nucmednet Chapter 219 The Wu Family's New Year
Chapter 219 The Wu Family's New Year
Seeing Xia Xuelian's expression, Liu hurriedly stopped Xia Cheng: "Lian'er wants me to continue living in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. I said Lian'er is a filial child!"
Xia Xuelian was choked. After reading this, she didn't want them to continue living in the Duke's Mansion.
The three of them parted unhappily, and Xia Cheng and his wife returned to their room. The more Xia Cheng thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.
Liu was also sad, as their family relationship became increasingly distant.
Anyang City
On New Year's Eve, the shops in the city were making their last struggle. The heavy snow before the New Year made this New Year's Eve particularly cold. In previous years, the streets were crowded with people on New Year's Eve. The merchants could make some money, but this year the streets were not as lively as in previous years.
In Shilibao Wu's
The family was busy in the kitchen preparing dinner for New Year's Eve.
They started preparing in the morning, and just after noon Wu Tong took Wu Qian to the old house. They were going to go to the back mountain with Wu Li to visit the graves of the Wu family's ancestors.
This is the custom here in Shilibao. The three of them met many villagers on the road. They all went to the back mountain to visit their ancestors' graves.
Some people still go into the mountains these days. The snow on the ground has been completely frozen, and people are walking cautiously as if they are on ice.
Liu took Xue Qing, Ding and Jiang Yi to prepare the most important food for the New Year's Eve dinner - dumplings.
Xue Qing In another time and space, dumplings were the most important food in northern families, and they must be eaten during major festivals.
She has complicated feelings towards dumplings. She likes to eat them. Her favorite thing in the past was to make dumplings one by one, kneading the dough and stuffing by herself.
She always spent most of the day making dumplings, and then watched him finish two large plates of dumplings in 20 minutes.
Xue Qing felt so happy at that time that she even thought she was very successful.
The balance between career and family is so perfect.
But the more perfect something is, the more careful you should be, because there may be a huge trap behind it.
Mrs. Liu saw Xue Qing staring at the dumpling skin in his hand, motionless: "Qing'er, Qing'er." Mrs. Ding and Jiang Yi also noticed Xue Qing who was in a daze.
Jiang Yi, who was next to Xue Qing, nudged her with his elbow. Xue Qing looked at Jiang Yi: "What?"
"Madam is calling you," Jiang Yi said.
Xue Qing looked at Liu: "Mom, you called me?"
"Qing'er hasn't eaten dumplings yet, right?" Liu saw Ding looking at her in surprise out of the corner of her eye. She meant that she hadn't eaten dumplings since Xue Qing became normal.
Xue Qing thought about it and realized that he had never eaten it since he came here. He thought it didn't exist in this time and space, but he didn't expect that he was the only one who hadn't eaten it.
"Ah, yes, so I'm curious about what it tastes like?" Xue Qing said casually.
Jiang Yi was a little confused as to why Xue Qing had never eaten dumplings. Didn't she eat dumplings every Chinese New Year? However, she didn't ask because of the habit she had developed over the years.
By the time the dumplings were finished, Wu Tong and Wu Qian had not returned yet.
Make a total of six large dumplings, four of which should be placed at the highest point in the house, and the remaining two should be eaten in the evening.
After finishing his work, Xue Qing returned to the west wing alone and quickly entered the space.
The original owner was still asleep, and Xue Qing found that the peppers planted in the yard were growing very well, and there was already a large patch of them. They were blooming with small white flowers, and it seemed that they would soon bear fruit.
At this moment, Xue Qing was like a person sailing alone in the sea, so lonely!
The loneliness of wandering in a foreign land made her miss the hometown that she had once wanted to escape from so much.
She must go back.
She searched for the prescription in the room, hoping that there would be a way to wake the original owner up and let her return to her body, so that she could go back.
After searching through the books for a long time, she did not find any relevant prescriptions, but she did find a jade ring that was extremely round and translucent.
There was a faint halo on it. Xue Qing picked it up and put it on the ring finger of his left hand. It fit perfectly.
Suddenly, a middle-aged man with a beard appeared in his mind. He looked at him with some reluctance in his eyes. He said something, but Xue Qing couldn't hear it at all.
This man's face looks so familiar, I wonder where I've seen him before.
When Xue Qing opened his eyes again, he had left the space and returned to the west wing.
The ring in her hand was gone, and she carefully recalled the face of the man just now.
Why does he look so familiar? Suddenly, this man looks very much like that old man. Yes, it is him, but the man in my memory is younger.
Is it only by solving these mysteries by myself that I can go back?
The mountain road was difficult to travel, and by the time Wu Tong and his companions returned, it was already close to the end of the evening hour. Wu Qian's face was red from the cold.
Liu was very distressed and wanted to pick him up, but Wu Qian refused: "Nurse, I am already a man, I can't let you hold me anymore."
After saying that, he ran into the east wing.
Wu Tong returned to the main house, washed up a bit, and Liu arranged dinner.
This was the most prosperous year in many years. Although both of my sons were not around, at least there was still a man around.
At the dinner table, Xue Qing seldom spoke and just ate in silence.
This just suited Wu Tong's mood. He didn't want to hear Xue Qing's voice at all.
The moment Xue Qing took a bite of the dumpling, tears almost fell from her eyes. The taste of the dumpling was somewhat familiar. She opened her eyes and pushed the tears back.
Looking up at Liu, a familiar feeling came over me.
If I leave, I will probably miss Liu a lot.
Liu had already sensed that Xue Qing was different, but she didn't show it.
When everyone was staying up together after dinner, they were all in the east room watching over Liu, and Wu Tong felt bored and went back to the west room.
In previous years, when the weather was not so cold at this time, there would be many adults and children in the village visiting each other with lanterns to wish a happy new year.
It’s just that it’s too cold this year, so both adults and children stay at home to celebrate the New Year.
The two children were playing their favorite games on the kang.
The four women sat on the kang, eating snacks and drinking tea. They had bought a lot of candied fruits, preserved fruits, and tuckahoe cakes in Anyang City a few years ago. Xue Qing never liked these overly sweet foods.
Seeing that Xue Qing ate very little, Liu asked, "Qing'er, why don't you eat? You used to love candied fruits the most."
As he said this, he picked up the plate and handed it to Xue Qing.
Xue Qing picked one up and put it in his mouth. It was so sweet!
"I ate too much for dinner. I'll get a pack of food from the room and eat when I'm hungry," Xue Qing said vaguely while eating.
Liu looked at Xue Qing lovingly and said, "Okay, pack some of each and take them over."
Xue Qing nodded while chewing the candied fruit in his mouth. This way he might be able to chew faster.
Jiang Yi noticed Xue Qing's unnatural expression and quickly brought her a cup of tea. Xue Qing finally swallowed the candied fruit with the tea.
They could faintly hear the sound of firecrackers coming from far away.
Then he asked, "Mom, we forgot to buy firecrackers in Anyang City before the New Year."