At the end of January, a heavy snowfall fell across the country, welcoming the Spring Festival and symbolizing that people would have a good harvest in the coming year.
Posting Spring Festival couplets, hanging lanterns, setting off firecrackers
On New Year¡¯s Eve, the land of China is immersed in the joy of the festival, and people celebrate this most solemn festival in various ways.
"Yina, the Spring Festival couplets are off, a little further to the left."
Yanjing, in that ancient alley with a very high threshold, Qin Dongxue stood at the door of the Pei family courtyard, instructing Xia Yina to post the Spring Festival couplets. Xia Yina followed Qin Dongxue's instructions and moved the Spring Festival couplets to the left and asked: "Sister Dongxue, what are you doing?" Are you optimistic?"
"alright."
Qin Dongxue made an OK gesture, then stepped forward to post the Spring Festival couplets with Xia Yina.
"Sister Dongxue, we have to move a chair into the house, otherwise the lantern will not be hung."
After pasting the Spring Festival couplets, Xia Yina blew a few breaths of hot air on her little hands that were red from the cold, looked up at the hook at the top of the door, and thought thoughtfully.
"Well, you wait, I'll move the chairs."
Qin Dongxue also found that the hook for hanging the lantern was too high and could not be reached, so she could only hang it by stepping on a stool.
"Let me do it."
Later, when Qin Dongxue handed the lantern to Xia Yina and was about to go in to move the stool, Ji Hong, wearing a red cheongsam, walked out of the courtyard.
Unlike previous years when she celebrated the New Year alone, this year she will celebrate the New Year with Pei Donglai, Qin Dongxue, Xia Yina and Mu Qingyan.
Originally she thought it was Pei Donglai's suggestion, but only after arriving in Yanjing did she realize that it was Qin Dongxue's initiative.
What she doesn¡¯t know is that Qin Dongxue is afraid that Pei Donglai will be too lonely to celebrate the New Year alone, and feels that it will be difficult for Pei Donglai to go back to Qin¡¯s house with her for the New Year. Pei Donglai now not only belongs to her, but also to Xia Yina, Ji Hong and Mu Qingyan.
After repeated weighing, Qin Dongxue made this decision - they would spend New Year's Eve with Pei Donglai, and then Pei Donglai would accompany Qin Dongxue and others alone to pay New Year's greetings to their elders.
"good."
Seeing Ji Hong volunteering, Qin Dongxue, who was also wearing an ink-colored cheongsam, smiled and nodded. Ever since Ji Hong accompanied Pei Donglai to the United States and narrowly escaped death, her attitude towards Ji Hong has changed a lot, and she is no longer as friendly as she once was. They compete with each other behind the scenes, but try to integrate several girls together to form a big family.
Not only Qin Dongxue, but also because Xia Yina knew that Ji Hong had narrowly escaped death in the United States in order to cooperate with Pei Donglai's plan, and finally came back seriously injured, she no longer rejected Ji Hong because of Qin Dongxue, but just like Qin Dongxue, she tried to put aside her feelings and get in touch with Ji Hong.
Seeing that Qin Dongxue and Xia Yina had no objections, Ji Hong stepped forward with a smile, took the lantern from Xia Yina's hand, walked to the door of the courtyard, jumped slightly, bounced up, and hung the lantern easily.
¡°It¡¯s good to know martial arts.¡±
Seeing this scene, Xia Yina said with envy, and then suggested: "Sister Ji Hong, will you teach me and Sister Dongxue kung fu in the next year?"
"OK."
Ji Hong saw the change in the attitudes of Qin Dongxue and Xia Yina and kept it in her heart. Deep down in her heart, she also wanted to get along with the two of them like sisters. When Xia Yina said this, she nodded with a smile.
Just as Qin Dongxue, Ji Hong and Xia Yina finished pasting the Spring Festival couplets and hanging lanterns, in the kitchen, Pei Donglai wore an apron and transformed into a family man. He stood in front of the chopping board with a kitchen knife in his hand, raising and lowering the knife, cutting like a juggling act. With meat filling.
Next to the chopping board, a ball of dough was covered in a basin, and a bowl of dry flour was placed next to the dough.
Pei Donglai's eyes inadvertently glanced at the bowl of dry flour, and the knife in Pei Donglai's hand stopped.
"Lame man, why did you put a bowl of dry flour?"
"The dumpling wrappers should be sprinkled with dry flour, otherwise they will easily become rotten after being put into the pot."
He couldn¡¯t help but recall the conversation he had with Pei Wufu while making dumplings during the Spring Festival that year.
He remembered how every New Year, he and Pei Wufu would post Spring Festival couplets and make dumplings together, eat dumplings, burn knives, watch the Spring Festival Gala, and set off cannons together.
"Cripple, if you let people in the underground world know that you were once ranked number one on the God List and could make the world tremble by stamping your feet, and that you know all the details that even housewives may not know, I'm afraid they will be stupid. Bar?"
