On Xiaojie's birthday, Yu Xiangnian rode his bicycle to the vegetable market early in the morning to do some shopping.
I bought two full bags of spareribs, beef, fresh shrimps, various vegetables, and condiments.
Xiaojie went to the cemetery to see his father in the morning and went to school in the afternoon.
Yu Xiangnian and Cheng Jingmo started busy at home.
Yu Xiangnian is responsible for making cakes.
She beat five eggs into a basin, and then started to stir. While stirring, she added some flour, sugar, baking soda and other things, and kept stirring until it became a very thin batter.
There are no ovens or rice cookers now.
Yu Xiangnian could only cover the basin with a clean plastic bag and tie the opening tightly to prevent water vapor from getting in.
Finally put it into the pot to steam.
Cheng Jingmo watched her series of actions and did not dare to ask any more questions for fear of exposing his country bumpkin nature.
He automatically understood it as a steamed cake with eggs.
Cheng Jingmo was responsible for washing and chopping vegetables, and Yu Xiangnian told him that the beef must be sliced into thin slices.
Yu Xiangnian said he wanted to make a hot pot. He would first cook the ribs, use the ribs soup as the bottom of the pot, and then add various vegetables to cook.
His understanding is to cook a pot of mixed vegetables.
The cake is steamed and Cheng Jingmo's mission is completed.
Yu Xiangnian saw that the time was almost up and asked Cheng Jingmo to hide the cake first and take it out after dark.
She started making dipping sauces for hot pot.
Put the minced garlic, minced ginger, chili noodles, green onions, coriander, sesame seeds, and the soybean paste you requested from Liu Zhen into a bowl, then pour in hot oil and stir, and finally add a little salt, soy sauce, and vinegar, and it's done.
She had never made cakes or dips before, she had only seen them while watching videos.
I don’t know if I can eat it, but that’s it anyway!
Xiaojie came home from school and saw a table full of vegetables on the table, all of which were raw.
He glanced at Cheng Jingmo in confusion, and Cheng Jingmo gave him a "Don't ask, I don't understand either" look.
Yu Xiangnian said: "Okay, the birthday girl is back, let's have dinner!"
Cheng Jingmo put the pork rib soup that had been cooked in the hunchback pot on the briquette stove, and the three of them sat beside the stove.
Yu Xiangnian gave them both a dip in water, "The soup is already boiling. Put these vegetables in it and cook them. After they are cooked, dip them in this water to eat."
Yu Xiangnian gave a demonstration.
She picked up a piece of beef, put it in the pot and cooked it for a few dozen seconds, then dipped it in water, "That's it."
The weather in mid-September, although the temperature dropped a little, was still over 20 degrees, and the three of them were sweating profusely after eating.
Although it was the first time to make it, Yu Xiangnian thought it tasted very good.
Cheng Jingmo thought the same way, thinking that Yu Xiangnian was not very good at cooking, but the hot pot he made tasted pretty good.
Xiaojie also thought it was delicious and novel.
In the past, on his birthday, his father would cook him a bowl of egg noodles.
It was his first time to eat "hot pot".
This aunt is not very good at cooking, so I didn’t expect to know how to cook hot pot.
"Aunt, who did you learn to make hot pot from?"
"Learned from a certain Di Lao!"
"Who is Di Lao?"
"It's not a person, it's a place!" Yu Xiangnian thought about it and said, "No matter if you stop time at any second, there will be at least one waiter pouring sour plum soup!"
Cheng Jingmo was confused.
Xiaojie asked: "Is the sour plum soup delicious?"
"Not as delicious as the bayberry soup I cooked!"
Xiaojie also wanted to ask, but Yu Xiangnian said: "Some Di Lao also has a noodle dumpling service. It's your birthday today, and I'll dump one for you."
Xiaojie is looking forward to it!
Cheng Jingmo had a bad feeling in his heart.
A person who doesn't even know how far they want to get along with each other wants to get rid of him? !
really!
I saw her holding the face in both hands and shaking, and then it broke while shaking!
"Tsk!" Yu Xiangnian looked at the noodles in his hand with dissatisfaction, then put it into the pot and told Cheng Jingmo, "Eat this noodle."
She picked up another one, and after shaking it twice this time, she stopped shaking. She turned around in a circle, and when she turned back, the noodles were already broken.
No one saw when the meeting ended.
Yu Xiangnian said awkwardly, "I'll eat this noodle."
She picked up the third noodle hesitantly.
She had just prepared three noodles. If they were to break again, she would be embarrassed.
Cheng Jingmo said: "I'll do it."
Yu Xiangnian felt relieved and quickly handed the face to him.
Cheng Jingmo pinched both ends of the noodles, shaking his hands, and the noodles became longer and thinner.
"It's almost done, put it in the pot and cook." Yu Xiangnian said to Xiaojie, "You can eat this noodle."
night.
Yu Xiangnian put a conical hat folded from newspaper on Xiaojie and put a candle on the cake.
The main reason is that there are no cake candles. The candles at home are thicker than your finger, so I just light one intentionally.
After singing happy birthday, making wishes, blowing out candles, and eating cake, a series of routine procedures are completed.
Yu Xiangnian cleared his throat and said, "Classmate Xiaojie, I wish you a happy birthday!"
Xiaojie understood the hint and said to Cheng Jingmo: "Uncle, I am eight years old. From tonight on, I can no longer sleep with you. Dong Jiannan has stopped sleeping with his parents!"
Xiaojie's words caught Cheng Jingmo off guard. He was not prepared at all.
Cheng Jingmo could only discuss it with him, "From tomorrow on, you will sleep alone again."
"No!" Xiaojie said, "The teacher said that you can no longer sleep with adults after the age of five. I am already eight years old!"
Cheng Jingmo: "In this way, you sleep alone first, and when you fall asleep, I will go in and sleep."
Xiaojie still shook his head, "You can sleep with my aunt."
Yu Xiangnian secretly praised Xiaojie.
This kid didn't even teach him how to say it, but he just knew how to say it. He was much better than Cheng Jingmo!
Cheng Jingmo thought of what Yu Xiangnian said on the wedding day and gave her a guilty look.
Yu Xiangnian frowned and twisted his face, looking very embarrassed.
Xiaojie asked again: "Why do Daya and Dong Jiannan's parents sleep in the same bed, but you and your aunt don't sleep together?"
Cheng Jingmo: "..."
Yu Xiangnian sighed and pursed his lips, "Today is Xiaojie's birthday. It only comes once a year. Just follow him and don't make him unhappy. Besides, at his age, he should sleep in separate beds."
Xiaojie looked at Yu Xiangnian's reluctant look and remembered what Yu Xiangnian told him: the more beautiful a woman says, the less trustworthy she is!
Xiaojie fell into deep thought.
His aunt is the most beautiful in the family, so can she believe what she said, "The more beautiful a woman says, the less trustworthy she is."
If he pushed his uncle to his aunt's bed, would he harm his uncle?
Seeing Xiaojie lowering his eyes and saying nothing, Cheng Jingmo thought that Xiaojie really didn't want to sleep with him.
He could only force himself, "Okay, you will sleep alone from tonight."
"Wuhu!" Yu Xiangnian cheered inwardly, his face even more reluctant than Cheng Jingmo's.
It's not that she has any cruel thoughts towards Cheng Jingmo. His injuries require him to rest for at least a month before he can exercise.
Instead, this layer of ambiguity between the two of them has finally been blown away!
