When I woke up early this morning, I heard the cries of Tangyuan and Doushabao outside. Compared with Tangyuan, who was born to be a dramatic actor, the wolf cub Doushabao seemed a little stupid. It took Tangyuan half a month to teach him how to go to the toilet.
Recently, Tangyuan has been teaching it to smell so that it can quickly take up its post to protect the home and its master. As the territory has become larger, it needs the help of its younger brothers, but obviously this task is a bit difficult. The bean paste bun always makes Tangyuan scream in anger.
The sun shone in through the window, spreading golden light all over the ground. The sound of a cold wind blew outside the window, and the branches in the distance began to sway.
This feeling of peaceful and quiet life made her feel peaceful and stable.
She climbed out of bed, washed up, and walked downstairs when she saw Mother Wen peeking out of the kitchen and said, "Xiaoyu, are you awake? Are you hungry? I'm stewing pigeon soup in the kitchen with hot water. Do you want to eat it now?"
Jiang Yu raised the corners of her lips: "Thank you, Mom. I'm a little hungry. I'll go get it now."
Mother Wen quickly waved her hands: "No, no, I can handle this little thing."
"By the way, where did Yan Qing and Grandpa go?"
"Yan Qing had something urgent to do, so he went back to the research center. As for the old man, he heard from Yan Qing that you like flowers. It just so happened that someone was selling flowers in the market today, so he went to see them. I was just about to go out to find them and then buy some groceries."
As Mother Wen spoke, she brought the soup out to the living room.
Jiang Yu washed her hands and walked in: "Then you should go quickly, Mom, lest Grandpa and the others get impatient waiting for too long."
Mother Wen said yes and went out with the basket of vegetables.
The yard became quiet again. Jiang Yu picked up the spoon and scooped a mouthful of soup. It was light and pleasant, very suitable for her current appetite.
In the later stages of her pregnancy, in addition to feeling physically tired, her appetite also became very strange. While other people either wanted to eat sour or spicy food, she had no fixed appetite, depending on her mood.
Before he finished his soup, Jiang Yu heard Jiang Yunfan's voice coming from outside.
He rushed in: "Sister, are you finally awake?"
Jiang Yu finished the rest of the soup, looked up at him and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Yunfan handed her a small box.
Jiang Yu reached out and took it: "What is this?"
"I don't know. That preserved egg was given to me. He said it was a thank-you gift to my brother-in-law."
Jiang Yu looked at the small box and thought it was cufflinks or perfume or something.
After weighing it, she even wondered if it contained small yellow croaker. After all, those who could return to China to invest, accompanied by their leaders, must have substantial family assets. She opened it with great anticipation, only to discover a piece of white Hetian jade.
The stone is about the size of a baby's fist, with a soft and delicate texture, pure color, and flawless white, like solidified fat. It is obvious that it is a good thing at first glance.
Jiang Yunfan asked curiously, "Sister, why would someone give a stone as a thank you gift?" Although this stone looked better than the ones he had picked up by the river in the countryside with Grandpa Wei before.
Jiang Yu said, "This is not an ordinary stone. It is the finest Hetian jade, and it is also mutton-fat white jade, which is very precious."
Since ancient times, people have attached great importance to mutton-fat white jade. Apart from jadeite, it is the most precious, and in ancient times only royal relatives and nobles were qualified to wear it.
Mutton-fat white jade is the best of Hetian jade and is very precious. It not only symbolizes the virtues of "benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage, and purity", but also symbolizes the secular emotions of "beauty, nobility, auspiciousness, gentleness, and tranquility".
Later, as people learned more about it, the demand for it increased, and gradually, mutton-fat white jade became increasingly scarce.
As far as she knew, before she traveled through the book, a small piece of high-quality Hetian jade was worth a lot of money. This piece of Hetian jade was the size of a fist, and in later generations it could easily be worth tens of millions.
If you hire a skilled craftsman to carve it, the price will be inestimable.
This gift is so precious!
Although its value is still unclear, her hand feels a little hot when she holds it.
Jiang Yunfan scratched his nose, still not quite understanding how valuable a stone not even as big as his fist could be.
Jiang Yu didn't explain to him any further and took the Hetian jade to her room and hid it.
The Spring Festival has passed, and factories, supply and marketing cooperatives, restaurants and other businesses have reopened.
The news that Jiangji Hotpot Restaurant was awarded a banner by the Ministry of Commerce gradually spread in the neighborhood.
Apart from state-owned restaurants with top-notch chefs, no other restaurant has ever been able to entertain foreign guests with this honor, let alone receive an award. This is not something that can be obtained easily.
Therefore, the hot pot restaurant's business is even better, and it can be described as booming.
The Lantern Festival is coming soon.
In addition to making glutinous rice balls, Jiang Yu and Wen's mother also made some dumplings. The dumplings were wrapped in thin wrappers and filled with three fresh ingredients. Each one was round and looked very cute.
The spring bamboo shoots in the filling are crispy and delicious, the mushrooms are rich, and mixed with the aroma of lard. When you take a bite, the rich soup fills your entire mouth, which is extremely fresh and fragrant.
As for the dumplings, they made three kinds of fillings: sesame filling, peanut filling and red bean paste filling.
The glutinous rice balls are small and exquisite, with delicate workmanship, round like the full moon on the 16th day of the lunar month, the size of a one-yuan coin, and white and tender.
As the glutinous rice balls gently tumble in the pot, they resemble tiny elves chasing and playing in the water, their snow-white bodies appearing particularly alluring against the clear water. Soon, the glutinous rice balls are cooked, and a tangy aroma fills the air, making your mouth water. The cooked glutinous rice balls are translucent and shiny, with the filling faintly visible inside, like tiny, exquisite works of art.
The cooked glutinous rice balls are placed in a bowl with osmanthus honey, with scattered osmanthus flowers floating in it, and the white round glutinous rice balls look very beautiful.
The skin of the glutinous rice balls is soft and delicious, melting in your mouth. When you bite into the skin, the filling inside flows out, filling your mouth with fragrance.
Grandpa Wen and brother Jiang Yunfan couldn't stop eating.
Especially the two brothers, they didn’t have glutinous rice balls to eat during the Lantern Festival in previous years. The only time their family made glutinous rice balls, there was no stuffing inside, just a little sugar. They thought it was delicious at the time, and now they know what real deliciousness is.
Jiang Yu and his friends made a lot of them. In addition to giving them to their neighbors next door, they also sent some to the Wei family.
After finishing his meal, Mr. Wen slumped comfortably in his chair. Then, as if he had thought of something, he stood up and went back to his room, coming out after a while.
He stuffed the New Year's money he had prepared over to her: "Good boy, this is your New Year's money."
Jiang Yu: "Grandpa, you already gave me New Year's money during the Chinese New Year."
Old Man Wen waved his hand and said, "You don't know this. In my hometown, it's customary for the elders to give New Year's money to children during the Lantern Festival. Take it quickly, or it will be unlucky."
Jiang Yu: "..."
The old man is using all sorts of tricks to give her money.
Mr. Wen didn't let her refuse and stuffed the New Year's money into her hands.
Jiang Yu couldn't refuse and had to accept the New Year's money.
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