There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

Thank you for enduring the hardships of being pregnant for ten months and giving birth to me in severe labor pain. And thank you for using your companionship over the past twenty years to make up for the seventeen years of missing maternal love.

I have no regrets anymore!

Zhang Guoqing looked at his wife happily and shouted loudly: Mom, I'm here. You can take the little birthday girl to meet the big birthday girl first. We'll be here soon.

Zhou Jiao glanced at the kitchen with a smile on her face and took her mother away. She still had to ask her mother if she had changed into red underwear and red underwear and put on the military pants with the red belt hidden?

Since entering Beijing that year, it seems to have become a routine.

On this day, the whole family will have morning exercises, and occasionally they will entertain a few uncles, such as her father's sworn brother Wang Dawei and others.

The only difference is that Mrs. Cheng is missing. If she were here, she would be standing in the kitchen early in the morning with a smile watching Zhang Guoqing and his son prepare longevity noodles...

Zhou Jiao, who walked out of the kitchen, turned back and took a deep look at that place. Some people are gone, but she still retains the depth of her heart.

Perhaps the old man has reunited with her adoptive father and stepmother as she expected, and also reunited with her eldest sister and brothers-in-law.

I hope the old lady has got her wish.

Your dad is very happy today. He says you are messing around. He doesn't believe it, but you didn't see that he put it on early in the morning. He doesn't mind anything bright red.

Zhou Jiao smiled and rolled her eyes when she heard this, When you are 66 years old, I will prepare it for you.

That's a must. Miao Lishan smiled triumphantly, Your sister-in-law called me last night. She was so envious and said that your sister-in-law said why he doesn't have a daughter?

When they are 66 years old, I will also prepare for them.

Hahaha, I deliberately didn't agree with them. But, your cousin and aunt are far away, so there's nothing we can do about it. Your sister-in-law and the others, if you really have time to prepare, they can treat you as your own daughter.

Okay. Zhou Jiao will never forget how Cheng Ruzhu treats her family, and she won't forget to stuff some good things here. Especially to her dad, he was truly a brother.

She could never forget that when her eldest cousin of the Wen family was sitting at the wedding party, her father was pushed by Cheng Ruzhu and his three siblings to take the main seat that belonged to the uncle.

It was also later that her father got married to his second cousin, and made it clear that the remaining two nephews would only sit on the main seat once, otherwise they would have to sit on the main seat.

The unfortunate thing is that Cheng Ruzhu never came to her for help regarding her family's work. The only time she helped her was when her mother, Miao Lishan, personally recruited Xiaoyu to join the art troupe.

Therefore, she never thinks that relatives who are not related by blood are not relatives, such as her godfather Zhao Chuanguang and uncle Wang Dawei...

They and her father are not real brothers but are more like brothers.

Mom, come back early tonight. I've held a banquet at the old house and invited all the uncles and aunts. You and my dad need to accompany them.

Okay, I'll take leave this afternoon and go there early. What else do you think?

That's almost it. Let's celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival at home at noon. Zhou Jiao thought for a while, We will go to the old house together at two or three in the afternoon. My sister-in-law has promised that she will go there with my uncle at five o'clock.

good.

Zhou Jiao said as she saw Zhou Xiaozheng coming out of the study, her eyes immediately widened with joy, and she cupped her hands and congratulated her, Happy birthday, Dad, may you live a long life.

Okay, I will live a long life. Zhou Xiaozheng smiled brightly when he heard this. He knew that his Jiaojiao cared about these four words the most, Are you done with your work? Sit on the sofa and rest for a while.

Not busy, not busy, hahaha... Zhou Jiao giggled happily, pushed him forward to sit on the sofa, and squatted in front of him.

Zhou Xiaozheng rubbed her head, What a silly girl! Happy birthday!

Have fun together, have fun together!

Come here, eat longevity noodles, everyone will live a long life...

Following Zhang Guoqing's shout, the words came first before anyone arrived, and soon the three Ping'an brothers behind him entered the living room together carrying a tray and placed it on the dining table.

Longevity noodles?

As the name suggests: According to custom, there is only one noodle in the whole bowl of longevity noodles. When cooking, the noodles cannot be broken. The whole long noodles must be cooked in the pot to express longevity.

This family doesn't have any rules about a gentleman staying away from the cook.

Therefore, this manual work is done once every year on the birthdays of the elders in the family. For Ping An and the three brothers, practice has long made perfect.

In the early morning, not long after Zhou Jiao and Zhang Guoqing left, the three brothers got up, washed up, went to the kitchen, took out the dough and began to stretch out long noodles with skillful force.

At this moment, there are seven bowls of noodle soup - a base of broth, a white noodle, shrimps and minced meat cooked on top, golden egg yolk, and shredded cucumber and bamboo shoots interspersed.

The color, aroma and taste can't help but whet your appetite.

After eating longevity noodles, it’s time to go to work.

Just looking at Zhou Xiaozheng's background, Zhou Jiao blinked: Did her father forget to give her a gift? Why don't you go into the study and take a sneak peek to see what he has prepared?

Daughter-in-law, I'm leaving too. Go upstairs and take a nap.

Oh, come back early at noon. Zhou Jiao replied casually, waved her hand, and suddenly paused... This person didn't give her a gift. Why are you playing so mysteriously?

She caught up on her sleep as soon as she got off work last night, so she didn't feel sleepy. She accompanied Aunt Chen in the kitchen, and the two of them began to put out the remaining rice dumpling leaves and glutinous rice that had been soaked in water from yesterday.

Fold a rice dumpling leaf into a funnel shape, put the rice in it, cover one end, roll it up, and tie it with thread, and a small rice dumpling will come out from under your hand.

While making rice dumplings, the rice dumplings made in the early morning were still being cooked on the earthen stove. The boiling water in the pot made a gurgling sound, and soon I could smell the unique fragrance of the rice dumpling leaves.

There is still a faint aroma of baking soda on the glutinous rice.

Without opening it, Zhou Jiao could imagine that this pot of glutinous rice dumplings must be a yellow and transparent glutinous rice ball after taking apart the rice dumpling leaves. When you take a bite, there is a sweet and glutinous bean paste filling inside.

There is still a steaming pot. As time goes by, the rich aroma of rice and meat cannot cover up the fragrance of the rice dumpling leaves.

Aunt Chen saw her wrinkling her nose and sniffing, showing an intoxicated look, and asked with a smile, Would you like to peel two off for you to try first?

It's not ripe yet. Zhou Jiao smiled and blinked, There are too many kinds, so I'd better wait until they are all ready before choosing. You have to choose when you want to eat. It's so painful.

Hahaha... Aunt Chen laughed happily when she saw this. Not many? Sweet and salty, separated into two large pots, there are all kinds of flavors.

Not to mention the Beijing date rice dumplings filled with candied dates and red dates, there are also various fillings including bean paste, chestnuts, lotus seeds, mints, soybeans, and osmanthus.

Just salty white rice dumplings. Although the variety is not as good as the sweet rice dumplings, this girl has prepared a lot of fillings. This is a small handful of fresh meat and ham, and that is a small plate of pork belly with salted duck egg yolk.

Thirty pounds of glutinous rice and white rice are soaked and expanded to cover all the fillings. When you start eating, you really can’t find your favorite flavor without looking at the colorful threads.