Chapter 319 Returning to the Siheyuan (Page 1/2)
They sat down and chatted for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, Huo Qingci went to work first.
Before leaving, he said to Lin Man, "I'll sleep in the hospital dormitory for the next two days. I plan to work both the day and night shifts, so I can have two more days off for the New Year."
“Will this be hard?”
"If there's nothing serious at night, I can rest in the duty room. If there's anything, the nurse on duty will come and knock on the door."
Lin Man knew that only after being promoted to the position of deputy director would she no longer have to work night shifts. Generally, attending physicians have to work night shifts for several days a month.
"The weather is cold, be careful not to catch a cold." Lin Man reminded again.
Huo Qingci smiled and said, "You too, be careful not to catch a cold. Manman, I'm going to have to work hard these past few days. Wait until the 29th of the lunar year to come back, and I'll do all the work for you."
"Okay, go to work!"
Huo Qingci went to work, Xiao Ya and Huo Junshan were also about to get up and leave, but Lin Man stopped her mother-in-law.
"Mom, wait a moment."
Lin Man rushed into the kitchen and took out three pounds of raw pork, five pounds of ribs, a piece of fried meat, and a bag of apples.
Seeing Lin Man taking out so many things, Xiao Ya felt a little embarrassed, "Man Man, save this meat for the New Year!"
"I'll buy the meat for the New Year in a few days, and leave this meat for my parents to eat in the next few days."
Seeing his daughter-in-law hesitate, Huo Li said, "Take it! Lao Zhang will come over at three o'clock. We'll be going back to the city soon, and Xiao Man still needs to pack her things."
Xiao Ya was willing to accept it. Seeing that her parents were about to leave, Huo Qinghuan said, "Mom, remember to bring my new clothes over on New Year's Eve. I need to take a shower and change into new clothes that day."
"I see. Your sister-in-law is busy these days. You have to help her with cleaning and taking care of the children. Got it?"
"I know, I know. I, your son, will not eat for free."
Lin Man raised her eyebrows. Is this kid implying that Ling Fei is a freeloader?
As soon as her parents-in-law left, Lin Man began to pack up the vegetables and children's clothes to take to the courtyard. Huo Qinghuan was here, and her grandfather didn't know she had space, so she had to take a lot of things with her.
Fortunately, there were already some quilts in the courtyards, and Lin Man left two new quilts in the courtyards after her wedding, but this time she wanted to take out more quilts from the space.
On the nights of the 30th and the 1st of the new year, my fourth uncle and my younger uncle's families and my parents-in-law will stay with us.
Because the military compound was too far away, it was impossible for them to run back and forth every day for a reunion dinner.
In the afternoon, Lin Man brought her children and followed her grandfather back to the courtyard. As soon as they put down their things in the courtyard, Lin Man started to make a fire.
Grandpa Huo took his two great-grandchildren to warm themselves by the fire, and Lin Man took his brother-in-law to start cleaning. They were going to move in tonight, so they had to clean their grandfather's bedroom and their own room.
I will clean the other rooms tomorrow morning and start preparing to fry New Year's goods in the afternoon. I will fry about 20 pounds of beans, melon seeds, and peanuts.
There are many people in a big family, and they stay up all night to warm themselves by the fire during the New Year holiday. Their mouths are definitely busy, and they will definitely eat melon seeds and peanuts.
By the time the two bedrooms and the main courtyard hall were cleaned, it was already half past five, and Lin Man asked Huo Qinghuan to go and warm himself by the fire.
She went back to the kitchen to prepare dinner. Thinking that they had had a big meal at noon, she would eat something lighter at night, so she made a pot of shredded green pork and vegetable noodles.
After dinner, Lin Man prepared hot water for her grandfather and brother-in-law to wash up. When they returned to their room, she also took the two children back to their room.
After entering the space, I ran water for the two brothers to take a bath. After the bath, I played with them on the bed for a while. After they fell asleep, I started to wash their clothes in the washing machine and turned on the drying function of the washing machine.
After finishing the work, Lin Man looked at the time and saw that it was only 8:10. As expected, it gets dark early in winter and everyone goes to bed early.
