Pu Yu flattened his small mouth, and threw the severed leeks in his hand to the vegetable basket with some annoyance, and chopped the soft ground that his little buttocks had just pressed a few times, and then pulled Tang Anqing's hand with relief.

"You, it seems that your mother has spoiled you." Tang Anqing nodded the child's forehead, although there was a bit of blame, but there was no sense of blame at all when he said it, not to mention the strong pampering meaning in Tang Anqing's apricot-like eyes that seemed to be indissolvable ink. The child flattened his mouth, took Tang Anqing's hand with force, raised his head and looked at his mother, "Yu'er is not bad, smart, my mother said." ”

"Yes, yes, our Yu'er is the smartest." Let the children drag them and walk towards the fence on the other side near the west. Last time, Sister Xiuyun gave Tang Anqing some seeds for winter melons and pumpkins, which are not suitable for sowing in this season, but pumpkins are still okay. Except for a few that let the buns into the space, the rest of the pumpkin seeds were planned to be planted in the backyard by Tang Anqing, and the children saw it, and came to join in the fun, and happily dug a pit in the backyard with a small shovel, Tang Anqing put the seeds in the hands of the children, and let him throw them one by one into the messy pit he dug himself. The children were quite enthusiastic in the first few days, squatting in front of those small pits every day to see if there were any sprouts, and they would take a scoop of water to water it. However, in the next few days, there was no germination every day, and the child was impatient.

"Mother" The child squatted on the ground and happily looked at the small seedling with two tender green leaves in the pothole, and called out to his mother in surprise. Tang Anqing was also surprised, after all, the pit dug by his son was really not shallow, plus a scoop of water was poured into a pit, and he also brought calves here from time to time to step on it, and now there are still seeds that can germinate. "Daddy, it's sprouting," Puyu shouted happily to his father, then reached out and carefully touched the two thin leaves, giggling.

Tang Anqing squatted down and looked at the two tender green leaves, "Yu'er is really capable, the others will also sprout, and they will bear fruit after the pumpkin blooms, will it bear fruit when the mother makes pumpkin pie for Yu'er to eat?" ”

Puyu nodded excitedly, stood up and ran to Tang Baiyu to pull his father over, and happily asked his father to see the pumpkin seedlings he had grown. "Daddy, Yu'er is very smart, isn't she?" The child's big bright eyes looked at his father, and after getting his father's affirmative answer, he jumped up and ran to the front yard, and said while jumping: "Yu'er wants to give, little Miaomiao, water." ”

Tang Anqing looked at the still wet land, and wanted to stop his son, but he was afraid of hitting his son's strength. However, after thinking about it for a while, when Puyu came over with a small wooden basin carefully, he hurriedly walked over and put aside the wooden basin in his son's hand. Pulled his son over, "Yu'er, Xiao Miaomiao is not thirsty yet, so Yu'er should water it in a few days, okay?" ”

Puyu tilted her head, "How can that mother, you know, not thirsty?" ”

"Do you think, have you watered it every day these days, and if Yu'er drank so much water every day, wouldn't she be thirsty anymore? If you don't believe me, you ask Daddy. The finger pointed at Tang Baiyu who came out of the backyard, he hung the sickle on the kitchen wall, and when he heard Tang Anqing say this, he nodded under the gaze of two pairs of eyes. After getting the unanimous approval of his mother and father, the child no longer bothered about this matter, and followed his father into the kitchen again.

Tang Anqing rubbed his temples and looked up, Bao Zijun was lying comfortably on the branches surrounded by leaves, leaving only one tail dangling. smiled and walked to the kitchen door, "Ayu, give me the leeks, I'll tidy them up." ”

Tang Baiyu glanced at her, "How is your health?" Tang Anqing nodded, her complexion was much better today than before, and it was rare that she didn't feel retching when she got up in the morning. The man nodded, took out the basket, scooped water out of the porcelain basin and put it on the stone table. Tang Anqing sat on the stone bench and picked leeks. Tang Baiyu returned to the kitchen and began to prepare the eggs.

The child ran between the two of them, and followed Tang Anqing to pick leeks for a while, but if you didn't look at the last cabbage left, it would be good. After a while, he ran into the kitchen again, blindly filling a handful of firewood under the pot, and the whole kitchen was filled with smoke, and from a distance it looked like it was about to catch fire. In the end, I couldn't get my eyes peeled and came out of the kitchen rubbing my eyes. Tang Anqing smiled bitterly and looked at the black marks on his son's face, as well as the tears that were smoked. Pull him up and wash his face, so he gets better. Then I sat on the stone bench and washed leeks to play.

