Xu Xiangjuan had already made the second basket of steamed buns, which were very popular with the customers. Just when she was about to make the second basket, Gua Gua and her brothers and sisters came back and saw their mother making steamed buns. They asked her mother to make them buns.
As there was no time to waste, Xu Xiangjuan made a steamer for her daughter without wasting several minutes to make the bunny shapes.
The rabbit buns she made this time were smaller than before, with a dozen in each layer.
There are many children, so I can't evenly distribute the food evenly because I can only make a few.
After ordering the rabbit buns, Gua Gua went to the yard to play with her brothers and sisters. She also told them that her mother had made a lot of rabbit buns for her and she would distribute them to them later.
The steamed buns came out of the oven. Xu Xiangjuan put the rabbit-shaped buns in a bowl and placed them on the table, while she brought out a plate of the ordinary-shaped buns first.
She was not worried about the other things as her elder and third sisters-in-law were watching over them.
Except for the first wave of family members, other guests can sit here for a while, but fortunately there are always empty seats when new guests come.
Gua Gua noticed his mother bringing out steamed buns and took his brothers and sisters to eat rabbit buns.
The children went out to play early and had nothing to eat in the morning. When they came back, they grabbed a few pieces of rice candy from the table to fill their stomachs.
The right to distribute the rabbit buns was given to Guagua, and Xu Xiangjuan went to busy herself with other things.
Xu Xianglan saw a group of children, led by Guagua, looking at the rabbit buns expectantly, "I asked you to make cabbage and meat buns but you refused. Now I want you to make rabbit buns."
Without waiting for Xu Xiangjuan to speak, Wu Caifeng, who was holding Niu Niu, directly retorted, "How can it be the same? Cabbage and meat have to be chopped into stuffing and it wastes meat. What are we going to use to make dumplings at night after eating that little bit of meat?"
Xu Xiangjuan verbally promised, "Let's not talk about making dumplings, sister, our family has to fry meat for lunch. Your cabbage and meat buns are not available this year. I will make them for you next Chinese New Year."
Xu Xianglan: "Next year I will eat pure meat instead of cabbage and meat."
Wu Caifeng: "Niuniu is not as greedy as you, an auntie. You only know how to eat."
Niu Niu, who was inexplicably implicated, kept his eyes on the steamed buns his sister was sharing, he wanted one too!
The steamed buns were not so hot anymore, so Gua Gua stood on the bench and distributed the rabbit buns one by one.
Although Gua Gua is the youngest, everyone listens to her arrangements and waits for her to distribute the rabbit buns.
After everyone had one, Gua Gua took one for himself. Seeing his younger brother screaming, Gua Gua took the rabbit bun and went to his younger brother.
Niu Niu thought his sister was going to give him some rabbit-shaped buns. His mother took off his cotton-padded jacket because it was hot, so he had hands free to take the buns from his sister.
Niu Niu stretched out his chubby little hand to take the rabbit bun, but was hit in the face by the rabbit bun.
Gua Gua simply poked his brother's face gently with the rabbit and said, "You are a child and you don't even have teeth. Mommy said you can't eat it, so I won't give it to you."
In front of his younger brother, Gua Gua started eating the rabbit bun from the butt.
I can’t take it anymore. I can’t stand this injustice! This time, Niu Niu’s tears were brewing very quickly and he had already started crying.
"Guagua and his brothers and sisters should go play in the yard. Don't crowd in the kitchen." Xu Xiangjuan picked up Niu Niu and coaxed the group of children out.
Gua Gua also wanted to go out, so he went to the yard to eat steamed buns with his brothers and sisters.
Xu Xiangjuan gave Niu Niu a rabbit bun. For a while, only the rabbit bun could stop him from crying.
Niu Niu was able to catch the rabbit Mantou. With the rabbit in his hands, his tears soon stopped.
With tearful eyes, Niu Niu grabbed the steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth, as if...
Seeing that her son couldn't eat steamed buns because he didn't have many baby teeth, Xu Xiangjuan felt relieved and handed Niu Niu to her mother.
