In the next few days, Su Yan had nothing to do so she prepared New Year's goods at home. Today she fried peanuts, tomorrow she fried melon seeds, and the day after tomorrow she fried fried dough twists, snow dates and fish skin peanuts.
This caused the children on the same floor to stop watching TV and instead gather around the stove and refuse to leave.
Lu Yiming thought his mother was amazing. She could make four or five flavors of fried dough twists, including sesame fried dough twists, brown sugar fried dough twists, frosted fried dough twists, five-spice fried dough twists, and original fried dough twists. Each flavor weighed at least ten pounds.
Did her mother do so much, really intending for him to sell it?
Taking advantage of the fact that there were no outsiders at home, Lu Yiming asked with a smile: "Mom, you fried so many fried dough twists, do you want me to help sell them? I know that mom treats me the best."
"Son, you misunderstood. Mahua (fried dough sticks) can be kept for several months without going bad. I fried so many of them to give as gifts. And we're inviting your grandparents over for the New Year this year, so we need to prepare more food."
Lu Ting's grandparents are still alive, and she hasn't visited them for the New Year in several years. This year, she asked Yiming to go back with his grandparents. They can't bite the peanut candy, but they will definitely be able to bite the crispy and crunchy fried dough twists she made.
Prepare five pounds of fried dough twists for them, give ten pounds to my parents-in-law, and ten pounds to my parents, leaving thirty pounds for the children to eat slowly until February or March next year.
Su Yan fried ten kilograms of sugar-coated snow dates, ten kilograms of sesame snow dates, twenty kilograms of peanuts, twenty kilograms of sunflower seeds, and ten kilograms of pumpkin seeds.
He also made two hundred sorghum cakes and three hundred white rice cakes in the space, baked twenty kilograms of egg cakes, ten kilograms of egg rolls, and ten kilograms of egg pancakes.
Including those preserved and dried fruits, you don’t need to buy any New Year’s goods.
There is no need to buy New Year's goods and vegetables, but clothes and shoes for the children still need to be prepared. This year, Lu Yiming doesn't need to make new clothes, just buy him a pair of new shoes. While you have time, go buy some cloth to make clothes for the triplets.
Lu Ting knew that Su Yan needed cloth coupons, so he spent money to exchange for more than ten meters of cloth coupons.
Su Yan waited for the children to have winter vacation, then took them back to the city on the bus to go to the department store to choose fabrics.
Lu Yiming looked at the watches on the counter and felt itchy. "Mom, can I buy a watch? My classmate is in high school, and his older brother gave him a watch."
"Wait until you get into college before buying it."
"Mom, the college entrance examination will really be resumed, right?"
"Wait another year and see. You just graduated from high school this year, so it's better not to buy the watch yet. Have you forgotten about your donation and the sensation it caused?"
"Mom, I don't have any watch tickets at the moment, I'm just mentioning it."
"Mom will buy you a Parker pen. Don't buy a watch for now. Go to the shoe store and have a look. I'll buy you a pair of black leather shoes this year."
"Thank you, Mom."
"Go ahead and look around. Call me when you're done. I'll take my younger siblings to choose fabric for their clothes."
Su Yan selected some pieces of wicker fabric for the triplets. She originally planned to make them quilted wool coats, but then she thought about it and decided to wait a year or two.
After picking up the cloth, he chose a pair of shoes for each of them, paid for Lu Yiming's leather shoes, and then took them to the candy and biscuit counter, where he bought three pounds of White Rabbit candies, two pounds of peanut candies, two pounds of chocolate, three pounds of peach cakes, a large can of animal cookies, and a large can of scallion pancakes.
The children are all older now and can help carry things. After buying candies and biscuits, Su Yan took them to buy school supplies, as well as New Year's couplets, firecrackers and candles.
Because the ban has been lifted, we can set off firecrackers and post couplets to worship gods during the Chinese New Year this year. We must make the necessary preparations in advance.
After shopping in the department store, Lu Yining licked his lips and said, "Mom, can we go to Quanjude to eat roast duck?"
Lu Yiming asked back, "Do you know how much a roast duck costs at Quanjude? It's fourteen or fifteen yuan a piece for dine-in plus processing fees, and ten yuan a piece for takeout. Temporary workers only make eighteen yuan a month, and you actually want to eat roast duck."
Lu Yining lowered his head and said a little aggrievedly, "Just now, a man with glasses said he wanted to take his daughter to eat roast duck. I also want to try the roast duck at Quanjude and see if there is any difference between it and the one my mother makes."
Seeing her son looking so aggrieved, Su Yan smiled and said, "Okay, it's no big deal. If you want to eat roast duck, go ahead and eat it."
Lu Yiming said, "Mom, a duck only costs two or three dollars."
"Well, it's just a duck, right? The freshly roasted duck skin at Quanjude is more delicious. I heard it's roasted with fruit wood."
This kid has earned a few thousand yuan in extra money in the past few months. What's wrong with eating one or two roast ducks? It's true that after learning how to make money, the richer he is, the more stingy he becomes. She must open up her eldest son's mind today.
People who are too stingy not only cannot make friends, but are also likely to suffer losses in future business because others will not buy into their accounts. Many business deals are concluded over eating and drinking.
Su Yan carried New Year's goods and took a few children to the nearby Quanjude Restaurant.
When they first ordered, Lu Yiming only ordered half a duck. Su Yan let them order without saying a word, and as a result, each person only had two or three meat rolls and they were gone.
She looked at Lu Yiming with a half-smile, "Is this roast duck delicious?"
"Mom, this roast duck tastes great. How about we order one more? I'll treat you to the meal."
"Okay, you can add two more roast ducks, one to eat here and one to take away."
Lu Yiming felt heartbroken when he thought that this meal would cost dozens of dollars, but he had already asked his family to eat roast duck and he couldn't go back on his word.
As soon as the other roast duck was served, Lu Yiming's hands moved much faster. This roast duck was really delicious. The roast duck he sent back was cold, and he wondered if it would still taste the same.
"Mom, pack up the roast duck, and ask them to pack some dipping sauce. We have green onions at home."
"Sure, it's up to you. Don't be too stingy with the money. Just treat me to a meal. Look how happy my brothers and sisters are. They're all thinking about how good you are, and they even said they don't want you to do housework these days."
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