The third day after Zhuang Zhao moved out was the Little New Year in the north. Yan Shi was from the north, and on the Little New Year, they ate dumplings. Having been away from home for many years, he suddenly wanted to catch up with the festival and also make dumplings.
Tell Zhuang Zhao to bring some vegetables when he comes over.
"What kind of filling do you want? Pork and cabbage? Mushroom and pork? Beef and chili?" Yan Shi automatically excluded the ones she didn't eat.
"Mushroom and pork, besides mushrooms and pork, what else should we bring?"
"Cook two more side dishes, you can decide how to prepare them. We're out of vinegar at home, so bring a bottle of vinegar with you."
"knew."
Yan Shi kneaded the dough, Zhuang Zhao chopped vegetables, prepared the filling, and rolled out the wrappers, while Yan Shi was in charge of wrapping them.
“When I was little, my dad would knead the dough, my mom would prepare the filling, my dad would roll out the wrappers, and I would be in charge of tending the fire. Later, I started making dumplings with my mom. One night, I suddenly wanted to eat sauerkraut dumplings, so I chopped the sauerkraut, made the dumplings myself, and cooked them myself. I was about fourteen or fifteen at the time. Who would have thought that this diligent little girl would grow up to be so lazy that she never made dumplings again?”
The dumplings were quite nicely wrapped, with pleats and a good shape, and they stood up steadily without leaking out during cooking.
Yan Shi cooked dumplings, Zhuang Zhao stir-fried vegetables, and even called Quan Hou in advance to tell him to come home for dinner early. I don't know if there was any festive atmosphere, but the feeling of home was strong.
"After eating dumplings, you must drink a bowl of dumpling soup. Although it is just the water used to boil the dumplings, you will know that this step is indispensable once you have tasted it."
"Nowadays, we rarely use big iron pots to cook. When I was a child, my family would scoop out the rice water and use it to stew potatoes. It was especially delicious, sticky and fragrant with rice."
"When I was a child, we had nothing, but everything tasted delicious. Now that I'm grown up, I can eat whatever I want, but it just doesn't taste as good anymore."
"Part of the reason is the degeneration of taste, part is the embellishment of memory, and the remaining part is emotional factors, such as getting tired of the food," Quan Hou explained.
"After listening to you, I felt the atmosphere change for some reason. How can you find a partner like this? Calling you a straight man is an insult to even the most hardcore guys," Yan Shi complained.
"Absolute excellence is enough to cover up the parts that are mistakenly perceived as flaws because I am different from others. Someone as excellent as me is hard to understand, but easy to admire, so I have no shortage of people who like me."
"Actually, you only need to say the last sentence."
"I'm afraid you're not quick-witted enough to understand my personal charm."
"I understand. She's a crazy beauty, but compared to a perverted yandere, she's relatively kind."
"Yan Shi, come to the research institute sometime for a physical examination."
"I'm not going. I've already given you the crystal core, and you're still plotting against my body."
"It's just a physical exam, not an autopsy."
"I'm not going anyway."
“I’ll go,” Zhuang Zhao said.
"What are you going to do? I'm not going. Don't pay any attention to him. He has enough zombies to study, but he's always thinking about dissecting us."
"I already said I won't dissect anything. If you want to become stronger, you first need to understand your own abilities. I will give you advice from a professional perspective," Quan Hou explained impatiently.
"I won't take the opportunity to drug you and put you on the operating table. Besides, alien abilities are a mystery, and I'm not confident enough to take action against the truth."
“Yun Nuo said that the screams from your lab never stopped.”
“Those are aliens, aliens are so precious, how could I treat you like that?”
"Oh."
"By the way, you have the day off on New Year's Eve, right?" Yan Shi said, looking at Zhuang Zhao.
"Yeah, you should take a vacation too."
"You're on holiday, come with me somewhere."
"good."
Quan Hou's gaze swept between the two of them, and finally, he curved the corners of his mouth into a smile.
People are most vulnerable when they are alone; once they have a weakness, they are basically doomed.
The pace of life in District 7 is not fast, after all, only military and the most basic production and life are retained. With the Spring Festival approaching, all walks of life are rushing to deal with the backlog of work, and some even take a holiday after the Lunar New Year.
Yan Shi wandered between various shopping malls and small shops. Although her savings had plummeted to only half, she still had a considerable budget, enough for her to prepare gifts and cover her New Year's expenses.
Before we knew it, it was New Year's Eve.
As usual, Zhuang Zhao bought breakfast: hot tofu pudding, steamed buns that he never gets tired of, and two fried eggs. Yan Shi's fried eggs were topped with ketchup, while Zhuang Zhao's were made soft-boiled.
"Where are we going?" Ever since Yan Shi said she wanted to go out on New Year's Eve, and it was Yan Shi who made the arrangements, Zhuang Zhao had been thinking about it for the past few days.
Moreover, there was something else on his mind: New Year's Eve was also his birthday. He had mentioned it a long time ago, and he wondered if Yan Shi still remembered.
"Let's go buy New Year's goods first."
"OK."
"Buying so many alcoholic beverages and soft drinks?" Zhuang Zhao asked, puzzled by Yan Shi's shopping list.
"Just in case everyone comes over for dinner, just in case."
It took us more than an hour to buy everything on the list. Luckily, the supermarket offers home delivery for orders over 1,000 yuan, so the two of us ended up only carrying some fruit.
"Let's go buy some clothes," Yan Shi said, pulling Zhuang Zhao to the men's clothing section.
"I originally wanted to buy it and give it to you, but then I thought I should bring you here to try it on so it would fit."
"But I don't lack clothes."
"It's not much. Choose whatever style you like, or I'll just do what I prefer."
After browsing several stores, I finally bought an orange sweater, a khaki base layer sweater, and a black trench coat.
Yan Shi added a shirt, tie, and suit pants for him. She also took a liking to a men's jacket, bought the smallest size but it was still quite a bit too big, so she wore it as an oversized style.
"Alright, I've bought what I needed to buy. Time to go home for dinner."
Zhuang Zhao waited for Yan Shi to open the door while carrying his things. He noticed that Yan Shi knocked on the door before inserting the key, which he found strange.
Happy birthday, Zhuang Zhao!
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