If you can't eat, you can always play. Niu Niu grabbed a steamed bun and finally calmed down, but he still wanted to put it in his mouth from time to time.
Wu Caifeng looked at her grandson, and if he really wanted to swallow the steamed bun, she would stop him immediately.
Gua Gua and his brothers and sisters were playing in the yard. When they saw their father coming with a little kid, they immediately ran to the kitchen.
"Do you want to have lunch?" Xu Xiangjuan asked immediately when she saw her daughter stepping on the bench to get the rabbit buns.
Gua Gua felt that this was his own home now and he had to entertain the other children well, "For sister."
"Haven't the sisters shared it all?" She saw that only Gua Gua wanted to eat it.
"Juan, your brother-in-law has brought back two guests, a father and daughter. I'll serve two bowls of longan tea." The sister-in-law came in and brought the longan tea.
Xu Xiangjuan responded, "Okay, sister-in-law, look at what's missing from the table and I'll put it in for you."
Seeing that his mother and aunt were talking and not paying attention to him, Gua Gua took the rabbit bun and went out.
"Sister, here, my mother made it."
As soon as Wang Qing sat his daughter down, a little girl came over and "chatted" her.
The little girl's hands are clean and the steamed buns she makes are cute, which is very pleasing to children.
Xixi took the bunny and said, "Thank you, sister."
"Guagua, go with dad to pick up great grandfather and great aunt... Teacher Wang, you don't have to be restrained. Eat whatever you want. There's plenty on the table. Sister-in-law, please treat us."
"It's no trouble, no trouble." The sister-in-law brought the longan tea to the two guests.
Gua Gua wanted to say a few more words to his sister, but before he could say anything, he was arranged to continue his schedule. It was too busy, he sighed.
After picking up Teacher Wang, Zhou Chengning immediately took his daughter to pick up his grandfather and aunt, and did not even have time to go to the kitchen to see his lover.
The small banquet is only in the morning, not in the afternoon. If it is squeezed in in the morning, time seems very tight.
The eldest and third sisters-in-law helped with the matters at the banquet. At about the same time, Xu Xiangjuan started to prepare the ingredients for lunch with her second sister Xu Xianglan.
When Zhou Chengning came to pick up his grandpa and aunt, Wang Qing did not leave, Xixi was also there. Guagua told his great-grandfather and aunt that he was going to look for his sister, and then ran to talk to Xixi.
Guagua is the kind of child who can find something to say even if he has nothing to say, and his articulation is very clear even at the age of three.
Guagua was talking and Xixi was also able to respond. As they were talking, the two children ran to play with the other children.
Zhou Chengning arranged for his aunt and grandfather and went to the kitchen.
"You must be hungry? Have a bun." Xu Xiangjuan handed the rabbit bun to her husband.
Zhou Chengning didn't think too much and finished a rabbit bun in two bites.
When Niu Niu saw that his father had eaten his rabbit, he cried a few more times, but did not show any sign of crying, after all, he had been playing with the rabbit for a long time.
"You can make your own lunch after all the guests have left. You can keep Teacher Wang here for lunch. After all, it's not easy for him to come here... You should also take Niu Niu out to show the guests."
Niu Niu is the protagonist of today's banquet, so naturally he has to meet people.
Zhou Chengning listened to his wife and carried Niu Niu out, who didn't know he was going to be "exhibited".
When Niu Niu saw that his father did not carry him to the "exclusive area" for children, he started punching and kicking his father again.
"Teacher Zhou, your children are all very lively." They must be like their mother.
After all, Teacher Zhou is not that kind of person.
"Yeah, like me and my lover." Zhou Chengning sat next to Wang Qing. Just as Xixi ran off to play with Guagua, there was an empty seat.
Wang Qing: ???
Like, why do you have to show such a proud expression?
Teacher Zhou, wake up! Your son is still kicking you!
Threatening with force against dad has never worked. Niu Niu kicked for a while, got tired, and obediently let his dad hold him.
Sitting at the small banquet, Zhou Chengning did not eat the food on the table. It was served to the guests. Besides, he had to save his stomach for lunch, so he did not want to eat these.
