The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 267 Happy New Year!

After breakfast, Master Qin worked at full speed.

Three-pack, get it!

Five-pack, get it!

Ordinary meat buns, take it!

Carrot bun, take it!

Barbecued pork buns, get it!

Fan bag, get it!

Glutinous rice steamed buns, get it!
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No one in the kitchen was idle. Even He Cheng, who was boiling water outside the kitchen, came in to help light the fire. The third and sixth aunts saw that the stoves were running out of firewood, so they urgently found a few more helpers in the village.

Qin Luo and his uncle He Hua were almost exhausted from chopping wood. They were doing strength training at home during the New Year. Qin Luo couldn't bear it any longer and ran to ask his grandfather if he could upgrade the kitchen next year and replace the earthen stove with a gas stove.

Our kitchens are equipped with air conditioners, so can we embrace modern technology in other equipment as well?

The hot dishes for our family’s New Year’s Eve dinner are just stir-fried dishes, and there is no need to use a clay stove or a wood stove to steam the dim sum.

Old Master Qin called his granddaughter stupid. If this stove is replaced with a gas stove, what will be the point of you and your uncle celebrating the New Year in the future? How will you stand up straight and eat snacks?
The kitchen was filled with steam all afternoon.

Batch after batch of dim sum came out of the pot, and only two batches of each kind were steamed, so the quantity was not that much in reality.

At first glance, the Qin family seemed to have a small population, and the New Year's Eve dinner could be prepared with just one table. In fact, there were many relatives eating snacks, and many relatives were waiting to be fed in other places.

Not to mention those far away, there is a relative next door.

Qin Tianhe relied on his age to come over and bring things with him. Many people in Qin Tianhe's family were too embarrassed to come over and ask for permission. This year, Qin Tianhe's youngest son Qin Dazhuang and his family did not buy tickets to come back for the New Year, but Qin Tianhe has many children, including three sons and two daughters.

Since they got the chance to demolish the wall, Qin Tianhe's children have gathered together every New Year, including daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren. Some daughters have two New Year's Eve dinners in one night, the first half at Qin Tianhe's house and the second half at her husband's house.

If my daughter and son-in-law can have two buns in their pockets when they go to eat the second half, they will definitely be the most handsome guys at the New Year’s Eve dinner table this year.

The Qin family's kitchen was filled with smoke for the entire afternoon, and Qin Tianhe's grandchildren also leaned on the window, staring at the neighbors for the entire afternoon.

Although they couldn't see what snacks were being made in the kitchen, they could smell the fragrance.

Such a strong noodle aroma!

As soon as you smell it, you know it must be fluffy and white, and it feels warm and soft to the touch. You can get the great satisfaction of eating carbohydrates with one bite, and you can even taste the sweetness of the pastry if you chew it carefully!

Qin Tianhe's grandchildren had little imagination, and their minds were filled with only white flour buns and meat dumplings. They had no idea that their dear grandfather had eaten two whole fermented glutinous rice buns in the next room without their knowledge.

The children were drooling outside, and the third and sixth aunts were drooling in the kitchen.

It’s so rich. It’s really so rich.

In all the years that the third and sixth aunts had been cooking in the Qin family's kitchen, they had never seen such a scene.

Qin Huai is making longevity noodles.

The chicken soup was ready. The quality of the soup might not be high, but the raw materials must be good. The smell of the chicken soup made from the sacrifice of seven old hens made Qin Luo want to secretly drink two bowls. Qin Huai was confident that tonight's longevity noodles would make these seven old hens die a worthy death.

Not dying in vain.

The third and sixth aunts, who were not very knowledgeable, could only see that the buns, steamed buns, and siu mai were all ready. In fact, all the snacks that Qin Huai was going to make today had entered the final stage.

The meat buns, radish buns, siu mai, and fermented rice steamed buns have all been steamed because these snacks are not the highlight of the night. Tonight, the Qin family is short on time and has a heavy task, so their stomach capacity is very limited. These daily snacks can be saved and eaten slowly from the first to the fifteenth day of the lunar month. They are steamed in advance to leave enough time for other snacks.

These are all going to be put into the blind box gift package. Just look at them, no need to eat them.

The important things to eat are not yet formed.

The pigeon stewed with Tianma was in the stew pot. Qin Huai did not cook too much and only stewed two pigeons. When the time comes, everyone in the family will just have some soup. Anyway, his stew was not very good, so the pigeon meat could be saved for the first day of the new year.

The fruit is already raw, so take it out and thaw it before putting it in the pot.

The four fillings for the Four Joys Glutinous Rice Balls have all been prepared, and the only thing left is to wrap the dumplings.

The tangerine peel tea was ready and served. Although the third aunt, the sixth aunt and others didn't understand why the tangerine peel, white fungus and lotus seed soup was called tangerine peel tea, no one asked because they had all secretly drunk it and it was delicious.

What's wrong with calling this delicious tangerine peel, white fungus and lotus seed soup tangerine peel tea?
Isn’t there dried tangerine peel in this soup?
Qin Huai made two batches of three- and five-ding buns, and only steamed one batch of each. The steamed buns will be given two to each family in the village. As for how the two buns are divided among the families, that is their business. Anyway, Master Qin's intention has been delivered.

Qinhuai does this every year, but in previous years they gave away meat buns, but this year they give away the plus version of meat buns.

For the other batch that had not yet been steamed, Qin Huai planned to wait until around dinner time to steam only enough for his family, and let Qin Xiuli take the rest to eat for the second half of the New Year's Eve dinner.

