Su Xia in her hometown never expected that her photo would make Chen Jianguo, who was far away in Qing Province, feel fluttery.
The little brat was happily playing with his own building blocks, but he had no idea that his drawing had spread throughout his father's workplace.
Through Wang Tiezhu's 5-cent mouth, everyone in the base knew that Engineer Chen from the Engineering Department was painted as a "grave" by his three-year-old daughter.
Wherever Chen Jianguo goes now, people greet him, watching another interesting thing that he claims is a real person.
It's a bit funny and sad.
Even the big boss was delighted when he heard the news.
But then the big boss fell silent. This was not necessarily a dereliction of duty on the part of a father, but the project was huge and it consumed a lot of manpower and materials just to rush the work. This also indirectly led to everyone going back home, and there were many people like Chen Jianguo who had not yet returned.
Finally, after a meeting of several leaders, it was unanimously decided that everyone should take turns to take leave and go home to visit their families.
Even Su Xia didn't expect that a picture drawn casually by a little kid would allow thousands of children to see their fathers in advance.
That morning, after Su Xia and Niu Niu finished breakfast, Su Xia began to prepare for Laba Festival.
After sending Niu Niu away to play, Su Xia was extremely glad that she had packed all the toys of all sizes from the two-yuan store.
Children of this age have few toys, and Niu Niu can play with a building block or stickers for most of the day.
By playing with the child, Su Xia was able to get out of a big trouble.
Seeing Niu Niu having a good time, Su Xia went to the kitchen to cook Laba porridge. By the way, today is Laba Festival.
Wash and soak a bowl of red beans, mung beans, soybeans, and peanuts for two hours before cooking.
Wash and prepare a bowl of rice, millet, glutinous rice, and black rice.
Also prepare half a bowl of red dates, wolfberries, lotus seeds, walnuts, etc.
Su Xia looked at these things. There were only four or five kinds in the village, not as complete as what she had.
This is already the Eight Treasures, there are more than a dozen kinds, and the host has put all that can be put.
After carrying it on her back, Su Xia prepared to make some bacon. She didn't have any in stock, and she had plenty of meat anyway, so she could just make it now.
Take 20 pounds of pork belly and prepare some extra to eat slowly.
First roast the pork skin side down in a hot pan, and remove it when the skin is slightly charred.
Cut the pork belly into strips half a finger wide and 2-3 cm thick.
Wash the pork with warm water, scrape off the dirt on the pig skin, then wash it with warm water and set it aside.
At this time, Su Xia began to prepare the ingredients and clean the pot on the east stove. Both pots would be used today.
There was a lot of pork and there was no big enough pot, so I had to cook it in a big iron pot.
Pour half a bottle of white wine, two pounds of soy sauce, one pound of salt, half a pound of sugar, and some spices such as osmanthus, star anise, bay leaves, etc. into the pot.
After thinking about it, I took out a large spoonful of dark soy sauce from the space, which made the color look better.
Add clean water, about half a large pot will do.
Covering the pot, Su Xia started to light the fire.
With everyone's help, it opened in a short while. Su Xia lifted the lid of the pot and left it there. After it cooled down, she put the meat in.
At this time, Su Xia's beans were almost soaked. Wash the big pot on the west side, put the soaked beans in first, add half a pot of water and start cooking.
After the pot boils for the first time, put the rice, millet, etc. in and continue to cook over low heat, stirring from time to time.
After the water boils for the second time, put in the remaining dates, walnuts, lotus seeds, etc.
Turn the high heat to low heat and cook slowly.
During this period, Su Xia was not idle either. She found a hemp rope and threaded each strip of meat so that they could be taken out after soaking.
At this time, I suddenly heard Niuniu's shout, "Mom... Sister Daya is here"
When Su Xia returned to the living room, she saw Daya standing there holding a big bowl, her little face red from the cold.
"Aunt, grandma brought over some Laba porridge."
Su Xia took it and it was indeed a semi-viscous bowl of porridge with some millet, walnuts, soybeans, mung beans, red beans, etc. It seemed that this was also ordered by the old house.
Su Xia carried the bowl into the kitchen and cleared it. After thinking about it, she felt she had to return the favor, so she decided to use the Laba porridge she made herself. She had enough ingredients and would definitely get more. Besides, she and Niuniu could finish this big pot.
Then he came to Daya and said, "Daya, play here for a while. Auntie's Laba porridge will be ready soon.
When the time comes, your aunt will go with you to the old house, okay? “
Daya happily agreed.
After Niuniu heard this, she pulled Daya to introduce the toy to her, "Sister Daya, this...this one, this one..."
Daya looked at the pile of toys and felt dazzled. Some of them she had never seen before.
'Sister Niu Niu is so happy. She eats well, wears well, and has so many toys every day. '
Daya was just envious, because her aunt and Niuniu were generous and would share candies or delicious food with herself and her younger sisters.
Seeing that the two were having a good time, Su Xia went back to take care of her own porridge.
After stirring, I felt it was ready, so I put in a bowl of sugar, stirred it several times, tasted it, and put in another large spoonful of sugar.
Well, it's ok this time, the porridge is slightly sweet and not greasy.
Then he added more fire, and when it was almost as hot as the porridge, he took a small bowl and began to serve the porridge.
It's about half a bowl per person. Although it's a lot, Su Xia's Laba porridge is much thicker than the one in the old house.
She covered it with gauze and looked at Niuniu, "Niuniu, I'm going to deliver porridge and will be back soon. Can you wait at home?"
Niu Niu learned that her mother would be back soon after sending her off, so she carried her baby with her.
When Su Xia and Daya carried the basin to the kitchen of the old house, Chen's mother and the others had just finished eating.
"Dad, Mom, this is the Laba porridge I made. Would you like to try it and see if it tastes good?"
Chen's mother saw that it was a good thing and said, "This is delicious. I'll twist the head off."
When the other people saw this basin, they looked ignorant.
Su Xia held the basin close to Chen's mother's ear and whispered, "Mom, I made bacon. You and Dad can come to my house for dinner in a few days."
After saying that, Su Xia was ready to leave. "Mom, please bring the basin over. Niuniu is at home by herself. I'm relieved."
Mother Chen was also frightened by her eldest daughter-in-law's big pen, but when she thought of bacon, she had never eaten it at her age, and her husband was probably the same, so she was also looking forward to it.
Not caring about Su Xia's tone, he gave the basin to Su Xia and let her go back.
The old house family was also curious about what Su Xia and Chen's mother had said, and they all looked at Chen's mother.
Mother Chen saw these people looking at her while eating, and turned her face away, "What's wrong? Are you hungry? What are you looking at? After eating, get back to work. I spoiled you."
Only Chen's mother would say that, as for her husband, let him go back to his room first, there is not much the eldest daughter-in-law can do, just go with her husband, and forget about the others, they owe it to them.
After Su Xia returned, she asked Niu Niu to start drinking Laba porridge, which was filled with pickled vegetables and sliced salted duck eggs, each of which was oozing with oil.
The kid took a bite of the birthday cake and a bite of the duck egg, and he didn't even raise his head while eating.
Su Xia was eating so much that she almost swallowed her tongue.
It’s so delicious!
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