After lunch, Lu Changge took a break and went into the house to check on Erbao, and then continued his morning work.
The popcorn and candied haws are ready, and the next step is to prepare the essential candies for the New Year.
Candies are basically eaten by children, so Lu Changge made them all into soft candies.
The shape of the candy is the random sign-in reward obtained from the previous sign-in.
There are shapes like orange segments, strawberries, five-petal flowers, leaves, and also gold ingots.
At Xiaotuanzi's request, Lu Changge also made ten big lollipops.
After having candies, we also need biscuits. Lu Changge flipped through the recipe for biscuits again and finally chose rice cakes.
Lu Changge scooped up seven pounds of rice, popped it into popcorn, and then began the next step.
Just when Lu Changge was washing the pot, little Tuanzi was about to bury himself in the sea of popcorn.
The little girl stood on tiptoe, holding the mouth of the bag with one hand, and reached out to the popcorn that had already popped out with the other hand.
He stuffed them directly into his mouth, handful by handful.
Its mouth was puffy and moving, and it didn't forget to lean over its head to see if its daddy had returned.
If not, just retract your little head and continue eating.
Just when the little Tuanzi was eating to his heart's content, the back of his collar was grabbed, and then he was lifted up and thrown aside.
"What do you want to eat?" Lu Changge asked, his hand still on Tuanzi's collar. He bent down and looked at him.
"Hmm..." Hearing his father's voice, the little dumpling subconsciously put his hand that was still holding the popcorn behind his back.
However, Tuanzi forgot that he was still chewing in his mouth.
"You, you're not afraid of feeling full after eating so much." Lu Changge pointed his finger at the boy's forehead, feeling helpless.
"No need to hold back. Good job." The little dumpling swallowed the popcorn in his mouth and smiled ingratiatingly at his father.
Lu Changge said nothing more and took a large bag of popcorn next to him into the kitchen.
The little Tuanzi at the side also followed in and did not forget to finish the handful in his hand.
"What is Daddy going to do? Is it nice or not?" Little Dumpling walked back and forth beside his daddy, looking expectant.
"It's delicious, but you can only eat one piece later." Lu Changge said as he asked Er Teng to put firewood into the stove.
"Ah? Why?" Tuanzi pouted, looking a little unhappy.
"Because you just ate a lot, this is a punishment."
"Okay..."
After the pot is heated, Lu Changge adds water and sugar, and then adds maltose after it melts over low heat.
Cook until it becomes thick and stringy, then pour in the popcorn.
Then use chopsticks to stir evenly to make sure every popcorn is coated with syrup.
After mixing well, pour the popcorn onto a flat wooden plate covered with a steamer cloth.
Quickly roll it out and set aside to cool.
While it's cooling down, you can move on to the next batch.
The next pot was poured out and flattened, and the first plate was cooled.
Use a knife to cut it into square shapes and suitable sizes, and then put it into a clean cloth bag.
In the end, seven pounds of rice krispie got three large bags of rice krispie cakes.
After all the snacks were ready, it was already getting late.
Lu Changge began to prepare tonight's dinner.
It is good to eat mutton in winter, and hot pot is also good. The combination of the two seems to be even better.
So there is only one dish for dinner today, lamb hotpot.
Of course, in order to ensure nutritional balance, Lu Changge also washed a basket of vegetables and placed it next to it.
When you have almost finished eating, you can add some vegetables.
It is inconvenient to eat hot pot indoors, and the smell is easy to remain.
For this purpose, Lu Changge renovated the main hall early in the morning.
The door of the main room is installed to block some of the cold wind.
The dining table is converted into a kotatsu so that your feet won’t get cold while you eat.
There is a charcoal brazier in each corner of the room.
Of course, in this case, you have to pay attention to the ventilation of the room.
After dinner was ready, Lu Changge came into the house and asked the father and son to come out for dinner.
When we went in, the second baby had just been coaxed to sleep by his father, and he probably wouldn't wake up in the short term.
There is no floor-mounted stove in the main room, so the temperature is lower than inside the house.
Lu Changge put clothes on Tuanzi and asked his wife to wear more clothes as well.
After putting on his clothes, the little girl couldn't wait to run out.
However, after walking into the main room, he found that the candied haws that he had looked at before every three meals in the past few days were gone!
“Daddy!”
Little Dumpling pointed to the place where the Tanghulu was originally placed, turned around and said to the father who came in: "The Tanghulu is not even touched! Is it a mouse that stole it?"
"No, Daddy left it outside."
Upon hearing this, Little Tuanzi immediately ran to the yard to look, and came back soon.
"No! There's only cloth on it!"
"It's inside. Daddy covered it with a cloth to prevent it from getting dirty." Lu Changge scooped a bowl of soup for his wife and explained.
"Tuanzi, sit down. It's time to eat." Seeing that he wanted to go out for another look, Su Qingyun called out to the boy.
