Time passed day by day, during this period, the shop of Youran's family was well-known to everyone, and Youran's foot injury has also recovered after careful recuperation. After his feet were healed, Youran and Qin Yanran personally went to Zhuangzi to pick blueberries and sent them to the old man; She hasn't been out since.

Before you know it, it has entered the depths of winter, and although there is no snow, it is still so cold that it is freezing.

Squeak - the door opened.

"Miss, where is this brazier?" Evening Cloud walked in with a new brazier.

"Let's get to the bed, let's do some work next to the bed, and it's warmer." Leisurely holding the embroidery needle in his hand, he kept embroidering on the embroidery frame in front of him.

She had to hurry up and finish embroidering this 'flower blooming rich' peony flower double-sided different color, this is a big order that the embroidery workshop received for her, and she can get 100,000 taels of silver after completion.

Since cooperating with Zhen Embroidery Workshop, the family's expenses are basically earned by embroidery. It's not that the shop is not profitable, but she has leisurely discussed with her brother that all the expenses of the family come out of the money earned from embroidery, and all the money earned by the shop will be kept and useful in the future.

The leisurely double-sided heterochromatic embroidery has also made a name for itself in the Zhen Embroidery Workshop, and of course it has also brought a lot of profit and fame to the Zhen Embroidery Workshop. Zhenxiu Workshop opened a store in the capital, and the merchant also went over to take care of it, and Nancang County handed it over to Shang Moqi.

Originally, it was a good year to hand over four double-sided different-color embroideries to the Zhen Embroidery Workshop, but when the Zhen Embroidery Workshop Beijing store opened, the embroidery screen of the cat playing with the ball became famous as a signboard. I heard that many wealthy people came to visit more than once and asked Uncle Shang to sell the embroidered screen to them, but Uncle Shang did not agree. They fished for more than half a month, and in the end, they were sold in the form of an auction for 60,000 taels. It's enough to make a lot of money.

And this embroidery was sent by Uncle Shang not long ago, and it was ordered by a high-ranking official in the capital, saying that it was used to make a birthday gift for the high-ranking official's mother. The time is too short, and I am afraid that it will not be completed, so I let people come back and ask what you mean.

After thinking about it leisurely, I took it, because the person gave a lot of money, 120,000 taels! And Uncle Shang said that if she could complete this order, he would give her a little more share, after all, this transaction was too difficult to complete.

"Miss, how much is this embroidery, it will be finished in two or three days, right?" Wanyun put the brazier away, walked back to her place and continued to make threads and thread needles leisurely.

"Well, it's almost over." After speaking, the thread in his hand was just used up, he removed the needle and handed it to Wanyun, who gave her a newly threaded needle for her, and continued to embroider like this.

On the other side of the leisurely side sat Wanxue, her embroidery work was better than that of Wanyun, so leisurely let her help embroider a stitch or two, so that she could share some of the burden.

"It's almost the New Year, has Miss thought about the style of clothes to wear for the New Year?" Wanxue was embroidering a butterfly, and suddenly thought that Miss's New Year's dress had not yet been made, so she asked.

"Well, let's make a jacket skirt! Embroidered plum blossoms, it should look good. After thinking about it leisurely, he said: "When this embroidery is finished, it's not too late to do it." Then I will teach you a new way of embroidery, embroider a new garment with that one. ”

"Well, good!" Wanyun Wanxue nodded in agreement.

Time passed in a flash, and the leisurely embroidery was also finished, which made people quickly send it to the capital. The new clothes worn for the New Year are also being made by Wanyun, and they are also taught how to embroider three-dimensional embroidery, so that they can embroider plum blossoms with three-dimensional embroidery on her new clothes.

Today is the eighth day of the lunar month, and it is the Laba Festival. Oh, and I forgot to mention that the customs here are basically no different from the customs of ancient China, and there are basic festivals.

