Xiao Mu walked back to the kitchen with a smile, took a chair with a missing leg from the corner of the kitchen and sat down.

Stretching out his hand to the edge of the fire and roasting, the light of the fire shining on his face, sometimes bright and sometimes dark.

Staring at the big pot full of rice balls in the pot, the blisters slowly emerged from the pot, the water rose, and the rice balls in the pot began to float.

"Grandma, what's the matter, the rice balls are floating. Xiao Mu said in a panic.

The old man got up and took three large bowls from the hole in the wall, took the soup spoon, turned around and said, "What are you anxious about, the rice balls have floated up, which means that they are cooked, and those rice balls that sink at the bottom of the pot are not yet cooked, understand!"

Xiao Mu nodded, "Oh!

The old man held a large bowl in one hand and a soup spoon in the other, carefully scooping the floating rice balls.

A lot of water vapor evaporated from the hot pot, blocking the old man's vision, and he kept blowing the air, trying to blow the water vapor away, and Xiao Mu also helped the old man blow the water vapor away.

But the handle of the soup spoon was very short, and the hand near the water surface was scalded by the water vapor, "Hey, it's too hot, don't scoop it, let's lift the pot down when it's all cooked." ”

After the water boiled, the rice balls were ripe quickly, and in a blink of an eye, they were almost fully cooked, and the old man took the noodle carton and the corn bones.

The noodle carton was placed at the end without the pot handle, and the corn bones were placed at the end with the pot handle, and the pot was lifted and said, "Xiao Mu, quickly put two corn bones on the ground, otherwise the big pot of rice balls will be overturned later." ”

Xiao Mu hurriedly got up, but he didn't expect that he lost his balance on the stool and fell to the ground heavily, but he didn't care about himself, but immediately got up and took the corn bone and put it on the ground.

After putting the pot down, the old man said, "Xiao Mu, does it hurt to fall?"

Xiao Mu patted the dust on his body, smiled and said, "No, no, it's just a little dust." ”

If you don't add something to the dumplings without filling, they will be tasteless.

The old man added some soup to the bowl of rice balls that he scooped out first, and handed it to Xiao Mu, "Come, carry it, you can eat this bowl, carry it to the hall, and ask your grandfather for white sugar." ”

Xiao Mu pondered, just like that, it's not enough for me to eat.

Carrying the rice balls cautiously to the hall and putting them on the table, "Grandpa, the rice balls are ready, where is the white sugar?"

Zhang Laohan came out of the room with a red bag, the bag was wrapped in three layers, the innermost layer was a white bag, which was filled with shiny and fine white sugar, and the bag was tightly sealed.

Xiao Mu asked, "Isn't it just a white sugar, as for the bag, is it so tight?"

Zhang Laohan said while unsealing the seal: "No." If you don't wrap it tightly, you'll be eaten by ants, what else are you eating!"

Zhang Laohan handed the white sugar to Xiao Mu: "Come, give it to you, put it yourself as much as you want, don't put too much, otherwise it's too sweet, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it." ”

Xiao Mu nodded and poured white sugar into the bowl, and the crystal clear rice balls were sprinkled with crystal white sugar, which looked really appetizing.

Stir the white sugar and glutinous rice balls together with chopsticks, and after sipping the chopsticks, I felt that it was not sweet enough, so I added some white sugar.

The soup is viscous, but the rice balls are not sticky together, pick one and put it in your mouth, the rice balls are very tough, and you don't read your teeth.

Xiao Mu nodded again and again, "Well, it's delicious." ”

At this time, Wan Rong walked out of the room, his hair was scattered, and his body was still smoky with alcohol, it seemed that he didn't drink less last night, and he didn't know when he would return home.

looked at Xiao Mu, who was eating rice balls, and said, "It's delicious? It's a fart, it's better to eat noodles or fried rice than to eat rice balls." ”

But also, for so many years, Xiao Mu has never seen Wan Rong eat rice balls, not one, it seems that Wan Rong said that he doesn't like to eat it.

Xiao Mu stuck out his tongue: "Slightly, I want you to take care of it, I think it's delicious." ”

Wan Rong, who hadn't spoken to anyone for so long, finally spoke to his family on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Xiao Mu became a bridge of communication between Wan Rong and Zhang Laohan.

Xiao Mu thought that he could eat two large bowls, but found that he was already full after eating half a bowl.

Carrying the rice balls, he ran to Zhang Laohan and said, "Grandpa, I can't finish eating, you can help me finish it." ”

This is Xiao Mu's first time eating rice balls, how can Zhang Laohan not let Xiao Mu eat more, so Zhang Laohan refused Xiao Mu and said: "Are you really full? No, eat more, eat a few, otherwise you will be hungry again after a while." ”

Xiao Mu stared at the dumplings in the bowl, and reluctantly ate a few more, "Grandpa, I really can't eat it, you can help me finish it." ”

Zhang Laohan looked at Xiao Mu, who was begging hard, and couldn't help but say: "Really, I finally got you back the rice balls to eat, but you are like a cat, just eat so much, be careful not to get it for you next time." ”

Stretching out the bowl, Xiao Mu raised his eyebrows, and finally wanted to help himself finish the rest of the glutinous rice balls.

Xiao Mu poured the remaining rice balls into Zhang Laohan's bowl, ran to the kitchen and washed his bowl and put it back in the hole in the wall.

At this time, Wan Rong came over with hot fried rice, glanced at Xiao Mu, and motioned for Xiao Mu to come over.

Where could Xiao Mu withstand Wan Rong's temptation, and ran to Wan Rong's side, "What are you calling me to come over?"

Wan Rong smirked: "Hey, hey, hey, I asked you to come and watch me eat." ”

Xiao Mu couldn't see what Wan Rong was eating, so he jumped up to see what was in the bowl, but he still didn't see it.

He grabbed Vang Vieng's arm with both hands and said, "Come, let me see what you're eating." ”

Wan Rong didn't let him see it, but the more Wan Rong didn't let Xiao Mu see it, the more he wanted to see it, for fear that Wan Rong would eat something delicious on his back and didn't want to eat it for himself.

Under Xiao Mu's stubborn beating, Wan Rong still gave in, squatted down, turned over the rice in the bowl with chopsticks and said, "Look, don't you just fry rice, what's so beautiful." ”

Looking at the golden buttery fried rice in the bowl, as well as the pieces of meat, Xiao Mu also wanted to taste it, swallowed his saliva, turned around and ran back to the kitchen and said, "I know you can't finish eating, I'll help you eat some." ”

I picked up the chopsticks I had just put down from the hole in the wall and scooped some fried rice from the iron pot.

Carrying the rice to Wan Vieng, he walked in front of him, "Look, I haven't eaten much, don't worry, I won't help you finish eating, I know you can't finish eating." ”

Wan Rong looked at the naughty Xiao Mu in front of him and couldn't help laughing.

Xiao Mu walked up to Zhang Laohan with the meal again and said, "Grandpa, look, I have a meal card again." ”

Zhang Laohan said coldly: "You said you were full to eat the rice balls, why did you eat again, is the rice balls not delicious or what, I served you." ”

Xiao Mu was plugged in his teeth by the piece of meat, picked his teeth and said, "Hmm...... The dumplings are also delicious, but I feel full after eating a few things, and besides, I just taste whether this meal is delicious!"

Zhang Laohan was speechless in the face of such a Xiao Mu.