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After sending off her father, Wu Min and Wu Yuzheng sat on the sofa in the living room and watched TV.

Wu Yuzheng said: "I told our dad about the matter with Qi Zheng, and our dad said he had no objections. I told our dad about you and Secretary Qin, and our dad said he believes in your judgement. "Sis, our dad really doesn't need to worry about you. He won't help you inquire about Secretary Qin's family situation."

Wu Min said, "You really have a wide mind. Do you still want to care about me?"

Wu Yuzheng said: "You're my sister by blood. My uncle already helped me buy stocks and said it was to save up for your dowry. Do you think I can ignore you?" Oh right, where did you take a fancy to Secretary Qin? "I see Secretary Qin to be very thin and weak. I wonder if your family can carry the gas canister."

Wu Min laughed and said, "I found a husband for the gas tank, didn't I? Secretary Qin has been working for such a long time. Just look at him. He hasn't done anything wrong.

Wu Yuzheng said: "A person with a nimble mind must have his own thoughts. What if his ambitions are too big and he can't be relied on?"

Wu Min said, "How can a man do a good job without ambition? His sister had a good reputation in the Qi Family Village, and was filial to her parents-in-law. She had a good relationship with a few of her sisters-in-law, and her mother was born in the countryside, so when her parents were beaten to death, she married Secretary Qin's father as soon as she had no relatives in the city. When Secretary Qin's father died, she took care of two children by herself and supported a pair of parents-in-law.

Wu Yuzheng said, "Sis, how did you know about this information?"

Wu Min said, "Our birth planning office deals with those women of childbearing age, and every body search is like a gossip meeting, I don't know anything, I only came in contact with Secretary Qin after knowing all of this and felt it was pretty good, although he didn't graduate from some prestigious university, and the article he wrote was also considered to be full of flowers. The two of us just talked like this, and the following matters still have to be done slowly."

While the siblings were talking about this, the house was bustling with noise and excitement. After dinner, Qi Hu and Qi Yuan were jumping up and down with Guo Guo.

Mother Qi brought Qi to boil a big pot of hot water with Qi Chuan. The two chickens she had asked the neighbors to slaughter had to be washed clean with hot water and then chopped down tomorrow night with soy sauce for marinating. Mother Qi bought a large silver carp at the market, shaved its scales, washed it clean and sliced it into pieces, and had to be marinated for once. It was the 27th day after tomorrow, and these things had to be fried with oil.

Mother Qi bought two stupid chickens in the market and couldn't kill any of the family members so she asked the neighbors to kill them today. Mother Qi found a bucket of water and poured in a bucket of hot water so the feathers could be easily torn off.

After she had plucked all the feathers, Mama Qi cleaned up the internal organs of the chicken. The large silver carp scraped clean the scales, cleaned the gills and washed the inside and outside. Then she cleaned up the entire westernmost room and carried the washed fishes to the kitchen to chop them into pieces and marinate them with the ingredients.

Mama Qi liked to talk to the kids behind her about what she should pay attention to when doing chores, and how to do it faster and more effortlessly. She told them in unison, "Don't chop too much chicken and fish, it's not easy to fry when it's too big. Marinate the meat with spice and soy sauce to make it taste good."

When these items were ready, Mama Qi chopped the frozen pork she brought into the house earlier with scallion sauce and some water to make meat stuffing. This was used as a lotus root box.

Qi Xiang said, "Mom, let me chop this. You take a rest first." Mama Qi made room for him and said, "Use the strength on your wrists when you're chopping. It's not tiring."

Qi Yuan took over the knife and adjusted the direction of the force, and after a while, he found the right method. Qi Jing took over the knife and adjusted the direction of the force, and after a while, he found the right way, and lightly shook his wrist.

When they were done, Mama Qi received a small basin and placed it in the kitchen window. There was no heating in the kitchen, so the temperature would be lowered. Outside in winter, there was only a natural refrigerator with temperatures of -10 degrees Celsius.

The next day, after breakfast, mother Qi began to cut up the herbs that had already been washed.

The two pieces had a bit of connection between them, and they sat together on one side. Qi Yuan put the pieces of lotus root into a big plate, and after he cut them up, Qi Yuan put the meat in the middle of the lotus root slices he chopped up last night, piece by piece, into a big plate. Qi Yuan beat around twenty eggs in a rate bowl, and this time, he would beat Guo Guo with two pairs of chopsticks to the side, sitting on a small stool, looking at Qi Yuan's hard work, he said while holding a small handkerchief, "Qi Yuan gege, it's really hard for you, let me wipe your sweat."

Qi Jiu placed a newspaper in the big dustpan that Mama Qi had cleaned and poured out a ladle of flour. Hearing Guo Guo say this, he turned his head and said, "I'm also tired. Guo Guo, quickly come and help me wipe it."

