Chapter 269

"Come on, Uncle Ma, this is your Four-Joy Joy Tangyuan."

"Your family of six doesn't have enough to eat with one bag? It's okay, this bag has 8 pieces, it's enough."

"Come on, Liu Ayi, this is your Four-Joy Joy Tangyuan."

"Your sister is coming to spend the New Year together today, 12 people don't have enough to eat with 8 pieces?"

Zhao Rong, standing on the side, immediately put her hands on her hips and entered battle mode: "Liu Liu Xiaojuan, if you can eat, eat; if you can't, leave. My Huaihuai got off the high-speed train after 5 o'clock and just finished wrapping the Joy Tangyuan. Originally, they were all wrapped for Director Qin at the orphanage. It's only because you are neighbors that I'm sharing a bag with you, and you're still complaining it's too little."

"Just one bag, do you want it or not? If you don't want it, give this bag to Qin Woodhead."

The neighbor surnamed Qin, who was lined up behind Liu Liu Xiaojuan, was overjoyed.

Liu Liu Xiaojuan hurriedly took the Joy Tangyuan, smiling apologetically: "Want it, want it, of course I want it. Huaihuai has really worked hard. If you have time during the New Year, come to Liu Ayi's house to eat peanuts."

The neighbor surnamed Qin was disappointed.

The distribution of the Four-Joy Joy Tangyuan lasted until 11:31. Grandpa Qiao's first portion had already been taken during the normal distribution, and the second portion was taken by sneaking back at 11:48.

A transaction at the door, sneaky and secretive; Qin Luo lay on the door, staring through the peephole to confirm it was Grandpa Qiao wearing a hat who had taken the Four-Joy Joy Tangyuan before she felt at ease.

Qin Luo, who had completed her mission, was still immersed in the joy of having made a fortune today, and hopped to the bedroom door to ask Zhao Rong: "Mom, are we going to the bank to cash the check tomorrow morning?"

"Yes."

"Then after cashing the check, are we taking the family van to Grandpa and Grandma's house, or taking the bus to Grandpa and Grandma's house?"

"Go to the bus station and take the bus. It's not like you don't know the road to your Grandpa and Grandma's house; that broken van of your dad's would be shaken to pieces by then."

"Then you can't tell them in advance about the red envelope I'm giving Grandpa and Grandma tomorrow night. I want to take it out at the New Year's Eve dinner table and give them a surprise!"

"Fine, fine, fine, everything as you say. Go to sleep quickly, your brother has long been asleep. You still have to make snacks at Grandpa and Grandma's house tomorrow, and you still have to help your brother." Zhao Rong, who was sleepy as hell and half-asleep, would agree to whatever request her daughter made.

Qin Luo happily went back to her room to sleep.

New Year's Eve, sunny.

After distributing the Four-Joy Joy Tangyuan, washing up, and going to bed, Qin Huai had a good night's sleep. After getting up, he glanced at the two suitcases already packed in the living room, and sat in the living room holding the red clothes Zhao Rong had bought for him in advance to wear for the New Year, waiting in line to take a shower.

The New Year is like this, everything must be washed; the family's clothes and bed sheets must be washed, curtains and quilt covers must be washed, and if you have cats or dogs, the cats and dogs must also be thrown into the pet shop to be washed.

On New Year's Eve, one must wash from head to toe before eating the New Year's Eve dinner. The old houses in the countryside don't have good airtightness, and it's very cold to take a shower, so the Qin family basically all take a shower on the morning of New Year's Eve, change into new clothes, and then go to the countryside.

As for Qin Huai having to go to the countryside to make snacks after showering, and steaming Diced Baozi in the kitchen until the steam surrounds him, as if in a celestial fairyland, what is the point of this shower...

Never mind, taking a shower early in the morning is the right thing to do.

Qin Huai sat in the living room holding his new New Year clothes, starting to reminisce about the dream he had last night.

He had a very absurd dream last night.

