Only then did I feel very happy and packed two kilograms of flour to make scallion pancakes.
But with so many people eating at home, this little bit of flour in the pancakes is definitely not enough to fill us up.
At the same time, she cooked a big pot of porridge, put flour paste and vegetables in it, and seasoned it with salt. The taste was so good that it was better than meat.
After breakfast, Qin Jiandang had nothing to do, so he took a shovel and an iron bucket and prepared to dig loaches.
The older children in the family have long been bored of staying at home.
Everyone followed Qin Jiandang excitedly, holding tools, hoping to dig out more loaches.
After giving some instructions, Old Lady Qin took her three daughters-in-law to the cellar.
The three of them were dumbfounded when they saw the three full baskets of cotton.
"Mom, this...what is this?" Zhao Yan stuttered.
Xie Yuwei was more calm and immediately guessed where the cotton came from: "God, who gave us food, also gave us so much cotton. Now we can make clothes for every child."
"God is so kind to our Qin family, we get everything we need.
"Mom, do you think we should invite the immortals back and burn incense and kneel down to worship them every day?" Zhang Xiumei asked.
Old Lady Qin shook her head and said, "That won't work. We don't know which immortal it is. We will be blamed if we invite the wrong god.
When we pay our respects, we should be more pious, the immortals will be able to sense it."
So, the three of them put their hands together, closed their eyes, and bowed three times reverently towards the sky.
Qin Han's spiritual consciousness probed out of his body and saw this scene. He didn't know what to say.
Fortunately, he is an old monster who has lived for tens of thousands of years, otherwise, with his original form being so small as a baby, he would have shortened his life sooner or later if he was thanked and worshipped by the old man like this.
With the cotton given by Qin Han, this week, Old Lady Qin and her three daughters-in-law, apart from cooking and eating, spent the rest of their time squeezed into a room doing needlework.
The older children knew that they were making new clothes for them, and they took the initiative to do housework and take care of their younger brothers and sisters.
Fortunately, the day before New Year's Eve, clothes for all ten children were ready.
Old Mrs. Qin also sewed a small quilt for Han'er to cover himself with.
Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. The children who received new clothes are taking turns to boil water and take a bath in preparation for wearing their new clothes tomorrow.
The adults were not idle either. They were all cleaning the floor, wiping and washing what needed to be washed.
Old Mrs. Qin was a clean person. Although her house was shabby, it was still drafty.
But the things in the house are all neatly arranged and usually kept spotless.
So the cleaning only took half an afternoon to complete.
The men are responsible for pasting up spring couplets, and the festive atmosphere is immediately apparent.
After dinner in the evening, Old Mrs. Qin looked depressed and tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.
Old man Qin couldn't sleep either, so he sat up, put on his coat, picked up the pipe on the bedside table, and started smoking again.
The dark room was filled with smoke, and both of them had their own thoughts.
Finally, it was Old Lady Qin who broke the peaceful atmosphere: "The fourth and fifth children, one hasn't been home for two years, and the other hasn't been home for three years. It's very likely that they won't be back for the New Year this year either.
You said, did something happen to them in the army? "
This matter has always been a thorn in Old Lady Qin's heart, and she didn't mean to think badly of it.
But the fifth brother used to send an allowance home every few months, but the allowance stopped last year.
They sent letters to Lao Wu, but they fell into the sea and never received a reply.
She could only comfort herself that the team Lao Wu was in was special and a lot of the work was confidential.
Maybe Lao Wu went to carry out some special mission, but it has been almost two years. She really doesn't know what kind of mission could have caused him to cut off contact with his family for two years.
And the fourth daughter, her only daughter, has not come back to celebrate the New Year for two years. If she doesn't come back this year, it will have been three years.
The nature of her work is different from that of Lao Wu. The former often has to carry out various dangerous tasks and may be sacrificed at any time.
But the fourth brother is in the art troupe, and his daily work is to perform various art performances, which is not dangerous.
Although there are more performances as the New Year approaches, it is normal not to be able to make it back in time to celebrate the New Year.
But at least you should write a letter home to let them know!
The two children that Old Lady Qin was so proud of now only left her with deep worry and anxiety.
Old man Qin is usually taciturn and doesn't like to talk much.
After hearing what the old woman said, he still didn't say anything, but just smoked intermittently with a deep look in his eyes.
Outside the window, the dark night, accompanied by a biting cold wind, makes people feel a bone-chilling chill.
After a while, Old Man Qin finished smoking the tobacco in his pipe, and then he spoke in a deep and hoarse voice: "The children will have good luck, and all we can do is hope that they will come back safely, but the premise is that we must not cause any trouble for them.
If they don't come back, there must be a reason for not coming back, so don't be stupid and go to the military area."
In fact, Old Lady Qin really had such an idea. She thought that if the two children really didn't come back, she planned to go to the army after the Lantern Festival.
Now hearing the old man say this, she sighed helplessly: "Go to sleep!"
At the same time, Qin Jianye, who was far away in a bitter cold land, was participating in an extremely important and extremely dangerous mission.
In order to complete this task, the organization gave him a false identity and kept him lurking beside the traitor.
When he infiltrated their ranks, he was shocked to find that the war had ended for so many years.
There are still many hostile elements lurking in the country. They take advantage of human greed and corrupt many Chinese people.
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