Seeing that the Spring Festival is coming soon, Xu Tiantian is also about to start preparing for the New Year.

Xu Tiantian rubbed her hands, shrunk her neck and looked at the sun that had just come out: "The sun is out today, and the snow is almost gone, go out for a spin, and go to the dock to buy some meat and come back." ”

"Sister, are you going out today? I want to go along, too. After Xu Yihan heard Xu Tiantian's words, he hurriedly threw down the toy in his hand and ran into the house.

Xu Tiantian looked at him with an expectant look, and couldn't bear to refuse, but it was freezing on this day, and it was not suitable to take him out: "No, the road is a little far, you will definitely not be able to persevere, you will wait at home today, sister, can I buy you something delicious when I come back?" ”

"Ahh When Xu Yihan heard this, he lowered his head in disappointment, looking pitiful.

Seeing his lost look, he quickly reassured him softly: "Stay at home well, and when my sister comes back, I will bring you the sugar gourd you like to eat." ”

Hearing this, Xu Yihan instantly forgot about the loss just now, and hugged Xu Tiantian's leg with a smile.

Soon, Xu Tiantian was fully armed and took Xuanye to the dock together.

Because the Spring Festival is approaching, there are many people who set up stalls or buy things on the pier, and they come and go.

When she arrived at the dock, Xu Tiantian did not buy meat for the first time, but went back and forth on the dock.

The so-called shopping around for meat is the same, if you can save it, you can save it, and during this period, I also asked several small traders who sell meat, and the price of each and each family is different, and soon, Xu Tiantian has a result in his heart.

Xuan Ye has been dressed and eaten since he was a child, so he naturally doesn't understand Xu Tiantian's intentions, "I don't understand, since I'm here, why do I have to go back and forth several times?" What about the price but not buying? ”

"I naturally have my intentions in doing this, you don't notice that every time I pass by a stall, I will ask the price, and compare these prices, you can know which one sells the cheapest, so you can save a lot of money." Xu Tiantian looked at Xuan Ye with a puzzled look on his face, and smiled proudly.

After listening to her explanation, Xuan Ye suddenly realized, and then realized that it was okay to buy things like this.

Soon Xu Tiantian went to the cheapest place just now to buy a few catties of meat, and after buying the meat, he went to buy Xu Yihan's favorite sugar gourd, after all, he had already promised, and he would buy it for him when he went back.

"Hey, how can there be hawthorns this season?" When he walked back, Xu Tiantian was surprised to see hawthorn on a stall.

After all, hawthorn is not winter, there are things, I think it is autumn, the family has stored some, and it has been put until now, and it is about to be the New Year, so I am ready to sell these hawthorns, and use the money from selling hawthorns to buy some New Year's goods.

Xuan Ye, who was following behind Xu Tiantian, was a little confused when he saw her stop: "What's wrong?" ”

"I saw that there is a hawthorn seller just now, and I thought that Xiaoshi loves to eat sugar gourds, and I am going to buy some and go back to make sugar gourds for him to eat." Hearing this, Xu Tiantian pointed to the small stall selling hawthorn not far away.

After Xuanye heard this, he looked over the line of sight, and sure enough, he saw a white-haired old man selling hawthorns there, so he walked over in a few steps and directly bought all the hawthorns on the stall.

Xu Tiantian didn't expect that Xuan Ye would directly buy all the hawthorns: "Ah, why did you buy them all?" ”

"Save it and eat it slowly." Xuan Ye thought that Xu Tiantian liked to eat sour and Xu Yihan liked to eat sugar gourds, so he simply bought them directly.

Hearing this, Xu Tiantian didn't say anything, on the way back, he saw a candy seller on the side of the road, and he bought some thinking that there was a child at home.

After buying these things, Xu Tiantian is considered to be a New Year's goods, and the purchase is complete, and it will be Chinese New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, whether it is the rich, ordinary people, or dignitaries and nobles, the family will gather around and eat dumplings according to custom.

Xu Tiantian had already reconciled the noodles early in the morning, mixed the fillings, and waited for them to be wrapped in the pot and cooked.

Xu Tiantian first cut the dough into long strips and rolled them into round strips. Then pull the agent, flatten it with the palm of your hand, pick up the rolling pin, and roll out a dumpling skin very skillfully, with a thin drum around the middle drum, so that the dumplings wrapped in the dumpling skin will not break when cooking.

Xuan Ye saw that Xu Tiantian was busy working alone, and it was not good to watch from the sidelines, so he rolled up his sleeves and walked over to help: "I'll pack it with you." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the dumpling skin that Xu Tiantian had just rushed, made some stuffing with chopsticks, and peeled out a chubby dumpling in three or two.

"Your dumplings are good, white and chubby." After Xu Tiantian saw the dumplings wrapped in Xuanye, she pursed her lips and smiled.

And Xu Yihan, who was practicing calligraphy in Xu Tiantian's room, couldn't hold back when he heard the movement on their side, so he put down the brush in his hand and ran over.

People looked at Xu Tiantian's movements with some curiosity: "Sister, what are you doing?" ”

"In making dumplings, don't you kid forget that today is Chinese New Year's Eve? Chinese New Year's Eve is to eat dumplings. Hearing this, Xu Tiantian stretched out her hand stained with flour and tapped it lightly on her nose.

