Chapter 92: It's Hard to Guard Against a Thief in Your Home
Shen Xiaoyue withdrew her hand expressionlessly, along with the twenty yuan that she had slapped on his chest.
He rolled his eyes at Lu Ping'an and said, "Don't eat and take things here."
Lu Pingan laughed softly: "Do you want me to serve you tonight?"
Shen Xiaoyue covered her ears and ran away.
Lu Ping'an followed quickly with two bags in his hands, but unfortunately his hands were full of things, so he could only whisper beside her: "If you don't say anything, I will take it as your consent. Remember to pay me the reward tonight."
After successfully getting a slap in the face, he obediently took Shen Xiaoyue back.
When the two of them returned home with lots of bags, Wu Qingyun was leading Sixia Siyu to practice cutting paper-cuts with some ordinary newspapers.
"Grandma, it's cut."
Sixia's little hands grasped a pair of large scissors, and she accidentally cut in the wrong place, breaking the window paper-cut into two pieces.
"Mom, we bought a lot of handmade paper at the supply and marketing cooperative. Let's practice directly with the handmade paper."
"Here, I bought two small pairs of scissors for the two little ones."
Lu Ping'an rummaged through the package and took out the newly bought handmade paper and small scissors.
"No, I need to practice first. Last year I didn't do a good job with my haircut and your Aunt Liang laughed at me for three days. This year I must do a better job than hers!"
Every household in the village will paste window decorations before the Chinese New Year. Although they don’t say it openly, they will inevitably compete with each other in private.
People would secretly discuss which company had more patterns, which company had more complicated designs, and which company had come up with a new style.
If a family’s window paper-cuts are not pretty, they will be laughed at for the entire twelfth lunar month.
When Wu Qingyun was laughed at last year, he secretly vowed to "avenge his previous shame" this year.
She knocked on Sixia who was staring at the two large packages and said, "Don't be distracted. Grandma's reputation this year depends on you!"
"Mom, let them rest for a while. Look what we bought."
Si Xia sniffed hard, her eyes lit up: "Uncle, it smells so good!"
Lu Ping'an took out the tightly wrapped dough stick, opened the package, and a burst of crispy fragrance hit him in the face.
The fried dough sticks at this time have good quality oil and sufficient ingredients. They are fragrant and delicious when chewed cold.
Siyu and Sixia were young and couldn't eat too much fried food, so they shared one.
Wu Qingyun was dizzy from teaching them how to cut paper-cuts and wanted to take a break, so he took a fried dough stick.
"Don't mention it, fried food is delicious. Let's make some sweet potato balls and fry them in a couple of days."
Lu Ping'an: "I'll go to the river and catch some river shrimps, coat them with flour and fry them, so they can be kept until the New Year."
Shen Xiaoyue felt a little greedy when she heard this: "I also want to eat fried meatballs."
Chop the fat and lean pork into pieces, add some condiments like green onion, ginger, salt, etc., put some sugar to enhance the flavor, crack two eggs into the mixture, and finally cut some water chestnuts into small pieces. Coat them with flour, and roll them into balls. They are so delicious.
Every family with a little means will prepare one for the New Year.
This is a solid dish.
Normally, who would be willing to use oil to fry food? It wouldn’t be enough for the whole family to eat.
But it’s different during the Chinese New Year. No matter how extravagant the event is, it seems that everything is acceptable.
Of course, this oil will be put to good use.
Wu Qingyun nodded: "Fry! Fry them all! Ping An, go catch some fish while you're catching river shrimps. This custom of having fish every year cannot be missed."
Thinking that the next few days will be spent waiting for the New Year, I feel more energetic when eating fried dough sticks.
But while eating, Sixia suddenly screamed: "Uncle! The fried dough sticks are bleeding!"
Siyu took a look and also yelled: "Stupid sister! Your teeth have fallen out again!"
Her teeth were already shaky, and she had some difficulty eating the fried dough sticks just now. She bit them hard and pulled them, and the shaky tooth fell out.
When Sixia lost her tooth for the first time, she thought her mouth was going to rot and she would never be able to eat candy again, and she cried so hard that she was out of breath.
He couldn't even speak clearly, and rushed into Lu Ping'an's room howling and spitting blood.
At that time, only she and Lu Pingan were at home.
Lu Ping'an had never seen this before. He had long forgotten about his own tooth loss.
He was startled, thinking that Si Xia had accidentally fallen and cut her mouth, so he carried Si Xia all the way to the clinic, shocking even Old Li in the clinic.
Now Lu Ping'an was very calm. He took her tooth silently, turned around, and threw it on the roof. He went to the backyard to wash his hands and came back.
The smooth movements left everyone stunned.
Sixia's tears were still hanging in her eyes, but before she could cry, the tooth in her hand was gone.
What should I do? Will she still cry?
Sixia pursed her lips and tried to express herself further.
Lu Ping'an opened the package with a snap and took out the items one by one.
White Rabbit milk candy, banana crisps, peach crisps, candied dates, cloud cakes, mung bean cakes, maltose, rice candy, biscuits...
Sixia: Damn it, I want to cry, but the tears are flowing out of my mouth.
Si Xia wiped the corner of her mouth and came closer: "Uncle, there are so many foods, I wonder if there is any for Si Xia."
Lu Ping'an smiled and said, "Of course, if you want your tooth cavity to be filled with small cakes and then grow a cake tree, then eat it."
Si Xia glared at him: "Uncle, you are scaring the child again."
Oops, it’s harder to fool kids when they grow up.
"Brother Siyu wants to eat too!"
Si Xia pulled Si Yu and made him face the pile of food.
Siyu swallowed and nodded honestly.
Two pairs of big, shiny eyes stared straight at Lu Ping'an.
After a while, as if they suddenly remembered that the person in front of them had no decision-making power, they all shifted their gaze to Shen Xiaoyue.
"Auntie~~~~"
I can't stand it.
"Okay, stop surrounding your little aunt. This is for New Year's Eve. You are not allowed to eat it. This is all we have. Put the rest away."
Wu Qingyun took out a few pieces and placed them on the table, and locked the rest tightly in the cabinet. All the important items in the house were in the cabinet, and she was the only one who had the key. Now she didn't have to worry about being dumbfounded when looking at the empty New Year's goods during the New Year.
Lu Ping'an, Lu Siyu and Lu Sixia all have a history of stealing New Year's goods, and are all key targets for prevention.
The three people being guarded: …
When he returned to the room, Lu Pingan excitedly opened his coat.
Shen Xiaoyue covered her face: "In broad daylight, in the open air..."
"Wife, what are you mumbling about?"
Lu Ping'an didn't understand, so he scratched the back of his head, searched all his pockets, and took out several things wrapped in oil paper and piled them on the table.
"Hehe, wife, luckily I'm smart. I knew that mother would lock it up and not let us eat it. Look, I prepared a separate portion of each. This is for the two of us. I won't let them eat it. We will eat it secretly under the covers."
He displayed it as if presenting a treasure.
Shen Xiaoyue held her forehead with her hand. She finally understood why Wu Qingyun wanted to lock the cabinet.
It is difficult to prevent thieves in your home even if you guard against them day and night.
If it wasn't locked, the New Year's goods would have been eaten up by a few people before the New Year.
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