Reborn Soul: Me and My Family

When they were almost at the courtyard, they heard a few dogs barking occasionally. They walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard and Ouyang Yan quickly put down the bamboo basket in her hand.

He took out the key from his waist and opened the gate. Once the two of them entered, he put the frame outside the courtyard on the ground.

Ouyang Yan quickly closed and locked the gate, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. When she entered the village,

Everyone was worried, fearing that they would be seen by early-rising villagers and neighbors, which would cause unnecessary trouble.

When they went out just now, the wind outside felt like a knife cutting their faces, and the temperature was obviously different from the previous few days.

It was too cold outside. If I hadn't had something on my body and hands, I would have been frozen stiff when I went out.

The three of them quickly carried the things into the kitchen, turned on the light and closed the kitchen door.

This time, I carefully looked at the supplies on the ground. The rabbits in the boxes alone weighed more than ten pounds each.

A whole sheep, fish, goose, chicken, pork, beef, and the frame is filled with ingredients for various stews.

One pack each of black fungus, shiitake mushrooms, millet, apples, pears, fresh tomatoes, white fungus, lotus seeds, and longans.

About 6 kilograms of sugar, brown sugar, red dates, glutinous rice and glutinous rice flour were prepared, and even several kilograms of yam were prepared.

"Qingqing~this is too much! This is what you agreed with others last time."

What was prepared today was indeed a bit exaggerated, and Ouyang Qing spoke out the speech he had prepared long ago.

"Sister Yanyan, this channel was actually told to me by my father. I just found out today that the person in charge here and the person in charge of our family are actually from the same family.

The last time I talked to them, I didn’t ask for so many things. The older sister today said that several of these things were sent by my dad to us for New Year’s dinner.

I only found out about this when we met today. You see, these spices and things we haven’t bought before were all brought here by my mother.”

After hearing her say this, Ouyang Yan and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief. They only had three mouths to feed, plus the third brother, there were only four people.

The food from the past few days plus today is enough for them to eat for a long time. My uncle and aunt are really thoughtful.

He even asked someone to send something over from such a long distance. Now that I know the reason, there is nothing to worry about.

The sisters quickly cleaned up the mess. "Qingqing, there are still some yam. I'll make you some yam and red date cake today."

They were naturally happy to have new flavors of cakes. After Ouyang Yan put the chickens in the chicken coop, she looked at the rabbits and felt troubled.

"Qingqing~ We can't eat these rabbits for now. Killing them won't be as tasty as fresh meat. Let's just keep them alive."

Ouyang Qing had already made plans when he was preparing last night. Rabbit meat is still fresh and delicious.

How nice it would be to have a pot of fresh rabbit meat in the middle of winter!

"How about this, rabbits like to dig holes, so we can put them in the bathroom next to the wall for the time being, and then go to Carpenter Tian's house.

We bought a fence and built a nest for the rabbits with hay. We kept it clean and it would not be a problem for them to keep the rabbits there for a while.

My mother also asked someone to bring me a recipe for rabbit meat. How about we make a fresh pot of rabbit meat today?"

Hearing that there was a new dish, the two foodies agreed with both hands. They were already tired of feeling sleepy.

"Qingqing, this rabbit frame is great. When we buy the fence, we can put hay in the big frame.

Anyway, the chicken coop is big enough, and a big goose can be kept in one cage. We can deal with it on New Year's Eve. What do you two think? "

The frame can be lifted up when it is made, and the opening on the top is just right for putting the geese in to raise them. Ouyang Qing thinks this is a good idea.

Then they only need to prepare the fish and a rabbit today. "Sister Yanyan, your idea is very good. This way, if you want to eat it, we can prepare it on the same day."

Xiang Xiaoqing put all the things that can be used to make cakes in her room, "Are you hungry? Let's just eat something in the morning. Let's clean up the fish first."

Ouyang Qing took the initiative to boil water, planning to have some dumplings for breakfast, and then took out the casserole for stewing soup.

"What kind of soup do you want to drink at noon? You can use the small stove to stew it first. Sister Yanyan has these fresh meats.

You guys can do whatever you want, I'll go to the backyard and get some dumplings."

Xiang Xiaoqing was still thinking about the mutton soup she had two days ago, so she hurriedly said, "Let's drink the mutton soup!

How about we make chicken soup while it's still fresh on New Year's Eve?"

The two of them quickly agreed and got the answer they wanted. Xiang Xiaoqing began to prepare the ingredients for making cakes.

"Then wait until Sister Yanyan finishes using the knife, then we'll go and deal with the fish. I'll prepare the ingredients for the pastry.

Let’s try to make a few different kinds of pastries for everyone to try. Let’s send this New Year’s gift one day early!

This way they can still eat on New Year’s Eve.”

After a busy day in the courtyard, Xiang Xiaoqing's cakes were ready by the evening.

There were mung bean cakes, osmanthus cakes, osmanthus crisps, yam and red date cakes. In order to make these cakes, Xiang Xiaoqing was busy in the kitchen for a whole afternoon.

Three of the pastries were made for the first time, and the two sisters couldn't wait to taste them. While eating, they praised Xiang Xiaoqing until her faces blushed.

Since the cakes were ready, Ouyang Qing and her sister took out the New Year gifts that had been prepared in the room.

The cakes to be sent out were all wrapped in wax paper. They had thought about it in the morning when they were preparing to pack the fish.

This year, I sent a fish to each family. Last time, Aunt Qiao and her friends came just in time for the educated youth incident.

They were also educated youth, and they had to rely on these two families for many things in the village, even though they had the relationship with their eldest brother.

The proper etiquette is still there. Last time I went to the mountains, everyone took me with them. We had to go back to work soon after the Chinese New Year.

By then, they will have to rely on these two families for help in everything, so the New Year gifts they prepared this time are relatively generous.

There were two servings of four kinds of pastries, cigarettes, wine, brown sugar, and fish. They were afraid of being seen by villagers if they went out too early, so they deliberately chose a later time to go out.

At this time, the small roads in the village were empty, but children's laughter and adults' voices could often be heard coming from the villagers' homes.

The journey was very smooth and we arrived at the doors of the two houses in a short while. We had agreed when we came that we would go to the village chief's house first.

Looking in from outside the courtyard wall, one could still see a faint light in the room. Ouyang Qing walked forward and knocked on the door.

Knock, knock, knock... The three of them waited outside the courtyard gate for a long time before the village chief's wife came to open the door.

The weather has been exceptionally cold these past two days, and the family has gone to bed early. They felt strange when they heard the gate of the courtyard ring.

After all, there were very few people in the village who came to knock on the door at this time. Niu Xiujuan hurriedly put on her cotton coat and trotted out to open the door.

She was stunned for a moment when she opened the gate. Seeing three female educated youth outside the door, Niu Xiujuan hurriedly called them into the house.

"It's Ouyang Zhiqing and Xiang Zhiqing! Why are you here so late? Come on, go inside first. It's too cold outside."

It was so cold. Ouyang Qing and the other two did not intend to go into the house. "Aunt Niu, we are here to give you a New Year gift.

It's too late, so we won't go in. We'll come to your house to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year."