Life is a Game

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, we get rid of the old and welcome the new.

No one can sleep late, because the sound of firecrackers in the village has been continuous since about four or five o'clock in the morning. Because of the firecrackers that opened the door, after the sound of firecrackers, the ground was covered in red, and the road outside seemed to be covered with a red carpet, which looked very festive.

There are no relatives in the Jiang family to pay New Year's greetings. Jiang Feng has to wait until the sixth day of the sixth lunar month to visit his grandfather's house. In the past few days, he will go to the houses of various households in the village to chat a few words. Grab a handful of candy or some homemade treats.

Eat dumplings in the morning.

The four brothers ate very little, so they waited for New Year's greetings to go to other people's homes to eat and drink. There are a few families in the village who are good at making dim sum. No one has a skill these days.

So among the juniors, only Jiang Junlian and Jiang Junqing could barely be considered children, but it's okay, Jiang Feng's brothers are thick-skinned enough, as long as they eat fast enough during New Year's greetings, the rest of the children can't beat them.

The first one to go was next door, that is, Li Cuihua's house who was trying to kill a pig.

Li Cuihua's man is honest and dull. He used to work in the street, and he is not very talkative. In addition, he doesn't know how to cook, so he has no sense of existence in the eyes of the Jiang family. The two families were neighbors when they were in the city, and they are still neighbors now that they both live in the countryside. The old neighbors for so many years know each other quite well.

Li Cuihua has one son and three daughters. She has known Grandma Jiang for many years. The two had a good relationship when they were young, but they have always competed with each other. At first, they compared marriage. The old man is the chef of the state-run restaurant, and the man Li Cuihua is from the sub-district office. Later, it was better than giving birth to a son, Li Cuihua gave birth to a son, and if she couldn't win, she was stronger than whose son was raised, but in the end, she couldn't win.

Li Cuihua felt that her son could not be counted on, so she raised her grandson well, and finally raised her grandson into a big fat boy, but ended up going out to study in college. In order to fall in love and lose weight, she raised her for nothing for more than ten years, completely extinguishing the competition between Li Cuihua and Grandma Jiang The mind of raising children.

Li Cuihua's mother is from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and she is good at making dim sum. Li Cuihua has also learned a little bit, and she doesn't know how to make other things. The plate cake is very good, and it is not bad compared with the ones sold in the market.

The plate cake was called in the past, but now it is called Baixiangxiang cake. The raw materials are glutinous rice flour, white sugar, orange cake, sesame, maltose, etc. It is made by steaming. After steaming, the plate cake is as white as paper, and the sesame filling tastes sweet. Not greasy, soft and crispy to the bite. The only downside is that it is too soft and easy to fall off. In winter, everyone wears thick down jackets, and eating two pieces of scum will ruin the whole body.

However, Jiang Feng was the only one among the juniors in the Jiang family who had this trouble. The rest of them packed a piece at a mouthful, and if the scum fell into their mouths, it wouldn't fall on their bodies.

Grandma Jiang took the lead, the old man had to stay at home, lest there be no one at home when others came to pay New Year's greetings. Grandma Jiang was not empty-handed either, and brought a bag of dumplings to her old sister Li Cuihua who had been in love and killed for so many years.

"Mushroom, cabbage and pork stuffing, your grandson's favorite." Grandma Jiang gave the dumplings to Li Cuihua.

Li Cuihua took the dumplings and smiled happily: "It's already cooked at noon today."

"Hey, where are the five fat boys in your family?" Li Cuihua was puzzled. Her aesthetics have not changed over the years. It turns out that the streets are full of thin people who can't eat enough. Fat people are rare. Fat people have strength and can work. Fatty is not as popular as before, but Li Cuihua still likes fatty.

Not to mention the height of the Jiang family, only Jiang Feng is short at 1.78 meters, and everyone else is a strong man of more than 1.8 meters. Except for the juniors who can't eat and look a little puffy in recent years, everyone else is strong !

Even though Jiang Jianguo is a tailor on the surface, he also has to shake the spoon when he goes home to cook for his aunt.

Li Cuihua's favorite is Jiang Jianguo, the reason is very simple, tall, big, fat and strong, he looks like a strong labor force.

"The five of them went to the village head's house to pay New Year's greetings, and they will come over later." Grandma Jiang said, "We came here to bring dumplings to your house anyway, you can't even give me a sip of tea just because my boss didn't come, right?" ?”

"Bah, bah, what nonsense are you talking about? The water is still boiling, or can I not make tea for you? I have already steamed the plate cake, let your little ones eat some first, let's have a good chat Let’s talk, I’ll make tea for you when the water is ready, Pu’er, my grandson bought it for me when he went to Yunnan and Guizhou to play, darling, what a big tea brick!” Li Cuihua boasted.

Grandma Jiang: ...

After hearing Li Cuihua's words, Jiang Feng and the others ran into the house to eat the cake. Zhao Liang (Li Cuihua's grandson) had already eaten it, and the scum fell all over the floor.

Jiang Feng took a closer look, Zhao Liang had indeed lost a lot of weight!

It turns out that Zhao Liang has always been fat, and Li Cuihua feeds his grandson like a stuffed duck. Zhao Liang is not as tall as the Jiang family's children, nor is he caught by the old man to learn to cook like the Jiang family's children. He has always been puffy and full of fat.

Take a look today, completely reborn!

"Hey, Liangzi, how much weight have you lost!" Jiang Ran sighed.

"Not much, just over ten catties." Zhao Liang kept talking, "Exercising makes the meat firmer and looks thinner, come here, come and eat, the freshly cooked ones are delicious, wait until it cools It doesn’t have this taste. My grandma also made it with sweet-scented osmanthus sauce, but I think the taste is a bit weird.”

Jiang Zaide took the lead and wrapped a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus sauce in one mouthful, chewed it, and commented: "It's okay, but the sweet-scented osmanthus sauce is not so good, it's not as good as the sesame seeds fried by Grandma Li herself."

"That's right, the sesame seeds fried by Grandma Li are delicious, and it's also delicious when sprinkled with maltose." Jiang Shoucheng echoed.

"But do you think the way grandma looked at us at the end was weird just now?" Jiang Zaide asked.

"It's all Xiaofeng's fault. I didn't know how to buy some special products for grandma when I went to Sichuan." Jiang Ran threw the blame on the spot.

Jiang Feng:? ? ?

"I didn't buy special products. I brought the third grandpa back. Didn't you buy something for grandma when you went to Changxi?" Jiang Feng countered.

"That's right, I didn't know to buy some tea cakes and come back. Grandma will definitely scold us when we go out later." Jiang Shoucheng said.

Jiang Ran: "...the tea cake is not from Changxi City, but from Xunyang City."

"How far is the distance, you can get there in two hours by train? Xiaofeng brought the third grandpa back anyway, but you didn't even bring back fried noodles. You and grandma apologize when you go out later." Jiang Zaide added insult to injury.

Zhao Liang who was eating melons and watching the show:? ? ?

These days, it is possible to bring living people with special products when traveling outside?