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Chapter 72 Housewarming
Lin He wrote the prepared Spring Festival couplets on red paper, Xu Jianian and Sui Sui squatted beside them, holding their breath, watching without blinking.
Until Lin He finished his last stroke, the two immediately applauded.
Xu Jianian: "It looks good!"
Sui Sui nodded: "Yeah!"
Qin Duan and Huang Kaiwen's family, who had just rushed back, stood behind them and applauded, just like Fang Luchen's family.
Wen Minmin said to Huang Kaiwen: "Let's buy a pair too."
Huang Kaiwen: "Okay."
Lin He took the gloves from Xu Jianian and put them on again, then heard Qin Duan say to himself: "The more you write, the better."
Lin He: "It's not as good as you and Uncle Qin."
Qin Duan said: "It's a pity that kid Qin Rui was impatient. He dragged you to learn calligraphy together, but he didn't succeed in learning calligraphy."
Lin He smiled and said, "His strengths are not here."
A group of them were already conspicuous, and they also brought a cameraman. More and more people recognized them and surrounded them to take photos and videos.The location of the market was reported from the live broadcast room, and many people came after hearing the news.
They called out the names of the guests and recommended that they must buy something.
Xu Jianian took the dried and rolled Spring Festival couplets from the stall owner, looked at the more and more enthusiastic onlookers, and said to them, "Let's go back to the car first, and check the list."
Everyone nodded, waved to the crowd, and transferred to the bus.
Qin Xiaoyu invited the children to sit together and shared the popsicles he just bought with everyone, "Look, they don't even need to put the popsicles in the refrigerator."
Huang Xuanyu said: "Well, I saw it too." But her parents wouldn't let her eat it, saying that it was too cold and it would cause stomach upsets.
She looked at Wen Minmin eagerly, Wen Minmin smiled and said: "I can only eat one, remember to say thank you to brother."
Huang Xuanyu smiled, took a milk popsicle, and thanked Qin Xiaoyu.
Suisui and Fang Siyu each took one, took apart the popsicle and took a light bite, which suddenly irritated the tooth to be replaced, and immediately gasped.
Finding that the other party made the same voice as themselves, the two glanced at each other, smiled at the same time, and then silently switched to the other side to bite their teeth.
Parents get together to check the list, calculate the price, check and reduce the purchase items according to the budget, and finalize the final purchase list.
It is mainly divided into daily necessities, New Year’s snacks and New Year’s Eve dinner ingredients.
Then the male guests were divided into groups, allocated funds, and went shopping separately.
Lu Yiwei was stronger and volunteered to help carry things.
Wen Minmin and Zheng Na stayed in the car to look after the children.
After more than an hour, the children had already slept in their seats, and the purchasing team came back with large and small bags of supplies.
Enthusiastic viewers followed them all the way and recommended them to buy a lot of high-quality and cheap things.
"Wife!"
When Xu Jianian got into the car, he suddenly heard a high-pitched female voice. He subconsciously turned around, and several girls screamed excitedly in the crowd.
Xu Jianian quickly found out where they were, and at the same time, his ears were slightly red, feeling embarrassed by his subconscious reaction of turning around.
Shouldn't it be calling yourself...
Unexpectedly, one of the girls wearing a mask suddenly shouted at him: "Don't let Boss Lin eat too much mutton——"
Several girls said in unison: "I will get angry!"
The crowd roared with laughter, and a few girls laughed and hid in the crowd, leaving Xu Jianian in a mess in the wind: "..."
Lin He, who was standing behind him, also had a smile on his lips, and supported his waist with one hand, "Get in the car."
Xu Jianian patted his hand away, glared at him, and hurried into the car.
Barrage: "Hahahahaha I understand everything!"
"These sisters are too brave! It's so exciting to tease your wife face to face!"
"Ah ah ah ah I hate that I'm not there, otherwise I would definitely join them."
"I'm different. I want to join Mr. Lin on the night when he finishes eating the mutton, and make a quilt for them."
"The barrage gradually began to change color."
Everyone returned home with big and small bags of New Year’s goods.
Due to the limited space in the residence, each family has been assigned to take care of some supplies.
The male guests went to fetch water and collect the nets, and the female guests began to pack up the new year’s goods they bought, and put those that should be kept in the house, and put those that should be frozen by the window or in the natural "freezer" outside the house.
There are also some daily necessities used in the igloo, which can be moved there in advance.For example, the mats for the snow bed are made of leather kang mats, which are used to prevent freezing.
Everyone was busy until the evening, Lin He and the others packed up the fish they caught today, went to check the igloo again, poured a layer of snow on the roof, and then went home.
Xu Jianian took out the Spring Festival couplets and suddenly thought: "Did we not buy transparent glue?"
