When Old Lady Xia saw Xia Jin, she wanted to go up and teach her a lesson. She walked over aggressively and wanted to say something, but Xia Jin was a little far away from her and didn't hear what she said.
But Xia Jin thought that it was not a good word. The old woman wanted to kill him now, so what good words could she say?
Old Lady Xia looked at Xia Jin standing there, and thinking of the previous grudge, she wanted to go up and teach her a lesson again, cursing at her. Only when she got closer did she see clearly who was standing behind Xia Jin.
Looking at the men behind Xia Jin waving their fists at her, Old Lady Xia remembered the experience of being beaten by them before, and the wounds from the previous beating began to ache again.
Old Lady Xia was afraid of being beaten by them again, so she stopped immediately and walked in another direction as if nothing had happened. She didn't buy anything and just wanted to escape from this place as soon as possible.
Watching the old woman leave, Xia Jin sighed with regret. She wanted to play with him again, but she didn't expect that the last time left such a big shadow on her.
The brothers behind watched the old woman leave, put down their fists, stood obediently behind Xia Jin, and continued to act as bodyguards.
After waiting for a while, the bus came and they got on. Old Lady Xia hid at the back and watched them get on before coming out. After standing there and watching the bus go away, she cursed a few words and hurried to the mall to buy things. These were the things her precious grandson wanted to eat. If she couldn't buy them, what would she do if her precious grandson was hungry?
Xia Jin and his friends returned home and took out all the things they had bought. Xia Jin said, "Grandpa, let's make glutinous rice balls today."
"Okay, okay."
"Xiao Jin, what are these glutinous rice balls? How do we make them? We've never seen them before or eaten them before, so we don't know how."
"It's okay, Auntie. I'll call you later. It's very simple and you'll learn it in no time. This is a southern delicacy. It's prepared differently from the Yuanxiao here. It's boiled in water."
"Okay, okay, you sit down for a while and we'll take a look. Once you've learned it, we can do it together."
Hearing this, the whole family stood up and came to help Xia Jin. Xia Jin handed the sesame seeds to her aunt and asked her to fry them over low heat without adding anything else in the pan.
Aunt Xia took the sesame seeds handed to her by Xia Jin, walked to the stove and started working.
Xia Jin looked at the people around him and said, "Grandpa, you guys just go back and sit down. This is very simple. I'll ask my brothers to help me make it later. You guys just sit over there and watch."
When Xia Jin's father heard what he said, he said, "Xiao Jin, let me help you. I have nothing to do."
Xia Jin looked at his anxious father and smiled, saying, "Okay, then when we're done, we'll wrap it together."
"Okay, okay, let's go together."
After Xia Jin pushed the people around him to the sofa, he took the bag of glutinous rice flour and poured it into the dough bowl, added boiling water and started to work. He kneaded the glutinous rice flour into a smooth dough and put it in the bowl for later use.
Just at this time, my aunt had finished frying the sesame seeds. Xia Jin took a bowl that had been wiped dry and asked her to pour the sesame seeds into it. Then she took out the garlic crusher and poured one-third of the sesame seeds in the bowl into it.
Then he said to his cousin who was sitting on the sofa, "Brother, please help me with this. Just crush all the sesame seeds and prepare all the things in the bowl."
Xia Yanjun heard his sister's cry, stood up and walked over, saying as he walked: "Okay, I promise to do it well for you."
Xia Jin walked to the kitchen where they cooked, took out the lard from the kitchen, put a large piece of lard in the pot, and put it on the stove to melt.
The next step is to wait for my cousin to prepare the sesame seeds. After that, I can mix the filling and wrap it.
Xia Jin sat on the sofa and chatted with his grandfather for a while. The sesame seeds were finally ready. Xia Jin poured them into a large bowl and then poured in the melted animal oil.
After pouring in the animal oil, add an appropriate amount of sugar and stir it evenly with chopsticks.
After it was done, she waited for it to solidify. After it solidified, Xia Jin used her hands to roll it into small balls the size of longan, put them on a plate and set aside. She made a full plate of it.
After completing the preparations, Xia Jin took out the panel from home, placed it on the bench, sprinkled a thin layer of glutinous rice flour on it, and then took out the glutinous rice balls from the basin and placed them on top.
Then they started to wrap them together. Xia Jin demonstrated it to them first. They were all used to doing this job, so they learned it quickly. Everyone sat around the table and started to wrap them.
Gu Jingmo arrived just in time when they had just finished wrapping and were clearing the table. Seeing Gu Jingmo coming, Xia Jin walked up to him and asked quietly, "How are you guys celebrating the Lantern Festival over there tonight? Do you want to send them some food?"
"No, I left some money for them when they came. I told them to go out and pack up a table of food. Don't worry about them."
"Okay, that's all. You came just in time. We just wrapped the dumplings and we can eat them soon."
Grandpa Xia sat on the sofa and looked at Gu Jingmo and said, "Jingmo, come and sit. You can eat soon."
"Okay, Grandpa." Then he pulled Xia Jin over and sat next to Grandpa Xia and chatted with him.
Aunt Xia and the others went to prepare dinner. When it was still dark, the food was ready. Everyone helped to bring the dishes to the table. Xia Jin also brought out a bottle of wine. Grandpa Xia and the others and Gu Jingmo drank the wine while eating the food.
The dinner lasted over two hours. Afterward, the table was not cleared. Everyone went out to watch the fireworks. It was very lively. Everyone came out in groups to watch the fireworks and visit the lantern festival. It was so lively to have the whole family together, chatting and laughing.
They also walked around for a while. There was a lot of everything at the fair, including stalls selling fried Yuanxiao and lanterns. They walked around until the fair was over, and then Xia Jin and the others went back.
When they reached the street leading to Grandpa and his family's courtyard, Xia Jin separated from them, took Gu Jingmo's hand, and the two of them returned to their own home.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it means that Xia Jin is going to go back to school. Xia Jin is not sleepy yet, so he quickly packs his schoolbag, puts all his books in it, and waits for school to start on the seventeenth day.
The next day when Xia Jin went to see his father and others, they again proposed to go home. This time, Xia Jin had no reason to stop them, so he could only agree. However, his three brothers all stayed here.
Since Xia Jin had to go to school that day, she couldn't send them off, so she told them everything she could say that day.
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