Whose child fell here

38.

Thirty of the twelfth lunar month, New Year's Eve.

Fresh vegetables had to be bought, so Yu Wenrui went to the supermarket early in the morning to buy all the ingredients to be prepared, and when he came back, he was busy putting up Spring Festival couplets.

On both sides of the door frame were the Spring Festival couplets pasted last year. Yu Wenrui carefully shoveled them off, and pasted the Spring Festival couplets he bought on them.

In addition to Spring Festival couplets, he also bought a lot of blessing characters, one on each door, and the extra windows were not left behind.

The room is not big, it was cleaned yesterday, the sheets on the bed were removed and thrown into the washing machine, and Yu Wenrui started to prepare lunch and the meat stuffing for dumplings.

The stuffing was leeks and pork. Yu Wenrui went early but didn't get the best leeks. In the end, he picked and picked, and reluctantly chose two handfuls that looked good.

Sorting leeks is a meticulous job, so he moved a stool and watched the anime while sorting the leeks, and the final result was a mess.

I had no choice but to concentrate on my work, cut the leeks and mixed them with the minced meat, and then simply fried two dishes for lunch.

Making dumplings is not a troublesome task. Yu Wenrui has made dumplings before, and the finished product is quite decent, but this time he started to feel the difference.

The ready-made dumpling wrappers are relatively dry, so Yu Wenrui prepared a small bowl of water to seal the dumpling wrappers, but the first dumpling was alright, but the fillings became more and more slippery when it came to the end, and eventually became mushy one hand.

This is not going right.

I quickly wiped my hands clean, and went online to check the reason, only to find out that the stuffing was not "killed" by water, which made the whole pot of stuffing wet.

He only found a remedy to freeze the stuffing, so he hurriedly sent the wrapped dumplings and stuffing to the freezer.

After a busy day, I sat back on the sofa, and the phone on the coffee table rang at the right time.

Yu Wenrui glanced at it, answered the phone slowly, then slumped on the sofa, and hugged the pillow next to him, "Dad."

"Wen Rui, why don't you come over to celebrate the New Year today?"

"No," Yu Wenrui replied while playing with the tassels on the pillow, "I'm still busy today, so I won't go."

"Okay," Yu's father didn't insist anymore, "then when will you come and see grandpa and grandma?"

Yu Wenrui's grandfather passed away early, and his grandmother also left when he was a teenager. After Yu's father succeeded in his career, he moved the old man's grave to the cemetery here, and buried them together after the old lady left. .

Yu Wenrui's feelings for grandma can't be said to be very deep, but this is the only person he can still miss in Yu's family. He knew that Yu's father would go to worship before the year according to the custom of his hometown, so he went a little earlier have been.

"I'll find time to go, I'll hang up if there's nothing else to do," Yu Wenrui said lazily, "Happy New Year's Eve."

Yu's father didn't say much, and quickly hung up the phone.

It seemed that some switch was turned on. After hanging up Yu's father's call, Yao Kaiming's call came in again.

Yao Kaiming's call was to announce good news. After he successfully proposed to his girlfriend, he told both parents that after returning to his hometown today, he will start preparing for the wedding.

This time he went home and told his parents about the failed marriage proposal, and about Yu Wenrui's role in it, so his parents held his head down and called to thank him.

"My parents said, if it weren't for you, this girlfriend who has been talking for many years would break up, so I must thank you again."

When Yao Kaiming said this, he deliberately prolonged his voice, and Yu Wenrui guessed that he was doing it so that his parents could hear him more clearly.

"Okay, don't show your affection in front of me," Yu Wenrui laughed inwardly when he was amused by his words, "They are all people who are going to get married, so don't come and bully us."

"Why, are you envious?" Yao Kaiming's words came from the phone again, and he didn't know what he said on the other side. I want to introduce you to one."

"Thank you to my uncles and aunts, and I won't bother them anymore," Yu Wenrui laughed, "Go and do your work, I'm going to do it too."

Yao Kaiming was arrested to make a phone call when he was free. Hearing what Yu Wenrui said, he said Happy New Year's Eve and hung up the phone.

After lying on the sofa for a while, thinking that the stuffing should be better, Yu Wenrui stretched his waist, ready to continue with the important task of making dumplings.

While Yu Wenrui was still in trouble for the dumplings, everyone in the Qin family was not idle.

The old man of the Qin family, Qin Huamao's father was the most promising one among the three brothers of their generation. He started a company by selling building materials. After Qin Huamao took over, he became a shopkeeper with peace of mind and began to live with Qin's mother retirement days.

Qin's father had only one son, Qin Huamao. In the past, a family of three was too deserted to celebrate the New Year, so they would invite brothers' families to celebrate the New Year together. This time, the Qin family has already had more than a dozen people, and the atmosphere is very lively.

Qin's father was the third eldest among his brothers, and Qin Huamao was also the last among his cousins. Therefore, most of the children brought by these cousins ​​were already in their teens.

And because Dudu is a new face, everyone is very interested in him. At first, Dudu obediently let others watch, but more and more people came up behind him, and began to hide behind his father in fear.

Qin Huamao is usually not able to talk to his cousins, but these people are still motivated. After all, after Qin Huamao took over his own company, he developed a new business and opened a new company. As a relative, everyone wants to Put some light on him.

However, Qin Huamao didn't care too much. Although the brothers were not very close, he would not refuse such a cooperation that would bring no loss to both parties.

At this point he was being pulled by a cousin to ask questions about the new movie.

Qin Huamao has been in the entertainment industry for three or four years. Relying on his original family background and cooperation with friends, the entertainment company he co-founded has gained some fame. It's just that other people's entertainment companies train actors. A company that deals with anime and manga.

