Rural Scenery of Rebirth

After dinner, the whole family watched the Spring Festival Gala together in front of the TV. Mama Jiang made the noodles long ago, and brought a clean dustpan to the main room. Inside the dustpan was a rectangular wooden board. The rolling pin rolled the dumpling wrappers, and Lei Xiu and Li Wenli sat beside her, making dumplings while watching the Spring Festival Gala with the dumpling wrappers in their hands.

The twins and Lei Xin surrounded them, jovially chasing after them.

I plan to wait until twelve o'clock in the middle of the night for the wrapped dumplings, set off firecrackers, welcome the new year, and cook them directly in the pot.

It was the first time for Xia Chen to see Mama Jiang and the others make dumplings by themselves. He took a closer look and learned how to make dumplings. Under the guidance of the eldest sister, he confidently made a dumpling. The meat was a little too much, and it was round. You can't see the appearance of dumplings, but it looks a bit like Xiaolongbao.

Xia Chen looked at the dumplings in his hand: "..."

"Hehe... Xiaochen, change the dumpling skin again, let me teach you." Mother Jiang laughed directly when she saw the bun in his hand, and decided to teach him by herself.

"With mom's help, I'm sure Xiaochen will learn it in a while." Lei Xiu looked at him and said with a smile: "I was taught by my mother back then."

"Okay, Mom." Xia Chen nodded to the eldest sister, and quickly picked up another dumpling wrapper.

Jiang's mother explained to him step by step, "Look, Xiaochen, this meat can't be put too much, too much, the dumpling skin can't cover it, and the stuffing inside is easy to leak out. The ingredients are less, and the taste of the dumplings is not so good." "En." Xia Chen nodded while watching, listening very carefully.

After learning from Jiang's mother, Xia Chen wrapped a few bags in a row, and finally looked good.

It seems that making dumplings is not so easy. It is an easy job. If you want to be fast, you have to look good, and you have to have enough patience. Learning anything is not easy, and mastering the skills has to be done slowly.

Xia Chen wrapped it for a while, but Jiang's mother stopped letting him do it, and asked him to take care of Deng Deng.

Deng Deng started arguing in Mr. Lei's arms, looking in Xia Chen's direction, and kept waving his two little paws at him.

Lei Jun checked the time and knew that he must be hungry, so he stood up and went to the kitchen to make milk powder for his son.

Lei Shan and Huo Jianhua were sitting on the side talking.

Xia Chen got a lot of flour on his hands, went to the kitchen to wash his hands, and then went back to the main room to pick up his son.

Deng Deng was hugged by his father, smelled it, immediately became happy, and kept rubbing his face.

Xia Chen fed Deng Deng milk powder, and then handed over his son to the old man. The four men were obviously not very interested in the Spring Festival Gala, and it was impossible for them to just sit around all the time.

As soon as Huo Jianhua suggested, they simply played cards, a small gamble for fun, but it was not a big deal anyway.

Xia Chen was still interested in antiques, but he was really not very good at playing cards, so he stood behind Lei Jun and directed blindly.

Lei Jun listened to him with a smile. He played whatever he told him to fight. If he didn't win twice, he basically lost money.

Xia Chen enjoyed it, and then saw that it was almost done, and went off to fight twice in person.

In the end, Xia Chen lost the most, but Brother Lei Shan won the most.

Huo Jianhua didn't win or lose, he looked at Xia Chen and Lei Jun and laughed.

At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, there was crackling firecrackers in Leijia Village.

Dengdeng fell asleep in the crib a long time ago. Before the sound rang, Xia Chen carried his son upstairs, closed the doors and windows in the room, and covered Dengdeng's two little ears so that his son would not be awakened by the sound of firecrackers. up.

According to past experience, if Deng Deng wakes up at night, he will definitely make a fuss in the middle of the night, and he and Lei Jun will not be able to sleep well.

Going upstairs, Xia Chen wanted to watch Deng Deng in the room, so he didn't go downstairs.

Mother Jiang cooked a big pot of dumplings and asked Lei Jun to bring Xia Chen a bowl upstairs.

In Leijia Village, eating dumplings in the new year has the meaning of "festive reunion" and "good luck".

Hearing what Lei Jun said, Xia Chen happily ate up all the dumplings in the bowl, the taste was very good.

After eating the dumplings, the two rested in the room for a while before going to wash up. It was almost a little faster when they rested.

After going to bed, Xia Chen didn't let Dengdeng sleep alone in the crib tonight, but let his son sleep between them, and the family slept together.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, both Xia Chen and Deng Deng woke up late. Last night, the little guy was a little later than usual, and slept later than usual. It's not surprising that he got up late.

Xia Chen dressed himself and his son, packed up, and picked up the big red envelope that he had prepared before going to bed last night.

Carrying Deng Deng downstairs, the first thing Xia Chen did was to take out the red envelopes and send a big red envelope to the twins and Lei Xin.

"Thank you, uncle. I wish him good health and all the best." The twins took the red envelope and wished him New Year in unison.

Looking at the smiling little faces of the two children, Xia Chen smiled and touched his head each.

The twins were touched obediently, and then jumped up cheering. They have already won several red envelopes today.

With a smile on her face, Lei Xin also paid New Year's greetings to Xia Chen.

Xia Chen smiled and nodded to her.

Lei Xin blushed a little, and handed the red envelope to Li Wenli, asking her mother to put it away for her.

Although Deng Deng is small, he is the most popular in the family. Every adult in the family gave him a big red envelope. He smiled with his mouth open and happily wanted to grab the red envelope. The paws were too small to grasp, so I could only watch helplessly as my father snatched his red envelope, waving his hands "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh", but it was completely useless.

Xia Chen ruthlessly deprived him of his right to speak.

