After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he immediately ran to help them serve dumplings. Zhu Yanqing also came to help him wrap the dumplings, and gave his sister a big red envelope.
"I'll sign up 18 for my sister."
These words immediately enlightened the Zhu family.
During the family reunion dinner that evening, Guan Jingyi ate a few bites of dumplings before running back home.
Zhu's mother saw him eat a few dumplings and then run away.
Invite him to have New Year's Eve dinner here.
Guan Jingyi waved his hand and ran away.
He wanted to stay here for the New Year's Eve dinner, but the housekeeper wouldn't let him.
It's the kind of situation where someone looks down on you but still won't let you spend the New Year at someone else's house—that's his dad's current state.
Lin Shih-Han was curious.
Does he come here every year?
"That's right. The Guan family's situation is a bit complicated. It's hard to say what Director Guan is thinking."
However, Xiao Guan is a good person.
We've watched this child grow up since he was little, and his character is impeccable.
Don't let his carefree attitude fool you; he's actually the most responsible one.
Lin Shih-Han looked at her mother praising the boy with a suspicious expression. What was going on?
"Well, he is indeed a decent person, I admit that, but that has nothing to do with me!"
I hate trouble the most, so you don't need to rush to arrange for me to find another job.
Even if I were to look again, I would have to find someone from a family that doesn't need to be well-off, but whose members must be simple.
Ideally, he should be an orphan, without relatives, friends, or parents!
Her words earned her the cold shoulder of her entire family.
"Pah, pah, what are you saying, kid, on New Year's Day?"
Let's eat dumplings! Let's eat dumplings!
We'll finish wrapping them today, but we'll have to wrap more tomorrow.
Well, the people here love eating chicken the most, all kinds of chicken, like poached chicken and this kind of chicken.
We'll kill one tomorrow too. I specially bought fifteen chickens to keep there this time.
From the first to the fifteenth of the lunar month, we kill one a day. There are many of us in the family, so we can eat it all in one meal!
Lin Shih-han was speechless.
That chicken is really unlucky!
One a day is only possible because their family is large enough to eat. In a smaller family, they couldn't possibly eat one a day.
However, this also fully demonstrates that the Zhu family's conditions were indeed quite good.
In an era where even getting enough to eat isn't guaranteed, his family getting a chicken every day during the Lunar New Year is truly remarkable.
"There's plenty of filling for dumplings here. Today we're making cabbage dumplings. What would you like to eat tomorrow?"
Let's wrap a different filling.
Chives, shepherd's purse, and fillings made with beef, mutton, chicken, and mackerel.
We'll make whatever you want to eat!
Your dad and I are both from Northeast China, and your grandparents are also from Northeast China.
Even though we were assigned to work here later, we still kept our old habits from the other side.
But you were probably raised here by that Comrade Ge since you were little, so your habits are definitely a bit different from ours.
It's okay, just tell me what you want to eat. You don't need to be polite at home.
My mom can also make mackerel dumplings here!
How about we have mackerel dumplings tomorrow?
And those chicken dumplings, I liked them too.
I'll make some more chicken dumplings tomorrow. Ugh, this place is so annoying.
Have your dad bring the whole refrigerator back later.
In Northeast China, in winter, if you fill a vat with dumplings and put them outside, they'll freeze instantly.
It won't spoil even if you eat it all winter.
Lin Shih-han imagined herself eating dumplings every day, her eyes open and closed, and couldn't help but shudder.
She was still glad that she was spending the Lunar New Year here.
Before she could speak, Grandma Zhu said:
"Oh, and those fried sweet potato balls and meatballs, they're so delicious."
"There are more people in the family this year, let's fry up a lot more."
Lin Shihhan wondered why there were so many people in her family this year.
I've come over, but one of them has left. Shouldn't that be just right?
However, she really liked those fried meatballs, but only when they were fresh out of the fryer.
She really doesn't mind if it's just hot food for a few meals; as long as there's food, she's fine.
Thankfully, these words were only spoken in my mind.
Then after dinner, her mother started frying meatballs.
She'd never eaten this before, not even in the apocalypse of her past life.
It's absolutely delicious!
Sweet potato balls are so delicious!
Especially when it's fresh out of the pan, it's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a sweet, crunchy, and soft texture.
Lin Shih-Han took a bowl, filled it with food, and ate it with great gusto.
Seeing him eat with relish, Zhu's parents and father smiled with satisfaction.
The eldest and second eldest sons of the Zhu family also like to eat it.
A person was holding a bowl and squatting down, eating fried sweet potato balls.
"Ah, the eggplant fritters are ready too!"
Hanhan, come and eat quickly, this eggplant fritter is delicious.
Back when I lived in Northeast China, there were no chives in winter.
There weren't even eggplants available here, but thankfully, we have chives and eggplants even in winter! We can have eggplant fritters whenever we want!
Lin Shih-Han picked up an eggplant fritter, which consisted of two slices of eggplant with some vegetables in between and a layer of flour on the outside.
Then fry them in a pan until they are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. They are also especially delicious because they are filled with chives and meat filling!
"Mmm, delicious!"
"Hahaha, right?"
Eat more if it's delicious!
After we finished eating, there were fried eggplant fritters, lotus root sandwiches, fried pork ribs, fried meatballs, and fried crispy pork.
Lin Shih-Han's eyes lit up as she ate everything.
This Chinese New Year is so wonderful, there are so many delicious foods.
I had never eaten so many delicious foods in my past life.
Before the apocalypse, she was an orphan; who would have blown up these things for her?
In the end times, there will be none left.
I never expected to be able to eat so much delicious food, it's so good!
Because there are many people in the Zhu family, the parents and Grandma Zhu blew more.
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