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    "No need, auntie, we bought all these dishes." Xu Jianian said with emotion.

    Aunt Liu said: "Vegetables don't take up your stomach, but you can eat too much. Auntie sees that you are all too thin, eat more."

    Xu Jianian and Lin He declined, but returned to the igloo with two cassette stoves and a pot of vegetables.

    The igloo is illuminated from the inside to the outside by the orange firelight, like a huge crystal glass ball, revealing a hazy warm light.

    Drilling into the igloo through the low door, the cold wind and air-conditioning are immediately cut off, and the warmth rushes to the face.

    Everyone was slightly surprised when they saw the pot of food, but quickly realized, "Is it from my aunt?"

    Xu Jianian nodded.

    Lu Yiwei sighed: "Our aunt is really kind."

    Lin He: "After the skewers are finished, send some to her."

    Everyone nodded.

    They should have bought a few more catties of mutton if they had known this way, and brought two catties to Aunt Liu's family.However, the funds were limited, so didn't think so much at the time.The ingredients for the skewers are prepared too much, you can send some over there.

    Fang Luchen said: "It's almost time, let's have dinner too."

    "Old Fang and I cleared the table." Lu Yiwei said.They put the hard-frozen dumplings on the ice table into plastic bags and put them aside, cleaned up the table, and set out the bowls and chopsticks.

    Xu Jianian and Lin He divided the mutton soup stewed on the stone stove into two pots, put them on the two cassette stoves on the table, and heated them up.

    Wen Minmin and Zheng Na called the children up and got dressed one by one.

    Qin Duan and Huang Kaiwen moved some of the skewers outside the house, and waited for Lin He to put the barbed wire on the stone stove and start grilling.

    Firelight and kerosene lamps illuminate the entire igloo, and the aisle in the middle is crowded, and the space is a little cramped, so be careful when turning around.

    But everyone is performing their own duties and is orderly while busy, but there is a feeling of family reunion.

    The children knew that they had no place to put their feet, so they sat obediently on the snow bed and waited for the meal.

    Soon, the aroma of mutton soup was mixed with the aroma of barbecue.

    The children couldn't help swallowing, and looked in the middle of the room.

    The line of sight was blocked by busy parents, Qin Xiaoyu and Fang Siyu stood up directly, "patrol" around the U-shaped snow bed, sucking saliva non-stop.

    Barrage: "It's very similar to me when I was a child, poking my head around the kitchen door."

    "Then being spotted by grown-ups, stuffing a mouthful of fried fish or croquettes."

    "+1"

    "Looking at it this way, the space of the igloo is really small."

    "But it feels like the whole family celebrates the New Year happily, it's so lively!"

    "Dinner is ready!"

    Lu Yiwei said: "Let me have a bowl of mutton soup first, to warm my stomach."

    There were twelve bowls of mutton soup on the ice table. The guests, two on each side, sat around the ice table and held up the mutton soup bowls together.

    "It smells good." Xu Jianian said.

    There is stewed white radish in it, and put a little pepper and green onion leaves, which is fragrant but not smelly, thick but not greasy.

    The meat and radishes are stewed soft and rotten, and it doesn't take a lot of teeth at all, and children can easily bite into them.

    Especially Suisui and Fang Siyu, who were about to change their front teeth, fell in love with the sweet, soft and meaty white radish by coincidence.

    "Let's do one?" Fang Luchen raised his bowl and suggested.

    Everyone raised their bowls and touched those around them, saying in unison: "Happy New Year!"

    Barrage: "Happy New Year!" ×10086

    "Ahhhhhhhhh I'm so hungry!"

    "Even Sui Zong, who has changed his teeth, eats it so happily, I believe it is really delicious!"

    "It's too much to change the survival show to group eating and broadcasting!"

    "Wake up sisters, this is a food show."

    "Oh, that's okay, I'm going to order a takeaway."

    After drinking the first pot of the most fragrant mutton soup, everyone poured water into the two soup pots to prepare the meat dishes.

    The first batch of kebabs has also been grilled. The homemade mutton kebabs, pork belly kebabs, beef kebabs and grilled fish kebabs are full of meat aromas, and the chicken tenders, hot dogs, fresh shrimp and bean curds, vegetables, etc.Do not lose the former.

    The stove was too small to cook too much, so each family in the first batch only got four or five skewers, and after eating it in two or three bites, they looked at Lin He and Fang Lvchen who were grilling meat.

    "The water is boiling." Xu Jianian opened the lid of the pot, "Let's boil the meat first."

    Thinly sliced mutton, pork belly, and beef are put into the pot in batches, and it only takes about ten seconds to cook them just right, tender but not overcooked.

    The radish, winter melon and frozen tofu are also put in to cook. The broth is cooked with a sweet taste, and the vegetarian dishes inhale the meaty taste.

    If you like spicy food, take a spoonful of dipping sauce with millet pepper, if you don’t like spicy food, dip it in sesame sauce.

    Xu Jianian picked up a piece of meat and fed it to Lin He, who was grilling skewers, "Be careful it's hot."

    Lin He opened his mouth to eat, and said to him, "You eat first, I'll finish baking these."