"Oh." When he heard that it was time to eat, the little dumpling quickly ran back to his seat.
Lu Changge carried Tuanzi to his special high chair and helped him put on the scarf.
Then he scooped a bowl of the mutton that had been stewed until it was soft.
"Husband, what are we going to do tomorrow?"
"Make dumplings. The meat to be eaten during the New Year holidays must also be prepared in advance." Lu Changge said as he picked up a piece of meat for his wife.
"We need more!" Tuanzi, who was eating meat nearby, said in a vague voice.
"Okay, I'll make you some buns."
After dinner, Su Qingyun and Xiaotuanzi returned to the house.
Lu Changge put the dishes in a basin for Erteng to wash, while he carried three basins of hot water into the house.
After soaking their feet, the father and his two sons lay back on the bed and went to sleep.
The twenty-sixth day of December
Lu Changge is going to make all the dumplings for Chinese New Year today.
There are three types of dumpling fillings: pure meat fillings, vegetarian fillings, and mixed meat and vegetarian fillings.
Pure meat includes beef stuffing, pork stuffing and lamb stuffing.
The mix includes leek and shrimp filling, chicken and bamboo shoot filling, and cabbage and pork filling.
The only vegan options are carrot filling and cabbage and mushroom filling.
After preparing the eight kinds of fillings, Lu Changge began to roll out the dumpling skins.
By the time we finished all these preparations, it was already noon.
Lu Changge put away his things first and then started preparing lunch.
After lunch, I didn’t take a break and started making dumplings directly.
There are eight kinds of fillings, 60 dumplings of each kind, for a total of 480 dumplings.
Lu Changge spent an entire afternoon and finally finished wrapping it all.
Number 27
Today's job is to prepare the ingredients needed for the New Year.
Work harder now so you can have an easier time during the New Year.
Of course, Lu Changge dared to do this only because he had a memory device, otherwise the chickens, ducks and fish would have been killed and eaten immediately.
In addition to processing various meats, vegetables also need to be washed.
Cut potatoes, taro, and radish into cubes, slices, and shreds.
Then put it in a pot and store it in a storage container.
All the food and drinks are prepared, and the days are getting closer to the end of the year.
Soon, New Year’s Eve arrived.
After breakfast, Lu Changge took out the couplets, window decorations and lanterns he had bought earlier and placed them in the main room.
Today we have to put up couplets and window decorations. After Su Qingyun feeds the baby and coaxes him to sleep, she comes out to help.
I bought five pairs of couplets to be posted on the main door, the main room, the living room, the west wing of the small bungalow, and the kitchen.
Lu Changge originally wanted to buy four sets, but he felt that the number four had a bad connotation, so he added the set for the kitchen.
"Where should we put the couplet first?" Su Qingyun walked to her husband's side.
"I'll paste the couplets, you go and paste the window paper-cuts. If there are places you can't reach, ask the big vines to help."
Lu Changge picked out the couplet and door gods on the gate and said.
"good."
Tuanzi, who was standing nearby, heard this and offered to help.
"Daddy! Er'er and I are hanging small lanterns!" Little Tuanzi picked up the little red lantern in his hand to show his daddy.
This small lantern was bought by Lu Changge and hung on the two fruit trees in the yard.
There are also two large lanterns in the corner, which are hung on both sides of the outside door.
"Okay, you and Er Teng will hang the small lantern."
After the work was divided, Lu Changge pasted couplets and door gods, Su Qingyun and Da Teng pasted window decorations, and Xiao Tuanzi and Er Teng hung small lanterns.
After the division of labor is completed, we start to get busy.
The little dumpling was too short to reach the branch, so Er Teng rolled it up and carried it up.
"Er Er, the nest should be hung there!" Little Dumpling held the small lantern in one hand and pointed to the place he wanted to go with the other.
[Okay.] Er Teng responded and sent the young master to the location he pointed to.
After arriving at the place, Xiaotuanzi hung up the small lantern in his hand.
After hanging it up, he poked it with his finger, and the lantern swayed back and forth with his movement.
“Good deal!”
[Hmmmm...it's really pretty.] Er Teng said perfunctorily while hanging the lantern.
However, we still sent a new lantern to the little master in time.
Er Teng had to make sure his little master had hung up the lantern and give him a new one when it was done, while he was also hanging the lantern.
After all, if we really want to wait for the little master to die, I don’t know how long it will take.
In addition, it also has to re-fix the small lantern hung by the little master.
To be more precise, the work of hanging the lanterns was basically done by Nito.
As for the little master, just be responsible and be happy.
After the lanterns were hung up, Lu Changge also pasted up the couplets and door gods, and Su Qingyun's window paper-cuts were almost finished.
After everything was ready, the little dumpling let out a "wow" and ran around the yard excitedly.
