On the twenty-eighth day, it was the day of the market, Er Niu and Dabao went to the town in an ox cart early in the morning, and the others all followed the Huang family to fry fruits at home.

The fruit is a rare snack in this era, and the steps to do it are to make noodles: sugar, water, flour, eggs, lard, this noodles can not be too soft, hard points are not sticky, and then make dough, and then pinch out the patterns you want, such as turning flowers, knives can be cut, and then put them in the oil pan to fry, when the fried big discoloration, turn over and fry, you can do it.

Lin He saw the appearance of Huang's fried fruit, and remembered a kind of thing he ate in his previous life, called pancake fruit, which was also fried in oil, so he also tried to make it, Lin He first stirred the batter, not too thin, put it in the pot, rubbed a layer of oil, to be very little oil, and after the biscuits, beat the eggs.

Then put in the fruit and wrap it. If you apply chili sauce or sweet noodle sauce on the side without eggs, you can add chopped green onions, leeks, and coriander, but without these things, you can make a simple pancake fruit.

Huang saw the pancake fruit made by Lin He and asked her how she could make this, Lin He said, "I came up with the fruit made by my mother, and I thought this should be more delicious." ”

Huang didn't believe it, this girl is so talented in cooking, it seems that these things at home can be taught to her in the future, women learn more things, and it will always be good in the future. Seeing that Xiaobao and Chen'er also dropped the fried fruit to eat Lin He's pancake fruit, they felt even more so.

At noon, Erniu and Dabao did not come back, presumably at the market, Huang took some children and ate some pancakes and fruits casually, it was a meal, and now the family will more or less get something to eat at night, and they will not be hungry.

In the afternoon, you can take a break for a while, Huang took Lin He to embroider in the yard, and while doing it, he waited for Erniu and Dabao to come back, Lin He saw the purse he was making, and remembered Zhou. "Mother, you said, I don't know if the New Year's goods at Sanniang's house are ready, Xiaoshan and Xiaoyun haven't come to play in the past few days, let's bring something over and have a look."

Huang nodded, hurriedly stood up, and saw what things could be sent over at home, Lin He felt that it was the most practical to send some food to Zhou's family, his family was not so particular, send some white noodles over, take some snacks and candy, and then send some fried fruits today, and take a few homemade sausages for them to taste.

When Dabao and Erniu came back, a lot of things were unloaded on the ox cart, Huang was startled, and said blamefully, "Father, what's the matter with you, I said that there are a lot of things at home, and you still buy so many things back, really, how can you use so many things at home." ”

Lin He also looked at it more and more wrong, many things are rare, and there are many high-quality furs, I'm afraid it wasn't bought by Erniu, sure enough, Dabao said, "Mother, these are not bought by us, they were given by Uncle Wen, you see these furs are brought by Boss Wen, and said that he should let his sister make some hand warmers for his family again, and wait until the first month to get them, as if they are going to take them as gifts." ”

Lin He looked at the large pile of furs, I was afraid that he could make twenty hand warmers, how many of them did Uncle Wen make, and sent so many, he shook his head with a smile.

When Huang heard that it was sent by Uncle Wen, his face suddenly became embarrassed, "Why did Boss Wen send so many things over, our family really inherited too many things from Boss Wen, and I don't know how to get it right." ”

Dabao said, "Uncle Wen said, the hand warmer that my sister gave him helped him a lot, these things are all thanks to my sister for sending them, and I also said that it was the New Year, and the New Year's gifts sent in advance, you were embarrassed to refuse, so I pulled them back." ”

After a while, Dabao said again, "By the way, sister, Uncle Wen said that the patterns on the hand warmer this time can't be the same, and there should be ten different looks." ”

Lin He nodded with a wry smile, this Uncle Wen is really embarrassed, and he has to make so many hand warmers for the New Year, it's really hard.

Lin He saw the things sent by Uncle Wen, there were several pieces of cloth, there were linen cloth, there were also silk cloth, linen cloth can be worn at home, silk cloth can be given as a gift or for your own use, and there are more than ten bags of snacks, there are many bacon strips, and a few spicy chicken and duck, which are a lot of them when unloaded.

Lin He took a closer look at the furs, they were all good, and there was a whole piece of silver fox skin, the color was quite beautiful, and the color was also very smooth. It must be very warm and beautiful in the hand, and it is also very precious.

There are also a few ordinary fox skins and rabbit skins left, which are not very expensive, but they are very beautiful, and there are no flaws in the white fur.

Erniu said, "Seeing that Uncle Wen took so many things, he didn't buy anything at home, but just bought some things to eat on Chinese New Year's Eve, and these things plus some gifts from relatives during the New Year are afraid that they will not be able to eat until the first month."

When they walked to Zhou's yard, Zhou's was also at home to prepare things for the New Year, but Zhou's house was much simpler, no buns were prepared, just some white-flour steamed buns, and the rest were black-faced wowotou.

Seeing that Lin He and Huang came over with something in their hands, Huang saw that she didn't prepare anything at home, so she asked, "Are all the things at home ready for the New Year, if you eat enough, go to me and get some more." ”

Zhou smiled and said, "Enough, our family is three mothers and two, and we can't eat much, this relative only sees me as a woman and doesn't move around much, and a few of my brothers and my mother's side walk around, these are enough."

Huang handed her the things in his hand, saying that the New Year's gift was sent in advance, Zhou did not speak, took it, and gave the basket to Huang, Lin He also asked Zhou some things about embroidering purses, and the two went back.

When I went back, I met Yu'er on the way, and Yu'er saw them going to Zhou's house, and when she saw Huang, she also greeted her, and went home.

Lin He saw Yu'er's eyes when she looked at the basket in her mother's hand, there was jealousy, anger, and envy, it was a little complicated, thinking that when she went back, Yu'er would definitely tell He about the things they sent to Zhou.

Then he raised his head and said, "Mother, are we going to send something to my uncle's family for the New Year?" ”

Huang replied, "Let's see when the time comes, your uncle's family and Sanniang's family are different after all, Sanniang's life is hard for a woman, we can help when we have the ability to help, your uncle's family is such a big family, and the eldest mother is usually a person who can live, and she doesn't wait for these things in our family." ”

Lin He knew what Huang meant when he said this, that is, he would not give it to the uncle's family, and when the time came, it would depend on whether the uncle's family would give gifts, and if he sent it, he would return it, and if he didn't send it, forget it.

Lin He thinks that it should be like this, there should be contacts between relatives, and they can't always pay unilaterally from their own family, and others don't appreciate it, and the eldest mother is not an elder, but it's just a father's eldest brother, and it's okay not to send it.