Chapter 689 Sweet
Ma Shuangshuang listened to her father's words and looked at his expression, but she actually didn't quite understand why her father was feeling this way.
She remembered that when she was a child, she looked forward to the Chinese New Year every year and felt that time passed very slowly.
Ma Cang looked at his daughter, who looked confused. "You are in a good time now. When you were a child, you were carefree. All you wanted was to have enough to eat every day and have time to play."
"When you grow up, get married and have children, you have to work hard for your family."
Ma Shuangshuang asked softly, "Dad, are we making it harder for you?"
"No, how could that be? I feel at ease having children. I feel like I have a home."
“I feel like every day has a purpose.”
"Every stage has different ideas. You should just enjoy your life in the academy now and don't worry about anything else."
"Don't worry about things at home. Ever since I was able to make money in the workshop, Dad, I feel much more relaxed."
Ma Shuangshuang nodded, "Yes."
Her father rarely spoke before, and she didn't expect that he could say so much at once.
Lin Cuihua watched Ma Cang talking to her daughter, smiled, and handed her a glass of water, saying, "Have a drink first. You've been busy all afternoon and haven't had a drink yet!"
Lin Cuihua knew that Ma Cang worked very hard and might not even have time to drink a sip of water after being busy for half a day.
Of course, they actually have time to rest and can take a break before working.
But they all cherished the job given to them by the princess and worked hard.
Even if you work your hardest, to be honest, it's still easier than doing farm work.
What's more, the wages and bonuses are also high.
When they think about the wages and bonuses, they work very hard.
I feel full of strength and don't feel tired at all.
Lin Cuihua knew that Ma Cang worked hard, so she cooked extra food for every meal. Even if she couldn’t guarantee that he would eat well, at least she could make sure he was full.
Now that the hens at home lay eggs, she is reluctant to save them and sell them, and keeps them for her family to eat.
The main thing is that now that we have money at home, we don’t have to rely on selling eggs to supplement the family income.
She wanted to save the eggs for her family so that they could eat better.
For the villagers, eggs are the most delicious thing.
Ma Cang took the bowl and drank the water in big gulps, then wiped his mouth, picked up the axe in the yard and started chopping wood.
Chop more firewood to use for burning at home at night.
Lin Cuihua whispered to Ma Shuangshuang, "In the past, our family had very little land, and the food we grew wasn't enough to eat. Your father was under a lot of pressure, and he was often sullen and silent."
"Actually, he loved to talk when he was little. Now that your father can make money, the pressure on him is a little lighter. Plus, you are promising, your father feels proud and happy, so he is willing to talk too."
"He's actually afraid that others will look down on him."
"You know, Mom has many sisters. Every time he goes back to my mother's house with your dad, he's afraid of being outdone by his brother-in-law and being looked down upon."
"Your father is actually a strong man."
Lin Cuihua can now relax and say these things with a smile.
In the past, I had the burden of the family on my shoulders and was busy every day. How could I feel relaxed and able to talk like I do now?
Ma Shuangshuang didn’t understand anything at all before.
I don’t know these either.
Now that she heard her parents talk about this, she finally understood.
This also made Ma Shuangshuang more determined to study hard.
She thought that if she studied hard and had a good career after graduation, she could earn money to support her parents, and her parents would also be able to live a much easier life.
She thought she had studied very hard, but when she looked at her parents and thought about how hard they had worked in the past, she felt that she could try even harder.
You can shorten your sleep time every day, read more books, and work harder.
Fortunately, when she returned home this time, she also borrowed books from the library.
After dinner, she read books, took notes, wrote down pinyin, and combined pinyin.
Do math problems.
Learn to do the math.
She will learn all the skills that can be learned.
She is ten years old now and she still has a lot of time to learn.
There was a determined look in Ma Shuangshuang's eyes at this moment.
Soon, Ma Shuangshuang's grandmother and mother prepared the dumpling filling, and the family began to make dumplings together.
The old lady looked at her granddaughter's dumplings, which were round and beautiful, and was surprised and said, "Shuangshuang, your dumplings are more beautiful than ours. They can even fit the filling in them."
Ma Shuangshuang's brother said, "Sister wraps it faster."
This is indeed the truth.
When Ma Shuangshuang made dumplings in the past, she had trouble fitting the filling in, but she rolled out the dough very well.
