"Mom, do you still want to make dumplings?"
Since the emperor sat down at Lao Bai's house, he has had almost the same amount of wine and food.
In previous years, when it was almost time for the New Year's Eve dinner, the Bai family would sit around making dumplings and eating dumplings to keep the New Year alive.
But this year the emperor is here, so he will not be allowed to participate in the dumpling making activity.
If I don’t eat dumplings, I always feel like this year has been wasted.
Zhen thought for a while and whispered: "Of course I have to cover it!"
The conversation between the two was very low, but the emperor still heard it, so he said with a smile: "I was just thinking about it. People say that people eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year. Why didn't the dumplings come up? I thought it was because my cousin was stingy and refused to let me eat them. It turned out that they were freshly made. , Bao it, I will also learn to wrap it."
His words made everyone laugh.
"I'll get the stuffing." Xie Chuntao said.
"I'm going to make noodles." Qiuniang was just about to stand up and follow Xie Chuntao to make noodles, when Eugene Gui stepped forward and volunteered.
The two sisters walked out together.
"Sister-in-law, I didn't expect the emperor to be so kind. I wanted to call him cousin several times." Eugene Gui whispered to Xie Chuntao.
At this moment, she couldn't wait to spread the news that Lao Bai's family were relatives of the emperor, and even the emperor came to Lao Bai's house for New Year's Eve dinner. How many people would be envious and fawning!
"Second younger brother and sister, don't be confused. Sister, a child can shout, but we can't. He is the emperor after all." Xie Chuntao reminded.
The second daughter-in-law may have drunk too much and start to have thoughts of kicking her nose and face, so she must be extinguished.
"In case of anger, it will be a crime to behead." Xie Chuntao said.
Eugene Gui sneered, she didn't believe it.
Not only is there the Queen Mother above, but my mother-in-law is the Queen Mother's niece.
"I'm just saying, how can I rush to call my cousin? Besides, the emperor looks about the same age as my eldest brother. By the way, sister-in-law, the emperor said that he wants our whole family to go to the capital to live. What do you think?" Yu Jingui asked Xie Chuntao's thoughts.
"What else can you think about? As a farmer, I am used to living in the countryside. I don't want to go to the capital. But if my mother and grandma let me go, I will go." Xie Chuntao said honestly.
"Sister-in-law, you are right. But have you ever thought about it. After going to the capital, Dalang Erlang and others will have a bright future. Not to mention studying, it is better to be a guard in the palace than in the village." Eugene Gui She said that since her Sanlang wanted to be a cook, it would be better to be a royal cook in the palace than to be a cook for weddings and weddings in Shenshu Village.
Xie Chuntao also thought of this, and his face became a little loose.
After all, a mother always wants her son to have a good future.
"And our sister-in-law, who has been in Shenshu Village from now on, even the village owner has been buried. Look at Feng Zhiheng, how is our sister-in-law worse than others?" Eugene Gui turned to Xiao Fuyuan.
"That's true." When it came to her sister-in-law, Xie Chuntao's heart was full of tenderness.
The ones who have the most say in the family now are the sister-in-law and the eldest sister-in-law, and the eldest sister-in-law really treats her sister-in-law as a daughter. If the eldest sister-in-law and the sister-in-law brainwash the parents-in-law and grandmother together, the whole family may spend New Year's Eve in Beijing next year. Woolen cloth.
"Sister-in-law, someone once told my father's fortune, saying that a girl of unspeakable wealth would be born in our family. Ah Zhen is the prince, and maybe he will be the emperor in the future. Our sister-in-law and Ah Zhen...Sister-in-law, what does it mean to be unspeakably expensive? Have you never thought that our family will have a queen?"
As he approached the door of the kitchen, Eugene Gui whispered.
"I'm going to die! That's all I can say."
Xie Chuntao was so frightened that she looked around. There was no movement, but she knew that there might be an expert guarding the emperor lying on the tree on the roof.
The second younger brother and sister really dared to talk about anything. If these words were heard by someone who cared about it, it would be impossible to say that the Lao Bai family had some ulterior motives for treating A Zhen well.
