Qing Jialu

With everyone's joint efforts, the dinner was finally ready.Since he didn't prepare too many ingredients, Kapok only made a few home-cooked dishes.There are stewed tofu with sliced ​​meat, Sixi meatballs, beggar's chicken and other delicacies, together with the steaming dumplings just out of the pan, it finally looks like a New Year's Eve dinner.

Although the shape of each dumpling is different, it is not quite like an ingot.But after all, it is the noodles made by Wei Mohe, the commander of the Northwest, the skin rolled by Ouyang Xing, the king of Xinxiou, the stuffing chopped by the genius doctor Fan Yu and the number one scholar Du Huan, and the dumplings made by His Majesty the Emperor and the chief minister of the cabinet.

The small dumplings have passed through the hands of so many big people. Although they look ugly, they are quite valuable.

After the food was put on the table, Mu Jin brought a jug of wine out of nowhere.She smiled and said: "I thought how could I not drink some wine during the Chinese New Year, so I exchanged the meat from the neighbor next door for a pot of rice wine made by their own farm. Although it is not as good as the one in the palace, it tastes very sweet. "

When going out, Xiao Yi naturally doesn't pay attention to these things, "It's good to have wine, except for Nuan Nuan, fill it up."

King Su stared at the second brother with wide eyes when he heard the words, but heard the second brother say to him: "The fourth brother is also growing up, a man must learn to drink."

"However, Your Highness can only drink one glass, and you need to use a small wine cup." Shen Jia said, pouring only a little wine for King Su.

Of course, everyone else drinks in large bowls, which is a Northwest tradition.Therefore, the two little girls, Mujin and Mumian, were not to be outdone, and poured themselves half a bowl of wine.

After everyone's wine was full, they all looked at Xiao Yi who was in the chief seat.Xiao Yi looked at these confidantes present here, all of whom have been friends for several years, so he said casually: "Don't look at me, there are no toasts, just start drinking."

"Xiao Yu is just so cool, she's not vain." Ouyang Xing stood up and said carelessly, "Come on, let's raise our glasses together. Except for women and children, I fucked everyone!"

Seeing this, the rest of the people stood up to clink their glasses and drank it all in one gulp, but Kapok's alcohol capacity was not bad, and he drank half of the bowl in one gulp.

"Don't look down on women, I did it too." Kapok lit up the bottom of the bowl, and looked at Ouyang Xing unwillingly.

"Awesome, I like it." Ouyang Xing took the opportunity to flatter him.

Kapok put down the wine bowl and gave him a blank look.

"Okay, okay, eat vegetables, eat vegetables." Shen Jia greeted everyone, picked up chopsticks and picked up a dumpling for Xiao Yi.

Seeing this strange appearance, Xiao Yi found it difficult to speak for a while.He glanced at Shen Jia, and felt that there was a little... schadenfreude in this guy's smile?

So Xiao Yi used his own way to treat his own body, and picked up chopsticks to pick up a dumpling for Shen Jia, "Chang Qing, you eat too."

Everyone looked at the two of them, waiting for someone to take the first bite, as if the two were trying the dishes for everyone.Shen Jia stared at the dumplings in the bowl, as if facing a formidable enemy, finally, under the expectant eyes of everyone, she picked them up and took a bite.

Everyone looked at Shen Jia silently, observing his expression.As long as he shows a little bit of pain, let alone the dumplings made by the emperor, the heavenly king and I will not touch it.

Fortunately, Shen Jia tasted it for a while, and was pleasantly surprised: "It's delicious, the filling is neither salty nor bland, and the seasoning is just right. It's just that the dumpling skin is a little thicker, but it doesn't affect the taste."

Fortunately, I can eat it.Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and one by one started to eat dumplings with their chopsticks.

Ouyang Xing picked up a big one, and after eating, he boasted: "I think it's very delicious with thin skin and lots of meat, but the shape of the dumpling is a bit ugly."

After all, he looked at Shen Jia triumphantly, avenging Shen Jia's sarcasm just now.

"There are no dumplings in Xi'ou, it sounds like you have eaten dumplings before." Shen Jia immediately countered.

"I've never eaten pork, have you never seen a pig run?" Ouyang Xing replied angrily.

So the two of them started a big debate at the dinner table like children, like two fighting cocks, no one would obey the other.

The others had no intention of persuading the fight at all, they just wanted to watch the excitement.They all put down their bowls and chopsticks and watched the battle with great interest, looking like they wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.

Xiao Yi raised his forehead, sure enough, these two people were born to be at odds, he put a dumpling in each of their bowls, "Can't even eat to keep your mouths shut?"

At this moment, King Su suddenly yelled "Oops", and saw him spit out a copper coin.

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness King Su for eating the copper coins in the dumpling, it's a good omen." Mu Mian congratulated with a smile.

Ouyang Xing wondered, "What kind of custom is this?"

"If you eat coins, it means that you will have a lot of money in the new year." Wei Mo explained to Ouyang Xing.

King Su scratched his head in embarrassment and smiled, carefully wiped the copper coins clean and put them in his cuffs.

This is the first time for him to celebrate the New Year among the people. He did not expect to be so lucky and get New Year's blessings.

As midnight approaches, it is the moment when the old and new years alternate.Every household outside set off firecrackers, crackling and crackling.The New Year's Eve dinner was coming to an end, the table was messed up, and the ugly dumplings were eaten up by everyone.Xiao Yi asked Su Wang to take Nuan Nuan to set off firecrackers outside, and the rest of the people either chatted or punched and drank.

Sitting on the kang, Xiao Yi drank wine, watching Dr. Fan and Wei Mo punching fists, Mu Jin and Du Huan eating melon seeds and chatting, while Ouyang Xing kept moving closer to Mu Mian, trying to attract the beauty's attention.It's a pity that Kapok has no expression on his face and ignores it.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi smiled, and looked at Shen Jia beside him.Now that he is married, has a family, has a belonging, and found a sweetheart, he starts to worry about kapok.

"I hope next year will be a good one." Shen Jia didn't know what Xiao Yi was thinking, so she leaned over to have a drink with him, "Come on, cheers."

"Haven't you had enough to drink today?" Xiao Yi asked with a smile.

Shen Jia proudly said: "Rice wine is not considered wine, not drunk."

"Rice wine has great stamina, be careful that you won't be able to get out of bed tomorrow." Xiao Yi reminded.

"Then we'll sleep together until the sun is up." Shen Jia, like a man in the Northwest, drank a big bowl without a drop, "Wei Ming, you drink too. If you have wine today, you will be drunk today, and you will worry about it tomorrow." worry."