American Ranch

Chapter 287

In the past few days, the new year's goods have been prepared. According to the local practice, Qin Yi's family also has some preparations for the New Year: steamed jujube mountains and jujube flowers, stewed meat, boiled soup, fried noodles, fried meatballs, fish nuggets and chicken block tofu
The busy work of Datong opened the eyes of Susa and Keluo, who are celebrating the new year for the first time.

In particular, the variety of jujube steamed buns, under the hands of Qin’s mother and Qin’s father, a ball of dough, cut with a knife and rolled, shaped into the image of flowers or butterflies, matched with red dates, warm and festive !
It caused the two daughters to be amazed, made Qin Yi's parents laugh, the family was in harmony, endless joy, endless happiness!

According to the tradition of Qin Yi's hometown, Zaoshan is dedicated to the gods, and Zaohua is a married daughter. When returning home in the new year, the parents give the daughter a gift, which has some meaning of happiness and happiness. It is a blessing to the daughter. .

Therefore, these two are must-haves for the New Year.

Even though machine-made steamed buns are popular now, most families still stick to the tradition and choose to make these food with emotional sustenance by themselves.

If Zaoshan jujube flowers are emotional sustenance, then stewed meat, fried pasta and the like are completely celebrations for a busy year and a harvest.

These big fish and meat are very tasty when marinated and stewed, so they are naturally very popular with Angel.

In particular, the ingredients brought back from the ranch are already delicious, and Qin's mother and the old couple have decades of cooking experience. The heat and ingredients are already proficient, even better than Qin Yi.

Therefore, the soup is thick and moist, and the meat is rotten and crispy, making the little girl sit on the sofa and don't want to move!

Seeing the cute little granddaughter lying on the sofa, humming and chirping, the old couple were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths from ear to ear.

In fact, in the first two days after returning home, the food made by Qin's mother still didn't suit the tastes of Susa and Keluo.

After all, it was the first time the two sides met, and Qin's mother didn't know everyone's taste habits. It was always inevitable to put too much salt and too little ingredients.

However, the two daughters helped Qin's mother. After cooking a few meals, Qin's mother took control of the heat, and the meals she made every time were loved by everyone.

Ke Luo also took the opportunity to learn how to cook from Qin's mother. Not to mention, she really learned a few dishes in a few days. Although the appearance is not good, the taste is still good.

Qin Yi's parents are even more happy. The daughters-in-law are well-behaved and sensible, and help cook all day long. These days, there is no happiness!

They do know that the daughter-in-law of someone else in the village, let alone let her cook, if you cook it for her and serve it to her, she won't give you a good face!
There is no comparison with my own daughter-in-law!
She is satisfied with her two daughters-in-law and her little granddaughter from the bottom of her heart. She changes her pattern every day and cooks local and delicious food.

She especially remembers some dishes that the two girls like, and cooks one or two dishes from time to time, making the two girls want to eat fat!

Happy days always pass by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the time has come to the 29th of the twelfth lunar month.

There is no thirty in the twelfth lunar month this year, so 29 is New Year's Eve.

Early in the morning, some families with good conditions set off firecrackers, crackling, filling the air with the smell of gunpowder.

And the warm atmosphere of celebrating the new year has been brewing more and more intensely.

As a habit developed in the ranch, Qin Yi and the others woke up very early, and it was the same today. Everyone lost sleepiness around 6 o'clock.

But now the house is really fine, and it's cold, the bed is really comfortable, so Qin is rarely lazy, hugging Susa and Ke Luo, lying on the bed and whispering.

Naturally, some hands-on work was unavoidable.

When he was sleeping last night, this guy pulled the two girls into his room. They hadn't done anything shameful for a few days, and the three of them were thinking about it, and they were busy until late.

But with a happy body and mind, coupled with a few hours of deep sleep, you will still be energetic and radiant in the morning!
The three of them hid on the bed, talked about love, chatted about gossip, leisurely, and didn't get up until after seven o'clock.

