Chapter 034: The Liang Family Gathering
"Wow, that's a lot of hibiscus flowers!"
The yard was full of flowers and trees, and Ai Xiaoyu found that the most in the yard were hibiscus. However, it's only the end of June, and it's not the hibiscus season, and now it's only an occasional flower or two.
Chengdu area of hibiscus cultivation is the most, the history is long, when the lord of Shu is Meng Chang, the hibiscus is planted all over the city wall, so Chengdu has the name of "Hibiscus City" again, referred to as "Rongcheng", hibiscus is now the city flower of Chengdu.
Ai Xiaoyu imagined that in the flowering season of August and September, the hibiscus flowers, their flowers are white, pink or red, like hibiscus out of the water, like the petals of the flowers. The hibiscus flowers are blooming all over the city, and the scenery is sure to be beautiful.
During this time, Ai Xiaoyu also took the opportunity to pick a few hibiscus flowers, red, white, and yellow hibiscus, but Ai Xiaoyu still prefers five-color hibiscus and drunken hibiscus.
Five-color hibiscus, because of the red and white flower color, also known as mandarin duck hibiscus.
Drunken hibiscus, a double-petaled flower, has a white corolla in the early morning and early morning and gradually turns pink, and turns dark red in the afternoon and evening. Because the flowers change their color three times a day, they are called drunken hibiscus, three drunken flowers, also known as "three drunken hibiscus", which are rare and precious varieties.
"Hibiscus flowers are city flowers in Chengdu, many people like to plant, I remember that these hibiscus flowers in my grandfather's house are planted by my aunt, and there are a few drunken hibiscus that change color three times a day!"
Bai Shijun knows the magic of drunken hibiscus, and he once spent a day observing the flowering process of drunken hibiscus, which is indeed the case.
"Yes, my aunt likes drunk hibiscus very much, I used to steal one of her drunk hibiscus flowers, and I was chased and slapped by my aunt, I know that my aunt is very powerful!"
Bai Shibing remembered the previous painful experience, and his buttocks hurt inexplicably, his eldest aunt Wen Jing, she is a professor of literature at Sichuan University, she is as her name suggests, she is very elegant and quiet, Bai Shibing never thought that she would be so terrible when she was angry.
"Brother Xiaobing, if you break my beloved things, I will ignore you! I also asked Brother Xiaojun and Brother Xinyuan to help me teach you a lesson! ”
Ai Xiaoyu looked at Bai Shibing's appearance, afraid that he would also break the things he liked in the future, and thought to himself that it would be better to tell him in advance now.
Bai Shibing hurriedly cleared his eyes and said, "How could it be? Sister Xiaoxiao, don't worry, I won't break your things! ”
"Okay, let's go in, I see it's so lively inside, I can hear the laughter of Sister Xiaoyou."
After Bai Shijun finished speaking, he took one of Ai Xiaoyu's hands, and when he was about to take it in, Bai Xiaozhu and his wife and Ai's father and mother also entered the courtyard.
"Xiaoxiao, are you waiting for us?"
Bai Xiaozhu saw her niece, walked straight over, pulled away the hands of Nie Xinyuan and Bai Shijun who were holding her, took her niece's white and tender little hand, and walked towards the house first.
Although Nie Xinyuan's temper is domineering, he is still polite to his elders, and in the face of Bai Xiaozhu, who is eyeing him fiercely, he doesn't dare to snatch Ai Xiaoyu's little hand anymore.
"Xiaozhu, you're late, you'll have to drink later! This cute little girl next to you is your niece Xiaoxiao, right? ”
Liang Wentao hadn't seen Bai Xiaozhu for a long time, and made a joke about him.
"Isn't this my niece, Ai Xiaoyu. Laughing, this is the second uncle of your two cousins, and you should also call it 'second uncle'. Second brother, you, uncle, have to give some greeting gifts to your newly recognized niece! ”
Ai Xiaoyu listened to her uncle's words, and she was not very embarrassed, but she still obediently called Liang Wentao: "Second uncle, hello." ”
Ai smiled before speaking, delicate facial features, psychedelic peach blossom eyes, innocent temperament, plus Ai's mother specially dressed her up, with long hair half-draped, tied with a purple butterfly ribbon, wearing a lilac gauze skirt, looking like a unique style.
Liang Wentao is very satisfied with the appearance of his two daughters on weekdays, but now that he looks at Ai Xiaoyu's appearance, he has to admit in his heart that compared with Ai Xiaoyu, the facial features of the two daughters may be comparable, but their own style and bones cannot be compared.
