Chapter 94 Brown Sugar Noodles
When she took the dishes to the dining room, she found an exquisite petal fruit plate on the living room table. There were two in the middle of the eight compartments, for a total of ten compartments. On it were placed melon seeds, plums, candied fruits, peanuts, sunflower seeds, fruit hard candies, soft candies, and lollipops. The two middle compartments were filled with rock sugar, winter melon candy, and crispy strips.
All the snacks for the New Year are here!
In the 1990s in her previous life, every household had this kind of thing during the New Year, and the Tanka people were no exception. Except for their family, the reason was naturally that there were no guests visiting their home, and buying such things would be a waste. Unexpectedly, when she lived again, Chen Wenjun actually fulfilled her wish early.
Lin Qin's heart warmed, her eyes reddened, and she trotted to the kitchen to continue serving the dishes.
After all the dishes were served, Chen Wenjun went out and set off a string of firecrackers.
Two bottles of soda appeared like magic.
It was New Year's Day, and Lin Yi did not dare to complain about Chen Wenjun spending money recklessly. He asked everyone to sit down and eat.
The fragrant egg fried rice made both children dizzy with smell.
The two of them each held a large bowl of egg fried rice and ate it intently, showing no interest in the braised pork or fish.
Lin Qin picked up a piece of fried oyster for each of them, but the children didn't want it after two bites. However, they liked the shrimp cakes very much. They ate a bite of fried rice and a bite of shrimp cake. Their stomachs were bloated after finishing them.
After dinner, the two couldn't wait to run out to set off firecrackers.
Chen Wenjun took them to play for a while and then came back to continue eating.
The meal lasted until after eight o'clock.
According to the local custom, the New Year's Eve dinner cannot be cleaned up. Just leave it like that after eating, heat it up early the next morning, and cook some brown sugar vermicelli.
The whole family is used to going to bed early and getting up early, so they couldn't hold on until 10 o'clock and all went back to their rooms.
At midnight, Nanxi set off fireworks, and the noise woke up Lin Qin and Chen Wenjun.
The two of them hid in the warm bed and looked at each other.
Chen Wenjun took her into his arms and smiled happily, "It's great! This is our first year together in this life, and we have everything!"
Lin Qin nodded repeatedly, her voice a little hoarse, "It will get better and better in the future!"
When love is at its peak, this night is filled with endless spring.
The next day at five in the morning, the couple got up together.
It's still pitch black outside.
Seeing that they were awake, Lin Yi scolded them, "Why don't you sleep a little longer? There are only a few days in a year when you can be lazy."
Chen Wenjun grinned, "Dad! It's okay when the time comes. I'm full of energy now and can't wait to set off to Nangang. It's just that no one is fishing today, hahahaha."
Lin Qin laughed and took out brown sugar and vermicelli. "I'll cook some brown sugar vermicelli. We'll have it this morning."
In the past at the Liu family, good things like brown sugar vermicelli were never her and Yaya’s turn. At most, they were allowed to have a bite for good luck. If there was no such good luck, Ma Cuihua wouldn’t even give them the chance to lick the bowl.
Lin Yi lives his life alone and is always muddle-headed. He won't take the initiative to cook brown sugar vermicelli during the Chinese New Year. Not to mention Chen Wenjun, who is busy fishing to make money during the Chinese New Year.
Everyone is looking forward to this pot of brown sugar noodles.
Chen Wenjun also took the initiative to go over and light the fire for Lin Qin.
Lin Yi found a few ugly sweet potatoes and threw them into the stove. "Roast a few and try them."
Without the children around, the three of them rarely acted as willful as children.
The brown sugar vermicelli cooks quickly, but the sweet potatoes still need to be warmed for a while.
Lin Qin brought some brown sugar noodles and five kinds of fruits, and Chen Wenjun took them to the palace temple to worship by boat.
The Royal Palace Temple is located on a five-sailed boat. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is crowded with incense.
The couple drove over in a tin boat, causing quite a stir.
Chen Yongding asked curiously, "Wenjun, did you buy a metal boat?"
Everyone else pricked up their ears and listened.
Chen Wenjun smiled innocently and shook his head, "No, no, I exchanged it with someone. A friend of mine wanted to transport goods, but the iron boat was too small and couldn't hold much stuff. It just so happened that we moved to land, so the iron boat was enough for fishing."
Everyone looked suddenly enlightened.
Chen Yongding thought of Chen Wenjun's magnificent house and could understand it.
As they were talking, Chen Wenjun brought Lin Qin into the palace temple, set out brown sugar vermicelli and five kinds of fruits, and glanced at other families' food, discovering that theirs was the most exquisite.
Zhou Shuifang took a look and asked enviously, "Are they all new?"
Lin Qin smiled modestly and said, "We didn't have it at home before, so we just bought it."
After Lin Qin left, a woman whispered in Zhou Shuifang's ear: "This woman is so lucky. She will live a good life after marrying Wen Jun. The previous one suffered all the hardships."
Zhou Shuifang knew the inside story, but she didn't join the woman in gossiping. Instead, she explained it to them.
"What? If you ask me, it's Aqin who brings good fortune to her husband. Wenjun used to live with Ping'an for many years, and it was still the same! Ever since he married Aqin, he immediately thought of buying land and building a house. Now his father-in-law is also helping with farming, and their life is getting more and more prosperous.
And Ping An, who was raised like a girl by Wen Jun before, is doing so well now! She even goes to the Municipal Experimental Primary School! Can Wen Jun achieve this by himself?"
The woman naturally knew that Chen Wenjun’s good life was inseparable from Lin Qin’s contribution. She was just jealous and wanted to find someone who shared the same hatred for her to vent her anger.
It would have been fine if Zhou Shuifang didn't agree with her, but she also said such frustrating words.
The woman curled her lips and turned away.
Lin Qin was nearby. Although she couldn't hear what the woman said, she knew from her expression that she was unhappy. She asked Chen Wenjun beside her about the other person's identity.
Chen Wenjun glanced at her with a rather indifferent look, "Her name is He Xia, and she is related to the one in front of me. Don't pay attention to her."
Lin Qin nodded and took note of this person.
When the two returned from the palace and temple, they found that the children had woken up, had changed into new clothes, and were showing off in the yard.
Lin Qin quickly heated up the brown sugar noodles and gave each of the two children a bowl.
The next day was the second day of the Chinese New Year, and it was also the day when Lin Ying and her family returned to her parents' home.
Lin Yi had not yet told Lin Ying about his move. Fearing that his eldest daughter and son-in-law would come to see them disappointed, he rode his bicycle to Shanglin Village to pick them up.
He arrived at the old house at eight o'clock.
Lin Jianqiang had just gotten engaged, and on the second day of the Chinese New Year he was busy going to his future father-in-law's house to show his courtesy. He left home early, and the door was locked, so Lin Yi sat on the steps, not even minding the dirt.
However, before he could even get comfortable, someone came, and it was not Lin Ying or Xu Dahai.
"Fugen! Why are you here on the second day of the New Year?" Lin Yi stood up in shock.
Zhu Fugen is the nephew of Lin Yi's wife, and the cousin of Lin Qin's biological mother. Since Lin Qin's mother passed away, no relatives from Zhu's side have come in all these years. The only time was when Lin Qin got married, and only Lin Qin's uncle came.
What kind of wind is blowing today? It actually attracted Zhu Fugen and his wife!
(End of this chapter)
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