He was betrayed at the beginning, from a cake seller to a wealthy person

Lu Yan's bacon pancakes cost six cents each, and they sold quite well. Although some people were not able to accept the bacon they tried, most people thought it was fresh.

Mainly because this is the last day to set up the stall. The Chinese New Year is getting closer and closer, except for those selling New Year’s goods, almost no one comes out.

Today is already twenty-two. Twenty-three, the sugar melon is sticky. On the [-]rd day of the twelfth lunar month, it was time to worship the stove. Lu Yan closed the stall and went to the candy shop to buy sugar melons and sesame candies.

In some places, the number of sacrifices to the stove is twenty-four, in other places it is twenty-three. In the north, it is mostly twenty-three. The Lu family has already prepared things. On this day, the Kitchen God was going to heaven to report his work. He was afraid that he would say bad things and would glue his mouth shut, so all he prepared was sticky food. The Stove King's niche is in the kitchen, where freshly fried sesame balls, sugar cakes, sesame candies and sugar melons have been laid out for a long time.

After the Stove Lord has finished eating the sugar melons, it’s time for others to eat them. Neither Mrs. Xu nor Boss Lu liked eating it. Lu Yan didn't like it because it stuck to her teeth, so she let Lu Sheng eat it all. Yinzi was a dog that had to chew on everything, so Lu Sheng tricked him and gave him a bite, and then Yinzi's teeth were stuck together. The whole dog was stunned, whining in anxiety, and couldn't open its mouth.

Lu Sheng laughed loudly beside him and was hit hard by Xu several times.

Twenty-four, clean the house. The carpenter shop where Boss Lu worked was also closed, and everyone gathered at home for cleaning.

Also on this day, my aunt's car arrived. My aunt's family is in good condition, so she is the first to receive annual gifts. My uncle opened a cloth shop, and every year as an annual gift, he would send several pieces of cloth to Lu Sheng's four treasures of the study, as well as two strips of dried bacon. Mrs. Xu returned to the house with the cloth in her arms, preparing to cut some new clothes for her family.

In previous years, the Lu family didn't have much money, so although they tried their best to give back gifts, they were still a little shabby. This year Lu Yan tried her best to stuff things into the car. A handful of dried sausages, half spicy and half sweet, a large piece of smoked meat wrapped in oil paper, a chicken and a duck that had been frozen in the yard for two days after being slaughtered, and a basket of pickled and oily sausages. Salted duck eggs, a small jar of sauerkraut with instructions for eating it, a bamboo tube containing Spring Festival couplets and the word "Fu" written by Lu Sheng, and two square pieces of soap, also with instructions for use...

Seeing the Lu family moving one by one into the car, the driver was shocked.

"My family has done some small business this year, and we have more money than in previous years. Please don't worry, sister and brother-in-law. Everyone is fine." Boss Lu told the coachman.

The rickshaw driver from her aunt's house left, and Lu Yan felt that the Song family and her grandmother's house should also go to see him off. Both houses had the same specifications as their aunt's house. Lu Yan and Lu Sheng loaded their things into the car and drove off in the donkey cart.

It didn't take long to arrive in the town, and soon arrived at the Song family. There were a lot of people coming and going in the Song family years ago. The door was wide open and the concierge was busy welcoming people and sending them off.

Lu Sheng and Lu Yan didn't go inside either. They took their names and wrote down the gift list at the door, put down their things and left.

My grandmother's home was in Xujia Village under Fenglu Town, not close to Yuan Town, but not too far from the county seat. The two of them drove for more than an hour and finally arrived.

When the two arrived, the old lady was sitting in the courtyard basking in the sun. Lu Sheng jumped out of the car and shouted: "Grandma!"

When the old lady saw Lu Sheng, her eyes lit up and she hurriedly said, "Oh, why is my eldest grandson here?" Seeing Lu Yan, he hesitated: "This is it?"

