Chapter 23 Mother, you smell so good.
Wrap the dumplings and cook them in a pot.
The newly bought big iron pot can cook a lot of things.
Xiao Yuanbao and the others gathered around the pot, warming themselves by the fire and waiting for the dumplings to be cooked.
We also bought a big water tank today. Dabao and Old Man Wang took turns carrying water from the old well in the village and filled the tank.
They are all in the kitchen.
The kitchen is the largest place built after the main house.
In this way, seven or eight people can sit together around the stove, waiting for dumplings, talking and laughing with the children, and having a great time.
Add cold water three times after the dumplings are cooked.
When adding it for the first time, Xiao Yuanbao could already smell the fragrance.
She stood on tiptoe, stretched her neck and looked eagerly into the pot, "Mom, it smells so good."
Everyone is laughing, isn't it sweet?
A rare delicacy to eat all year round.
After the dumplings were cooked, the first person to serve a big bowl was given to little Yuanbao.
There were more than a dozen big dumplings!
Putting it on the simple dining table, Xiao Yuanbao started eating first. His mouth was so hot that he couldn't speak straight. He stammered, "Good, delicious, very delicious..."
The two little goat-horn braids swayed up and down happily.
Feeling very happy.
Later, Sanbao joined the battle at the dinner table, and all the children had full bowls.
"It's so delicious, Mom! It's better than anything we've eaten before!"
"Yes, even the soup tastes better."
"Mom, give Lao Hei some hot dumpling soup..."
At this time, Lao Hei was squatting at the door, looking at it eagerly.
After Cai served the dumplings to the adults, she served a bowl of dumpling soup to Lao Hei and placed it at the door. Lao Hei was so excited that he kept crying.
Everyone enjoyed the meal.
I mixed the two pounds of meat I bought today with the leeks that Auntie Wang brought as stuffing, and added a few pounds of white flour to make a big pot of dumplings, enough for eight people.
Cai was afraid that the children would eat too much, so she steamed some cornmeal dumplings for them to eat as much as they wanted.
Lao Hei drank the hot dumpling soup and had two corn cobs, which was the amount an adult eats, and he was very full.
Xiao Yuanbao and Sanbao have the best performance.
Xiao Yuanbao had a bowl and a half of dumplings, and Sanbao had a bowl of dumplings and a big steamed bun.
Everyone eats until their belly is round.
Happy and contented.
It’s so delicious that it makes me cry!
Many years later, the children recalled the happiness that began on this day.
The meat buns are delicious, and the dumplings are delicious too!
No matter what I eat next time, it will never taste as wonderful as it did today.
After dinner, it was getting dark. Mr. and Mrs. Wang repeatedly told Wang Tiangou to be obedient while at Xiao Yuanbao's house and not to cause trouble for Xiao Yuanbao. Then they went home reluctantly and anxiously.
Wang Tiangou really made a bed on the floor in the room where Xiao Yuanbao and the others slept, not far from their bed.
The ground was covered with a thick layer of dry thatch.
Then, he put on his covering.
After dinner, Cai boiled a pot of hot water.
We didn’t have the conditions to take a bath often before, but today we bought a new bed sheet and we can’t sleep in a smelly bed anymore, so the whole family decided to take a hot bath.
Wash the small ingot first.
I took a shower in the kitchen. The fire in the kitchen stove was still on, the room was warm, and it wasn't too cold to take a shower.
Cai used a large bathtub to give little Yuanbao a full body bath. She also bought some scented soap today and gave little Yuanbao a nice, fragrant bath.
The little baby's skin is soft and tender, and it feels so comfortable to touch.
Cai couldn't help but kiss him again and again.
The little breasts giggled as she was kissed.
When it came to washing Xiao Yuanbao's palm, Cai rubbed it several times, but there was still a faint mark that could not be washed off.
Cai asked, "Yuanbao, what did you touch with your little hands? Why can't you wash them clean?"
Little Yuanbao looked down and saw
Naihuhu, "No, this is the little gourd that Daddy gave me."
Cai was sad.
The little girl missed her daddy so much that she was going crazy. It was clearly a dirty mark that couldn't be washed off, but she insisted that it was the gourd her daddy gave her.
Forget it, forget it, just do as she says.
The child is too young and lacks a father, so it is normal for him to miss his father.
Precisely because the child has no father, she, as a mother, has to take better care of him.
After Cai washed the baby, she dressed him and quickly carried him back to the main house to sleep in the warm new blanket.
There were three other boys at the back, but they didn't need Cai's help to wash them because they were all grown up. The three brothers could wash together, saving water and they could also scrub each other's backs.
Washed with a large basin of black water.
A thick layer of mud came out after rubbing it.
Finally, it was Cai's turn to wash herself, and then clean up after washing.
Little Yuanbao finished washing first. He rolled around in the warm blanket, feeling very excited.
Wang Tiangou had already sat in the blanket on the ground, reading a book under the oil lamp.
He brought the oil lamp himself.
Lay it on the ground.
There was a warm light in the room.
The oil lamp was a luxury item, bought by Mr. Wang specifically for him to use for his studies.
How can other people get such treatment?
The Cai family did not even bother to buy oil lamps during this shopping spree at the market.
Xiao Yuanbao rolled around for a while, but Wang Tiangou didn't pay any attention to her. She felt bored, so she climbed off the bed and went to Wang Tiangou's side. "Brother Tiangou, what book are you reading? I can read too..."
"Can you read?"
"I know how to read! I know a lot of words. My father taught me..."
Wang Tiangou picked up the book and pointed to a few traditional Chinese characters at random and asked the little kid, "What are these characters?"
The little girl's eyes widened, but she didn't recognize him in the end.
The book she reads most is the Book of Life and Death...
"Uh, I don't know him." He felt a little embarrassed.
Wang Tiangou continued reading and ignored her.
Little Yuanbao took a quick glance and saw some unused cinnabar and talisman paper left by witch Liu.
She took it and started to beat the drum and draw talismans.
She can’t read, but can’t she draw talismans?
She originally wanted to paint with her fingers, but thinking that Cai would have to spend a long time washing her hands, she picked up the cinnabar pen and dipped it in cinnabar.
Start drawing talismans on the remaining talisman paper.
While I was drawing, Dabao and his friends came in after taking a shower.
Sanbao trotted over and asked, "Sister, what are you doing?"
The little girl was drawing with a huff and puff, "Drawing an amulet."
What I drew for the witch Liu before was a talisman to ward off evil spirits. Now I’m going to draw a talisman that is a little simpler.
These are all basic talismans.
Sanbao took a look but couldn't figure out what it meant, but that didn't stop him from exaggerating, "It's a talisman! My sister drew it so beautifully! It looks like a little mouse..."
Previously, the amulet for warding off evil spirits looked like a rabbit, but now it looks like a mouse.
This is very Sambo!
Dabao and Erbao also came over to watch their sister draw talismans.
My sister was very focused on drawing, but unfortunately they couldn't understand what she was saying.
Even Wang Tiangou put down his book and came over to watch curiously.
After Xiao Yuanbao finished drawing one picture, he felt that he was doing pretty well and could still draw.
Just take the remaining three talismans.
All the paintings were finished in one breath.
I started to feel sleepy.
I just finished painting, and now I can sleep well without having to stay up late staring in the dark.
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