When I got up early in the morning, Yu Man was busy in the kitchen with a few new maids. Boil laba porridge, three laba garlic, and of course, prepare things for sacrificing ancestors and gods.

For breakfast, of course, it was Laba porridge, and all kinds of grains were boiled together to make it fragrant. After eating, Mother Qin took the two sisters and all the maids and daughters-in-law to leave the house with a bowl of laba porridge.

This is also a custom that you just knew, on the day of Laba Festival, not only people have to eat Laba porridge, but also flowers, trees, poultry, and live animals as long as they are living creatures must eat, so as to bless the coming year's wind and rain, and all living creatures can grow well. Therefore, on the day of Laba Festival, after breakfast, the women feed the living creatures in their houses to eat Laba porridge, and the men sacrifice to their ancestors and gods.

Walking to the leisurely yard, she has an osmanthus tree here. Leisurely took the bowl containing Laba porridge from Ju Niang's hand, scooped a small spoonful of Laba porridge, and put it between the forks of the tree that she could reach. Then return the bowl to the chrysanthemum mother, and take the evening clouds and evening snow to the osmanthus tree, praying for her to be happy and healthy in this small courtyard, and the osmanthus tree can flourish in the coming year, and the buds are full of branches.

After that, they followed their mother to the other part of the house, and they circled down, and half a day passed in the morning, and there was no matter of the female dependents in the afternoon. In the afternoon, Qin's father first took Qin Xianran and Enran to worship their ancestors; Then set up an offering table in the courtyard and lead all the men in the house to worship the gods together, praying for the happiness and health of the whole family in the coming year, good weather and a good harvest in the coming year.

And just like that, Laba passed. In the days that followed, the flavor of the New Year became heavier and heavier, and the customs of the New Year came one after another.

This first is the twenty-third day of the lunar month, commonly known as 'Xiao Nian'.

Legend has it that this day is the day when the Lord of the Stove goes to heaven, and he goes to Heaven to report to the Jade Emperor the good deeds and evil deeds of the family for a year, and the Jade Emperor will give the family the good fortune and evil fortune in the new year according to the content of the report of the Lord of the Stove. Every year on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, every household will sacrifice to the stove and eat the stove sugar, so that he can go to heaven to say more good things. Therefore, there is a saying that 'the heavens say good things, and the lower realms keep peace'.

"Miss, eat sugar melon, the young master just bought it." Wanyun smiled and came in with a plate of stove candy.

"Well, my brother is back so early?" Leisurely picked up a white and round sugar melon, took a bite, and asked while asking Wanyun Wanxue to eat it too.

"The slave maid heard Brother Wan Lei say that the shop has recently recruited a few more young guys, so even if there are more people buying things, they can be busy." Wanxue took a sugar melon and said.

"Well, you should invite a few more people, otherwise you won't be able to see too many things in the future." Chewing on the sugar melon, he nodded leisurely and said.

"Miss, this sesame seed is delicious." Wanyun took sesame candy, and the bite was fragrant and sweet.

"Really? I'll taste ......"

At dusk, the whole family, young and old, gathered in the kitchen. Paste the statue of the king of the stove on the wall of the stove, and then set up an offering table, on which are placed tribute fruits and sugar melons.

Father Qin led everyone to burn incense and pray together: "People, Qin Huaihai, lead the whole family up and down, send Zao Jun to heaven, and wish Zao Jun a smooth journey."

When he saw that the fire was burning and the smoke was flying into the sky, all the people knelt down and bowed three times. In this way, the sacrificial stove is completed.

After that, the whole people went to do their own things. The kitchen is also busy preparing dinner. On Chinese New Year's Eve, the food was still very rich. Of course, this year, there is leisurely, and this food is more hearty.

Youran told Qin Haoran last night that he would buy her more chicken, duck and fish meat today. She is going to cook some Western food today for everyone to try.

"Miss, what do you want to eat?" Wanyun saw that Youran had cooked in person, and she must have to make new food, and asked Youran with sparkling eyes.