Lin He paused, and said, "We bought flour, which can be used to make paste."
Xu Jianian was slightly surprised: "You will do this too?"
Barrage: "Ask the same question."
Lin He said: "The Spring Festival couplets at home are made by my aunt every year."
The paste looks more beautiful. Although he has never done it himself, he knows some principles and methods.
Xu Jianian flipped through the bag of New Year's goods and said, "The flour seems to be at Sister Lu's." It was originally bought to make dumplings together tomorrow.
"Boil some water first." Lin He picked up a small bowl and said, "I'll fill it up. They also want to paste Spring Festival couplets. It's ready to use together."
"Um."
Xu Jianian first brought a small half pot of water and boiled it on the stove, and when Lin He got the flour back, he poured it into the water and boiled it over low heat.
While cooking, stir with chopsticks in one direction until the batter is cooked more and more viscous, and the paste is ready.
Xu Jianian poured the paste into a small bowl, and pulled Lin He and Suisui to paste the Spring Festival couplets.
They didn't have a ladder or a brush, so Lin He tied a piece of cloth to a branch and dipped it in the paste.
He hugged Xu Jianian's calf, and hugged Xu Jianian who was holding a bowl of paste.
"Slow down." Xu Jianian nervously supported his shoulder.
"It's okay, just wipe it off." Lin He said steadily.
Xu Jianian found that the other party was indeed holding him firmly, so he quickly dipped in the paste and wiped it on the wall.
"Okay, okay, let me down." Xu Jianian patted Lin He, and called Suisui, "Sui Sui, give me the Spring Festival couplets."
Lin He didn't let him go, but took the paste bowl from him, put his arm around him, and let him sit on his shoulder.
Just as Xu Jianian was about to take the Spring Festival couplets from Suisui, he was shocked: "You—don't hold it with one hand!"
"It's okay, you post it." Lin He quickly handed the paste to Suisui, and put his arms around him again.
Xu Jianian didn't dare to delay any longer, and quickly pasted the Spring Festival couplets on the plastered brick wall.
Paste on both sides, and hand over the horizontal batch to Suisui.After Xu Jianian finished applying the paste, Lin He held up Suisui and asked him to stick a banner on top of the door beam.
"A little bit to the left, a little bit higher." Xu Jianian stood in the distance to help look, "Yes, it's here."
Barrage: "It really smells like Chinese New Year."
"It seems to be back when I was a child, posting Spring Festival couplets with my parents."
"+1, now our family's Spring Festival couplets are posted after I get home on New Year's Eve."
"Look at Mr. Lin's handwriting so handsome!"
Xu Jianian posted it here, and sent the paste that was still warm to the next door for others to use.
Even Qin Duan's family in the caravan bought a pair of Spring Festival couplets and window grilles, and pasted them on the car doors and windows.
The director did not stop it out of humanitarianism, but his heart was bleeding because of the car wash fee.
The four families happened to use up the same amount of paste. Xu Jianian washed the pots and bowls, and when he went out to pour water, he deliberately stood at the door and admired his own Spring Festival couplets, and the corners of his lips curled up in satisfaction.
On the eleventh day of Survival in the Snow, the guests will stay in the igloo and celebrate the new year in advance in this new home.
Early in the morning, everyone came to the igloo to gather.
Lin He and others got into the igloo and carefully removed the brackets on the snow bed.
The ice cubes on the roof are firmly bonded together and show no signs of loosening or falling off.
Lin He and others stood on the snow bed and carefully inspected every part of the roof.
"There is no gap between the ice cubes." Lin He said, "After the completion of the inspection and acceptance, you can move in."
Everyone cheered and immediately went home to carry their luggage.
Barrage: "Congratulations! Happy housewarming!"
"I've been waiting for so long, and finally I can see how they live in the igloo!"
First of all, the quilts of each family were brought in, and the ropes were pulled on the trees, and they were hung in the sun to dry.
They wanted to buy new quilts, but they didn't have enough funds, and the program team refused to give some housewarming gifts, so they could only make do with it.
They are all surviving in the snow, and no one should dislike the quilts that others have slept on.
Fortunately, the quilts provided by the program team to each family were big and thick enough. The male guest slept five people, and two beds were made, and the program team bought a single quilt.
The remaining two sets were spread on the children's snow bed and the female guest's snow bed respectively. In addition, bought a quilt for the little girl Huang Xuanyu separately, so she could sleep on the snow bed with the children or with her mother.
There were only three female guests, and a piece of the snow bed was vacated for storing daily necessities.
Lin He lit firewood in the stone stove, and the room quickly became hot. Although it was not yet warm, it was obviously much better than outside.
