Thanks to Ying, Zhou Ying, and Jing Ting Yusheng for their rewards. There will be more red envelopes up to 350 O(∩_∩)O~
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In a blink of an eye, it was the day of Xiaonian. There is a custom of eating dumplings during the New Year in the north, which means to see off the Stove Lord, because in ancient times there was a saying "send off the dumplings facing the wind".
On the day of Xiaonian, early in the morning, Lao Yu led his family to sacrifice to the Stove Prince. Mrs. Liu skillfully boiled Zao Tang, a sugar product made from malt and millet. The large milky white pond is placed on a square plate on the altar in front of the Stove King statue. Others include clear water, raw beans, moss... and festive Stove King couplets are pasted on it.
The freshly made stove candy is crispy and fragrant when you bite it in your mouth. It is the children's favorite snack. Every new year, families with conditions will do more to give their children a tooth-beating ceremony.
Yu Xiaocao is not very good at making traditional stove candy. She boils white sugar into syrup, then puts fried sesame seeds or peanuts into it to make sesame candy and peanut candy. During the Chinese New Year, there are a few more snacks. She was laughed and scolded by Mrs. Liu as a "prodigal girl"! In this day and age, it is good for ordinary people to have a full stomach. Where can I have extra money to buy white sugar to make sesame candy and peanut candy
In the evening, the Yu family made two kinds of meat and vegetable dumplings. Meat dumplings are stuffed with wild boar and scallions. The fat and thin wild boar streaky, cut into diced meat, and chopped with scallions into meat filling. More meat and less vegetables, it tastes delicious.
Vegetarian dumplings are stuffed with leek vermicelli and eggs. The vermicelli are soaked in hot water until softened, cut into pieces and dried, then fried in oil, then fried eggs and minced leeks are added. The oil residue, not to mention how fragrant it is. Yu Xiaocao likes to sneak a few mouthfuls of fillings when making vegetarian dumplings, the taste is beyond words.
The whole family sat around the kang table, happily eating their favorite meat and vegetable dumplings. Yu Xiaocao couldn't help but lament the beauty of family reunion in such a cheerful atmosphere.
In the previous life, the parents left early, especially during the Chinese New Year in the first few years, there were only three and a half children left, it was all sorts of bleak to think about. Fortunately, when she left, her younger siblings had their own small families, and she cared less about her previous life.
Yu Xiaocao's expression was a little dazed. The previous life seemed to be getting more and more distant, so far away that it seemed to be a dream, a long and difficult dream...
"Cao'er, what are you thinking? The vegetarian dumplings you like, if you don't eat them, they will be snatched up by a few little guys!" Yu Hai saw that his little daughter looked lonely, staring at a corner of the kang table in a daze, looking a little out of place in the lively atmosphere , quickly picked up a few dumplings for her, and interrupted her softly.
Xiaonian in the north usually eats meat dumplings, and only because Xiaocao likes them, he made a plate of leek and egg dumplings. Maybe it's because they are eating fresh, Liu Yan'er, Liu Fangping, Yu Xiaolian and Xiao Shitou, you try one and I try another, half a plate goes down in a while. The new year is a lively reunion, so the two families spend it together.
Leek and egg dumplings, the fillings are all fried with meat oil, more eggs are added, and there are fragrant oil residues, no wonder children like it.
Seeing his father put the delicious vegetarian dumplings into the second sister's bowl one by one, Xiao Shitou protested: "Father, you are biased! You gave all the vegetarian dumplings to the second sister, what shall we eat?"
Yu Hai glared at the smiling brat, and said, "Don't you like pork dumplings? Don't follow me around, there are plenty of pork dumplings!"
But Yu Xiaocao picked a leek dumpling for her younger brother from her own bowl, and said, "Father, the wild pork dumpling is also quite delicious, and I like it too! Dumplings are fun when everyone eats them together!"
Xiaoshitou held his small bowl and smiled strangely: "Second sister, I am just teasing our father! How can vegetarian dumplings be as delicious as pork dumplings? It is only second sister that your preference is different from everyone else! Leek dumplings, we also Just taste it, and let you eat the rest!"
Yu Xiaocao reached out and squeezed his chubby face, and said, "You treat the second sister as a fool, leave these dozens of dumplings for me to eat, they can make my stomach explode! Eat quickly, help the second sister Share a few!"
Yu Xiaocao divided the vegetarian dumplings on the plate among the two families. After dividing it into a circle, there are still a dozen or so left, which is just enough for her to eat!
Xiao Shitou protested while covering his face: "Second Sister, I'm not a child anymore, don't keep pinching my face! Next year I'm going to be a scholar!"
"Don't talk about being a scholar, you are my younger brother if you are the number one scholar! Pinching you means I like you. Who told you that you are the youngest in our family?" Yu Xiaocao pinched his little face again.
Xiao Shitou protected his face, leaned against Liu's side with his mouth pouted, and said loudly: "Mother, you can have a little brother, so that the second sister will only pinch the little brother and not me!"
After listening to her son's words, Liu's face flushed with shame, and she patted him on the back twice. But her man laughed a few times beside her, and got her little white eyes.
