Xinman's Collection

"Grandma, white rabbit toffee, do you want to eat?" Xin Man held a bunch of toffee in his hand and placed it in front of Grandma Xin.

Grandma Xin just stroked Xin Man's hair with a smile and didn't answer.

"Manman, don't give grandma candy." Xin Xin shouted outside.

"Well, grandma doesn't eat it." Xin Man replied loudly.

Grandma Xin used to like to eat toffee, but her teeth became bad and her habit of eating candy was forced to change. But every time Xinman saw her, she would grab the toffee and keep it for other children in the village. , or wait for someone to entertain guests at home.

The days back home are relaxed but also busy. There are many things to do at home, such as cleaning before the year, sorting out the New Year’s goods, sending a few copies to relatives, and keeping a few at home.

Xuan Miao didn't have an adult to play with, so she obediently watched the cartoon by herself, or ran behind the adult like a little tail.

"Uncle, flowers for grandma." Miaomiao ran in, picked fake flowers from someone unknown, and brought them to Xin Man.

The child knew the grandma, but they didn't get along for a long time. Although he was often hugged when he was a child, he didn't remember it at that time. At this time, he was shy when he saw the grandma, with his hands behind his back, and Xin Man pinned the flower to Grandma Xin's ear.

Grandma Xin happily touched it, and then patted Xuan Miao's little head kindly.

"Hey, I can't do it anymore. Manman went out and slapped the fish to death. I can't hold it." Xin Xin came in wiping her hands, smelling the fishy smell in her hands with disgust.

"Well, then you stay with grandma." Xin Man quickly got out of bed and went out.

The fish was still alive, and it was kept in the fish tank at home. Today, I made one to eat, but Xin Xin couldn't hold it, and the slippery texture of the fish made her not want to touch it.

After putting the fish on the cutting board, Xin Man took the kitchen knife and tapped it on the fish's head with the back of the knife. After handling it, his hands also smelled fishy.

"How to eat?"

"Eat stewed fish!" Xin Xin shouted from the room.

"Have the fish scales been scraped clean?" Mama Xin asked from the side.

Father Xin and Xuan Ruobo went shopping and came back around noon. Xin Man nodded while washing, "It's clean."

Heat the oil in the pan, wipe off the water droplets on the fish, and then put it into the already hot oil pan. The sound of oil splashing from Zirazla sounded.

Put the onion, ginger and garlic into the pot again and sauté until fragrant. Put the whole fish in and add water, and simmer over low heat.

"Mom, is there still stewed meat today?" Xin Man wrinkled his nose, "Is there no vegetarian dish? I have been eating meat for several days."

Xin Ma gave him an angry look, "Speaking of which, I want to eat meat, but now I'm tired of it again. Don't worry, this is not for you. After the meat is cooked, it should be frozen and eaten when guests come."

There is a custom here. Before the Chinese New Year, the family prepares chicken, duck and fish, and stores them bowl by bowl. When guests or relatives come, they can take them out and steam them.

Xin Man rubbed his nose resentfully, "Then let me fry some celery and steamed eggplant, okay?"

"Okay, okay, go out first, come in after I'm done, I'll leave the kitchen to you today." Mama Xin waved her son out.

Xin Man came outside with his mobile phone. He was wearing only a knitted jacket, stomped outside the door, and sent a message to Tantai Buddha.

"Teacher Tantai, what are you doing?"

When Xin Man's soft voice came out from the video, Tantai Buddha stood up and went upstairs under the watchful eyes of the whole family.

"I still want to hear it." Mrs. Tantai muttered.

"Grandma, is it Brother Manman?" Tantai Meng held the edge of the table, watching helplessly as his uncle ran upstairs.

"Yes." Mrs. Tantai smiled kindly, "From now on, you can often see brother Manman."

"I was eating just now." Tantai Buddha replied.

"Then I didn't bother you, did you finish eating?" Xin Man scratched the tip of his nose.

"No, I've finished eating." Tantai Buddha looked around Xin Man, "Why are you outside, is it cold?"

"It's not cold. I did physical work just now, and now I'm full of heat." Xin Man jumped on the spot, and babbled about the trivial matters of these days to Teacher Tantai.

"At home on New Year's Eve, I went to my grandpa's house on the first day of the new year, my grandfather's house on the second day of the new year, and our relatives came over on the third day of the new year, and there should be nothing to do on the fourth day." Xin Manha said with a sigh.

Tantai Buddha frowned, "Go in quickly, be careful not to catch a cold."

