Chapter 373 Burning Incense to Honor Ancestors
Shen Junshan couldn't explain it, but his third uncle and Gu Youxin seemed to be able to do so.
The two were watching TV with Gu Chen. After the news, the Spring Festival Gala would begin. It was only half past five, and the old guys had already taken the best seats in front of the TV.
There is a chess board in the middle and we play a few games first.
Du Ling came back, took off his coat, and went into the kitchen to work.
Before Niu Xi went back, he had already fried the meatballs. After taking them out of the refrigerator, he fry them again in the oil pan, put them directly on a plate, and shared a few with everyone.
The freshly fried meatballs were the most delicious, and Han Jiaojiao ate two in one go.
The ingredients for the fish balls were also ready. Du Ling helped pour in the chopped shrimp meat, stirred it evenly, and used a spoon to shape it into round balls. They were boiled in a pot of water to make a batch of fish balls.
“This is the first time I’ve seen it cooked with shrimp meat!”
Meat wrapped in cabbage and then meat wrapped in it, curry prawns, crystal skin steamed dumplings, and now there are fish balls made with shrimp meat.
Wang Rui has seen this.
She said, "Jiaojiao, you are amazing! You can even think of this way of eating."
“I just don’t like the soft texture of fish balls. Adding some shrimp meat will make them more elastic.”
It’s actually the same method as shrimp paste.
But with so many people, pure shrimp balls would be too wasteful of meat, so grandma prepared ingredients for fish balls.
Han Jiaojiao mixed the chopped and chewy shrimp meat with the fish paste, and the taste was just as good.
Du Ling kept the oil pan on, and after the first batch of cooked fish balls had cooled down a bit, he fried them directly in the pan.
Charred on the outside, tender and soft on the inside.
Du Ling sprinkled a little cumin and chili powder and brought it out to Shen Junshan and the others.
"Come and try it, it's just fried!"
"Mom, it's windy outside, please go inside."
Shen Junshan wiped his hands and took the plate from Du Ling.
Du Ling had a smile on his face all the time.
Shen Junshan rarely speaks to others, and only says a few words when he is with Jiaojiao.
He used to be reluctant to call anyone, but now he is willing to call her mom whenever he meets her.
Just for this one "Mom", Du Ling felt that her life was worth it.
By six o'clock, most of the dishes were ready.
In order to keep the dishes warm, Shen Junshan placed a large iron plate on the stove, placed five or six dishes on the iron plate, and then covered it with a large lid.
He rushed to the kitchen to wash his hands and saw his wife standing by the stove, sweating profusely.
He said, "Let me do it. It's OK if I cook the remaining dishes."
"Forget it, it will be ready soon. If you are not busy, go and help make the buns."
"Where are the buns to be made? I'm the best at making them, let me do it!"
Cai Xun walked in carrying a lot of bags.
Milk powder, canned food, and fruits were all things given to him by others, and Cai Xun brought them all.
Shen Junshan smiled and said, "Can you make dumplings?"
"Don't underestimate me. When I was in the countryside, I won the championship in the dumpling making competition. Even my sister-in-law couldn't beat me!"
"Is there such a competition? Don't just play Wow Wow casually, and don't blame others if you lose."
"If you say so, then I will make you admit defeat sincerely!"
Cai Xun hooked his arm around Shen Junshan's neck and pulled him to the small table to make dumplings.
The two of them turned their hands and pinched out the pointed end of the bun.
Ten buns can be wrapped in just a few minutes.
Niu Niu helped take the buns out the door and put them on the table.
It’s cold outside, and the buns can be frozen in less than half an hour without having to be put in the refrigerator.
"Are you all back? I'm not the last one to arrive. I arrived two minutes earlier than you!"
"Haha, every year I am the last one to go home. This year I am already very satisfied to be able to return before dinner starts!"
Sun Yong and Yan Han came back one after the other.
Sun Yong held a bottle of wine and said, "I specially got a good bottle today. Can I have two more drinks?"
"You are already such a grown-up, how can I control you? If you want to drink, drink it."
"Hey, mom is the best!"
Sun Yong personally opened the door for Yan Han, and when the younger ones saw him, they immediately reached out to ask for red envelopes.
Everyone surrounded him and called him "Uncle" left and right, which made Sun Yong's heart bloom with joy.
He put down the wine and gave red envelopes to the children.
When it was his daughter's turn, he followed her into the kitchen following the smell of braised fish.
"Such a big fish! It must be four pounds, right?"
"Three and a half pounds, I can use tin foil to roast it and then grill it, it will definitely be tasty!"
"You can't eat fish on New Year's Eve. You have to offer it in front of your grandfather's table for a day, and you can eat it tomorrow."
"ah…"
Han Jiaojiao had never heard of this.
An Lian nodded and said, "Yes, we have to offer food on New Year's Eve, so that there will be surplus every year, and it is auspicious."
Han Jiaojiao is emo and no one told her!
There were a lot of people today, so she specially got a big fish to cook.
It’s baked and roasted, and cooked so well, but we have to wait until tomorrow to eat it.
Han Jiaojiao said depressedly: "Why is there such a rule? Is offering sacrifices to ancestors the same as offering sacrifices to Master Guan?"
"Offering food to ancestors is something every household has to do. Didn't you offer food to ancestors before?"
An Lian asked about her sore spot.
The orphanage only worships Guan Erye because Director Huang used to be a gangster, but later he turned over a new leaf and became the director of the welfare home.
Otherwise, there would be no place to worship Guan Yu.
How would Han Jiaojiao know that there is such a custom on New Year's Eve!
"Such a big fish is wasted. I won't be able to eat it when I visit relatives tomorrow!"
"It's okay. We'll visit relatives later. Let's eat something else today and sleep until we wake up naturally tomorrow. Then we'll go distribute New Year's gifts to the people who suffered from the fire and bring some things from home."
"That's fine. There are so many people at home. A fish and two stir-fried green vegetables will be enough for lunch tomorrow."
As long as it's not wasted.
Han Jiaojiao continued to cook the fish with a smile on her face.
Anlian and the others brought the dishes to the table one after another.
Yan Han asked Shen Junshan to get a small table and place it in the southeast corner of the living room, then ran to his room and got a photo and put it on it.
Niuniu shouted, "It's so beautiful!"
"Haha, isn't grandpa very handsome? When I was young, I was attracted by his thick eyebrows and big eyes, so I got on the pirate ship!"
"Mom, aren't you attracted by my dad's talent?"
Tang Cai came over and put the incense on the incense burner. Yan Han lit the incense first, and several younger generations also lit their incense one after another.
In the past, there were not many people in the family, so a small incense burner was enough.
So many people came this year that the incense burner was full before Han Jiaojiao even started burning incense.
Sun Quan found a box, poured all the coffee grounds that Gu Ruo had drunk into it, and placed it on the table to make a makeshift incense burner.
Cai Xun joked: "Other people's incense burners only have ash, but ours has the smell of coffee, it's so high-end!"
"Come over and burn incense too! You're always so naughty, come over here and let the old man in heaven bless you to get married soon!"
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