girl, don't do this

This year's Lunar New Year is extraordinarily late.The third day after Valentine's Day is New Year's Eve.

The heavy snow that fell in the first few days was gradually melted away by the warm sunshine, and spring is approaching the world step by step not far away.The whole city is bathed in an atmosphere of joy. After the Chinese New Year, no matter how big the worry is, it will be temporarily suppressed, and we will talk about it later in the new year.

The sound of crackling firecrackers can be heard everywhere on the street, especially at night, when it gets dark, all kinds of fireworks are put on the sky, rendering the whole sky like a colorful flower bed.It seems that after the New Year, money doesn't look like money anymore, and everyone can't wait to spend

Fees, spending money, hundreds of dollars or even thousands of dollars a firework is nothing at all.

The hospital also became deserted as the year approached. Those who were discharged from the hospital and those who went home for the New Year went home for the New Year. Even the noise that used to come from downstairs could no longer be heard now.

Even if she hasn't returned to normal, Cen Meng must go home today.

Early in the morning, Cen Zishi personally drove to pick her up.Ms. Ji did not come with her.Tao Jiaran heard from Cen Meng about the rules of the Cen family.Ms. Ji has always kept her fingers above water. Unless she is in a good mood and just wants to cook Lulu's craftsmanship, the Cen family's three meals a year are all provided by the aunt.But only on New Year's Eve, Ms. Ji will cook a New Year's Eve dinner herself, and Cen Zishi seems to be involved.Tao Jiaran was very curious about what such a formal meal would look like.But curiosity is curiosity, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with her

.The Cen family didn't invite her to have a New Year's Eve dinner together, and now they have such an awkward relationship with the Cen family's husband and wife, she thought that after sending Cen Meng off, she would go back to her own home, and then go to the supermarket to buy a bag of dumplings, cook them in the middle of the night and treat it as New Year's Eve .It’s not that I don’t feel lonely, anyway, it’s not the first time I celebrate the New Year by myself, and it passed quite well.

Before Cen Zishi's car arrived, Tao Jiaran had already dressed Cen Meng, except for his coat.

Cen Meng nestled in the wheelchair, very dissatisfied: "Why do you have to sit on this thing? I'm not paralyzed..."

Tao Jiaran knocked her on the head, interrupting her unrestrained speech: "What about the eighteenth floor, miss, do you want to go down by yourself?"

Cen Meng thought so too, but it was always weird.

"Where's my rainbow cake? I'm going to take it home to eat." This guy hasn't forgotten to eat it yet.

"How long has it been? Your rainbow cake has already become a colorful hair cake." Tao Jiaran spat at her.

"Woooooo...Tao Jiaran, you prodigal, give me back the cake..." Cen Meng pretended to be a rascal by hugging her senior sister's thigh.

Cen Meng, you are enough!Tao Jiaran rolled his eyes.

Speechless all the way.

When they arrived at Cen's house, Tao Jiaran was the first to jump out of the car, took out the folding wheelchair from the trunk, fixed it, tried again, and when it was secure, he pulled Cen Meng over.

"Let me come!" Cen Zishi also got out of the car.

"It's okay, I can do it." Tao Jiaran said, holding Cen Meng's armpit with one hand and hooking her leg with the other, he picked her up with all his strength, turned around and put her gently on the wheelchair .

Cen Meng was so proud, she gave her senior sister a sweet smile, then raised her chin and bared her little canine teeth at her father, meaning: "Is the person I like handsome?"

Cen Zishi turned his face away and decided to ignore her embarrassment.

Ms. Ji also opened the door at the moment, and when they came in, this scene came into view, and she was also shocked by Tao Jiaran's "unique skill", and exchanged glances with Cen Zishi.Cen Zishi spread his hands: That's how I got into the car when I got out of the hospital just now. I'm the driver, so I don't need to intervene at all.

Tao Jiaran squatted down, straightened Cen Meng's crooked coat, and said softly, "You stay at home for the New Year obediently, and I will come to see you in a few days, don't mess around..."

