Chapter 210: Aunt Chunxiang

It snowed heavily the day Shen Ruoqing finished her exam.

Shen Xiangxi drove a tractor to pick up Shen Ruoqing and Shen Hansong.

The weather is very cold now. Even though Shen Ruoqing is wearing a new cotton jacket, her hands exposed outside still feel very cold.

Shen Xiangxi handed Shen Ruoqing a glass bottle, which contained boiled water that he had just filled this morning. It was still hot.

"This is what your sister-in-law prepared for you. She said it's cold on the road, so you should take it with you."

There was only one glass bottle, and it was obvious that Shen Hansong did not have this privilege.

Shen Ruoqing wanted to use the glass bottle together. Shen Hansong saw Shen Ruoqing's intention and shrank away: "Aunt, I'm not cold. I'm in good health. I'm wearing a new cotton-padded jacket. You can keep the glass bottle by yourself."

Shen Ruoqing did not refuse and held the thermos in her arms.

There were quilts and mats on the tractor, but Shen Ruoqing still missed the car from his previous life.

It is obviously impractical to buy a car now.

When they got home, Shen Hansong's nose was frozen red. Shen Ruoqing was fine because she was wrapped in a scarf, but the exposed skin was also red.

"Little sister, drink a bowl of ginger soup to get rid of the cold." Han Guizhi handed over a bowl of ginger soup.

Shen Ruoqing took it and drank it.

"Sister-in-law, don't you have to go to work today?"

"Today is a holiday at the factory. Little sister, what do you want to eat? I will make it for you at noon."

"I want to eat pork stewed with vermicelli."

"That's easy."

There was pork. The Shen family only raised four pigs this year, but each of them weighed more than 300 pounds. They completed their tasks, sold some, and kept the fattest one for themselves to slaughter and eat.

The pork is still frozen and quite fresh, so I cut a piece to make it.

There was a lot of food distributed today, so Shen Ruoqing exchanged his family's food for fine grains produced in the space, and kept the coarse grains to feed the pigs.

Now, except for the factory, everyone else is idle. This year, the Shen brothers did not go out to find work, as they could not finish the work in their own village.

Today, Shen Ruoqing saw that everyone was free, so she suggested going to the photo studio to take a family photo.

"Go take pictures?" Old Mrs. Ji pulled at her coat, thinking that it had been a long time since she had taken pictures. This year, Shen Ruoqing got her a wool coat from somewhere, and it would definitely look good if she wore it to take pictures.

She had taken a photo once when she was young and married to Shen Dahai.

"Yes, I saw a lot of people taking pictures during the New Year."

"There are so many people, we have to queue up." Su Jieru said.

The last time she took photos was when she married Shen Xiangbei. She knew that the photo studio would be very busy during the Chinese New Year.

"Yes, we should make an appointment in advance. If we go now, we may not be able to get in line." Shen Xiangbei said.

"Is that so?" Shen Ruoqing thought, if he bought a camera, he could take pictures anytime and anywhere.

Hearing that she couldn't get in line, Mrs. Ji paused in her steps to get her woolen coat, and then walked back as if nothing had happened.

"Mom, my classmate has a camera at home. I'll go borrow it from my classmate's house tomorrow and take a picture for you when I come back." Looking at the expression on Old Mrs. Ji's face, Shen Ruoqing said immediately.

Cameras, there are as many as you want in the system mall!

"A camera is a valuable thing. Can your classmate lend it to you?" Old Mrs. Ji was happy, but she also knew that a camera was not so easy to borrow.

"It's okay. I have a good relationship with my classmate. She will definitely lend it to me."

It was snowing, and a few kids were making snowmen in the yard.

Shen Ruoqing sat under the eaves, warming herself by the fire and watching. It was too cold to make a snowman, so she didn't try.

Shen Hansong also stood beside her and did not go to play with her.

"Brother, do you think the snowman I made is pretty? Come and play with us!" Shen Yue shouted.

"Just have fun." Shen Hansong said.

"Hansong, why don't you play with them?" Shen Ruoqing asked curiously.

"This is something only children play with. I'm already grown up." Shen Hansong looked serious.

Shen Ruoqing burst out laughing: "You are so smart, how old are you, but you have already grown up. Building snowmen is not something that only young people can do, many older people also do it."

Shen Hansong said seriously: "After the Chinese New Year, I will be seventeen years old, and I will be considered an adult."

"Okay, okay, Hansong, go get a wire mesh and we'll roast some glutinous rice cakes." Looking at Shen Xue and the others playing snowball fights, Shen Ruoqing thought of the snow-white glutinous rice cakes.

"Okay." Shen Hansong quickly went to prepare.

Put the snow-white glutinous rice cake on the wire mesh and bake it. When it is baked, sprinkle some white sugar on it. It will taste very fragrant.

Shen Ruoqing blew on the glutinous rice cake before taking a bite. It was a little hot, but the outside was crispy with a burnt aroma, while the inside was soft. She couldn't bite it off in one bite. She pulled the glutinous rice cake into a long piece before she could bite it off. Her mouth was instantly filled with the sweet and glutinous rice cake.

"Aunt, I want to eat too!" Shen Xue was sharp-eyed and saw it first.

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She has changed a lot now compared to two years ago. She is no longer timid and loves to laugh more.

"Okay, let your brother Hansong bake one for you as well."

"Brother Hansong!"

Without Shen Xue's call, Han Song sprinkled sugar on the baked glutinous rice cake in his hand.

"Put more sugar in it, I like sweet food." Shen Xue said. Although the Shen family is doing better now, Old Lady Ji still has strict control over sugar and the like. Only after Shen Ruoqing is mentioned can Shen Hansong get sugar.

"Eating so much sugar, but not worrying about tooth decay."

Now everyone stopped playing in the snow and gathered around.

"Aunt, I want to eat roasted glutinous rice cakes too!"

Shen Xue was impatient. She stuffed the baked glutinous rice cake directly into her mouth as soon as she got it, but it was so hot that she spat it out.

"Be careful, it's hot."

"Aunt, I want to eat some more roasted sweet potatoes. Let's roast some more sweet potatoes."

Thinking about the taste of roasted sweet potatoes, Shen Ruoqing also felt greedy and asked Shen Hanwu to get a few more sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes were no longer eaten in the Shen family, they were kept to feed the pigs. So Mrs. Ji was very happy to give them.

I was roasting sweet potatoes when I heard a voice outside the door: "Daughter-in-law Dahai, are you home?"

The gate was not closed, so the visitor walked directly into the yard and saw a group of children roasting sweet potatoes and glutinous rice cakes.

"Hey, are you grilling something to eat? San Ya, is your grandma here? Go and help me call her out." The person who came was Aunt Chunxiang from the village, who liked to help others make connections.

"Aunt Chunxiang, would you like to try one?" Shen Ruoqing gestured to Shen Yun, and Shen Yun handed over a roasted sweet potato.

"Well, I'll be welcome then, it's just for warming my hands."

Aunt Chunxiang looked at them and thought that the Shen family was really generous. Sweet potatoes were the main staple food these days, and they just gave out so much for the children to eat as snacks.

"Grandma, Aunt Chunxiang is here!" Shen Xue shouted towards the inner room.

Old Mrs. Ji came out wrapped in a military coat, "It's Chunxiang, come in quickly."

Old Mrs. Ji and Aunt Chunxiang entered the house together.

Shen Ruoqing knew without asking why Aunt Chunxiang was here. She must be here to propose marriage to her second and third brothers.

(End of this chapter)