Here it is again, here it is again, it is like a mantra, it is really a headache.

Hua Manxi forcibly squeezed out a smile, and said to Hua Lanxiang's irritable look: "Mother, it's not like this, isn't it just me and him, isn't there still a breeze and clouds?" There are also Lord Chen, Miss Wang, Miss Li, and so many subordinates from Wang's Mansion following. ”

"Lord Chen and Miss Wang also went?" Hua Lanxiang's anger calmed down a little, but she was still very angry and said, "That's not good, you're a girl, how can you casually spend the night outside?" ”

"Ouch, we are going to do business this time, Lord Chen is going to ask for the time to sign a plaque, I am going to ask for a smooth opening of the food festival, our shop is like a cloud!" Hua Manxi really couldn't stand her mother's nagging skills, so she hurriedly said.

"Really? It's true that you should worship God and Buddha, such a big thing, but you don't make it clear to me, the idea is too big. Hua Lanxiang's face softened at this time, and then she thought and said, "Hungry, right?" Why don't you cook some breakfast for you to eat? Lunch had to wait for Da Yang to come back, and he went back to Peach Blossom Village to worship his ancestors. ”

"Wait for Brother Yang to come back, we made a fast meal on the mountain and eaten, not very hungry." Hua Manxi asked again, "What about Uncle Zhao?" How happened to Uncle Zhao's back injury? ”

Speaking of Uncle Zhao, Hua Lanxiang nagged again: "Lying in the room, what kind of miracle doctor, even my own back injury can't be cured, what kind of miracle doctor." ”

"Then I'll go see Uncle Zhao first." Hua Manxi casually took a sugar cake and went to Uncle Zhao's room.

Not to mention, Hua Lanxiang's skill in making dim sum is really good, this glutinous rice cake is sticky and tough, with a unique chewiness, fragrant and sweet, very delicious.

"Uncle Zhao?" Hua Manxi knocked on the door and called.

"Come in." Uncle Zhao's voice not only did not have the anguish of ordinary patients, but also carried a leisurely leisure.

"Uncle Zhao, is your waist okay? How does it feel? Hua Manxi pushed open the door, only to see Uncle Zhao lying on the bed, looking at a thick book, and stepped forward to ask.

"That's it, it was almost good, but something happened to you, and the son was in a hurry, but he didn't pay attention to me, and your mother threw me into the carriage casually, bumped all the way, and broke again." Uncle Zhao thought of this, and his face was full of lovelessness.

Hua Manxi: "......."

"Hehe, hehe, Uncle Zhao, your medical skills are so good, you will definitely be cured soon, it's okay, it's okay." Hua Manxi laughed, then thought of the purpose of this trip, and asked, "By the way, Uncle Zhao, it's the New Year this year, and you can't go back to the Northland, what are your unique foods for the New Year?" Tell me about it, I'll do some better, and let you comfort your homesickness. ”

However, Hua Manxi didn't expect it, but Uncle Zhao showed a look of disgust and said: "Eat in the north, we have been eating for decades, what is there to eat?" I finally came to the south for a New Year, so naturally I want to eat your specialties here, otherwise wouldn't it be a trip for nothing? ”

Hua Manxi watched Uncle Zhao speak so strictly and reasonably, and he felt that it was very reasonable, and he couldn't refute it.

She groaned for a while, and then squeezed out a sentence and said, "That's right, Uncle Zhao, you're right!" Then I'll prepare well and have a rich Chinese New Year's Eve dinner tonight! ”

Hua Manxi did what he said, and after simply cooking some noodles for everyone to eat lunch, he began to work hard for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

In her previous life, she was a Cantonese person, and the hard dishes necessary for Cantonese people to celebrate the New Year were white-cut chicken, whole fish, button meat, etc. Of course, there are many specialties in other provinces, near the seaside, fish, shrimp and crabs are indispensable, just like this Shishan County, these are big dishes, but now people's cooking methods are still a little single, most of them are directly steamed.

Then Sichuan and Hunan and other places, no spicy or happy, such an important festival as the New Year, naturally chili peppers are indispensable, but beef is an ingredient, there are boiled beef, pickled pepper beef, pepper beef, spicy beef, etc. - as well as chopped pepper fish head, spicy chicken, sauerkraut fish, husband and wife lung slices are also indispensable.

There are many stews in the Northeast, sauerkraut stewed meat, pork stewed vermicelli, chicken stewed mushrooms-

There are also Lu cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine, there are too many outstanding, Chinese cuisine is broad and profound, it is really not a table of Chinese New Year's Eve dinner can be peeked into.

Hua Manxi pondered for a while before making a menu.

Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the family eats, mainly to eat comfortably, not a banquet, no need for pomp and circumstance.

So she pondered for a while and chose more than a dozen dishes such as white-cut chicken, pine nut fish, sweet and sour pork ribs, steamed crab, spicy prawns, sauced duck, crispy pig's trotters and braised peanuts, mixed vegetables, pickled pepper beef, stir-fried winter bamboo shoots and so on.

The first thing to do is the eight treasure rice, the orchid fragrance makes a snack and leaves a lot of glutinous rice, all of which are soaked, first dry the glutinous rice in water, put it in the pot and steam, and then prepare black sesame seeds, raisins, dried apricots, dates, red dates, bean paste, and peanuts and other nuts chopped.

