Chapter 209 Watching a Movie
When Lin Xia went out, she found that it was Wu Deye who brought the children to pay New Year's greetings. Dajun and Xiaojun came up to greet Lin Xia in new clothes, and then looked at her eagerly.
Lin Xia went to the table and grabbed two handfuls of candy and gave them to the children. She prepared them specially for the New Year. The children would be happy for a long time just by seeing a piece of candy.
This kind of happiness came so simply and directly that Lin Xia was also happy to see it!
Most of them were sent by Grandma Lu. The little one was in the teething period, and Lin Xia didn't want to give her too much to eat, so she only left the White Rabbit milk candies for the little one. She thought she should share the fruit candies today, as they would go bad when the weather got hot.
Sure enough, Dajun and Xiaojun thought that it would be nice to get a handful of melon seeds just like usual when they went to pay New Year's greetings, but they didn't expect that what they got at Aunt Lin's house was candy.
There were not many sugar coupons distributed every month, and it was rare for children these days to eat sugar. Many children were so greedy for sweets that they would pull up grass roots and chew on them just to get a taste of the sweetness.
Now they have a handful of candies, they must be very happy. Aunt Lin is so generous.
Lu Yuxiu went out with Wu Deye to pay New Year's greetings, which was to the family quarters. They would be back soon, and the little ones would follow them out.
Lin Xia was alone at home, and when someone came, she would just grab a handful of melon seeds and not even pour water, it was just a formality.
Lin Xia had just seen the people off and sat down to rest when she heard a child's voice. An An's voice inside sounded very familiar, so she stood up and took a look.
An An walked in front, followed by a group of little kids, all with red faces and full of excitement. As for who is the happiest during the Chinese New Year, it is none other than the children, because the Chinese New Year means delicious food and new clothes to wear.
A group of little kids came chattering over to the door, and when they saw Lin Xia they started to greet her in a flurry. It was obvious that they had not rehearsed this, because Lin Xia didn't hear a word they said.
After the little kids finished shouting, they started blinking and looking at Lin Xia. Not many people in the family area would give out candy, most of them just gave out peanuts or melon seeds. But they heard from Xiaojun that Aunt Lin's family would give out candy! How could they miss this!
Facing a group of expectant little faces, Lin Xia was a little overwhelmed. The older children in the family quarters were too embarrassed to come out to ask for food, but those who were still in elementary school had nothing to be embarrassed about.
Lin Xia looked around, wondering if there was enough candy. After counting the number of people, Lin Xia began to distribute the candy. She didn't expect so many people would come at the same time, so she could only try to distribute it as fairly as possible.
Every little kid was so happy to get the candy, and the house suddenly became lively. After the candy was distributed, the children swarmed out of the house again, probably to look for the next house.
The little guy went along too.
It wasn't until the group of children walked away that Lin Xia felt her mind calm down. When children are happy, their voices are a little sharp. After a while, she felt less uncomfortable.
The year has passed by and it is already February.
Lin Xia was also paying attention at all times. The doctor had reminded her last time that it was very easy to give birth prematurely when pregnant with twins, so she had already prepared her delivery bag.
On the day of the Lantern Festival, the county commune arranged for people to come to the army to show movies. The camp was not suitable for outsiders to enter, so they found a large open space. People from several kilometers nearby would probably come.
There were few entertainment options at that time, and going to the cinema cost money, but open-air movies were free. Even if the movie ended at midnight, many people were willing to stay up late.
Those who knew the news had already started planning. They prepared soda and melon seeds early and brought small stools to reserve seats in the morning.
"Want to go and see it? I'll ask someone to reserve a seat in advance?"
At breakfast time, Lu Yuxiu touched Lin Xia's belly and asked, Lin Xia's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and it felt tight to the touch.
"You take the kids to watch it, I won't go. It's too uncomfortable to sit." If you want to see the open-air movie clearly, you have to sit in the front. In order not to block the people behind you, you can only sit on a small bench, and she can't sit on a small bench because of her belly.
She could only sit on the high stool at the back, but she couldn't see anything clearly from such a far distance. Moreover, she couldn't sit for a long time, and standing to watch was even more impossible. She decided not to suffer that.
"Okay, then we won't go." Seeing that she didn't want to go, Lu Yuxiu was afraid that she would be squeezed out because there would be so many people there.
"Just go with the kids. It's a rare entertainment activity. It's fine for me to read at home by myself." She knew that Lu Yuxiu felt bored leaving her alone at home.
In fact, Lin Xia is not bored at all. She arranges her time fully every day. When Lu Yuxiu is on a mission, she misses him more, but it is only for the moment when she thinks of him suddenly.
She wasn't bored at other times either. She had many things to do to pass the time, such as doing housework, drawing small things, making clothes, and reading books. Among so many books, she only read a few novels.
There are still a lot of books that she hasn't read. After all, she can't sit for a long time and has to walk around often. Anyway, there is still a long time before the college entrance examination and the opening up, so Lin Xia plans to read and study them slowly.
Watching movies is something they do at night. During the day, Lin Xia remembered that they had to eat tangyuan during the Lantern Festival. In the south, they are called tangyuan, while in the north, they are called yuanxiao. The names are different and the methods of cooking are also different.
Lin Xia likes to eat sweet glutinous rice balls, but Lu Yuxiu is from the north and must have been taught to eat salty ones since childhood. Lin Xia doesn’t know which kind the little guy likes.
You might as well make both. It’s not difficult. After frying the black sesame seeds, put them into a small stone mill and grind them into powder. Add sugar and lard, stir into a dough, and roll them into small balls.
There is a skill to making the white dough on the outside. If you use cold water to knead the dough, the dumplings will easily fall apart. It is best to use warm water, which will make the glutinous rice flour sticky and will not break easily when cooked.
After making the glutinous rice balls, Lin Xia went to make the meat filling. Originally, Yuanxiao should be rolled out, but the glutinous rice skin had already been made, so she was too lazy to bother.
Anyway, as long as the taste is different when cooked, it's fine.
By dinner time, Lin Xia had cooked the dumplings and added a bowl of each flavor for Lu Yuxiu to take to the next door. The little guy was very curious about the snow-white dumplings in the bowl, which smelled sweet.
"Do you want sweet or meaty ones?" Lin Xia asked softly, holding a spoon in her hand to serve her dumplings.
She smelled a delicious scent, but when she heard that there was meat involved, her face suddenly became conflicted, and she didn't know which one to choose.
"Then eat the sweet one first, and then the salty one later." Lin Xia decided to give her a sweet one.
When the little guy saw that there was only one ball in the bowl, he immediately stretched his head to look into the pot. Seeing a bunch of white balls in the pot, he immediately looked at Lin Xia eagerly.
"Eat a sweet one first, and I'll give you another one later." After all, it was made of glutinous rice, so Lin Xia didn't dare to give her too much, for fear that it would be difficult to digest.
"Mom, give me a little more!" The little guy stretched out his little finger and gestured, indicating that he only wanted a little bit.
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