"Okay, Yu'er, these leeks are almost there. Don't play in the water, your sleeves are going to get wet. Even if Tang Anqing rolled up Puyu's sleeves, he couldn't help his son's whole hand from stirring around in the porcelain basin. Tang Anqing pulled out his son's white and tender little hands, "If you rub it again, this leek will be kneaded for you." Go to the kitchen and ask your dad for a small pot (Note 1). ”

"Oh." Puyu slid off the stone bench, trotted to the kitchen, and asked her father, who was kneading the dough, "Daddy, my mother asked me to take the pot and pot, the small one." The little hand was still gesturing, drawing out a shape as big as his little face, and looking curiously at the dough in his father's hand. Tang Baiyu handed the lid of the pot hanging on the wall to his son, and unintentionally stretched out his finger and pointed at Puyu's little nose. Puyu grabbed the pot with both hands, cautiously came to his mother's side, and placed four or five pots the size of his face on the stone table. Tang Anqing looked at his appearance and almost didn't laugh. I saw that the originally red little nose was dotted with white flour, plus the top of the head was tied with a red rope and braided to the sky, it would be better if a little white flour was added to the cheeks. It looks like this, it's quite joyful, and I don't plan to wipe it for Puyu.

Tang Anqing hung the washed leeks on the pot and let the water droplets slide down the leek stalks. Puyu went to the kitchen again, didn't know what to tell his father, and when he came out again, he held a small ball of dough in his hand, kneaded it in his hand and played with it, Tang Anqing beckoned him over. "Yu'er, is it okay for my mother to pinch the ingots for you?"

"Ingots? What is it? Puyu kneaded the dough and asked his mother.

"Ingot is a lot of copper coins, what delicious things can be bought." Tang Anqing made a big gesture to show his son.

"Ah, Yu'er knows, Yu'er has it too." As he spoke, he touched and touched two copper plates from the pocket in front of his belly, "Mother gave it to Yu'er, last time." ”

"Yu'er still has it, it's really good. Na Yuer will give the dough to her mother, and her mother will pinch the ingots for you. Tang Anqing touched his son's little head and said with a smile.

This time, Puyu obediently handed the dough to his mother and stared straight at the dough in his mother's hand. I saw his mother's hand rubbing a few doughs, and the movements in his hands were flying, and after a while, I saw an ingots appear in Tang Anqing's hands.

"It's a boat," Puyu said. "Yu'er has seen it, by the river."

"Okay, Yu'er said that it was a small boat, so it was a small boat. However, it would be nice if there was glutinous rice flour, so that it would be sticky and sweet, and it would be delicious when steamed. My mother will also pinch kittens, puppies and rabbits. "This craft of pinching flower buns (Note 2) is still learned from the old landlady, the old lady's children are not around, and she takes care of Tang Anqing on weekdays, after knowing that Tang Anqing is an orphan, Tang Anqing will be asked to eat at her house every New Year's holiday. This craft of kneading flower buns was learned from the old lady during the Chinese New Year.

"Hey~ That mother will give Yu'er, get Niu Niu, hurry up." Listening to Tang Anqing's words, Puyu kneaded the boat in his hand and kneaded it into dough and stuffed it into Tang Anqing's hand, looking at Tang Anqing with anticipation and bright eyes.

"Yu'er, this dough is too small, my mother can't make it. And can't you waste food, will the mother wrap a cow-shaped bun for Yu'er later? Tang Anqing was also reluctant to hit his son's expectations, and said comfortingly.

"Hmm." Sure enough, the child nodded vigorously.

After a while, Tang Baiyu came out and brought the leeks into the kitchen, and by the way, he took a look at Puyu's little nose, and the flour was still sticking to it. Tang Anqing definitely didn't miss the little smile in his eyes, and gave the dough with peaches in his hand to his son who now worships him extremely much, and the look of Puyu's worship made the mother very happy.

"Ah Yu, move the board out, it's cooler outside." Tang Anqing looked at the kitchen, the filling had been made, and the dough was almost ready.