He dreamed that he had changed from Master Qin to Xiao Qin, and spent the whole night making snacks in the dream. Not only did he have to make snacks, but he also had to serve tea and pour water for the master, busy back and forth, chopping wood and lighting fires, and cleaning the kitchen.

Oh, the master in the dream was really too comfortable.

Every year when Qin Huai makes snacks for the New Year, only his sister is by his side chopping wood and lighting fires, and his parents are cleaning the kitchen; no one is serving tea and pouring water, busy back and forth.

Qin Huai was just reminiscing when Qin Luo had already completed the New Year's Eve shower mission, running out of the bathroom in high spirits, wearing a cotton-padded jacket that was red from head to toe.

Qin Huai glanced at her; even her socks were red, the same style of red socks as his.

It was probably bought by Zhao Rong for 10 yuan for three pairs at a clothing store in the county a while ago.

Qin Luo, who was already dressed round, fluffy, and red, said happily: "Brother, Happy New Year!"

"Mom and I are going to the bank, do you want to exchange your check?"

"Mine is not urgent, you go ahead." Qin Huai went in to take a shower.

Fifteen minutes later, the four red, round, and fluffy members of the Qin family gathered at the only bus station in Qu County, got on a dusty minibus without air conditioning, and embarked on the road back to the countryside.

The road in the countryside is not easy to walk; Qin Congwen dilly-dallied when he went out, and only bought seats in the back row when buying tickets.

Qin Huai and Qin Luo, the two red siblings, sat in the last row, wearing festive, fluffy, round, but not very warm cotton-padded clothes, lying on the seats like two red lanterns, shaking with the car.

One of the red lanterns was still gnawing on corn.

Bought at the entrance of the bus station, the price was raised for the New Year, and the lion opened its mouth for eight yuan a piece. Qin Luo, who had already eaten two boxes of high-speed rail bento, bought a piece of corn and a tea egg very generously, becoming the person who could eat the most on the whole bus.

"Brother, do you want a tea egg?" Qin Luo asked.

Qin Huai waved his hand to indicate that the car was so bumpy that he was afraid he would vomit if he ate half of it. Seeing that Qin Huai didn't eat, Qin Luo happily ate a bite of tea egg and a bite of corn.

"Brother, what snacks are we eating tonight?"

The children of the Qin family are like this; they don't care what main course they are eating for New Year's Eve dinner. That's not important; pork knuckles, grouper, big lobsters, abalone, and scallops are served on the table, but no one eats them; they are all for taking pictures.

Mainly, they still eat snacks.

They just love eating snacks.

"Since it's the New Year, of course, we're eating Four-Joy Joy Tangyuan, chicken soup noodles, Dream-Fulfilling Fulfilling Shaobing, San Ding Bao, Wu Ding Bao, rice wine steamed buns, Guo'er, apple-shaped dough snacks, and all kinds of Diced Baozi and shumai."

"Let's say it first, there's no time to make rice noodle rolls today. If you want to eat rice noodle rolls, go to the town to buy them yourself or go to the neighbor's house to cadge some."

Qin Luo heard it until the corn almost tasted like meat. Having seen the world for more than half a year, where would there be any room for rice noodle rolls in Qin Luo's heart at this moment? She hurriedly said: "Don't eat, don't eat, I just love eating what Brother makes."

"But Brother, didn't you say last night that the reason the Four-Joy Joy Tangyuan made yesterday tasted average was because the red bean paste and sesame sugar fillings weren't made by yourself? If I remember correctly, those two fillings need to be made in advance. Is it too late to make Four-Joy Joy Tangyuan today?"

Qin Huai smiled mysteriously: "You'll know when you get to Grandpa and Grandma's house."

Qin Family Village is considered a big village, and the bus driver very thoughtfully sent them to the entrance of the village. During the New Year, many people return to the village with big bags and small bags; if they aren't sent to the entrance of the village and have to walk another mile or two, it could take two hours to carry things.

