Chapter 19: Meatballs

Zhang's person, you say she's stupid, but sometimes she knows how to grasp the balance; You say she's smart, but she can't see through what is in front of her.

It can only be said that this person is a little clever.

On the big kang in the east house, Xiaohuzi was very rare fiddling with the small piece of paper in his hand.

The pieces of paper were square, about the size of a baby's palm, with some patterns drawn on them, and they looked quite presentable.

"What is this?" Du Yuniang asked Huzi with great interest, the little guy is not familiar with her, and has been avoiding her.

Xiaohuzi raised his head with some confusion and glanced at Du Yuniang.

What a strange sister he is! Didn't you like to take care of yourself before? Why did you take the initiative to talk to him today, and still look at her with a smile?

"This is a gift from Brother Hammer, with pictures and words on it." As he spoke, he generously picked up a piece of paper and put it in Du Yuniang's hand to show her.

Du Yuniang felt quite bad in her heart, in her previous life, she ignored her younger brother very much, and she didn't even know the child's personality and preferences, but now she looks at it, this child is a good person and treats people generously.

She looked carefully at the piece of paper in her hand, and it turned out that what was written on it was all idiom stories, and she also drew simple pictures.

"Huzi doesn't know the words on it." Iron Hammer is a child of the village, a few years older than Huzi.

"Yes!" He fiddled with the scrap of paper as he read the words on it.

"Chengmen Lixue."

"Refer to a deer as a horse."

"Look at the thatched house."

"Morning bells and dusk drums."

Du Yuniang was surprised, these words are very difficult, Huzi is only six years old, and no one usually teaches him, he actually knows everything!

"Huzi is amazing." Du Yuniang gently rubbed the top of Huzi's hair, and a thought flashed in her heart.

She wants Huzi to read.

Why is Du Anxing the only one who can study? He's smart? What about being smart, if you don't put your cleverness in the right place, sooner or later it can only be a scourge of knowledge.

The eldest brother has already married a wife, and his temperament is indeed not suitable for studying. Huzi is different, he is still young, and after the New Year, find a private school and send him to enlightenment, Huzi should be very happy.

It's the Chinese New Year, don't mention it first, lest the Zhang family have any more moths and anger their grandmother.

Wait until the end of the New Year to bring up this matter.

Du Yuniang didn't say anything more, but looked at Huzi silently on the side.

Outside the hall, there was the sound of ping-pong chopping dumplings.

Dumplings in Chinese New Year's Eve are generally wrapped in boiled dumplings. The Du family's dumplings have always only had cabbage pork and radish pork.

In winter, there are no vegetables, and on the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, it is necessary to eat steamed dumplings with sauerkraut and pork.

When Du Yuniang was in the He family, she once ate leeks and three fresh dumplings in the Chinese New Year's Eve. The taste is very special, with a unique fresh fragrance, and the minced shrimp is added to it, and the bite of the lips and teeth is fragrant, which is still fresh in people's memories.

The He family is rich, the leeks are all grown from the greenhouse, and the shrimp are also fresh shrimp. According to the current conditions of the Du family, I am afraid that I will not be able to eat.

When the weather warms up, it's also good to eat some leeks.

Liu's hands and feet were quick, and he quickly chopped the meat filling and cabbage filling.

Liu mixed the two fillings together, adjusted the taste, and then covered the two large pots of dumpling fillings with a curtain and put them outside to freeze.

This is for making dumplings at night.

The sound of firecrackers came one after another, and the people with quick hands and feet were already ready to eat.

The Du family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is almost done, but there is still some distance from the time to eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at this time.

It's not dark yet!

Countrymen, eat two meals a day.

When the farm is busy, a meal is added at noon. When it comes to the New Year, every household postpones the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. I had to wait until it was dark before I ate this meaningful meal.

When Huzi smelled the smell of meat in the air, he was about to leave his saliva. He sniffled, swallowed, and kept his attention on the piece of paper, as if it wasn't always enough to get enough of the things in his hand.

Du Yuniang vaguely heard that Huzi's stomach was singing an empty city plan!

It's a child, it's growing a body.

Du Yuniang thought about it, got up and went to the ground, put on her shoes, lifted the curtain and walked outside.

"Mother, are the meatballs fried well?"

Liu's fried radish meatballs are a must.

Their family only eats once or twice during the New Year's holidays.

"It's fried, it's fried." It was rare for Liu to see his daughter take the initiative to get close to her, and hurriedly replied: "I am holding it in the basin, and there is hot water at the bottom, so it can't be cool." ”

"I'll pick up a few, Huzi is hungry."

Liu was overjoyed and felt that Yu Niang had begun to get close to her family, which was a good thing.

"Medium, you pick it up, it's in the basin over there!"

Du Yuniang didn't wait for Liu to come back to his senses, so she took the bowl and chopsticks herself, found the basin where the balls were placed, and held them up.

Du Xiaoye stared at Du Yuniang's back viciously, and said loudly: "Du Yuniang, you steal your mouth!" We don't have this rule. ”

Zhang also listened with his ears on the side.

Du Yuniang didn't seem to hear it, and the movements in her hands didn't stop. She took a small bowl of balls, nodded with satisfaction, ignored Du Xiaoye's clamour, walked directly past her, lifted the curtain and entered the house.

Zhang's was burning the fire on the side, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't control the fire at the moment, "Sister-in-law, your jade girl is stealing, you didn't see it!" ”

Liu snorted coldly, he had to find himself uncomfortable for the New Year.

"What's the matter, didn't you hear Yu Niang say that it was for Huzi? Our tiger is still young, but I can't help but be hungry. Liu glanced at Zhang, and said, "Besides, how much can a few balls be worth?" It's not as expensive as that small box of rouge gouache for a few taels of silver, right? ”

Zhang's words are a few words!

At the same time, Du Yuniang also entered the house with balls, "Huzi, you're hungry, come and eat something." ”

As soon as Huzi saw the balls brought by Zhou Jiayao, his eyes lit up.

"Sister, is this for me?"

Du Yuniang smiled and said, "Of course, we can't let our tigers go hungry!" ”

Huzi raised his head and looked at Du Yuniang carefully, not understanding how his sister suddenly became like this.

How to say it!

In the past, my sister didn't pay much attention to her, and she didn't even like to talk to him. Now his sister not only talks to him, smiles at him, but also brings him food.

Huzi thinks at this time that it is good to have a sister.

Children, in the end, can't resist the temptation of food. Huzi was hungry, and the gluttonous insects were also hooked out by the meatballs in Du Yuniang's hand. There are radishes in the meatballs, but they are fried in oil.

His eyes kept falling on the meatballs.

Du Yuniang couldn't help laughing, reached out to break the ball, and blew hard before putting the ball in Huzi's mouth.