But she didn't feel tired. Instead, she felt more and more energetic. Ruyi and the others wouldn't be able to arrive at noon, so they were expected to arrive in the afternoon. She didn't need to prepare a large amount of food at noon, so she had plenty of time.

After breakfast, I left the task of washing the dishes to them and focused on cleaning up the New Year’s Eve dinner.

I looked at the menu and counted the vegetables that had been cut. I saw that there was something left to be processed. I found that there was only an octopus and a prawn left.

Just then, Zhuangzhuang and Qin Anming had finished cleaning the table. Xiaoguo brought a large bowl of shrimps and placed it in front of them. "I'll give each of you a skewer, and then you can pick the shrimps."

Although the two were very confused, with Xiaoguo's patient explanations, they quickly got the hang of it.

It looked good and was picked very cleanly, so I processed the octopus with confidence.

Cut the big octopus into small pieces and add some chopped red and green peppers as a side dish.

The remaining century egg and tofu are ready-made and do not need to be fried, so you can just clean them up in the afternoon.

The red bean paste cakes and brown sugar rice cakes are both ready-made and can be fried directly in the afternoon, but the sweet potato balls need to be made freshly.

The method is very simple. We have a big sweet potato at home. Peel it, steam it, mash it, add glutinous rice flour, sugar and a little starch, knead it into a softer dough, roll it into long pieces of the same size, roll it into balls, coat them with starch, and fry them in the pan in the afternoon.

At this time, the two of them had finished processing the prawns. Xiaoguo looked at the ingredients on the table, counted them silently in his mind, and found that all the ingredients were prepared, except for one thing.

That is to prepare the sauce. In order to avoid being in a hurry when putting it into the pan, it is very important to prepare the sauce in advance.

Zhuangzhuang and Qin Anming looked at each other, then walked around the room and found that there was really nothing for them to do. They didn't know when she got up, but everything was ready.

"What else can we do?"

The two of them slowly moved behind Xiaoguo and looked at the person holding a spoon and doing something unknown. It was very strange.

Xiaoguo didn't have time to deal with them. The seasonings were all in fixed quantities and needed to be mixed one spoonful at a time. When he heard them say that, he didn't even open his mouth and just waved his hand casually.

The two of them were in tune with each other, and even if she didn't say it, they understood and told them to go aside and not make trouble.

They understand!

"Zhuangzhuang, let's go back to the house."

"Uh-huh."

The two of them went back to the house together. Since they had nothing to do now, they decided to go back to the house and read for a while. If they bothered Xiaoguo for a while longer, she might explode again.

All the seasonings, big and small, were prepared. Xiaoguo confirmed once again that everything was ready and all that was left was to put it in the pot in the afternoon. He looked around with satisfaction, with his hands on his hips, and then went back to the house to rest with peace of mind.

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"Zhuangzhuang, move the stool away."

"Okay~"

Xiaoguo and Qin Anming carried the table carefully from the kitchen to the inner room. Zhuangzhuang moved the stool in the middle that was in the way away and let them put it down.

"Okay." Xiaoguo aligned the dining table in the kitchen with the sturdy desk and measured the length.

"How about two? Is that okay?"

Qin Anming looked at Xiaoguo and asked, two tables should be able to accommodate sixteen dishes.

"Sure." Xiaoguo nodded. It was absolutely no problem. Sixteen dishes could be served to eight people.

"By the way, Zhuangzhuang, put all the peanuts, melon seeds, nuts and so on up here." After Xiaoguo finished speaking, Zhuangzhuang turned to Qin Anming and said, "Brother, go open the door."

"Yes, sir!"

Zhuangzhuang and Qin Anming took the order and acted separately. Xiaoguo nodded with satisfaction, saying it was very good.

When they were halfway there, they turned around and asked curiously, "What about you, mom?"

They are all alive, so what is she doing?

“…”

Xiao Guo blinked and said after a while, "I'll go prepare the New Year's Eve dinner."

"Hurry, hurry, GO! GO!"

