"Zwei." answered without surprise at all.

I remember that when I was a child, I rarely ate any snacks at home, such as fruit fruit and crispy meat. I only ate them once or twice a year. So when I get to the house, I will be very strange. I will hang on the stove and ask: "Mother-in-law, why are you fried these fruits?"

Grandma Chen would not answer seriously every time, and would say, "Take it to Zwei."

Then Xiaoxi would ask seriously: "What is Zwei doing?"

Grandma Chen continued: "If the pond is collapsed, what if it is not blocked, what if it is leaked?"

Xiaoxi frowned and said, "Ah~ the pond has collapsed again." His tone was very disappointed. He took all these to the zwei, what should he eat?

"Then why don't the others go to Zwei, I want you to go." That's not the pond of their family.

This made Grandma Chen laugh and said nothing.

There is a edge of the weir pond. If it collapses, it must be blocked by stones and soil, otherwise it will leak.

Now I think it's funny, but I actually believed it at that time. Later, when I asked this, Grandma Chen still said this, but Xiaoxi no longer believed it at that time, and she smiled and said nothing.

My mother-in-law still said this as usual, and Xiaoxi quickly buried her head and smiled silently.

It's great, I live a lifetime again, and I will experience these memories that are almost gone again. Wiping the tears in my eyes, Xiaoxi tried hard to raise the corners of his mouth, laughed silently, and continued to cook the pot. It will be different. In this life, she will no longer escape, and will live wonderfully.

Grandma Chen looked up at Xiaoxi who was cooking a pot in front of the stove. She didn't know why she was so happy that she was getting grinning at the corner of her ears. But she felt that she was very different from the previous smile, but she didn't know what was different.

I didn't think much about it and continued to work hard.

After another hour of busyness, it was finally over. The stream collected half a basket of lean meat and pork ribs, and a basket of eggplant crispy meat.

Put the colander in the left hand, place it on the iron basin, and hold the pot with the right hand, scoop oil in the pot and pour it into the colander, and filter out the flour residue at the bottom of the pot.

Seeing that it was over, the glutinous rice had been soaking for more than two hours. Xiaoxi got up and scooped water, and took out more than twenty lotus roots. After all, there was a pot of glutinous rice soaked.

Carefully cut off the joints of the lotus roots to prevent the lotus root holes from being exposed. Throw them into the basin and clean all the small gaps carefully.

It is more convenient for her to use a knife to peel lotus roots. For her, it is better to use a knife for peeling.

"Sister, what are you doing? I'll help you." Chen Yubin, who was sitting by the fire, saw Xiaoxi busy working in front of the chopping board, ran over and said on the chopping board.

"It's just right for you to come, take that little knife over." Xiaoxi glanced at the little knife not far from the chopping board, and signaled him to take it over.

"Come on, help me peel the skins of these lotus roots. I'll use them later." After the stream had peeled the lotus roots, they used a kitchen knife to cut them off two or three centimeters at both ends of the lotus root and the lotus root stems, and put them aside and use them later.

Because these lotus roots are produced in space, they are particularly thick and half longer than ordinary lotus roots, so in order to facilitate the filling of glutinous rice, they are cut on both sides.

I cleaned the water soaked in glutinous rice, brought it to the chopping board, and smoked a pair of clean chopsticks, and the stream started to fill the glutinous rice.

While filling, I also poked it with chopsticks from time to time. Because the lotus root is long, I put glutinous rice from both sides. One part of the lotus root is filled, and I took it to the lotus root cover that was cut off on the side and closed it...

Alas~ Why did I forget it? I slapped my forehead in annoyance, put down my work, Xiaoxi climbed from the stairs of the bedroom to the second floor, and found the bamboo strips that Mr. Chen had chopped in the house where the miscellaneous items were placed.

These are all left over from Mr. Chen’s handwriting and memorizing, so they were placed upstairs.

They were all five or six meters long, and they pulled one at random, and went downstairs to look for bamboo knife. But after searching for a long time, they couldn't find it, so they dragged the bamboo strips back to the kitchen.

"Sister, where did you go? Without saying a word, I'm leaving me alone here to help you peel lotus roots." As soon as Xiaoxi entered the door, Chen Yubin saw it and couldn't help complaining. "What are you doing with this bamboo strip?"

"Hehe... I forgot something just now and went to find it." Xiaoxi remembered that Chen Yubin came to help, but she left him and ran away, then touched her head and smiled embarrassedly.

"Just this in your hand? What do you want it to do?" What are you going to do with a chopped bamboo strip?

Xiaoxi looked at the things in his hand, "No, it hasn't been done yet." He took the things and walked to Mr. Chen, "Master, where is the bamboo knife? I searched for a while but couldn't find it."

"I'm telling me to put it up, what do you want to do with a bamboo knife?" Looking at the bamboo strips in her hand and asking for a bamboo knife again, Mr. Chen knew what he was going to do, but just asked more questions.

Put the bamboo strips in my hand on the dining table, "Master, I want to use a toothpick, but we don't have one at the end of the house, so I'll find this one. Master, you can help me cut it to such a long time..."

