"Why didn't you wake me up?" Xu Xiangjuan slept for an entire afternoon and felt her whole body was weak and she was extremely tired.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, you didn't wake up when Niu Niu woke up. I thought you must be sleepy and I didn't want to wake you up."
"Has Niu Niu woke up? It's very dark now." Xu Xiangjuan didn't know what time it was. She tossed and turned trying to make herself more alert. Finally, she put her legs on Zhou Chengning's legs and buried her face in his arms.
There was no sound of children at this moment, which meant that Niu Niu and Gua Gua were fine.
Zhou Chengning pulled his lover into his arms: "Yes, I woke up before, Juan, Guagua and I also told you that you get up too early in the morning, sleep in the afternoon, and tell Guagua not to disturb you."
When Gua Gua heard from his father that his mother was sleeping, he went straight to Miaomiao's house to play and did not come to disturb his mother.
"You've thought it through very carefully." Xu Xiangjuan felt that she could still sleep, so she rolled out of Zhou Chengning's arms, turned her back to Zhou Chengning, hung her legs over the edge of the bed, closed her eyes and rested for a while.
Seeing his lover tossing and turning, Zhou Chengning went over to massage his shoulders and back.
"Get up and cook dinner. Guagua is starving." After being massaged on the shoulders and back for a while, Xu Xiangjuan finally felt comfortable. "Aning, wait until Niu Niu wakes up before getting up. Then bring Niu Niu to the kitchen."
From the sounds, I could tell that Aning had been awake for a while, and it looked like Niu Niu wouldn’t sleep for long.
Zhou Chengning agreed, stopped lying down and sat on the edge of the bed.
Xu Xiangjuan pulled open the thickest curtain; it was still daylight outside.
Niu Niu was sleeping soundly on the small bed, but his two little arms were hanging outside the quilt. Xu Xiangjuan tucked the quilt in for him and went to cook.
After his lover left, Zhou Chengning struggled over whether to wake Niu Niu up directly. But after thinking about the consequences of waking Niu Niu up in his sleep, Zhou Chengning gave up.
Let’s just wait for Niu Niu to wake up on his own.
...
It’s time to deliver the steamed buns as agreed.
Xu Xiangjuan put the 50 steamed buns directly into two wooden basins. It took two basins to hold them all, and she had to cover them tightly to prevent the two children from seeing them and wanting to eat them.
The appointment was in the morning, and Guagua had to go to kindergarten, so I took Guagua with me when I went out on my tricycle and sent him to kindergarten first.
Dad, Mom and sister are all out, so of course we can’t leave Niu Niu behind.
If Niu Niu didn't wake up, Xu Xiangjuan didn't want to take Niu Niu out. She could just ask her mother to help her take care of the child for a while. Anyway, they wouldn't stay outside.
Niu Niu was sitting in the truck bed, held by his mother, with a small piece of steamed bun in his hand.
Guagua had a bun stuffed with cabbage and mushrooms in his hand. He had had breakfast at home and ordered another bun to eat on the way out.
It was a rare day for the family to go out together today, and the two children were very excited. They did nothing but eat and talk along the way.
Xu Xiangjuan was afraid that Niu Niu would choke, so she paid special attention to the steamed bun in Xiaopang's hand.
When they arrived at the kindergarten, Zhou Chengning stopped the car, took Guagua out of the car, and took Guagua to the kindergarten.
It’s the same as usual. He would send Gua Gua to his class before coming out.
Seeing that his mother had no intention of getting off the car, Niu Niu touched his mother's shoulder with his fat hand, then looked in the direction his father and sister left, motioning for his mother to take him to catch up with his sister and father.
"Niu Niu, Daddy will be back soon. Your sister goes to kindergarten. When Niu Niu grows up, he will also go to kindergarten." Xu Xiangjuan was talking to Niu Niu. Niu Niu didn't know how to react for a moment after hearing his mother talk so much.
When Niu Niu remembered his father and sister, his father came back alone.