He muttered in his heart, it was really a golden phoenix flying out of the mountains! At a young age, she looks like a little fairy, and when she grows up, she can pay it back?
"Smile, the second uncle went back to Chengdu this time, he was in a hurry, he didn't bring any gifts, he could only use red envelopes instead, next time, next time the second uncle will give you a set of Barbie dolls!"
Liang Wentao was prepared, and took out a thick red envelope from his bag, feeling that the weight was not low.
She was glad in her heart, fortunately, when she was in Jiangjin, Ai's mother had the foresight to buy a lot of red envelopes, and when she first came to Chengdu, Ai's mother gave two big red envelopes to her two cousins. When encountering today's party, many juniors, Ai Dad and Ai Mom must have to give red envelopes again.
Next, under the introduction of her aunt Liang Xue, Ai Xiaoyu successively met Liang's eldest brother Liang Bin, Liang's second brother Liang Shuang, as well as Liang Xiaoyou and Liang Xiaoya's sisters.
"Xiaoxiao, you just play with these brothers and sisters. Xiaobin, you are the eldest brother, but you have to take care of the younger brothers and sisters below, and your aunt is going to help in the kitchen. ”
Liang Xue said the first sentence to Ai Xiaoyu, and the latter sentence to Liang Bin.
The boys got together, and the topics were some things in their compound, Ai Xiaoyu was not interested in these, she was quite interested in Shenzhen now, so she talked to the two elegant sisters.
"Sister Xiaoyou, Sister Xiaoya, I heard my uncle say, your home is in Shenzhen, what is there to do there?"
Liang Xiaoya preemptively said: "I know that "Splendid China" is fun, there are many real-life miniature landscapes, what the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, Dazu stone carvings, etc., are all gathered together, that is, Du Fu's thatched cottage in Chengdu, there is also a Huiguan in Shenzhen, which is particularly interesting, in the future, Xiaoxiao sister, if you come to Shenzhen, I will take you to play!" ”
Ai Xiaoyu found that these two sisters, the elder sister Xiaoyou is stable, Xiaoya is lively, and their personalities are very complementary.
"Okay, okay, you must take me to play in the future. A place that contains places of interest from various regions is sure to be very interesting. ”
Ai Xiaoyu found that the world is so big that there are no surprises, and she must "read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles".
The dinner is very rich, all of which are authentic Chengdu home-cooked dishes, all kinds of lo-mei platters, complete with complete ingredients, and delicious; Mapo tofu is spicy and numb, fragrant and delicious; Braised foot fish, foot fish is soft-shelled turtle, this dish, the top is soft-shelled turtle, the bottom is pork belly, the two are matched, the meat quality is more delicious; The white meat with garlic sauce is authentic, and the bean sprouts at the bottom are also refreshing; The pot is crispy, and the meat is tender; Kung Pao chicken, sour, sweet and fragrant, very good for rice; There are also sauerkraut fish, saliva chicken, dried fried beans and so on.
"Xiaoxiao, eat this braised soft-shelled turtle, it tastes very good, I think this soft-shelled turtle is still a wild soft-shelled turtle, it is very nourishing."
Nie Xinyuan sat next to Ai Xiaoyu's left hand, and kept picking up vegetables for her, Ai Xiaoyu was actually very happy to have a brother take care of her like this, she was small and short-handed, it was inconvenient to pick up vegetables, and she was embarrassed to stand up, Nie Xinyuan was very familiar in the compound, basically every family had gone to eat, and he had eaten a lot at Liang's house, so he didn't mind standing up and eating vegetables.
"Well, this sauerkraut fish is not as delicious as my mother's cooking, Brother Xinyuan, if you have a chance in the future, you come to Jiangjin, I will ask my mother to make sauerkraut fish for you to eat, you will definitely want to eat it."
"Okay, okay, my father will be transferred to Jiangjin like Uncle Bai in August, and I will definitely go to your house for dinner often in the future, when the time comes, don't regret it!"
Nie Xinyuan is also a baby who likes to eat fish, and he was excited to hear that Ai's mother made fish delicious. He is also looking forward to his father's transfer to work in Jiangjin, which is his father's hometown, and now he has a sister he knows, and he will not be bored in the future.
The children at the table ate so much that they couldn't get enough of it, and everyone's stomach was overwhelmed, and they couldn't put down their chopsticks when they couldn't stuff it in anymore.
Ai Xiaoyu is more satisfied with the feeling of eating until she eats, what she is most afraid of is that she only eats a little bit one by one, and she is embarrassed to eat too much, and in that situation, people who love food will definitely not be able to stand it.