Just after getting off the bus, Qin Huai saw Grandpa Qin, Grandma Qin, Aunt Qin Qin Xiuli, Uncle He Hua, and cousin He Cheng, all in the same red, fluffy, and round style.

It can be seen that this year's New Year's new clothes were bought together.

As soon as he saw Qin Huai, He Cheng rushed up with tears in his eyes, his voice shrill, his emotions full, and his expressions rich, wishing he could hold onto Qin Huai's thighs and complain on the spot.

"Brother, you're finally back! Do you know how I've spent the past half year?!"

Did Luo Luo is simply not a human being; it's one thing to post on Moments, but she also posts close-ups, and she always posts them at night.

"Brother, how did you suddenly learn so many new snacks?"

It can be seen that He Cheng has been paying close attention to Qin Luo's Moments for the past half year.

Qin Huai also sent his cousin's concern at the right time: "Xiao Cheng, how did you do on your final exam? Did you pass math? Brother has resources for very good tutors here. Did Luo Luo made up lessons in Gusu for more than ten days, and her grades improved by leaps and bounds. She came back with test papers this time. Do you want to make up lessons too?"

He Cheng and Qin Luo's grades have been on par for so many years, just slightly better.

He Cheng was pretending to cry just now, but now he really wants to cry a little.

When Qin Luo heard that there was such a good thing, that her cousin would follow her to make up lessons, she immediately became energetic and vigorously promoted it: "That's right, the teachers are all very good, I love making up lessons!"

Everyone:?!

He Cheng:!!! ∑(°Д°ノ)ノ

Qin Qin Xiuli had already rushed up wanting to ask her big nephew about his well-being, but as soon as she heard Qin Huai and Qin Luo say this, the words on her lips immediately changed to: "Is it that effective? Huaihuai, can those teachers only make up lessons in Gusu?"

"What's the price? I heard your mom say it a couple of days ago, it seems to be 1-on-1, 1-on-1 is quite expensive, right?"

"Auntie, it's not expensive. The make-up lessons for this holiday are over. During the summer vacation, you can bring He Cheng to Shanshi and let him make up lessons with Did Luo Luo. The first hour is for Did Luo Luo, and the second hour is for Xiao Cheng. It doesn't cost much, just treat it as my New Year's gift to Xiao Cheng," Qin Huai said.

The price of the tutors introduced by Gong Liang is definitely something that Qin Qin Xiuli and her husband cannot afford with their income. Qin Huai is now a big spender, so he simply doesn't mention the price; making up lessons for his sister is making up lessons, and making up lessons for his cousin is making up lessons, he doesn't lack money. As one of the two beneficiaries of Qin Huai, the holy hand for treating infertility, Qin Qin Xiuli has naturally had nothing to say about this big nephew Qin Huai over the years. New Year's money, daily pocket money, daily clothes, snacks, and toys are all provided.

Because Qin Congwen and Zhao Rong had to run a breakfast shop and didn't have time to take the children out to play, before Qin Huai was still in love with reading, every winter and summer vacation, it was Qin Qin Xiuli who led this big nephew Qin Huai and the two little radishes Qin Luo and He Cheng out to travel, and the effort spent naturally goes without saying.

"Okay, then I'll thank you on behalf of Xiao Cheng. I'll take him to Shanshi next summer vacation." Qin Huai said so, and Qin Qin Xiuli believed it and nodded in agreement.

Uncle He Hua silently took the suitcase and acted as a background board.

He Cheng knew that the overall situation was settled, his resistance was useless, and going to Shanshi was also quite good. Going to Shanshi in the summer vacation meant he wouldn't have to drool over Qin Luo's Moments and could eat them in his mouth.

He Cheng quietly asked Qin Luo: "Is that tutor really useful? Is he strict? Is he fierce? Does he assign a lot of homework?"

Qin Luo said: "You can eat snacks after finishing the test paper."

He Cheng felt he could do it again.

