Zhou Yu stammered, "I'm not, I'm not thinking about..."
"What are you thinking about?" Zhou's mother interrupted him rudely, "Come on, can you say something nice? Okay, I'm too lazy to talk to you, go to bed quickly, the day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve, we have to buy something to celebrate the New Year!"
While Zhou's mother was packing up the things she brought with her, she was thinking about what else to buy. This was their first year with their daughter-in-law, so they couldn't treat it casually.
Thinking of this, Zhou's mother gradually fell asleep.
The next day, she wanted to visit the young couple's home to see if they had any preparations.
When Shen Qingqing saw her mother-in-law coming, she happily welcomed her in and served her a cup of tea.
Zhou's mother brought a bunch of local specialties they brought from other places, including roe deer meat from the northeast.
There are also hazel mushrooms, pine nuts and so on.
Shen Qingqing smiled, "Mom, why do you bring all this? I have almost prepared everything for the New Year. We can celebrate the New Year together then. You and Dad don't have to prepare anything. I have everything ready here."
But Zhou's mother disagreed and said, "That won't work. You are my daughter-in-law. As the elders, we should prepare all these things. How can we let you do it all by yourself?"
"We came late, so before we came, we had you running around, but now that we're here, we can't just throw everything at you."
As she spoke, Zhou's mother picked up the things she brought with her. "These are all specialties we brought from the Northeast. You know what, the Northeast is a good place, with abundant products and simple and warm people, but it's too cold in winter."
As she spoke, she took out the food she had brought and said, "This roe deer meat is good stuff, tender and fresh, we can't get it here."
In addition to this, she also brought a bunch of other things including sausage, sauerkraut, etc.
When she took out the pickled cabbage, Shen Qingqing was shocked. It was such a long journey, and yet her mother-in-law brought pickled cabbage with her. She was truly amazing.
Seeing Shen Qingqing's shock, Zhou's mother smiled embarrassedly. "I loved eating this when I was there. I don't know how the pickled cabbage there is pickled, but I love it. Especially in winter, the pig-killing dishes, as long as the pickled cabbage is added, are all very delicious."
Although Shen Qingqing was not from the Northeast, she was quite knowledgeable about Northeastern cuisine in her previous life. She had indeed never eaten pickled cabbage since her rebirth, and when she saw it, she couldn't help but drool.
"It's just right. We can make some sauerkraut pork dumplings during the Chinese New Year."
"That's great!" Zhou's mother said happily. She loved eating Northeastern cuisine, but her cooking skills were just average. When she heard Shen Qingqing's proposal, she agreed without hesitation.
But then she thought, what if other people don't like it? So Zhou's mother's smile dimmed instantly, "Why not just forget it? What if you and Yuanzheng don't like it? Wouldn't it be a waste?"
"It's nothing, Mom. Don't worry. I'm sure I'll like it. You know Yuanzheng is not picky about food. If I really don't like it, we can just make two kinds of dumplings."
"That's true! Then let's pack up these things quickly and see if there's anything else we haven't bought yet. Then we can have a happy New Year as a family."
"Oh, okay!"
Shen Qingqing and Zhou's mother put away the things they brought, and fried some fruits and made some snacks. These were durable and could be kept for a long time.
There were no children in their family, so they didn't buy much candy, but they did buy a lot of other dried fruits and other things.
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