"Dad, what is this?"
The eldest sister and others also looked at the jar in Tang Jiancheng's hand curiously.
Tang Jiancheng smiled slightly and opened the lid of the jar. Suddenly, a strong aroma of wheat and frankincense wafted out, and the children's eyes suddenly lit up.
Xiao Qi exclaimed: "It smells so good!"
Xiao Liu muttered: "Dad, give us something to drink!"
Tang Jiancheng smiled and said: "Don't worry, this is called malted milk. You need to mix it with water to drink it."
As he spoke, he used a spoon to scoop two or three spoons for each of the children, poured it into their bowls, and then poured boiling water into their bowls. "Stir it quickly to avoid it turning into lumps. After stirring, It’s time to drink.”
The children quickly started stirring with chopsticks.
As the mixture was stirred, the rich aroma of wheat and frankincense became even more intense, not only filling the entire room, but also wafting outward, making the neighbors cry again.
After mixing, the eldest sister, the second sister, the third sister, the fourth sister, and the fifth sister all drank in small sips.
Xiaoliu held the bowl with both hands and finished the drink in a few mouthfuls.
The milk stains at the corners of her mouth were all licked clean by her pink tongue.
After Xiao Qi took a sip, he suddenly held the bowl in his hands and stopped drinking, just looking at it stupidly.
Xiao Ba used chopsticks to drink bit by bit, enjoying the taste and giggling, as if doing so was filled with infinite joy.
Tang Jiancheng looked at Xiao Qi curiously, "Xiao Qi, why don't you drink anymore?"
Xiao Qi sighed: "Dad, I suddenly discovered that the radio is also a lie."
"Ah? Why do you say that?"
Xiao Qi's thinking jumped too much, and Tang Jiancheng felt that he couldn't keep up. He was drinking malted milk so well, why did he end up cheating on the radio?
Xiao Qi said seriously: "The radio said 'Drink the spicy one if you like it'. This is definitely wrong. It should be 'Drink the spicy one if you like it'! Look, this malted milk is so delicious!"
Tang Jiancheng was startled when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Drink the spicy food if you like it. The aroma in it refers to meat, delicious dishes, etc., and spicy refers to fine wine, which is different from what you understand."
"oh."
Xiao Qi nodded and asked, "Then what does 'feasting on people's lives, reveling in life, hugging one another' mean?"
"ah?"
Tang Jiancheng was confused.
What the hell is this radio playing?
What he didn't know was that the radios of this era were all very orthodox and conservative. The reason why Xiaoqi remembered these words was because she loved to show off and show off, and these strange words were the most popular ones. It is easy to fulfill her wishes.
However, she didn't understand the meaning of these words at all, so she used them randomly every time, which aroused not admiration but bursts of ridicule, which made her very hurt.
Today I saw malted milk being drunk from a large bowl, and I suddenly remembered these words, and then I asked.
Tang Jiancheng didn't know this, but his face darkened and he scolded: "Drink your malted milk quickly and stop hearing these useless words in the future!"
Xiao Qi still wanted to argue, but Xiao Liu stretched her head over, "Xiao Qi, don't you like drinking? Do you want Sister Six to help you drink?"
"don't want!"
Xiao Qi quickly protected her bowl and started drinking.
"Okay, don't just drink malted milk, you also need to eat the meat and vegetables on the table!"
Tang Jiancheng said.
The family began to eat.
After all, they were girls. Even though they were hungry and even though there was a lot of delicious food, they still ate very gracefully, and the occasional quarrels were quickly settled.
However, although they ate slowly, they ate not much.
There was a table full of dishes, and by the end, they were all eaten!
Seeing that they were almost done eating and it was getting dark, Tang Jiancheng took out a bunch of red envelopes from his pocket, gave one to each child, and said with a smile: "Today is New Year's Eve, which is New Year's Eve, to see off the old and welcome the new." On this day, according to past customs, I will give you lucky money to help you celebrate the new year."
"Dad, what is New Year's Eve?" Third Sister asked after taking the red envelope.
"New Year's Eve is also called the evil spirit, evil spirit, which means to ward off evil spirits and expel ghosts, and bless peace."
Tang Jiancheng said, "According to legend, in ancient times, there was a kind of monster called 'Sui', which came out specifically on New Year's Eve, sneaked into people's homes secretly, and touched the heads of sleeping children. Any child who was touched by the 'Sui' would They would all have headaches and fever, and eventually become fools. So every family stayed up all night with lights on for thirty nights, which was called "keeping evil spirits at bay."
"There was an old couple who had a son who they regarded as a treasure. They were afraid that the "haunted spirit" would harm their child at night, so they took out eight copper coins and placed them on the child's pillow. In the middle of the night, the "haunted spirit" came and wanted to I reached out to touch the child's head, but was frightened by the light of eight copper coins on the pillow and ran away! From then on, people would give their children some money on New Year's Eve to help them celebrate the new year and pray for peace."
Xiao Liu was afraid and said: "Dad, is there really such a monster as 'Sui'?"
Tang Jiancheng said: "Of course, so you must not run around at night, otherwise, you will become a fool if your head is touched!"
Hearing this, not only Xiaoliu was afraid, but the other children were also afraid.
Even the boldest third sister, fifth sister, and Xiao Qi turned pale with fright, pursed their lips tightly, and did not dare to speak.
Liu Fangfang was also scared. She hugged Xiaojiu without saying a word and leaned closer to Tang Jiancheng involuntarily.
Woo!
At this moment, the north wind howled outside, and ghosts were crying and gods howling.
Everyone was so frightened that they shrank into a ball instantly.
Tang Jiancheng laughed loudly, "Look at your potential, how can there be any sneaky things in this world? Even if there is, don't be afraid. Didn't I give you lucky money? With the red envelope, no matter how powerful the sneaky person is, he will be scared away!"
All the children believed it and quickly put the red envelope into their pockets and patted it hard.
Liu Fangfang was also scared, so she picked up Xiaojiu's red envelope and put it into her pocket. When Tang Jiancheng looked over, she lowered her head in embarrassment.
Tang Jiancheng said: "Everyone has finished eating, right? After we finish eating, we will go to the kitchen to warm up by the fire. We have to stay awake tonight and cannot go to bed until at least twelve o'clock."
He took out his pocket watch from his pocket and took a look at it.
"It's six-twenty-five now, and there are still five hours and thirty-five minutes until twelve o'clock at night."
"Dad, what is this?"
Xiao Qi pointed to the pocket watch in Tang Jiancheng's hand.
"This is a pocket watch."
"What is a pocket watch for?"
"To tell the time."
"What's the time?"
"Uh...it's day and night, what time and minutes it is."
"Oh. Then what's the use of looking at the time?"
"Uh... I know what time it is now, so I can make better plans for the next step. Only those who know how to seize the time will have great prospects in the future."
Tang Jiancheng originally thought that tonight would be very difficult, and he didn't know how to spend the long time. Now after hearing Xiao Qi's 100,000 whys, he immediately felt that tonight would be very happy.
"Grandpa Jiancheng, are you at home?"
At this moment, Tang Linbao's voice suddenly sounded outside.
Tang Jiancheng understood instantly that Tang Linbao must have come to ask him to play cards. Every New Year's Eve before, he almost always played cards with Tang Linbao and others to celebrate the New Year.
The difference is that before, he had gone to Tang Linbao a long time ago, but this year it was Tang Linbao who came to call him.
