Chapter 113 Learning Arts
After this, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. I hurried to the bus station and took the bus to the township.
Because Mr. Chen is a party member and once served as a soldier, he would go to the village to do business every now and then, like receiving subsidies or holding meetings.
Like several convenience stores in the school, the owner of one of the convenience stores was named Cui. His wife was accustomed to doing business. Anyone who passed by her would smile or not, and would greet her warmly.
She must know Mr. Chen who comes to the countryside a few times a year.
So after the three of them got off the car and sat at the door of her store while waiting for the car while roasting the fire, she asked curiously, "Where is your memorization?"
Mr. Chen replied, "I lost it accidentally", and then explained it in a general way.
She also pretended to be upset and said, "That's a pity." After a pause, she asked with concern, "Will you lose other things?"
Mr. Chen said indifferently: "We just went there and didn't buy anything, so we threw a pencil."
Cui's wife breathed a sigh of relief and said gladly: "Hey~ That's good... Oh, you'll save money and avoid disaster!"
Mr. Chen also smiled and agreed.
Because of a small backpack, the three of them rented a motorcycle from a neighboring village and rushed home.
It is an hour away from their village. At this time, there are fewer families with motorcycles at home, and driving Longyan is more convenient than driving the county town, so most of them go to driving Longyan.
For example, if the family has motorcycles or is close to the entrance of the village, they choose to go to the county town.
Therefore, the motorcycles in their village are basically not placed in the village to attract people.
It was already around five o'clock in the afternoon when they got home. Although it was still bright, the sun had already set.
The family began to be busy cleaning the courtyard, sweeping dust, then boiling paste, pasting couplets, and pasting the word "Fu".
The whole family was busy for more than an hour, and it was getting late at this time.
Grandma Chen lifted the lid of the pot and saw a pot of hot water boiling in the pot. She looked up and asked, "Which pot of hot water is this? What are you doing?"
Xiaoxi, who had just sat down and was about to take a breath, raised his hand and said with a long breath, "Mom~ I cooked it. I'm going to wash those clothes I just bought and wear them tomorrow. Do you want to cook the middle pot?"
"The clothes are so thick, you won't do anything after washing them tomorrow. What should you wear?" The few of them were just finished, and they were sitting around the fire and cooking for Grandma Chen. Hearing this, Old Master Chen spoke lightly.
"You know, if I don't wash the close-fitting clothes, I feel uncomfortable all over, so I'm going to wash all the sweaters and pants I wear inside. If it doesn't dry tomorrow, I'll burn the fire." Anyway, I'll definitely wear new clothes tomorrow night.
"By the way, ma'am, is the water heated up?" Xiaoxi turned around and asked Grandma Chen who was sitting in front of the stove door to prepare a pot.
"Wendu is already there."
"Oh, then I'll take a rest for a while, wait for the water to boil and wash it." He turned around and spread his whole body on the chair. Today, I was so tired. I went to the space to take a bath at night to get rid of the soreness all over my body.
By the way, I have to put some spiritual spring water when soaking my feet later. Everyone is tired today, especially Mr. Chen. Xiaoxi drank the honey water in the cup in a small mouthful, thinking to himself.
After the water heats up, Xiaoxi pours all the clothes he bought today, including Mr. Chen and his friends. Except for the coat and pants, they pour laundry detergent into a basin and plans to wash them after dinner.
Originally, Mr. Chen was going to do something, but Xiaoxi thought that he had been tired all day and would only soak his feet at most at night to get tired. He didn't know what would happen if he woke up tomorrow morning. But he planned to take a spiritual spring bath at night, and he would definitely be full of energy tomorrow, and there was nothing to be afraid of.
He insisted and said, "Master, I'll wash... Wait a minute, if I have clothes that don't move, just help me twist."
Seeing that she insisted, and he was really tired today, Old Master Chen compromisedly and sat back on the stool. Chen Yubin, who was watching silently, leaned forward with a wink, pinched his shoulders and pounded his waist, and was very busy.
Mr. Chen made him nodded repeatedly and said, "Oh, Binbin is so well-behaved! He is so filial! He is so comfortable to beat."
Chen Yubin, when he received praise, he squinted his eyes and beat his back even harder.
After dinner, the three of them worked together to wash their clothes.
After washing up, the whole family was about to go back to the house to sleep.
"Xiaoxi, why don't you pick up your clothes and cook them by the fire?" The few people had already left the house, but it was still a little cold at night. He suddenly came out of the warm house. Old Master Chen shivered unpreparedly.
I remembered the pile of charcoal that had just disappeared from the fire, and felt that it was a pity that it had burned itself out, so I suggested that I go there.
Xiaoxi also remembered the pile of charcoal, but she had a better place.
"No, Master." Looking at Grandma Chen who was about to walk to the door of the bedroom, Xiaoxi stopped and whispered to Mr. Chen: "Master, I'm going to put my clothes in the space to dry them. I'll probably do it when I wake up tomorrow morning."
