Chapter 84: Chinese New Year's Eve
The light snow was followed by a sunny and warm day, and the snow was just about to melt, but it was snowing heavily, and it was Chinese New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye. Gusu City is covered in silver, and the lights are colorful everywhere, which is lively and peaceful.
At noon, He Yu took Shuang Di to Gong Huiran and the others' residence to play, and several people sat in the hall and chatted. At this time, the snow in the yard was already more than a foot high, and the peach trees were also covered with snow, as if they were full of white flowers.
Zhang Xun knelt in front of a few cases, and was concentrating on polishing two peach talismans, these two peach talismans were six inches long and three inches wide, one of which was engraved with "Shen Di", and the other was engraved with "Yu Lei", Zhang Xun finished carving, lifted the peach talisman to blow away the floating dust on it, handed it to Gong Wanran and said: "Brother Xiao Ran, see how I am doing?" ”
Gong Wanran took the peach talisman, looked at it carefully, nodded and praised: "Very exquisite." ”
"That is, although I am not as good as Xiao Ji in terms of swordsmanship, but to say that this fine work, Xiao Ji is far behind." Zhang Xun looked at Ji Zheng with a smug expression.
"Huh." Ji Zheng smiled disdainfully, "Who wants to compare ...... with you"
Hana took two peach talismans, looked at them carefully, and asked, "Why are these four words engraved on the peach talisman?" What is the meaning? ”
Zhang Xun explained: "Shen Tu and Yu Lei are two door gods, and tomorrow morning, people will hang new peach charms on the door to pray for the blessing of the gods. ”
"Oh, I see, interesting."
"Sister Hana, are you celebrating the New Year there?"
"We don't say that, but I think it's a lot of fun."
He Yu answered: "Sister Hana, tomorrow is the first day of the new year, it's more interesting, let's go to the market together tomorrow!" ”
Hana nodded and said, "Okay!" I love going to the bazaar! ”
Frost said, "Brother, I'm going too." ”
"Hmmm! Tomorrow the two of us will come to greet the New Year! ”
Gong Wanran shook his head and said, "You two should wait at home for us to pay New Year's greetings." ”
"Oh, yes, it's right to pay a New Year's greeting to grandpa, then it's not too late, we still have to go to the market!"
"Okay."
Zhang Xun stretched his waist, walked into the yard, stretched out his hand to catch the flying snowflakes, and said with emotion: "Ah, it's really a good year for Ruixue!" ”
After that, Zhang Xun bent down, gathered a snowball from the ground, and threw it at Heyu, who didn't have time to dodge and was smashed.
"Haha!" Zhang Xun pointed at Heyu and laughed.
He Yu wiped his face indiscriminately and jumped into the snow, and the two rolled and frolicked in the snow, having a good time. The two of them were innocent and playful, but who knows, Hana also jumped into the snow and had a snowball fight with the two.
Seeing this, Ji Zheng hurriedly shouted worriedly: "Hana, come back quickly, cold!" ”
As soon as the words fell, a huge snowball suddenly flew over and smashed into Ji Zheng's face.
Zhang Xun and Heyu pointed at Ji Zheng and laughed, Ji Zheng frowned, and said with a serious face: "Nonsense, Hana, come back to ...... quickly"
Before he finished speaking, another snowball flew over from the side and hit Ji Zheng's head, Ji Zheng turned his head to look, only to find that the snowball was thrown by Hana, and Hana was also pointing at him and laughing.
Ji Zheng squatted down, picked up a handful of snow from the ground, and threw it at Hana in a fluffy snowball, Hana was caught off guard and was smashed in the chest by the snowball.
Hana glanced at Zhang Xun and Heyu, then pouted and pointed at Ji Zheng, the three of them smiled heartily, and squatted down the snowball, and then the three of them got up at the same time and smashed the snowball towards Ji Zheng.
Ji Zheng jumped over in the face of the flying snowballs, and perfectly dodged the three snowballs, but the three snowballs happened to fall on Gong Huiran impartially.
Gong Wanran patted off the snowflakes on his body, and said to Ji Zheng and Dongya with a smile: "Go, you two can also go play for a while, I will make some flower tea with Shuang Di for you to drink, and I can go to the cold for a while." ”
"Hmm!" Ji Zheng nodded, smiled and said to Dongya: "Dongya, go!" Two of us against three of them! ”
"Good!"
The two happily jumped into the snow and smashed each other with the three people opposite.
The five of them had a great time, snowballs flew around, snowflakes splashed everywhere, and laughter warmed the whole yard.
After all, Ji Zheng and Dongya were few people, the firepower was insufficient, and they were smashed in an embarrassed mess, at this time, Ji Zheng had an idea, piled up a big snowdrift on the ground, hid behind, and waited for the opportunity to lean out and fight back.
Zhang Xun shouted: "Xiao Ji! You're cheating! ”
Ji Zheng leaned out and said with a smile: "Haha, this is called a soldier who is not tired of cheating!" ”
But who knew that as soon as the words fell, a large pile of snow was sprinkled on his head, almost burying Ji Zheng in the snow, Ji Zheng wiped the snow off his face, turned around and looked, only to find that Gong Huiran was standing outside the house and smiling at him.