The longan tea was not too sweet, but rather sweet, and the longans were relatively soft. Grandpa Zhou drank a bowl of it, and when Zhou Cunxin saw that his father had finished drinking it, he took the bowl to the kitchen to ask for another one. He did not ask his niece's eldest and third sisters-in-law to help, and let them just take care of their own business.
Xu Gensheng knew the situation of his son-in-law's family. He had been sitting at the table this morning, basically chatting with the guests. Now that his son-in-law's grandfather had come, he naturally had to say a few words.
Although Grandpa Zhou is more educated and knowledgeable than the average villagers, he is also a farmer who has lived through the period of relying on the weather for food. He can talk a lot about the weather and food when chatting with his granddaughter-in-law's father.
Xu Xiangjuan saw her aunt come into the kitchen by herself and said that she wanted to serve a bowl of longan tea to grandpa. She immediately took the bowl and said, "Aunt, just serve some soup and put only two longans in it, so that grandpa won't be too full for lunch."
Tea can only fill you up temporarily, and you'll be hungry after a while, so there's no need to worry too much.
Seeing the neatly arranged vegetables in the basin, Zhou Cunxin asked, "Are we going to start making lunch?"
"The dishes are ready. We will start cooking after all the guests have left. Auntie, just eat something to fill your stomach. Don't eat too much."
"good."
After her aunt left the kitchen, Xu Xiangjuan continued to cut and arrange the vegetables, while her second sister was responsible for washing the vegetables.
Because there were not enough containers at home, she had to put several vegetables in one pot, and they had to be arranged properly and not mixed together so that they could be separated easily when cooking.
Xu Xianglan: "I think it would be better if my brother-in-law and aunt exchanged personalities?"
The aunt and nephew have very different personalities.
"If he had a different personality, I wouldn't have married him."
"Aunt seems to be able to calm the situation, but it is indeed not suitable for someone with a strong personality like you."
Wu Caifeng complained, "The children are grown up now, what's the point of saying these things?"
The two sisters understood each other tacitly and had no intention of contradicting their mother.
...
Wang Qing didn't want to stay for lunch, but Teacher Zhou insisted that he stay, and his daughter Xixi was having a great time playing with a group of other kids. So he could only watch the guests leave, leaving behind some close family members... and him, a freeloader.
Xu Xiangjuan was busy in the kitchen all morning. After the guests left, the older brothers helped clean the table and the floor.
For lunch, we used the large round table where the small table was set up in the morning, with adults and children separated.
After all, there were more people than at the reunion dinner last night. The table was full of adults, and the children were unhappy because they had no place to sit.
I originally thought that today’s main dish would be dumplings for dinner, so I didn’t need to cook many dishes during the day and could just make do with anything, but when I actually made it, it was really not enough.
She had cooked all the ingredients for the third day of the first lunar month in advance.
Fortunately, I have my sisters-in-law and several sisters to help me, otherwise I would be busy like a top, spinning all the time.
Wang Qing saw Teacher Zhou's lover. All the dishes were already on the table, so Teacher Zhou took his lover out of the kitchen to eat.
...It's not quite what I imagined.
So where did the rumor that Mr. Zhou was abused by his lover come from? How could Mr. Zhou, who seemed to be a righteous man, be abused by his lover?
He said that uprightness does not mean that a person is tough and has a sense of justice, but that Mr. Zhou's wife's temperament does not seem like that of someone who would do bad things and act unreasonably.
The teachers all thought that Mr. Zhou's wife was a woman who cursed in the streets, was fierce, and looked shrewd and domineering.
The wife of Teacher Zhou that he saw in front of him had fair skin, pretty features, and long hair tied into a braid. She was not very tall and looked especially petite next to Teacher Zhou.
If there were no rumors, this couple would look like a perfect match no matter how you look at them.
...Hmm? ? Could it be that Teacher Zhou really changed his lover? Remarried? ?
The author has something to say: The second update is a bit late, fairies who go to bed early can read it tomorrow~
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