Chen Xiyun's modern life

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Then, Dad Chen and the two uncles took Brother Chen to buy some necessities for the New Year, such as large bundles of firecrackers, fireworks, and some rare ingredients for entertaining guests in the first month, etc.

As for the odds and ends, such as melon seeds and candies, the women in the family will take care of them a few days before New Year's Eve, but these things that require manpower and a lot of money are left to the men in the family!

As for Chen Xiyun and her cousins ​​and sisters, except for cousin Qin, who was the most impatient and ran away long ago, the other children who were instructed by the elders all rushed to the mill next to the village. up!

Grandpa Chen brought a lot of rice to grind it early in the morning, and he is going to make some steamed cakes for the New Year!

In this era, in rural areas, although the problem of food and clothing has been gradually solved, snacks and pocket money are very vague. Therefore, children are very concerned about the steamed cakes, rice cakes, sugar water, and tofu flowers that they occasionally make at home. , I like it very much, those things are their rare 'snacks'!

No, when the adults in the family said that Grandpa Chen was preparing to steam cakes, the children stopped being lazy and went to the mill to help Grandpa Chen bring the rice milk home, so that the old man could start work early Woolen cloth!

It is impossible for Chen Xiyun to be as greedy as other children of the same age, but she also went.Because Mother Chen, Aunt Chen and Aunt Chen are already boiling water for slaughtering chickens and ducks for tonight's reunion dinner to 'add bricks and tiles'!If Chen Xiyun stayed at home, she would definitely not escape the fate of being called to pluck chickens and ducks!

Regardless of whether it was in the past or present, Chen Xiyun never liked to do it!It's not that Chen Xiyun is lazy or looks down on this job, it's just that she really doesn't like the smell of animals after being scalded in boiling water. In addition to her increasingly serious cleanliness, she is even more unwilling to be contaminated by these things!Anyway, there is an old mother at home now, and there will be a supermarket outside to take care of it for you when you go out in the future!

Fortunately, they bought fish at home, and the men were responsible for slaughtering them. Even Chen's mother and the others didn't have to touch them, and Chen Xiyun avoided them even more, otherwise the fishy smell would be enough to make her not want to breathe!

Therefore, Chen Xiyun would rather go to the mill to work as a coolie than stay at home to pluck chicken and duck feathers. Mother Chen has a lot to say about her, but she is very persistent in this aspect!

Sure enough, after returning from the mill, the slaughtering activities at home were over. Chen Xiyun looked at Chen's mother's reproachful eyes, ran over, and took the initiative to take care of the vegetables and other tasks to please her mother!

Before lunch, Father Chen and the others also came back. Although tonight’s reunion dinner is the highlight, it’s New Year’s Eve after all, and the lunch was prepared more elaborately than usual. It's been rumored frequently, Chen Xiyun thinks it's really good!

Although today is New Year's Eve, it's not time to visit relatives, but in the afternoon, apart from the women who continued to make equipment for the New Year's Eve dinner, those elders were already walking around with each other!

No, just as Chen Xiyun took his younger sister to clean up the dining table, several brothers and friends of Father Chen appeared one after another. Not long after, the sound of mahjong collisions began to resound, and the small hall next to the dining room was never quiet all afternoon. , which made Chen Xiyun's heart flutter, and really wanted to go over and touch two of them!

However, it is impossible for her to have a place on the mahjong table at home now. Father Chen has already said that scholars should not touch mahjong, and the family members are forbidden to let her sit on the mahjong table.

Speaking of this, Chen Xiyun was also very depressed!

In fact, it was because Father Chen taught her how to play mahjong when she was a child, and enlightened her!I think back then, when they were in HZ City, their family of five took turns around the mahjong table, how lively it was!

Who knew that after going back to her hometown to study, it was probably because Brother Chen and Brother Chen, the two products of educational failure, made Father Chen a little nervous. He suddenly issued a death order, and she was not allowed to play mahjong during school, saying yes Will it affect your studies?

Then, due to the majesty of Chen's father, when everyone started the stage, they really didn't call her anymore, that Chen Xiyun vomited blood!

Fortunately, after going to the Red Mansion, the idle Chen Xiyun had someone get out this national quintessence, and then promoted it in the Rongguo Mansion, and got addicted to it. In the end, this entertainment item, which was quite rare at the time, was very popular. He was soon discovered by people who know the goods, not only rushed out of the Rongguo Mansion, but also went to various places in the Celestial Dynasty, making a great contribution to the entertainment industry of the Celestial Dynasty!

