Chapter 287 Winter Solstice Dumplings

Author: Xifeng

Chapter 287 Winter Solstice Dumplings

On the day of the winter solstice, Jiang Lu and Zhou Chunhe took Zhou Tian and Zhou Yun back to Wangjiaba Village. If they didn't go back, they would be missed by Mrs. Zhou for a long time. On this day, everyone in Wangjiaba Village would eat dumplings. Those with children at home would also

You should coax your children to eat more for good luck.

Life was tight in the past. The dumpling wrappers were not pure white flour, but mixed with whole grains, and the dumpling fillings were not pure meat. A lot of wild vegetables were always mixed in. Even so, every winter solstice, the children would always eat it from scratch.

In the morning, I started looking forward to the meal of dumplings in the evening. But now, with white flour skin and pure meat filling, the children don't eat them so well.

Especially Zhou Tian from Lao Zhou's family complained that he didn't like dumplings and wanted to eat glutinous rice balls.

Mrs. Zhou coaxed and begged him to eat more so that his ears would not freeze.

Jiang Lu didn't believe this statement, but she couldn't tolerate Zhou Tian's unstructured behavior, so she told him to eat if he could, and to be hungry if he couldn't. There would be no snacks at night.

As expected, Zhou Tian was so angry that he stiffened his neck and said, "I won't eat."

"Then you will be hungry and not allowed to eat anything at night." Jiang Lu said.

"Huh, if you don't want to eat, then you won't eat." Zhou Tian has never experienced what it feels like to be extremely hungry. In his opinion, what's the big deal about being hungry? Can it scare him? No way.

Jiang Lu also warned her mother-in-law and Zhou Chunhe not to give anything to Zhou Tian.

Zhou Chunhe raised his hands in agreement and went out to look for people to play with after dinner.

Mrs. Zhou couldn't bear it. She wished she could have eyes on her eldest grandson so that she could give him food as soon as possible when he was hungry.

As this person gets older, his heart softens. He thinks that Mrs. Zhou was such a tough person in the past. Not to mention starving, Zhou Chunhe suffered from hunger and cold when she was a child. Now that she is here with her grandson, she is no longer able to survive.

Jiang Lu saw the old lady's thoughts and added, "Mom, if you spoil him now, you are harming him. We must unite to educate our children, otherwise it will never be useful."

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." Mrs. Zhou promised, but she didn't know if she could do it.

But Jiang Lu saw Zhou Tian going out to play, so he also took Duoduo there.

In recent years, many new houses have been added to Wangjiaba Village. Although they are not as stylish as the old Zhou family's bungalows, the traces of the replacement of the old with the new are very obvious.

When she walked to Lin Wenshu's house, she discovered that the house had completely collapsed, with a big hole in the middle. The trees growing inside had already reached the roof and spread toward the sky.

Duoduo was going to pick the unknown little flower, but Jiang Lu watched her staggering past.

"You girl can even walk now." Wang Youliang, the old village chief, came over and said hello while smoking a dry cigarette.

Jiang Lu hurriedly replied, "Village chief."

"It's still the village chief. That was all from many years ago." Wang Youliang didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave, but he did want to have a chat.

"I have been the village chief for many years. This cannot change." Jiang Lu smiled.

When Wang Youliang heard this, he was a little moved. No one had praised him like this for a long time.

"Come back for the festival?"

"Yeah, come back for the holidays." Jiang Lu talked while looking at her daughter.

"I heard that you opened a big supermarket in the city?"

"That's owned by Chunhe. Uncle, if you have time to go to the city, just go and have a look." Jiang Lu smiled.

"I just want to take a look and see how talented people like you make money. How can you make so much money?" Wang Youliang couldn't figure it out at all.

"I heard that Ziqiang has also opened a brick factory, which is good." Jiang Lu thought of this.

But the old village chief waved his hand, "Don't mention it, it's a loss."

"It's a loss, what's going on?"

"The kiln-firing master we hired was unreliable. Several kiln bricks were burnt out, but he ran away. As a result, my family suffered a lot of debts."

Jiang Lu sighed for a while. The last time she heard Zhou Chunhe talk about this, she was quite happy for Wang Ziqiang. Apart from anything else, this man had a good mind and did not want to harm anyone. He also sincerely persuaded Zhou Chunhe to go and help others.

He pulls bricks because he is afraid that his life will be bad. Based on this, she also hopes that his life can be improved.

Seeing Jiang Lu didn't say anything, Wang Youliang asked again, "I heard that you want to set up another factory?"

"It's a clothing factory, but it's still under construction."

"Oh, that's about to start. Is your factory hiring?"

"Recruiting people."

"Can my daughter go in?"

"Can she use a sewing machine? Has she made clothes?"

"I don't know if the clothes have been made before, but sewing machines can be stepped on. Her wedding dowry was a sewing machine, and I bought it for her."

"That's okay, you can ask her to come to me when the time comes."

"Is it really possible?" The old man didn't quite believe that it could be done so easily.

"Of course, we have to try it to see if she can do it." Jiang Lu smiled.

"Then don't worry, I am a woman who can endure hardships and I will definitely be able to withstand it."

Jiang Lu just smiled, unable to explain that this habit and enduring hardship were actually two different things.

After receiving Jiang Lu's correct words, Wang Youliang left with great joy. He even hummed a song when he left. Jiang Lu suddenly remembered the first time he met the village chief. At that time, he was proud and had a loud voice.

With prestige and respect, he is now an ordinary old man, with a hunched back, gray hair, a softer voice, and a gentler person.

Jiang Lu didn't know whether this change was good or bad, but she did feel in her heart that she would no longer care about the past events, good or bad. She was also relieved of the old village chief's previous favoritism.

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Now he is just an extremely ordinary old man. Jiang Lu even feels that he needs to help him.

Where did Zhou Chunhe go? Instead of looking for the second master, he went to Suozi Village first to look for Jiang Jiafu.

Jiang Jiafu was unlucky this winter solstice. First, he managed to make a few dumplings. Before they could be put into the pot, his dog pushed him hard. The dumplings almost lost their shape and they were easily put into the pot.

The pot lid could not be found again. In desperation, he used his straw hat to cover it as a pot lid. Over the years, a lot of Jiang Jiafu's hair oil had accumulated on the straw hat, which saved oil.

When the dumplings came out of the pot and the fillings were exposed, but fortunately there was still some dumpling flavor, Jiang Jiafu scooped them all into the bowl, picked up the garlic and squatted on the doorstep to eat.

When Zhou Chunhe arrived, he was fishing dumplings in a bowl.

"Have you drunk the shabu-shabu water yet?" Zhou Chunhe asked in surprise.

"What shabu-shabu water? These are serious winter solstice dumplings. Don't talk nonsense if you don't know. It's not your place." Jiang Jiafu said unconvinced.

Zhou Chunhe quickly waved his hand, "You're welcome, just eat it yourself."

Somehow, every time I write about Jiang Jiafu, I finish it in one go, as if I had already known how to make him a main character.
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