Guo Guo obediently stood up from the small stool, walked in front of Qi Ao and helped him lift up his falling bangs, while carefully wiping Qi Tan's forehead, she softly said: "Qi Mo, it's hard on you big sister, I'll help you wipe your sweat, in a while I'll go and pour you a cup of water."

Qi Xian narrowed his eyes, smiling as he accepted Guo Guo's service. Qi Xiufeng smiled and said, "I think you're free, hurry up and put the bowl back into the bag."

Mama Qi cleaned up the westernmost pot and went to the door to report a bunch of thin, sun-dried apple branches. A fire was already burning under the stove, waiting for the water in the wok to dry before she poured oil, then she could fry these things when the oil was cooked.

At this time, Mama Qi came in and helped carry the stuff to the west wing. She saw Guo Guo wiping Qi Ku's forehead and smiled, "Guo Guo, don't listen to your Ku Ku's actions. Your sister is always enjoying her work at the front."

When he heard this, he twisted around and leaned against his mother's side. He wanted his mother to be honest with him, as he was also a good child who could work.

Qi Yuan had prepared the egg juice in a light, medium aluminum bowl and placed it on the counter, a big sieve covered with a few pancakes and placed it on the other side of the counter, on a stool was a big, white, dustpan, Mama Qi picked the firewood under the stove and looked at the oil in the pan, Qi Yuan put the sliced mountain tablets in the noodle pot and then put them in the egg fluid, the fried things usually had no taste first, then the lotus root box, then the chicken, the fish meat, because the fishy smell was the last one fried.

The oil in the pot was smoking. Mama Qi put the egg-stained mountain tablets into the oil and made a "chi la" sound. After that, the mountain pills rolled and brought out a string of oil bubbles. She looked at the color of the oil mountain pills and smoked two sticks of wood under the stove to make the fire lighter.

After the frying was done, Qi Yuan fished a pot out with the iron grill and put it into the sieve with the pancakes. Qi Yuan and his mother put the mountain tablets that had already been coated with flour into the egg juice together, and then added the chopsticks into the oil piece by piece. The room was filled with the fragrance of fried food.

Mrs Qi said, "When these yams are ready, we'll send some to your Second Grandmother's house for her to eat. Your Second Grandmother's auntie is allergic to yam, so I don't think they'll bomb this place this year."

Qi Xiang said, "In these two days, Qianqian didn't come back to stay at Second Grandma's house. I wonder how she's doing at my Second Grandma's house."

Mrs Qi said, "It should be pretty good. Your sister-in-law is pregnant and is very happy. Besides, your aunt has already said that she will take Qian Qian to F City after the new year. She is happier than anyone else."

Qi Xiang said, "We just have to wait until Qianqian grows up."

Mama Qi said, "Qianqian is also a bitter child. It's a good thing your aunt insisted on bringing us to school in F City. Otherwise, who knows how much suffering we'd have at home."

After a whole morning of work, they finally finished cooking. Mama Qi had taken a cucumber for lunch. As she watched the kids eat the lotus root box fried chicken enthusiastically, she advised, "You guys should all eat less, it's not good to eat fat on your stomachs."

Mother Qi, who had been tired from lunch, lay down on the brick bed where her grandma slept. Her grandma was sewing a thin cotton-padded jacket for Guo Guo. She said to her mother, "Mama Qi, why don't you send me home tomorrow?"

"Mother, are you going to my brother's or little brother's home?"

Grandma took a moment to ponder before saying, "Look, it's already the 26th of the Moon. If I don't go back now, I won't feel at ease. I'm still staying at your house all year round. I'm afraid they might gossip."

Mother Qi said, "What nonsense are you talking about, only people are allowed to do it, no one is allowed to talk about it? Can you be at ease with my sister-in-law's presence? My little brother has been living at his father-in-law's house all these years, and I don't even know if the house has been cleaned. The kids even told me to send you back on the second day of the first month to pick you up. "

Grandma put down the needle and thread in her hand and said: "I am just enjoying your blessings. Your elder sister has been running to F City all day for the sake of her daughter for the past two years, and she even came to my place to do it. If it wasn't for your sister-in-law, she might have treated me better, and your younger brother has been helping his father-in-law all these years. "I'm just afraid that if I go back too late, others will think too highly of our family. Your big brother's family's child still needs to say that he's a daughter-in-law."

Mama Qi sighed and said, "Mom, don't worry. I'll send you home the day after tomorrow for the big show. Can you still not come home for the new year?"

Hearing this, Grandma laughed and continued with her needlework. "I don't know what that kid in F City looks like. I've finally gotten a fourth generation."