The busy and full days always pass quickly, the weather is getting colder, and the leaves on the trees have long since fallen off, leaving only bare branches, swaying with the north wind. The river has frozen over, and the family has changed into winter cotton clothes.

This morning, when the silence came together, I found it gloomy outside. Pulling open the thick curtains and looking out through the glass window, the snow was falling in the sky, and after a while, the entire ground was covered with a thick layer.

This is the first heavy snow of the year, which came a little earlier than usual, and yesterday it was quiet to make sticky noodles, and today we have to wrap up the dumplings.

Wrapping up the dumplings. It is a top important thing in the northern countryside in modern times, and it is as important as killing pigs. 饽饽 also refers to sticky bean buns.

People here don't do this, they like to eat quietly in their previous lives, and sometimes on a whim, they will do it themselves. Two days ago, Tong Feng went to the village to grind some new cornmeal, and bought rhubarb rice noodles, millet noodles, red beans and flower rice beans in the village.

After breakfast, the family went into battle. The work of noodles was handed over to Tong Feng, this noodles is a tiring job, and there are few strengths to live. This side is harder, put it on the hot kang head for a night, and then wrap the bean bun the next day, then it is called delicious, and it is chewy and sticky.

quietly commanded Sister-in-law Tong and the others to boil beans

to make bean paste. Xiao Jiayue was full of curiosity about this bag of bean buns, running back and forth inside and outside the house, watching.

Because there are more people in the family, there is more food, so there is also a lot to do. On the kang in the east wing, a large tile basin was placed on it, which was used to mix noodles. 22 200 catties of yellow rice flour, 100 catties of cornmeal, and then mix 50 catties of millet flour, stir well, beat the potatoes with boiling water, and knead the stirred dry noodles into it little by little, and this noodle is considered to be reconciled.

The noodles of the ten pots, Rao is Tong Feng has a lot of strength, and he is tired enough after the noodles are reconciled. Send Tong Feng down to rest, and a few people start chopping bean paste.

Chopped bean paste is chopped with a kitchen knife to chop the beans into pieces. Sprinkle with sugar and form a small, round, firm bean paste by hand.

There are two kinds of bean paste, one flower bean paste and one red bean paste. Several people sat on the big kang in the east wing, holding bean paste together, talking and laughing. There are many people who work fast, and the bean paste is ready at noon, and there are six baskets. Sister-in-law Tong carried the bean paste to the eaves outside the house and covered it with a cloth sheet. After the bean paste is grasped, put it outside to freeze overnight, and it will not be easy to spread out when the bean bun is wrapped tomorrow.

At noon, everyone had a simple bite. At the request of quietness in the evening, sister-in-law Tong made white flour steamed buns with sauerkraut soup. Now the temperature outside the house has reached more than ten degrees below zero, and the hot sauerkraut soup is warm all over the stomach.

After eating, the three sisters practiced their words for half an hour as usual. Now there are four more little girls in the team of practicing calligraphy: Chunlan, Xia He, Leng Qiu, and Leng Yue. Quietly, a few little girls are so elegantly named, they can't be illiterate, right? Therefore, at the request of quietness, the four little girls also began to practice literacy.

The next day, the master and servant got up early in the morning. The yellow flour has been made, and the curtain on the basin has been arched. Several people washed their hands and began to make bean bags under a quiet demonstration. After all, it is a woman's work, and after wrapping a few, they all got started, and after a while, they filled a curtain drawer, took it to the stove and began to steam, and the first pot of bean buns was steamed out, and everyone stopped and prepared for breakfast.

The freshly baked bean buns are bright yellow and steaming. Tear off the corn leaves underneath with your hands, dip them in white sugar and bite them down, not to mention how delicious they are. The glutinous and fragrant yellow rice dough and the sweet and soft bean paste make people want to eat it. Everyone was big and small, and they ate most of the sticky bean buns in one meal.

All the yellow noodles are wrapped and steamed. It's sunset, and the steamed bean buns are frozen outside. Pair by pair, pick it up and put it in a large vat, cover it with a wooden plank and press it with stones, so that you can eat it all winter.

The wind and snow at night were even greater, and I couldn't sleep quietly lying on the kang and tossing and turning.

"Sister, why don't you sleep yet? It's been a tiring day. Seeing that he was quiet and not sleeping, he asked softly.

"It's nothing, I just can't sleep, and I don't know when the snow will stop." Said quietly and in a deep voice.

"Yes, I don't know when it will stop, this year's winter is really as my sister said, it's extremely cold! Luckily, we had a new house, otherwise we would have frozen to death in a thatched hut. Thinking of the old days, Anxin felt a little emotional.

Quietly chuckled, "Silly girl, that thatched house has long since collapsed, where can you still live until now?" ”

"Hehe, yes, look at me saying something stupid. Sister, it's good that we can have you, and our family can have you! ”

"Xin'er, you're wrong, it's good that I can have you!" Yes, with the company of these children, I have never been alone. The hardships and tiredness in life, in the quiet view, are just the spices of her life. These children are the indispensable ingredients in her life.

If you are quiet, let the peace of mind smile happily. She always knew that her eldest sister loved them very much, even more than her father and mother.

"By the way, eldest sister, tomorrow is the day for Sister Huaihua to add makeup, have you thought about what to give? Over the years, Sister Huaihua has been giving us a lot of food, and our etiquette should be heavier. ”

"Don't worry, the eldest sister knows it all in her heart, and I'm ready."

After thinking about it for a long time, he still asked the words that were pressed in his heart, "Sister, in fact, Brother Qingshan is very good, his appearance is not bad, his health is good, and he is down-to-earth and willing to work." The most important thing is that he likes the eldest sister, and the uncle and aunt are good people, and the family population is simple, does the eldest sister really not think about it? If the eldest sister is because of us, it is completely unnecessary. Our family now has a house, a land, and servants at home, and we can live on it. Besides, even if the eldest sister is married and not far away, the eldest sister can come back often. Sister Huaihua is now getting married, but the eldest sister has not even decided on a family matter. If it drags on any longer, the eldest sister will become an old girl, and by that time, those good families have been picked up by others. ”

Quiet has always known that people in the village are gossiping about her, saying that she is too strong to marry or anything, but Quiet has never taken it to heart. I didn't expect Xin'er to worry about her family, this little girl is really worried.

"Although Brother Qingshan is good in everything, he is not the type that the eldest sister likes, and the two of us are completely inappropriate. Besides, I didn't plan to get married so early. Getting married is a lifelong event, and there can be no trace of pride. You have to meet the right person, and you will be happy in this life! ”

After a while, just when Jing Jing thought that Anxin had fallen asleep, she said softly, "Does the eldest sister like that big brother Xiao who often communicates?" ”

Jing Jing didn't expect Anxin to ask like this, and said helplessly, "No, we're just friends." Okay, little girl, don't think about it, you can't be so careful. It's late at night, go to bed early! ”

"Well, the eldest sister also goes to bed early."

It didn't take long for the sound of reassuring and steady breathing to be heard.

The words of peace of mind reminded Jing Jing of Xiao Qifeng. In the past two months, they have exchanged letters two or three times. From a little rusty at the beginning, to now you can talk about everything you want. Do you like it? Quiet uncertain. However, Xiao Qifeng is the type that is quietly admired. And she could also feel that Xiao Qifeng had some different thoughts about herself. Thinking of this, he smiled quietly and silently, there is still a long way to go in life, who can say what will happen in the future?

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