"Okay, then I'll look for you at night." Xin Man smiled and hung up. Not long after entering, Xuan Ruobo and Dad Xin also came back.

"Why have you been here for so long?" Xin Ma asked as she brought out the dishes.

"Hey, I met a colleague I knew before, so I won't chat for a while." Father Xin sighed and put a large bag of things on the coffee table.

"What's the matter?" Mama Xin wondered.

"My dad's colleague's wife passed away a few days ago." Xuan Ruobo said, with a pity and unbearable expression on his face, "It's the New Year's Eve, and when this happens, everyone's heart will be blocked."

Mama Xin let out a cry of embarrassment on her face. Anyone who encounters this kind of thing will probably have a bad life in the next few years. She thought of saying goodbye immediately and wishing her family a safe life.

"Oh, sometimes accidents happen, and no one can avoid them. We all have to cherish the present, let's not talk about it, let's eat and eat." Dad Xin sighed and called everyone to sit down.

On New Year's Eve, because fireworks are not allowed in the community, everyone sat in the living room after the New Year's Eve dinner and waited for the gala to start broadcasting.

"I don't know any good shows this year. I was so bored last year." Xin Man dragged his chin and sat on the sofa. Xin Xin and Xuan Ruobo took Xuan Miao back to their grandparents' house. There are three parents.

"What's more, your mother was asleep at the time, and we two stayed up until midnight." Father Xin took a sip of tea, and it seemed that he planned to go to bed after midnight.

Mama Xin thumped him, "You won't call me."

Father Xin was very happy, how could he be willing to cry out, and fell asleep as soon as he fell asleep.

Xin Man shook his head helplessly, and sent a message with his mobile phone.

【Waiting for the start of the Spring Festival Gala（＾－＾）V】

The message came back in seconds, [Does it look good? 】

Xin Man snorted, 【Didn't Mr. Tantai read it? 】

[Well, I was abroad before, and I haven't watched it after returning to China. I usually go back to my room to sleep. 】

[What about the family? 】

[They don't even know how to read it when they go on a trip. 】

Xin Man: ... Well, the Spring Festival Gala in recent years is really boring, I don't want to watch the singing and dancing, and even the sketches are not as funny as before.

Xin Man put down his phone and lay on the sofa with his head up. He recalled that when he was a child, celebrating the Spring Festival every year was the thing he was looking forward to the most. The surrounding atmosphere was filled with joy, beautiful red lanterns, endless melon and fruit snacks, and the streets were full of people. Running around, a bunch of children and adults amusing, and the sound of cannons, it was lively.

At that time, there were often red marks on the ground after the blasting, and the children of them would squat on the ground to pick up the firecrackers that had been blown up. It was the red, small ones, which were obviously simple but extremely joyful. .

"What are you thinking about?" Father Xin kicked Xin Man's ass with his foot.

Xin Man sighed, and said in a slightly deep voice, "I wonder if the older I get, the more complicated the human world becomes, and those simple joys disappear along with it."

Dad Xin: "..."

"Isn't it normal for you to be nervous during Chinese New Year? You, you are still a child, you have such a big idea and you are so naive." Dad Xin snorted.

Xin Man touched his nose, but remained silent.

He replied to Tantai Buddha, 【Our family will keep the New Year's Eve, and we don't go to bed until after twelve o'clock. 】

[I will be with you this year. 】

Xin Man replied with a smile, and planned to complain about the Spring Festival Gala with Teacher Tantai.

I kept watch in the middle of the night and had to get up early the next day. Grandpa’s house was not far from here, but it took more than half an hour to get there.

"Can't we go there before dinner?" Xin Man yawned.

"The family has to get together. Your grandparents are out of town. If you can't make it today, we have to do everything well."

Xin Man leaned against the car listlessly, "Then don't let it be another table of cold dishes."

Last year passed, and I don't know how to prepare the New Year's dinner. The whole table was full of cold dishes, and a few hot dishes were copied, and there was no fish at all. It doesn't mean that you have to eat it. You look down on anyone when you entertain guests like this.

Don't you feel ashamed at home?

When he came back, a cousin complained to him, saying that the family was too lazy, and he hadn’t gone back when he was out of town, but only found out today that no one prepared anything at all, and some cold dishes were bought fresh.

Just like that, Xin Man was speechless.

"It's not this time. They have reserved a banquet at the restaurant, and we'll just go and eat."

Xin Man: "...Oh."

