A cold wind was bleak, and on the peach tree in the small courtyard of the Xia family, the last leaf also fell down and fell on the clothes hanging under the tree. @

"Sister Yunni, Daddy asked me to ask you, do you want to go home for the New Year?"

Tang Bao took Xiao Erhei, who had grown up, and stood in the middle of the courtyard and asked Yunni.

Yun Ni raised her head from the needle and thread in her hand, her eyes flashed with confusion, and then she smiled at Tang Bao and shook her head: "No, Tang Bao, go back and tell your father, I ...... There's no home anymore, so there's no need to go back. ”

Tang Bao tilted his head and asked, "But Sister Yunni, isn't this your home?" Could it be that Sister Yunni, do you still have a home? ”

Yun Ni paused, a warm smile appeared on her face, and she said softly: "Yes, Tang Bao, this is Sister Yunni's home!" You're all my sister's relatives......"

Tang Bao, who got the answer, ran away very happily, Xiao Erhei happily followed behind, Yunni sat alone in the courtyard, looking at the clean and clear sky outside the courtyard, and whispered softly: "Daddy, are you doing well over there?" Forgive my daughter for being unfilial, I can't go to see your ......"

"Sister Yunni, are you at home?"

A shout came from outside, interrupting Yunni in grief, and quickly wiped away the tears on her face, and walked over quickly to open the door.

When I opened the door, I saw an apricot blossom in a peach-colored cotton jacket, standing outside the door with a smile on her face, holding a pot of things in her hand and covering the lid.

"Oh, it's Sister Xinghua, come in."

Get out of the way and wait for Xinghua to walk in, Yunni closed the door again, then turned to look at Xinghua and asked, "Sister Xinghua, are you ......?"

Xinghua opened the lid on the pot in her hand, Yunni looked over, only to find that it was white and tender bean curd, still steaming, thinking that it had just come out of the pot!

"Sister Yunni, let you have lunch with us, you don't want to. Mingming's sister Wenxi is not at home, you are alone, but it is not good to cook, I don't know why you are so tough! ”

The slightly reproachful tone made Yun Ni laugh twice. Xinghuacai continued: "Look, this is the bean curd that has just come out of the pot, you can eat it with some dipping water, or you can cook the bean curd porridge, it's delicious!" Hold it up! ”

Yunni was a little embarrassed. Said weakly: "Sister Xinghua, I'm really bothering you......"

Xinghua deliberately glared at her and said, "Okay, who is with you and my sister, take it quickly, eat it while it's hot, and make some porridge to eat with Sister Wenxi at night, our Zhuang family, it's only this time a year!" ”

As he spoke, he put the small basin in his hand into Yunni's arms and prepared to go home.

When I walked to the door, I suddenly remembered something. He turned around abruptly and said, "Sister Yunni, I'll come to get the silver money from the previous embroidery after dinner, I just remembered to bring it to you, and I forgot it in a blink of an eye." ”

Yun Ni smiled and nodded, sent the apricot blossom out of the door, and then entered the kitchen with the bean curd, and looked at the time, it was indeed time to cook lunch.

Since there is hot bean curd, it is simply bean curd.

Cut the green onions, ginger and garlic pulled from the yard and cut them into foam. Pour some soy sauce, pour some vinegar, some dried chili flakes, sprinkle some coriander. A simple dip in water is done.

Vegetarian bean curd is eaten like this, but she doesn't know the recipe for dipping authentic vegetarian bean curd.

However, he ate it himself, not picky, and ate half a bowl of white and tender bean curd, and Yunni couldn't eat it. One person really doesn't have much appetite.

After cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, I remembered that Xinghua had asked her to go before, so I locked the yard, took the sewing basket, and went to the next door.

When they arrived at the courtyard next door, Xinghua and the others had just finished eating, and they were sitting down, when they saw Yunni walking in.

"Oh, it's Yunni here! You kid, let you eat with us, you don't want to, how difficult it is to cook alone! ”

Yun Ni smiled slightly and said, "Auntie, it's not difficult to do, you can do whatever you want, and you still have your own!" ”

"You kid, I really can't talk about you!"

Poking Yunni's forehead with his finger, Chen smiled and said, "Okay, you can cook with your sister Xinghua here, I still have to go and see if the grass in the field is cleaned!" ”

"Well, go ahead, auntie!"

After saying goodbye to Chen, Xinghua came out of the room, took a money bag, poured out some broken silver and dozens of coins from it, and handed it to Yunni.

"Sister Yunni, you take these, your embroidery sells well, my father said, there are many people who have booked your next batch of things!"

