Chapter Twenty-Six: Spring Festival Couplets and Dinners
"It smells so good!"
Du Chunhua lifted the lid of the stew pot, sniffed the rich fragrance with an intoxicated face, and then scooped a small piece of beef out of it with a spoon, and tasted it before even cooling it. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
"Sister, when will you speak Pujiang dialect?"
"Go, I mean, you're doing a good job with a beef stew in red wine. After Du Chunhua finished eating, he couldn't get enough, found a small bowl, scooped out a few pieces of beef with soup, and said with a smile: "From tomorrow onwards, the kitchen at home will be handed over to you to take care of, and you will make this dish for me every day." β
"This took a long time, I started to make it as soon as I came this morning, and it simmered for five or six hours, and if I did it every day, I was afraid that I would be hungry. β
"So much trouble? Do it once a week. β
"Sister, you're here to help me, don't just worry about stealing food. β
"Where did I steal it? I'm afraid that you can't cook well and poison people to death, so I try the poison and try the taste in advance. Du Chunhua laughed and ate the beef, sandwiched another shrimp tempura and tasted it, and praised: "It tastes very good, no wonder Wenxiu wants to eat this by name." Little brother, where did you learn all these cooking skills?"
"RB has a lot of food TV shows that specialize in teaching people how to cook, and I think cooking is fun, and sometimes I learn by myself when I am bored. β
"What's so fun about cooking, tired and annoying, you're so bored. β
"Yes, I see that you are very happy every time you cook for Jinyan. β
"Cooking for my son and watching him grow up every day, of course I'm happy. Du Chunhua smiled and said as a matter of course: "When you have a child in the future, you will know, it is definitely a hundred times happier than cooking now." β
Du Qiu was silent, his nose was a little sour, but his heart was warm, because it was not him who learned to cook according to the TV show, but Du Chunhua, who lived a leisurely life ten years later.
"Sister, have you and your brother-in-law quarreled recently?"
Du Chunhua, who was tasting fresh vegetable tempura, stiffened his wrist, and then said casually: "I quarreled a few times ago over a trivial matter, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, it's just that the atmosphere between the two of you is a little weird, as if it's a cold war. β
"There is no husband and wife in the world who do not engage in cold war, and you will know when you get married in the future, and you can quarrel over trivial things. Du Chunhua seemed to have lost his appetite, put the half-eaten fresh vegetable tempura into a bowl, put it next to the gas stove, changed the topic with gossip, and said: "Actually, you don't need to get married, you know if you've been in love, you really haven't talked about girlfriends in RB before?"
"Nope. β
Du Qiu regretted mentioning this topic a little, it is a social taboo to talk about it, and he and his parents have only known each other for five days, and his mother is okay, but he has a "sister and brother" The relationship is fundamental, even if he says the wrong thing, it's nothing, and his father is completely a stranger, and he doesn't even dare to talk about slightly sensitive topics between each other, so he can only rely on gags to slowly enhance his feelings and understanding, such private matters as the relationship between husband and wife, not what he should intervene or can interfere with now, if he insists on mixing, it will only backfire, so that the two will hide the contradiction deeper and bring more trouble.
There was a brief silence in the room, and after a few seconds, Du Chunhua raised his hand to look at his watch and said, "It's already 6:10, they should be almost there, I'll go first." β
"Sister, didn't you say that we would eat together?"
"I don't know them well, and I don't understand your company's business, staying here will ruin the atmosphere, let's have dinner together when we get acquainted with each other." Du Chunhua stood at the door of the kitchen, pointed to the shopping handbag placed in the corner of the living room, and advised: "I bought two bottles of wine in the department store when I came, you can drink as much as you want, don't get drunk." β
Du Qiu snorted, opened the cupboard, took a steel lunch box from it, and said, "Sister, I have a lot of stewed beef, you can bring some back, you don't have to cook by yourself at night." β
"If you have a conscience, decorate me with more soup, it tastes better than meat......"
At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside, Du Chunhua turned around, raised his fingers, and shhed like a thief, signaling Du Qiu to hurry up and load the beef, and then walked over and opened the door, it was the three partners who came, Jiang Danfeng also followed, she was standing at the back, her expression moved slightly when she saw Du Chunhua, and she greeted first: "Sister Chunhua, are you also there?"
"I heard that my younger brother was going to cook for a treat, and I was afraid that he would not be good at cooking, so I came over to have a look. Du Chunhua beckoned them in with a smile, then picked up the scarf and handbag hanging on the wall, and said, "According to the observation just now, the younger brother's cooking skills are better than mine. β
"Sister Chunhua, won't you eat with us?"
"I'd love to stay and eat, but my baby son is still at home waiting to be fed, so I won't be with you. Du Chunhua's expression was natural and fabricated an excuse, then opened the bag, took out a few flat red cardboard envelopes from it, and said: "The Spring Festival is coming soon, when I helped the leaders of the municipal party committee write the Spring Festival couplets today, I also helped you write a few pairs, and I wish you a new year, a happy life, and a successful career in advance." β
Several partners know that Du Qiu's calligraphy is learned from the "sister", and he was "abducted" after only learning for more than a year, but even so, his words are still quite impressive, and can be used as a signboard for notepads.