After Xu Yihan heard the explanation, he shouted happily: "Eating dumplings today, it's great, I love dumplings the most." ”

After that, he shouted to help Xu Tiantian and them, and then he kept shuttling between them, but he didn't help, but he made a lot of trouble, but it made the atmosphere lively.

Xuan Ye and Xu Tiantian worked together, and soon pinched out the dumplings of the three people.

"Okay, it's still early, take the dumplings outside and freeze them, and wait until later to cook them in the pot." Xu Tiantian placed the dumplings neatly, and then turned into the first dumpling and served it.

Soon, Xu Tiantian's face turned red and ran back, and suddenly thought of Zuo, but what he found when he was packing up: "Since today is Chinese New Year's Eve, let's eat some good ones, remember that when I cleaned up yesterday, I found that there were still a lot of seafood dried before, so soak it and make a seafood meal!" ”

"Hmm." Xuan Ye had no opinion after hearing it.

After that, Xu Tiantian went into the kitchen and took out all the seafood she found yesterday in the cabinet, and got some of everything.

Put the seafood in a bowl separately, and use hot water to soak it for a short time, so Xu Tiantian poured some hot water into the bowl and waited for it to bubble.

In the process of waiting, Xu Tiantian was not idle, prepared some condiments, thought about it, got dressed and ran out to buy a piece of tofu, ready to make a tofu fish soup, delicious and nutritious.

When she bought the tofu back, the seafood was already soaked and could be put into the pot directly.

And Xuan Ye had been teaching Xu Yihan to read and write in another room, and after hearing the sound of chopping vegetables from the kitchen, he ran over.

"Are you going to start cooking?" Walking into the kitchen, I saw that everything was ready.

Xu Tiantian nodded after hearing this, and then thought about the dishes to be prepared: "Well, I'm going to make a tofu crucian carp soup, and then make a spicy fragrant pot, hmm...... Let's steam these crabs. ”

These crabs were brought back by Xuanye a few days ago, and because they were still alive, they had been kept in the house, and they finally came in handy today.

After Xuan Ye heard it, he consciously walked to the stove and lit the fire.

Considering that the soup became thicker and thicker the more it was stewed, Xu Tiantian first poured a little oil into the pot, and then melted the soaked ones into the pot, fried them until golden brown on both sides, and saw that the heat was almost over, so he got some water, and poured in the tofu that had been cut and put aside for later use.

After that, take the cage drawer and put it on the pot, put the fresh shrimp on the cage drawer, and don't pay attention to it after covering the lid, which is both trouble-free and convenient, and you can make two dishes in one pot.

While the soup was still stewed in the pot, Xu Tiantian cleaned up the shrimp that had been soaked before, took off the shrimp head, and pulled out the shrimp line inside, and cleaned up all the shrimp in a short time.

Clean up the shrimp, wash them with clean water, cut the chili peppers that are set aside for later use, and get everything ready to go.

Xu Tiantian poured some oil into another pot, looked at the oil in the pot, began to bubble and poured the cut chili segments into it, stir-fried back and forth with a spatula until it was spicy, threw the green onions, ginger, garlic, peppercorns, star anise, and bay leaves into the pot, and then continued to stir-fry.

Seeing that it was almost fried, he poured the processed shrimp into the pot, and poured the side dishes such as shiitake mushrooms and fungus that had been prepared early into the pot, stir-fried a few times, poured in a little water, and covered the pot.

After all this is done, just wait there for all the dishes to be cooked.

Because the fire was vigorous, Xu Tiantian estimated the time and felt that the spicy fragrant pot was already cooked and ready to come out of the pot, so he directly lifted the lid.

"Wow, it smells so good." As soon as the lid was lifted, the first thing I smelled was the scent of chili peppers, and I couldn't help but swallow my saliva when I smelled it.

The fragrance wafted out along the window, and after the neighbors who lived near Xu Tiantian's house smelled the smell, they were all curious, what did Xu Tiantian do deliciously, it was so fragrant.

Xu Yihan couldn't sit still when he smelled the smell, ran into the kitchen, and looked at Xu Tiantian with a greedy look: "Sister, what are you cooking?" It smells so good. ”

As he spoke, he swallowed his saliva very cooperatively, stared at the movements in Xu Tiantian's hands, and smacked his mouth from time to time.

"I made a spicy fragrant pot, just out of the pot, do you want to try it?" Seeing him like this, Xu Tiantian was amused and couldn't help but want to tease him.

"Okay, okay." Hearing this, Xu Yihan couldn't wait to nod.

His actions successfully made Xuan Ye, who was burning the fire, laugh, looking at Xuan Ye who was smiling with his head down, a little unclear.

Seeing this, Xu Tiantian hurriedly took a bowl, shoveled a pair of spicy fragrant pots with a spatula, and put them into the bowl: "It's served, it's a little hot, don't forget to blow it when you eat." ”

At this time, Xu Yihan had already been attracted by the spicy incense pot in his hand, nodded randomly, and then couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and eat.