317 Double Happiness, Congratulations

Xia Zhiqiu had never thought about it in this direction before. She calculated carefully and was a little uncertain: "I did not have my period last month or this month, but I am often unsure, so I am not sure."

Aunt Zhong looked her up and down and said, "I think it's nine out of ten. Oh, don't do it. Go to the hospital and you'll know."

"Dongdong, go upstairs and call your dad."

Dongdong thought something happened to Xia Zhiqiu, so he ran upstairs to call for help.

Xia Zhiqiu wanted to stop him but it was too late: "There is no rush. It won't be too late to go tomorrow."

It's so embarrassing with so many people here.

Su Taotao said: "Let's go and take a look. The sooner we know, the sooner we can pay attention."

Xia Zhiqiu's face flushed and he felt a little embarrassed when he thought about the fooling around he had with Zhang Chuncheng at night two days ago.

Zhang Chuncheng came down quickly. He also thought something had happened to Xia Zhiqiu.

After asking clearly, he took Xia Zhiqiu to the hospital with a look of surprise.

Fu Zhengtu was a quick-witted man. When he saw there was an empty seat in the kitchen, he went in to help.

Engineer Mo is also a good worker.

Li Shouwang was no exception.

Everyone worked together and soon finished all the work.

Even Aunt Zhong's job of rolling out spring pancake skins was taken away by Engineer Mo.

Aunt Zhong happily served as an off-field coach.

Then she took the children to start making mooncakes according to the method Su Taotao told her.

The children are not very good at controlling the dough, and the dog and duck mooncakes made by Chen Chen are a bit horrible.

However, Su Taotao still agreed to bake it for him.

Su Taotao soaked the aniseed thoroughly and then blew it dry, then put the roast duck with crispy skin into the oven, attracting the attention of the children:

Dongdong couldn't help drooling when he saw the duck: "Chenchen, your oven is amazing, everything you put in it will become delicious."

Dad blew his dust and nodded: "Yes, the oven my dad made is amazing~~"

It’s impossible to blow air into the roast duck’s belly these days, so in order to shape it, Su Taotao stuffed two potatoes into the roast duck’s belly.

"Mom, the duck is dead, why are you still feeding it potatoes~~"

Su Taotao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mom didn't feed it potatoes, she just wanted to make its belly full so that it would taste better later."

Little Cloud: “Ga ga ga ga…”

Chenchen turned around and said, "Duoduo, you have to be good and listen to mommy, otherwise you will be the one in the oven next time~~"

Little cloud: “Ga gaga gaga gaga~~” It flapped its wings and slipped away, leaving this dangerous place.

Fatty was also drooling: "Dad, can you make this oven? If you make it, we can bake at home."

Li Shouwang said, "It's possible to do it, but Dad doesn't have Aunt Su's good craftsmanship, so it's useless even if he does."

Fatty was deflated: "Then let's eat in the cafeteria. The food cooked by the cafeteria auntie is better than yours."

Li Shouwang: “…”Okay.

The big goose has been processed. Originally, Xia Zhiqiu wanted to make saltwater goose, but plans could not keep up with changes, so Su Taotao temporarily changed it to halm goose.

In fact, halved geese are tastier than other brine flavors, but geese are hard to buy and more expensive, so few people make this these days.

It’s still a halogen-flavored recipe, and the fragrance fills the house as soon as the water boils.

Engineer Mo couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "This is Xiao Su's craftsmanship. It's really enough to make the kids next door cry."

Fu Zhengtu curled his lips and added some firewood into the stove. There was nothing to be humble about. He had never seen anyone who could cook better than Su Taotao.

I have to say that Aunt Zhong’s chicken and mushroom stew didn’t have any messy ingredients this time. It was just chicken and mushrooms with some vermicelli, and the taste was amazing.

Mumu simply couldn't believe that this was something made by his mother.

"Ms. Zhong, tell me the truth, do you think I eat too much, so you deliberately cook terrible meals at home so that I will eat less?" She is obviously a good cook!

Aunt Zhong tapped Mumu's head and said, "Normally, there are leftovers here and there at home. It would be a pity to throw them away. So we have to stew them all together, right? Isn't it the same taste? What's not delicious about it?"

Mumu sighed: "Ms. Zhong, ask Sister Taozi, you put bitter melon and pumpkin together in the pot to stew, one is sweet and the other is bitter, they are almost fighting in the pot, can it be delicious?"

Aunt Zhong glared at him: "How can you be so exaggerated? Doesn't your father eat well? You are the only one who is picky."

Su Taotao smiled and said, "Auntie Zhong, it would be good if you just stew it like this next time. If you're worried about wasting it, then you can just stir-fry it with some minced garlic instead of leaving it in."

