"It smells so good." Liu Yao raised her nose and sniffed, looking eagerly at the big pot in front of her.
Ning Xiyue nodded. Of course it smelled delicious. There were a lot of good things in this pot of sweet water eggs.
There are fermented glutinous rice, brown sugar, rock sugar, dates, and poached eggs. It would be strange if the sweet water eggs cooked with all these good things were not fragrant.
The ingredients for this pot of eggs were put together by everyone in the Youth League Institute.
The eggs were exchanged with her by the Youth League who raised money together.
When they decided to celebrate the New Year together a month ago, she started saving eggs. It was cold in winter, and her two hens didn't lay eggs very often, sometimes only laying one every other day. Fortunately, by New Year's Eve, she had saved 37 eggs, which was enough for each person to eat two eggs, and there were still nine eggs left.
Ning Xiyue held a bowl full of sweet soup eggs, took a big sip of the soup, looked at the two eggs in the bowl, picked up one and took a bite.
This egg is delicious and nutritious.
The three chickens grew up eating insects caught by her brother. Their eggs are delicious. I wonder how delicious the chicken must be.
Ning Xiyue immediately coveted the meat of the three chickens. She moved to her brother's side with her bowl and whispered, "Brother, when can we catch a chicken and stew it so we can taste its meat?"
Ning Qingyuan agreed with both hands: "Sure, if you want to eat someday, just tell me and I'll take care of it. There's a hen that seems to be about to hatch, so you can let her hatch the remaining eggs. In the spring, we can raise chicks to replace the older ones."
Chen Yetu, who came in with the sweetened eggs, happened to hear this and came over to discuss with the two of them in a low voice: "Leave three of the hatched chicks for me so I can raise them too."
Ning Xiyue nodded: "Okay, but I'll have to see how many chicks we hatch before I can decide how many I'll give you."
"Okay, then I'll make a chicken coop after your chicks hatch."
Chen Yetu thought that if she raised chickens in the spring, she would have fresh eggs to eat in the summer to nourish her body, and then she would slaughter the chickens and eat the meat after the college entrance examination in the winter. It was a good idea to think about it. It was more cost-effective than exchanging them, and she could save some time and money.
Ning Qingyuan thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll put the eggs in the chicken coop tomorrow and let the hen hatch."
After taking a bite of the egg, Ning Qingyuan became more determined to hatch the chicks. What delicious eggs! His hard work was not in vain. It was time for them to repay him for feeding him before.
Wang Jiandong, who was standing next to him, came over with two packets of firecrackers and said, "Qingyuan, let's go and hang up the firecrackers first."
"good."
Ning Qingyuan finished the egg in the bowl in one bite, and handed the bowl to Ning Xiyue to hold. He took a pack of firecrackers and walked outside with Wang Jiandong.
Everyone in the house who was eating sweet water eggs moved, followed them out of the house, and stood under the eaves to watch.
Because there were several lanterns hanging in the yard, the entire yard was illuminated by candlelight, allowing them to see clearly what was happening outside.
By the time Ning Qingyuan and Wang Jiandong had sorted out the firecrackers and hung them on the tree branches, they came back to drink the remaining soup in the bowl.
Suddenly, Liu Yao screamed.
"Ah, it's one minute till twelve o'clock, everyone get ready."
"So fast, let me see."
This shout made everyone present excited. Those who had watches had already shifted their gaze to stare at them, and those who did not have watches also stood next to the comrade who had a watch and watched the second hand of the watch move with him.
Wang Jiandong, who had just reached the eaves, quickly rushed over with a match in hand: "Qingyuan, call me when the time comes."
Ning Qingyuan drank the soup in the bowl in one gulp and raised his head: "Okay, Lao Wang."
Chen Yechu looked at the clock and saw that the pointer had moved to six, so he reminded everyone, "There are only thirty seconds left."
When they reached the place representing ten, Ning Xiyue reminded: "There are only ten seconds left."
Yu Zhiyu then reminded him, "There are only five seconds left. Let's count down."
All the comrades standing under the eaves excitedly held hands and began to count loudly in unison.
Wang Jiandong could hear it without Ning Qingyuan reminding him, and he started to strike a match.
"Four."
"three."
"two."
"one."
"Happy New Year."
The match in Wang Jiandong's hand also lit the firecrackers.
"Crackle, bang, bang, bang..."
The sound of firecrackers rang out and he ran back with a happy face.
At the same time, the sound of firecrackers rang out one after another from every household.
Everyone under the eaves jumped for joy and exchanged blessings or hugged those who stood close to them.
Ning Qingyuan held Ning Xiyue's arms and jumped happily, and shouted loudly: "Sister, Happy New Year, Second Brother wishes you peace and happiness, and never have any worries."
Ning Xiyue smiled cheerfully and returned the blessing: "Second brother, Happy New Year. I wish you all your wishes come true and good luck." Get into a good university.
Ning Xiyue gave the last five words as a blessing in her heart.
After twelve o'clock, the enthusiasm for staying up late disappeared, and the excitement also stopped. Everyone yawned as they cleaned up their dishes, washed up, and went to bed.
Ning Xiyue and Chen Yechu washed up together, then went back to the room arm in arm to sleep.
While lying on the warm kang, Chen Yechu's low and shallow voice came.
"Xiyue."
"kindness?"
Ning Xiyue closed her eyes and made a random sound from her throat.
"I'm really happy today. I have a feeling this will be a good year. We will all be able to live better and there will be a brilliant future waiting for us."
At this point, Chen Yechu's slightly excited voice stopped, paused, and his tone became more determined: "We must read more books and study more, enrich ourselves, and learn until we are old, so that we can seize good opportunities when they come."
Ning Xiyue turned over and followed her words casually, pretending to tease herself: "Well, I read books and study every day. I learn everything. I can catch any bright future. I can even give it a try if you ask me to go to the city to repair a car."
"Don't think too much, just let it go. We need to go to bed. We're sleepy."
Ning Xiyue yawned and finished the last sentence.
She was a little bit touched.
“…”
Chen Yetu: It’s useless to say that.
Forget it. Xiyue really never puts down her books. Although she reads a lot of different books, she reads all kinds of books. But it is still possible for her to help with the review later. She doesn't need to worry too much, as other people are smart.
After figuring it out, Chen Yechu also fell asleep, closed his eyes.
Ning Xiyue raised her eyelids and looked towards the other side.
She's quite nice. I can share a copy of the review materials with her later.
Now, I have to go to bed. It’s 1:40 in the morning, even the champion of staying up late can’t afford it.
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