I also ran to the gate to look at the lanterns.
"Daddy, it's great, they're all red!"
"The New Year is all about prosperity, and Tuanzi will also wear new clothes tomorrow." Su Qingyun said with a smile.
"Is the clothes red too?" The little dumpling looked like he wouldn't wear anything that wasn't red.
"right."
After pasting the couplets, Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin came over, each holding a basket of things.
Lu Changge did not refuse and accepted it directly.
However, when they returned, Lu Changge gave each of them a basket of snacks and dried meat.
After lunch, Lu Changge began to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, and Da Teng helped him.
As for Er Teng, he was busy taking care of the children and had no time.
Tomorrow is New Year's Day, and the originally gloomy atmosphere in the village has been dispelled by the strong New Year flavor.
Lanterns were also hung in front of the doors of every household.
Families with more money would buy some red paper to fold small lanterns and hang them on the trees in front of their doors.
The whole village looks prosperous and festive.
Little Tuanzi held a candied haws in his hand and carried a small shoulder bag made by his grandfather. The bag was filled with many candies and biscuits.
Then he took Erhei out and showed off to other kids.
Little Tuanzi played outside for a long time and shared all the candies and cookies in his small bag before going home.
The sky gradually darkened, and Er Teng went to light the two large lanterns outside the gate.
Seeing his father bringing dishes into the main room one plate after another, little Dumpling rushed in.
"Wow! There's so much meat!" As he said that, the little dumpling wanted to reach out and grab a piece.
"Tuanzi, you can't eat it yet." Su Qingyun quickly called out to him.
Tuanzi, who was caught by his father, quickly put his hands behind his back, with an embarrassed look on his face, "Tuanzi is not bad, Tuanzi just wants to smell it..."
We have to stay up all night on New Year’s Eve, so the New Year’s Eve dinner will take a long time.
It was normal from the time the lights were turned on and everyone sat down to eat until midnight.
Lu Changge specially prepared two hot pots, one with a clear soup base made from chicken and carrots.
One is a clear oil hot pot, which is made with peanut oil, chili peppers and peppercorns. It has a refreshing, spicy and fresh aroma.
Lu Changge prefers spicy food.
You can eat it without chili, but it tastes better with chili.
Little Tuanzi saw his father enjoying the other pot so much that he wanted to try it too.
"Daddy, I want to eat too." The little dumpling pointed at the pot in front of his father.
"It's too spicy, you can't eat it." Lu Changge shook his head and refused.
"Eat..." The desire on the little dumpling's face became even stronger.
Kids are like this. Even if you tell them not to eat something, they still want to try it.
The more adults deny it, the more children will remember it.
Finally, Lu Changge gave him a piece of meat from the oil pot.
Not surprisingly, the spicy food made the little girl burst into tears.
"Do you want to eat more?" Su Qingyun poured a glass of warm water for Tuanzi and said with a smile.
"Ci!" The little dumpling gulped down a mouthful of water, and then continued to scoop up the piece of meat in the bowl.
I have to say, eating spicy food can be addictive.
After Lu Changge gave Tuanzi three pieces of meat, he directly refused the fourth time.
"Children can't eat too much spicy food."
The little dumpling closed his tearful eyes and sipped his saliva.
After hearing what my father said, I could only focus on eating.
It’s so spicy. I’ll eat something to cool down.
Halfway through the meal, Erbao, who was sleeping in the room, woke up.
When Erbao woke up, he didn't cry immediately, but rolled his eyes around with his watery eyes.
It was not until he realized that there was no familiar smell around him that Erbao started howling at the top of his lungs.
“Ahhh…”
Hearing Erbao's crying coming from the room, Su Qingyun reflexively put down her chopsticks. Just as she was about to stand up, her husband pushed her back into the chair.
"I'll bring it over and you can eat it."
Lu Changge carried the child into the main room, fed him some milk, and then walked around the room with him in his arms.
It took an hour and a half before I put the child to sleep.
Lu Changge carried the child back to the house and had his second meal after returning.
Su Qingyun and Xiaotuanzi had already eaten their fill and were sitting on the warm couch playing puzzles.
After we finished eating and cleaned up the table, it was already around 9:30 pm, almost 10 pm.
Lu Changge brought a basket of melon seeds and nuts and invited the father and son into the house.
Tuanzi is very excited tonight. Even at this time, he is not sleepy at all. He pesters his father and mother to play flying chess with him.
Flying chess was also a random reward given out by signing in before.
The chessboard is made of a square piece of cowhide, and the small chess pieces come in the shapes of dragon, phoenix, tiger and turtle, each made of colored glaze of a different color.
The dice is a cube of black jade, with the dots on the six sides dotted with rubies.
Little Dumpling doesn't know whether these are worth the money, but he knows that this game is fun.
