In the book, the female supporting role dreams of being an idle fish

Chapter 213 Birthday

Gu Lixia had even heard that a family took the betrothal gift of three turns and one ring from their sister's marriage and used it intact to propose to their brother's girlfriend's family.

My sister just cries.

Won't resist.

Can't resist.

No one taught him what to do?

Starting from this day.

Gu Lixia started to pay attention to office gossip while at work.

After get off work, I returned to the staff quarters and sat outside in the yard.

Listen to the gossip in the family compound.

Gu Lixia didn't know how to start writing.

Just gathering information.

Wait until the time is right.

Continue to live your own ordinary life.

Four, five and six passed quickly.

The weekend is here.

11 month 1 day.

The third day of October in the Gregorian calendar has arrived.

Huainan and his friends’ birthday is coming.

Early in the morning, Gu Lixia and Jiang Wen made fried cakes.

A traditional snack specializing in northern China.

Fried cake is a traditional snack in northern China.

It is a kind of fried pastry in an oval shape. The filling is usually brown sugar or white sugar. The fried cake tastes sweet and soft.

The oil cake is golden in color, delicate and soft, and will not change color or deteriorate over time. It is a pure natural green food.

Oil cake is also called fried cake, rice cake, and date cake.

Jiangcheng's local specialty is made from millet and jujube. After being fried in vegetable oil, it tastes delicate, fragrant, sweet and delicious.

Fried cakes are commonly found during festivals or when entertaining friends and family.

Especially in wedding banquets, it is served on plates, with ten slices on each plate, and eaten with sugar and starch soup.

In the morning, I made cakes and dough.

Steam.

It came out hot, Jiang Wen kneaded the dough.

Then spread the pre-cooked date paste on it.

(Pitted dates. Chop finely on the chopping board with a knife.)

Roll into long strips.

Take a piece of thread and stir it into small discs.

When the oil pan is heated up, one person slowly puts the fish in, while another person holds the chopsticks and turns it over. Fry until golden brown and a hard shell forms, then take it out.

Most children don’t like to eat fried cakes.

But it is a vegetarian cake before frying.

Gu Lixia and Jiang Wen are no exception.

2 people, eat while cooking.

One person ate 3.

The fried cake is ready.

This was one of the preparations. Jiang Wen was sent to buy meat.

2 pounds of top-quality pork belly.

First, I made braised pork belly, cut the pork belly into pieces, and blanched it in water to remove the fishy smell.

Heat oil in a pot, add onions, ginger, and garlic...simmer over low heat for 40 minutes until the sauce thickens.

Stewed pork belly with potatoes.

Cut the pork belly into pieces and add potatoes... add appropriate amount of water and simmer on low heat for 30 minutes.

I won’t make vermicelli anymore.

Call Jiang Xiu to make hand-rolled noodles.

This is the only craft that Gu Lixia recognizes from Jiang Xiu.

Jiang Wen fried eggs to make臊子.

At this time, all the green vegetables in the yard are gone.

Gu Lixia didn't plan to do it either.

That's all.

Open two more cans.

A bottle of canned pears.

A bottle of canned peaches.

Transfer the pulp to a bowl.

Do these things well.

Gu Lixia then went to call the three brothers who were playing outside.

Know what day it is.

In addition, when I woke up in the morning, I could smell the aroma of oil in the pot.

Didn't go far.

The three brothers were swinging on the swing at the gate.

When Gu Lixia walked to the door of the main hall, she saw that the boy who was swinging was Jiang Huaibei.

"Eat." Gu Lixia shouted, and Huaibei jumped down directly.

The three brothers quickly ran to the main room.

It was not just these three brothers who ran into the Jiang family's main hall.

When the swings were first made and were new, children were not allowed to use them.

After a long time, children as old as Huaibei, such as Bai Xue, will be able to play by themselves.

Before, many children clamored for it at home.

But there are almost no people in the family compound who do this.

Some families simply took a rope and tied it to a tree on the embankment.

Some children are satisfied, while others are not.

The problem is that you have to tie it up every time you play.

Later, the parents stopped doing it.

The children can only come to Jiang's house to play.

meat.

This is the first reaction of all the children when they see the food on the table in the main hall.

I've smelled it before.

I feel greedy too.

But before I saw it now, the intuitive feeling was even more serious.

I saw two big bowls of meat.

But none of them belonged to him.

Jiang Wen and Gu Lixia couldn't tell the children to eat at home.

So many children.

There were more than a dozen people who followed into the yard.

Even if we give each person one oil cake, it won’t hurt.

After all, other children in the family compound didn’t get food when other children had their birthdays.

The group of children looked at the adults in the Jiang family and saw that they had no intention of inviting them to eat with them.

Although I knew it was time to leave, I still didn't want to move.

Jiang Huainan also understood his friend's dilemma.

How often do you eat meat?

In fact, everyone knows.

There are no secrets about meat in the family compound.

The people who eat the most meat in the family compound are those who work on the pig farm.

Wang Ze eats the most.

He is the only child in his family.

Grandpa and dad are at work.

The second one is Liu Jianguo and Liu Jianshe.

The problem is that these two brothers have too many children in their family.

And not only their two families have children, but also children from other brothers' families.

There are seven brothers in his family.

This morning, only the Jiang family's yard smelled of meat.

So there are many children gathered here.

Although Jiang Huainan was embarrassed, he would not ask you to stay for dinner.

A working person can only receive 12 kilograms of meat coupons a year.

If only one person goes to work, the whole family can only eat these 12 kilograms of meat.

So meat is particularly precious to people.

Jiang Huainan remembers that his grandfather and father used to go to work.

Meat is not available for eating at any time.

The Jiang family bought extra meat from the villagers when they returned to the village.

Jiang Huainan took the initiative to stand at the door of the main hall and said to his friends, "We are going to have dinner at home, so it is not convenient for you to stay. If you want to play on the swing, go play by yourselves now."

Gu Lixia's understanding of today's children's food protection has reached a new level.

The children also know that there is no objection when eating meat and will take the initiative to keep others company.

Unless it is Chinese New Year, in order to please the next year.

You can eat some lard residue when making lard.

"My family hasn't eaten meat for several months."

"It's the same in my family. My dad said my mom sent all the meat coupons back to her parents' home."

"When will the New Year be celebrated?"

"I saw some canned goods on the table. My grandmother took all the canned goods tickets from our family and gave them to my aunt."

"That's great! I can eat good food on my birthday. I want to have a birthday too."

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Children, you and I left talking to each other.

The Jiang family sat together.

Celebrate Jiang Huainan's birthday.

Jiang Wen and Gu Lixia both had something to say.

Jiang Wen was the first to say, "Huainan. Happy birthday! You'll be 10 years old after this birthday. That brings you one year closer to adulthood. I'm allowing you to skip the washing up on your birthday today. You can continue washing the pot tomorrow. You're becoming more responsible now, acting more and more like a big brother."

After Jiang Wen finished speaking, Gu Lixia was the first to applaud.

Everyone cooperated.