The big animated movie released during the Spring Festival last year unexpectedly achieved great success, so this year, they continued to release the same series of movies.

This cousin was in charge of related matters, and at this time he was asking Qin Huamao for credit for the successful publicity.

Before he could say a few words, he was interrupted by Dudu who sneaked over.

Unlike the children at the birthday party the day before yesterday, the children present today are all older, and they are not willing to bring children as young as Dudu to play together. After being ignored for a long time, Dudu ran to his father again.

"You guys are talking about work again, and now the task is to make dumplings!" Qin's mother changed into plain home clothes, and was holding a basin of noodles at the moment, and shouted at the juniors gathered together, "I don't make dumplings now!" Yes, no dumplings tonight."

This is also the tradition of the Qin family every year. Qin's mother is a traditional northerner. She is a master at making pasta. The dumplings for the New Year are her specialty. At the earliest, she was busy making dumplings for the whole family. Go down and set a rule.

Those who do not work have no food.

Take Qin's mother's words, those old men who sit next to them and don't fart, do nothing, how can they have the right to eat dumplings.

After so many years, everyone is obviously used to Qin's mother's rules. A dozen people, big and small, have washed their hands and gathered around a large square table. There is a table for adults and a table for children, and Dudu is held in the arms of Qin's mother. .

There are also grades for this dumpling. Those like Qin's mother who are quick and skilled are naturally at the highest grade. Qin Huamao, who has been influenced by her skills, is not bad, plus his cousin and two capable sister-in-laws , can be regarded as forming the second echelon.

The rest of the clumsy adults and children were classified as the last class.

When children make dumplings, most of them will eventually become noodle kneaders. Qin's mother saw that the older children were unwilling to take their grandchildren to play, so she taught Dudu how to make dumplings.

Qin's mother showed off her skills first, starting with the most common wrapping method, first she squeezed one-by-one big-bellied dumplings, and then came with lace, willow leaf edge, ingot, small goldfish, and all kinds of fancy ones.

Dudu watched from the sidelines full of surprises, and couldn't help waving his little hands to learn how to make dumplings.

Everyone gathered firewood and the flames were high, and it didn't take much effort to see the bottom of the dumpling filling. Rows of big-bellied dumplings looked pleasing, and they were all put in the refrigerator to freeze, and they were ready to cook again at night when they watched the New Year's Eve.

Next, it was time to cook the New Year's Eve dinner. Aunt Liu, the nanny of the Qin family, had already been on vacation to go back to accompany her family. The New Year's Eve dinner was a joint effort to prepare a large table of dishes.

A meal is full of excitement, and after the meal, the children start to have fun on the ground excitedly, and it's time to set off the fireworks.

Qin Huamao declined the invitation of his cousins ​​and sisters-in-law to play mahjong, and joined the queue of children with Dudu.

The Qin family's yard is open, and several children are divided into two sides. On one side are more powerful Ertijiao, small rockets and so on, and on the other side are some fireworks and fairy sticks that are circling on the ground.

Qin Huamao took fairy sticks from his nephew for his son to play with. He didn't play so many tricks when he was a child. Everyone basically went to pick up some unexploded firecrackers from the pile of firecrackers that had been set off to play.

In recent years, with the implementation of the ban on guns, firecrackers have gradually been eliminated.

Accompanied by a sharp whistle, a salute exploded in the air, emitting brilliant light and shadows. Yu Wenrui held a stick of incense given to him by others in his hand, and helped the little boy next to him light a "parachute" .

With a sound of "咻", the fireworks lifted into the sky, and the children surrounding them all looked into the sky nervously.

After a while, I heard someone shouting, "I found it!"

Yu Wenrui went to look, and it was the kid who asked him to help light the fireworks. He was holding up his right hand at the moment, and there was a small parachute made of red paper.

There were also quite a few adults setting off fireworks in the square, after Yu Wenrui finished setting off the few small fireworks he bought casually, he strolled back to the house.

The lights in the room were all on. After taking a shower, Yu Wenrui changed into the newly bought clothes, and nestled comfortably in the quilt. This year’s Spring Festival Gala was broadcast on the TV. The Spring Festival Gala in recent years seems to be even more boring. He raised his head to take a look at programs such as sketch cross talk.

When Yu Wenrui came back, he noticed that there were only a few sporadic lights on in this apartment, and everyone must have returned to their hometown for the New Year.

In the dead of night, without the sound of fireworks in the nearby square, only the announcement of the hostesses of the Spring Festival Gala remained in my ears. With the strike of the zero o'clock, the sound of various salutes came from afar.

During the period, there were also a lot of firecrackers, and I don't know which company set off firecrackers in violation of the regulations, or someone was playing the stereo. After a while, the world returned to calm.

A new year begins.

After Yu Wenrui replied all kinds of blessings, he put down his phone and was about to go to sleep, but he heard the WeChat phone ring.

He just put the phone on the bedside table, he was a little lazy, he didn't want to move his body, he just stretched out one hand and tried hard to reach the bedside table, fumbled to connect the phone.

"Hello," came a slightly deep voice through the phone's speaker.

Yu Wenrui was clever, struggling to support his body, took the phone over and checked, it was indeed Qin Huamao.

"Are you at home?" Seeing that Yu Wenrui didn't respond, he continued talking.

"Is there something wrong?" Yu Wenrui asked. He was just full of wind in the square, and he felt a little hoarse when he came back.

"Can I come down?"

Since the other party said so, it means...

Yu Wenrui hugged the quilt and walked to the window, the street downstairs was dimly illuminated by street lamps, and under the bright or dark light, a black car parked quietly on the side of the road.

As if knowing that Yu Wenrui was watching, the driver's door opened and a tall man stepped out.

That is... Qin Huamao.

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