Qin Xi's Rebirth Daily

Chapter 34 New Year's Eve
"Ah Xiang, after dinner you clean up the table and wash the dishes, your sister has other things to do." Mother Qin said to Qin Xiang while eating.

Qin Xi put the lean meat he had picked up into his elder brother Qin Mu's bowl, and asked, "Mom, what are you going to do?"

"Didn't I tell you?" Mother Qin was a little puzzled, didn't she tell her daughter this.

"No, I thought you would pack it tomorrow! And when did you soak the rice? I don't think you picked it up." Qin Xi was a little speechless, and didn't tell himself at all, okay?

"Oh, no, I forgot if you didn't tell me, I haven't scooped it up yet!" Saying that, he put down the bowl and chopsticks: "Eat first, I'll scoop up the rice." Then, he hurried to deal with the rice. thing.

"Isn't there another day tomorrow, don't be so anxious, let's take care of it today?" Qin Xi was a little puzzled.

"Your uncle brought your aunt back. They have already obtained licenses to serve wine in Nanyun City. It's Chinese New Year. Come and meet us by the way." Grandma Wei Xiaomei explained.

Qin Xi nodded, so that's the case. My uncle, who is now 45 years old, seems to have gotten married this year in his previous life, but his family didn't go to their wedding, and he doesn't know why.

After eating, Qin Xi started making zongzi without Mama Qin's orders.Put the ropes made of bamboo leaves and torn banana bark that my mother had cut before, into a pot, boil in water for a while, take them out, wash them, and put them in a special basket.

Stir-fry the peanuts and sesame seeds again, crush them, and stir them together.Then pick up the mung beans that were soaked in the water before.Qin Xi suddenly remembered something, and found another pack of toothpicks.

After Qin Ma brought over the marinated and cut meat, Qin Xi, Qin Ma, and Qin Nai started making zongzi.The zongzi made by Qin Xi is different from the zongzi in other places. They are not triangular, but square and rectangular.But it's not a big zongzi, but it's the size that no one can probably eat one at a time.Then in order to distinguish which ones are made of lean meat, put a toothpick on the banana rope when wrapping it tightly.People who don't like to eat fatty meat will get it wrong.

"Ouch", Qin Xi stretched, and finally finished packing, walked to the entrance of the hall, and looked at the wall clock, it was already ten o'clock!
"Ah Xi, what time is it?"

"It's ten o'clock!"

"At ten o'clock, these zongzi need to be cooked for six or seven hours. Alas! We've all worked for a day. Let your father do the job of watching the fire. It's our turn to rest."

Qin Xi, who woke up again, didn't feel like getting up this time, but got up as soon as he grunted.After washing quickly, I couldn't wait to start looking for zongzi to eat.Lean meat is not very tasty, so choose a fat meat.Then, three times and two times, he untied the rope and peeled off the bamboo leaves.The zongzi with a little borax is a little yellowish, and a strong and not greasy fragrance hits the nose.I really wanted to eat it, so Qin Xi obeyed his wish and took a bite.It's so delicious, it's the same taste. It's been more than a year since I graduated from university, and it's been half a year since I came back from rebirth. I haven't eaten it for nearly two years. I miss it so much.Now it's finally here.

After eating zongzi, the two younger brothers also woke up, waiting for the two younger brothers to finish brushing their teeth and washing their faces.Qin Xi gave the elder brother a skinny rice dumpling and peeled it for him. As for the younger brother, he gave him a fat one.However, he didn't finish giving it to him. He divided the zongzi into two halves with a rope and gave him half.The other half, rewrap it, put it back, and save it for him to eat in the afternoon.

After eating the zongzi and breakfast, Father Qin is responsible for killing the chicken.The two younger brothers, sitting on chairs, watched Qin's father kill chickens.Qin Xi took his younger sister, Qin Xiang, and cut the red paper together with his grandfather. One piece of red paper was pasted on each door frame, and three pieces were pasted on the door.Then paste the door god on the door.After finishing, Qin Xi wandered up to Father Qin, helping him fetch water from time to time.

"Ah Xi, you don't often practice brush calligraphy. I see you practice every day, and you look pretty good! Why don't you write couplets and stick them on the door?" Qin's father suggested while shading the feathers of the chicken.

Qin Xi was a little reluctant: "Dad, I just started practicing. The teacher said that I am just neat, not to the point where I can write couplets and post them!"

"It's okay. Generally, the people who come to our house are from the village. Who knows this, as long as you can tell what the word is. I think your word is okay (Khan(⊙﹏⊙)b, it's still far away. )."

Qin Xi saw that Qin's father said so, and Qin's mother, Qin's grandma, and Qin's grandpa all agreed, so let's write!Qin Xi looked at the length and width of last year's couplet pasted on the door, and cut the red paper according to last year's.Then I went back to my room and took down the brush and so on.On the waste paper, I practiced calligraphy for a while, one is to make myself write more smoothly, but to think about what kind of couplets to write.Suddenly remembered that there was such a couplet in the copybook I practiced, so I wrote it down. "Smooth sailing, good year after year, everything goes well with backgammon. The horizontal comment: the auspicious star shines brightly", the family members can understand it, it is easy to understand, and the meaning is also good.

Qin Xi, take a closer look. Fortunately, this is considered an extraordinary performance.When I practiced calligraphy before, I never wrote such a good one.After drying the handwriting, Qin Xi posted the couplets and horizontal batches.

"Ah Xi, Ah Xiang, you guys are posting couplets, do you want me to help?"

Qin Xi turned his head, hey, it's my uncle who came back. "Uncle and aunt are back! I'm just waiting for you to come back." Then he refused: "No need, I can do it with Ah Xiang, it's cold outside, you go in first, grandma and grandpa are inside!"

Put away things, eat a meal, and introduce everyone to my wife Wu Xuejuan.Then he peeled a zongzi, and chatted with Father Qin and Grandpa Qin while eating in the hall.

While chatting, I suddenly found brushes, inkstones, etc. on the table.Thinking of the couplets posted by Ah Xi when he entered the door, I feel that they should not be written by someone who specializes in writing couplets. After all, he has a solid foundation and his handwriting will be better.So, Qin Deji asked: "Which one of you wrote the couplet when you just entered the door?"

Father Qin knew that his elder brother also graduated from university, and he had some calligraphy skills.So he said sincerely: "It was written by Ah Xi. I think she has also practiced for a semester, and the handwriting can still be read, so I let her write it. Brother, if you are free, you can help guide her."

"She has reached this level after only one semester of practice. It seems that she still has some talent." Qin Deji was surprised: "Ah Xi, did you learn calligraphy by yourself, or who taught you?"

Qin Xi was very happy when he heard his uncle's evaluation.Thanks to Teacher Lu Xin, and to Liang Bing’s Goldfinger for his great support (thank you for letting me rub my Goldfinger, I also heard Liang Bing’s teaching when practicing calligraphy, thank you very much)!However, I can’t tell my uncles about this. I can only attribute it to Teacher Lu Xin: “I learned it from our head teacher, Teacher Lu Xin. We have a calligraphy class every week. The teacher sees that I work hard, and if I have time, I will be very serious.” Teach me, not limited to calligraphy class."

"Your teacher is very good!" Qin Deji praised his niece's head teacher very much.After Qin's father heard this, he also nodded, and said, "Ah Xi, your homeroom teacher helps you so much and trains you. You have to work hard, and you are worthy of the teacher's support for you!"

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(End of this chapter)