Two busy days passed in the blink of an eye.
On the morning of the third day, Wang Tianxiao opened his eyes on the kang (a heated brick bed) and was surprisingly a little nervous.
Despite having lived two lives, he lacks organizational skills, so in his previous life, such things were usually handled by others, and he only assisted or provided some manpower.
This time, he became the core figure. Even though he entrusted many things to Wang Dabao, the general manager, he was still very uneasy, always worried that there were still things he hadn't thought through.
His wife, Li Yali, had already gotten up.
Today she changed into the clothes that Wang Tianxiao had specially bought for her. She wore a fuchsia coat on top and black fleece pants on the bottom, with a creamy white sweater underneath. Her long black hair was twisted into two braids, making her already tall figure appear even more slender, comparable to the models on TV.
Wang Tianxiao hadn't realized how beautiful his wife was. In his previous life, his wife had always lived a simple life with him, eating coarse food and wearing tattered clothes, so she hadn't noticed at all.
Indeed, clothes make the man; as the saying goes, "Buddha is made of gold, and man is made of clothes."
Because there was no mirror in the room, the wife didn't know how she looked dressed, so she asked Wang Tianxiao to check for her. However, Wang Tianxiao was not honest and hugged his wife and kissed her red cheeks, making his wife blush.
In this era, the relationships between people are somewhat distorted.
They yearn for freedom in spirit, but are often in a state of physical repression.
Li Yali and Wang Tianxiao are an old married couple with two children, but she still feels a little shy every time Wang Tianxiao hugs her, just like a newlywed bride.
"It's really beautiful," Wang Tianxiao exclaimed.
No way.
"I'm serious, you could star in a movie in that outfit."
"I'm nowhere near as pretty as those big stars, so it doesn't matter if you say I'm pretty," Li Yali replied shyly, but she was very happy. What wife doesn't like her husband saying she's beautiful?
"If I say it's there, it's definitely there. I guarantee you'll be the most beautiful person at the banquet today."
"Go on with your work, I still need to tidy up the children."
After more than a month without moving, Li Yali's hardworking body was already itching for more. Wang Tianxiao got off the bed and found that his wife had already tidied up the whole room while he was fast asleep.
My wife is still so virtuous, hardworking, and beautiful.
With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?
Because everyone was going to Wangjia Village for a banquet today, everyone got up very early. After Wang Tianxiao went out, he found that everyone's doors were open and everyone had put on clothes that they could wear.
Mi Xiaoqing, in particular, wore a rare light blue cotton-padded jacket and trousers. Although the clothes were thick, she did not look bulky at all because of her small frame and small face. Instead, she had a unique charm.
If Li Guanping hadn't gone home, he would definitely be mesmerized by what he saw.
This kind of girlish beauty is unrestrained, different from Li Yali's virtuous, gentle, and reserved beauty, but both are captivating.
As arranged, everyone at the station had their own tasks.
The two Wu brothers will be in charge of tending the fire, while their partners will help with the noodle pot. Mi Xiaoqing and Li Guanping will be in charge of receiving guests. Wang Tianxiao is deliberately giving the two of them an opportunity, and they will surely be a dazzling couple.
Liu Yuan was in charge of making teapots.
A lot of tea is needed at banquets, so when a special event is held, a special stove is built for boiling water, and several huge iron kettles are placed on it to continuously boil and fill water.
This job isn't very tiring; it's usually done by two or three old men who chat while they're cooking.
We were planning to leave in an hour, but to our surprise, snowflakes started falling from the sky after a while. The snowflakes grew bigger and bigger, and looked like they were about to settle down.
This winter, it has snowed quite frequently.
Perhaps Wang Tianxiao was influenced by the life of later generations and felt that even in the Northwest winter, it would only snow a few times and that would be about it.
Unexpectedly, in less than two months, it has already snowed for the third time.
He felt he couldn't delay any longer, so he and Li Yali wrapped the children up tightly and headed down the mountain towards the village.
If it gets too late, once the snow accumulates on the mountain road, it will be difficult for motorcycles to travel, and they will easily slip and fall.
The northwest wind howled, stinging Wang Tianxiao's face, but he made no attempt to dodge. Behind him were his two children and wife, the most important people in the world to him.
They must be protected at all times.
Back in the village, the people who had taken over the work were already busy under Wang Dabao's arrangement.
After two days of planning, a total of three tents, two large and one small, were set up.
The two large tents were used for eating noodles and for seating, while the small tent was reserved for the people of Lijia Village to rest temporarily.
Because Wang Tianxiao didn't have a house in the village, he had nowhere to accommodate the guests who had come from afar. After worrying about this for a long time, he came up with this solution.
Fires were lit in each of the three tents, and the flames were now burning brightly, making the tents exceptionally warm.
According to the customs of Qingcheng, whether it is a wedding, a funeral, or a full moon celebration, the food is divided into two main steps: eating noodles and sitting at the banquet.
Eating noodles, also known as drinking soup, actually refers to eating he luo noodles.
This is a special type of noodle from Northwest China. The method involves placing the kneaded dough into a tool called a "bed," which has holes at the bottom. Pressure is used to press the dough out, turning it into stick-shaped noodles, somewhat like hand-pulled noodles, but much more uniform.
The size of the noodle press varies. A typical household noodle press can only press two or three bowls of noodles at a time, but the noodle press used at banquets is incredibly powerful, capable of pressing more than a dozen bowls of noodles at once.
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