This year, Tong Yiya was the one who did the talking, while Fu Shinian took action on the other side.
Yuanyuan has been weaned now, so he needs to eat four or five meals a day, and his food is always ready in the kitchen.
Tong Yiya would also instruct Fu Shinian to make some small cookies or meat strips for the child, which were small rewards for him.
"Shi Nian, this New Year's Eve, let's make more dumplings and freeze them. This way, if you're hungry in the morning, you can pick up dumplings and cook them yourself, so you don't have to get up early to make breakfast," Tong Yiya said to Fu Shinian who was working.
The main reason was that she saw him busy from morning to night every day. Not only did he have to prepare three meals a day for the family, but he also had to take care of Yuanyuan and her. He didn't have any free time every day. She thought that if she did this, he could rest a little longer in the morning.
"Okay, after we finish all the things we need to do at home, I'll get the sauerkraut out and cut it. Should we make the dumplings with sauerkraut filling or other fillings?" Fu Shinian asked
"Let's pack some radishes and shepherd's purse. Use fresh radishes and cut the shepherd's purse from dried vegetables," Tong Yiya thought for a moment and replied.
"Okay, then today you teach me how to fry this meatball first, and then I can fry the others after you're done," Fu Sinian said, his hands still in the basin, mixing the ingredients for today's meatballs.
"It's ready here. Wash your hands and heat the oil. When the oil is half hot, you can put the meatballs in and fry them at the same time," said Tong Yiya.
"Okay, then find a stool and sit down to rest for a while. You must be tired of standing for so long while pregnant." Fu Shinian stopped what he was doing, turned around and saw that she was still standing and talking to him, so he asked her to find a stool to sit on.
Fu Shinian went to wash his hands and came back to light the stove. He then took the oil can and poured oil into the pot. When the oil started to bubble, Tong Yiya told him to start cooking the meatballs.
She saw that he was not doing it smoothly at first and was therefore cooking slowly, so she got up to wash her hands, then came back to the stove and started cooking the meatballs with him.
Today they are not only frying meatballs, but also fish and tofu, and tomorrow they will make braised pork with pork belly.
Fu Shinian was always worried that Tong Yiya would get tired working with him, so every once in a while, he would let her sit aside and rest for a while.
This year they fried two kinds of meatballs, one was completely vegetarian, and the other had some minced meat added.
After frying the meatballs, take out the fish pieces that have been marinated in advance and fry them in the hot oil in the pan.
Then there are the tofu cubes. Their family didn’t make tofu this year, so they bought the fried tofu from a tofu-making family in the village.
After frying the tofu, it was already past three in the afternoon. It gets dark early in winter, so they had dinner earlier as well.
After frying, Fu Shinian let Tong Yiya take a rest. After cleaning the stove, he went to wash and put away the pots and bowls used today.
After that, I started preparing dinner. I fried something today and made a table of it to eat in the evening.
In the evening, there was a meatball soup, some fried fish cubes soaked in sauce, and a stew of various vegetables. The staple food was noodle dumplings.
"Well, Shi Nian has really mastered Xiao Ya's cooking skills. The meatball soup he made is delicious," said Mr. Zhang while drinking the meatball soup.
"That's because I, the master, have been watching over you all the time," Tong Yiya said with a smile.
Fu Shinian didn't say anything, he just smiled and put a meatball in her bowl and said, "You have the body of two people now, you need to eat more to get nutrition."
"Yes, yes, Xiaoya, you have to eat more in the future. The baby in your belly is growing bigger now, so you need more nutrition," said Mr. Zhang.
"Yeah, I've tried to eat as much as possible, but my stomach is small, so I can only eat a little at a time," said Tong Yiya
"Then you can eat more often. Whenever you feel hungry, tell me and Shi Nian. We will get you food no matter what time it is. Don't let yourself go hungry," said Mr. Zhang.
"Yes, you have to listen to Grandpa Zhang," Fu Shinian nodded and said
"Okay, I get it. I'll tell you when I'm hungry." Seeing how nervous the two were, Tong Yiya didn't object and just let them do as they said.
Later one day, late at night, Tong Yiya suddenly felt hungry, and she wanted to eat something spicy.
Glancing at Fu Shinian who had fallen asleep next to her, she decided not to wake him up. However, being hungry was not pleasant, and she couldn't sleep either, so she quietly got up and went to cook something for herself.
Unexpectedly, just as I climbed over Fu Shinian's body and sat down on the kang to put on my shoes, I heard Fu Shinian's voice behind me, asking, "Well, Xiaoya, are you going to the toilet? Wait a minute, I'll go with you, it's a bit slippery outside."
As he spoke, he sat up, then got out of bed and put on Tong Yiya's shoes. He was about to help her walk to the door when Tong Yiya said, "I'm not going to the bathroom. I'm just hungry and want to get up and eat something."
As she spoke, there was still a bit of embarrassment on her face. After all, this man moved too quickly. He didn't give her any time to speak before he had already packed up and was helping her go to the bathroom.
She was really afraid that if she didn't say anything, this man would help her to the toilet. When she smelled the odor of the toilet, she didn't know whether she would still be in the mood for a midnight snack.
When Fu Shinian heard that she was hungry and thought about her actions just now, he knew that she didn't have the heart to wake him up and was going to make dinner herself.
"Then you should have asked me to get up and go with you. It's so late at night and it's so cold outside. What if you accidentally fall?" he said
"I saw that you were already asleep, and I thought that you must be tired after doing so many things during the day, so I thought of doing something myself," Tong Yiya said
"Okay, since you are hungry, then you just wait in the room. I will make you something to eat." Fu Shinian saw that she looked a little aggrieved and didn't have the heart to say anything to her, so he told her to wait in the room.
Tong Yiya wanted to go with him, but she thought that Yuanyuan was still in the room. The child was feeling insecure right now, and she was worried about leaving him alone in the room late at night, so she said to Fu Shinian, "I want to eat something sour and spicy. Just make whatever you think is right."
"Okay, then go back to the kang and cover yourself with the quilt. I'll be back soon." Fu Shinian asked her to sit on the kang to keep warm.
Tong Yiya obediently went back to sit in the quilt. When she saw him go out, she waited for him to come back.
Fu Shinian came back soon with a bowl of noodles. He put an egg on the noodles for Tong Yiya and added her homemade chili meat sauce and sour vinegar. Even when he stood at the door, Tong Yiya could smell the sour and spicy aroma.
Fu Shinian set up a small table next to the kang, laid out the noodles, and asked Tong Yiya to come over to eat.
When she finished her noodles, he asked, "Are you full?"
"I'm full," Tong Yiya replied embarrassedly, looking at the bowl she had eaten clean.
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