As she spoke, she wanted to press Cen Meng's furry hat, but Cen Meng grabbed her wrist.

"Why are you going?" There was confusion in the voice.

"I'm going home." Tao Jiaran was patient.Thinking of her unpopular little house and those New Year's Eves spent alone, Tao Jiaran felt a bitterness in her heart.

"Why go home properly! Aren't you going to celebrate the New Year with me?" Cen Meng was a little anxious, she was really afraid that her senior sister would just leave like this.She knew that her senior sister had no one to accompany her, listening to the noise of the city alone, Cen Meng felt distressed.

Tao Jiaran wanted to say that if you don't look at what's going on now, you have such an embarrassing quarrel with your parents, it's pretty good that they didn't blame us anymore, why should I bother with it?But it's just New Year's Eve, and you won't die if you live alone.

But in the current situation, she can't say that. Why bother to cause trouble for others when it's Chinese New Year's Eve?

Tao Jiaran still wanted to organize his words and persuaded the little girl to let go of her arm, but Ms. Ji's voice was cold: "It's New Year's Eve, you two can kill me alone, and no one will help me It's..." He said, sighing resentfully.

Tao Jiaran was shocked, what do you mean by...?

Cen Zishi acted like the head of the family, and waved his hand, "Go in, Jiaran, the family celebrates the New Year together, and it's called reunion."

Family, reunion... Tao Jiaran's nasal cavity was sore.

Ms. Ji didn't want to talk to them until she finished ordering. She twisted her body and muttered to herself: "I still have to prepare a large table of dishes..."

Cen Meng rolled her eyes, and lightly kicked Tao Jiaran's calf: "Fool, hurry up and help mom!"

Tao Jiaran was startled, looked at Cen Meng, then at her uncle Cen Zishi.

"Go in." Cen Zishi's eyes were filled with uncontrollable love.

Cen's house's kitchen is big enough for two people to work hard.

Around Tao Jiaran's waist was the small flower apron that Cen Meng had wrapped around her, the sleeves of her shirt were rolled up high, her green fingers were pressing down on the cucumber on the cutting board, her right hand moved jerkyly, and she heard "wipe, wipe, da, da, da da" With the sound of the rhythm, a piece of cucumber has turned into a thread as thick as a toothpick stick.

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Alright, just relying on this knife skill, you can do it twice.

Ms. Ji's hands were not idle, and she glanced over from time to time.She couldn't help sighing secretly, with this appearance, this personality, and the sincerity towards Mengmeng, if it was a boy, if it wasn't born by Cen Zihua, she would be happy to marry her daughter to her.What a couple.It's a pity, is this called fate tricking people?

"Cook often?" Ms. Ji took a break from her busy schedule.

"Ah? Yes." Tao Jiaran was slightly taken aback.

This big kitchen is much more exciting than her small kitchen. It is also spacious, full of household items, and rich in ingredients. Tao Jiaran is like a fish in water. He was intoxicated in it for a while, but forgot the existence of Ms. Ji.Ms. Ji's question made her stiff.

Ms. Ji saw her unnaturalness, and smiled slightly, "Looking at your knife skills, it seems that you often cook."

"Well, I live alone, and I often cook for myself whatever I want to eat." Tao Jiaran lowered her head, stirring the egg liquid skillfully with both hands.

"Alone all the time?" Ms. Ji chattered casually.

"After grandma passed away, I lived alone."

"Is Mengmeng your first love?" Ms. Ji asked knowingly.

Tao Jiaran was almost choked by her words. After arguing for a long time, are you asking me about my relationship?This topic is so embarrassing.Blushing, Tao Jiaran replied honestly: "No."

"Zi Luo?" Ms. Ji will not die until the Yellow River.

"Yes."

Ms. Ji gave a meaningful "Oh" and fell silent.

Just as Tao Jiaran breathed a sigh of relief, Ms. Ji suddenly said again: "Did she spend New Year's Eve with you?"

