Liu Yunlan was about to get up and follow, but Yang hurriedly held her down and handed the little gourd to her: "You hold the gourd, talk to the chrysanthemum, and I will cook with Huaizi Niang." There's nothing to do this winter, and I'm not too tired to cook. A few of our own family members eat, and it's not a hospitality drink, so we can't turn around when so many people are crowded into the kitchen. ”

Liu Yunlan nodded and hugged the little gourd.

Zhang Huai hurriedly followed, moved a bundle of firewood and grass and put it behind the stove hole, fetched a few buckets of well water and put it aside for later use, and listened to He's instructions to go to the back garden to cut some yellow cabbage, pull some spinach and onion and garlic, and was busy for a while before returning to the hall.

When Zheng Changhe and Aoki came over with two carps and two grass carp, Zhang Dazhuan also came back from Xiatang, and all gathered in the hall, looking at the chrysanthemums one by one, like looking at a treasure, making the chrysanthemums feel like they were being visited by the exhibits, and they were uncomfortable.

She jumped out of the fire bucket and said to Huaizi, "Let's go, let's go kill the fish." Make a pot of sauerkraut fish at noon and steam one. ”

Aoki hurriedly said: "I'll go with Huaizi to get it, you bothered to go out, it's very cold outside."

Chrysanthemum smiled: "I'll go and take a look, I can't sit still all the time." You should talk to Sister Yunlan, you are a guest today. The three of them laughed and went out together.

On the side of the well platform, Aoki helped hang two buckets of well water up, and saw Huaizi skillfully cleaning up the fish, scraping the scales, cutting the abdomen, digging the belly, and digging the gills, very old-fashioned, and asked in wonder: "When did you learn to be like Changxing and Sanshun, so good at making fish?"

Chrysanthemum squatted aside and said proudly, "Naturally, I taught it." Now Brother Huaizi can do anything, he can plant seedlings and cut rice in the field, and he can cook pots and pound stoves in the kitchen. ”

Aoki laughed and said, "You can help him blow it." Who wouldn't do that? My brother and I will too, but I'm not as skilled as him. I don't believe he can cook. ”

Huaizi listened to the brother and sister arguing for themselves, and didn't interject, just laughed, and his subordinates kept busy. After a while, he raised his head and asked Chrysanthemum, "Why don't we get a fresh roasted fish pattern to try today?" He also wanted to make Chrysanthemum happy.

Chrysanthemum asked, "What's new?"

Huaizi said: "It's the same as the last time you wrapped the chicken in lotus leaves and buried it in the stove hole to burn it."

Aoki smiled, "Oh, that's delicious."

If this fish is also burned like this, the taste will definitely not be bad. But now there are no lotus leaves, what do you take to wrap it?"

Huaizi smiled: "I thought about it, and got some green vegetable leaves to wrap it, wouldn't it?" The leaves of the yellow cabbage are very large, wrap a few more pieces, bundle them tightly with straw, and wrap the yellow mud outside so that the fish will not be dirty. ”

Chrysanthemum's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she hurriedly said: "This is also possible, and it will be safer to wrap a layer of cloth on the outside of the vegetable leaves."

Even Aoki was happy when he heard this, and followed to reconcile the yellow mud; Huaizi broke a lot of yellow cabbage leaves, and Chrysanthemum taught him to stuff ginger, pepper and other ingredients into the fish belly, and the thick part of the back of the fish was also cut and smeared with some salt, and plugged ginger slices. Because the grass carp was too big, it was cut into two pieces and divided into two packets.

They were busy laughing endlessly, attracting Liu Yunlan to come out to see, Zheng Changhe hugged the little gourd, and Zhang Dazhuan also came over to see, while happily saying to Zhang Dazhuo: "Look at the taste of this fish." I'm going to have a drink today. ”

Zhang Dazhuan stared at Huaizi with bright eyes, wrapped the cabbage leaves, wrapped gauze and wrapped them tightly with straw, and then Aoki smeared yellow mud on it, swallowed his saliva and said, "Of course you have to have a good drink." Look at the babies who are so meticulous and don't drink, I'm sorry for them. ”

When the two pairs of children heard this, they laughed together.

Huaizi moved out of the brazier and said to Chrysanthemum: "The stove is cooking, it's not good to burn this." Shovel the ashes into this brazier, bury it the same, remember to add a few more charcoal fires to the brazier in the middle, and it will burn quickly. ”

Chrysanthemum nodded, saying that it would be easy to eat.

After all the work was done, the group returned to the house, Chrysanthemum held the hand stove, sat in the fire bucket and said to Liu Yunlan with a smile: "Sister Yunlan, if the fish is boiled like this, it will be delicious, and it will be boiled like this in the future."

Liu Yunlan nodded and said, "It will definitely not be bad." But it's too wasteful, if you burn it in a pot, you can also mix some pickles or something to cook two more bowls out; If you cook it like this, you can only burn the fish. However, if you wrap some pickles in it, it shouldn't be in the way, let's try it later. ”

Aoki took his son from his father's hand, lifted him high, and said with a smile: "Gourd, let's grow faster, look at these people all day long to think of something to eat, you can't eat it, what a pity." Little Hulu ignored his father's teasing, yawned, his eyes half-narrowed, and looked like he was going to sleep.

Zhang Huai smiled: "When he will run away, you should have a headache with the food behind you all day long."

