Chinese New Year extra: The morning of New Year’s Eve (Jiang Ran, Jiang Feng’s perspective)
My name is Jiang Ran, and I am an ordinary accountant in Tai Feng Building.
I graduated from a well-known university majoring in economics and management. When I was young and ignorant, my life plan was to study abroad after graduation, enter the financial circle and become a leader in Wall Street.
What changed my life was the most important person in my life - my little brother.
It is true that my relationship with my little brother is average, and to be precise, my relationship with my cousins at home is average. I am the kind who only get together during Chinese New Year and holidays, and occasionally share my daily life. I had a girlfriend when I was in college, and they were not the first to know about my secret weight loss.
In fact, most brother-sister relationships in the world are like this, but my family is special, and the other relationships are all very good.
Although I took a detour in the first 20 years of my life and my relationship with my younger brother gradually became estranged, fortunately, I woke up in time and returned to the right path, and used my career advantage to instantly get closer to my younger brother.
I'm not telling you, I'm almost tired of watching these four guys, Brother De, Brother Cheng, Juan Qing, and Juan Lian, fighting openly and secretly during family dinners. I never get involved in such boring things, and I also know that Juan Lian has been secretly comparing herself to me in recent years, and I don't even bother to compare with her.
What's the relationship between me and my little girl? In addition to cousins, there are also special relationships between colleagues, superiors and subordinates, and bosses and workers!
I work for my younger brother, can I be like them?
There are too many things that I don’t want to talk about. To prove that I am not bragging, I will now tell you what happened on the New Year’s Eve morning of the first year our family spent in Peking.
That morning, it was very cold.
I woke up very late and didn't get up until 10 am. I didn't set an alarm clock, and I didn't even think about getting up early to go to the kitchen to cook on the stove.
As the best accountant of Tai Feng House, all daily expenses of Tai Fung House, including the purchase of ingredients, must be handled by me. The list of ingredients purchased by my younger brother for the Chinese New Year is no exception.
First of all, I want to make it clear that our family is absolutely selfless. The ingredients purchased during the Chinese New Year go to our private account, not the public account of the restaurant. I will know what ingredients my brother purchased during the Chinese New Year, all because the suppliers are the same. I also helped him determine the price when he was purchasing.
Therefore, I dare to say that I am the only one in the family, besides my younger brother and Qiqi, who knows exactly what is on the New Year’s Eve menu.
If my judgment is correct, I will make it on the 30th night of the first year that our family and the Li family spend together: hibiscus prawns, shredded yam, crispy apples, eight-treasure chestnut pigeon, clear soup Family portrait, Jiang's ginseng soup, golden cabbage, sweet and sour carp, pot-roasted pork, baked lobster in soup, willow-leaf agarwood in clear soup, Dinghu vegetarian dish and six other cold dishes that are not worth mentioning except for the five-spice fish.
The New Year's Eve dinner is so sumptuous that I really don't understand the need for breakfast.
I don’t have another 4 to eat. What if I eat too much for breakfast and can’t eat dinner?
Therefore, not only did I not eat breakfast on New Year's Eve, I also didn't eat lunch. To be precise, I had been trying to control myself to stay in a half-full state of hunger since the day before. I was hungry on an empty stomach just so that I could have a good meal in the evening. eat.
When I got up, I saw Brother De who was secretly proud of himself, Brother Cheng who obviously wanted to show off but didn't say anything, and I looked down on the two in front of me, Juan Qing and Juan Lian, who were secretly comparing themselves to each other and didn't know why they had to use the brazier with the heater on even though they were not afraid of the heat. Later, I knew that everyone was here.
"You guys got up quite early." I yawned. I didn't forget to go to the kitchen and found a chair to sit down.
"The early bird catches the worm." Brother De smiled proudly.
"I usually get up early and have a good appetite when I wake up. Only when I wake up early can I eat good food." Brother Cheng chuckled.
"But there's no need to get up too early. I think if you want to meet something really good, you have to rely on some luck." Juan Lian seemed to be pointing out something.
"I think what my sister said makes sense." Juan Qing agreed wildly.
I finally figured it out. Each of the four of them had eaten Xiao Zao.
It’s really hard on my little brother.
I haven't eaten since yesterday and now I'm very hungry. I can't bear to hear others discuss eating.
"I usually get up quite early. This is a rare holiday. I have to sleep in. I didn't expect you guys to be so diligent." I pretended not to understand what they said and looked for an opportunity to escape. "I'm so sleepy. I haven't made dumplings yet." It’s time, right? Then I’ll go back and take a nap.”
"Hey, brother Ran, don't you want to have breakfast? I cooked porridge and noodles with soybean paste." Juan Qing reminded.
When I heard about the porridge and noodles with soybean paste, I couldn't help but swallow secretly, thinking about the upcoming sumptuous dinner, and said firmly: "No, I ate too much yesterday and I'm not hungry. I'll go back to bed first."
