The general's wife knows medicine

Time flies, and soon it’s New Year’s Eve.

Today is the Little New Year, and there are a lot of things to do, so the whole family got up very early today.

Although this was a rented house, Tang's mother still took Tang Peipei to clean the house carefully inside and out.

After cleaning the house, Tang's mother was responsible for cutting window flowers, Tang Peipei was responsible for pasting window flowers, and Aunt Yuan took Xiaotuanzi to wash the dishes for today's meal.

After the window paper-cuts were pasted, Tang Peipei wrote two Spring Festival couplets at the request of her mother.

A painting was posted at the gate of the courtyard. The upper couplet reads: The old year brings a few more joys; the lower couplet reads: The new year brings even greater success; the horizontal banner reads: Bid farewell to the old and usher in the new.

A painting is pasted on the door of the living room. The upper couplet reads: Harmony between heaven and earth brings wealth to the family. The lower couplet reads: Peace and happiness bring blessings to the family. The horizontal banner reads: Peace all year round.

Looking at the Spring Festival couplets he wrote, Tang Peipei felt extremely fortunate that he had learned good calligraphy in his previous life.

By the time I finished everything, it was almost noon.

We had dumplings for lunch, and Nanny Yuan washed the cabbage early.

Tang's mother was responsible for kneading the dough, while Tang Peipei was responsible for chopping the meat and preparing the fillings.

Tang Peipei took out the seaweed that she had accidentally bought at the grocery store and cooked a large bowl of seaweed soup.

Tang's mother had also kneaded the dough and put the little ball aside for him to play with by himself. The three of them gathered around the table, one of them was in charge of kneading the dough while two were responsible for wrapping it.

The three of them worked together and quickly wrapped the dumplings for lunch.

Tang Peipei and her mother went to the kitchen to cook dumplings, while Nanny Yuan took little Dumpling to play in the yard.

At this time, there was a knock on the courtyard gate. Nanny Yuan went to open the door. It was a servant from the Zeng family.

He handed Nanny Yuan a red invitation, saying that it was sent by Mu Qing.

Nanny Yuan took it and thanked her.

Looking at the bright red invitation, Nanny Yuan was very conflicted, but she still opened it.

It says: From Miss Tang Peipei

We have decided to hold a wedding ceremony for Zeng Xiuyuan, son of the Zeng family, and Du Yuanyuan, daughter of the county magistrate, on the 16th day of the first lunar month in the 15th year of Dayu. We have prepared a little wine and are looking forward to Miss Tang Peipei and her family visiting our humble home.

Please

Nanny Yuan looked in the direction where Tang Peipei was, then looked at the invitation in her hand. She felt like she was holding a hot potato and didn't know what to do.

Just when she was extremely conflicted, Tang Peipei came out of the kitchen and saw Nanny Yuan standing blankly at the gate with something in her hand.

"Madam Yuan, what are you holding in your hand? Who came just now?" Tang Peipei asked.

"Oh, yes, yes..." Nanny Yuan didn't know how to start.

"What's wrong? Why are you stuttering?" Tang Peipei walked towards Nanny Yuan with a smile.

He walked up to Nanny Yuan, took the invitation from her hand, opened it and started reading it himself.

After reading it, Tang Peipei was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses and said to Aunt Yuan with a smile: "What are you doing? Isn't this a good thing? Aunt Yuan, why are you so entangled?"

After saying that, he took the invitation and went back to the kitchen.

Nanny Yuan shook her head, feeling somewhat worried about Tang Peipei.

"Peipei, didn't you go to get the garlic? Where is the garlic?" Tang's mother looked at Tang Peipei who came back empty-handed.

Tang Peipei then remembered that he had gone to the main room to get garlic. He slapped his forehead and hurried back to the main room to get the garlic and brought it back to the kitchen.

The hot dumplings were served on the table, and the three adults sat around the table with their little ones.

Little Tuanzi has started to know how to eat. When he sees adults eating dumplings, he also wants to eat.