Yun Ni smiled faintly and said: "How can it be so good, it's just a rarity, they are all less common patterns here, and they are naturally better to sell, if Sister Xinghua wants to embroider, I will teach you." ”

Xinghua said happily: "That dare is good, I am greedy for my sister several tricks!" ”

The two sisters laughed in a low voice, sat on the warm kang in the room, embroidered the new handkerchief purse affectionately, and the afternoon passed very quickly.

In a blink of an eye, it was dark, Yunni got up to say goodbye, went back and started to cook dinner, make bean curd porridge, and when Wenxi came back, he could eat.

Douhua porridge is a characteristic of Qingshan Town, anyway, there is no other place in Yunni's impression, that is, Xinghua said how to do it before, and she only knew.

The front is basically done according to the general practice, and the back is to add bean curd, pepper, sauerkraut, dried chili, ginger and garlic, and slowly boil, so that the rice comes out of this way, the taste is sufficient, and the nutrition is also high.

This kind of meal is eaten almost once a year in Qingshan Town, because every Chinese New Year, every family will make tofu, cut the tofu into small pieces, soak it in salted water, and then smoke it on the fire to become dried tofu.

This dried tofu is also a technical job, because if it is not smoked well, it will become moldy, or it will become very hard and not delicious.

It's not easy to get the right amount of water, so these days, Xinghua will be taking care of the dried tofu at home, which is something to eat for a year!

In this ancient period, when there were no greenhouses and no refrigerators, smoked products such as bacon and dried tofu should be the longest preserved food.

Thinking about some things in her head, Yunni looked at the dancing flames in the stove, thinking that she should really go to the restaurant to help, and she was really a little bored at home all day.

What's more, you should also be self-reliant.

made up my mind to meet Xia Mei tonight and tell her about it, and Wen Xi's voice came from outside the door.

"Sister Yunni, open the door, I'm back!"

Yun Ni Waner. Hurriedly got up to open the door, Wen Xi outside the door covered his ears, his little face was red by the wind, "Come in." Look at you cold! ”

I ran into the kitchen in a few steps, and thought about it in front of the stove before I eased up, "It's really cold to ride an ox cart in this winter!" ”

Wet the handkerchief with hot water and hand it to Wen Xi, Yun Ni said distressedly: "Quickly cover your ears and hands." lest you get chilblains! ”

Taking the handkerchief and covering his ears, Wen Xi couldn't help but let out a comfortable sigh.

Seeing that Wen Xi was better, Yun Ni asked tentatively.

"Sister Wenxi, Sister Xia Mei...... Recently, did you say that the restaurant wants to recruit people? ”

Wen Xi froze for a moment when he heard this, then frowned and thought for a while before saying, "A few days ago...... That Aunt Cai's grandson had an accident and was kicked out, so the restaurant found a new chef. ”

Yunni raised her eyebrows, "This is the first time I've heard you say!" The grandparents and grandchildren are not fuel-efficient lamps, and it is good to leave, the new chef is found by Sister Xia Mei. You can't be wrong...... Just ......"

"Just what? Sister Yunni, is there something wrong?

Yun Ni sighed slightly, and said softly beside Wen Xi: "Sister Wen Xi, my sister's body has long been fine, I was left at home a few days ago, looking at the potatoes and taking care of Tang Bao, my sister thinks there is nothing wrong." ”

"Just recently, seeing that you guys have been busy all day and dizzy, I thought, I haven't been doing much lately. Otherwise, I'll go to the restaurant to help, many people, and a lot of effort. ”

Wen Xi smiled in surprise: "So good! If Sister Yunni can also go to the restaurant. Then we happen to be together every day! ”

Yun Ni smiled slightly, "Then let's have dinner, let's go to Brother Wu Song's house to have a look." ”

"Hmm!"

…………

Xia Mei walked home, thinking about the information of these partner stores.

According to the current situation, at least one-third of the large and small restaurants in Qingshan Town have come to register. The rest are still in a wait-and-see mode.

sneered in my heart, these people are really afraid of suffering a little loss, and they don't have the spirit of adventure at all!

"Who upset the girl? Help the lady teach him a lesson! ”

Wu Song chuckled with a faint teasing, successfully recalling Xia Mei's wandering consciousness.

Glaring at the person in front of her who was deliberately making fun of her, Xia Mei pushed open the courtyard door and walked straight in.

Tang Bao sat on the small bench in the kitchen peeling garlic, and Xiao Erhe was lying in front of the warm stove.