Today was the last market of the year. After breakfast, Qin Yi's parents planned to go to the market to see if there were any omissions and buy some more.

Qin Yi wanted to drive them there, but his parents didn't let them. They walked and chatted with five or six neighbors, and they had a lot of fun.

And the market is in the next village, one or two miles away, so Qin Yi didn't insist.

It's also good to be active, take more walks to stay healthy.

The sun rose in the morning, and Qin Yi took his women and children, sitting in the yard to bask in the sun, warm and relaxing, and it was mid-noon, it was time to put up door paintings!

Susa and Ke Luo cut it out, while Qin Yi hugged Angel and asked the little girl to paste it by herself.

This task made the little girl very happy, because she felt that she had also participated in the work of the adults and felt very fulfilled.

The whole family is full of enthusiasm. There are more than a dozen rooms upstairs and downstairs, as well as on the car, on the small trees in the yard, and on the outer walls of the house. Door paintings, couplets, blessing characters, etc. are all posted, and the festive charm of the New Year is even more impressive. Enough!
The old couple who went to the market to check for gaps and make up for omissions also came back. Seeing Angel's excellent work, they naturally praised her and made the little girl smile.

At noon on New Year's Eve, naturally every household set off firecrackers, and Qin Yi's house also had a long string of red crackles all over the ground, making the little girl cover her ears and cheer.

After setting off the firecrackers, it is naturally time to eat.

The meals are not fancy, just stir-fry some meat and vegetable dishes, and then a soup of water chestnuts and white fungus, the whole family sits around the table and eats it refreshingly.

Especially the water chestnut and white fungus soup. The little girl had never eaten water chestnuts in the United States. The sweet and crisp taste attracted her all of a sudden, and she drank two full bowls!
This water chestnut was bought by Qin's mother in the morning. Seeing that the little girl likes it now, she said that she bought it right!
Afterwards, she made boiled water chestnuts and found a peeler for Angel to eat!
This made the little girl very happy. The peeled water chestnuts were white and round, crisp and refreshing, and they squeaked!

But Susa didn't want Mother Qin to spoil the little girl, so she let the little girl do it herself.

Ever since, Angel pouted her little butt, peeled off one by herself and ate one, enjoying herself.

Fortunately, Qin's mother soaked the water chestnuts in warm water, otherwise it would be cold!

The afternoon is naturally the time to make dumplings. This Susa is good at it, and Ke Luo is also good at it.

So, Qin's father went out to play cards, Qin Yi took over the job of rolling the dough, and Qin's mother brought Susa and Ke Luo to chat and make dumplings.

Angel was not idle, and happily performed singing, dancing and other programs for everyone. For a while, the adults were all smiles.

Looking at the happy family, Qin's mother secretly sighed: this year is really lucky, people and wealth are prosperous!

This year has never been so comfortable!

Dumplings are not all fillings, of course.

Qin's mother and Qin's father naturally like pork and radish stuffing, Qin Yi likes eggs with leeks the most, and Susa and Keluo have the same taste-spinach eggs!
Add a sweet potato vermicelli tofu stuffing specially prepared by Qin's mother, and there are several kinds of fillings at once, which makes Angel bend her eyebrows with a smile. After all, eating so many dumplings with different flavors at the same time is a big deal for her, a snack foodie. What happiness!
During the process, Mother Qin found some coins, washed them, made dumplings with the stuffing, and explained to her daughters-in-law: "Whoever eats them will get rich next year!"

As soon as these words came out, not only they, but even Angel also looked forward to it.

It's not for making a fortune, it's just for fun!

Naturally, the dumplings were saved for tomorrow, but the dinner tonight did not disappoint Angel in the slightest—chicken, duck, fish, meat and vegetable dishes, pastries and fruits, sweet and salty soup, etc., were placed on the big table, very rich!
Qin's mother brought her daughters-in-law and granddaughter to drink juice, and Qin Yi accompanied Qin's father to drink two glasses. A sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner made the whole family have a lively and warm meal.

(End of this chapter)