"No, her parents didn't agree with us at first, and then she got married."

Ms. Ji raised her eyebrows, and said what she said, as if the couple agreed.

Tao Jiaran also felt something was wrong, coughed unnaturally, then lowered his head and concentrated on dealing with the egg liquid in his hand.

This child's life is hard enough, and Ms. Ji feels pity in her heart. If there is no such thing as Mengmeng and her, she will really treat her like her own daughter.But in the current situation, like the little cubs, she really doesn't know how to treat them.

"Mom!" Cen Meng leaned on crutches with one hand, pushed open the kitchen door with the other, and poked her head in, "When will dinner be served?"

The eyeballs kept rolling, but fortunately, her senior sister was there intact, and her mother hadn't torn the stew.not worried.

"Little brat, you only know how to eat ready-made ones!" Ms. Ji spat at her, saying to herself, don't think that my old lady doesn't know your little thoughts, isn't it just because I'm afraid that I will mess with your cousin?My old lady is in her 40s, so why not get along with a little girl?Lose it!

"The oily smoke is choking, go into the house." Tao Jiaran was afraid that it would smoke her.

Cen Meng winked at her, don't be afraid of my mother, she is a paper tiger, I love you!

Tao Jiaran returned her a faint smile.

Ms. Ji doesn't like the little boy who only has her cousin in his eyes, so she snorted softly: "Okay, hurry up, these few dishes are missing. Finish it early, and there is your dad's show."

Tao Jiaran was surprised, Cen Zishi's show?

Cen Meng giggled: "My dad has a unique skill, you'll know in a while."

When the scene of Cen Zishi wearing an apron kneading dough on the noodle table appeared, Tao Jiaran was also drunk.

This is the famous Mr. Cen? The head of "Hua Shi"?With this outfit and style, some people would believe that he was the master of the white case in any restaurant.Although his uncle has neither a big head nor a thick neck, he can be a rich man and a cook at the same time.

What are the lumps of ingredients on this case going to do?

Tao Jiaran stared, surprised at the various shapes of the white dumplings in his uncle's seemingly careless hands.

Cen Meng lay next to her ear and explained to her in a low voice: "This is the rule of our family, every New Year's Eve we have to offer sacrifices to our ancestors."

"For the ancestors?"

"To put it bluntly, it is to take my grandparents home for the New Year. I have been like this every year since I was a child. Dad rarely cooks by himself. Only on this day, he has to make some pasta by himself, steam it, and serve it."

"Look at that small living room." Cen Meng pointed to the room on the second floor side, "That room will be cleared up for the altar later, put photos of grandparents on it, as well as offerings such as fruits, snacks, etc., before eating We all have to kowtow to our grandparents to pay New Year's greetings."

Tao Jiaran felt very interesting, this was the most interesting New Year's Eve she had spent in 30 years.There is a solemn sense of ceremony and a sense of intimacy.By the way, she hadn't seen what Cen Meng's grandparents looked like.

At this time, Ms. Ji put a few small glass bowls on the noodle table, and there were a lot of things inside, including dates cut into various shapes, whole dates, mung beans, and red beans...

what is this?

Cen Meng explained to her again: "Father's hand is so good that he can knead all kinds of things with dough. The whole jujube is used to make jujube steamed buns of various shapes, and some have several layers. Mung beans are the eyes of little hedgehogs. Red beans are the eyes of little rabbits..."

bunny?Little hedgehog?Is the offering so cute?

When Cen Meng saw her eyes straightened, she knew what she was thinking, and covered her mouth with a smile: "Only jujube steamed buns were offered, and the rest were steamed by my father when I was a child, and then gradually became Get used to it. It will be steamed in a while, you can try it, it’s very interesting.”

Tao Jiaran's heart warmed when she heard that, the Cen family couple loved Cen Meng even more than she imagined.If she had such parents, she would wake up with a smile in her dreams.