Life is a Game

Jiang Feng squatted in the corner of the yard after eating the pancakes and put the plate back in the kitchen before entering the living room with the dumplings. When he put the plate back into the kitchen, the two sisters Jiang Jun, Qing, and Jiang Junlian were no longer in the kitchen. The iron pan on the stove was as clean as new, which proved the ability of the two sisters to wash the pan.

There was no one in the living room, and the greetings on the phone could be faintly heard from various rooms. Generally speaking, one hour after breakfast on the first day of the Lunar New Year is when everyone in the Jiang family calls to pay New Year's greetings. This event symbolizes the blessings of adults in the world. Among the juniors, only Jiang Zaide participates, and the rest generally Sending a happy new year on QQ or WeChat is considered a blessing.

Jiang Feng sat in the living room with some warm dumplings and ate them silently. When he ate the last one, he watched Jiang Zaide in his pajamas with stubbornness written on his face, and walked out of the room on the phone.

"Yueru, have you read the new plan I sent you yesterday? See if there is anything that needs to be changed, and tell me if there is any problem. I will start construction when I go back after the year. Let’s make a plan.”

"What's so hard about it? The New Year's Eve is just too busy. It takes a few hours to change the plan for you. It doesn't take time."

"Do you want to change the pipe again? No problem, I'll get you a new one in two days..."

"Okay, I'm going to have breakfast now, so I won't tell you more. By the way, Happy New Year. When you go back, if you have time, don't forget to take me to the roast duck restaurant you mentioned."

"Don't worry, I have time. I'm here whenever I'm called to talk about work." Jiang Zaide hung up the phone.

Jiang Feng who just swallowed the last bite of dumpling: ...

Brother De, do you still remember how you cursed the father of Party A who made you keep changing the plan last year?

"Little brother, are there any dumplings in the pot?" Jiang Zaide asked.

"There are about three or four bowls left." Jiang Feng said, handing the bowl to Jiang Zaide, "Brother De, help me take the bowl to the kitchen, I feel that I don't have enough clothes today and I need to go back to the house and add some clothes. "

This winter seems to be colder than usual.

"Who else is not up?"

"Brother Cheng doesn't seem to be up yet."

Jiang Zaide, who learned about the enemy's news, rushed to the kitchen with Jiang Feng's empty bowl.

Jiang Feng returned to the room and searched for a thin sweater in the suitcase. Just as he was hesitating between the two sweaters, one black and one gray, his cell phone rang suddenly.

At first glance, it was an unfamiliar number from Guangdong Province.

Jiang Feng pressed the answer button.

"Master, Happy New Year!" Ji Xia's cheerful voice that was enough to deafen Jiang Feng's ears came from the phone.

"Xia Xia, keep your voice down." Jiang Feng said with a smile.

"Master, guess whose cell phone I am using to call you now?" Ji Xia lowered his voice.

"Your mother-in-law's?" Jiang Feng guessed.

"It's mine. My mother-in-law gave it to me just now, and my mother-in-law even gave me a phone card!"

"Master, let me tell you, my mother-in-law is very happy when I brought those things home. My mother-in-law said that the dim sum in Peking is very delicious. When I watched the Spring Festival Gala last night, my mother-in-law ate a lot of Sachima. I will give it to my mother-in-law when I go home for the New Year next year." Buy more things! Sister Huihui told me that the roast duck is now vacuum-packed, master, do you know where to buy vacuum-packed roast duck? Tomorrow when I go home for the Chinese New Year, I will buy vacuum-packed roast duck for my mother-in-law.”

"Oh, by the way, and last night, I made ribs noodles for my mother-in-law. My sister cooked the ribs soup. My mother-in-law said it was delicious. I will make it for you, Master, when I go back."

"And there's more..."

Ji Xia chirped a lot, like a bird singing on a tree branch in the early morning, his voice was full of joy, obviously he was really happy.

"Did Xia Xia have breakfast?" Jiang Feng waited for Ji Xia to finish what she wanted to say before speaking.

"I ate it, I ate it just now, I ate the rotten balls, my mother-in-law made it."

"Ruyuan?" It was the first time Jiang Feng had heard of this thing.

"It's a cake-like thing made of rice noodles and shredded radish. Our family eats this every morning on the first day of the new year." Ji Xia explained, "Master, what did you eat for breakfast?"

"I just had lamb dumplings and pancakes."

"Wow, I also want to eat mutton dumplings, I haven't eaten mutton dumplings yet." Ji Xia made a voice of envy, "Okay, Master, I won't tell you anymore, I still have to call Sister Wu to celebrate the New Year! Bye .”

"Goodbye." Jiang Feng hung up the phone, thinking that the black sweater looks good, and was going to wear a black sweater.