However, as the most respected ancestor of the Rongguo Mansion, all those who played mahjong with Chen Xiyun were her juniors. They respected her very much, and they would always unite to give her water, hoping that she would win every day and be happy!

However, Chen Xiyun felt that the fun of playing mahjong lies in the unknown of winning or losing!If you haven’t been to the table, you already know that you are sure to win, and you really don’t need this little money. You don’t rely on it for food. Then you will no longer have any interest in this matter.

Therefore, Chen Xiyun would rather practice calligraphy and cook than go to the mahjong table in the later period of his stay in Rongguo Mansion. It is really boring!

But today, it was the first time Chen Xiyun heard the sound of mahjong colliding after returning to the modern age. Coupled with the "memory film" gentleman on the side "stirring the flames", it aroused her enthusiasm for mahjong. Of course Chen Xiyun would Can't stand it!

If playing mahjong in modern times, Chen Xiyun is not the ancestor of any prefecture now, and no one will try to make her win money this time, and she has no net worth now (there is nothing on the surface, a gem in space and antiques), she also has a need for money, so mahjong is even more attractive to her!

It's a pity that before she got close to the small hall, she was seen by Chen's father who came out to pour water. It can be said that she died before she was born, and she was rushed back to the room to read a book by Chen's father very quickly!

Even after dinner, the boys at home played another table of mahjong, but Chen Xiyun didn't get a seat, and he wasn't even allowed to watch it, not to mention how depressed he was!

In the evening, Grandpa Chen’s steamed cakes finally came out. The children at home wanted to eat them wildly, but they were suppressed by Chen’s mother and two aunts. The New Year’s Eve dinner is almost ready. If you are full, do you want to eat the New Year's Eve dinner?

Ignoring the sad eyes of those bear children, Mother Chen and the others continued the final work of preparing the New Year's Eve dinner, and because of Chen Xiyun's culinary talent shown a few times back home, she was recognized by the female elders in the family. This time, she was allowed to go into the kitchen to observe and help her!

Sure enough, a threesome must have my teacher!

Although Chen Xiyun has learned many culinary masters in the Red House, but today in this extremely simple farm kitchen, he really learned some ways of handling ingredients that he hadn't seen before, which can be regarded as a harvest!

In their family's New Year's Eve dinner, Chen Xiyun had never had the opportunity to enter the kitchen because he didn't like cooking in his previous life, because the female elders in the family felt that there was no need for people who didn't understand to appear in this place at this time to cause trouble for them!

Therefore, Chen Xiyun really didn't know that there were still so many hidden masters hiding in the family!

It is rare to see that the younger girls in the family have finally reached the age of learning to cook. Mother Chen and the two aunts are very happy, although they all know that Chen Xiyun will definitely leave the village through studying in the future and settle in the city. But in their hearts, they still feel that no matter how powerful a girl is, she still needs to know some skills necessary for life, such as cooking, in order to live a good life in the future!

Therefore, they did not hide their secrets this time. Not only did they let Chen Xiyun seriously watch how they did it, but they were also afraid that she would not understand, so they explained it to her from time to time. It's all stuffed into Chen Xiyun's head!

Chen Xiyun's understanding of the ways of the world is not what it used to be. Naturally, he could see the kindness of the elders at a glance, and he learned it very seriously. For a while, this narrow and backward small kitchen was full of heart-warming warmth. !

With everyone's concerted efforts, the family's most sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner of the year has finally been prepared. Chen Xiyun and his family gathered around the big round wooden table, eating the food he made by himself. It's not an illusion, she actually felt that these meals were much more fragrant and tasted better than the New Year's Eve dinners she had eaten in her previous life!

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At the same time, in a certain military district compound in the imperial capital, the Cui family also had a rare reunion dinner together!

After the meal, Cui Ningyuan, the most outstanding youngest son of the Cui family, suddenly dropped a big bomb. In the next few years, he will leave the imperial capital and settle down in the southern military area for a few years!

The three elder sons of the Cui family all showed surprised expressions, and they all looked back and forth between the younger brother and the father, hoping to see something from these two people!

It's a pity that old man Cui still has a facial paralysis who often smiles, and their little brother is still a facial paralysis with a blank expression, no one can see what's going on!

But from the old man's subsequent questioning, everyone also understands that the old man seems to have been prepared for this, and he was so surprised