Unfortunately, she was not sleepy yet. She thought that she had to prepare the New Year dishes herself anyway. She was so busy during the day tomorrow, so she might as well cook more if she had time in the evening.
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They decided to make the braised dishes tonight. They had killed a pig before, and they had a big pig head, as well as the internal organs such as the pig heart, pig tongue, pig tail, and pig intestines, all of which were braised. In addition, they braised ten pounds of meat.
In order not to waste the brine, she took out a dozen frozen pig's feet from the cold storage for braising.
As for the four large fresh pig's trotters left over from the slaughter, they could have been used to make braised pig's trotters and trotter soup on the first and second days of the Lunar New Year. Fresh pig's trotters are of course meant to be eaten fresh; it would be a shame to use them for stewed dishes.
Lin Man was busy from around eight o'clock to around eleven o'clock. After she was done, she packed all the braised dishes in bags and put them in the double-door refrigerator for refrigeration.
After returning to the room and taking a shower, she fell asleep with the child without even washing her clothes. Fortunately, the weather was cold, so Grandpa and Huo Qinghuan slept until eight o'clock.
Last night we had shredded pork with vegetables, and Lin Man made seafood porridge for breakfast. The porridge was cooked in the rice cooker on timer before going to bed. In the morning, I heated it up and added some fresh shrimp, clams and flower crabs, and seasoned it with shredded ginger, chopped green onions and salt.
Huo Li was drinking the sweet seafood porridge and thought that Lin Man had gone out early in the morning.
"Xiao Man, you were busy all day yesterday, and you went to buy groceries early this morning. Thank you for your hard work."
Lin Man knew that Grandpa had misunderstood, so she didn't explain. Instead, she nodded and said, "Grandpa, you and Qinghuan like seafood porridge, so I saw some fresh seafood and bought some."
Huo Li knew that there was a saltwater pond in his eldest grandson's space, where there were many seafoods. If he wanted to eat some in the future, he could ask his grandson to fish some out.
He knew that his grandson was here, and many things were inconvenient to talk about, so he smiled and said to Lin Man: "When Qingci comes back from vacation, let him do the grocery shopping."
Lin Man naturally knew what Grandpa meant and nodded in agreement. At this time, Huo Qinghuan interrupted and said, "Grandpa, don't forget to remind Big Brother to buy a TV."
Huo Li glanced at Huo Qinghuan. Although this child was so tall, he still had the mentality of a child.
"I see. Your brother won't forget this."
Lin Man suddenly suggested, "Qinghuan, come with me to do the cleaning today, and I'll take you to the department store tomorrow."
Huo Qinghuan grinned and said, "Okay, okay, I'll help my sister-in-law carry things tomorrow."
Huo Yining pursed his lips and said with a look of grievance: "Mom, I want to go to the department store too."
Before Lin Man could answer, Huo Li stopped her and said, "Ningning, it's New Year's Eve, and there are so many people outside. It's not convenient for your mother to take you out.
If you get lost, we will never find you again. You and Grandpa will warm yourself by the fire at home, and Grandpa will ask your mother to buy you roast duck."
Huo Yining's big, twinkling eyes rolled around, and he said in a baby voice, "Mom, are you really going to buy me roast duck?"
Roast duck should be eaten while it is hot. It will not taste good when it is cold. Grandpa said so. Could it be that he wants to eat it? If he wants to eat it, then go buy two tomorrow.
If the skin of the roast duck is no longer crispy, just put it in the oven and bake it for a few more minutes.
"Okay, tomorrow mom will buy you a roast duck, and you and your brother and grandpa can stay home and warm yourself by the fire."
When he heard his mother was going to buy him roast duck, Huo Yining said happily, "Okay, Mom, Ningning will take good care of his brother. Mom, buy him some biscuits, candies and toys. I don't want any, so you don't have to buy them for me."
Lin Man thought her eldest son was a little funny. It was obvious that he said it because he wanted it too, but he used his younger brother as a shield.
For example, if he wants to play with a toy, he will say that his younger brother wants to play with it. When she gives the toy to the younger son, he will grab it from the younger son and say, "Brother, you are still young. Let me teach you how to play."
"Brother, brother will play with you, okay?"
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