Chapter 292: Tangyuan
Eight o'clock in the morning.
Wen Shuqiao got up on time. Cancan was still clingy, but he remembered that today was the first day of the New Year and his aunt said that he should be more self-conscious when getting up.
So when he felt Wen Shuqiao get up, he also climbed up in a daze, stood on the bed with his arms open, waiting for his aunt to hug him.
Wen Shuqiao hugged him and touched his head: "Can you put on your clothes? Auntie is going to cook glutinous rice balls, how many do you want to eat?"
Cancan buried his face in his aunt's shoulder and thought for a while: "I want to eat six."
"Okay, how many eggs do you want to eat? Today's eggs are sweet." Wen Shuqiao smiled and pinched the back of his neck: "Wake up, baby."
Cancan hummed like a little pig, and finally said in Wen Shuqiao's ear: "Then I'll eat two."
"In that case, since you can't finish six dumplings, how about we eat four? And add two eggs."
Cancan agreed, put her chubby arms around her neck, and said affectionately, "Auntie wishes you a happy new year."
Wen Shuqiao turned her head and kissed his cheek: "Thank you, baby. I also wish you a healthy growth in the new year. Okay, get dressed. I'm going to cook the dumplings. After that, we'll go out and play together."
Cancan was completely sober now. He responded in a sticky voice, "Okay, auntie, can you buy me a toy car? Buy me my favorite one."
"You can buy one." Wen Shuqiao said, "Hurry up and get dressed, brush your teeth, wash your face, and apply perfume."
After arranging things for Cancan, Wen Shuqiao also came out of the children's room.
She didn't close the door tightly and was about to add food and water to Milk Cake, but she found that it was already full and even the litter box had been cleaned.
And the cake was gone, there was only milk and a little cat sitting on the sofa licking its paws.
"Cake?" Wen Shuqiao shouted, but no puppy pounced on her.
Hmm? Where's the puppy?
Just as he was about to go upstairs to look for her, the door opened. Shen Jiazhou was wearing a sports outfit, holding the reins in his hands, and Cake was twirling around his legs with its tongue hanging out.
It turned out that Shen Jiazhou was dragging me to do morning exercises.
As soon as Shen Jia came in on Monday, he saw her. His eyes lit up, and he quickly changed his shoes, untied Cake's reins, pulled out two wet tissues, squatted down and wiped Cake's feet. Before Cake could react, her feet had been wiped.
Shen Jiazhou threw the wet wipes into the trash can, and Wen Shuqiao had already gone to the kitchen to prepare the dumplings.
He followed in his slippers and happened to see Wen Shuqiao tying her black hair into a low ponytail with a hair tie.
She reached out and turned on the faucet, washed her hands, poured some water into the pot, turned on the fire, and waited for the water to boil.
Shen Jiazhou stared at her figure, watching her do all this in an orderly manner, pursed his lips slightly, and walked in: "I'll cook the dumplings."
Wen Shuqiao heard his voice and turned to look: "Good morning, I'll cook it."
Shen Jiazhou had already rolled up his sleeves, turned on the faucet to wash his hands, then picked up a pair of scissors and cut open the bag of dumplings. There were sixteen dumplings inside, and they were pistachio flavored.
He asked, “Have you ever tasted this?”
Wen Shuqiao shook his head: "It seems to be a new product? Pistachios are delicious, and they should be good when made into glutinous rice balls."
Shen Jiazhou said: "I'll cook it. I know how to cook glutinous rice balls."
Isn’t it just a matter of pouring the dumplings in after the fire is turned on, stirring and waiting for them to cook?
Wen Shuqiao looked eager to try, so he didn't want to spoil his interest and made room for him: "Come here, I'll help you watch."
The water had already started to bubble densely. Wen Shuqiao handed him the egg in his hand: "Cancan wants to eat two boiled eggs. How many do you want?"
Shen Jiazhou opened his palm towards Wen Shuqiao. Wen Shuqiao took a look and placed the egg in his palm.
The slightly cool fingertips gently touched the palm of Shen Jiazhou's hand. Shen Jiazhou blinked and looked down. Wen Shuqiao had already taken his hand back.
He said, "Boil six eggs, two for each person."
Wen Shuqiao glanced at the pot, and couldn't help but raise his hand to turn down the heat, reminding: "Okay, beat the eggs in, what are you waiting for?"
Shen Jiazhou uttered an "oh" sound and knocked the egg on the countertop, but he didn't control the force well enough and the egg shattered into pieces. The egg liquid covered his hands and some of it fell on the stove.
Are raw eggs this fragile?
Shen Jiazhou was still confused, but Wen Shuqiao had already torn off some kitchen paper to wipe the egg liquid off the stove, and said, "Don't just stand there like an idiot. Go wash your hands."
Shen Jiazhou obediently went to the side to wash his hands. Wen Shuqiao took over his place and quickly cracked six eggs into the pot. After waiting for them to solidify a little, he gently stirred them twice with a spoon. After making sure that there was no egg sticking to the bottom of the pot, he put the spoon aside.
After Shen Jiazhou washed his hands thoroughly, he moved to Wen Shuqiao's side. He looked at the whole boiled egg in the pot and couldn't help asking, "Do you think I'm stupid?"
Wen Shuqiao looked at him strangely: "What does this have to do with being stupid or not?"
Shen Jiazhou stretched out his hand: "You are so clumsy even when you are trying to pinch an egg, aren't you stupid?"
Wen Shuqiao took a look and said helplessly: "Then I am not as good as you in making money, am I not stupid too?"
"How are they the same?" Shen Jiazhou said, "They are two completely different things."
Who dares to say Wen Shuqiao is stupid? Who dares!
Wen Shuqiao smiled with his eyes crooked: "Then why are you saying that you are stupid? Don't say such things on the first day of the new year. It's unlucky."
Shen Jiazhou hummed: "Okay then, I'll listen to you. Where are we going later?"
Wen Shuqiao stirred the pot twice and said, "Pour the dumplings in."
Shen Jiazhou received the instruction and "gently" put all the dumplings down.
Sixteen dumplings were just enough for the three of them.
Wen Shuqiao was stirring the glutinous rice balls: "Put some brown sugar in it?"
Shen Jiazhou accurately found the brown sugar and put two small pieces in, and the water gradually took on color.
Wen Shuqiao praised: "You are so smart, Mr. Shen."
Shen Jiazhou: ...
Could you please not coax him in such a coaxing tone? Why does it sound so strange to him?
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