Before leaving, I heard Juan Qing's slightly confused words: "Sister, did Brother Ran eat a lot yesterday? I feel like he didn't eat much last night."
What do you know?
Not eating is the best strategy.
This is key information that only those closest to my little brother can master!
(Jiang Feng’s perspective)
My name is Jiang Feng, I am the chef of Tai Feng House and the current boss of Tai Feng House.
My story is very long, so I won’t go into details here. If you are interested, you can read the previous 800 chapters. Although the author of the book talks a lot of nonsense, it is still true.
Our family has a large population, and I have a good relationship with several of my cousins. In my opinion, I can’t tell the difference between distant and near relatives. But I heard that they have been comparing themselves to each other during this period, and they even mentioned what happened on the New Year’s Eve morning of the first year our family spent in Peking.
As the only person who witnessed the entire incident, I feel it is necessary for me to tell you about what happened that day from an objective and fair perspective.
Everyone must already know what De Ge, Cheng Ge, Juan Qing, and Juan Lian did in the kitchen, so I won't repeat it again. As for what Brother Ran did that morning, I don’t know. I stayed in the kitchen and never saw him, and he didn’t come for breakfast, but he ate quite a lot in the evening.
Since there is nothing to talk about, I will talk about what happened after Juan Qing and Juan Lian came back from delivering the soup and Qiqi got up.
Qiqi usually gets up very early. We have taken turns making breakfast since we got married. She takes one day at a time and I take one day at a time. I usually get up late when she makes breakfast, but she still gets up early to help me when I make breakfast.
In fact, Qiqi had set an alarm clock to wake up at 6:00 am on New Year’s Eve the night before, but I secretly turned it off.
It’s a rare Chinese New Year, and I’m not too busy on my own, so there’s no need for Qiqi to get up early on the New Year’s Eve morning to help me in the kitchen.
Besides, the Chinese New Year is different from usual times, there are many people willing to help.
It was already past 9 o'clock when Qiqi came to the kitchen. She seemed a little unhappy but also very happy at the same time. As soon as she came in, she asked me about the alarm clock.
"Fengfeng, did you turn off the alarm clock I set yesterday for 6 o'clock this morning?"
"Did you set the alarm?" I pretended to be stupid, "But the alarm went off but you didn't wake up. You slept very soundly this morning, and I didn't wake you up when my alarm went off."
"Really?" Qiqi was doubtful, asking me to tell you that this is the point of a master-level lie. People will believe any kind of nonsense.
Qiqi glanced at the food preparations in the kitchen and was very surprised at my high efficiency: "Fengfeng, you actually prepared all the ingredients for the dumplings and divided the meat. You are very efficient today."< br>
I smiled and said, "I didn't make it alone. Brother De cut the shredded radish and the meat stuffing was cut by Brother Cheng. The two of them can cut things without any problem."
Qiqi nodded and opened the refrigerator.
"Hey, did you throw away the leftover roujiamo that mom bought outside yesterday and the braised beef that Zhang Weiyu gave us? That beef is such a big piece. Although it's not delicious, isn't it a pity to throw it away?"< br>
"I didn't throw it away, but it was all eaten by Brother De and Brother Cheng. I advised them not to eat it, but they were reluctant to waste it and saw that I wanted to throw it away. They took the initiative to ask for food and insisted on eating it, and they couldn't stop me."
Qiqi seemed a little doubtful, and quickly changed the subject: "The soup is in the pot, Qiqi, drink it quickly."
Sure enough, Qiqi immediately forgot about the meat buns and beef, and walked to the pot to pick up the soup.
"Did you send the ones from Professor Li and Grandma Chen?" Qiqi asked.
"Juan Qing and Juan Lian have already sent them there, otherwise there are always people saying that my sister is considerate. It's cold and windy outside today. Although our house and Li's house are close to each other, they can be considered neighbors, but we don't have to talk about it this time. It takes twenty or thirty minutes. Juan Lian was reluctant to let me deliver the soup, so she volunteered to deliver it.”
"I left a long time ago. When I came back, I saw that their hands and feet were shaking. It was really distressing."
Qiqi sighed: "I didn't expect that Juan Qing and Juan Lian would become so sensible after going to college. At first, they were just like children like Xia Xia, but now they know how to take the initiative to help you."
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"Yes." I sighed falsely, "As a woman, she becomes more and more sensible."
In the warm kitchen, Qiqi slowly drank the warm soup and sat on a small chair waiting for me to make her the egg-filled pancake that I had recently learned.
In order to express my love for Qiqi, I specially filled this cake with two eggs. Who knows that Qiqi likes to eat eggs recently.
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Seeing this, everyone must know who is the person closest to me.
I am a very fair person and treat all my brothers and sisters equally.
The soup in the pot was stewed by me yesterday and kept warm on the stove until this morning.
The first small stove on New Year’s Eve, of course, is for my wife! ()
(End of chapter)