Regarding the rumors that the sister-in-law was extremely valuable, Xie Chuntao didn't dare to think about whether the queen was a queen or not. For the people in the village, being named the head of the village is a blessing that Lao Bai's family has earned over several lifetimes.
It's not that she looked down on her sister, but she didn't think there was anything good about being a queen. She was surrounded by high walls and had to compete with other concubines for favor, and she couldn't even see her own children.
My sister doesn't want to suffer like this.
"Second brother and sister, don't say this again in the future. Do you know that trouble comes from words? Especially when it involves my sister, please be more careful. This is in front of me. If Nai and Mom hear it, The big mouth has been slapped for a long time." Xie Chuntao said seriously.
"Sister-in-law, what else do you need to prepare? I'll prepare it." Liu Yishou squatted in front of the pot in Lao Bai's kitchen to warm up. When he saw Xie Chuntao coming in, he stood up and said.
"We won't prepare any dishes." Xie Chuntao said with a smile, "The emperor wants to make dumplings with us. I'll get the stuffing and noodles."
Liu Yishou said with a smile: "I have made peace with you a long time ago. My sister-in-law can just take it away."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Xie Chuntao took the stuffing and handed the noodles to Eugene Gui.
"Yishou, you've been busy all night, why don't you go to Dalang's room to have a rest." Xie Chuntao pointed to Dalang's room.
"No, I'm not tired. If the emperor wants to eat anything else, I have to wait in the kitchen." Liu Yishou continued to rest on the door of the pot.
"That's okay."
Xie Chuntao and Eugene Gui came to the upper room with a basin and stuffing.
Mrs. Bai, Mrs. Zhen and others had already removed the food and wine from the table.
"Xiao Yuanbao, what kind of dumplings do you like to eat?" The emperor asked with a smile when he saw the dumplings and put them on the table.
"I like cabbage and pork stuffing, leek and egg stuffing, radish and mutton stuffing... I like them all." Xiao Fuyuan said with her fingers.
"What kind of fillings are all these?" the emperor asked, pointing to the dumpling fillings spread out in front of him.
"Back to the emperor, this is cabbage and pork, this is leek and egg, this is radish and mutton..." Xie Chuntao replied slightly nervously.
"It's quite rich." The emperor nodded.
"Thanks to Your Majesty, life is getting better and better now, so there are more kinds of fillings for New Year dumplings." Mrs. Bai rolled out the dumpling wrappers herself.
Mrs. Bai rolled out the dumpling wrappers so that they were thick in the middle and thin on the sides. Her hands were so fast that the dumpling wrappers flew out of her hands one by one.
The Bai family gathered around the table to make dumplings.
"I heard that in some families, cooking and making dumplings is only a woman's job. My cousin's husband's dumplings are so good, and so are yours." The emperor pointed to the white wooden board and the dumplings made by several brothers from the Bai family and said.
"Our Bai family is not like this. All men have to be able to cook." Bai Banban said with a smile, "We can't give birth to children for women. If we don't cook and do housework, what will happen to us?"
Bai Banban successfully amused the emperor with his words.
At this time, the emperor thought of the queen mother in the palace.
Every New Year's Eve, the Queen Mother misses the lively New Year celebrations in Zhen Mansion, and the people around her are restrained, which makes the Queen Mother feel even more lonely.
If my cousin is willing to come to Beijing and the whole family chats and laughs with the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother will definitely like it.
Don't be anxious, you have to take your time!
"Brother A Zhen, you put too much stuffing." Xiao Fuyuan was teaching on the spot, "Look at me, I'm wrapping it like this."
Soon, Xiao Fuyuan held a gold-ingot-shaped dumpling in his hand.
But the dumplings made by A Zhen leaked a lot of stuffing, and the dough could not be closed.
"Come on, dad, try it too." The emperor took A Zhen's hand and studied carefully with Xiao Fuyuan.
"is that so?"
"Put the stuffing in the middle."
"Close your hands with your palms...tighten your face inwards."
"Azhen, look at it, it's all there."
Xiao Fuyuan looked at a huge ugly dumpling made by the emperor's cousin and fell into deep thought.
