Chapter 165 Happy

Mother Qin pointed at Qin Yang and said, “Go and help your aunt.”

Lin Chuxia went over and took the dustpan from Third Aunt, “Thank you, Third Aunt.”

“Hey, we’re all family, why should I thank you? Otherwise, we can eat glutinous rice cakes this year, all thanks to Yangyang’s wife. My Xiaowu gave me 100 yuan at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, so that I could buy New Year’s goods. How can anyone come up with 100 yuan to buy New Year’s goods? This is because the couple works for Yangyang’s wife, and they have more money on hand, so your uncle and I can enjoy the benefits.”

Aunt Qin was genuinely happy and praised sincerely.

She doesn’t have as many children as other families. She only has one son, Xiao Wu, and she relies on her son to take care of her in her old age.

I used to worry that they would become a burden to their children when they get old, and there would be no one to share the burden.

Now he is better. His son and daughter-in-law go to work, and he and his wife are still strong. They farm and raise pigs at home.

Now that I have money in my hand, what is there to worry about?

Third Aunt looked at Lin Chuxia lovingly, “Eat these rice cakes first. If you like them, tell Third Aunt and I’ll steam them for you. Your mother knows that Third Aunt is the best at steaming rice cakes. She’s not like your mother, who always fails to cook the rice cakes well.”

Mother Qin was exposed and couldn’t help laughing and scolding, “Look at you, it’s enough for you to praise yourself, but you still have to put down others.”

“Am I wrong? When did you steam rice cakes without asking me to come? It’s only when Qin Han’s wife came that I don’t need to come over to watch. The children are busy this year, so don’t steam rice cakes. Tell me how much you eat.”

Mother Qin asked jokingly, “Do you have enough glutinous rice flour and rice cakes? Don’t make yourself feel bad because you eat too much. You won’t be able to celebrate the New Year well.”

Third Aunt waved her hands generously, “No, no, you look down on me, don’t you?”

During this period, Yangyang’s wife had prepared a lot of cooked food for their family. How could she care about one or two pots of rice cakes? She even thought it was not enough.

Lin Chuxia lifted the white cloth and took a look. The glutinous rice flour rice cake had been cut into strips. The steamed glutinous rice flour was translucent white and looked appetizing.

But she still spoke to Third Aunt, “Third Aunt, have you steamed the sorghum flour rice cake? I want to eat that.”

People are living a tight life nowadays, especially in the north. It is a luxury to steam glutinous rice cakes like Aunt San does. Their local rice cakes are mostly made of sorghum rice and millet.

Lin Chuxia still remembers that a kind of large-eared dwarf sorghum has been popular in recent years. It has high yield and high viscosity. When it is ground into rice and steamed into rice cakes, a lot of corn flour is added. The steamed rice cakes are yellow and sticky, and very delicious.

Later, people’s lives became better and they only made rice cakes made of yellow rice flour and glutinous rice flour. No one even planted sorghum anymore. She really missed that taste.

Third Aunt slapped her thigh and said, “Don’t mention it. I still have a pot of sorghum rice noodles. If you want to eat some, go get it from Third Aunt later. It’s all hot right out of the pot.”

Lin Chuxia responded generously, “Okay, then I’ll go get it with Auntie San. I’ll clear the dustpan for you first.”

She glanced at Qin Yang, happily went to vacate the dustpan, then took her own basket and went out with her Third Aunt.

Qin Yang also wanted to go, but was embarrassed.

Couples who go out in pairs in the village will be laughed at.

I could only watch my wife leave.

Seeing her youngest son like this, Qin’s mother smiled secretly and said, “Go change the basin of water for us.”

Only then did Qin Yang withdraw his gaze.

Third Aunt’s house is not far from Qin Yang’s house. When Qin Yang’s grandfather arranged houses for Qin’s father and his three brothers, they were all nearby.

Uncle San, Aunt San and Xiao Wu and his wife live in the same courtyard.

