"If you can't eat at night, why don't you prepare a sumptuous meal for them at noon the next day? It just so happens that I will be at work that day, so I will give the space to your family!" said Gu Zhao.
Gu Zhao knew in his heart that even if the whole family brought him closer, he was still an outsider to the Tian family.
Compared to having an outsider like Gu Zhao around, they might still want the family to have a good meal together, talk and spend some time together.
"Just come over and eat with us. You don't have to work at noon anyway, so you have time for a lunch break!" Tong Sinian said.
"No, I'll be at work during the holiday after the Lantern Festival, and I still have things to do. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time during the trip back and forth. You guys just eat, don't worry about me, I can still be hungry in the cafeteria!" Gu Zhao said.
They do have a holiday for the Lantern Festival, but it's not long, just one day. After all, it's generally not necessary to cross several provinces to go home at this time of year, and most people still work in their own province, city or county.
There is no need to travel back and forth, and the Lantern Festival is just a few days after the New Year, so everyone’s hearts are not yet focused, so it is impossible to relax too much.
After hearing this, Tian Tian had no choice but to nod.
After the three of them finished their meal and cleaned up, they sat at the coffee table and cracked walnuts. While cracking walnuts, Tian Tian discussed with Tian Zhuo what to cook that day. Tian Zhuo thought that they should just make a sauerkraut pot and stir-fry some cabbage or shredded radish. It was cold now and there were not many vegetables. Besides, they were all family members, so there was no need to make a particularly sumptuous meal. Just some home-cooked meals would be enough. The most important thing was that they were all together.
Tian Tian also agreed with this. In fact, it was mainly because she was not the one who cooked, so Tian Tian felt that people who did not cook had no right to speak, so they should just listen to what the chef said.
There was indeed nothing to eat at the moment, but in the end Gu Zhao said that he would go to the vegetable market during the holidays to see if he could pick out a few vegetables and buy them at the same time.
Anyway, we have a refrigerator at home now, and I can cook for them the next day, so I don’t have to worry about the vegetables going bad.
The two or three of them were picking walnuts while talking, and they had picked out all the walnuts without realizing it.
Tian Zhuo took the walnut kernels and hazelnut kernels to the kitchen cabinet, and Gu Zhao also put away all the walnut shells and hazelnut shells.
After cleaning up, the three of them went back to sleep. After waking up, Gu Zhao went to work. Tian Tian and the others were preparing to make Yuanxiao at home. After making the Yuanxiao filling, Tian Zhuo realized that there was no glutinous rice flour at home. Tiantian gave Tian Zhuo the food coupons and money, and asked Tian Zhuo to go to the grain station to buy some glutinous rice flour.
She dried and stored her hazelnut kernels at home.
Heat the pot over low heat, then put the hazelnuts into the pot, and keep pushing the hazelnut kernels to prevent them from sticking to the pot.
Before long, the aroma of hazelnuts will spread in the air. There is no need to roast them for too long, just bake out some of the moisture.
After Tian Tian dried all the hazelnut men and put them into glass bottles, Tian Zhuo came back after buying glutinous rice flour. The next step was to start making Yuanxiao dumplings. They had both made Yuanxiao dumplings before and were quite familiar with the job.
But now Tian Tian was pregnant and had a big belly, so naturally Tian Zhuo was the only one who could do the job of shaking the Yuanxiao. Tian Zhuo rinsed the cut fillings with water, then put them on a winnowing basket filled with glutinous rice flour and started shaking it. Soon the fillings that had been soaked in water were covered with a thin layer of glutinous rice flour. Then he took it out and rinsed it with water again, then put it on the glutinous rice flour and shook it. After a few times, a thick layer of glutinous rice flour was covered on it. Tian Zhuo did not dare to delay and put the glutinous rice flour in the refrigerator. There was just enough left for a winnowing basket.
After shaking the dumplings, Tian Tian counted about 40 Yuanxiao in total, which was quite a lot. People in her family couldn't eat too many Yuanxiao. Each person could only eat four or five. The remaining Yuanxiao would be enough for Lin Meiyu and her friends to come tomorrow.
After shaking the Yuanxiao, Tian Zhuo boiled water in a pot and cooked eight Yuanxiao, four for each of them.
They made their own Yuanxiao, and although they didn’t look very good, they tasted delicious enough, and the ingredients they used were all real. Tian Tian’s family had no shortage of lard and sugar, so she put a lot of lard and sugar in it, and it tasted sweet.
However, the glutinous rice noodles were still a bit too greasy. After Tian Tian finished three, she couldn't eat any more. She put the fourth one in Tian Zhuo's bowl, and Tian Zhuo also forced himself to eat it.
After finishing their meal, the brother and sister cleaned the house to digest the food. Fortunately, although no one had lived in the other room for a long time, they didn't go in often, so apart from some dust in the room, everything else was still clean.
After the two of them cleaned the house and swept the floor, they put on new bed sheets, quilt covers and pillowcases. Tian Zhuo then put the old sheets and quilt covers into the washing machine to wash.
Looking at the newly renovated house, Tian Tian began to look forward to the day when her parents would come and live with her.
When Tian Zhuo came back and saw the house they had cleaned up, he praised them many times without hesitation, which made Tian Tian feel a little embarrassed. They had just cleaned up a house, and there was really no need for Gu Zhao to praise them in the tone of praising children.
It felt like the two of them had done something extraordinary.
On the day of the Lantern Festival, Tian Tian was extremely happy thinking that Lin Meiyu and the others would be home tonight, and she was very excited the whole day.
Gu Zhao and Tian Zhuo went to buy a lot of vegetables. After they came back, Tian Tian kept looking at the watch and asked Gu Zhao when her parents would arrive.
Gu Zhao looked at the time and said slowly, "The train won't arrive until three in the afternoon. It's not even noon yet, so don't worry."
How could Tian Tian not be anxious? She looked at the clock on the wall, wishing she could turn the hour hand to three immediately. However, Tian Tian also knew the importance of the matter. Besides, the train had not arrived at the station yet, and it was not a good idea to let Gu Zhao go there in advance. So she suppressed her expectation and anxiety in her heart, and just waited for time to pass by little by little.
At two o'clock, Tian Zhuo and Gu Zhao went to the station together to pick someone up. Lin Meiyu had said before that she had a lot of things to take this time, so two people would be able to get the things.
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