Tang Peipei usually prepares some softer fruits for him and stews some soft vegetable porridge for him.

Today is Little New Year, so I cooked him a soft noodle soup that was like rice porridge.

The noodle soup contains vegetables and is very flavorful even without salt.

Tang Peipei fed the little boy one spoonful at a time. The little boy was very happy and finished the meal in no time.

"Peipei, what are you going to do?" Nanny Yuan couldn't help but ask.

Tang's mother looked puzzled, "What should I do?"

Nanny Yuan thought that it would be a good thing to have more people persuading her, and besides, this person was Tang Peipei's mother.

He told Tang's mother the whole story.

After hearing this, Tang's mother didn't know what to say.

I could only sigh and say, "It's just that you two are not destined to be together. Peipei, don't worry too much. You have decided to leave after all."

Tang Peipei was a little sad, but just sad, not heartbroken. She thought, perhaps this was the best ending.

He got married and she left.

"Mom, Madam Yuan, don't worry, I'm fine. I just felt a little sad when I heard about this." Tang Peipei ate a dumpling.

"Peipei, it's okay. We are your closest people. You don't have to act tough in front of us. If you are sad, just cry. Don't hold it in your heart." Tang's mother advised.

"Yes, if you are sad, just cry. You will feel better after crying." Nanny Yuan also said.

"Mom, Aunt Yuan, I cried the day I knew there was no possibility for us. Now, I don't want to cry anymore. I should actually wish him well. After all, Du Yuanyuan can really help him." This is what Tang Peipei really thought in her heart.

When he first intended to take her as his concubine, Tang Peipei completely gave up on him.

She knew they were not suitable. It was his choice, as well as hers.

Tang Peipei had nothing to do in the afternoon, so she locked herself in the room and continued to design clothes and draw blueprints.

She originally wanted to take a vacation, but when she received the invitation, she knew she couldn't do that. She had to draw more drawings as soon as possible. Her cooperation with Zeng Xiuyuan could be terminated at any time, and she had to earn more money in the end.

Seeing that Tang Peipei kept her door closed except when it was time to feed little Tuanzi, Tang's mother and Aunt Yuan thought that she didn't want them to see her sad, so they stopped paying attention to her.

At four quarters past three in the afternoon, Tang Peipei came out of the room on time.

She is cooking tonight and preparing a good meal for the family.

She prepared a spicy fish with Sichuan pepper, a braised pork, a tofu meatball, a spicy and sour cabbage, a fish-flavored eggplant, and a steamed egg.

When Tang's mother saw the table full of delicious dishes, she swallowed her saliva.

It was the first time she saw her daughter cooking, and the dishes she made were so delicious.

Tang Peipei asked her mother and Aunt Yuan to sit down, and she made some egg custard to feed the little girl.

Tang's mother took a bite of the spicy fish and found it delicious. She took another bite and found it a little spicy. When she took the third bite, she felt her whole lips were throbbing.

It was very spicy but fragrant, the fish was tasty and tender. She had never eaten such delicious fish before.

Seeing that Tang's mother was eating happily, Nanny Yuan hurried over to join in.

Aunt Yuan doesn’t like spicy food very much, but she likes the fried tofu meatballs and fish-flavored eggplant made by Tang Peipei.

The family happily had dinner and cleaned up.

Next is the last part of the Little New Year, which is the Kitchen God worship.

Tang's mother took out the shrines of the Kitchen God and Kitchen Goddess that she had prepared long ago and placed them on the wall near the kitchen stove for worship. She pasted couplets on both sides of the shrines. The top couplet: Report good things to Heaven, the bottom couplet: Keep the world safe, and the horizontal banner: The head of the family.

There is no man in their family now, and Tang Peipei is in charge of everything. Tang's mother asked Tang Peipei to burn incense to the Kitchen God and Kitchen Goddess, to thank them for their blessings in the past year, and to beg them to bless the whole family with peace and prosperity in the coming year.