Yang teased her eldest daughter, then poured wine for the three children - of course, Su Qingluan couldn't stand this fermented wine with imperfect brewing technology, so she only asked for half a bowl.
As for the two little ones, even if they didn't say anything, Yang Shi wouldn't let a seven-year-old and a three-year-old drink too much wine. Even though this "wine" didn't taste strong at all, she only poured the bottom of a bowl for Su Xuanhe, and Su Xueyan only dipped a little with her chopsticks.
But compared to Su Xuanhe's curiosity about wine, Su Xueyan had no idea why adults would want to drink something so sour. The little girl frowned, showing her extreme disgust.
Su Qingluan simply used the remaining jam to make some "juice" for the little girl. After Su Xueyan finished drinking it, she immediately said, "The fruit juice made by my sister is much better than the wine brewed by my father and mother!"
Su Xuanhe rolled his eyes in disdain: "Only little girls like you like to drink that sweet water. We are all adults, we should drink!"
Su Qingluan sneered rudely: "What kind of lord are you? What kind of wine is this if it doesn't even smell like alcohol?"
"I'm talking to you three. Today is your father's birthday, and all you do is bicker." Yang said with a smile.
The three children finally stopped talking and picked up the wine bowls in front of them. Together with Yang, they raised their wine bowls and toasted Su Guangfu.
Su Guangfu took a symbolic sip, and Su Qingluan quickly said, "Father, come and try this fish and see how it tastes."
Today the birthday person is the most important, so according to convention, the birthday person should start eating first before other members can start eating.
So Su Guangfu looked around at his family members a little embarrassedly, and took the first step to pick up a chopstick from the steaming squirrel mandarin fish - no, it has now been renamed "Fish Leaping Over the Dragon Gate" - which was covered with bright orange-red soup.
Despite the sauce, the mandarin fish underneath was still crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. As the chopsticks pierced the crispy shell, a soft "crack" sound was heard, and then a faint wisp of hot steam emerged from the golden shell, revealing the snow-white fish flesh.
Soon, the orange-red sauce on the surface flowed onto the white fish meat. Su Guangfu picked up the piece of fish and put it into his mouth.
The fish is tender and crispy, and the fish has a double taste. The fish has been fully soaked in the scallion and ginger water, so it doesn't have any fishy smell. And because the mandarin fish is fresh enough, it has a hint of sweetness.
The sauce on the pastry shell is not only sweet and sour. A little salt and spices to enhance the flavor were originally added to the fruit jam. Su Qingluan also added salt and a little soy sauce in the later stage to make the whole sauce more flavorful and the color more rich.
Therefore, this sweet and sour sauce makes the fish more delicious and rich in taste.
Of course, Su Guangfu couldn't say so many words, but he immediately picked up another piece of food with chopsticks - this subconscious action was more convincing than any compliments.
Seeing Su Guangfu start eating, the two little guys, already drooling with greed, couldn't help themselves. Su Xuanhe was the fastest, neatly picking up a piece of fish and putting it into his mouth. However, because the fish was wrapped in a crispy shell and was very hot, he blew air on his tongue.
Su Xueyan was only three years old, after all, and wasn't particularly adept at using chopsticks. Furthermore, the fish meat on the "Leaping Over the Dragon Gate" was attached to the skin, and while crispy, it was also somewhat hard. So, after the little girl tried two or three times to pick it up without success, she became a little anxious.
The Su family knew that children should be trained to use tableware from a young age, so the adults did not help the little girl pick up the food. Instead, Yang put a small spoon in Su Xueyan's bowl and asked her to use the spoon to pick up the fish that she could not pick up.
In this way, the little girl finally ate the fish she had been longing for, and her two black grape-like eyes became crescent-shaped with joy.
Yang Shi naturally wasn't as impatient as the two children, but the fish was indeed delicious, so she picked up her chopsticks faster. Even Su Qingluan, who had rarely eaten such delicious fish since her time travel, couldn't help but eat a few more bites.
It was not until nearly half of the fish was eaten that everyone remembered to roll the longevity noodles in eggs.
Fortunately, everyone ate up the food in no time, so the "Longevity and Comfort Noodles" did not absorb too much soup and become limp.
In fact, according to custom, this big piece of longevity noodles should be eaten in one breath without biting it in the middle.
However, Yang's bowl of "longevity noodles" was quite generous, with one noodle filling up the entire bowl. So if you were to eat such a long, wide noodle in one sitting, not to mention whether you could even fit it in your mouth, you'd probably end up with indigestion if you gobbled it down so fast.
What's more, there are two young children at home. If they eat so fast, their swallowing function is not perfect. If they choke, it will be counterproductive.
Su Qingluan slurped the longevity noodles, thinking that they were indeed hand-pulled noodles, which were different from the noodles produced on industrial assembly lines that she had eaten in her previous life - chewy and smooth, with a strong noodle aroma!
And the soup base is also unique.
Although the fish bones are not fried, the soup base is not as thick and white as cream, but a little clear and transparent, but the taste is not bad at all!
The savory flavor of the fish bones, enhanced by the white pepper, combined with the salty aroma of the pickled bacon, makes the noodle soup even more delicious and rich. Even the originally ordinary rapeseed became very delicious after absorbing the broth.
Su Qingluan ate noodles and drank soup, feeling her soul sublime. However, she always felt as if something was missing...
What on earth is this…?
"Ah!" Su Qingluan suddenly slammed her hand on the table. Although she didn't use much force, the suddenness of the slam startled Yang and Su Xuanhe, who were standing next to her. Even Su Xueyan, the little girl who was engrossed in her food, raised her head from her bowl.
"Sister, why did you suddenly scream? You scared me and almost dropped the fish on the ground!" Su Xuanhe pouted and picked up the piece of fish that fell on the table and put it into her mouth.
Su Qingluan looked around at all the family members, finally stopping at Yang. "Mother, didn't you notice that something is missing?"
Su Guangfu put down his wine bowl, and Yang swallowed her noodles. Su Xuanhe and Su Xueyan also looked over, each looking at the other, their eyes flashing with the word "bewilderment".
Su Qingluan understood from their reaction that these people must have forgotten about the noodles and fish because they were so delicious.
"So..." the little girl asked uncertainly, "What exactly did you forget, sister?"
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