The children ate happily, patting their bellies, and felt that their mothers were absolutely right.
Even later, when Ning Jing asked Tie Dan to deliver a portion to the Zhao family, the children below looked at Tie Dan with resentment.
Startled, Tie Dan shuddered and ran out of the house in a flash.
As a man, he didn't have much interest in such sweets.
At that time, Tie Dan didn't know that there were two kinds of people in the world: those who prefer sweet food and those who prefer salty food.
He belongs to the salty party, which is why he's not so interested in sweet things.
When Wang Guihua ate the steamed rice cake, she exclaimed, "Why is the rice cake I made so rough? It feels like it's made of thorns when I swallow it."
Unexpectedly, Ning Jing's rice cakes were delicate, chewy, and not greasy at all; her skills were truly superb.
Hearing Wang Guihua's exclamation, Zhao Dazhu quickly told her to shut up.
The matter of Mi Pangbing was also accidentally revealed by Wang Guihua.
Ning Jing has come up with a new food idea, and it must be kept secret to prevent it from being leaked.
After preparing the snacks, Ning Jing got ready to cook the dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner.
Because the pork was cut into a large piece with the ribs attached, once the ribs were removed, the meat underneath contained lean meat, but mostly fat.
The large patch near the spine was white and smooth like jade.
If you render it into lard, you can get quite a lot.
The part near the belly, however, is pork belly, which is cut into small square pieces, then blanched and boiled with ginger and rice wine.
Once the scum rises to the surface, skim it off, rinse it clean, and put it in an earthenware pot. Add a knotted bunch of scallions and ginger slices, then add enough water to just cover the meat.
First, bring the water in the earthenware pot to a boil over high heat, then simmer over medium heat.
Only then did Ning Jing pour in soy sauce for coloring.
Salt and MSG are added only when the sauce has reduced.
The pork cracklings that had been rendered into lard were made entirely from high-quality pork fat, not the kind of random pork fat. So, after they were scooped out while still hot, they were divided into two plates.
One dish was savory, sprinkled with salt, while the other was sweet, sprinkled with white sugar.
Sure enough, sweet flavors are the most popular among children.
For Tie Dan and Fu Hongxing, two grown men, the preference was for salty flavors.
On New Year's Eve, after having a proper New Year's Eve dinner, everyone gathered around to keep vigil.
Because of the exhaustion of the past few days, Ning Jing sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), feeling dry and warm beneath her, and a wave of sleepiness washed over her.
Fu Hongxing watched his wife, Ning Jing, with amusement. They were each holding a child.
Ning Jing, however, dozed off little by little, like a chick pecking at rice, trying hard not to fall asleep, but unable to stop the waves of drowsiness from washing over her.
Seeing that she was forcing herself to be in pain, Fu Hongxing took the second child from Ning Jing's arms and let Ning Jing lean on his shoulder to doze off for a while.
Sure enough, as soon as Fu Hongxing took the child in his arms, Ning Jing leaned comfortably against his shoulder, having planned to take a nap and wake up soon.
In reality, as soon as Ning Jing's head touched Fu Hongxing's shoulder, she began to snore loudly, even sounding slightly drowsy.
Fortunately, Ning Jing had fed the twins well beforehand, so the two children smacked their lips a couple of times and then went back to sleep, completely unaware that their own mother was already fast asleep.
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