Chapter 128 Come to your door, there will be fish every year

When Ming Dai saw Zhou Sinian coming back happily with a straw target on his back, she thought he was having fun at the captain's house. Little did she know that Zhou Sinian had successfully made half of the children in the village cry by himself.

"Mingdai! Mingdai! I'm back! What a surprise!"

Ming Dai smiled mysteriously at her: "Close your eyes."

Zhou Sinian immediately closed his eyes obediently.

After a rustling sound, a distinctive sweet fragrance reached his nose.

He opened his eyes in surprise and saw Mingdai holding another straw target and looking at her with a smile.

"Ming Dai! What is this?!"

He recognized the strawberries on the straw target, but what were the other bunches of strawberries? Why did they look familiar to him?

Mingdai took a bunch and handed it to him: "Try it."

Zhou Sinian put away the straw target in his hand, took the one from Mingdai, and sniffed it carefully. It still had a sweet fragrance, but it was a little different from what he had just eaten.

He took a light bite, and with a snap, the sugar coating broke into pieces, and a rich meaty aroma wafted into the air.

“Wuwuwu! It’s meat! Mingdai, it’s braised pork!!”

Ming Dai nodded with a smile. This was her own creation, which she made at home when she was bored in her previous life.

The sweetness and tenderness of the braised pork, coupled with the crispness of the sugar coating, is unexpectedly delicious. But you can't eat too much or you will get sick of it.

So she only made five skewers, and the rest were strawberry and chestnut.

Zhou Sinian quickly finished eating what he had in his hand and looked at the straw target in Mingdai's hand with surprise.

Ming Dai handed him a bunch of strawberries and a bunch of chestnuts. "Try these first. I'll leave the rest in the space for you to eat slowly."

Mingdai had been keeping a close eye on him during this period, and Zhou Sinian had gotten used to it. He nodded, took the snacks one by one, and squinted his eyes as he enjoyed the delicious food.

Just when the two were eating happily, there was a knock on the back door and a child's sharp cry was heard.

Mingdai was a little surprised, while Zhou Sinian turned around with a guilty conscience and put the last strawberry into his mouth.

Mingdai saw that he had finished eating, so she put the straw target with the braised pork and strawberries into the space and went to open the door.

Zhou Sinian did not follow him out, but stood at the kitchen door and peeked.

Mingdai opened the door and saw that it was an unfamiliar sister-in-law. The crying child looked familiar, as he was the child in Zhou Sinian's Red Scarf Team.

When the sister-in-law saw Mingdai, she greeted her embarrassedly.

"Hey, Xiao Ming, do you still have any candied haws at home? Can you give me a bunch? Shitou has gone crazy... Uh, he kept crying for his candied haws. Can I exchange them for pine nuts?"

She showed Mingdai her basket, which contained half a bag of pine nuts.

Mingdai then realized that Zhou Sinian must have gone to show off to his little brothers!

She turned her head to look at the kitchen, and sure enough, she saw a figure flash by.

"Sister-in-law, yes, please wait a moment, I'll get it."

The sister-in-law nodded repeatedly, and Xiao Shitou, who was being held, stopped crying. He sobbed and watched Mingdai's back as she entered the house.

In the kitchen, Zhou Sinian was holding his straw target, and he had obviously heard what had just happened.

Ming Dai laughed: "You are reluctant to leave now, why did you flirt with her just now? Didn't I tell you to go directly to the captain's house to play?"

Zhou Sinian blinked and looked at her, but didn't respond. He seemed to be saying, "What are you talking about? I don't understand."

Ming Dai stretched out her hand to him: "Give it to me, I have to clean up your mess."

Zhou Sinian reluctantly handed over the straw target and followed Mingdai out.

When they arrived at the door, they found a lot of people.

Aunties, young girls and wives stood at the door, each holding one or two red-eyed children in their hands.

Ming Dai: How many people did you make cry? !

Fortunately, they all brought some mountain products, and Mingdai exchanged them for them one by one.

Seeing the dwindling amount of candied haws, Zhou Sinian's face turned dark, and the people behind him were frightened so much that they started crying.

It was Mingdai who asked him to go back first, and only then did the people behind him dare to come up.

By the time everyone had left, Mingdai had harvested half a bag of mountain products, and only half of the candied haws were left.

After seeing this, Zhou Sinian pouted unhappily, until he returned to the space and Mingdai took him to see a row of candied haws, his mood brightened again.

The candied haws are ready and the New Year has arrived.

Aunt Huang invited the two to spend the New Year at their home, but Mingdai declined.

Zhou Sinian was fine during the day, but his mood was not very stable at night. He was fine in the space, but he was still a little nervous outside.

In the evening, Mingdai took Zhou Sinian outside to stew a big fish. This time they stewed it whole, as the fish for the New Year’s Eve dinner should be eaten whole.

Although there were only two of them, Mingdai still cooked many dishes with great care. She shared half of her favorites and half of Zhou Sinian's favorites, filling the table with a lot of dishes.

Zhou Sinian had a vague idea about the Chinese New Year, but the bustle in the kitchen made him happy.

In the evening, at the dinner table, Mingdai took out a bottle of Maotai liquor and placed it there to suit the occasion. She didn't like drinking, and Zhou Sinian couldn't drink.

Zhou Sinian just took a look and looked at the roast chicken lying in the middle of the table. The reddish-brown color and the charming figure made it look very delicious! !

Ming Dai picked up the wine glass, which contained honey water: "Zhou Sinian, it's nice to meet you. Thank you for your care this year, you've worked hard!"

Zhou Sinian looked at Mingdai raising her cup, then raised his own cup and repeated what she had said.

"Mingdai, it's nice to meet you. Thank you for your care this year. You've worked hard!"

Ming Dai laughed at his sincere and naive look, and touched his cup with hers: "Zhou Sinian, Happy New Year, cheers!"

Zhou Sinian imitated him and responded: "Mingdai, Happy New Year! Cheers!"

They both drank it in one gulp.

After finishing the drink, Zhou Sinian immediately put down the cup, picked up the chopsticks, and looked at Mingdai: "Mingdai, Mingdai, are you ready to eat?"

Ming Dai picked up the chopsticks and waved her hand: "Let's eat!"

Zhou Sinian immediately stretched out his chopsticks, plucked off the roasted chicken wings, and put them into Mingdai's bowl: "Mingdai, eat chicken wings!"

Mingdai felt warm in his heart, he remembered that he liked to eat chicken wings.

This meal was the most sumptuous one Zhou Sinian had ever had. In addition to the daily fare, Mingdai also cooked new dishes.

Especially the green beans with sesame sauce and cold pig ears among the cold dishes, Zhou Sinian ate them with a sizzling sound and couldn't stop eating them.

Zhou Sinian gave a thumbs up to the bowl of steamed meat at the back. He liked every kind!

When eating the fish, Zhou Sinian looked at the whole big fish and felt a little regretful: "Mingdai, we can't finish it today."

Ming Dai drank sweet corn soup made from fresh corn and replied with a smile: "You just can't finish all the fish. After all, you should have enough every year."

Zhou Sinian's eyes lit up, and he pointed in the direction of the fish pond in the space: "There are fish every year! There are so many fish!!!"

Ming Dai was amused by his self-proclaimed title: "Yes, we have surplus every year, and there are plenty of fish every year!"

There was a table full of dishes that two people could not finish. Fortunately, the space could be locked in real time, so the two packed up all the uneaten food and put it in the warehouse.

After packing up, Mingdai turned on the lights outside the villa and took Zhou Sinian out.