Take a large wooden basin, now the basin is oiled, then spread the nuts up, then take out the steamed glutinous rice, spread it on the nuts, then smear a layer of bean paste, and then spread a piece of glutinous rice, and finally compact it with a spoon, and then put it in the pot to steam for a while, after taking it out, it is turned upside down in another basin and poured with osmanthus sugar.

After making the eight treasures dinner, Hua Manxi and Hua Lanxiang, the eldest aunt, and Xiao Yezi worked together and began to cook.

The steamer is steaming, the wok is fragrant, the oil smoke is filling, there are talking and laughing, and after working for more than an hour, the table full of meals is finally ready.

White-cut chicken skin and white flesh, with a clear and moist luster, dipped in sand ginger and garlic, full of fragrance. The pine nut fish is fried and then stewed, the juice is thick, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Sweet and sour pork ribs, it is fried small chops and white radish together, the pork ribs are sweet and sour, the radish is crisp and slightly spicy, the steamed crab is gently broken by hand, and the inside is slowly crab roe and crab paste, the luster is bright, and it makes people move their fingers when they look at it. There are also spicy prawns, with enough spices and spicy seeds, one bite at a time, you can't stop at all.

Sauce fragrant duck, rich taste, smooth skin, tender and fragrant, pig's trotters stewed peanuts are also stewed soft and glutinous, a mouthful, full of collagen, even the peanut beans absorb enough pig's trotters juice, another taste.

There are also mixed vegetables, which are made with tofu skin, wild mushrooms, fungus, and stir-fried with meat foam, which is sweet and refreshing. Stir-fried winter bamboo shoots, digging is the winter bamboo shoots brought down from the mountain, just one word, fresh!

Finally, there is pickled pepper beef, which is a very strong, spicy and sour dish that is perfect for sake.

Of course, since it is a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, how can you have less snacks? Hua Manxi made another shark fin golden cake and a red plum reflecting snow.

The so-called shark fin golden cake is a pastry made of tapioca flour, milk, sugar, eggs, etc., originally this cake was made of coconut milk, but coconut milk could not be found here, so Huamanxi could only use cow's milk instead.

There is also the so-called red plum reflecting snow, which is a yam hawthorn cake, but a hawthorn-colored cake made in the shape of a plum blossom.

A large table of exquisite dishes, a large table of people, around the big table, but also warm osmanthus brewed and lotus white two kinds of wine, while eating, drinking, chatting, lively and warm.

After the sky was dark, the sound of firecrackers began to sound outside, more and more, louder and louder.

"We're going to set off firecrackers too." When Hua Xiaosong heard the sound of the cannon, he couldn't bear it anymore and jumped up and was eager to try.

"Komatsu, don't mess around, let your brother put it." Aunt Hua said coldly.

"Mother, let me let me go, I've grown up." Hua Xiaosong stood up and deliberately compared his own size to make everyone laugh.

"Uncle, let him go and put it, Komatsu is going to grow up anyway." Hua Manxi put a piece of hawthorn cake in his mouth and said with a smile.

"Okay, you go, be careful, look at it." The eldest aunt advised.

"I see." Hua Xiaosong got his wish and cheered to get firecrackers.

"After the New Year, we will be busy, purchasing ingredients, making menus, and buying pots and pans." Hua Manxi said while eating the vegetables.

"There are still a few days, no hurry, no hurry, we are almost ready, Xiao Yezi has also learned, and he should be able to deal with it." The eldest aunt was rarely relaxed, smiled, and said to Hua Manxi, "It's the family affair of Da Yang and Xiao Yezi, it's time to do it, I don't know when it's good?" ”

Da Yang set off firecrackers, and when Xiao Yezi heard it, he was immediately ashamed, hurriedly picked up the bowl, and began to pick up the rice suddenly.

"Sister-in-law, my son marries your goddaughter, you have no opinion, right? How much does it cost? "The eldest aunt saw Xiao Yezi's appearance, the more she looked at it, the more happy she became, this character is exactly the same as Da Yang, both of them are stuffy gourds, but these two stuffy gourds are together, but there are endless words.

This is really a lot of Hua Lanxiang and Manxi, otherwise how could Dayang marry a daughter-in-law so easily.

"Bride price, bride price is naturally indispensable, I also have to buy a beautiful dowry for Xiao Yezi, it's not okay if the bride price is less." Hua Lanxiang also laughed heartily, and the two women grabbed Xiao Ye and got together to discuss the matter of getting married.

Hua Manxi silently finished the contents of the bowl, stood up and said, "I'll go outside to see people setting off firecrackers and prayer lights." ”

Shishan County has the custom of putting prayer lanterns in the New Year, and the prayer lanterns, that is, the Kong Ming lanterns, are just painted on the lamps with a picture of wishes.

When Hua Manxi came out, Da Yang had just set fire to the firecrackers, and the crackling sound was deafening.

At this moment, a pair of hands with a slight coolness suddenly appeared on her ears, covering her ears tightly.

Hua Manxi didn't need to turn around, she knew that it was Xu Jinfei, at this moment, she only felt that it seemed that the whole world was quiet, and bright prayer lamps flew out of all courtyards, and colorful wishes slowly flew into the sky, and the sky, which was originally a little gray, became bright, and it was so beautiful that it was not like words.