Seeing the little brother like this, the twins each stuffed a dollar into his hand.

Deng Deng grabbed it and held it tightly in his hand.

When Xia Chen went to pull, Deng Deng even patted his father's hand and avoided it several times, making the whole family laugh.

After breakfast on the morning of the second day of junior high school, the whole family followed the old couple to the grave to burn paper for Lei Jun's grandparents. Xia Chen also went with Deng Deng in his arms.

In Mr. Lei's life, there were two younger brothers and an older sister. The older sister died of illness within a few years of marriage, leaving no son and half daughter behind. The two younger brothers both lived in the town and rarely returned to Lei's Village.

Xia Chen had seen one of them, but not the other.

After burning the paper, Li Wenli and Lei Shan took Lei Xin back to the sister-in-law's natal home.

In the next few days, people came to the house one after another, and Deng Deng received a lot of small red envelopes.

Although there is not much money in the red envelope, it is the wishes of the elders, and the meaning is auspicious.

Some came with children, Xia Chen also packed a red envelope and asked Lei Jun to send it to the children as a gift in return.

Xia Chen also showed a familiar face in front of these people, and the old couple introduced him with a smile.

Xia Chen has a well-mannered manner and an elegant demeanor. He doesn't look like a country boy at first glance. These elders have a good impression of him.

Lei Xiu and Huo Jianhua hurried back to the county after staying in Leijia Village until the fifth day of the lunar new year. Lei Jun drove their family directly. When they returned, Mother Jiang packed a lot of food, and packed a few pieces of bacon .

Although the couple bought the house in the small supermarket now, the family just bought a house and a storefront a few years ago. The two children are studying again, and they still owe the younger brother 4 yuan. They all need money, and the sooner they open, the sooner they can generate income.

Lei Shan and Li Wenli stayed for a few more days, and hurried back to the county to open the small restaurant.

This year, it was not until the New Year's Lantern Festival that the family finally became clean.

Not long after the Lantern Festival, Qin Ming called and said that all the procedures for the house had been completed, and he asked Lei Jun to go to the county.

Lei Jun called the elder sister and elder brother's family, and both families were very happy.

The next day, Lei Jun went to the county seat, and all three families got the keys to the house.

After getting the keys to the house, the decoration was naturally put on the agenda.

Back in Leijia Village, Lei Jun talked to Xia Chen first, and the two of them directly talked to the old man and Jiang's mother about the house decoration.

For this renovation, the eldest brother and sister-in-law are the most anxious.

Lei Xin is going to go to school in the county next semester, the house has been renovated early, and the smell in the house can be opened up.

When they got the keys, the three families had already discussed it, and they simply installed all the houses together.

Lei Shan and Lei Jun's house is ready to live in by themselves after the house is installed.

Huo Jianhua's apartment is decorated first to see if it can be rented out. The couple intends to pretend that front house looks like a small supermarket. The location of the front is very good, and it can just be used to open another small supermarket branch.

The couple had already discussed this point.

Lei Jun listened to the ideas of the eldest sister and brother-in-law, and also felt that their ideas were very good.

Huo Jianhua has a brother in the county who happens to be doing decoration. He formed a work team and registered a small company. He looks good.

As soon as Lei Jun talked about the decoration, Huo Jianhua directly brought it up. He was a brother who met when he was in the army. He had a life-long friendship and was absolutely trustworthy. Knowing that he bought a house, he patted him on the shoulder and laughed. Then he undertook the decoration, saying that he would definitely help him decorate the house beautifully, and didn't mention the money at all.

Huo Jianhua had not had time to refuse at that time, so he had something to leave, but if his brother really pretended to be, based on his understanding of his brother, he was really worried that the other party would not take money, thinking that if the house at home was fully installed together, It's good to have an excuse.

Lei Jun asked his eldest brother and sister-in-law for their opinions, and of course they agreed.

After going home and telling the two elders about it, Mr. Lei and Jiang Shufen didn't have any objections.

"As for the house decoration, since you have discussed it with your elder sister and elder brother, you can make your own decisions." Mr. Lei said seriously to Lei Jun and Xia Chen.

Jiang Shufen followed suit and nodded.

Lei Jun called his brother-in-law and asked him to tell someone, and the house will be handed over to him.

The house started to be renovated, and Lei Jun would go to have a look at it from time to time. In some places, people would ask him what he meant.

After going back and forth, Lei Jun naturally became acquainted with his brother-in-law, and got along very well.

Lei Jun often went to the county, and Lei Qiang naturally knew about it. After knowing that they all bought a house in the county, he thought about it and found that he still had some money, so he also found Qin Ming's relationship and took out the money in the county. Li bought two houses with a mortgage, and they bought them in the same building as Lei Jun, next to each other on the same floor.

When Deng Deng was four months old, Xia Chen started to feed him complementary food.

Jiang's mother cooks millet porridge for her little grandson alone every day.

Deng Deng is obviously a snack foodie. When he first ate complementary food, he didn't reject it at all. How much he fed and how much he ate, he smashed it in his mouth. The food was delicious, and the bowl was gone. He still had to stretch his little head to get closer After looking at it several times, the little paw grabbed the small wooden bowl specially bought for him and shook it to make sure.

Every time Deng Deng does this, Xia Chen can't wait to pat his little paw.

Jiang's mother sat aside, looking at the two father and son amusedly.

Moreover, what surprised Xia Chen the most was that when Deng Deng woke up early in the morning, Xia Chen dressed him up and let him lie on the quilt to play for a while. Seeing that his father was busy ignoring him, he actually entertained himself. Learned to stand up by myself.

The author has something to say: Don't worry, dear friends, Lei Ming and Yuan Wen will be taught a lesson.

Dear friends who have dived into the deep sea, hurry up and dive out to sprinkle flowers for the author.