After Xiaoguo finished speaking, he walked past the two of them and rushed to the kitchen full of energy.

The two of them were left alone, staring at each other. Why was she so inexplicably excited?

Xiaoguo, who was confused, was now taking out the pork elbows, whole chicken and cubes of meat from the pot and placing them on plates. The meat just out of the pot had an alluring color and a fragrant smell. Xiaoguo swallowed his saliva. This stuff smelled fragrant right out of the pot.

Zhuangzhuang from the inner room placed the plates of dried fruits, a total of three large plates in the middle of the table. After placing them, he jumped out. He guessed that his mother would be cleaning up the meal at this time, and how could he not be present for such a big occasion.

When I arrived at the kitchen door, I ran into Qin Anming who had just opened the door, and the two of them walked towards the kitchen together.

Two puppies were guarding the kitchen door, jumping up and down at the smell of meat, but they were very well-behaved and would never enter the house without permission.

Zhuangzhuang pushed the two puppies away and then entered the house. Otherwise, the two puppies would have blocked the door and no one could have gotten in.

As soon as the curtain was opened, the rich aroma of meat was so intoxicating. Zhuangzhuang took a deep breath and then showed an expression of enjoyment, which made Qin Anming and Xiaoguo smile.

"Mom, when will Sister Ruyi and the others come?"

"Ah." Xiao Guo sighed helplessly, "Baby, this is the fifth time you've asked."

Zhuangzhuang pouted and said with a pitiful look, "I didn't eat much at noon."

"Who told you not to eat?" Qin Anming was sitting on a bench chopping wood. Hearing his words, he said subconsciously.

At noon, Zhuangzhuang insisted on saving room for the meat for dinner, so he didn't eat much. He just touched his mouth with the rice and put down his chopsticks. Now that he says he is hungry, no one can do anything about it.

"Mom, look at my uncle, he talks like this~"

Zhuangzhuang acted coquettishly towards Xiaoguo, and then accused Qin Anming with his eyes, saying that he was only doing this to eat more, otherwise he would let his mother down and had been busy all day.

"Hmph~"

Seeing that Xiaoguo ignored him, Zhuangzhuang mustered up his courage and snorted at him, wanting to tell him that he was angry.

But who knew that Qin Anming didn't take him seriously at all. Seeing him like this, he laughed without giving him any face.

Even Xiaoguo couldn't help laughing.

Zhuangzhuang is small but very strong. He has no choice but to take action if his mother laughs at him, but if his uncle laughs at him, he will take action!

"Watch this!"

After saying that, he pounced on Qin Anming's back. He was quite heavy and he couldn't stop him.

Xiaoguo, who was lying on his back, only heard two sharp bangs.

He put down the knife out of curiosity, looked back, and almost laughed to death.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Guo wiped the tears from her eyes, holding her stomach while laughing. Who could tell her how they could hit their faces on the stove with just two sounds, leaving a face full of black charcoal? !

"we……"

Before he could finish, there was a noise at the gate. Xiaoguo smiled, clapped his hands, and trotted out, not caring about the two of them, letting them fall however they wanted.

"Sister Xiaoguo!"

"As one wishes!"

As soon as the curtain was opened, the carriage of Ruyi and his group stopped in the yard. Five people got off one after another, and one of them was holding a bunch of things in his arms.

Seeing this, Xiao Guo hurriedly asked them to go inside first, "Come on, go inside and rest for a while, I'll go cook now."

"Okay, let's do it together!"

Ruyi and Xiaocui were older, so they handed the baggage to Linglong and Fuer, and then followed Xiaoguo to the kitchen.

Linglong and Fu'er skillfully carried their bags to Xiaoguo's room, and saw five quilts and pillows neatly placed on the bed. The two smiled at each other, they loved sleeping next to each other the most!

As soon as he entered the kitchen, Xiao Guo looked around and didn't see the two big black faces. He guessed that they might have gone to wash up. If not, how could he meet people?

After looking around and looking back, I saw Uncle Xu coming in from outside with a large basket full of things and placing it on the table.