    Qin Duan said to Lin He: "I'll come after you guys finish roasting this wave."

    Fang Lvchen turned over the skewers and said, "Okay, let's take turns."

    Huang Kaiwen picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth. It was so hot that he opened his mouth and let out a breath. After swallowing it with difficulty, he exclaimed, "Unbelievable!"

    "Is this really made by us?" He exaggerated, "Let's open a store together and use this recipe."

    Everyone laughed, Qin Xiaoyu and Fang Siyu's cheeks were bulging, and they didn't forget to raise their hands to be the king of support: "Chicken ride (support)!"

    Barrage: "Support and support! Please open it!"

    "I want to eat too, so I asked if you can open tomorrow?"

    "Hahahahaha"

    After a few waves of shabu-shabu and skewers were eaten, everyone put down their chopsticks and took a while.

    Lin He wrapped the newly baked skewers in a fresh-keeping bag, wrapped them in a down jacket, and sent them to Aunt Liu's house.

    Several parents in the igloo had already taken off their down jackets, Fang Lvchen sighed: "Not to mention, our room is really warm."

    Qin Duan said: "Ice is a poor conductor of heat and can insulate heat exchange. When we light a fire and cook inside, the warm air will not escape outside, and the temperature in the room will gradually rise."

    The small windows that let in light during the day have been temporarily covered with plastic film after the wind blows at night.

    Wen Minmin said: "It's so hot, will the ice melt?"

    Xu Jianian said: "The surface of the ice cube near the heat source will melt a little bit, but the overall ambient temperature is not high, and it will freeze again soon, so it should not affect it."

    Zheng Na nodded: "Yes, and the melting and freezing of the ice surface will make the ice wall stronger."

    Lu Yiwei pointed to a small mark on the ice table: "Look, the hot soup is frozen on the table."

    Everyone was slightly surprised: "It really is."

    Xu Jianian said: "It's a mistake, I should buy a tablecloth or Kang leather to spread on the table."

    Fang Lvchen: "This table probably won't be wiped clean, it's time to scrape off a layer of ice."

    After a while, Lin He returned to the igloo.Xu Jianian blanched some meat dishes for him, "Eat some more."

    "Yeah." Lin He took off his gloves, took the chopsticks and continued to eat.

    When everyone saw it, they swallowed again, Fang Luchen: "Shall we boil another pot of meat?"

    Zheng Na said, "By the way, the dumplings haven't been cooked yet."

    Huang Kai smelled it and said, "I'm going to grill."

    Barrage: "Help! Are you still not full?"

    "You can still eat after a break."

    "I'll have some after-dinner fruit after eating."

    "Let's talk about digestion."

    "A little supper later?"

    "Hahahahaha was arranged clearly by you."

    Everyone vacated a pot for cooking dumplings.

    Once the dumplings are cooked, the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year is more intense.

    Xu Jianian took two small wooden bowls, poured a bowl of vinegar and a bowl of light soy sauce, and added a spoonful of chili oil to the soy sauce bowl for everyone to choose.

    He himself likes to have a spoonful of salty and spicy dipping sauce first, and then add a little vinegar to enhance the umami without being too sour.

    The white and fat dumplings are tossed in boiling water and gradually become ripe.Fang Lvchen picked up bowls and served them to everyone, and even made a bowl for the director and cameramen to taste.

    Lu Yiwei said: "We made a few chocolate and toffee dumplings. If we eat them, we will be lucky stars. If we want to say auspicious words, we will pass on good luck to everyone."

    They originally wanted to wrap coins in the traditional way, but considering that it is not safe for children to eat, if they accidentally get stuck in their throats, the good things will turn into bad things.

    Chocolate and toffee will soften after heating, which is safer, but don't know if they taste good or not.

    "I've eaten it!" Huang Xuanyu was the first to speak, holding up the bowl to show everyone the half-bitten dumpling, and the melted chocolate flowed out.

    Wen Minmin touched her head, "Quickly pass on good luck to everyone."

    Huang Xuanyu immediately said: "I wish everyone a happy new year and happy every day!"

    "I've eaten it too!" As soon as she finished speaking, Qin Xiaoyu stood up.

    He grinned and showed everyone the toffee in his mouth.

    Zheng Na quickly patted him, "I saw it, I saw it, take it back."

    The boiled toffee is so soft that it will fall off after biting.

    Qin Xiaoyu sucked the toffee in, put it on his left cheek, and said loudly: "I wish you all the best and good luck."

    Seeing this, Fang Siyu quickly picked up the dumplings in the bowl, picked a big one and bit into it.

    Sui Sui carefully looked at the sugar dumplings that Huang Xuanyu and Qin Xiaoyu ate, then looked down at his own bowl, and suddenly had a guess——

    The dumplings wrapped in sugar seem to be more deflated, not as plump as ordinary dumplings, and the ones wrapped in chocolate look darker.

    Seeing that there was no sugar in the big dumpling Fang Siyu bit into, Sui Sui basically affirmed his speculation.

    Uncle Fang must know this, so he called one for each child.

    "Huh?" At this time, Xu Jianian paused slightly, "I seem to have eaten a piece of chocolate."

