Chapter 216 Baoya has a great reputation
Yun Chengfu and Yun Chenglu, the brothers who were sitting opposite the three girls, suddenly felt that the pork elbows in their bowls no longer smelled good.
They worked for the whole morning and didn't get a single piece of candy.
As expected, girls are still popular! Other families prefer boys to girls, but it’s the other way around in their family!
After lunch, the whole family took a break.
Then Zhao Zhilan kneaded the dough, Wang Cailian kneaded the filling, and the four of them, mother-in-law and daughters-in-law, sat together to make dumplings for the evening.
Yun Chenglu was as restless as a monkey and was playing with firecrackers in the yard. Yun Chengfu and three little girls sat at the table and made dumplings with the adults.
The three grown men of the Yun family also joined in the fun, but the dumplings they made were so ugly that they were driven away by their mothers and wives.
I spent the whole afternoon making dumplings and having fun.
The women were cooking dumplings in the kitchen, and three grown men were playing with firecrackers with the children in the yard.
In the evening, snow started falling again.
Snowflakes were falling heavily, and soon the ground was covered with white.
Now they have more fun. The house is built and they can build a snowman in the yard. No one will kick their snowman anymore.
However, even if it is piled up at the door, no one should cause trouble.
Now only Chen Changshui and Chen Xiaojuan are left in the Chen family, and it is very quiet.
Only on the morning of the 30th, Chen Xiaojuan supported Chen Changshui and tremblingly pasted the Spring Festival couplets and the word "Fu", then tremblingly went in. Then the courtyard door was closed tightly and was not opened again until the evening. It looked very pitiful.
As night fell, candles were lit in the house.
Zhao Zhilan and the five children sat around the small hall table. Wang Cailian, Li Rongyue and He Chunxiu took turns bringing cooked dumplings and dishes to the table. The rising steam enveloped everyone's face, and they all had a smiling look on their faces.
The three men were not idle either. They helped their wives serve the dishes. After that, they helped pull out the stools and serve the dumplings.
There are two fillings for the fragrant dumplings, one with pork and cabbage, and the other with sauerkraut and vermicelli, both of which are delicious.
The dishes were what was left over from lunch, including pork elbows, stewed pork ribs, stewed chicken, stewed pig's trotters, crispy boxes and various side dishes. There was almost no room on the table.
Zhao Zhilan also hid clean copper coins in the dumplings to add to the fun for the children.
As a result, there were five dumplings with copper coins in them, and Baoya ate three.
Of the remaining two, one went into Yunyue's stomach, and the other was caught by Yun Chengfu, who gave it to Yunhua without saying a word.
Seeing the three little girls so happy, the two brothers also started to laugh foolishly.
The meal was very lively and everyone had a full stomach.
After dinner, there is a "courtyard fire".
It means lighting a fire in the open space in the yard and letting children throw bamboo sticks into the fire.
Under the scorching flames, the bamboo poles kept popping and making crackling sounds, which were said to drive away ghosts.
Yun Dalang had already cleared out a clean area in the yard and piled up the firewood. With a strike of flint, the pile caught fire.
The crimson flames danced lively, warm and bright.
Baoya, Yunhua and Yunyue took the bamboo poles that Yun Erlang and Yun Sanlang had chopped up during the day and threw them into the fire.
As he threw it, he chanted: "Go away, little devil, go away, bad luck!"
Yun Chenglu claimed to be a grown-up boy, and he and Yun Chengfu stood aside and watched, refusing to participate.
Wang Cailian was amused and reached out to touch his forehead. "You're acting like an adult now, but before you were fighting with Baoya and the other little girls for candy!"
Yun Chenglu rubbed his forehead, which was hurt by the poke. "Mom! Who told you to be so biased? My brother and I spent a lot of time putting up Spring Festival couplets, but you didn't even give us a piece of sesame candy!"
"I've kept them all for you. You won't lose a bit!" He Chunxiu said with a smile.
"Oh, it still has to be my Third Aunt!" Yun Chenglu gave Wang Cailian a look that said, "Look, Third Aunt still loves me."
Wang Cailian grabbed him by the ears and scolded him, "You little bastard! Are you just trying to piss me off?"
Li Rongyue chuckled: "Chenglu is just a child."
Yun Chenglu was unconvinced: "How can I be a child? After the New Year, I will be thirteen!"
Zhao Zhilan smiled and pointed at Yun Chengfu, who was quietly watching Baoya and the others throwing bamboo poles. "Your elder brother is the one who acts like an adult."
"Well, our personalities are different..." Yun Chenglu scratched his head and grinned.
After laughing and joking, the family went back to their rooms and gathered in Zhao Zhilan's room.
Now that we have built a new house, the place is big enough.
Next is the New Year's Eve. Various candies, peanuts, melon seeds, and children's favorite chewy dough sticks are placed on the bed.
In fact, glutinous rice cake is malt sugar that has been solidified into blocks after being fried. It is brown in color and has a fragrant smell. It is not sweet at first, but becomes sweeter the more you chew it. It is a must-have midnight snack for children when they stay up all night to celebrate the New Year.
It’s a rare day in a year when the whole family gets together to chat about family matters and speak from their hearts.
The snow started falling again without me noticing.
Snowflakes were rustling outside, candlelight was warm inside the house, and the family gathered together. Laughter overflowed from the house, spreading into the night and warming the snowflakes.
As they were chatting, Yun Chengfu mentioned that the academy was going to open a new class after the new year, and Zhao Zhilan naturally agreed happily.
"After the New Year, when spring comes and flowers bloom, it's a great time to study." Zhao Zhilan smiled and patted Baoya's hand. "When the time comes, you little kids, go study. Don't wander around all day long."
Baoya and Yun Chenglu had previously mentioned to Nanxuan that they might go to the academy after the Chinese New Year. Nanxuan didn't care. The little girl and the silly boy were still young and had laid a foundation in martial arts, so he could let them practice diligently on their own.
Once you have a solid foundation of basic skills, you will be able to easily learn anything you are taught in the future.
But when it comes to studying, Zhao Zhilan thinks of Baoya's name. Ever since Baoya came to her home, she has never had a formal name.
The name Baoya can only be considered a nickname, just like Huaya and Yueya of Yunhua and Yunyue.
"Since she's going to school, Baoya needs a good name." Zhao Zhilan pondered for a moment and looked at Yun Chengfu. "Chengfu is the most knowledgeable person in our family right now, so the task of naming Baoya falls on your shoulders!"
Yun Chengfu nodded and smiled at the cute little girl with rosy cheeks.
"Flowers bloom on the bank, water trickles around the mountain." He said, "Let's call her Yunran."
Zhao Zhilan and He Chunxiu didn't understand what poetry was, but they thought Yun Chengfu's recitation was very beautiful, and they nodded in satisfaction.
"Yun Ran, Ran Ran."
He Chunxiu poked Baoya's soft little cheek as she sat on her lap, repeated it several times, and thought it sounded quite nice.
I asked Baoya, "Baoya, how about calling her Yunran?"
Baoya nodded obediently: "Okay, since it was given by big brother, it must be a good name!"
Yun Chengfu felt inexplicably affirmed, pursed his lips, and blushed.
This was the first time he gave someone a name.
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