The family walked to the village in high spirits. Grandpa Qin's house is in the center of the village. For so many years, the villagers have unanimously felt that this house was built particularly well, which is convenient for the whole village to visit each other during the New Year.

By the way, Grandpa Qin's name is Qin Xiong, and Grandma Qin's surname is also Qin, named Qin Ya.

Grandma Qin was in a hurry to lead the children back, walking at the very front to open the way, with Grandpa Qin following closely behind. Qin Huai and Qin Qin Xiuli walked in the middle, and Qin Qin Xiuli consulted Qin Huai about whether Qin Luo's tutor could be applied to He Cheng, since He Cheng doesn't attend an international school.

He Cheng and Qin Luo walked out of the team and whispered. Zhao Rong's shoelaces came undone, and she fell far behind after tying them. Qin Congwen and Uncle He Hua silently acted as background boards for porters at the end of the team.

Qin Luo had just made a small fortune and couldn't hide her pride at all, asking He Cheng: "Have you paid back Brother's money?"

In the Qin family, not only do siblings settle accounts clearly, but cousins also have to settle accounts clearly. He Cheng also has to pay money if he is greedy and eats snacks that exceed his quota.

Qin Qin Xiuli and her husband have always been particularly at ease with their son's New Year's money and pocket money over the years, and have never confiscated it, because their son has never paid back Qin Huai's money.

"I've saved a lot!" He Cheng indicated that he hadn't eaten snacks for more than half a year, and this year's New Year is mainly about paying off debts, "I'll pay Brother back after getting the New Year's money, at most I'll only owe 2,000!"

"I've paid it all back!" Qin Luo showed off proudly.

He Cheng was shocked, his face full of how you betrayed the organization.

Didn't the two of us siblings owe money together, and have we always been the poor duo this year? How did you secretly get rich behind my back?

Where is justice? Where is fairness? Where is the method to get rich?

"Then you..."

"That's right, I'm going to eat and eat this New Year, hahahahaha!"

Qin Luo's wild laughter echoed in the village.

Qin Luo was laughing in the back, while Grandma Qin and her party in front of the team had already entered the house.

If it were someone who had never been to Grandpa Qin's house, they would definitely be very surprised when they first entered the courtyard, because the newest, best-looking, and most expensive-looking small bungalow in this house is actually the kitchen.

Yes, the kitchen.

Grandpa Qin always believes in one sentence: a general cannot be without a gun on the battlefield, a student cannot be without a pen in the examination hall, and his precious grandson Qin Huai cannot be without a big kitchen to make snacks.

At first, the Qin family's kitchen was not this big.

Those who understand countryside kitchens know that they are basically a small room next to the main house. In terms of area, it certainly wouldn't be small, but it couldn't be that big either.

Except for the earthen stove and the refrigerator, there was nothing else. A more particular kitchen would have two shelves for ingredients, while a less particular one would throw vegetables on the ground and put meat in the refrigerator. Most of the open space was used to store firewood and dry straw to ignite the firewood, mainly looking dirty and messy at first glance, and not clean upon closer inspection.

But the Qin family's kitchen is different.

The Qin family's kitchen is huge!

In terms of area alone, it is on par with the back kitchen of Huang Ji. Not only is it big, but it is also clean, and even divided into areas.

Those who understand pastry know that the temperature of the dough cannot be too high during fermentation; if it is too close to the heat source, the dough fermentation will definitely not be good.

Therefore, in the Qin family's kitchen, the dough-kneading area and the steaming area are separated; the dough-kneading area has air conditioning, while the steaming area is still an earthen stove.

The large open space in the middle is not wasted; it is to facilitate relatives and friends who come to the Qin family to pay New Year's greetings to enter the kitchen to ask about Qin Huai's well-being, without disturbing Qin Huai while he makes snacks.

With such a large kitchen, every year when Qin Huai steams snacks in the countryside, he can steam the kitchen into a celestial fairyland; what his strength is, I won't say much.

