Zhang Dandan helped serve the dumplings. After Dabao got a bowl of dumplings, he added a spoonful of chili for himself and started eating them with slurps.
In the living room, everyone held a bowl of steaming dumplings, and the room was filled with the aroma of meat, coriander and dumplings.
"Eat more, there's more in the pot." Liu Xue said, and scooped up another bowl for Song Yuehua.
While eating, Song Yuehua thought of Xiaoyu. She wondered if Xiaoyu was also eating dumplings. With Xie Wenwu and Zhou Xiaohu there, it must be quite lively in Qingzhou.
Qingzhou.
Xie Wenwu, Xiaoyu and others were also eating dumplings around the table.
The dumpling fillings are the same ones we eat at home during the Chinese New Year.
After eating a bowl of dumplings, Xiaoyu sighed, "I always feel like the New Year atmosphere is missing."
"The dumplings taste bad?" Xie Wenwu asked, looking up.
Xiaoyu shook her head and said, "It lacks the flavor of the New Year."
"What does it smell like?"
After Xie Wenwu asked, Qi Zijiangyu, Pei Feng and Zhou Xiaohu all looked at her. They didn't know what was missing from the New Year atmosphere.
Xiaoyu sighed softly and said, "I'm missing the sounds of Dabao and Xiaobao playing, the teasing sounds of the two teachers, the conversations of Granny Wang and Madam Xia, the crowing of chickens and barking of dogs in the village, the smell of soil and hay, and my sister's laughter..."
Xie Wenwu also sighed heavily, "After hearing what you said, I also miss Master a little bit."
"Should we have some drinks?" Zhou Xiaohu suggested.
Xie Wenwu's eyes lit up, "Try it?"
Pei Feng couldn't help but remind him, "Drinking will cause trouble."
"Today is New Year's Day..." Xie Wenwu couldn't think of anything he could miss during the New Year's Day.
Xiaoyu also said, "Drinking alcohol hurts your tongue. You'll have to taste the food later, so don't get drunk."
Xie Wenwu, "..."
"Forget it, I won't drink it." Xie Wenwu put the dumplings into his mouth.
Qi Zi smiled and said, "Then drink some rice wine, which is not intoxicating."
After saying that, Qi Zi looked at Xiaoyu, who nodded and said, "I can drink rice wine, too. It's really not intoxicating."
Qi Zi brought a can of rice wine from the kitchen and poured a bowl for each person. When it was Pei Feng's turn, he put his hand on the bowl and said, "I don't need it. Getting drunk will cause trouble."
"Brother Pei Feng, have you ever drunk alcohol?" Jiang Yu asked curiously.
Pei Feng shook his head slightly, and Jiang Yu smiled and said, "This is not intoxicating, but you don't have a good alcohol tolerance, so it might really make you drunk. Why don't you try it tomorrow?"
"No drinking tomorrow either." Pei Feng insisted.
Jiang Yu felt bored and ignored him.
They were unwilling to drink, but Qi Zi did not force them. He poured a bowl for each of them. They raised their bowls of sweet rice wine and clinked them together. After drinking one bowl, they continued to eat their dumplings.
Although Xiaoyu was full, she still wanted to cook some sweet water, which her sister would cook every year. As soon as she stood up, she saw Xie Wenwu lying on the table with a red face.
Everyone was shocked.
Pei Feng lifted the man's face and took a look, then heaved a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay, he's just drunk."
Xiaoyu, "..."
Jiang Yu: "..."
I never thought that someone could get drunk from drinking sweet rice wine, and it seemed that Xie Wenwu was quite drunk.
Zhou Xiaohu and Pei Feng carried the people back to the house. Xiaoyu smiled and went back to the kitchen to boil some sweet water.
Taoyuan Village.
At the Song family's side, everyone had finished eating the dumplings. Liu Xue gave everyone a bowl of sweet egg water. The two teachers waved their hands repeatedly, saying that they should drink wine after eating and would not let the sweet water take up their stomachs.
Master Yi poured Master Duan a glass of wine and said, "This year has been too difficult."
"Well," Master Duan put the wine glass to his lips, and suddenly glanced at him and said, "What does this year's difficulty have to do with you?"
The school's cellar was full of grain, and more than 30 pigs were slaughtered on the two Dong mountains, so there was no shortage of meat to eat in the past year. After a year of disaster, not only did they not go hungry, but they ate more meat than in previous years.
Master Duan said disdainfully, "You'd better go out less often. If people see you getting fatter instead of thinner, you'll be robbed at night."
"Hahaha," Master Yi laughed and poured a glass of wine for Master Duan, "Who dares to steal in the school? With Brother Duan here, I can sleep peacefully."
Dabao and Xiaobao were a little tired after playing, and after being cleaned up, they lazily curled up on the warm kang bed.
Bai Shu wrote a few riddles, and Zhang Dandan and Liu Shitou guessed one correctly each. Master Yi from the next door wanted to interrupt, but Lady Xia, who was delivering the wine, covered his mouth and scolded him, "What are you doing here, kid's game?"
Master Duan responded, "That's right. You are not a child anymore. Why would you argue with a kid?"
"Don't think I didn't see how your disciples were beaten black and blue by you." Master Yi snorted.
After filling their glasses, Master Duan said, "I am learning martial arts, and I have to practice it. Scholars like you won't understand."
Bai Shu's riddle was well written. Song Yuehua didn't say anything not because she was being modest, but because she really didn't know how to do it.
Even Xiaobao couldn't answer a few of them. Song Yuehua looked awkwardly at Granny Wang and Madam Nie who were discussing needlework.
"Master, please tell me a story." Liu Xue said, "I can't guess any of the riddles, and I don't know how to sew. How about you tell me a story?"
Song Yuehua thought that Liu Xue really didn't learn anything good from her.
After thinking about it, Song Yuehua told the story of Journey to the West. The story was too long, and when she came to the part where Sun Wukong was pressed under the Five Elements Mountain, the children were already drowsy.
In the end, Liu Shitou and Liu Xiaomian were carried back by Zhang Dandan and Bai Shu, and Master Yi was also carried back to the school by Master Duan.
The younger ones were sleepy, and Master Yi was drunk.
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