    He let go of the half-bitten dumpling, and sure enough, chocolate juice flowed out.And this dumpling was put into his bowl by Lin He just now.

    He looked at Lin He, but the latter smiled and urged him, "Say auspicious words quickly."

    Xu Jianian curled the corners of his lips and said, "Then I wish you all more years of prosperity, peace every year, good luck, and a happy family."

    The other adults smiled and thought of the couplet written by Lin He, which was really appropriate for the occasion.

    Barrage: "Who put the dumplings in my wife's bowl? I saw it but I won't say it."

    "Why do some people abuse dogs even after eating dumplings?"

    "The single dog kicked over this bowl of dog food, and said he was full!"

    Sui Sui looked at the dark dumpling in his father's bowl, and thought that he had guessed correctly.

    Seeing that Fang Siyu was about to attack the next big dumpling, he reminded him, "Try the small one."

    "This?" Fang Siyu scooped up the shriveled dumpling in the bowl with a spoon, saw Sui Sui nodded, and then bit it open with his right tooth, the tip of his tongue immediately tasted the taste of toffee.

    "I got it too!" He said excitedly.

    Sui Sui also bit into the small dumplings in his bowl, and the rich chocolate taste flowed into his mouth. He swallowed it calmly, and said to everyone: "I wish you all smooth sailing and good luck."

    "It's your turn, Fang Siyu." Qin Xiaoyu reminded him.

    Fang Siyu thought for a while, then suddenly bowed his hands to everyone, and said with a sweet smile, "Gong Xi Fa Cai, here are the red envelopes."

    Barrage: "Hahahahaha, you still have a brilliant mind!"

    "That's a good point! It's really time to give out lucky money."

    The parents touched their pockets with smiles, took out a red envelope, and handed it to their children.

    The children's eyes lit up, and they took the red envelopes and thanked them in unison, "Thank you, Dad/Mom!"

    "Let me see how much money there is." Qin Xiaoyu said.

    "One hundred yuan!" Fang Siyu couldn't wait to take the money apart and lifted it up.

    Sui Sui opened it and took a look, then looked at Xu Jianian, "Dad, do we have no money after giving out the red envelope?"

    The children were taken aback and looked at the parents.

    Xu Jianian didn't expect Sui Sui to be so perceptive, and the money given out to the children in red envelopes now is indeed the balance of the 600 yuan reserve after buying the quilt.

    "Don't worry." He comforted Sui Sui, "We still have a lot of New Year's goods and food, enough for tomorrow."

    Wen Minmin said: "That's right, tomorrow is the last day, don't worry about money."

    Sui Sui thought for a while, then looked at the director beside him, "Uncle Director, do we have an assignment tomorrow?"

    The director said, "No."

    "Then can we go out to play?" Sui Sui held up the red envelope, "Use this money."

    The children echoed: "Yes!"

    Qin Xiaoyu said: "We have a total of four hundred yuan!"

    The director was very happy to see the positive appearance of the children, and asked with a smile, "Where do you want to go?"

    Fang Siyu excitedly said, "Go to the bathhouse!"

    Qin Xiaoyu said, "Go skiing!"

    Huang Xuanyu said: "I want to see the ice sculptures."

    The director showed a embarrassed expression, and suggested: "Choose one, or you won't have enough money."

    The children were in distress, and the parents watched them negotiate with the director, tacitly did not interrupt.

    At this time, Qin Xiaoyu picked up a skewer and asked the director, "Uncle, do you eat skewers?"

    The director suddenly felt a sense of crisis, "Do you want to take money?"

    Qin Xiaoyu: "Five to ten yuan a bunch."

    The parents pursed their lips and held back their laughter, the director: "..."

    Fang Siyu said, "Uncle Director, you ate our dumplings just now."

    Huang Xuanyu was a little shy when "talking about business" for the first time, and whispered: "Just, just five yuan each."

    director:"…………"

    The parents couldn't hold back: "Pfft——"

    Barrage: "Hahahahahaha"

    "They learn too quickly!"

    "On the influence of parents' precepts and deeds on children/dog head"

    Sui Sui waited for his friend to finish outputting, jumped off the snow bed, handed the skewers to the director, and said, "Uncle, there is no charge for skewers and dumplings. But can we play games to get rewards like before, and then go out to play?"

    The director took the skewers with emotion, looked at Sui Sui with loving eyes, and felt that Sui Sui was like a pure little angel at the moment, exuding a warm and kind radiance, completely free from the "copper smell" of adults.

    So he agreed: "No problem!"

    Sui Sui curled the corners of her lips: "Thank you, Uncle Director."

    He turned back to his seat, and received Lin He's approving eyes, and Xu Jianian's thumbs up to him quietly under the table.

    Barrage: "It's a good move to retreat! It's worthy of being Mr. Sui!"

    "Ah? Isn't it just a slap in the face?"

    "Nani? Shouldn't you hit a stick first and then give a sweet date?"

    "Huh? Didn't the other kids sing about the red faces, and Mr. Sui sing about the bad faces?"

    "director:…………"

    "Hahahahahaha"

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