The child has always been thinking about the cow-shaped bun that Tang Anqing said, and helped his father hold chopsticks and rolling pins. Tang Baiyu took out the basin, the chopping board and the porcelain basin with vegetable filling, and put them on the stone table. Tang Anqing sandwiched a chopstick's vegetable filling to Puyu, "Na, is Yu'er salty or not eating?" Has Ah Yu tasted it? Tang Baiyu snorted, and the child chewed a few times, "Mother, the balls are delicious." Baozi climbed down from the tree with a shy face, and looked at Tang Anqing with blank eyes, Tang Anqing had to also clip a chopstick to him and fill it directly into Baozi's mouth. After eating the buns, he smashed his mouth and nodded decently, whining.

"Come, Yu'er, let's wash our hands first, and then wrap the buns." Tang Anqing took Puyu to wash his hands, and the bun quickly slipped away and lay in the rattan chair, his face facing the direction of the stone table, with an aftertaste on his face.

Tang Baiyu kneaded the dough, kneaded the dough into long strips, and made it into a ball. Take a rolling pin and tell a dough roll out the thickness of the dough and set it aside. Tang Anqing picked one up, put the vegetable filling on the dough with chopsticks, and the child obediently lay on the stone table to watch his mother's movements. Twist the dough together and a bun is made and placed on top of the pot.

"Mother, Niu Niu." The child said eagerly.

"Okay, my mother knows." Tang Anqing took out some dough from the basin, kneaded it on the board, and sprinkled some flour on the dough. Under the gaze of the child's shiny elk-like eyes, the prototype of a calf was formed after a while, but because glutinous rice flour was not added to the flour, it appeared a little soft. However, the child was still very happy, and looked at it reluctantly before putting it in the pot.

Tang Anqing tapped Puyu's cheek with his finger that was still stained with flour, and smiled, "Na, how about Yu'er wait for my mother to make you a better one next time?" In this way, both cheeks were stained with flour, Tang Baiyu glanced at it, and didn't say anything.

The two of them worked together, and after a while, they ran out of leeks, but there was still some dough left. Tang Anqing thought for a while, "Why don't you make some flower rolls." The man brought in the pot with the buns in it, and when he came out, he had a bowl of minced green onions, salt and oil mixed with it. Ah Yu, it seems that you can do everything. Yu'er, isn't Daddy very powerful? ”

Puyu nodded in agreement, leaned on Tang Anqing's shoulder, and whispered to Tang Anqing. "Daddy takes it, Yu'er goes up the mountain, Daddy will climb the tree, it's a tall tree." When he came, he secretly glanced at his father, and saw that his father didn't look at him, "Daddy won't let me, Yu'er said, give it to my mother." ”

Tang Anqing smiled and said nothing, son, your whispering is a little loud. Tang Baiyu, who was whispered, indifferently turned the dough rod in his hand into an extremely thin dough, put minced green onions, and rolled the thin dough into a tube. Make a cut every five centimeters. Stretch the cut strips a little longer and twist them into a flower roll by pinching the two ends.

"Daddy, that's amazing." The little finger touched the flower roll, and Puyu looked at his father with a 'daddy is amazing' expression. His father's hand froze, but he quickly finished the rest.

"Mother, buns, when will they be cooked?" Puyu tugged at Tang Anqing's sleeve.

"Qingqing, when will the buns with leek eggs be cooked?" Baozi looked at the kitchen weakly with his tail curled.

"Okay, Yu'er, you've asked several times, you go and ask your father. Daddy said that it was only when it was cooked, but what my mother said didn't count. Tang Anqing listened helplessly to the words of his son and his own buns, since the buns were put into the pot, the two of them didn't know how many times they asked.

"Daddy said, it's almost ripe, let Yu'er wait." The child did not give up and ran to the kitchen again, pulling at his father's shirt and coquettishly. Then he came out with a bulging mouth, and lay impatiently in Tang Anqing's arms. "Daddy said, make egg drop soup, it's delicious."

When Baozi heard this, he jumped down from the rattan chair with his eyes, stretched out his small tongue and licked his mouth, lying on Tang Anqing's shoulder, "Na Qingqing, I smell the fragrance~"

Note 1: In the countryside, the pot is made of sorghum bark, and my family now uses this type.

Note 2: During the Spring Festival, it is necessary to worship the gods and make offerings. Before the Spring Festival, the dough is kneaded into various shapes such as bergamot, pomegranate, lotus, peach, chrysanthemum, and horseshoe. There are also cows, sheep, pigs, rabbits, cats, chickens, ducks, dolls, flowers, melons and fruits. It is commonly known as "flower bun".