Finally, he raised his eyebrows and shook his eyes. He remembered that it was night and he couldn't see it, so he said again, "Master, take a little bit of responsibility tomorrow morning." After that, he smiled mischievously and ran away.
Mr. Chen stood there and thought for a while before he remembered that he wanted him to carry something. He shook his head funny before he walked back to the house.
The next morning, after breakfast, they started to work hard again. Because the aunts were going to come back for the New Year’s Eve dinner at noon, they had to go back to their homes in the afternoon and have a reunion dinner at their husband’s house in the evening.
Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin were both ordered to help with small jobs such as picking vegetables and washing vegetables.
At around ten o'clock, the three uncles came back with the three aunts and the children.
They greeted each other and had a lot of fun. Because the dishes were almost ready and they only had to cook them, they all sat by the fire and chatted.
Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin were driven out and played in the yard with several cousins.
It was almost eleven o'clock, and my aunt was cutting vegetables, and my second aunt helped to choose vegetables. My third aunt was good at cooking. Today, I was holding the stove. Several uncles sat around the fire and chatted with Mr. Chen.
Grandma Chen cooked a pot and told her third aunt how to stir-fry these dishes. This was agreed upon when the family finished supper last night and was roasting the fire by the fire. Grandma Chen just reposted it.
After working hard for more than two hours, a sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner was ready to be served.
A stewed chicken, cold-fried ear root, cold-fried pig ears, cold-fried pork head, pork tongue, beef, margarine, glutinous rice lotus root, fried tofu slices of meat, stir-fried chili pepper, shredded pork bean pepper, sliced pork cabbage, shredded pork garlic sprouts... braised fish, steamed sausages, steamed bacon... stir-fried bean sprouts, stir-fried cabbage sprouts, and finally a cabbage tofu soup.
Fifteen people put the two dining tables together before they squeezed down lively.
Those who drink alcohol sit together, while those who don’t drink alcohol sit together with their children.
In their family, there is never a saying of "eating without saying anything". So we talk about the harvest this year, children's learning, and neighborhood gossip.
The meal was over for almost two hours before it ended.
Several aunts helped wash the dishes and cleaned the house before the family went home from all over the place.
The second aunt's family, because they were close, continued to sit and chat for a while.
In the morning, the group of people came. Xiaoxi greeted them and brought out the date cakes, pumpkin cakes, chestnut cakes, fried dumplings, fried red potato meatballs, etc. that had been prepared early in the morning, as well as the melon seeds and fried peanuts I bought, several bowls of various sizes, and the plates filled the dining table.
It made a group of children scream and was very happy.
It seems that the food they make is very popular, and the stream has added several times during this period.
After tasting it all, the second aunt looked at Xiaoxi in surprise and asked, "Did you buy this? Where did you buy it? It's so delicious."
Xiaoxi smiled proudly, "This is not bought, it is made by ourselves."
The second aunt opened her mouth wide, her face full of surprise, and her voice unconsciously increased, "You did this yourself." This attracted the eldest aunt and the third aunt who were chatting on the side to look over.
The second aunt shared with them urgently, holding the chestnut cake in her hand and pointing to several other dishes on the dining table and saying, "Xiaoxi said, they made them themselves, and I thought they bought them on the street."
The other two aunts were a little suspicious, "Really?" Although they were just chatting and hadn't tasted it, they looked really good.
The two of them picked up a piece from the dishes on the dining table. After tasting it, they both smiled with satisfaction, "It's really delicious, like I bought it from the street."
"Xiu." Sangu's eyes were red, and he grabbed Xiaoxi's hand and smiled like a wolf grandmother. "Xiu, do you know how these are done?"
Xiaoxi continued to nod his head calmly, "I know!" He blinked his eyes and said that I was innocent.
The third aunt's eyes became brighter, "Then can you teach me how to do it?"
Because Sangu cooks well and she also loves cooking, she saw that the food on the table was made by Xiaoxi and the others. She felt like a hungry wolf saw a piece of fat meat, and she grabbed Xiaoxi's hand and asked her to teach herself to make these pastries.
Xiaoxi couldn't help but have a cold war, nodded blankly, and then said, "Okay!"
Then I simply found a stool and sat down, and started to dictate it.
Although the eldest and second aunts on the side did not like cooking as much as the third aunt, as a housewife, it was still good to master one more skill. So both of them held their ears, listened carefully, remembered, and learned.
When several aunts were about to leave, Mr. Chen took out a few plastic bags and gave them two bags each.
One bag filled three kilograms of grapes, one bag filled some date cakes, chestnut cakes, etc.
When I gave it, I said something more, "This bag contains grapes, I bought it yesterday when I was driving the county town. This bag contains date cakes, chestnut cakes, etc." He said, "This is taken back for the children to eat", and they were unable to refuse.
Chapter completed!