"Classmate Jiang, last time I had dinner, my little brother said that I wanted to ask you to be a translator, I guess you should be there tonight, so I also wrote a picture for you, the writing is not good, please don't laugh. β
"I have it too? Thank you, Sister Chunhua. Jiang Danfeng was a little surprised, took it with both hands like everyone else, and said: "Sister Chunhua calls me Danfeng, my family and friends are all shouting like this, calling classmates, I always feel like a primary school student named by the teacher." β
"That's okay, I'll call you Danfeng in the future. β
"Sister, I've packed it, be careful on the road, don't spill the soup. Du Qiu carried the lunch box in a plastic bag, walked out of the kitchen, and beckoned: "Don't all stand, sit casually, the tea and cups are on the desk in the bedroom, you have to drink tea and make it yourself." Brother Hai, help move the stool over there. β
Du Chunhua saw that the scene was chaotic but not chaotic, everything was in order, put on a scarf and prepared to leave, before going out, she turned her back to everyone and made a grimace to Du Qiu, and then said with a smile: "Danfeng, once born and twice cooked, don't shout nonsense from Mr. and classmates in the future, Wenxiu how they call my brother, you can shout, don't be restrained...... Oh, I'm leaving, if I don't leave, my little brother will chase me away with a broom, bye-bye. β
"Sister Chunhua, goodbye. β
Su Wenxiu was curious, as soon as the door was closed, he immediately began to open the envelope, wanting to watch Du Chunhua's calligraphy in advance, and found that it was a pair of five-character couplets after opening.
"Du Qiu, your sister's handwriting is so beautiful, I like it so much. β
"Sister Chunhua is really attentive, not only is the handwriting beautiful, but also your name is embedded in it. After reading it, Wang Huihui also became curious, and began to open her envelope, and said while opening: "The two words in my name overlap, I don't know what Sister Chunhua wrote?"
Jiang Danfeng did not open his envelope, but carefully put it into his bag and asked, "Mr. Du...... Du Qiu, your sister's words seem to be completely different from yours?"
"My sister specializes in Mrs. Wei's hairpin, I am a hodgepodge, I learn everything, and I am not good at anything. β
Wang Huihui's envelope is written in a four-character couplet, the upper couplet is a clear view of the sea, the lower couplet is a discerning eye, and the horizontal criticism is a soft spot, this couplet does not have Su Wenxiu's elegance, but it is very meaningful, embedding the relationship between her and Su Wenhai, Wang Huihui also likes it, and raised it with both hands to demonstrate to Su Wenhai, Su Wenhai stroked his palms and laughed, and wanted to dismantle his own with great interest, at this time Du Qiu came out of the kitchen with a stew pot and said: "Brother Hai, don't dismantle it first, the table is too narrow, be careful of oil." β
Su Wenhai immediately stopped the movements in his hand when he heard this, and handed the envelope to Wang Huihui, Jiang Danfeng took advantage of the opportunity for them to clean up the Spring Festival couplets, walked a few steps, observed the furnishings in the house, and saw that the bedroom, kitchen and bathroom were very small, and the furniture was only five things: wooden bed, wardrobe, desk, dining table, and chairs. There were no washing machines and other commonly used modern appliances, and the whole house was neat and clean, spotless, but there was no human touch, and there was a feeling of cold and loneliness, which made her inexplicably think of the sentence discussed in the afternoon - choose to be alone or choose vulgarity.
"Jiang Danfeng, come and sit with Wenxiu, everyone is a young person, and they don't pay attention to the seating order. Wang Huihui packed up the Spring Festival couplets, and after greeting Jiang Danfeng, she sat down next to Su Wenhai and asked, "Sister Chunhua knows many leaders in the city?"
"I heard my sister say that every year the Children's Palace organizes teachers who know calligraphy to write Spring Festival couplets, and then send them to the leaders of the city to ask for a prize, but in fact, I can't see the leaders. Du Chunhua deliberately wrote a few couplets to send favors, and deliberately said those words, obviously to help Du Qiu support the scene, of course he would not waste his mother's kindness, and said with a casual attitude: "My sister's words are more in line with women's aesthetics, a few days ago, there was a director's wife who specially came to ask her to write a wedding invitation for her daughter, so I guess I may know a few leaders' families, and the leaders themselves should not know much." β
In many cases, it is more useful to know the family members of the leader than to know the leader himself......
"Du Qiu, I heard Wenxiu say that you want to recruit part-time salesmen, I have nothing to do at home during the winter vacation, can I come to you to work?"
"Yes, the more salesmen, the better, just go back and let Wenxiu sign a contract with you." Du Qiu agreed while bringing the last dish to the table, then pointed to the corner of the wall and said, "Brother Hai, there are two bottles of wine behind you, help bring them over." β
Su Wenhai picked up the shopping bag and opened it, and found that one bottle was Moutai, and the other bottle was imported dry red, he was a good wine person, and said with joy on his face: "Tonight's food is good, and the wine is good, a few of us must open our bellies, eat and drink well, and don't get drunk and go home!"
"It's okay to drink a lot, it's not okay to be drunk, and if you can't finish drinking, take it home and lie under the covers to drink. Du Qiu took a few paper cups out, and asked when he distributed them, "Jiang Danfeng, can you drink a bar?"
"I can drink it. β
Du Qiu takes red wine stew beef as the main dish, Japanese cuisine as a supplementary dish, there are meat and shrimp, there are meat and vegetarian, although it is not as exquisite as in the big hotel, but it also has a unique flavor, a few people sit on a plastic stool without a backrest, around the rickety folding table, in a small house without air conditioning, while eating and drinking, while chatting in the north and south, the temperature is a little cold, but the atmosphere is very warm.
Jiang Danfeng is very good at grasping the sense of proportion in interpersonal communication, and was slightly reserved at first, but soon let go, smiling like a flower, talking like a bead, it only took a while to dissolve the sense of estrangement when they met for the first time, and when she was halfway through eating, she unbuttoned her trench coat, toasted Du Qiu with a paper cup of wine, and asked with a bright eye: "Du Qiu, can you help me make a notepad? It's the kind of brown paper." β
"Okay, what do you want to write?"
"Feel free to do it, I'll ask for whatever you write. β
This chick is quite good at showmanship......
The movement is like waves, the ups and downs are like mountains, and the figure is really good......