Only then did he realize that the snow that had fallen on his head was actually the snow on the peach tree, and the reason why the snow was sprinkled was probably because Gong Wanran smashed it with a snowball.
"Brother Gonghui! You're still helping them! ”
Gong Wanran smiled and said, "Haha, these are the three snowballs that will be returned to you." ”
Immediately, Gong Wan beckoned and said, "Come back, it's almost, come and drink some warm tea, go to the cold." ”
"Hmm!" The five of them spoke in unison.
After drinking warm tea, Zhang Xun muttered: "I'm hungry, let's make dumplings!" ”
He Yu looked very excited, "Okay! All right! I've never made my own dumplings. ”
"That's not it, how can you do it yourself, a boy."
"Brother Xiao Xun, don't look down on me, you know the level of dim sum I make, dim sum is about the same as dumplings, I can definitely wrap it!"
"Okay, wrap it yourself and eat it yourself, yours will definitely rot when you get into the pot."
"Hmph, I don't believe it!"
So, everyone set up the table and made dumplings together. Gong Wanran has always been a master of cooking, and he is good at rolling out the dough, and after a while, he will make a plate of neat and even dough.
Zhang Xun picked up a piece of dough, put in the filling, held the dough in the palm of his hand, and pinched it hard, and a plump dumpling was completed.
He Yu was anxious, and he also picked up the dough, put in the filling, and pinched it hard, but no matter how he pinched it, the dumplings just couldn't close his mouth.
Zhang Xun laughed when he saw this, pouted with Yu, simply kneaded the dough in his hand, and said, "It doesn't matter what it looks like, I'll eat it myself in the end!" ”
"No, who would dare to eat your gnocchi! Ha ha! ”
Shuang Tu came to Heyu's side, picked up a dough and gestured, and said, "Brother, I'll teach you." ”
"Well, thank you, sister." After that, He Yuchong Zhang Xun grimaced.
Ji Zheng can also make dumplings, but the wrapping is not good-looking, he saw Hana looking at him sideways, so he said embarrassedly: "Miss Hana, do you want to try it?" ”
Hana nodded and said, "Okay!" I haven't tried making dumplings myself. ”
So, Ji Zheng grabbed Hana's hand, put a piece of dough on Hana's hand, and passed on his experience by gesture, but obviously his way was not very good.
Several people worked hard for a long time, and finally stacked three plates of dumplings, most of which were very beautiful, but there were also a few crooked, aggrieved looks, and even a few strange dough mixed inside.
Put the dumplings in the pot, boil them in boiling water three times, and they are cooked. Plates of dumplings are served, fragrant, steaming, and mouth-watering.
Zhang Xun picked out the most bulging thing among them, sandwiched it into the bowl of Heyu, and said with a smile: "This is your masterpiece, try it yourself, hehe." ”
"Hmph, I originally wanted to eat it myself, but I was reluctant to eat it for others."
He Yu took a bite and hurriedly spit it out, but it turned out that it was not cooked inside.
When everyone saw this, they laughed.
Ji Zheng helped Hana fill a bowl, specially picked out a work of his own, he picked up the dumplings, blew a few breaths, fed Hana, and said: "Hana, try whether the dumplings in our two bags are delicious." ”
Hana took a bite, a happy smile overflowing, and nodded, "It's delicious, it's very delicious!" ”
Ji Zheng was full of joy and said with a smile: "If you like it, I can often make it for you in the future." ”
Zhang Xun quipped: "Come on, at your speed, I don't know if you can make ten a day." ”
"Go, play."
Gong Huiran poured everyone a cup of warm wine and raised his glass: "Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, let's drink this cup together." ”
Frosty asked, "Can I drink it?" ”
Gong Wanran smiled softly: "Take a sip, today is a happy day." ”
"Hmm." Frost nodded vigorously.
So they all drank together. Gong Wanran put down the cup and asked, "Tomorrow is the new year, what are everyone's plans?" ”
Zhang Xun was the first to reply: "I want to train the soldiers under my hands well!" In this year's battle against Chen Guo, I found that our soldiers were really much worse than Chen Guo's soldiers. ”
He Yu said: "I want to increase the production capacity of the incense factory a little more, and in addition, I have to work harder to practice swordsmanship." ”
Winter Ya hesitated, "I haven't thought about it yet......"
Frosty was very shy, "I'm ...... I want to read more poetry books......"
It was Ji Zheng's turn, but he didn't say anything, everyone looked at him, and when he said his plans for the New Year, Ji Zheng's face flashed with a happy and shy smile, and suddenly he mustered up his courage and said loudly: "Next year...... I'm going to marry Hana next year! ”
"Wow!" Several people blew up all of a sudden, and they all looked at Ji Zheng and Hana excitedly.
Hana was so shy that her face turned red to the root of her ears, and she leaned down beside Ji Zheng and plunged her head into Ji Zheng's arms.
Ji Zheng hugged Hana and said happily: "Hana, will you marry me in the spring?" ”
"Hmm......" Hana whispered in agreement.
Everyone cheered together, and Ji Zheng was so excited that he almost shed tears.
The snow was still flying outside the window, but everyone's heart was warm, everyone's face was full of smiles, laughter was full of happiness and warmth, and the air was full of longing for all the good......