Xiaoxi gestured five or six centimeters long with his thumb and index finger, "I want to use it to insert lotus roots. It's okay to peel it thicker, it's just to be strong. It's too thin."

Mr. Chen smiled and looked at his granddaughter gesturing in front of him, "Okay, just call me." Then he stood up with his knees, "I'll get a knife."

Xiaoxi covered her mouth and giggled, "Hehe..."

Back to the chopping board, Chen Yubin had already peeled four or five lotus roots. Xiaoxi used the peeled lotus roots and continued to fill the glutinous rice.

"Sister, do you think we really want to go to the county town tomorrow?" Chen Yubin leaned over to Xiaoxi and whispered. He was still worried because until now, Mr. Chen has not revealed any news, saying that he would go to the county town tomorrow.

"Yes, I promise." Xiaoxi raised his right hand and looked at him sincerely, pledging.

"That's good, that's good." Chen Yubin nodded, looking at finally reassuring. Return to his original position.

Xiaoxi looked at him and said that if it weren't for the inconvenience of his hands, he would have patted his chest. He was very helpless. He had been thinking about this for most of the day.

"Sister." Come over again.

Xiaoxi rolled his eyes upwards and rolled his eyes. However, Chen Yubin's eyes were on the lotus root and knife in his hand, but he didn't notice it.

"Hmm?" She could only hear helplessly, and the movement of putting glutinous rice in her hand was not slow at all.

"Sister, do you think the cannons and fireworks sold in the county are more than Longyan?" Chen Yubin said excitedly.

"Absolutely, the county town is so big and there are so many people, so there must be many types of selling."

"Ah~ Then I will buy a lot of cannons, so many, and fireworks." Chen Yubin's eyes lit up, he put down the lotus root and knife in his hand, and gestured with his hands.

However, when I thought of something, the spirit in my eyes became dim a little bit, "Sister, how many cannons will you agree to us to buy? I want to buy a land rat (the monkey who swept the sky), wipe the cannons, smash the cannons, fireworks..." I counted carefully with my fingers.

If you wipe the cannon, like a match, you can ignite it by rubbing it on the sandpaper on the paper box. It is very powerful, and Xiaoxi is more afraid of this and basically doesn't play with it.

Breaking a cannon is very simple. You just need to hit the ground hard and it will sound. The danger is not great. She just plays with this, only one dollar per box, which is both cheap, safe and fun.

The fireworks are actually flashing thunder. A thin cylinder, held in your hand, ignited it and rushed into the sky. It still looks a bit like a firework, but the time is too short, only a few sounds.

But this was the best thing for them at that time during the Chinese New Year. If they heard that some family was setting off fireworks at night, the whole family would squeeze in the yard and wait and see until the end.

Because at that time, boxes of fireworks were sold too expensive, and most people were reluctant to buy them unless they were having a big birthday or had a happy event and bought a few boxes and set them up at night, and everyone was busy together.

A college student is to do a birthday or something.

Therefore, such small fireworks in cylinders are the most popular during the Chinese New Year. Basically, every household will buy one (four or five) for the children to play with, and leave it until the 30th night or the first and second night of the New Year.

"I want to buy more in every way, I want to play enough... I want to buy two ground rats, no, not enough, buy three fireworks. I also want to buy more, how many... Sister, what should I do if I don't buy it for me?" Chen Yubin frowned, and his hands were hanging helplessly on the edge of the basin, and he couldn't count them.

"You are stupid. Grandpa doesn't buy it for you. Don't you know if you buy it secretly. Why are you leaving your money? You're a kid?" Xiaoxi couldn't stand it and couldn't help but point out.

"Besides, you bought it and hid it in the jade perch, but he didn't know. When you take it out and play during the Chinese New Year, even if your grandfather knows it, he will not say anything about you again when he buys it during the Chinese New Year."

Chen Yubin turned his head and looked at Xiaoxi excitedly, and said excitedly: "Sister, you have a good idea. Why did I forget that I have a jade pendant?"

Carefully take out the storage jade pendant hidden in the sweater, rub it repeatedly with your fingertips, then stuffed it back into the sweater, put your hands on the jade pendant on your chest, and said sincerely: "It's so convenient to have this thing." Through the sweater, you can also carefully describe the outline of the Pixiu.

"But by then, we have to follow grandpa, and he will definitely not let us run around." One problem solved the other problem one after another.

"Hehe... sister, then you must help me then." He blinked his eyes and looked at the stream pitifully. He felt that his sister would definitely think of a solution.

If it weren't for the time being, Xiaoxi would have poked his forehead viciously, and he would be looking for trouble all day. Although he didn't have time to take action, he still gritted his teeth and said, "Okay."

After solving this, I turned around and thought to myself, "When the time comes, I will go to the county town. If you see something delicious and you haven't eaten before, buy more and put it in the space. Anyway, I have money." I patted the jade pendant with satisfaction again.

Alas~ If I hadn't stopped you, you would have a lot of money and you would still be so magnificent. Now you are still here, cut it~

"Xiaoxi, can you see these?" Mr. Chen placed all the peeled bamboo sticks on the dining table and called Xiaoxi to take a look.
Chapter completed!