The children sat on the snow bed and warmed up around the stove.But after only staying for a while, they no longer felt fresh, and ran outside the house to play one by one.
"Let's build a snowman." Fang Siyu.
"I want to go skiing on the snow slope." Qin Xiaoyu said.
They looked at Sui Sui together.
Sui Sui thought for a while and said, "Build a snowman first, then go skiing."
Fang Siyu and Huang Xuanyu nodded immediately: "I agree."
Qin Xiaoyu pursed his lips: "Okay."
Although he was reluctant, he was the one who rolled the biggest snowball when making snowmen.
Barrage: "Hahahaha I hate Qin Xiaoyu straight!"
"Children in the south also want to play with making snowmen..."
The male guests went to collect the fishing nets and deal with all kinds of meat bought yesterday.The female guests began to knead the noodles, cut vegetables and stuffing, and prepared to make dumplings.
There is not enough space in the igloo, so they put the prepared things directly outside on the snow.
The meal at noon was relatively simple, a pot of pickled cabbage and fish boiled vermicelli, which made everyone feel unsatisfied.
In the afternoon, the dough woke up, and everyone started rolling out the skin to make dumplings.
Both Xu Jianian and Lin He are not very good at this job, so after learning for a while, hands that are good at drawing or calligraphy can't make good-looking dumplings.
Fang Lvchen, a dumpling expert, kept moving his hands, glanced at them, and said politely, "Although it's not very pretty, it shouldn't taste bad."
Xu Jianian and Lin He: "..."
The dough is soft and the stuffing is well seasoned, so of course it won't be unpalatable.
Barrage: "Hahahahahaha grab the bamboo shoots, Lao Fang!"
"Congratulations! Finally, there is something that President Lin doesn't even know!"
"Boss Lin: Give me half an hour, and it will be over soon."
"Cough." Lin He cleared his throat, not intending to waste time on things he wasn't good at, and said to Xu Jianian, "Let's make skewers."
Wen Minmin, Huang Kaiwen, and Qin Duan also didn't know how to make dumplings. Hearing this, they put down the dumpling wrappers at the same time and said in unison, "We're going too!"
The sun was warming outside the house, and the sightlines were better. Everyone spread the tarp in the snow, arranged all the tools, sat on the ground, and officially started the work.
Lin He and Qin Duan used thin pine branches to sharpen barbecue skewers, while Xu Jianian and others were in charge of skewering the skewers.
The children built a snowman and played snowball fights. Finally, when they were tired, they moved to the snow bed in the house to play Monopoly.
Playing and playing, don't know who fell asleep first, and they were all lying here and there.
The parents laughed, Zheng Na and Lu Yiwei wiped their hands and stuffed the children under the covers.
There are more and more dumplings on the ice table, a fire is lit in the stove, and mutton soup is simmering in the newly purchased stainless steel pot. The igloo is gradually warming up, and the aroma is overflowing, wafting out from the small windows and doors.
Outside the house, there are stacks of skewered skewers, and a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner is gradually taking shape.
Barrage: "Help! Before they even started eating, I was already crying."
"I have to order a takeaway to see."
Seeing that it was late and the preparations were almost done, Lin He got up, patted the sawdust on his body, and said to Xu Jianian, "Shall we go to Aunt Liu's house to borrow a cassette stove?"
"OK."
Xu Jianian went into the house and packed a bag of dumplings made by everyone, took two fish and some New Year's goods, and came to Aunt Liu's house with Lin He.
This was discussed in advance by everyone. The last time ate at Aunt Liu's house, the cassette stove on their table for warming big pot dishes is very suitable for cooking hot pot.
Xu Jianian and the others only used it once and didn't need to buy it, so they brought gifts to Aunt Liu's house to borrow, or "rent".
After hearing their explanation of their visit, Aunt Liu immediately brought out two cassette stoves and four cans of gas for them, but she was still unwilling to accept their things.
Xu Jianian hurriedly said: "Auntie, this is the program group's regulation, we can only rent it from you, we can't take it for nothing."
Lin He also said: "We only have one pot, just rent a stove."
"There are so many of you, how can you cook in one pot?" Aunt Liu said, "Well, I'll take the things, and can I lend you another pot?"
Lin He and Xu Jianian looked at each other, "Thank you, Auntie."
Unexpectedly, Aunt Liu said that she borrowed a pot, but when she took it out, the pot was full of fresh vegetables.
"I picked it from the greenhouse this morning. It's not worth much. You can use it to boil the meat to relieve your greasy."
Barrage: "Wow! Our aunt is too sweet!"
"It's cold, but the heart is warm."
"Before they knew it, their New Year's Eve dinner became more and more abundant."