and after hitting for a long time, his speed was still so fast, and he never slowed down. She blinked suddenly just now, and caught a glimpse of the scene where his fingers held the chopsticks and his arm muscles protruded. It felt a bit like Wolverine was beating eggs with his sharp claws, and the more he looked, the more he looked.
Afraid that if she really laughed, the other party would give up, He Xiaoyun hurriedly turned her eyes away, pretending to concentrate on staring at the egg yolk paste in front of her, but the picture just now kept replaying in her mind, so she had no choice but to keep her mouth shut and tried her best not to let go. Laugh out loud.
She didn't know that Wei Jianwei had noticed her trembling back while holding back her laughter.
When the two were busy, both Wang Chunhua and Feng Qiuyue came in to have a look out of curiosity, and looked around the gradually formed egg white for a while before going out.
"What are they doing? Beat the eggs like that." Wang Chunhua whispered to the eldest daughter-in-law.
"It's a cake. Last time we went to the county seat, we saw it in a store. A small piece costs a few cents. It's very expensive."
Wang Chunhua asked, "Can it be done at home?"
Feng Qiuyue smiled and said: "Since Xiaoyun is going to do it, she must have a plan in mind." She was actually surprised that a person like the second brother would obediently obey the instructions and beat that weird egg white there.
"Let them go." Wang Chunhua finally said, the big deal would be to waste a few eggs and white noodles, and then she would just make a bowl of noodles for her grandson.
In the kitchen, it took Wei Jianwei more than ten minutes to beat the egg whites, and He Xiaoyun mixed the egg whites with the egg yolk paste and steamed them in a pot.
When the cake was about to come out of the pan, she went to the courtyard and called Wei Yuanhang in.
The child's face was flushed by the sun, and as soon as he entered the kitchen, he sniffed and his eyes lit up, "Mom, I smell delicious food."
"Puppy nose." He Xiaoyun pinched his nose with a smile, "Today is your birthday, do you know?"
Wei Yuanhang tilted his head and thought for a while. At his age, he must have no memory of his last birthday, but not long ago, someone in the family had a birthday and ate a bowl of noodles, but he remembered it, and immediately said: "I want noodles!"
He Xiaoyun said: "There is no noodles. Grandma was going to make noodles for you to eat, but I told you to cook something else for you."
"What is it? Is it delicious?" The child only cares about this question.
"You'll know if you eat it." He Xiaoyun lifted the lid of the pot, and a sweet smell came over her face. The light yellow cake had already taken shape. From the outside, it was considered a success. She pressed the cake with chopsticks and saw See how flexible it is.
Wei Yuanhang was short and couldn't reach the stove, so he was spinning around in a hurry, "I want to watch it too, and I want to watch it too, Mom!" Seeing Wei Jianwei standing beside him, he hurriedly opened his arms to him, "Hold me, Dad."
Wei Jianwei picked him up, and the child hurriedly poked his head into the pot, slobbered and asked, "Mom, what is this? It smells so good."
After making sure that the cake was cooked through, He Xiaoyun used a rag to rest her hands, and took the big bowl out of the pot, "This is called a cake, and it's also eaten on birthdays."
"Mom is amazing!" The child hurriedly flattered his mother in order to eat it quickly.
He Xiaoyun glanced at him with a smile, and said, "Your father deserves the most credit today. Without him, the cake wouldn't be able to be made."
Wei Yuanhang hurriedly said, "Father is also amazing!"
He Xiaoyun stopped teasing him, took the cake out of the bowl, cut off a piece, put it in a small bowl and handed it to the child, "Be careful it's hot."
Wei Yuanhang quickly took it, and dug a spoonful with a spoon. It was really hot. He stared at it, puffed up his mouth and blew, and when it was a little cooler, he couldn't wait to put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, and said vaguely: " Good seven."
He Xiaoyun cut the cake into small pieces and said, "You can't eat it by yourself, share it with grandparents, uncles and aunts."
Wei Yuanhang looked at the cake cut into pieces on the table, and then looked at the bowl in his hand. He was reluctant to put down the bowl to run errands, so he shouted cleverly: "Grandpa, grandma, uncle and aunt, come and eat cake!"
He Xiaoyun shook her head, took a piece and handed it to Wei Jianwei, "You want to try it too?"
Wei Jianwei hugged Wei Yuanhang, she thought he would put the child down, but he was lazy, lowered his head to touch her hand, and put the small cake into his mouth in one bite.
Wei Yuanhang stared at them, and said loudly in surprise, "Daddy eats mommy's hands!"
It happened that Wang Chunhua and Feng Qiuyue walked in. Hearing this, Feng Qiuyue burst out laughing.
He Xiaoyun just wanted to stuff the whole cake into Wei Jianwei's mouth, choking him to death.