The dough is rolled out quickly and well.
Ma Shuangshuang explained: "This is learned in the academy. The academy will regularly hold some activities for everyone to participate in."
"There was a dumpling-making activity once, and some of our classmates were particularly good at making dumplings. They told us the techniques and taught us how to make them, and they were very patient."
“That’s when I learned it.”
The old ladies all showed a look of longing, "There are still activities!"
So this is the activity. The old lady thought it was really interesting after listening to it.
This is what girls should experience when they are young.
You can also make dumplings together.
"Well, we hold activities regularly. There are activity classes every week, and everyone will play together and discuss knowledge together."
"Sometimes the teacher will prepare snacks for us, and we can eat them while playing."
When Ma Shuangshuang said this, everyone in her family was surprised.
Probably a little bit unbelievable.
It turns out that I can do this besides studying, how great it is.
Friends of the same age can communicate in this way.
"The dumplings we made that time were cooked for us in the kitchen, and we ate them in the cafeteria. I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but I thought they were really delicious."
Speaking of this, Ma Shuangshuang also had a bright smile on her face.
She really likes life in the academy. Besides studying, the academy also takes them to relax and learn some extracurricular knowledge.
"I heard that he will teach us how to make dumplings, those xiaolongbao. Once I learn how, I can go home and make them for you guys."
When Ma Shuangshuang said this, everyone was very excited.
The teaching in the academy must be good.
After the family finished wrapping the dumplings, they started to light the fire and cook them in the pot.
Ma Shuangshuang helped to light the fire at home.
Of course, they also used bellows at home.
Ma Shuangshuang pulled the bellows with her hands, and the fire in the stove burned very vigorously.
The firewood used was all chopped by her father.
"Mom, this bellows is still the best."
"With this bellows, you don't need to burn too much firewood when burning firewood. The fire will burn vigorously."
Lin Cuihua said, "It's popular to use bellows now. They say this bellows was also developed by the princess. We haven't seen it before, but we heard it's very useful. Your cousin's family has a bellows. Your grandmother went there once and said it's very useful, saves firewood, and it burns quickly and produces a strong fire."
"We discussed having your cousin help make one. He didn't ask for any money. He used wood from the mountain and spent some time on the craftsmanship."
"But we can't use them for free. Last time, my mother went to the market and bought some cloth. She also gave some to your aunt. It's just enough for her to make a set of clothes."
Although relatives help each other, they should also be grateful, understand each other's intentions, and reciprocate, which is the long-term way.
Ma Shuangshuang said, "The bellows are better. I remember it was hard to light a fire in the winter."
"With a bellows, it would be very convenient to burn firewood in the winter."
Ma Shuangshuang pulled the bellows and hardly had to worry about the stove mouth, nor did she need to use the iron hook to pull it back and forth to control the flame.
This will use a bellows, and the firewood in the stove will burn automatically.
And it burned very vigorously, and the water in the pot boiled in a short while.
When the water in the pot boiled, Lin Cuihua started to make dumplings.
After the dumplings are put into the pot, steam will soon come out and the aroma of dumplings will emerge.
The whole family smelled the fragrance and looked expectant.
Eat dumplings.
In the past, people would only make dumplings during the Chinese New Year.
Now they can eat dumplings on weekdays.
Especially Ma Shuangshuang's younger brother was running around excitedly, looking like he was waiting to eat dumplings.
After cooking, Lin Cuihua served the dumplings in plates.
A large plate for each person.
"It smells so good, I don't know what it tastes like."
"Try it now. Your aunt said that leek and egg dumplings are delicious."
Lin Cuihua also added some mashed garlic and vinegar.
This is the vinegar she made herself, and she usually doesn't want to eat it.
But dumplings taste best when dipped in mashed garlic and vinegar.
This is their custom of eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year.
Although they are from Hezhou, they also like to eat dumplings.
"It's a little hot, be careful."
The family sat together, eating dumplings in front of the steaming dumplings.
"Wow, delicious, Mom and Dad, these dumplings are really delicious."
“I didn’t expect leek and egg dumplings to be so delicious.”
She didn't expect that dumplings without meat could be so delicious.
Her grandmother ate one and nodded in admiration, saying, "It proves that leeks are a good thing."
“Leeks love eggs.”
“It tastes delicious.”
"Next year, when we have leek seeds, we will plant some leeks in the yard so that it will be convenient for us to eat them."