Afterwards, Qin Xiuli's family of three, each carrying more than two large bags of steamed buns. If Qin Xiuli didn't walk around the village twice late at night, she would feel sorry for the three-dining buns, five-dining buns and fermented glutinous rice steamed buns in the bags.

Not to mention the dream-fulfilling sesame cakes, the meat filling must be fried freshly and the sesame cakes must be eaten fresh out of the pan.

The only thing that takes a bit more time is the proper version of the apple-faced pie, which is a true work of art and a truly show-off snack.

Although Qinhuai cannot make the qianhuai palace lantern buns, it is still possible to make apple dough dumplings. Before, Qinhuai only shaped the apple dough dumplings and was not responsible for mixing the fillings.

In order to make it easier for his sister to show off the apple-filled glutinous rice balls to the whole village, Qin Huai took some time out from making the four-happiness glutinous rice balls to learn how to make the fillings for the apple-filled glutinous rice balls from Zheng Siyuan. The results were average, but sufficient.

Qin Huai had confidence in the villagers of Qinjia Village. He bet that the villagers of Qinjia Village had never eaten apple noodles, nor had they seen or even heard of them.

At that time, the apple noodles will be served on the table first, and photos will be taken and posted on WeChat Moments. Then you don’t have to eat it, and save it for Qin Luo and He Cheng to take out and show off the next day. It doesn’t matter if it’s cold, you can still eat it.

It doesn't matter if the taste is not as good as the apples, what you eat is a state of mind. What you eat is art, what you eat is a state of mind.

At that time, Qin Luo and He Cheng shared the apple-flour fruit with their friends. When the friends ate it, they were surprised to find that it actually tasted like apple. The apple-flour fruit thus completed its mission during the New Year.

It can be said that Qinhuai has made clear arrangements for this year's dim sum, with everyone doing their own job.

He is also doing everything in an orderly manner according to his own arrangements.

First, knead the noodles. After kneading, don’t rush to cook them. Just leave them aside and then start making the dumplings.

It is not necessary to wrap all the dumplings, just enough for tonight's meal and for others to take away. The rest can be wrapped after the New Year's Eve dinner. The Qin family's New Year's Eve activities every year are also very dull. After the New Year's Eve dinner, they watch TV, set off fireworks, and play mahjong.

My Qinhuai card skills are average, so I usually watch TV. But this year I can make four-happiness dumplings while watching TV.

This spirit will surely move the God of Four-Happiness Glutinous Rice Balls and allow him to make A-grade Four-Happiness Glutinous Rice Balls during the Chinese New Year!

After wrapping the dumplings, Qin Huai started cooking the noodles.

By the way, blind box snack gift packs will be distributed to the helpers who have completed their tasks.

Plenty of buns and steamed buns!

Everyone who received the blind box snack gift pack was smiling and said repeatedly: "Huai Huai, Happy New Year!"

Qin Huai secretly stuffed two raw fruit embryos into the New Year gift package for Aunt Wang, and even whispered to Aunt Wang that these were good things and she must keep them for herself.

Aunt Wang understood immediately, took out a small plastic bag from her pocket and put the raw embryos separately.

Qinhuai: 6
I really didn't expect that when Aunt Wang came to help, she not only brought her own kitchen knife, but also brought her own small plastic bag.

After distributing the snacks, the kitchen became much quieter.

Qin Luo, a helper who was suspected of stealing, had been driven out and went to the small kitchen to help Grandma Qin.

Grandma Qin is cooking the New Year’s Eve dinner over there.

Qinhuai entered the final preparations.

The dream-fulfilling sesame cake is out of the pan!
Longevity noodles, out of the pot!

Three-Ding Buns, Five-Ding Buns and Guoer are out of the pot.

Apple noodles, done!

Four-happiness dumplings, out of the pot!
Stir-fried cabbage with meat is ready to serve!
All snacks are ready!
At 18:, the Qin family started dinner on time.

The family gathered around a round table. In the center of the table were various colorful dim sum, and outside was a circle of seafood feast that looked fancy but no one would eat it.

There were two bowls in front of each person, one bowl of longevity noodles and one bowl of four-happiness dumplings.

The chicken soup for the longevity noodles is rich in flavor and relatively greasy, but that's not a big problem. Grandma Qin doesn't use chicken soup to make clear soup, so the soup is the standard yellow color of chicken soup, but that's not a big problem either.

The chicken soup carefully stewed from 7 old hens is just delicious!
He Cheng was already intoxicated.

He could tell from Qin Luo's circle of friends that his cousin had been eating well in the past six months, but he didn't expect her to eat so well!
Qin Xiuli was also intoxicated, and she didn't want to eat the second half this year.

Qin Huai is the head chef, but the meal still has to be prepared by the most senior chef, Mr. Qin.

Old Master Qin never liked to talk nonsense. He picked up his chopsticks and gave an order: "Huai Huai, you have worked hard this year. Happy New Year to everyone! Eat the noodles while they are hot. Huai Huai said, eat the noodles first!"

"Slurp." This is the sound of Grandpa Qin eating noodles.

"Slurp!" This is the sound of everyone eating noodles together.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

For a moment, the only sound at the table was the sound of people eating noodles.

At a time like this, I can’t even say Happy New Year, Brother you are so awesome, Brother the noodles you cook are so delicious, Brother I really want to go to Shan City for tutoring next year.

I couldn't even make a sound when my mouth was stuffed with noodles.

"Ton ton ton ton." Qin Luo has started drinking the soup.

All in one go.

"Brother!" Qin Luochao said loudly, "The chicken noodle soup you cooked is so delicious!"

"Happy New Year!"

(End of this chapter)