Zhou Chengning did not waste time, because today's payment was not a deposit but the full payment, and they couldn't be late.
When she arrived at the other village, Xu Xiangjuan asked several aunties before she found out where it was.
The tricycle arrived at the gate of the yard and Xu Xiangjuan was ready to get off. Zhou Chengning took Niu Niu and held him in one hand, while holding his lover's hand with the other hand, helping him get off the tricycle.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Please count 50 or not. If the number is correct, we will leave first. We still have to continue making steamed buns at home."
There was an old lady guarding the gate of the courtyard. Xu Xiangjuan helped her move the steamed buns in, and she had to take the wooden basin home.
The middle-aged man who came to order steamed buns that day came over to help the old lady count the steamed buns: "No problem, will the steamed buns be sold all the time in the future?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "That's hard to say. We mainly sell seasonal food, not steamed buns. If you want to buy steamed buns, it's best to order two or three days in advance, otherwise you won't be able to prepare in time."
"Okay, I'll go over and order some when I need them. I bought some steamed buns from you the day before yesterday, and everyone in my family said they were delicious when I brought them home."
"My children at home also like to eat it. When we were on the road, my son ate half of the steamed bun he brought from home."
Because there were outsiders around, Niu Niu didn't say anything and was held obediently by his father. Occasionally, he would look at the stranger and then at the pile of steamed buns.
The steamed buns were delivered and the family went home.
Zhou Chengning was halfway through riding: "Juan, the decoration of their wedding yard is very beautiful."
Buying steamed buns today means there is a happy event in someone's family, which will probably happen tomorrow. It's probably the son getting married.
"It's quite festive." It's not that pretty, but it fits in with the current wedding style.
The family is well off, with a big yard and they are generous in buying steamed buns.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, I will treat you well in the future."
"Why are you saying this suddenly? Haven't you been good to me? I'm living a good life now. Guagua and Niuniu are both well behaved. You're considerate and good to me. I don't have any worries."
Apart from making money, I don't have any worries. But it's not easy to tell my man about money frankly, otherwise I don't know what he will think.
When Aning saw other people’s yards now, she might have thought of the time when they got married.
"Juan, you are very good to me. I am not as good as you."
Niu Niu learned another word, "Good!"
Xu Xiangjuan touched Niu Niu's soft hair and said to Zhou Chengning's back, "We are husband and wife, and we have to spend our whole lives together. If I don't treat you well, who else can I treat well?"
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, I understand."
Xu Xiangjuan: "What do you know? Just concentrate on riding your bike. Niu Niu and I are still on the bike."
Niu Niu: "Mom."
Xu Xiangjuan stopped talking to Zhou Chengning and focused on talking to Niu Niu: "Niu Niu can call mom now, that's great, our Niu Niu will definitely be very successful in the future."
"dad."
When Niu Niu called him dad, Xu Xiangjuan took the initiative to imagine what Niu Niu "wanted to say" and replied, "Yes, Dad is a fool. We should all be nice to the fool dad, so that the fool dad won't become even more foolish."
"Woo woo woo."
"Dad not only makes mom worry, but also makes the kids worry. He's really a stupid dad, isn't he?"
Zhou Chengning listened to the conversation between the mother and son and felt that with the lover around, the home really became very warm.
...
Wu Caifeng: "So many spices."
After Xu Xiangjuan decided to make hot and sour noodles, she began to prepare various ingredients.
Now everything is almost ready. Salt, soy sauce, light soy sauce, garlic, vinegar, chili oil, onion, coriander, white sesame seeds, ginger... fill half the table.
The oil used is specially purchased vegetable oil. Lard is more expensive than vegetable oil now, and it is impossible to buy pork lard specifically for making the dish at home, so just buy a few jars of vegetable oil.
"Mom, I said I'd sell this, but I don't know exactly how to make it. Wait for me to try and make a soup that everyone can accept."
Xu Xiangjuan had eaten the hot and sour noodles her daughter brought home before, but she didn’t pay attention to how it was prepared at that time. Now she wanted to try making it herself.
