90: The mother of the little cannon fodder in the control group is reborn

Even if the two of them are brothers, it won't sound good if this news spreads! The families had separated eight hundred years ago, and they were already two families.

"Ah."

Hua Lingling ate her meal alone, watching the two children finish the vermicelli in the dish with just a few chopsticks, and then went to bake a large portion for the two of them so that the two children could eat enough.

"Thank you, little maid!"

Chao Shuxiang thanked Hua Lingling sweetly, her smile was so sweet that even Cai Fanghong was a little jealous.

Her daughter-in-law didn't smile so...cheekily at her sister-in-law?

Didn't you read it wrong?

How could Cai Fanghong understand that a little girl would envy other people's good mothers, especially this good mother who she could see often and who would treat her as well as her own daughter, allowing her to temporarily enjoy the morning she envied? She was very content with the same treatment as Shu Yu.

Therefore, she likes Hua Lingling very much and likes to come here often. She even looks forward to coming here every day...

Hua Lingling didn't know what her niece was thinking. She thought, for this meal, she just made cabbage stewed with tofu, and the rest were leftovers. It didn't cost much, and heating the food was just a matter of a fire. She grew it. Food and vegetables could not be exchanged for five hundred yuan all year round, but now she had a thousand yuan. Today, when the whole family came over for dinner, she suddenly felt indifferent.

With a good attitude and no worries, the meal was as harmonious as ever.

At least that's what Hua Lingling thinks.

I don't know whether it was because they were afraid of catching a cold from Chao Mingyue, or because Chao Mingyue and the others were simply considerate of Chao Mingyue's illness. Their family left very early today. After dinner, they sat down for a while before leaving.

Chao Mingyue went to the kang and changed the positions of his own bedding and Hua Lingling's bedding, and consciously placed the pillow to the south, preparing to sleep with Hua Lingling on both sides.

Hua Lingling thought about it and added two more fires to the stove. She was not afraid that the end of the kang was not hot enough. Anyway, the guy was just trying to cover her sweat. She was only afraid that the end of the kang would get cold in the middle of the night and she would wake up from the cold. She really didn't want to Experience the feeling of sleeping in an ice cave again.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but think of Chao Shuyu again, and couldn't help but persuade:

"Xiao Yu, it's too cold to sleep in your room. Let's sleep on the kang tonight to keep it warm."

Chao Shuyu was naturally unwilling.

When I wake up, it's New Year's Eve.

Early in the morning, Chao Shuyu was picked up by his father and asked her to help him put up Spring Festival couplets.

At this time, the Spring Festival couplets were pasted with paste, flour and water were stirred and boiled for a while, and then wiped on the door with the head of a rice broom, and then the Spring Festival couplets could be pasted.

One held the two corners of the Spring Festival couplets, moved them left and right, adjusted them up and down and asked:

"Is it crooked?"

"Are they aligned?"

The other one stood two meters away, tilting his head left or right, or squinting his eyes and reaching out to gesture, and responded:

"The left side is higher, point it down, point it down again, that's it!"

"It's not even, point it up, no, it's over, point it down again!"

The village was full of similar shouts for posting Spring Festival couplets, and there was unprecedented joy in the voices.

Not only do Spring Festival couplets need to be pasted on the door, but also window grilles need to be pasted on the windows. Those who are handy buy red paper and cut it themselves. Hua Lingling was very handy when she was young, and the window grilles she cut are more beautiful than those sold at the supermarket. My hands are too tired to hold the scissors all the time, and there are too many things to be busy with at the end of the year, otherwise I would sell them on the market to make money.

On this day, Hua Lingling wants to make dumplings. Chao Shuyu, who loves to play with mud, also likes to play with dough. When Hua Lingling steamed steamed buns two days ago, she also made a few dumplings. When she was a child, she also made strange shapes. Of course, I will not be idle today. I have made a bunch of dumplings that will definitely reveal the fillings. Hua Lingling is going to put them on the briquette stove to steam them later.

Originally, Chao Mingyue couldn't hide and relax, but he happened to catch a cold yesterday, and his mentality was a little fragile. He grumbled and didn't even want to eat breakfast. After posting the Spring Festival couplets, he kept lying on the bed beside the kang to sleep.

Today, Hua Lingling made a large pot of noodles, chopped two cabbage stalks, chopped several kilograms of meat, and prepared dumplings stuffed with cabbage and meat.

Roll out a large dough, fold it and cut it into palm-width pieces, then fold it into long strips and cut the outer and inner parts into trapezoid-shaped dough. The dumplings will be shaped like ingots.

Knead the remaining edges and corners into a cylindrical shape. Use your left hand to rub it back and forth along with the cutting action. Then sprinkle with flour and flatten the cut dough. Finally, use a rolling pin to roll it into a round dough and wrap it. The dumplings come out in the shape of ears.

Hua Lingling taught Chaoshu Yu how to make dumplings step by step.

"That's it, put the stuffing here, then roll it up, pick the middle with your fingers, and finally bring the two sides together and pinch it, and it's done!"

"Here, put the filling in the middle, pinch the middle part of the dough together, then fold the right side a little like this and pinch it, fold it a little more and pinch it again, and pinch the left side the same way."

"Mom, look at the dumplings I made. Are they better than the ones I made when I was a kid?"

"Mom, am I better than my sister?"

Chao Shuyu asked Hua Lingling for praise as always.

"Yeah! Xiaoyu's bag is the best!"

Hua Lingling still praised her daughter without any bottom line. She praised her so much that Chao Shuyu became more energetic and smiled brighter than flowers.

One curtain, two curtains, three curtains...

There are a lot of dumplings to make, one in the evening and another in the morning. You also have to put washed coins into the dumplings. Three of the largest five-cent pieces are wrapped, so it stands to reason that each person can share one.

Of course, whether you can eat it depends on your luck. Hua Lingling has always been the one who can't eat it. She is used to it, but she also looks forward to it every year.

Fortune, who doesn’t want it?

In the afternoon, men will form a group to visit the graves of their ancestors. Women and girls are not allowed to participate. Although Chao Shuyu has always been curious and wanted to follow to watch the fun, he has never been allowed to go there on this day.

Chao Mingyue was still brave, so Hua Lingling could only do the preparations for visiting the grave. She had to prepare the food and paper money to support the ancestors. After dividing them up, she waited for the time to call Chao Mingyue.

At around three o'clock, a cousin of Chao Mingyue came over.

"Chao Mingyue! Chao Mingyue! Let's go!"

People started shouting before they even reached the gate. They put the poles down as soon as they entered the courtyard, and started looking for people as soon as they entered the house.

"Brothers and sisters, where is Yue Ren from Chaoming? I heard from my eldest brother that he has a cold. I'll come find him and visit the grave together."

"He's lying in the house."

Hua Lingling raised her chin and gestured toward the back room.

"Chao Mingyue, you can't do it! Hahahahaha! Look at you, your little body is worse than that of a child. You can't even compare to your eldest niece. How embarrassing!"

Chao Minghui laughed loudly.