Aunt Zhong said, "I know. That's lazy. It wastes firewood and oil. I'll just cook it in one pot. Okay, okay, don't put it in the wrong place next time, okay?"

Mumu nodded contentedly: "That's pretty good."

His brother goes out early and comes back late, like a dragon that is rarely seen from head to tail. It is all because Aunt Zhong cooks too much, and Mumu suffers greatly from this. Finally, he sees a glimmer of hope.

Xia Zhiqiu and Zhang Chuncheng came back from the hospital just in time for dinner.

"Well, good news, right?" Su Taotao asked.

Xia Zhiqiu nodded shyly: "Yeah."

Su Taotao: "Congratulations."

Aunt Zhong also came over happily to congratulate her.

The smile on Zhang Chuncheng's face never faded. He kept protecting Xia Zhiqiu's side, fearing that someone would accidentally bump into her.

Double happiness has come, which is cause for celebration.

Today's dinner includes chicken, duck, goose, seafood, pork, and everything else.

The pork was brought by Li Shouwang.

Fu Zhengtu went to the market early in the morning to buy seafood. He bought a large box of Su Taotao's favorite oysters, as well as the prawns that the children especially liked.

Fu Yuanhang and Mumu just spent half a day peeling garlic just to make garlic sauce for grilled seafood.

Su Taotao hasn't had grilled seafood for a while, and they all crave it.

By the time Su Taotao had prepared the garlic sauce, the roast duck was just out of the oven. Fu Yuanhang evenly coated the washed and shelled seafood with the sauce and immediately put it in to roast.

Nowadays, if several families are not together, it is impossible to make such a sumptuous dinner. The dishes may seem not small, but there are actually many people. If everyone gets a share, there won't be much left in the stomach.

It doesn't matter whether you eat more or less, the purpose is to celebrate.

In the kitchen, Su Taotao was directing the preparation of roast duck.

Fu Zhengtu is very deft and can do anything in a professional manner. Su Taotao likes to see him concentrating on his work the most.

Feeling particularly sexy.

"If Mr. Fu loses his job one day, he can work as a Peking duck chef in a hotel." Su Taotao teased him.

Fu Zhengtu curled his lips: "Last time you said I could be a carpenter."

Su Taotao smiled and said, "My master is very good and can do anything."

Fu Zhengtu still smiled and let her be naughty.

After a while, when they were the only two people left in the kitchen, Fu Zhengtu asked, "Do you want to give Chenchen a sister?"

Su Taotao shook her head: "I don't have any plans for now. Why, do you really want to?"

Fu Zhengtu shook his head: "It depends on what you mean. I'm fine with either."

He always felt that he was content with just Chen Chen.

"We have reached a consensus on this issue. I will decide whether to have another child when I am 32 years old," said Su Taotao.

"Why thirty-two years old?" Fu Zhengtu asked.

"Because thirty-two is a watershed. After thirty-three, the reproductive risk index will increase."

In fact, they were all excuses. What Su Taotao didn't say was that she is now 23 years old. When the college entrance examination is resumed in 1977, she will be 27 years old. After finishing college, she will just catch up with the family planning policy.

She could decide whether to have a child at any time before the family planning policy was introduced.

She really hasn't thought it through yet.

"It's up to you."

Fu Zhengtu left the decision of having children to Su Taotao.

It would be best if she wanted to give birth to a child, because after the child was born, she would love him as much as she loved Dust. If she didn't want to give birth to a child, having Dust would be enough.

After Fu Zhengtu finished slicing the duck, Su Taotao asked him to put the remaining duck racks in the wok, fry them, and sprinkle some pepper and salt powder on them, making a dish of pepper and salt duck rack.

All the dishes were ready and filled the table: roast duck, salt and pepper duck rack, halved goose, chicken stewed with mushrooms, roast seafood, stir-fried pork with beans, rapeseed, and a pot of seaweed soup.

The side dishes for the roast duck were also very complete, including sweet bean sauce made by Su Taotao, cucumbers and green onions picked from outside, and spring cakes made by Aunt Zhong. It really filled the table.

Both adults and children couldn't help swallowing their saliva when they saw it.

This table of food would be quite explosive even if it was put in the circle of friends in the 21st century.

The aroma of baking mooncakes wafted from the oven, making the children dizzy.

Li Shouwang and his son Pangpang have never even seen many of the dishes they cook.

Su Taotao raised her coconut water and said, "On this night of beautiful flowers and full moon, I wish us peace and happiness for all the years to come."

Children and adults all raised their coconut water glasses and said, "May we be reunited!"

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