“It’s delicious. Really delicious.”
"Mom, it's delicious."
Everyone said it was delicious, with happy and satisfied smiles on their faces.
Lin Cuihua said, "If you like it, there are two more plates."
In order to ensure that everyone in the family had enough to eat, Lin Cuihua made more dough and stuffing and made more dumplings.
"Mom, this big plate is enough for us to eat."
"Yes, it's enough to eat. It's enough to fill you up."
"Save those two plates for tomorrow."
Ma Shuangshuang said, "Mom, the dumplings for the second meal will taste better, crispier and more delicious if you fry them."
She still remembers the fried dumplings she had eaten in the college cafeteria. They were really delicious and fragrant.
"Fried dumplings, are they fried in oil?"
Their family has never eaten fried dumplings.
The old lady and Lin Cuihua are reluctant to use oil when cooking.
So generally, if you can avoid using oil, then don’t use it.
It is only now that life is better that we are willing to make dumplings.
When they heard the word "fried dumplings", they thought that oil was not necessary.
But thinking that things are different now than before, I just made some extra dumplings and could fry them.
"Then take out some oil and fry it!"
The oil they use at home is made from peanuts they grow.
Ma Shuangshuang's brother said excitedly: "Ahhh, we can eat fried dumplings tomorrow."
"Do you know what fried dumplings are?"
"I don't know, as long as it's dumplings, it's delicious."
Looking at her brother's appearance, Ma Shuangshuang felt a lump in her throat.
Her brother never ate anything good before.
When she makes money in the future, she wants to buy things for her brother.
I remember they went to the pier to watch it before the Chinese New Year last year. At that time, my younger brother wanted to eat candied haws very much, but he was very sensible and didn’t ask for it.
In fact, she knew that her brother really wanted to eat it at that time.
Seeing other children eating this and that, her brother wanted to buy some too.
But he was very young and sensible, and never asked his family what he wanted to eat.
We eat whatever my mother cooks.
In fact, they didn’t have enough food to eat before.
Thinking of that time, Ma Shuangshuang's nose felt sore.
She wanted to become capable and be nice to her grandmother, parents and younger brother.
It feels so good to have a full meal as a family sitting together and eating delicious food.
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The other side
After school, Su Ling and Su Yang ran back excitedly.
"Mother, mother..."
Xiao Yueyao was busy in the kitchen at this time.
Knowing that school would be over early today, Friday, she postponed a lot of things and cooked something delicious for them herself.
Watching them go home, Xiao Yueyao felt very happy and felt like she was on vacation.
Hearing their voices from a distance, Xiao Yueyao couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.
"You're back!"
"Mom, have you made us something delicious again?"
Xiao Yueyao smiled and said, "Yes, I'll make fried eggplant boxes for you. I just got some fresh leeks, so I'll use them to make fried eggplant boxes."
"Wow, I can eat eggplant boxes."
"Mom, we haven't eaten eggplant boxes for a long time. I miss them so much!"
Su Ling and Su Yang both showed excitement and anticipation, looking at Xiao Yueyao, both acted like the best mother.
Xiao Yueyao saw her sons were happy and felt that cooking delicious food was a joy.
The key is that my sons are very cooperative.
Su Yang said sweetly: "Mom, I remember the time when we were in the village."
Xiao Yueyao was busy making an eggplant box while she said, "Oh, why do I think of that time?"
"That was when my mother worked very hard. She had to grow chives and sell chive dumplings, and she had to get up early. She also found time to make eggplant dumplings for us with chive flesh and eggplant. They were delicious."
"At that time, mother would often make delicious food for us."
They have eaten a lot of delicious food and think that even the steamed buns made by their mother are delicious.
Xiao Yueyao didn't expect that they all remembered that time.
"Even earlier, if Mom treated you badly, would you blame Mom?"
Su Ling said seriously: "Mom, we only remember the good things about you."
Su Yang added sweetly, "Yeah, mom is the best."
When Xiao Yueyao listened to their childish words, she felt her heart become sweet and she was so happy.
She felt very relieved that her two children were so sensible.
And she's sweet-mouthed.
Listening to them talk makes you feel happy.
"Our eldest and second babies are doing well too. Mom is happy to see you."
Xiao Yueyao rarely said such things, and when the two treasures heard it, their faces turned red.
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