early morning,

The sun that had disappeared for a long time quietly rose from the east. The red light shone on the Kunlun Mountains, and the white snowy snow was very beautiful.

"Gaji!"

Xu Huai, dressed in plain clothes, opened the door and found that the snowstorm had stopped, and the air was refreshing and cold.

"It seems that the long worms that are in chaos have been cleaned up by the state, otherwise the weather would not have returned to normal so quickly, and it would have caused the disaster to suffer those who are suffering."

Xu Huai murmured to himself as he looked back to normal weather.

Five days ago, when Han Shoucheng, the leader of the emergency command team, and a group of officers discovered that the newly developed Dongfeng No. 1 Express could cause great lethality to the dragon hidden in the water, everyone was ecstatic.

Immediately afterwards, the military urgently passed the plan, prepared it in accordance with the law, and used a large amount of manpower and material resources to draw the hiding range of the dragons in the other four lakes.

Then twelve consecutive Dongfeng No. 1 express delivery rushed out of the sky and caught all the remaining dragons in one go. Only then did the original climate be restored and the country was given time to urgently clear the rain and snow disaster.

After some morning exercise, the sun rose high, and it was seven o'clock. Xu Huai put on his apron and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the little girl.

Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is the Lantern Festival in the traditional festival. On this day, every household in China has to have a delicious Lantern Festival in the morning, also known as Tangyuan, which means that the family is reunited and happy and will never be separated.

Looking at the dough fermented last night, Xu Huai remembered some historical facts recorded in ancient books.

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, King Zhao of Chu passed by the Yangtze River on his way back to his country. He saw something floating on the river, white and slightly yellow, and a red flesh like rouge inside, which tasted sweet. Everyone didn't know what this was, so King Zhao sent someone to ask Confucius.

Confucius said: "This is duckweed fruit, and it is the sign of rejuvenation."

Because this day was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every day after that, King Zhao ordered his subordinates to imitate the fruit with noodles, and cook it with hawthorn into red fillings and eat it.

Over time, it has been passed down from generation to generation. The traditional custom of eating Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has been passed down and has become a part of the essence of traditional Chinese customs.

"Bang, bang, bang"

In the kitchen, the sound of dough hitting the panels kept ringing. Last night to this morning, the fermentation time was already sufficient for eight or nine hours. However, in order to make the dumplings more authentic, Xu Huai continued to knead them with his hands to allow the fermentation factor to penetrate into the flour.

A quarter of an hour later,

Looking at the soft and even dough with the same color everywhere, Xu Huai then put down his hands and began to knead the Lantern Festival.

Because the little girl likes bean paste very much, Xu Huai basically packs bean paste stuffing on Lantern Festival every year.

Tear off some of the dough appropriately and press it into a flat ball with your hands. Then, spoon some bean paste filling placed aside and put it in, wrap the dough with bean paste filling and rub it with both hands to make the flat dough turn into a round shape.

The kneading of Lantern Festival was very fast. Within a few minutes, there were thirty or forty Lantern Festivals of uniform size on the panel in front of Xu Huai.

then,

Release the lid of the pot,

Add water,

Fire, boil

Put the Lantern Festival in one by one. After seven or eight minutes, when the Lantern Festival that sinks to the bottom of the pot floats to the water, it means it is cooked.

When they walked to the room, they woke up the little girl who was sleeping in. After washing up, the brother and sister sat at the dining table.

The Lantern Festival that had just been served from the pot was steaming, and the mouth of the bowl as big as a palm seemed to be foggy.

After waking up all night, Xiaoxian seemed a little hungry. Before the corner of the bowl fell, she used her hot little hands to grab the steaming bowl.

"ah!"

Xiaoxian felt pain, and her scalded little hand quickly pulled back, and immediately covered her lying fingers with her other hand.

"Brother, it's so hot. The little fairy's hand is burned. Blow on it!"

The little girl said angrily, and reached her hot hand in front of Xu Huai.

"Brother will give you a blow."

Seeing this, Xu Huai pouted and looked like he was blowing the air. In fact, he secretly mobilized the true energy in his body, which penetrated out of his body, covering Xiaoxian's burnt fingers just now.

After a while, Xiaoxian felt that the burning sensation on her fingers gradually disappeared, replacing the cold waves.

"Hey, it doesn't hurt anymore, brother is so awesome!" Xiaoxian looked at his hand and said happily.

"You have to pay attention next time, don't grab the bowl with your hands so directly. Do you know, Xiaoxian?"

"Yeah, Xiaoxian got it."

Hearing Xu Huai's instructions, the little girl's avatar was like a rattle and kept lit.

"Eat quickly. After finishing your meal, my brother will take you down the mountain and go to the town to see the dragon dance lantern."

Xu Huai was eating Lantern Festival while talking.

"Okay, brother, wait for me, Xiaoxian likes to watch the dragon dance lantern the most." Hearing that, the girl picked up the spoon and started eating it quickly, fearing that Xu Huai would not take her to see the dragon dance lantern because she was eating slowly.

"Xiaoxian, eat slowly, be careful not to burn, don't choke, brother is waiting for you, don't worry."

Looking at the little girl who kept eating Lantern Festival, Xu Huai felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

Although the huge Xu family was left with only two brothers and sisters, Xu Huai never felt lonely. With this little girl, she was making trouble around her from time to time, and she felt a sense of fulfillment.

"Old man, I haven't been to see you for a long time. It's been another year now. This day has come. Now Xiao Huai takes the girl to the town to dance dragon lanterns. When he comes back, he brings wine to chat with you."

Feeling affection when you see the scenery, more than three years ago, the old man also left the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and passed away forever.

That day, Xu Huai still remembers that every household at the foot of the mountain was very lively, and the children set off firecrackers and played around. The Xu family, which should have been like this, had a painful nightmare.

A little girl, who was a few months old, was still in her infancy and was entrusted by the old man to the home of Wang at the foot of the mountain.
Chapter completed!