The noodles are cooked...
Zhang Siyu put it in a large bowl and brought it to the table, and then fried three eggs with the last bit of fire.
They'll have these for lunch today. In the evening, she'll steam white rice and fry bacon for them.
"Mom, we're back!" Peng Ertiao came into the house skipping and jumping. He was stunned to see a large bowl of noodles and golden eggs on the table!
"Liang..." Peng San Tiao let go of his older brother's hand and handed the bag of dry goods to his mother. "Here, Lulu."
"Aunt Yumei insisted on giving it to me, saying thank you for the fish balls my mother sent." Peng Yitiao translated his little brother's words to his mother.
"Your Aunt Yumei is so kind!" Zhang Siyu took the food, feeling a little happy. Dried shrimp and scallops are all good things. I'll use them to make porridge, add a few mushrooms, and sprinkle some chopped green onions. It will definitely taste good.
Just now she was wondering why she didn’t have these things at home. Sister Yumei is really a great person who adds icing on the cake!
Peng Yitiao smelled the aroma and looked away from his mother at the white noodles and egg cubes on the table, his mouth wide open in shock. After a long pause, he said dazedly, "Mom, there are so many delicious foods today! It's just like Chinese New Year."
"Is this considered the New Year? What's the point of my mother steaming white rice and frying bacon at night?"
There will be white rice and bacon in the evening! Peng Ertiao opened his mouth wide and could not speak.
"It's the New Year." Peng Yitiao grinned and said happily.
Zhang Siyu was so happy that she took out a bowl and filled noodles for the little ones, and then gave each of them two boiled meatballs.
"These two boiled meatballs don't count. Let's have two each." Zhang Siyu put the three meatballs on the stool next to her and rolled up a chopstick of noodles to feed him.
Peng Sandiao ate noodles with a smacking sound and clapped his hands happily and curiously.
If the boiled meatballs weren't counted, he could still eat four fried fish balls! Peng Ertiao didn't hesitate and pierced a boiled meatball and bit open half.
It’s delicious too, fragrant and bouncy!
Peng Yitiao slurped the noodles, then contentedly drank a sip of the soup and scooped up an egg with his chopsticks. It was so delicious! It smelled so good!
******"Grandpa, Dad, Second Uncle, Little Uncle, let's have a good meal today!" Peng Erwa and Peng Dawa huddled in the kitchen next to their mother, ate two fish balls, and happily ran to find their father.
"What's good?" Peng Shuilai asked curiously when he saw his two sons talking nonsense.
"Fish balls. The best." You Yumei came over with two bowls.
Fish balls? Several men resting in the main hall couldn't help but stand up when they smelled the aroma. When I first came back, I was drooling at the smell of Aiqing's fish balls. I didn't expect my family would be eating them today too!
"Where did the fish balls come from?" You Yumei's father-in-law Peng Qingxi asked curiously.
"Sister Zhenzhu sent it." You Yumei replied.
"From the Aiqing family?" Peng Shuilai was a little surprised.
"Well, today I went to the market with Sister Pearl. She looked quite energetic and even gave me three pounds of dried sweet potatoes.
She said she didn’t have any fish at home, so I asked her to come over and pick two. I didn’t expect her to send so many fish balls and even fry a bowl of them…”
You Yumei explained the situation. Her family's situation was different; her brothers-in-law hadn't married or separated, and not all the fish in the tank were hers, so she still had to explain.
But she doesn't have a mother-in-law above her, her father-in-law is a kind person, and her second and third brothers are easy to get along with, so there are not so many complicated things.
"It's good that you can cheer up. Don't be as depressed as Yulin. In the end, it made those kids suffer..." Peng Qingxi sighed. For those who make a living in the water, it's only a matter of time before they encounter storms. It all depends on their luck.
If someone is unlucky and dies, the women and children in the family will suffer as well...
******
"Mom, I want more." Peng Sandiao shook the empty chopsticks in his hand.
The little guy is quite good at eating, and being picky is relative. Zhang Siyu took the chopsticks and skewered another fish ball for San Tiao, then fed him a mouthful of egg.
Scrambled eggs are delicious, but San Tiao has a weak stomach, so you can steam them for him in the morning to nourish his stomach.
"Aiqing's?" Xu Xia was urged by her son so much that she hesitated for a while and ran to the fence of Cheng Zhenzhu's house and shouted.
Peng Ertiao has good hearing and took a look. "Mom, it's Yu Xiaolong and his mother."
Zhang Siyu nodded; she had heard it, too. She was a little surprised. Xu Xia usually came straight in and treated her like her own home, but today she had the guts to call out first.
It seems that the lesson learned this morning is still remembered.
"Ignore her, just eat." Zhang Siyu picked up another handful of noodles for Yi Tiao and Er Tiao. She really didn't want to bother with someone like Xu Xia. If she came to her again with such nonsense, she would beat her up again.
"Aiqing's family? Are you home? I'm coming in." Seeing that no one answered and her son looked unhappy, Xu Xia pushed open the fence door and came in.
When Zhang Siyu saw the figure appear at the door of her kitchen, a look of displeasure flashed in her eyes.
I was too gentle before... Zhang Siyu stood up and blocked the door.
Peng Ertiao skewered a fish ball and bit it while following his mother and blocking the kitchen door.
"What are you doing here? Doesn't it hurt anymore?" Zhang Siyu looked at Xu Xia with a smile.
Hearing this, and remembering the burning pain in her body, Xu Xia felt a surge of anger in her heart.
"Mom, it's fish balls." Yu Xiaolong looked at Peng Ertiao, whose mouth was covered in oil, and pulled his mother, "Mom, I want to eat fish balls too."
Peng Ertiao snorted, ran to Yu Xiaolong and took a big bite of the fish ball happily.
Who told Yu Xiaolong to show off his food in front of him and his brother? He also said bad things about their father and said that their mother was stingy and didn't want to give them food.
He doesn't like Yu Xiaolong at all! He also wants to show off!
"Mom, they made a lot of fish balls! I want to eat some!" Yu Xiaolong had a sharp nose and sharp eyes, and he saw the yellowish fried fish balls on the table in the house through the gap.
Xu Xia looked subconsciously and saw not only fish balls, but also white noodles and egg cubes.
They don't necessarily eat this well during Chinese New Year...
"Don't look, I won't give you any food!" Peng Yitiao climbed down from the stool and stood in the middle, looking at Yu Xiaolong and Xu Xia angrily. "Go!"
He hated these two people the most! Especially the one who talked too much, who always made his mother feel uncomfortable and secretly wiped away tears.
A child barely taller than her waist naturally couldn't block her view. Xu Xia looked at the table full of delicious food, feeling jealous.
Even without her husband, she was living a good life. Not only did she receive an 8 yuan subsidy every month, but her parents' family also sent her large packages from time to time. The bacon was so fragrant that Xiaolong would always cry out in greed and then get angry with her...
Peng Santiago was small in stature. He squeezed out from the tiny gap left by his two brothers, then stood in front of his mother, pouting and humming.
Seeing his mother in a daze, looking a little silly, Yu Xiaolong pushed her hard and said, "Mom, I want to eat, I want to eat!"
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