Chapter 132: The First Year After Marriage
For Sun Tianba, Shen Shimei actually has a revolutionary friendship in it, after all, when the granddaughter of the county lord and Du Xuanmo were married, only Sun Tianba was on the same front as her.
"He's coming to Kyoto City? Come play? Shen Pomegranate was puzzled.
Du Xuanmo shook his head: "I saw him on the street today." ”
"It can't be a mistake, right?" Shen Shiliu asked.
"Maybe, just a glance." Du Xuanmo said, although it was just a glance, he could be sure that the person was definitely Sun Tianba, but he was not stubborn in front of Shen Shimei.
Shen Shiliu felt that it was impossible for Sun Tianba to come to Kyoto City, Sun Tianba could almost dominate the rivers and lakes in Anyang County, what was there to do in Kyoto City?
For a few days, there was nothing to do, until Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve night, the Du house was completely lively.
Shen Pomegranate bought firecrackers and got busy after putting them off in the morning. Several large stoves in the kitchen are burning on fire, and the pot is gurgling with delicious food.
"Just boil the pot over low heat, look at the cucumbers, add water when there is less water, don't stick to the pot!" Shen Pomegranate said and handed over the job to the cucumber, and Wen Huai's side was ready, so Shen Pomegranate went over to teach Wen Huai how to pickle.
Shen Pomegranate gestured to the meat and said: "If you want to make the meat refreshing and tender, you have to smash the meat with the back of a knife before marinating!" "If you break all the fibers in it, you won't have to stuff your teeth when you eat it.
Wen Huai saw Shen Pomegranate smashed twice, so he took it and continued to smash, Shen Pomegranate saw that it was almost done, so he continued: "Add cooking wine, pepper and salt, apple puree, and then marinate a cup of tea. ”
Shen Pomegranate taught very hard, Wen Huai also learned hard, Shen Pomegranate pondered that after the opening, Wen Huai was half a teacher, although it was not as fast as Hong Xiuhua's start, but it was enough.
The cucumber and the little iron both gathered around the stove, and from time to time they lifted the pot to take a look, and then the greedy hara was about to flow out.
Du Xuanmo gestured with red paper in the study, and the space of the house was also larger, and Shen Shimei deliberately picked up a room for him as a study. The original books were packed in large wooden boxes, and Shen Shiliu bought the bookshelves of yellow rosewood and came back, and the books did not drop the price when they were put on and looked at.
The front door and back door of the house have to be pasted with Spring Festival couplets, Du Xuanmo waved his hand, and then asked Fushun and Mancang to take it and paste it.
Du Niangzi also took the red paper in the room to compare, thinking about cutting the window flowers, this house is big, there are not many people, get something to decorate it looks lively, and finally give up the comparison, she didn't cut it well.
Shen Shiliu handed over the work of the kitchen to Wen Huai, and then took Xiao Tie to get the red lantern first.
"It just so happened that you two hung up the lantern after pasting the couplet!" Shen Shiliu directly asked Xiao Tie to hand over the lantern to Fushun and the others, and then went to see Du Niangzi first.
As soon as Shen Shiliu came in, he saw that Du Niangzi's face was twitching, and he guessed what was going on when he saw a piece of red paper cut on the table.
"Mother, why are you still unhappy about this New Year!" Shen Shiliu wanted to tease Du Niangzi.
Du Niangzi smiled wryly: "I'm really useless, I can't cut a window grille." ”
Shen Shiliu shook his head: "How can you say that, my mother's talent is not here, and in the future, the accounts of my store will still be managed by my mother!" ”
Shen Pomegranate originally planned to let Du Niangzi stop working hard, there are a lot of talents in Kyoto City, and it is easy to find a bookkeeper, but she also has considerations, Du Xuanmo handed over all the expenses of the family to her for safekeeping, and Du Niangzi did not interfere, then the accounts of her restaurant will be managed by Du Niangzi, and at that time, how many families in this family will also know, so as not to let the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law be suspicious in the future, and everything will be open and transparent, so as to reduce some trouble. What's more, Du Niangzi is still willing to take care of it, why is she not happy?
Xiao Tie saw that there were scissors, so he directly picked up the scissors and cut two handfuls of them. Shen Shiliu and Du Niangzi chatted and didn't care about Xiaotie's paper-cutting, but when they turned around, there was a paper-cut on the table, looking presentable.
"Huh? Xiao Tie, this is what you cut? Shen Pomegranate was surprised, picked it up and saw that it was still a pattern of a boy hugging a carp!
Shen Shiliu looked at the little iron tiger with a bear's back, but she didn't expect to be so ingenious, she really made the mistake of judging people by their appearance!
Xiao Tie smiled embarrassedly, and Wei An's body became a little shy: "My sister learned from my mother, and taught me again!" ”
Shen Shiliu hurriedly took the red paper and handed it to Xiao Tie: "You don't need to be busy with anything else for a while, you just cut a few more here, and paste one in a few rooms where we live" This is another talent!
Du Niangzi and Xiao Tie got together to study paper-cutting, and Shen Shiliu went back to the room to take a breath first, but found that Du Xuanmo was not in the room, so he went to the study again.
"The Spring Festival couplets have been written, why are they still here?" Shen Shiliu pushed open a crack in the door and stretched his head in.
