Gu Mingtang looked at Lu Liangzhou and asked, "How many dishes are there?"
"...seven."
"Oops, I can't give an odd number." Gu Mingtang glanced around, "It's all meat, how about something vegetarian, tofu mixed with green onions?"
Lu Hui, who was drooling after hearing this, finally couldn't help but stick his head out from behind the door curtain, "Mom, my grandma said you can't eat tofu during the Chinese New Year. It's not good, it's not good."
It seems so.
But this little guy is quite superstitious.
It happened that Gu Mingli came at this time and brought a bunch of frozen celery for making dumplings at night.
Another bowl of fried golden and crispy fish was brought to me.
This is a snack for the two kids to chew and play with.
The fish bones and heads were removed.
If Gu Qingshan is not good at other places, he is very delicate and thoughtful in this aspect.
He also quietly fished out the carp from the big river, cleaned it up, and then brought it to Gu Mingtang.
After the big meal on New Year's Eve in the north, dumplings are made and eaten around ten o'clock in the evening. Most of them are stuffed with celery, which means that we must be hardworking and capable in the new year.
Lu Liangzhou had already left red sausage for the Gu family, and then Gu Mingtang gave Gu Mingli a handful of garlic sprouts and asked her to go back to scrambled eggs, and then asked her to bring back a bowl of radish and meatballs.
After a while, Captain Zhou and his eldest son also came. His name was Zhou Feng, Zhou Zongming's father. They thanked him again and quietly brought him wolf meat and two wolf teeth.
The wolf fang has been processed and tied with a red string. It is said that it can ward off evil spirits, but children cannot wear it. Just find a place to put it.
Gu Mingtang stuffed a paper bag of White Rabbit toffee, and when the others left, she continued cooking.
Then the eighth dish was decided, which was stir-fried vermicelli with celery and pork belly.
The dishes were cooking, and the call came.
Lu Hui and Lu Xueyan hugged each other happily.
Gu Mingtang specially changed it to one with a larger wattage. During the New Year, it must be bright and bright.
After a while, the loudspeaker sounded, "Attention all members, first of all, on behalf of the brigade, I, Lao Zhou, would like to thank all the members of our Lingxi brigade..."
Okay, okay, give Gu Mingtang a compliment in the middle.
Finally, there is a summary of encouragement.
It feels like this year’s Lingxi team is very different from previous years.
The four members of the Lu family sat around the Eight Immortals table, with eight dishes on it, and a chair for each person. Next to it was the stove, with the kettle on it boiling water, and the whole room was filled with fragrance.
Who's most excited?
Of course there are two kids.
Eating this way gives a sense of ritual.
Looking at a beauty under the lamp, you can see seven out of three out of three colors, not to mention that Gu Mingtang has nine out of five colors. She is as happy as a child, her smile is as bright as a flower.
Lu Liangzhou only glanced at it and then calmly looked away.
It's too eye-catching.
He thought of the Lu family thousands of miles away, and of his father whom he had seen at the conference. He had not seen him for five years, and his father's temples were gray and aged.
There was also the eldest sister who had been waiting for him to come to apologize and admit his mistake.
Although his birth was a mistake, it was not the reason for his family to hate him.
Although there is no snowstorm outside, but the temperature is very low, the indoors is as warm as spring. With a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, no matter who you are, you will feel happiness from the bottom of your heart.
Two months ago, Lu Liangzhou felt that Gu Mingtang was ugly and bored even just looking at him.
Two months later, Lu Liangzhou, although he only glanced at her, felt that the department store lady was right, this woman was indeed beautiful.
It was so beautiful that he didn't dare to take a second look.
At this time in City A, Lu Huai went to the nursing home. Like every year, he visited his father-in-law who was in a vegetative state. His eldest daughter stood aside without even looking at him.
After returning home, Lu Huai was standing in the hall. His stepson Lu Yuanqi was talking to Zhang Zhen with a smile on his face. Shen Wan was feeding the two children. The nanny was busy here and there, and kept getting things for them.
Lu Huai also wanted to go down to the grassroots level and signal the nanny not to speak.
He turned around and left his home without entering the house.
He thought, he didn't know how the Liangzhou family was doing now, and he would have to make a phone call later.
Hope it's okay.
His grandchildren would be four years old.
What does a boy look like and what does a girl look like?
I don't know why, but I suddenly became very curious about the two children.
At this time, the two children were surrounding Gu Mingtang, looking expectantly as Gu Mingtang made blancmange for them. So much milk was in a semi-frozen state. Gu Mingtang planned to make the simplest one based on the available ingredients. Milk jelly.
Of course, tell the kids it’s just blancmange. After all, there’s no fruit in it, so it won’t add any flavor.
Milk, sugar, and cornstarch are all available. Place a small aluminum pot on the stove, pour about two pounds of milk, then add sugar and starch, and start boiling over low heat.
Neither of the kids had heard of blancmange. Lu Hui asked curiously, "Mom, is this the same as the meat jelly grandma makes?"
"Almost, but I'm the first to do it. I don't know if it will work." Gu Mingtang was also unsure.
"Mom, if you are so disgusted, you must be successful. I want to eat frozen food." Xue Yan stared at the pot and flattered her in a sweet voice.
After almost done, pour it into a basin.
Gu Mingtang said it would take 30 minutes to cool down, but if he left it outside it would be frozen, so he simply put it on the shelf on the north wall. Lu Hui and Lu Xueyan began to look at Lu Liangzhou's watch without blinking.
Lu Liangzhou simply took off his watch and gave it to his son.
Then she stared at Gu Mingtang. She really liked doing this and that, just like a big child.
Half an hour later, it was really done.
It bounces when pressed.
When it was poured out, both children's eyes were shining.
Cut it into small pieces and put it on the snack plate, one for each person. Gu Mingtang asked Lu Liangzhou, who seemed to be reading a document, if he wanted a piece.
Before Lu Liangzhou could say anything, the two children couldn't wait to chew it and swallowed it in their stomachs.
"Why are you so anxious?" Gu Mingtang was shocked. Fortunately, it was jelly. What if it was something else?
Gu Mingtang decided not to feed them, but she started eating one by one, neither fast nor slow, which made both babies cry with greed.
They looked at their father expectantly and cast aggrieved glances for help.
Lu Liangzhou ate a piece and said without comment, "It tastes good."
The request for help is invalid.
I had to beg my mother.
Gu Mingtang looked at the pitiful appearance of the two children, then gave each of them another piece, and asked them slowly, "How are we going to eat this time?"
"Like mom and dad, eat slowly." Lu Hui assured loudly.
"Do you know what you looked like just now?" Gu Mingtang asked seriously.
Lu Xueyan answered quickly, "Like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit."
Only then did Gu Mingtang smile. Then two snack plates were handed to them.
Lu Liangzhou glanced at the smiling Gu Mingtang, then glanced at Ah Hui and Xue Yan, who were sitting on the hot bed holding snack plates and eating blancmange in small bites. There was a softness in their eyes that he didn't notice.
