"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry to bother you. I'm not in a hurry at all. If I want to hold the baby, I can just hold your baby and play with him. I'm impatient to take care of the baby all day long."

Sun Rui was not lying, he really didn't like looking after children, except for Huai'an and his sister-in-law's children. He would play with them when he was happy, and he would play with them when they were happy. But when the children were throwing tantrums, he would want to run away.

He felt that he didn't want children for the time being, so there was no rush to get married. It's not like he didn't want to get married, and it would still be in time to wait for two years.

Seeing that he had said this, Su Qingxue could only put away her good intentions and nodded, "Okay, if you are not in a hurry, forget it. If you like that girl one day, tell me, and I will ask Aunt Guilan to help."

Sun Rui nodded, "Well, then I'll have to trouble my sister-in-law."

The holiday days seemed to pass so quickly, it seemed like Zhou Huaian and his friends had just had their holiday, and before they knew it it was already the New Year.

This year I spent money to buy food again, so there was no shortage of meat at home. But when we slaughtered the New Year pig, I bought some because I saw others were buying.

Most of the remaining items were lean meat, bones and internal organs. Su Qingxue simply bought two kilograms of lean meat and prepared to make wontons for her two sons.

I thought it would be better to use fresh meat to make wontons. Although the meat in the space was also quite fresh, I always felt a little uncomfortable.

Su Qingxue thought that the child was over one year old, and his teeth must have grown very well, with eight teeth on the top and eight on the bottom. They could now eat dumplings, buns, wontons and the like.

After eating porridge for so long, the two children were tired of eating noodles.

Although porridge is cooked with various ingredients, there are more ingredients in the space and more varieties of porridge can be cooked, but adults can't stand drinking porridge frequently, let alone children.

After bringing back the lean meat, he chopped it into meat paste and asked Sun Rui to roll out the dough while he and Zhou Huaian made wontons and dumplings.

Two kilograms of lean meat is definitely not enough, so the big fish in the fish tank came in handy. The boneless meat in the middle was also cut off. Fish dumplings and fish wontons are also very good.

It takes more than an hour to wrap one package. After wrapping, put it outside to freeze with the lid on. After freezing, put it in a clean iron bucket. Then put the bucket, including the wontons and dumplings inside, in the snow pile outside.

Fortunately, the iron bucket has a lid, so there is no need to worry about getting the contents dirty.

After the children's food was packed, Su Qingxue took advantage of Sun Rui's inattention and pretended to dig out a large piece of meat from the snow pile. It was half lean meat and half fat meat, about 20 pounds.

"I'll use this 20 pounds of meat to make big buns and dumplings. I also bought a lot of green onions. Pork and green onion dumplings are great, and sour pork and sauerkraut dumplings are also fine."

The big buns are bigger than a man’s fist, and for someone like Su Qingxue, one is probably enough.

The dumplings are also wrapped very big, the kind that two or three can be enough to fill you up.

The Chinese New Year is almost here, and these things that have been wrapped in advance are prepared to be eaten during the Chinese New Year. Some fruits are also fried as well.

After the pork was slaughtered, the aroma of pork wafted through every household in the village. Even though the smell of meat from Su Qingxue's house was stronger, it was not at all overpowering.

The two children were quite well-behaved. When they saw the adults were busy, they just sat on the stools and watched.

They are very happy when I occasionally put some food in their mouths, and they look at me eagerly after they finish eating.

I would wait until they were full and then continue to watch them without giving them any more food, for fear that they would eat too much.

The New Year's Day soon arrived. Not only were there many more vegetables grown in the hot spring, but Su Qingxue also took advantage of Zhou Huaian's visit to the commune to release a lot of beef, mutton and wild boar meat.

Sun Rui asked curiously, where did all this meat come from? Why did they buy so much?

Su Qingxue told him directly that it was Zhou Huaian who brought it back.

Su Qingxue felt that since she told Zhou Huaian about the space, it became much more convenient to use.

No matter how much you lie, he will cover you up, and you don't have to worry about this or that when you need it.

I took out so much meat just to cook a few more meat dishes during the New Year. In addition to my parents and grandfather who were invited here to eat, those who lived with them in the cowshed should not be forgotten.

At least you have to need someone to cover for you, so it's only right that you give them some benefits.

Zhou Huaian had told his parents in advance that they could come to his house for the New Year’s Eve dinner, and others didn’t have to be polite. Although we couldn’t invite everyone over, we could still prepare a few dishes.

At least Su's father, mother and the old man were quite satisfied. There was a large group of them there all year round and they got along well. It was impossible for them to eat good food outside while the rest of the people had to eat steamed buns in the cowshed.

He also praised Zhou Huaian, Su Qingxue and Sun Rui, saying that the three chairmen were great.

Su Qingxue felt that these people seemed to be quite sensible.

Every time I delivered something, I seemed to never forget about other people. After all, other people also had to provide cover, and the bribes were still the same.

When having the New Year’s Eve dinner in the evening, Sun Rui simply prepared two tables of dishes, one for himself at home and one for the people in the cowshed.

Su Qingxue didn't expect that even though she already has five children, she would still get her own red envelope this Chinese New Year.

I don't know where these old men got the money, and I really can't bear to accept it.

But Zhou Huaian said that it was their kindness after all. If he didn’t accept it, the old man and his family would feel embarrassed to come here to eat and would feel uncomfortable.

It would be better for us to wait until they leave and then give them a red envelope as a gift from the three of us younger generations.

If they don't accept it, just give the red envelope back to them. I think they will accept it.

Su Qingxue thought about it and nodded in agreement.

I'm already thinking about how much I should pack.

I was thinking why not just round it up to five hundred!

If I don't give them a little more, I'm worried they won't have enough to spend.

The old man and his family are so generous. They will give me red envelopes when the baby is born. It would be better for me to give them more so that they won’t be short of money.

After thinking it over, I wrapped the red envelope and put it in the space, ready to take it out when they leave.

Next came the lively dinner time. I didn’t dare speak loudly for fear of being heard by others.

Although the noise was not loud, it was quite lively. We didn't drink too much for fear of delaying things, so we just had one drink each.