"Mother! You're back! ”

As usual, he slammed into his mother's soft embrace, Tang Bao rubbed and rubbed with satisfaction, pretending not to see his father's angry eyes next to him.

With a soft smile on her face, she gently patted Tang Bao's thick little buttocks, Xia Mei said softly: "Okay Tang Bao, come down, you have grown up, and your mother and mother are almost unable to hold it." ”

Tang Bao pouted unhappily, and then slipped down from his mother's arms.

Wu Song was satisfied, and pulled the lady to his eyes without a trace, and asked seriously: "What did the lady worry about before?" ”

Xia Mei was really diverted, "It's not those who cooperate, the base soup of the hot pot is being taken out, and many people have the idea that others can find the recipe in the base soup, so it's too cunning to look at it." ”

Wu Song patted his shoulder with relief, "Ladies rest assured, they will regret it sooner or later." ”

When Xia Mei heard this, she raised her chin proudly, "That's, don't think I'm so stupid, there's not even a single scum of medicinal herbs left in the soup, let's see what they do!" ”

"If you want to take advantage of me, you won't see who you are!"

Childishly shook off the cruel words and vented the depression in her heart, Xia Mei's feelings rose, and with a wave of her big hand, she led the older men to the kitchen to hunt for food.

After eating, Xia Mei took out the skin that Wu Song had hunted back and prepared to make something warm.

"Make a pair of gloves for Tang Bao, a pair of earmuffs, a pair of boots, a pair of gloves, and a scarf of your own, it shouldn't take long!"

I was planning in my heart, but the movements of my hands were already fast, threading the needle and thread, sewing the thick fur tightly together and making it into the desired shape.

Oh, I forgot to mention that these skins were handled by Xia Mei herself.

Didn't you live in Tong Wanli's yard for a long time before, Xia Mei had carefully studied his method, although she didn't know the recipe for the tanning step, but the general steps were known.

Thinking of the alum tanning method she learned in her previous life, Xia Mei tried to knead a piece of skin by herself, and the things she made were not good, but they also met the requirements for wearing, so Xia Mei didn't bother to think about it.

Wu Song secretly sighed, and felt more and more that his wife was really capable, just looking at the tools and some traces, she could tann the leather by herself, which is not something that ordinary people can do!

Where would he have thought that Xia Mei, who has the knowledge of his previous life, is a big cheater! How can you look at it from the eyes of ordinary people?!

Wu Song held a large bundle of firewood, burning the kang extremely warm, Tang Bao sat on the kang to practice big characters, Xia Mei sat aside, teaching him to do needlework, the cold wind outside kept blowing, but the house was warm, straight to the heart.

Wu Songzheng, who was warm in his heart, smiled happily, but when he heard the courtyard door ringing, he frowned, and walked over a few steps to open the door.

Outside the door, Wen Xi and Yun Ni, the two little girls huddled together, kept covering their hands and stomping their feet, and when they heard the sound of the door opening, they looked very pitiful.

"Come on in!"

Without saying a word, Wu Song first pulled the two little girls in, closed the courtyard door tightly, and then led them into the warm room.

Xia Mei was also taken aback, these two people, but they were frozen harder, you know, this season, as soon as the sun goes down, people don't go out, because the temperature is too low and can't stand it.

"Wen Xi, Yunni, why are you two here at this time?! Fast! Come here to warm up! ”

Wu Song brought hot tea, and the two of them had a cup of stomach before they came back to life.

Only then did the purpose of this visit be made clear, which made Xia Mei a lot of surprises.

"You said that you guys, how big is it to run a special trip, and you don't pick the time, in case you get a cold, isn't it a sin?!"

Wen Xi smiled weakly, "Master, don't be angry, I promise there will be no next time!" ”

Yunni's face was also full of remorse, "What Mrs. Xia said is that it's all my fault for letting Sister Wenxi suffer with me today." ”

Wen Xi patted Yunni's hand comfortingly, signaling that she was fine, Xia Mei said helplessly: "You guys...... It's not impossible to find another girl to work in this restaurant, I just thought, Yunni, you...... I shouldn't be here, so I didn't ask you. ”

Yun Ni's heart warmed, and she smiled faintly: "Sister Xia Mei, what ambitions can I have, I just want to protect myself now, and the rest, let's talk about it later." ”

Xia Mei glanced at Wu Song, saw him bowing slightly, sighed slightly in her heart, and said with a gentle smile on her face: "Okay, then tomorrow, you two sisters will go to the restaurant together!" ”

Xia Mei also has her own considerations, if it is something else, she will hesitate, but a girl who helps with chores, she can still accept it directly. (To be continued.) )>