Du Xuanmo saw that it was Shen Pomegranate, so he smiled and beckoned Shen Pomegranate to come over.
"I just sorted out the books and found the family tree at home." Du Xuanmo took the family tree over.
Shen Shiliu saw that this genealogy looked relatively new, so he asked, "It doesn't look like it's too old!" "Isn't it supposed to be a family tree that has been passed down from generation to generation? This genealogy looks a bit old.
Du Xuanmo nodded and said, "This genealogy was copied from the old genealogy by my father when he was alive. ”
"Then I'll take a look!" Shen Pomegranate opened it, and the genealogy said which branch the Du family's ancestor was, and there were many names.
Shen Shiliu saw that Du Xuanmo's name was also on it, and when he turned the next page, there were some words.
"Are you going to choose a name based on these words?" Shen Shiliu asked, some people have to "pan words" in their peers, so that even if the family has a large number of people, they can distinguish the generations just by listening to the name.
Du Xuanmo nodded, took the family tree, turned a page, and said, "I have a pan Xuan character in my life, and it should be a Jia character in the next generation." ”
"Jia, Duja, what does Dujia sound like?" Shen Pomegranate muttered while pondering.
Du Xuanmo smiled: "Are you thinking about what name our two children will have in the future?" ”
Shen Shimei blushed, she didn't think about it at first, but she was a little embarrassed when Du Xuanmo said this!
"It's bad! will tease women from good families! After Shen Shiliu finished speaking, he ran to the door, and then said, "Let's eat in a while!" "And then he slipped away!
Du Xuanmo smiled, he hoped that he could live comfortably with Shen Shiliu for the rest of his life.
Shen Shimei went back to the kitchen, Wen Huai had already put the meat in the oil pot, and the cucumber stared at the fire on the stove while looking at Wen Huai's big spoon, the worship of your face.
"I'm dumbfounded!" Shen Shiliu said with a smile.
The cucumber was embarrassed, and by the way, "I want to marry a cupboard in the future!" ”
Shen Shiliu quipped: "Then I'm just right for this apprentice!" ”
The cucumber shook his head, "He's too wooden!" "She's been here for a few days, except that Shen Pomegranate teaches cooking skills Wen Huai will say more, and she doesn't listen to him more than five sentences on weekdays!
Shen Shiliu laughed, the cucumber has a clear goal, but it is easy to understand, it is normal for women to like men's sweet words, Wen Huai has a character like Wen Huai who can't cut a fart with three sticks, so how can he say sweet words?
Everyone dealt with the lunch casually, the most important thing was in the evening, Shen Pomegranate was busy in the kitchen all afternoon, and when the sun set, the table was full of delicious food.
Du Niangzi Du Xuanmo sat down first, and Shen Pomegranate changed her clothes and sat down. There was also a table next to it, and Fushun said that they couldn't go to the table here, saying that they didn't dare to sit at the same table with the main family.
The window opened, and the sky outside the house was lit up with fireworks, and Shen Shiliu sighed that he hadn't seen fireworks for many years.
"When the time comes, fireworks will be set off at the gate of the palace, and we will go out together to see when the time comes." Du Xuanmo said.
Shen Shiliu sighed at the royal family's generosity, she remembered that she had also performed a fireworks show after the death of the original university anniversary, and the twenty-minute fireworks blew up the monthly bonuses of the whole school staff!
The two tables were eating, and it was lively, and Shen Shiliu looked at the light snow outside, this was her first New Year after marriage.
Seeing Hai, Du Xuanmo and Shen Shimei prepared to go to the gate of the palace to see the excitement.
"Mother, the time is almost up, go see the fireworks!" Shen Shimei called Du Niangzi, and Du Niangzi waved her hand directly: "I won't look at it when I'm so old, you young people go, I'll wait for you to come back at home to cook dumplings!" ”
Du Xuanmo saw that it was not warm outside, so he said, "Then add a charcoal basin and then go." ”
After the things in the house were taken care of, Du Xuanmo and Shen Shiliu went out, Fushun stayed at home, and the rest of the people also followed.
The street stalls have long been closed, and the family will be reunited on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the pedestrians on the street are going to the palace gate to see the excitement.
"Is it time?" Shen Shiliu saw that there were more and more people in front of him, so he pulled Du Xuanmo and didn't continue to walk forward, anyway, the fireworks were put in the sky, and it was easy to catch the ashes when he got closer.
Du Xuanmo replied: "It's almost." ”
Shen Shiliu said to the person behind him: "Don't panic if the crowd disperses for a while, just find your way home!" "It's not a child anymore, so it's not going to be lost.
With a "whoosh", a small cannon flew into the sky, and everyone was excited all of a sudden, this is a signal, and it is about to start!
Shen Pomegranate also hurriedly looked at the sky, and then with a "bang", a bunch of fireworks rose into the air, and then exploded with a bang, and the yellow sparks lit up the night sky at once.
Du Xuanmo raised his hand and covered Shen Shimei's ear, and Shen Shimei continued to look at the sky.
In the past, Shen Pomegranate always felt that watching fireworks was no big deal, but as soon as he left the mobile phone, TV and computer, there were not many ways for people to have fun, and this fireworks became a good thing. Watching the fireworks explode one after another in the sky, Shen Pomegranate felt that everything was so dreamy.