Lu Sheng and Lu Yan looked at each other, feeling that it was difficult to explain their relationship to the old man.

"This is the daughter-in-law my father has chosen for me. I brought her here especially for you to see." Lu Sheng said.

Lu Yan then called her grandma.

Grandma's eyes narrowed when she smiled, and she kept saying "good". He called his son and grandson out to unload the truck together.

My eldest cousin happened to be at home too. He was a strong man, a head taller than Lu Sheng and Lu Yan. He was called cousin in a simple and honest manner.

Several people unloaded things from the car. Grandma looked at them and muttered: "Why did you bring so many things this year? There are too many."

Lu Sheng told the old lady how to eat various things: "This meat is smoked, and the rolls are delicious; this sausage is half spicy and half sweet; this pickled cabbage can be used as fish or noodles, and this Soap, this is not for eating, it is used like pig pancreas, for washing clothes and washing hands... These foods are all made by Lu Yan, they are delicious, you guys have a try."

The old lady smiled so hard that she insisted on staying for the two of them to eat, but Lu Sheng and Lu Yan both refused.

"I just came to give you something. We will come again after the new year."

When leaving, the old lady also tried her best to put things on the donkey cart, including home-pickled radish and mustard mustard, steamed steamed buns, flower rolls and bean buns. My cousin also went hunting in the mountains and caught a lot of good things. He gave two rabbits and a pheasant, and took them with him. I came with a basket of salted duck eggs and left with a basket of raw eggs.

Lu Yan It was getting late when Lu Sheng drove the car to the village. When they got home, Mrs. Xu and Mr. Lu had almost finished the cleaning. Except for Lu Sheng and Lu Yan's own house, everything else was scrubbed clean. .

When Mrs. Xu saw the two people coming back, she put her hands on her hips and looked at them suspiciously: "Did you choose to send things today just to avoid being lazy?"

...and was discovered.

Lu Sheng and Lu Yan looked at each other, the two of them rummaged around the house and ran out again.

Just now on the road, Lu Yan said she wanted to eat grilled fish. Lu Sheng said the river was frozen now, and Lu Yan said it would be better if it froze.

The two of them carried their things and ran straight to Cuihe.

There is a layer of ice on the river, neither too thin nor too thick.

Lu Yan took a pot of freshly boiled water and slowly poured it on the ice, creating a hole. Lu Sheng took a candle, lit it and stood beside the cave. Lu Yan cut a piece of minced meat from the kitchen, picked up a branch from the ground, tied the meat with a thread, and put it into the hole.

The fish had been in a state of not being full since the water surface froze. Now there was a place with food and light. It quickly swam over and bit the hook immediately. Lu Yan quickly rushed over and took the fish out of the hole.

The two of them carried the fish home.

Lu Yan went home and processed the fish. After marinating it, she added the prepared sauce and put it in the oven to bake. While roasting, she stir-fried the fish sauce with chili and sauce. She also cut the radish, potatoes and sweet potatoes into cubes and blanched them with water. Serve as a side dish.

Lu Yan took out her all-purpose noodle pot and lit the charcoal. The side dishes are first placed on the bottom of the pot, the fish is grilled until it is nine-cook, placed on the side dishes, and then the sauce is poured in. The sauce came to a boil in a short while, and the fish was completely cooked in the simmering of the sauce. The family sat in a circle around the steaming grilled fish in the room, and all moved their chopsticks.

The thin and tender snow-white fish meat is delicious and spicy when dipped in the soup, and the vegetables at the bottom of the pot that have soaked up the soup are not inferior at all. After finishing the fish, you still have to eat noodles in the rich soup to be completely satisfied.

Grilled fish

It started to snow again outside at some point, and the well-fed family slumped on their chairs and didn't want to move. Mrs. Xu ordered Lu Sheng and Lu Yan to clean the room tomorrow. Lu Sheng stood up, took the pot and left, hiding directly in the kitchen.