There are already four dishes now, and An Ning plans to make six dishes, so An Ning beat a few more eggs into the bowl, planning to fry them later, and soaked a handful of dried bamboo shoots, planning to stir-fry meat with them later.
An Ning had cut the meat and vegetables, and the steamed buns, pork head and pork elbow in the pot were almost steamed, so An Ning started stir-frying in another pot.
First, stir-fry the dried bamboo shoots with meat, bacon with garlic sprouts and eggs, then wash the pot and make a pot of seaweed egg drop soup.
After the egg drop soup is ready, start making the sauce for the pork elbow and pork head. Chop the onion, ginger and garlic into fine pieces, add sugar, soy sauce and vinegar and mix well.
After the sauce was prepared, the steamed buns, pork elbows and pork heads in the pot were also steamed. An Ning opened the steamer and her aunt-in-law helped to pick out the steamed buns. Then An Ning cut the pork head into thick slices and poured the sauce on it. She did not cut the pork elbows and poured the sauce directly on them.
The sausage was cut into thin slices and the meal was ready. My aunt-in-law helped to bring the food to the table, and An Ning also poured the egg drop soup in the pot into a bowl and brought it up.
Looking at the six dishes and one soup on the table that were delicious, my aunt praised them again and again, and An Ning felt a little embarrassed by the praise.
Because An Dashan had to drive a mule cart to take Uncle Gao and his wife back later, An Dashan only drank one glass of wine. Uncle Gao drank quite a lot and was a little staggering when he went back.
As soon as An Dashan sent Uncle Gao away, Gensheng's mother came. An Ning smiled and said, "Aunt, my uncle and aunt came today, so I cooked in advance and have eaten now."
Gensheng's mother said, "Then why didn't you go to my house and ask me to help?"
An Ning smiled and said, "There are ready-made meals at home, and with the help of my aunt, it can be cooked quickly."
Gensheng's mother chatted with An Ning for a while and then went home. An Ning went to Gao's room and discussed with Gao: "Mom, shall we go to my grandmother's house to give New Year gifts tomorrow?"
Gao nodded and said, "I was thinking of asking your uncle to take it back today, but I thought that I would only go there once before the New Year, and I still wanted to go to your grandma's house while my belly was still small, so I didn't ask your uncle to take it back."
An Ning nodded and said, "I have prepared everything. Mom, do you think there is anything else I need?" An Ning prepared all the New Year gifts for her grandmother's family. In addition to the cloth, cakes and candies, An Ning also prepared ten kilograms of bacon, five kilograms of sausages, two pig heads and eight pig trotters.
Gao thought about the New Year gifts An Ning had prepared, shook her head and said, "What you have prepared is already rich enough, there is no need to add more." About half an hour later, An Dashan came back driving a mule cart.
An Ning told An Dashan that they were going to her grandmother's house tomorrow. An Dashan had no objection and said, "Okay, tomorrow is the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month. After sending the New Year gifts, it's time for the family to prepare for the New Year."
An Ning also nodded in agreement. The next day, An Ning's family got up early, and An Dashan began to load the car. When the car was finished, Gen Sheng's mother also prepared breakfast. After the family of three had breakfast, they locked the door and set off.
When An Ning and the other two arrived at Grandma Village, it was around 9:00 in the morning. Many people in the village saw An Dashan driving a mule cart. An acquaintance greeted him and said, "Dashan, you are now rich. I see that you have been going to your Yue family quite often recently."
An Dashan said with a smile: "It's not that I'm rich, I just made some money." After saying that, he didn't stay any longer and went straight to An Ning's grandmother's house.
An Dashan got out of the car and knocked on the door. The door opened soon after. It was An Ning's eldest cousin Gao Yunfu who opened the door. When he saw that it was An Dashan's family, he said happily, "Aunt, uncle, and cousin are here. Come in quickly. Grandma was just asking when you would come."
An Dashan drove the mule cart directly into the yard, and then let Gao and An Ning get off. At this time, grandma Wang and several others also came out, and they greeted each other. Gao and An Ning followed them into the main hall, and An Dashan and An Ning's two uncles helped to move all the things on the cart off.
Wang complained, "You are still pregnant, why are you running around instead of staying at home?"
An Ning smiled and said, "My mother missed you, so she came back."
Gao also smiled and said yes. Grandma Wang smiled and said, "You are so sweet."
While Gao was talking to some elders, An Ning followed Cuicui to her room. Cuicui's room turned out to be Gao's room. It had been empty since Gao got married. It only moved in when Cuicui grew up.
Cousin Cuicui is a girl with a delicate mind. She is completely different from her mother Cui. She is more like An Ning’s second aunt Li, probably because Cuicui has been learning embroidery from Li since she was a child.
Cuicui showed An Ning the new patterns she had learned recently. An Ning didn't understand them, but thought the embroidery was very beautiful, so she praised, "Cousin, your hands are so skillful. I can't learn this. Every time I try, I have to make a few holes."
An Ning was talking about the original owner. The original owner just couldn't learn this before. After trying it a few times, An Dashan felt sorry for his daughter and didn't let the original owner learn. So An Ning hasn't touched needle and thread in all this time.
An Ning looked at Cuicuixiu's pattern and suddenly had an idea. She said, "Cousin, I will change the pattern. Why don't I draw it and see if you can embroider it?"
Cuicui's cousin was interested and said, "Okay, okay, I have a charcoal pencil here, you can help me draw it!" Then she took out a charcoal pencil specially used for drawing patterns and handed it to An Ning. It's called a charcoal pencil, but it's just unburned charcoal. The ink is too expensive, so Cuicui has been using this to draw patterns.
An Ning was not very good at drawing, but she drew some based on some cartoon characters from her previous life, mainly because they were novel. Cuicui looked at the cute cartoon characters, smiled and squinted her eyes, and said, "My cousin has a very unique mind. I didn't expect that this mighty tiger could be drawn so cutely."
An Ning smiled and said, "These patterns would look great if they were embroidered on handkerchiefs, purses, or children's clothes and shoes."
Cuicui nodded and said, "Well, I'll try embroidering one when I make clothes for Xiao Shitou these two days. It won't take much time anyway."
An Ning nodded and agreed. The two girls were talking animatedly when An Ning's aunt Cui came in and asked them to go out for dinner. It turned out that the two had been talking for more than half an hour without realizing it. An Ning and Cuicui put the flower patterns in the embroidery basket, then went to the kitchen to wash their hands, and then went to the main hall for dinner. Before they entered the house, they smelled a fragrant aroma.
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