Children, don’t be greedy, the New Year will come after Laba Festival.
Drink Laba porridge for a few days, it will be the twenty-third.
On the 23rd, sugar melons are sticky. On the 24th, the house is swept.
On the 25th, I bought some frozen tofu. On the 26th, I went to buy some meat.
On the twenty-seventh, slaughter the rooster; on the twenty-eighth, make the noodles rise.
Steam buns on the 29th and stay up all night on the 30th.
This is the New Year song in the north, and Xu Miaomiao decided to follow the custom in every step this year.
This was the first New Year she and Chen Chen spent together, so even though there were only two of them at home, she made extra preparations.
During the Laba Festival, every household makes Laba porridge. Village families basically just add a few kinds of coarse grains and peanuts.
But Xu Miaomiao's Laba porridge was cooked strictly according to the one she saw in later generations.
She prepared glutinous rice, black rice, peanuts, kidney beans, red beans, walnuts, lotus seeds, dates, coix seeds, longan meat, and white fungus, and simmered them in a pot over low heat for an entire afternoon.
The porridge was cooked until soft, and a spoonful of sugar was added. It was delicious and fragrant. Chen Chen drank three bowls of it in a row.
Xu Miaomiao couldn't stick to sugar melons, so on the 23rd, the two of them had dumplings stuffed with leeks and eggs.
Xu Miaomiao and Chen Chen wanted to take Uncle Wang to their home to celebrate the New Year together, but the old man was very stubborn and refused to go down the mountain no matter what.
During this period, Xu Miaomiao often deliberately took out things that should not be available at this time of year.
For example, leeks, spinach, fresh meat, and even fruits.
She thought Chen Chen would have discovered it by now, but he was as still as a mountain. He would eat whatever she cooked and never commented on the ingredients.
Xu Miaomiao was in a dilemma. On the one hand, she wanted him to ask, but on the other hand, she was afraid that he wouldn't be able to accept it if he knew.
On the 24th, the two of them cleaned the house inside and out.
Twenty-five frozen tofu, in the weather in Northeast China, you can just take a piece and put it outside overnight.
Wang Yan was originally worried that the young couple was inexperienced and not well prepared for the New Year's party, so she wanted to ask them to go back and celebrate the New Year together as a family.
But when she saw the mountain-like pile of things prepared by Xu Miaomiao, her doubts were dispelled and she felt that this might be the richest year Chen Chen had ever lived.
On the 30th, Xu Miaomiao started preparing early in the morning. She started by frying the meatballs, and she did not skimp on the oil.
I fried a bowl of sweet potato balls, a bowl of shredded radish balls, and a bowl of meatballs with pork and green onions.
The weather is cold now, so there is no need to worry about it going bad. Just leave it there and heat it up whenever you want to eat it.
She started preparing the New Year's Eve dinner in the afternoon, and she didn't prepare less just because there were two of them.
The first dish is braised pork. We choose pork belly with three layers, cut it into mahjong-sized pieces and stew it in a casserole.
When it comes out of the pot, it is soft, sweet, fat but not greasy, and melts in your mouth.
The second dish is braised beef in soy sauce, which she prepared a week in advance. Today, all she needs to do is take it out and heat it in the pot, then serve it on the table.
Paired with garlic sauce, it has a strong sauce flavor, rich taste, tender and refreshing, not hard or woody.
The third dish is pickled fish, which is made with homemade pickled cabbage. It is full of flavor and symbolizes abundance every year. It is an indispensable dish in the New Year’s Eve dinner.
Add stewed pig's trotters with soybeans and Northeastern dish pot-fried pork, and finally a refreshing and refreshing cold-mixed cucumber and pig's ears.
Of course, what’s a New Year’s Eve dinner without dumplings? Tonight’s dumplings are filled with pickled cabbage and pork.
Because there is no electricity yet, Xu Miaomiao doesn't want to eat with a flashlight in the middle of the night.
So their family had already sat down to eat when it was getting dark.
Chen Chen looked at the table full of dishes and saw that she was still busy in the kitchen.
I couldn't help but say, "Miaomiao, enough of these dishes, stop busying yourself!"
Xu Miaomiao replied, "I know. I'll ask Xiao Mu to bring some dumplings to Uncle Wang!"
She is now more and more skilled in using Little Wood. Every time she goes up the mountain to deliver something and comes back, she rewards Little Wood with a piece of meat bone, so it is also very active.
Because today is New Year's Eve, the two of them prepared some wine for the first time.
Xu Miaomiao really couldn't stand the spiciness of white wine, so she prepared sweet rice wine for herself and strong white wine for him.
Two people sat on either side of the table with two candles lit on it. It was a unique candlelight dinner.
The two people looked at the person sitting opposite them in the candlelight, and both of them couldn't help laughing.
Chen Chen picked up his wine glass first and said, "Thank you, my wife, for preparing such a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner. You've worked so hard!"
Xu Miaomiao happily picked up the cup, clinked it with his, and then drank it all in one gulp.
Chen Chen didn't want her to drink too much, but she didn't appreciate it and found various excuses to get him drunk.
The two of them talked about this from time to time while eating the food on the table and clinked their glasses. Before they knew it, Xu Miaomiao's face was flushed.
She originally thought that the alcohol content of rice wine was low and would not be intoxicating, but she did not expect Chen Chen to be so calm and composed, and she felt a little dizzy.
At this time, the two of them had almost finished eating. Chen Chen was holding a glass of wine and sipping it while looking out the window.
Xu Miaomiao put her arms on the table and looked at him with a dazed look. In fact, Chen Chen was not a particularly handsome guy.
But he has regular facial features, sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and most importantly, he has an upright posture and a sharp temperament.
Xu Miaomiao felt that no matter when, when she looked at this person, her heart would be moved. Why did this man seem to be growing on the tip of her heart?
When Chen Chen turned around, he saw her lying on the table, looking at him with flushed cheeks, mumbling something and laughing.
Chen Chen found it a little funny. Seeing how she drank, he thought she could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, but she turned out to be a drunkard so quickly.
Seeing that she was drunk, Chen Chen coaxed her and said, "You've drunk too much, why don't you lie down and rest for a while?"
After hearing this, she instantly perked up, sat up straight, and retorted, "I'm not drunk! Who said I was drunk!"
Well, good, definitely drunk.
Xu Miaomiao was unhappy when he didn't say anything, "You don't believe me!"
There's no point in arguing with a drunk. Chen Chen smiled indulgently and said, "Believe me, you're not drunk, I'm the one who's drunk."
That smile immediately touched Xu Miaomiao's heart, and she murmured, "I feel like I'm drunk now."
She stood up shakily and walked to the other side. Just as Chen Chen was about to stand up to help her, she pushed him down and sat him down again.
She sat face to face in Chen Chen's arms, stretching out her hand from the peak of his brow, slowly stroking the corners of his eyes, the bridge of his nose, and his lips...
Chen Chen stared at her with dark eyes, letting her move without moving. However, he became more and more certain that she was drunk, because except for the wedding night, she had never been so proactive.
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