The next day, Wan Qingliu made the ice jelly and secretly asked Hua Wanchi to bring out some ice cubes.
Soak the ice powder in ice cubes to cool it down quickly.
You don’t need to add anything to the prepared ice jelly, just pour some brown sugar water on it. The cool and smooth texture paired with the sweet taste will be praised by the whole family.
Adding some sesame seeds, peanuts and raisins makes the taste more layered.
The mornings were a bit chilly in early autumn, but overall the weather was just right.
The grain harvest is good again this year, and the whole village is filled with a joyous atmosphere.
Wang Jingxia went to Dujuanpo to practice martial arts every morning and evening. Occasionally she would meet villagers, but the latter were quite rare.
"Yeah, isn't this the old man's young wife? You also know martial arts?"
Reminder from colleagues:
"You forgot, she is Erniu's aunt, the one who helped Erniu beat his uncle away!"
The first person to react: "Oh! I remember now!"
The villagers still remember Wang Jingxia's mighty power of sending someone flying with a slap that day, and they remembered it after being reminded of it.
Thinking of it, the two of them didn't stay any longer.
Wang Jingxia was at a loss for words. Why was he running so fast? She wasn't going to hit anyone.
Hua Ziqiang has been cooking for more than half a year, from a bowl of noodles to exquisite pastries. It has taken him half a year to make pasta alone, and there will probably be more dishes to come.
The task was to provide flour, sugar and pork fat to make lard, so Hua Ziqiang and his four younger brothers and sisters had a feast.
Every time Hua Ziqiang made snacks, the taste was just as good as the ones bought from the supply and marketing cooperative. A few people couldn’t finish them and even gave some to Old Hua’s family.
Not only did he send them to Lao Hua's house, he also brought them to school as snacks, and he was very popular among his classmates.
The harvests in the surrounding villages vary, and families with many children may not have enough to eat, let alone desserts. They may not even have anything to eat during the Chinese New Year.
Although he had no worries about food and clothing, Hua Ziqiang would inevitably be ridiculed and pushed around by people from his uncle's family whenever he met them.
He can't always go to his aunt like a baby who has not been weaned, right?
Seeing that his aunt started practicing martial arts again, Hua Ziqiang became interested.
"Aunt, before you got married and stayed here for a short time, you only taught us to keep fit. Now that you've been here forever and won't leave, why don't you teach me martial arts?"
Wang Jingxia laughed: "You want to become a fat man in one bite? Forget it. If you want to practice martial arts with me now, you still have to start by strengthening your body!"
Hua Ziqiang: "No problem! Auntie, just teach me how to do it!"
So, Hua Ziqiang followed Wang Jingxia closely. Wang Jingxia was practicing martial arts on her own, so she asked Hua Ziqiang to run and squat in a horse stance.
After Hua Xiangfan and his siblings had their own lessons with Hua Qingping, they also ran to Dujuanpo to watch their aunt practice martial arts. They all found it very interesting and couldn't help but feel longing for it.
"Auntie, we want to practice too!"
In this way, Hua Ziqiang was followed by a few others, and they ran around the village coolly every day.
The intelligence team is still discussing it under the old pomelo tree.
"Hey, what are Erniu and the others doing? Running around the village every day!"
"Hey, isn't this his aunt practicing martial arts every day? So the kids are practicing along, right?"
"What can you learn from this? You might as well do more work in the fields!"
"Oh, that's not necessarily true. Look how powerful Aunt Erniu is!"
"If Erniu can master this, I'll send my family to practice too. With martial arts skills, we'll have a better chance of winning a fight!"
"Hey, speaking of Old Huatou's family, have you heard that his fourth child also has a job?"
"He has five brothers and sisters, and only the second one is still in the village!"
"How did Hua Lao Si find a job? Didn't he say he wanted to go on a blind date a while ago? Because no one would be interested in him without a job!"
"They said he didn't have a job assigned to him after he retired, so now they've made up for it and he'll start work in a few days!"
"My niece hasn't been engaged yet... I'm going to ask Matchmaker Fang to help her out!"
…
In fact, even if Hua Jingmin hadn't become a worker, his conditions were still good.
But maybe I just lack a bit of luck and can never find the right one.
Now that he had been assigned a job by his superiors, his popularity had skyrocketed, and the news about the women brought by matchmaker Fang could almost fill a book.
Now Hua Jingmin is no longer obsessed with getting married. He has just experienced a heart-wrenching and huge breakup and has not yet recovered.
He decided to arrange his next work first.
"Mom, you can choose. I'm not in the mood for the moment."
Wan Qingliu: "Okay."
As long as she is not angry like Hua Xuguo, she is still easy to talk to.
Every night, the old man would chase his wife to ask about the progress. If we were to say who in the family cares most about the fourth child's marriage, it would be the old man.
Who can understand his desire for a grandson?
He is old, how can it be easy for him?
The eldest brother has a son and a daughter, which is perfect.
The second son has only had this one child in all these years. If he doesn't ask for too much, it won't be impossible for him to marry into the family in the future.
The third daughter got married, and her grandson didn’t have the surname Hua.
The fifth brother has two daughters, and one is not his biological child, but Lao Huatou cannot force him to have another one.
Now only the fourth child is still unmarried, and the hope of having a grandchild rests on him!
Old Flower: "Have you found a suitable one today?"
Wan Qingliu: "Don't tell me, I'm really overwhelmed by the choices. I don't have any big requirements for my daughter-in-law, just that she doesn't make trouble. These girls are really hardworking, capable and beautiful. I don't know which one to choose!"
The old man sighed, "I don't care about how hardworking he is. The fourth child is not lazy anyway. He can just do the housework. I just hope my daughter-in-law will give me a grandson!"
"It all depends on fate! How can you give birth to a child just by saying so? Besides, don't you already have two grandchildren?"
The old man frowned and said, "Those two are not around, so they are not that close."
"Now that the fourth child has a job, won't he have to live in the city? Will he have to raise his children with us? I don't think so."
The old man feels so miserable!
He has four sons and a daughter, so his family is prosperous, with both sons and daughters, perfect!
As for the next generation, either there are few children or they are all granddaughters!
Wan Qingliu: "Hey, why are you thinking so much? Isn't the granddaughter also the child of the old Hua family?"
Old Flower: "From ancient times to the present, continuing the family line has always been the top priority! Having many sons makes people stand up straighter. Without sons, who will farm the land in the future?"
Wan Qingliu chuckled, "Don't you see how quickly that machine is turning? It's harvesting the rice quickly and efficiently, and there aren't even any stones in the threshed rice! From now on, we won't need any human labor!"
"Besides, can you even remember your ancestors' names? Even your grandfather isn't even known where he's buried!"
The old man was very upset. There was nothing wrong with his wife's nonsense and he couldn't refute it.
But he still wants a grandson!
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