Dad Xin said, "I'm discussing with your mother that we won't do it next year. We do so much, and there are not many people who eat it. We always leave the fish and meat. Let's go to the restaurant to book a table."

"Yeah." Xin Man nodded in agreement, saving the elders from having to cook.

In the past, many relatives had come to the grandpa's house, some of whom Xin Man didn't know, and some of them were probably married, adding a few new faces.

"This is your second aunt, this is..." Mama Xin pulled Xin Man to introduce.

There are many relatives, and many people come to greet you.

"Oh, your son looks really good, where does he go to school now?"

"I graduated from college earlier, what else do I study, I just grow up small."

"Very handsome, have you got a girlfriend yet?"

"Where do you work?"

"Oh, oh, the postgraduate entrance examination, have you passed the entrance examination?"

"No results yet..."

One by one relatives asked you in a hurry, Xin Man smiled so hard that his face froze, especially the problem of not having a girlfriend, work problems, have you bought a car, and when are you going to buy a house?Time to find a girlfriend...

A chick who was asked to be silly was freshly baked.

When Xin Man managed to get rid of the enthusiastic questions from his relatives, he was already sweating.

"Manman, your brother-in-law and the others are here." Father Xin put down the phone and shouted.

"Then I'll go down to pick them up." Xin Man found an excuse and hurried down.

Xin Xin smiled when she saw him, "What? It's like being besieged."

"I can't stand it anymore." Xin Man smiled wryly, and hugged Miao Miao, "Miao Miao must be acting cute for uncle, let's ask for more lucky money."

"Red envelope!" Xuan Miao smiled like a fan of Xiaocai.

The arrival of Xin Xin and Xuan Ruobo somewhat shared some of the firepower. Xin Xin's excellence is the number one everywhere, and the husband she is looking for is rich and handsome.

As soon as Xuan Ruobo came in, his tall figure and handsome face instantly became the highlights, and the eyes of those women lit up.

Xin Xin glanced at her cousin in her 20s without any trace. Ever since Xuan Ruobo entered the house, this person has been staring at her. What's the matter, is she still thinking about her husband?

Last year, this cousin asked for Xuan Ruobo's WeChat account, but Xuan Ruobo didn't refuse when he saw that it was Xin Xin's cousin. But when he got home, this cousin sent a message every day, asking how he was or what he was doing today. What, I also ask some silly questions from time to time.

Xuan Ruobo noticed something was wrong, and immediately gave it to Xin Xin. Xin Xin could tell what her cousin was paying attention to at a glance.

"Heh, who cares about being a mistress?" Xin Xin sneered at that time.

Xuan Ruobo held Xin Xin's shoulders from the side, "My wife is innocent, you see she sent me so many messages, but I didn't reply."

Xuan Ruobo originally thought that he would ignore her, but this person always knows how to be sensible, but it's as if he didn't see it, his face is probably thicker than a city wall.

"Delete it, wife," Xuan Ruobo also looked annoyed, he was annoyed at anyone who wanted to interfere with his family.

"I want to see what she wants to do."

After Xuan Ruobo was asked to leave, Xin Xin made a video call to this cousin, and the other party picked it up immediately, and the smiling face that had just raised froze immediately when she saw Xin Xin, embarrassment and shame flashed in her eyes.

Xin Xin's venomous tongue was unmatched, she turned a corner to greet her cousin, she was ashamed of what she said, and finally hung up the phone in embarrassment.

Xin Xin sent a message at the end, since she is her cousin, give her some face, this time don't tell her family members, and then delete them.

Looking at it now, I still think about it.

Xin Xin sneered, and looked at her cousin with a half-smile, she froze and avoided Xin Xin's eyes.

"Wife?" Xuan Ruobo tilted his head in doubt, "Mom called us."

"Then go." Xin Xin hugged her husband with a smile, and Xuan Ruobo never looked at other women from the beginning to the end.

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【Serial theater:】

As soon as the elixir was put into the mouth, it turned into a clear stream and flowed into Shao Ji's internal organs. The burning pain before was immediately reduced and gradually disappeared.

Shao Ji's forehead was sweating finely, not because she was uncomfortable, but because she was steaming hot, and her whole body felt comfortable.

"Master, how is it?" one of the subordinates asked.

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"Master, the Guanzhu has such abilities, so he only lives on the mountain..." The first subordinate said softly.

Ronghua's ability is obvious to all, it can cure all kinds of poisons, and the bead strings given at will have strange effects...

Shaoji's eyes flashed, "You think, is the throne really that important?"

A group of subordinates: "???"

Master, what do you want to do? !