"Borscht, herb chicken, beef knee stew with tomato and vegetables, Mexican chicken wrap, and fruit sandwiches." Leisurely process some various vegetables while reporting the name of the dish.

During this time, the fruits and vegetables in the greenhouse were much more ripe, and she was finally able to cook a few more delicacies to eat.

leisurely took a piece of beef brisket, cut it into dice, put it in a pot of cold water and boiled it over high heat, boiled the blood stains, and then removed and washed; Dice the onions, carrots, celery, and tomatoes into small pieces.

Heat the oil in a pan, add the diced onion and garlic slices and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the diced carrots and celery and continue to stir-fry until about 2 minutes.

Heat the oil in another pan, add the tomato cubes and the tomato sauce that you made a few days ago, stir-fry together, pour in water and bring to a boil, and then add the brisket. Add salt, pepper, bay leaves, thyme to taste. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the brisket is soft, pour in the fried diced vegetables, and continue to cook for another quarter of an hour.

After that, the stewed beef knee with tomato and vegetables is somewhat similar to borscht, that is, this dish needs to be mixed with a special sauce.

Herb chicken is grilled, first pricked with a needle, then salt, hyssop, chili powder, chopped pepper, appropriate amount of vegetable oil, a little sugar, and a leisurely special curry powder for marinating. Then bake the surface until golden brown and you're done!

The fruit sandwich was made leisurely, so I let the evening clouds and evening snow do it. Originally, I wanted to make a new dish tonight, but the two younger siblings had to pester her to make this for them, so she decided to add more of this.

The rest is the Mexican Chicken Wrap!

The main thing to make a Mexican chicken wrap is the Mexican tomato hot sauce! In fact, making this sauce is very simple, the main ingredients are tomato paste, chili powder, minced garlic, chili powder, sugar, salt and vinegar and a little liquor, and then put it in a pot and boil it slowly over low heat.

Make a thin crust with the dough, then brush with a layer of sauce, roll it into a roll after putting lettuce leaves, cooked chicken, tomato slices, and shredded onion, and fry it in a frying pan over low heat until the crust is colored.

At the dinner table, in addition to a few dishes made leisurely, the kitchen also prepared a number of dishes, and the whole table was filled! Father Qin specially took out his collection of good wine, and pulled Qin Yanran to drink two glasses.

"You're still young, you can't drink." Mother Qin was a little unhappy when she saw that Father Qin was going to let her eldest son drink, so she stopped her.

"Thirteen years old, not young. It's time for him to practice drinking, and when he goes out to talk about business in the future, how can he not drink. Father Qin smiled gently and persuaded Mother Qin.

Mother Qin listened to her father-in-law's statement and felt that it made some sense, so she nodded lightly and said, "Then drink a little, my son has never drunk, and he will be uncomfortable when he gets drunk." Come little by little, and you can't rush it for a while! ”

"Mother, don't worry, it's okay. I won't drink two glasses with my father, and I won't get drunk. Qin Yanran smiled slightly and said to his mother.

"Okay, good, you just know it in your own heart!" Qin's mother showed a doting smile, "In a year, I will be one year older, I will be a man, and my mother won't care about you anymore, just do it yourself if you think it's okay!" ”

"Mother~ Let's eat, we're all hungry! It's a big deal, after eating, You'er makes sobering soup for her father and eldest brother. The decanting soup I made was a must, and it worked immediately. Leisurely watched them talk endlessly, smiled and said coquettishly to her mother, and by the way, she didn't forget to praise herself.

"Hehe... Okay, let's have dinner! Mother Qin was so coquettish that all her thoughts were broken, and she happily announced the start of the meal.

After that, the family began to enjoy this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner happily.

Outside the window, the moon was very bright, and the night sky was dotted with stars. From time to time, the joyful laughter of the family makes this cold winter night a little warm.