"We are very happy that you can come. Don't bring these things next time. There is food at my aunt's house. Sit down and rest for a while."
After Qin Wenfang finished speaking, she took the things directly to the kitchen to prepare cooking.
The cook was given leave today.
She also prepares pork dishes at home, as well as fish and chicken.
Unexpectedly, the food these two kids brought was even better, so we had to ask the cook to cook it together.
"Life is really hard out here. Don't go out and buy these things in the future." Lu Yuanshan reminded Shen Anan and the others.
The leaders above are all tightening their belts, but he is spending a lot of food and fish during the New Year. He is really afraid that someone will find out.
This is indeed something you bought with great effort, but there is no guarantee that someone with ulterior motives will not make a big deal out of it.
"I see! Isn't this something I took out because it's one of our own?" Shen Anan replied with understanding.
Then he went to cook with Qin Wenfang.
She brought it out because she knew she had to make the New Year's Eve dinner herself. How could they possibly bring it out if there were outsiders around?
"An An, um...your aunt is not very good at cooking fish and shrimps. How about I help you?" Qin Wenfang asked while looking at these delicious things.
It’s not that she doesn’t know how to cook, she’s just afraid that her cooking skills aren’t good enough and that she’ll waste these good things.
"Okay, let me do it. Actually, this is very simple. Just steam the fish and the shrimp. The main thing is to prepare the seasoning..."
Shen Anan started preparing the sauce as he spoke.
As for fish and shrimp, just cut and wash them and steam them. The main purpose is to remove the fishy smell and retain the freshness.
Shen Anan’s seasoning requires sauces and other things, but there aren’t many seasonings here.
She took some out of the space and put it in when Qin Wenfang wasn't paying attention.
Even the chili peppers pretending to be from the bag that held the meat.
She put her heart and soul into this meal.
After asking a few people if they could eat spicy food, she made boiled beef.
Adding the stewed chicken soup, only half of the pork prepared earlier was cooked.
Their New Year's Eve dinner was really sumptuous, comparable to the ones enjoyed by landlords in the past.
"You have to eat more of these meat dishes. Finish them before you leave. Don't come back tomorrow." Qin Wenfang said.
It’s not that she doesn’t want to have surplus every year, but these things are not suitable to be kept for others to see.
"Don't worry, these dishes are not too much, we can eat them all." Shen Anan replied.
She can transform into a 'big eater' and eat all the food on the table.
However, the amount of fish and shrimp meat was not large. The other ingredients were mostly chicken, beef and pork, and there was really no fish or shrimp left.
But they didn't cook the carp they had prepared.
After dinner, Qin Wenfang took out another bag of dumplings and the remaining half a pound of meat and handed them to Shen Anan:
"I made some dumplings. They might not be as good as yours, but just eat them. You can take them back later!"
This meal was all good stuff brought by the young couple, and she would feel guilty if she didn't give something in return.
Fortunately, she made a lot of dumplings, so she could give them the remaining half a pound of meat. She remembered that Shen Anan liked to eat pork.
"Thank you, auntie. We'll go home tonight and cook the dumplings you gave us." Shen Anan accepted it without hesitation.
The couple stayed here until Lu Shengnan came back from dinner, and chatted for a while before leaving.
It goes without saying that having my husband's family and my parents' family close to each other has its advantages. At least it's convenient to visit each other.
After returning home, Shen Anan went into the kitchen and kneaded the dough while it was still early, planning to make some buns, both meat and vegetables.
According to the custom in Beijing, we have to eat vegetarian dumplings on the first day of the New Year. It seems like a broken rule left over from before the reform.
So Qin Wenfang gave the one with vegetarian filling.
She plans to make some buns with both meat and vegetables, and steam some wowo flower rolls or something like that.
Anyway, she planned to make more staple food today, so it would be fine to eat them for the next two days.
She herself doesn't like these things. She was from the south in her previous life and ate meat.
"Who makes all these vegetarian fillings? Our family doesn't follow these customs, right? I still want to eat meat fillings."
Lu Yanzhou was dumbfounded when he heard Shen Anan's words. He also wanted to eat meat.
"Okay, I'll make a few with vegetarian fillings just for your own good?" Shen Anan asked with a smile.
This man has really been spoiled by her and now he even wants meat to eat.
"Okay, let's each have one as a token of appreciation, and the rest will be used to make meat filling."
Lu Yanzhou didn't expect that the dumplings Qin Wenfang gave him were actually vegetarian.
"Egg and chive dumplings should have vegetarian fillings, right?" Shen Anan asked tentatively.
She plans to make some dumplings stuffed with leeks and eggs.
"I think so. Let's make leek and egg dumplings." Lu Yanzhou said affirmatively.
He finally had a good meal at home, and the leeks and eggs had to have a vegetarian filling.
"The last time I made dumplings, there were some leeks and eggs in them. Let's make these with meat!"
Shen Anan asked Lu Yanzhou to chop the half pound of pork that her aunt handed to her and make dumplings.
Early in the morning on the first day of the new year, Shen Anan and his wife went to their uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings after breakfast.
I received two red envelopes, each containing ten yuan.
"Uncle, aunt is so nice."
When she got home, Shen Anan smiled and took the ten yuan from Lu Yanzhou.
She gave him twenty yuan pocket money every month, and he could just keep the rest for himself.
"Wife~~" Lu Yanzhou was dumbfounded.
His wife was very generous with her pocket money, so why did she accept the ten yuan?
"This money is New Year's money. Isn't it most appropriate for me to keep it?" Shen Anan asked back.
How old are you? Do you have the nerve to compete with her?
"That's right. My wife would be the best to keep it. I've saved all the pocket money you gave me last year. How about I give it all to you?"
Lu Yanzhou immediately lost his objection and even expressed his willingness to hand over his own small treasury.
He was really grateful that his wife was in control of the family's finances.
If he didn't have a wife, could his family live better than many other leaders?
The woolen coat he is wearing today was made by his wife herself. Why should he be dissatisfied?
His wife is good at both housework and cooking, can cure terminal illnesses, teach students, and now she even learns how to sew clothes.
He is very content with having such a perfect daughter-in-law.
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