Chapter 93 New Year’s Eve (Two) [Third update! 】


Chapter 93 New Year’s Eve (Two) [Third update! 】

There are still many relatives in the Li family.

Li Mingyi has a direct uncle, two uncles who were born from a concubine, and more than a dozen cousins. He even has two biological sisters and several younger brothers and sisters who were born from a concubine. Now he cannot be called a concubine, but should be called an aunt. of.

Several of Li Mingyi's uncles are not up to par, and they rely on his father to support them. His younger brothers and cousins ​​are not outstanding. It is precisely because of this that even though there are many young masters in the Li family, if Li Mingyi is mentioned outside All the young masters in the family would only think of Li Mingyi.

Li Mingyi's eldest sister divorced his eldest brother-in-law a few months ago and moved back with her daughter. Li Mingyi thought it was nothing. His eldest brother-in-law was proficient in eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling and smoking opium. He had three or four aunts and wives. Now in New China, it would not be difficult for his eldest sister to get divorced and remarry.

But Li Mingyi's mother, Liu Xiuzhen, was a well-educated young lady brought up in a traditional feudal family. She felt that her daughter's divorce would mean being divorced, which was a huge scandal, and she did not look down upon her eldest daughter during the Chinese New Year.

Now all the female relatives of the whole family gather around the old lady to make her happy and get good luck during the New Year.

"Xiuzhen, where is my granddaughter-in-law?" The old lady liked Jiang Huiqin and asked Liu Xiuzhen after not seeing her for a long time.

"Xiao He, you go find the young lady, and Ming Yi by the way. It's almost time for the New Year's Eve dinner, and I don't know where these two went." Liu Xiuzhen ordered the maid.

The maid received the order and was about to go out when she saw Jiang Huiqin running in carrying a food box.

"Grandma, grandma, guess what I did for you!"

"I've smelled it, shredded sweet potatoes, so you still remember that I like to eat shredded sweet potatoes!" the old lady said with a smile.

"What I made today is great. I added double the sugar. You will definitely like it. I brought it over as soon as it came out of the pot. It's still hot. Try it!" Jiang Huiqin moved the teacup in the old lady's hand. , put the shredded sweet potatoes on top, and handed each person a pair of chopsticks.

There are many relatives in the Li family. Jiang Huiqin is very clear about how many female relatives will be with the old lady at this time. She just happened to give them all out, not too many pairs, but not too many pairs.

"You're not afraid of getting your clothes dirty when you're celebrating the New Year." Liu Xiuzhen scolded in a low voice, "Where's Ming Yi? Where did he go? I didn't see him in the front hall just now."


"Mingyi was in the kitchen with me just now. He should still be behind me now." Jiang Huiqin said.

Liu Xiuzhen became even more angry: "He actually accompanies you to fool around. It's really outrageous."

"Okay, Xiuzhen is celebrating the Chinese New Year. Don't scold Huiqin's granddaughter-in-law. She just wants to make me, an old woman, happy. Huiqin learned this skill from his brother. You are in for a treat today." The old lady smiled at her. Others are humane.

"Just saying a few more words can't be regarded as scolding." Liu Xiuzhen said, "Mom, it's not dinner time yet. Isn't it wrong to just eat like this?"

"If you don't eat the sweet potato while it's hot, it will cool down and you won't be able to pull it out anymore. Huiqin's work will be in vain. Some time ago, I heard Mingyi tell me what kind of dessert foreigners have before meals, and we should also learn from it. Let them try this dessert first," the old lady said with a smile, taking a piece of sweet potato.

Long thin sugar strands were removed from the syrup on the surface of the sweet potato, but Master Chen was right. Jiang Huiqin's skill in frying the sugar and drawing the sugar was not good enough. The sugar strands were not thin enough and they broke quickly.

But the taste is generally good. The sweet potatoes are yellow in color, crispy on the outside and soft and waxy on the inside.

The old lady is getting older, and her sense of taste has deteriorated greatly. Many dishes that are heavy in oil and sauce taste a bit bland to her. Jiang Huiqin made this dish specially for her, and twice the sugar was just what she wanted.

"Yes, granddaughter-in-law's skills have improved again." The old lady praised with a smile.

Li Mingyi was actually at the door a long time ago. Jiang Feng didn't know what his hobby was. He liked to stand at the door and eavesdrop on the people inside. Maybe he was afraid of going in early and being scolded by Liu Xiuzhen. It was almost time to meet, and the atmosphere was heightened. He was also very active. Liu Xiuzhen probably couldn't scold him even if she wanted to, so she pretended to have just arrived and came in.

"Hey, Ming Yi is here. Just now your mother was nagging you about where you were." The old lady waved to Ming Yi, took another bite of the shredded sweet potato, chewed it slowly and then said, "Your wife's craftsmanship is so good again." Progress.”

"That's not true, grandma. I was watching from the kitchen just now. Even Master Chen praised Huiqin for doing a good job." Li Ming lied and said, "I just saw that the kitchen has almost been prepared." , I guess it will be time to eat later.”

"Come, Xiuzhen, you also want to try your daughter-in-law's cooking." The old lady took another piece.

Liu Xiuzhen actually doesn't like sweets. She believes in Buddhism and has a light taste. She rarely touches meat and fish. But now that the old lady spoke, she also picked up a chopstick with a smile.

This old lady’s special plate of double sugar carrot sweet potatoes was a huge blow to Liu Xiuzhen, but she still kept her face calm and her heart not beating. She finished the meal calmly and praised: "Not bad."

The old lady felt even happier when she heard that even Liu Xiuzhen praised the plate of shredded sweet potatoes, and invited everyone to eat, even Li Mingyi was not left behind.

Everyone stretched out their chopsticks and praised how delicious it was. As for how many of them really thought it was delicious, it is unknown.

Li Mingyi took Jiang Huiqin's chopsticks and picked up a large piece. Unfortunately, he didn't have the skill to change his face and almost revealed his secret on the spot. Fortunately, he cleverly pretended to be in a hurry, choked and coughed a few times, and managed to get through.

The old lady was in a good mood, so she ate three large pieces of carrot sweet potato for the first time. After talking to everyone for a while, the maid came in.

"Old lady, ladies and ladies, it turns out that the eldest young master is also here. The eldest master invited a Western photographer and said he wanted to take a family photo together." The maid said.

"Western photographers are really new. Let's go." The old lady smiled, and everyone followed her.

"Huiqin, the sweet potatoes you cooked today are really too sweet." Li Mingyi secretly grabbed Jiang Huiqin, deliberately falling behind everyone, and complained softly.

"What do you know? Grandma is too old to taste. This level of sweetness is the most suitable for grandma." Jiang Huiqin whispered, "If you don't think it tastes good, wait until we finish the New Year's Eve meal and watch the New Year's Eve." We’ve all gone back to our rooms. I’ll secretly go to the kitchen to make another dish for you.”

"Come on, if there is sweetness in your mouth, drink two more bowls of soup later. I just saw the matsutake mushrooms shipped from Yunnan in the kitchen. Don't you love matsutake soup?" Jiang Huiqin urged.

The couple held hands and hurriedly followed the crowd. (End of chapter)

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