Chapter 370 The New Year should be sweet
New Year’s greetings are indeed very tiring.
I am busy like a top almost all day long.
This is the first New Year that Shen Huazheng has celebrated since arriving in this world, and she finds it quite fresh.
There are lights and decorations everywhere, making it particularly festive.
The New Year atmosphere is stronger than it is today.
The Shen family brothers and sisters first stayed in the Grand Tutor's Mansion with Shen Zhaonian and his wife for a while, and then went to various mansions to pay New Year's greetings.
In one morning, they went to several places and also went to pay New Year's greetings to Princess Yi'an.
Marquis Wenxin knew that they were coming, so he had people on the lookout early on and even opened the main gate to welcome the distinguished guests.
Princess Lejia had been eagerly waiting for Chen Huazheng to arrive, and when she heard that they were coming, she happily went out to greet them.
The Shen family never expected that when they got off the carriage and entered the Wenxinhou Mansion, the first owner they met was Princess Lejia.
Of course, she came mainly to pick up Shen Huazheng and greet the others.
Princess Lejia led Chen Huazheng and Zhou to Princess Yi'an, and on the way she told them in detail who was there today.
Those staying with Princess Yi'an were all noble ladies and girls who had good relations with the Princess's Mansion and Marquis Wenxin's Mansion, as well as some members of the royal family.
Shen Huazheng was now a celebrity in the capital, and almost all the female relatives present knew her, and some of them already knew her.
As soon as they saw Shen Huazheng, everyone started praising her.
Zhou listened to the various praises for Shen Huazheng from people around her. She looked humble but was actually very happy in her heart.
Her daughter Zheng is very outstanding.
Some people also mentioned the various off-season vegetables and fruits that are now available, and asked a lot of questions in this regard.
Chen Huazheng gritted her teeth and patiently answered all kinds of strange questions. For some reason, the embarrassing feeling of performing talents in front of relatives when she was a child appeared again.
However, there were many people here, and Shen Huazheng received a large amount of New Year's money.
It’s not a loss at all.
After finally leaving Wenxinhou Mansion, they returned to Shen Mansion and had a simple lunch, and then the Shen family members went to take a nap.
After waking up from a nap and drinking some tea, the whole family set out again.
Go to the Grand Tutor's Mansion.
Although the second day of the Chinese New Year is the day to go back to one's parents' home, this year the Shen family and the Zhou family have agreed to celebrate together on the first day of the new year.
On New Year's Eve, everyone was in the palace to accompany Emperor Jingning, although it could barely be considered as spending New Year's Eve together.
But after all, it is not as warm and comfortable as having a happy family dinner together.
It's a good opportunity for us to have a delicious meal together and make up for the New Year reunion dinner.
Grand Tutor Zhou, Shen Zhaonian and others stayed in the main hall of the front yard.
The Shen siblings, Zhou Ying, Zhou Zeyan and others stayed in the backyard.
As a male member of the Zhou family, Zhou Zeyan was supposed to receive guests in the front yard.
But he didn't like socializing and insisted on eating, drinking and having fun in the backyard with his brothers and sisters.
It was annoying enough to deal with those relationships during normal work, and he didn't want to have to deal with people he didn't like during the New Year.
Everyone played mahjong for a while and then stopped.
We sat together, eating snacks and fruits and chatting.
There were various New Year snacks and candy gift boxes on the table, some of which were offered by the food court, while some were not even available in the food court.
What Chen Huazheng likes most is still the "Wujing Fruit" gift box that she used to eat every Chinese New Year.
The five kinds of fruits are candied winter melon, candied coconut, candied lotus root, candied lotus seeds and candied water chestnuts.
Shen Huazheng picked up a piece of tender green sugar winter melon and took a bite.
It's sweet and goes perfectly with strong tea.
After swallowing the candied winter melon in her mouth, Shen Huazheng picked up a piece of candied coconut and brought it to her mouth.
Sugared coconut is made from fresh coconut meat and covered with shredded coconut.
The sweetness is just right and not cloying.
The sugar coconut has a crisp texture and is chewy when eaten.
Take a bite, and the rich coconut aroma instantly fills your mouth and nose.
The more you chew it, the more fragrant and delicious it becomes.
After swallowing, there seems to be a coconut fragrance surrounding you.
Chen Huazheng drank another sip of tea happily. As expected, she had to eat these snacks to feel the New Year.
The taste of the New Year should be sweet.
Zhou Ying picked up a piece of candied lotus root and took a bite.
Compared with candied winter melon and candied coconut, candied lotus root is not as sweet and has a slightly harder texture.
The sugared lotus root tastes refreshing, sweet but not greasy.
There are still many threads connecting the two sections of lotus root, which is why there is a saying that "the lotus root is broken but the threads are still connected."
Sugared lotus root symbolizes continuous good luck, and you will have good luck every day in the new year.
The Shen brothers and Zhou Zeyan were eating melon seeds and drinking tea.
Chen Keheng looked at the candy gift box on the table: "I used to think that sweets were easy to choke the throat, so I didn't like them very much. But the sweetness of the sweets made by Zheng'er is just right, and it won't make people feel sick at all. But to be honest, I still think sugar onions are more delicious."
I don’t know if it’s because it’s wrapped in pie crust, but Chen Keheng feels that sugar onion is not as sweet as Wujing fruit.
Zhou Zeyan also nodded: "Sugar onions are indeed delicious, and they go great with tea."
Last time, Shen Huazheng made sugar onions and asked Zhou Ying to bring back some.
After tasting the sugar onions, Grand Tutor Zhou and others praised them highly.
Zhou Zeyan also liked it very much. He didn’t expect that sweets could be rolled in dough and eaten.
And, it’s so delicious.
Unfortunately, later on, Shen Huazheng and Zhou Ying were busy with various things and had no time to make sugar onions.
Shen Huazheng couldn't help but laugh, didn't she just want to eat desserts that weren't that sweet?
This is not that simple.
"Why don't I make you some egg tarts? Egg tarts go well with tea."
Making egg tarts at this time is perfect for afternoon tea.
It feels good to eat egg tarts during the Chinese New Year.
Everyone was stunned and looked up.
Egg tart??
What is that??
Is it food made from eggs?
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