Because the luck value of the dumpling is extremely high, eight out of ten times you can shake it to six points.
After playing three rounds, the little girl couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep directly on the quilt.
Su Qingyun on the side was also feeling a little sleepy, and his eyelids were drooping.
"Go to sleep when you're tired." Lu Changge put away the flying chess.
"No, we have to stay up all night..." Su Qingyun shook his head, trying to get rid of the sleepiness, but it didn't work.
"I'll guard it."
As Lu Changge spoke, he carried his wife to the side of the bed, then carried Tuanzi to the middle, and then covered them with a quilt.
As soon as Su Qingyun touched the soft and warm quilt, she curled up in it and soon fell asleep.
…
On the first day of the new year, Lu Changge got up very early.
[System, sign in.]
[Ding—Successfully signed in on the 215th day of fleeing famine, and received sign-in rewards: ten kilograms of rice, ten kilograms of flour, and ten kilograms of pork, beef, and mutton each.
Get a random sign-in reward: New Year gift pack.
The reward has been placed in the system space. 】
When Lu Changge saw the rewards he got for signing in today, his first reaction was that there was a bug in the escape system.
[System, is there something wrong with today's famine escape system?] Lu Changge asked tactfully.
[What's wrong?] The system asked in confusion.
[Sign-in reward.]
[Ah? Oh! Host, you are talking about this. This is a New Year special. It will return to normal in a few days.]
The system took a look at today's sign-in rewards before reacting.
[It seems you guys understand this quite well.]
[Of course! Humanized service is one of the main features of our sign-in department.] The system said proudly.
Indeed, even the non-human system has a wife. This is not humane.
Lu Changge understood and nodded in agreement.
After signing in, Lu Changge brushed his teeth and washed his face before starting to cook dumplings.
Although little Tuanzi went to bed late last night, he woke up early because he was thinking about going out to pay New Year's greetings and ask for red envelopes and candies today.
The first thing Tuanzi did when he woke up was to take away his pillow, and then he saw two big red envelopes at a glance.
Little Dumpling took the red envelope with a smile on his face, then got out of bed carefully.
Lu Changge prepared the clothes for today early in the morning and placed them on the chair at the end of the bed.
The new clothes that little Dumpling wore today were bright red, with gold ingots and copper plates embroidered on them with gold thread.
In addition to clothes and pants, there is also a pair of warm woolen boots.
The hat is made of white rabbit fur and is connected to the fur gloves, so there is no need to worry about Tuanzi losing his/her gloves after taking them off.
After putting on new clothes and a hat, Xiaotuanzi put the red envelope into the big pocket in front of him, then tiptoed out of the house.
As soon as he went out, he saw his dad coming out of the kitchen, and Tuanzi immediately ran over happily.
"Happy New Year, Daddy!" Tuanzi looked up at his father and shouted loudly.
Yesterday his father told him that if he met other adults today, he should say Happy New Year to them.
Then they would give candy or cookies.
"Well, go ask Er Teng to wash your face, and then come over to eat dumplings."
Little Dumpling was bewildered when he saw that his father didn't give him candy or cookies but just walked away.
Didn’t we agree that you would give candies if you said Happy New Year? Your father-in-law is lying!
After brushing his teeth and washing his face, little Tuanzi ran into the main room and wished his father Happy New Year again.
However, Dad just responded and there was no other reaction.
Tuanzi couldn't help but say, "Daddy, Tuanzi Happy New Year, Daddy, why don't you give me candy and cookies?"
"It's there, go get it yourself." Lu Changge pointed to two plates of candies and snacks on the coffee table.
This is prepared for the children who will come to visit us later to wish us a happy new year.
When little Tuanzi heard what his father said, he walked over subconsciously.
However, he stopped after only a few steps.
That’s not right. Shouldn’t it be given to him by his father?
"Dad, you should give it to Tuanzi."
Lu Changge: “???”
Does it make any difference?
Seeing the master's slowness, Er Teng at the side could not help but say: "Master, the little master wants the ritual of asking for candy during the New Year's greetings. Why do you let the little master take it himself?"
After hearing Er Teng's words, Lu Changge looked down and saw the expectation in Tuanzi's eyes.
Seeing this, Lu Changge laughed in his heart, how could he understand the sense of ceremony at such a young age?
"Okay, Daddy will get it for you." Lu Changge said, walking over and grabbing a handful of candy cookies.
Seeing that his father had taken so many things, little Dumpling immediately opened his small bag happily.
"Daddy, put it in the bag!"
"Now that I've given you the candy, can I eat the dumplings now?" Lu Changge chuckled.
"That's right!"
Little Dumpling sat on his chair, put on his scarf, but his father didn't come out.
"Daddy, Mom hasn't come yet." The little girl held a spoon in her hand and stared at the main house.
"Let's eat first, and daddy will cook after your father wakes up."
"oh!"
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