That day, the ground was blanketed in a blanket of pure white snow, as if gently wrapped in a soft wool blanket. The icicles, like jade, shimmered with a crystalline light, creating a striking contrast with the snow-covered trees in the distance. Snowflakes drifted between the red walls and green tiles, creating a poetic and picturesque scene, as if transported to a painting.
In the last ten days of winter, although the surroundings are wrapped in silver, a few branches of wintersweets will occasionally appear in the courtyards on both sides of the alley. The wintersweets are as cute as little bells, densely dotted on the branches, emitting a fresh and elegant fragrance, which makes people happy.
Today, when Grandpa Jiang came to pick her up after work, Jiang Yu deliberately said that she wanted to eat roast duck from the state-owned restaurant in the north of the city, and sent him to buy it, while she went home first.
As soon as Jiang Yu returned home, Jiang Yunfan came over and asked mysteriously, "Sister, what are we going to do next?"
Jiang Yu: “Help with the housework at home, and then put up the paper cuttings that Grandma Shen made.”
"yes!"
Jiang Yunfan saluted, then took a broom and went to clean the living room.
Jiang Yunzhou, Tangyuan and their dog ran up and down behind him, like two little tails.
Jiang Yu went to the kitchen and started cooking dinner.
She washed the pork tenderloin and cut it into shreds, added egg white, starch and soy sauce and mixed them evenly, and cut the dried tofu into small pieces.
Jiang Yu nodded: "No one else has any gifts for you."
Wang Yaomei burst into laughter and shook with laughter. It took her a long time to come to her senses. "Oh, by the way, Zhuzhu, your grandfather said that someone outside the team wanted to find a partner for his uncle recently. His uncle was so scared that he almost had a heart attack."
A burst of cheers immediately rang out: "Grandpa, happy birthday!"
Grandma Shen pursed her lips and smiled: “You finish making the remaining fabric according to the drawings he gave you, and you can ask Grandpa Wei to bring it to you later.”
Wang Yao couldn't help laughing: "Isn't the other party so scary?"
After the pan is hot, throw the shredded pork in. As soon as the meat changes color, take it out immediately. Then add sweet bean sauce and sugar, stir-fry over low heat, and put the shredded pork in again when small bubbles appear.
Grandma Shen also reached out and patted Jiang Yu's back heavily: "It's polite. What kind of relationship do you have with his uncle? That's a big deal. By the way, the dress he designed for his mother-in-law is really bad. You also want to make a similar one."
Shen Wanrong also touched her big belly: "Grandpa, Zhou Zhou's belly is getting fat, he needs to eat."
Grandpa Jiang looked at Jiang Yunzhou enviously, wondering if there would be such a surprise on my birthday.
Jiang Yunzhou chewed the shredded meat, and the corners of his mouth curled up little by little.
Jiang Yu said, "Little one, please sit down and eat quickly. If the food gets cold, it will be bad."
Wang Yao: "You are right, Wang Yaomei, you usually dress up to make Grandpa Wei submissive, and then put on some bad-looking clothes, it will be so charming that people will die."
Jiang Yu looked at Grandma Shen, opened his arms and hugged her lightly: "Thank you, Jiang Yunfan."
Jiang Yunzhou was startled, his eyes widened, but he still held the roast duck tightly in his hands to prevent it from falling.
Jiang Yunzhou touched the clothes under his hands, his eyes narrowed into a line with laughter: "Did he do that?"
Everyone was amused by Wei Zhuzhu's words.
The Wei family gave Jiang Yunzhou a pot of medicinal wine, and the two brothers Wang Yaomei and Shen Wanrong gave him gloves and candies respectively.
Before clearing away the broken dishes, Jiang Yu took out the new clothes she had made and handed them over: "Grandpa, that's a birthday present for you. I wish you a long life, as vast as the East Sea, as long as the Southern Mountains, a smile on your face, a happy body and mind, and peace every year!"
Grandma Shen: "You also heard about that from your Zhuzhu, my grandfather. I heard that his uncle asked people to pay attention to the Qiheyuan in Jing City. You have been neighbors with them for a long time. If someone else comes, you will still be used to it. So let your grandfather, Zhuzhu, follow and look for the Qiheyuan. At worst, our two families will be next to each other."
Wei Zhuzhu ran down and grabbed my hand: "Wang Yaomei, he won't come over quickly, the family is waiting for him to eat, you are so hungry!"
When Grandma Shen retreated, Jiang Yu was making hollow sugar cakes.
Wang Yaomei was pulled to sit on it.
By that time your kids will be crawling, and your family will be even older.
Jiang Yu brushed a layer of honey on the surface of the dough, then sprinkled a layer of white sesame seeds on it, smiled and nodded, saying, "This is the worst. You also want to be neighbors with Wang Yaomei and the others."
After frying, add cucumber shreds and dried tofu, and the dish of Beijing-style shredded pork will be ruined.
After dinner, the other children and I hurried to grab the hollow sugar cookies to eat.
"Hahaha……"
The hollow sugar cookie is hollow in the middle. After biting the front and back two holes apart, we put the hollow sugar cookie in our eyes as a telescope and looked at each other through the holes. We had a lot of fun.
After playing enough, eat the sugar cakes one bite at a time. The hollow sugar cakes are fragrant, crispy and crunchy, and very addictive.
Could it be that everyone outside the family has gone to the Wei family next door?
I almost forgot that today was my birthday. I didn’t expect that Jiang Yu and I gave ourselves such a small surprise.
Before it breaks, you put the dough outside the oven to bake.
Wang Yaomei glanced at Jiang Yu coquettishly and said, "How can that kid talk like that?"
Grandpa Jiang grinned and said, "Grandpa, was he scared? My sister said she wanted to give him a surprise."
Wang Yao said as she cut the stale dough into a dozen pieces, flattened them and rolled them into an oval shape, put sugar filling in the middle, pinched the two sides to prevent the filling from leaking out, and then rolled them into an oval shape again.
I haven't celebrated my birthday since before my wife passed away.
Grandma Shen smiled and said, “I heard that he is in his seventies and can do everything from washing clothes to cooking. It’s a pity that his uncle wants everything he says, and he can only force me outside the team.”
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