Aoki smiled, "What headache do I have?" Isn't there an aunt who can make food? In the future, Hulu must be close to his aunt and eat at his aunt's house every day. ”

He looked at his sister, his heart was warm, after all these years, his sister was about to give birth to a baby.

At noon, it snowed heavily, but it made people's spirits even higher, and it seemed that there was a good reason to eat and drink and joke at home.

Zhang Yang ran back with a snowflake after school, saw that the family was so lively, and when he heard that Hua was pregnant, he shouted with joy: "Now someone calls me uncle."

I said, "You have all come up with this little name, and I have to come up with this big name." Don't worry, even if I turn over the book, I will help my nephew come up with a good name. ”

Zhang Huai glanced at him and said, "I can't turn the book myself?" Why do you want to turn it over? You can keep it for yourself. ”

Aoki also smiled: "We can recognize a few words anyway, if the adopted son even lets others name him, won't he recognize the words in vain?" If you don't succeed, there will be grandpa, so you should save it. ”

Zheng Changhe and Zhang Dazhuan glanced at each other, shook their heads together and said that they are old, and it is better to let the juniors come to think of the brain-consuming matter of fame.

Liu Yunlan and Chrysanthemum laughed together.

Zhang Yang nagged unwillingly, saying that he was an uncle, not an outsider, etc.

Chrysanthemum smiled and said, "You can find a few, if they are better than us, then we will use your name." It's called 'merit-based hiring.' ”

Zhang Yang was overjoyed, and even said that he would definitely find a few wonderful - good names to come out.

Chrysanthemum couldn't help but smile and thought, it's just a name, and it's wonderful-mile Sure enough, Huaizi said: "You can rest as soon as possible, our baby is just a peasant family, why do you want such a wonderful name?"

Zhang Yang waved his hand and said, "Didn't you say that?" As long as the name is tempered, it will be pleasing when it is shouted. It's the same with this big name, as long as it's appropriate, it's worthy of being brilliant - and I'm not going to make some high-level rhetoric to pretend to be elegant. ”

Aoki smiled, "Sounds interesting, let's see what you can choose."

Zhang Yang said: "Don't worry, it's better than you think."

Everyone laughed endlessly, the hall was lively, the melon seed skin spit out all over the ground, and occasionally talked about how the eldest grandson of the Zhang family was, Zhang Dazhuan was full of red light, and talked loudly.

Chrysanthemum looked at the elated appearance of this group of people, and couldn't help but say to them: "I see that you just want to eat, drink and have fun, but in the name of my pregnancy." Why don't I think it's okay without me?"

The crowd burst into laughter.

Zheng Changhe smiled: "Girl, you are right. This year, our family has been full of happy events, adding people and cattle; It's almost the New Year, you're pregnant again, Dad just wants to have a lively time, and he can't wait for the New Year. ”

Zhang Dazhuan also said: "Why don't you have anything?" If you don't have here, we'll have no energy to eat. ”

When He and Yang brought the same food to the table, everyone closed the door, closed the flying snowflakes and cold outside, lit oil lamps, sat around the square table, and ate with a smile on their faces.

In the busyness, everyone smelled a special smell, Liu Yunlan moved her nose, looked at the gourd in Yang's hand, and said to everyone apologetically with a red face······ What's wrong with the baby?"

She hurriedly dropped the dishes and chopsticks, took the small gourd from Yang's hand and was about to go to the chrysanthemum room next door to clean up; Everyone looked at the little gourd and laughed.

He said: "What is this? He's a little milk baby, isn't it common to and pee, who still laughs at him? When you go to the room, sit in this fire bucket and clean up, so that the heat below will be caught and he will not catch a cold. ”

Chrysanthemum and Yang followed, and Yang smiled: "My eldest grandson is not, it is gold." It doesn't stink at all, it smells fragrant."

While talking, he quickly helped Liu Yunlan wipe the little gourd's butt and change the diaper.

Everyone burst out laughing, and Aoki sniffed hard twice and said, "It's not smelly." Why does a suckling baby? Yang Zi, do you say?" He was very upset when he saw Yang Zi laughing and coughing.

Zhang Yang finally stopped coughing, and hurriedly said: "That's it, your son's is fragrant - the dogs are rushing to eat it."

Zhang Huai tried his best to hold back a smile; Zheng Changhe and Zhang Dazhuan also laughed non-stop

He glanced at his youngest son and said, "Of course the dog rushed to eat it." Whose mother-in-law is that... … I forgot, when she helped her grandson with the shit, she never wiped her buttocks, and when she was done, she called the dog over to add it. ”

Zhang Yang said with a bitter face: "Mother, what are you talking nonsense? Who can do this? What if a dog bites a baby's buttocks? Hey, what do you say, but you can't let people eat?"

Zhang Dazhuan smiled and continued: "That's your mother's Grandma Wang in the village." You don't remember?"

He nodded and said, "It's her." Turning his head and rushing to Zhang Yang: "Stinky boy, you still dislike this and that, didn't you often in bed when you were a child?" Have you forgotten?"

Aoki was about to pick up the vegetables with chopsticks, but he stopped holding them and laughed.

Yang Zi said complainingly: "Mother, how can I remember what happened when I was a child? Why don't you pad my diaper, why do you want me to pull in bed?"

He glared and said, "You have great ability." Obviously helped you pad the diaper, your brother first looked at you, and then went to the thatched house for a while, you rolled on the bed by yourself, used the pillow as a thing, rubbed off the diaper, and sat on the pillow to. ”

Zhang Yang smirked shamelessly, and everyone laughed wildly.