As an aside, this new kitchen was decided by Grandpa Qin in the year Qin Huai was a freshman, and was built with a huge investment. Although Qin Huai had to make snacks when he returned home for the New Year before, he was a student at that time, and his main task was to study and play. His family wouldn't let him do too much or be too tired, just enough for himself to eat.

In his freshman year, Qin Huai showed his true strength for the first time.

It is no exaggeration to say that the whole village was shocked that year. The elders and fellow villagers of the whole village wished they could squat in the Qin family's courtyard with bowls from the first to the fifteenth day of the New Year.

It was also from that year that Grandpa Qin deeply realized that his own kitchen was too small, which affected his eldest grandson's performance, and the poor kitchen environment made his eldest grandson not have a good environment to make snacks.

He spent a huge sum of money to build an additional specialized kitchen.

Because his own area was not enough, he also borrowed the neighbor's courtyard, and the neighbor even tore down the wall for this.

There are three neighbors around the Qin family, and the three neighbors almost fought over whose wall to tear down.

The final winner was Grandpa Qin's cousin's family, who relied on their kinship to tear down their own wall first, taking the initiative.

"Huaihuai is back!"

Almost the moment Qin Huai stepped into the courtyard, the neighbor next door, Grandpa Qin's second cousin—whom Qin Huai should call Sixth Grandpa according to seniority—flashed out from his house. Because the wall was torn down early that year, he could stand out among the relatives every year and get snacks on New Year's Eve. He is over sixty, but his movements are still agile.

"Happy New Year, Sixth Grandpa." Qin Huai said with a smile.

"Happy New Year, come, this is the matsutake mushrooms that your Uncle Uncle Dazhuang asked someone to bring back. Sixth Grandpa couldn't bear to eat them, so I'm giving them all to our Huaihuai." Qin Tianhe smiled and handed over two gift boxes of matsutake mushrooms.

Qin Uncle Dazhuang is Qin Tianhe's youngest son, who settled in another place and brings his family back every New Year.

"Is Uncle Uncle Dazhuang not coming back for the New Year this year?" Qin Huai asked.

"Didn't get a ticket, won't be here until the third day of the New Year." Qin.

Clearly, he was in a position to get the benefits first, but he himself couldn't return home to eat snacks until the third day of the New Year. Qin Uncle Dazhuang, who was in another place, equally hated everyone who got a ticket home for the New Year.

After exchanging pleasantries with Qin Tianhe, Qin Huai began to talk about business.

"Grandma, have the express deliveries that I told you to pay attention to signing for the other day arrived?" Qin Huai asked.

"They've all arrived. It's one thing for you to bring back a bunch of fillings, but why did you buy so many snacks? They are all in the refrigerator, and the refrigerator at home can't hold them, so I even went to your Sixth Grandpa's house to borrow a refrigerator."

Qin Tianhe said with a smile: "The refrigerator at home is enough!"

By the way, Qin Tianhe's eldest son sells refrigerators.

"Those are all snacks to be eaten this year, and some are raw embryos that can be steamed directly in the pot. Didn't I come back late this year? Many fillings couldn't be made in advance, so they had to be mailed back."

"Have those fruits arrived?"

"They have, there are so many that the room can't hold them." Grandma Qin said.

"It's right that there are many; this was specially mailed to our house by my friend for you and Grandpa to use for New Year's greetings."

"Then this friend of yours is quite thoughtful." Grandma Qin sighed, "There are also many shortbreads in the express delivery, some of which are broken. These things can be bought in town, it's a waste of money to mail them specially."

"Those shortbreads are delicious, Grandma. I'll go to the kitchen to make snacks first. You and Grandpa haven't eaten them yet, right? You'll know once you eat them; this was also made by my friend."

Grandma Qin nodded, and finding that the people behind hadn't caught up, she poked her head out of the courtyard and shouted to the back: "Qin Xiuli, hurry up, Huaihuai is about to start working!"

"Just waiting for you to help chop vegetables!"

(End of chapter)