Just after getting dressed, Jiang Feng's cell phone rang again, and it was Wu Minqi who called this time.

Jiang Feng decisively pressed the answer button and spoke first: "Hello, Qiqi, I was just about to call you, happy new year."

"Happy New Year." Wu Minqi said, "Did Xia Xia call you just now?"

"I called a few minutes ago. If Xia Xia hadn't called me for New Year's greetings, I wouldn't have thought of calling someone else for New Year's greetings." Jiang Feng said, "Qiqi, how are you doing these two days? Are you busy?"

"Fortunately, I'm used to it every year during Chinese New Year. Now I'm combing my hair and getting ready to go to the shop later." Wu Minqi said.

"Is your Wu's restaurant closed for the whole new year?" Jiang Feng asked.

"It's not closed, but there will be shifts. From the first day of junior high school, there will be fewer people working in the back kitchen. In fact, the traffic volume is a little bit higher during the 30th year of the new year, but it's fine at other times." Wu Minqi explained, "Let's not talk about it." , I'm going to go out too, Fengfeng, if I remember correctly, you are going to pay New Year's greetings today, right?"

"Today and tomorrow, we will go to each house in the village to say a few auspicious words. We have been visiting relatives since the third year of junior high school to pay New Year's greetings." Jiang Feng said, "Be careful on the road."

call ended.

Ji Xia's New Year's greeting call seemed to be the beginning. After finishing the call with Wu Minqi, Jiang Feng received several New Year's greeting calls one after another, all from the back kitchen staff. Later, even Ji Yue, who had already sent a happy new year message on WeChat in the early morning, made a special call to pay New Year's greetings, obviously inspired by Ji Xia.

One phone call after another, Jiang Feng didn't forget to make a New Year call to Professor Li on the way. Jiang Feng just sat on the bed and answered the phone all the time, forgetting the time.

The last call was from Zhou Shi. Jiang Feng had no contact with Zhou Shi since the annual meeting ended. Zhou Shi didn't post much on Moments on weekdays, so Jiang Feng didn't even have a chance to like his Moments.

"Little boss, happy new year." Zhou Shi said.

"I can't afford to be called a small boss even after resigning. Happy New Year." Jiang Feng smiled.

"Isn't this what the little boss is used to? If you call him something else, you'd feel a little uncomfortable." Zhou Shi laughed, his voice sounded much lighter than before, apparently because he's in a good mood recently and the tone of his speech has become relaxed up.

"It sounds like you've been doing well recently. Is everything going well? How is the private restaurant getting ready?" Jiang Feng asked.

"Thanks to you, everything is going well, and the decoration is almost completed. It is estimated that it will open smoothly in the next year. During this time, my mother has been asking someone to count the days, and insists on counting an auspicious day." Zhou Shi said.

"Just counting the days? Didn't you arrange a blind date?" Jiang Feng asked.

"It's arranged, but they didn't like me." Zhou Shi was a little helpless, "My mother has a good face, and she was angry that the woman didn't like her for the first time on a blind date. She said that the restaurant hasn't opened yet so she doesn't have the confidence not to go on a blind date. Arrange a blind date for me when the business is booming."

"That's pretty good. If the blind date really doesn't go well, come to Peiping. I'll treat you to drink sugar water and keep your blind date going well." Jiang Feng said.

Week time:?

Zhou Shi laughed twice, thinking that Jiang Feng was joking: "Okay, if my blind date doesn't go well, it will all depend on your sugar water."

Jiang Feng was about to say something else when he heard Jiang Junlian calling him outside: "Brother, hurry up and grandma is a little anxious."

"Let's not talk, I have something to do here and others have urged me to hang up first." Jiang Feng hung up the phone and walked out of the room.

Seeing that Jiang Feng finally came out, Grandma Jiang hurriedly carried the dumplings and was about to go out, she still complained: "You child, what are you doing in the room? I made an agreement with Li Cuihua this morning at 9 Go to her house at noon, it's almost 9:10, she will definitely laugh at me later because I'm too old to even forget the time."

"Grandma, don't worry, don't you still have dumplings? Grandma Li will definitely not laugh at you. I will make glutinous rice lotus root for you when I come back later. I just read the tutorial on the Internet and pondered for a while, and the first one is ready." I'll eat it for you!" Jiang Feng comforted.

"Glutinous rice lotus root?" Grandma Jiang's face suddenly softened, "Put more sugar, I know this dish, more brown sugar is delicious. Remember not to pour out the sugar water after cooking, it will be a waste."

"Also, put two less firewood when cooking, the glutinous rice and lotus root will take a long time to cook, put too much waste firewood."