"Aren't steamed buns and buns selling well? Why do you have to bother with this?"
Wu Caifeng felt that she could use this time to steam a few more buns.
Hot and sour noodles, sour and spicy are very important, vinegar and chili oil are the key, chili...chopped chili is put on it as a decoration. When Xu Xiangjuan was thinking about the soup, she also listened to her mother's words: "Mom, can you help me peel some garlic, mash it into paste and put it in this bowl, I'll go cook the sweet potato noodles first."
Hot and sour noodles are usually made by cooking the noodles first, then taking them out and mixing them with the seasoning.
Wu Caifeng now listens to her daughter. Although she has many opinions, she still peels garlic and mashes it into paste as told.
Xu Xiangjuan has experience in cooking sweet potato noodles and guarantees that they will be smooth and tasty.
Niu Niu was very interested in the job of mashing garlic. When his grandmother was mashing garlic, he called her "Po".
Wu Caifeng didn't want her grandson to come into contact with the pungent garlic, so she moved him to a faraway place to deal with the garlic.
Xu Xiangjuan prepared the first batch of soup and scooped some sweet potato starch for herself and mixed it into the soup: "I added too much vinegar, it's a bit sour."
Xu Xiangjuan added some chili oil to the first portion. "Well, it covers up the sour taste, but other than the sour and spicy taste, there is no other special feature."
"Pick up a few and let Mom taste them."
"Mom, wait a minute, I'll make you a new portion." Xu Xiangjuan ate the remaining sweet potato flour in the bowl, prepared a small bowl for her mother, added mashed garlic, and sprinkled some white sesame seeds.
"It's fine to have it with rice or steamed buns. Juan, give mom half a steamed bun."
There were still four steamed buns left today. Xu Xiangjuan broke off half of the bun and handed it to her mother: "Mom, how does it taste?"
"It's hot. Although it looks red, it doesn't taste spicy. It's delicious."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Mom, you don't like spicy food, so I'll give you some non-spicy chili oil."
She still needs to think about it, and she needs to let Gua Gua and Aning, who are coming home from school or get off work, try it.
Aning likes spicy food and can eat spicy food, so of course the hot and sour noodles have to cater to the tastes of customers who don’t eat spicy food. The non-spicy chili oil is mainly used to make the hot and sour noodles look red.
If it's just a pale white color and no different from the sweet potato noodles we usually cook at home, why would anyone want to buy it?
Appearance is not as important as taste, but it affects the first impression.
Zhou Chengning had a bowl of hot and sour noodles when he got home. He held back his saliva and said, "Juan, how spicy is this?"
"Mom, will Dad catch fire?" Gua Gua didn't dare to eat even though he looked at it.
"No, it just looks red. If you want to eat steamed buns, take them yourself. I'll eat this tonight."
"Mom, can I eat?"
"Of course you can eat it. It's not spicy. Mom will put a bib on you before you eat it."
Xu Xiangjuan made a light dish for Gua Gua, but the color didn’t look light at all, and there was indeed less material than the child’s father’s.
The bib is Niu Niu's bib. Although Gua Gua is already in the middle class of kindergarten, she doesn't mind wearing her brother's bib at all. After her mother puts the bib on her, she follows her father's example and grabs half a steamed bun and starts eating the hot and sour noodles.
Niu Niu's bibs are big and small. Xu Xiangjuan put the big one on Gua Gua, and made sure that the hot and sour noodles soup would not splash onto Gua Gua's clothes before feeding Niu Niu dinner.
When making hot and sour noodles, I always worry that putting the beef in the kitchen will affect its sense of smell. In the future, I will move the beef to the door, farther away, so that the smell is not so strong.
Her mother has already brought a bowl of hot and sour noodles home. She wonders if the noodles will be soaked when her father goes back to eat them.
Today I will listen to the feedback from Aning and Guagua, and tomorrow I will listen to the feedback from her mother.
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