After the new year, it is getting closer and closer to the new year. The weather has been fine these few days, and it is the last big festival of the year in the town, and many families drag their children and daughters to the town to make up for the new year's goods. The Yu family's carriage was equipped with a shed, and there were twin sisters Yu Xiaocao and Yu Xiaolian, five children Liu Yan'er, Xiao Shitou, and Liu Fangping sitting in it, chattering lively.
Yu Hang and Liu Junping considered themselves big kids, and sat outside chatting with Yu Hai and Liu Hu who were driving the car. Except for Liu's and Yu Caifeng's two hostesses who were at home washing up and preparing for the New Year, everyone else came out to catch the big fair.
The horse carts and donkey carts of the Yu family are all parked at the carriage and horse shop outside the city gate. They can park for a whole day for a small storage fee and they also help feed the animals. However, you have to bring your own fodder or pay for it. The horses and donkeys of the Yu family didn't care about the fodder outside at all, and they ate the fodder they brought with them with a little Lingshi water added.
When the children jumped off the carriage, Yu Hai and Liu Hu felt a little headache when they looked at the row of little carrot heads of different heights. After entering the city gate, seeing the crowded streets, my head hurts even more!
Yu Hai said to his elder son and Liu Junping: "Your task is to take good care of your younger brothers and sisters. During the Chinese New Year, when there are many people, the flamboyants will take advantage of the chaos, so don't be careless!"
Yu Hang and Liu Junping nodded solemnly. Xiao Shitou confidently showed Xiao Hei he was holding in his hand, and said with a smile: "If you meet someone who shoots flowers, let Xiao Hei bite his ass!"
Xiao Fangping also took the rope tied to Xiaobai from Xiaocao's hand, jumped and shouted: "There's Xiaobai too! Xiaohei bites one butt, Xiaobai bites the other! The bad guys screamed!"
Although Xiaoheixiaobai is not big, he is a purebred wolf after all. He looks majestic and not easy to mess with. However, the personalities of the two little guys are completely opposite. Xiao Hei is simple, honest, cute and has a great temper, he can play with anyone. Xiaobai has a cold temper, and he shows a disdainful expression to everyone except Yu Xiaocao.
At this time, Xiaobai saw that his rein was in Liu Fangping's hands, he bit the other end of the rope with his teeth, and pulled it hard. He pulled her trousers with his legs and stuffed the rope into her hands. Then he gave Liu Fangping a disdainful look.
"Follow up! Don't fall behind!!" After Yu Hai told the children worriedly, he led the large army into the crowd.
Liu Junping held his younger sister Liu Yan'er with one hand, and with the other his younger brother Liu Fangping who turned his head to please Xiaobai. Yu Hang imitated him, holding the little stone with one hand and Yu Xiaolian with the other, asking Xiaolian to take care of the little girl. The four brothers and sisters are escorted by a majestic little wolf on each side, forming a dazzling scenery on the street.
There are seven cousins. Although they are plainly dressed, they are very clean and tidy. There is not a single patch on their clothes, and their appearance is above average. The appearance of the brothers and sisters of the Yu family was even better. Yu Hang was almost 1.7 meters tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a healthy wheat-colored complexion.
Xiaolian and Xiaocao are twin sisters who look very similar at first glance, but they are easy to distinguish when they are carefully identified. Xiaocao's skin is like a peeled egg, white and rosy, without any blemishes; Xiaolian's complexion is slightly darker due to long-term exposure to wind and sun at the pier. Xiaocao's eyes are big and bright, as if she can see into people's hearts. Xiaolian's eyes are not small, but her face is slightly rounder, and her eyes are not so prominent. Generally speaking, the appearance of the two is very good, and they are a pair of sisters with two eyes.
Xiao Shitou is a handsome and gentle young lady, with always smiling eyes, a straight nose, and the most outstanding facial features among the four brothers and sisters.
Yu Hai and Liu Hu were shopping for new year's goods in front, and the children followed behind obediently at first. Later, I was attracted by various snacks and toys on the street, and gradually dispersed. Fortunately, Liu Yaner and his younger siblings were watched by Liu Junping, while Yu Hang followed closely behind them.
"Brother, there is a monkey juggler in front! Let's go and see!!" Before Yu Hang could respond, he shook off his brother's hand, and led Xiao Hei into the crowd.
Yu Xiaocao was also full of interest in the monkey show, followed behind her elder brother and squeezed into the crowd of onlookers. In the circle, there is a pair of monkey-players who look like grandparents and grandchildren. The girl beats the gong to attract people to watch, while the white-haired old man directs the monkey in clothes, somersaulting, tightrope walking, and climbing. High pole, wearing a mask to open the box for a while... The crowd burst into cheers from time to time.
After the performance came to an end, the little girl came to collect the money with a gong. Those who are unwilling to give money will gradually disperse, and those who do not lack a penny or two will throw in one or two copper coins. Yu Xiaocao looked at the sallow-faced and thin little girl, and felt that being a folk artist was not easy, so she threw two copper coins into it.
At this time, a cry suddenly came from the dispersed crowd: "Where is my child? Who has seen my child? Gouwa—Gouwa—"
"Oh—" An old man beside Yu Xiaocao sighed deeply, and said, "It must have been photographed by Huazi! Every time there is a big festival during the New Year, there will always be a few children lost. These adults are also, and they can't go out. Know how to take care of your children... "