The yard was very clean, the glass windows were polished to a shine, and my mother-in-law always said that Third Aunt was a clean person. When Third Aunt was pregnant with Xiaowu, she was injured and gave birth to this son with difficulty and never got pregnant again.

Although we advocated that there is strength in numbers back then, when there are really too many people, regardless of whether there is strength or not, the situation is really dirty and messy.

The things were all in the kitchen. Third Aunt brought Lin Chuxia several pieces of sorghum rice cakes and wanted to pull her into the house to chat.

Lin Chuxia didn’t want to stay any longer because her mother-in-law had just finished cleaning the chicken and was waiting for her to stew it.

Third Aunt knew that her second sister-in-law’s cooking skills were not good, so she did not try to keep her and sent her to the door.

As a result, he met Qin Wen’s wife Ma Suyun.

Ma Suyun glanced at the basket that Lin Chuxia was carrying. She could still smell the fragrance faintly. She smiled and joked, “Fourth sister-in-law, what delicious food did you come to Third Aunt’s place to get? Did Third Aunt have any for me?”

Third Aunt smiled and said, “Yes, we have freshly steamed rice cakes. If you want some, go inside and get them.”

“Nian Gao? Forget it. I don’t like it,” Ma Suyun pouted. “Aunt San will make something else. But if Aunt San makes something else, I may not rush to eat it.”

Third Auntie seemed not to understand the meaning of her words and continued to smile, “What’s the big deal? Just come to my house every day and take whatever you want to eat.”

“Third Aunt is still very generous. It’s different when there are two people working in this family.”

Third Aunt also laughed heartily, and the others chatted for a while.

Lin Chuxia was not familiar with Ma Suyun and did not want to have a close relationship with her, so she said a few polite words and went home with her basket.

When she got home, she found out that while she was away, her uncle’s sister-in-law Qian Chuncao had sent her another basket of bean buns.

The red bean buns cooked at home have thin skin and large fillings, and are sweet when you bite them.

The two big roosters have been prepared, and Lin Chuxia started to make chicken stewed with mushrooms.

Qin Yang helped to light the fire, and she just focused on stewing. Soon the delicious chicken stewed with mushrooms was ready, and the whole yard was filled with the aroma of meat.

For some reason, the cooked food in the courtyard is full of the aroma of meat every day, but it doesn’t smell as strong as the one at home.

The 27th day of the twelfth lunar month is a big market. After the meat was stewed, Qin’s mother looked at the pot and urged Qin Yang to take Lin Chuxia and Xiao Zhuangzhuang to buy firecrackers.

As the new year draws to a close, local product companies have already started selling firecrackers, but if you want to experience the festive atmosphere, you still have to go to the firecracker market at the big market.

In order to attract business, the boss will set off a few strings of firecrackers to prove the quality of his firecrackers.

Crackling, the whole artillery market was filled with the sound of cannons, making it extremely lively.

Qin Yang protected Lin Chuxia and Xiao Zhuangzhuang behind him, and went from house to house, buying several strings of firecrackers and two piles of erleizi. Only then did he take the two people home with great satisfaction.

On the way back, Qin Yang looked at Lin Chuxia’s sparkling eyes and asked, “Are you very happy?”

“Happy,” Lin Chuxia nodded without hesitation, “Qin Yang, you know what? I haven’t been so happy for a long time,” and it has been a long time since I had such a warm and lively Spring Festival.

Probably about two lifetimes.

Little Zhuangzhuang was holding a string of small firecrackers, afraid that he would be missing, so he jumped up and down and shouted, “Uncle, I’m happy too. I’ll set off my little red firecrackers when I get home. Will you set them off with me? Aunt, are you afraid of setting off firecrackers? If you are, I’ll protect you.”

Qin Yang smiled and rubbed his little head, “You’re not needed for this job,” you little brat.

(End of this chapter)