Quick Wear: Passerby A's Daily Life of Eating Watermelons

Now they were playing with firecrackers that were disassembled from firecrackers. Other children were too afraid to light them, but Jiang Ze was quite brave and not afraid at all. Jiang Yue disassembled more than a dozen in total. After playing, Jiang Yue took him back to the house.

On the 29th day of the lunar year, Jiang Yue stayed at her post. Today is her last working day of the year. One good thing about Jiang Yue and her recycling station is that they don't have to work in three shifts or two shifts. It doesn't matter if the recycling of materials is delayed for a few days. They can have a few days off during the New Year.

We went to the cafeteria to eat lunch at noon. Today we had braised pork, scrambled eggs with peppers and shredded potatoes. Everyone was already very satisfied with the meat dish, and many people were reluctant to eat it. They packed it up to eat tomorrow during the New Year. Jiang Yue also packed it up, not for the reason mentioned above, but simply because it was too fat and greasy, and Jiang Yue didn't want to eat it.

Everyone was busy in the afternoon. Jiang Yue sealed up this year's accounts. Other employees were also busy. They had to deal with flammable items such as books and wood. The method of dealing with them was very simple. Just pour some water on them. Of course, someone had to be arranged to be on duty during the New Year, but she, the only accountant, did not need to be on duty.

Jiang Yue got off work early today. On the last day, she brought some more things back. Today, she mainly brought some vegetables, including cucumbers, beans, garlic sprouts, and celery. For this purpose, Jiang Yue also brought a dark cloth bag.

Of course, she wasn't too outrageous. The main thing was that these things were indeed for sale, so Jiang Ma bought some winter bamboo shoots and garlic sprouts. Unfortunately, the garlic sprouts were frozen, while Jiang Yue bought fresh ones.

After returning home, of course Jiang Ma asked about the origin of the things. Jiang Yue just asked someone to buy them with the same explanation. As for the price, she just made it up. Jiang Ma did not gain nothing today. She also bought some hairtail fish and pork head.

Jiang Ma mainly bought things from another protagonist, Aunt Wang. Otherwise, Jiang Ma would not be able to buy so many things by herself. After all, Aunt Wang was reborn once. Not only was she brave, but she also knew more places to buy supplies than Jiang Ma.

Early in the morning on New Year's Eve, the streets were filled with the sound of firecrackers.

The little kid had woken up a long time ago. Before he woke Jiang Yue up, Jiang's mother carried him out and put her new shoes on the table.

Today the Jiang family is all at home after a long time. The weather was fine today as it is New Year's Day and the sun came out early in the morning. Mother Jiang gave Jiang Ze some biscuits and let him go out to play. They didn't cook on the morning of New Year's Eve, but waited until almost noon to make a big meal.

Dad Jiang and the eldest brother got up very early. Dad Jiang was watching people playing chess in the yard. Dad Jiang didn't know how to play, but the eldest brother knew a little. He was a terrible chess player and was defeated early on. Now he was chatting with his friends nearby.

Mother Jiang was busy preparing ingredients. Jiang Yue originally wanted to sleep a little longer, but the sound of Mother Jiang's cutting vegetables prevented Jiang Yue from falling asleep at all. After rolling around in bed for a few times, she decided to get up. She went out to check the teapot on the stove, picked it up and went to wash up.

After washing up, Zhao Juan and Qian Juan came to play with her. Today, everyone didn't have to go to work, so they were finally together. There was no other way because their holidays were not on the same day. They were usually tired after a day's work, and mainly because they didn't want to go out in this cold winter.

"You can sleep a lot. You slept until ten o'clock. If it were me, my mother would have beaten me a long time ago."

"That can't be helped. Your mother is not my mother."

The sisters played for a while, and then discussed the gossip they knew. When it was around eleven o'clock, every household started to cook, and everyone went back to their own homes.

Jiang Yue accompanied Jiang Ma in chopping spare ribs, which were bought by Jiang Ma and the protagonist, Aunt Wang. Jiang Yue also cut two pounds of meat to make braised pork, so that Jiang Ma could see what real braised pork is. I forgot to mention that after such a long period of preparation, Jiang Ma agreed to let her be the chef for the New Year's Eve dinner.

There are too few stoves at home, but fortunately, Mother Jiang found a casserole from somewhere. The braised pork can be slowly stewed in the casserole, and the spare ribs can be cooked in a big pot. After the spare ribs and braised pork are ready, just stir-fry the vegetables and it's done.

After the last dish was finished, Jiang Yue looked at the dishes on the table: braised pork, pork ribs stewed with beans, braised fish, scrambled eggs, cucumber and pork head, meatballs, and pork with pork belly. There was not a single vegetarian dish. Jiang Yue wanted to fry a few vegetarian dishes, but Jiang's mother stopped her. Who eats like this? Everyone cooks what they have.

During the meal, Jiang's mother wanted to remove two dishes, but Jiang's father said, "Eat it. It's all ready. Why don't you eat the leftovers?"

Although there were seven dishes, the portions were actually not that big. Everyone was very motivated and except for the meatballs and fish, they finished all the other dishes. If it weren’t for the food they had prepared some time ago, they would have had diarrhea today.

If you ask me whether eating only meat makes you feel sick, the answer is really not at all. Nowadays, we can eat meat several times a year. Who can get sick of eating meat? Besides, we have Jiang Yue’s cooking skills as a foundation.

After eating and drinking, Jiang Yue boiled some hawthorn water and added some other ingredients. It was not only delicious but also promoted digestion. After a rest, the whole family cleaned up the mess together. After finishing, Jiang's mother asked everyone: "Should we make fewer dumplings for dinner?"

"Make less. We'll have fish and meatballs for dinner. Add some fried celery and dumplings and that'll be about it."

We started making dumplings in the afternoon. They were stuffed with lard and cabbage and mutton and green onion. The family members divided the work among themselves, some chopped the stuffing, some rolled the dumpling wrappers, some made dumplings, and some made noises. With everyone's combined efforts, they finished the dumplings quickly.

Seeing that it was almost time, Jiang's mother started to boil water. While boiling the water, a lot of trouble happened outside. The creditor of Li's son came to collect gambling debts on New Year's Day. Li was almost beaten to death because he had no money to pay. Finally, Aunt Wang came forward to call the police. She was also ruthless. Gambling was illegal in those days, and the fight was so bloody. These people may be sentenced this time.

To be honest, if Aunt Wang wasn't in this courtyard, it wouldn't be much different from Love in Courtyard. It's all because of her that it doesn't get too bad. Otherwise, there would be too many gods in this courtyard.

After the dumplings were cooked, Jiang Ma served a bowl to each of them. Even though they had eaten a lot of meat at noon, the dumplings were still very fragrant. Jiang Yue ate a lot this time, because she liked them. The two leftover dishes from lunch were also eaten. Jiang Ma originally wanted to stir-fry some celery, but after thinking about it, she decided not to do it. She would take it back home to eat tomorrow.

Jiang Yue's family had dinner late, and after they had cleaned up, many people came to visit. Today everyone would relax, play poker and other games. Jiang Yue went to Zhao's house to play with Zhao Juan. The protagonist Mei Xue was also there, but she was several years older than Jiang Yue, and she couldn't play with Jiang Yue. She was chatting with the young wives nearby.