Thinking, thinking, Pei Donglai cracked his mouth and couldn't help laughing, but the smile was very bitter - outsiders could not imagine why the man who once stood at the top and looked down on the people could be more of a housewife than a housewife, but he But my heart is like a mirror!
Because I have a deep feeling about my mother¡¯s death.?, because he promised his mother to let him live an ordinary life, his father took himself, who was lucky enough to survive the operating table, to live in seclusion. During those eighteen years, he was both a father and a mother, and he was stretched by shit. .
During those eighteen years, that god-like man learned to change diapers, feed milk, cook, make dumplings, and steam steamed buns
And his cooking skills were completely learned from Pei Wufu!
"Lame, I miss you."
Those warm scenes flashed through his mind. Pei Donglai raised his head, looked at the ceiling with red eyes, and murmured to himself.
Whispering his thoughts softly, Pei Donglai felt better. Then Hearing footsteps coming from outside the house, the longing and sadness in his eyes were swept away. After Qin Dongxue and the others entered the house, they squeezed out a With a smile on his face, he said: "The meat filling is almost done, we can make dumplings in a while."
Hearing what Pei Donglai said, the three women blushed.
In their opinion, cutting meat fillings, kneading noodles, cutting dough, and rolling dumpling wrappers should all be done by women. But now Pei Donglai does all of this and just lets them make dumplings together.
While blushing, they all understood that Pei Donglai did this just to find a feeling of family reunion.
This feeling cannot be found by buying quick-frozen dumplings from outside and cooking them, nor can it be found by having New Year's Eve dinner in a big hotel!
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When night fell, an Audi A6 sedan successfully drove into the alley after being checked by the security guard at the entrance of the alley, and finally stopped at the entrance of the Pei family courtyard.
The car stopped, Mu Qingyan quickly got out of the car and ran into the courtyard in a panic.
Because she had to participate in the Spring Festival Gala performance and had been preparing for the whole afternoon, she could not make dumplings with Pei Donglai and others, but she specifically asked the director to film her show from the best position to the end, just for Eat dumplings with Pei Donglai and others!
In order to be able to come back earlier, she didn¡¯t even have time to change her clothes, but just approved a coat.
"Sister Qingyan, you came just in time, the dumplings have just been cooked."
Xia Yina knew that Mu Qingyan was coming back to eat dumplings. When she saw Mu Qingyan entering the room, she didn't feel surprised and started joking with her.
Mu Qingyan¡¯s face turned red: ¡°I¡ I originally wanted to ask for leave in the afternoon, but the director wouldn¡¯t approve it.¡±
"It's okay, Qingyan, business is more important. We are also looking forward to your performance on the Spring Festival Gala stage." Seeing Mu Qingyan's anxious look, Ji Hong smiled and reassured her. Because she had similar experiences, she took good care of Mu Qingyan. .
If it weren¡¯t for her secret help, Mu Qingyan wouldn¡¯t have been so quick even after all the hardships.
"Yes, Sister Qingyan, don't feel any psychological burden. We didn't do anything. Donglai did it all by himself."
Qin Dongxue also spoke to comfort Mu Qingyan. She knew that Mu Qingyan actually did not want to attend the Spring Festival Gala, but Pei Donglai persuaded Mu Qingyan out of consideration for Mu Qingyan's career.
"You also know that I am the only one who is busy, right?"
Seeing the four girls standing there chatting leisurely, Pei Donglai said at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "The dumplings are almost out of the pot. Bring out the vegetables and vinegar and prepare to start the meal."
"As you command, Chef Pei."
Xia Yina saluted and accepted orders in a funny way, which made Qin Dongxue, Ji Hong and Mu Qingyan burst into laughter.
Amidst the laughter and laughter, plates of hot dumplings and plates of Northeastern dishes with good color and fragrance were served to the table one after another.
"Ding¡ª¡ª"
Later, when the four girls were seated and Pei Donglai was about to announce the start of the reunion dinner, a crisp sound suddenly sounded.
Um?
Hearing the sound in shock, Pei Donglai was startled for no reason!
Becausethis was the incoming call notification sound of the special communicator that he used to communicate with Dragon King Ye Gucheng alone.
"You guys eat first, I'll go take a call."
After being slightly startled, Pei Donglai didn't think much about it. Instead, he said with a smile, took out the special communicator and walked out the door.
"Uncle."
After pressing the answer button, Pei Donglai spoke first.
"It's me coming from the east."
As soon as Pei Donglai finished speaking, a voice came from the receiver. The owner of the voice was not Ye Gucheng, but No. 1!
"Well¡¡"
Hearing this strange yet familiar voice, Pei Donglai opened his mouth slightly in shock. Obviouslyhe didn't expect that No. 1 would call him on New Year's Eve, and he would use the special communicator used by Ye Gucheng to communicate with him!
"Good luck to you, sir. I wish you a happy Changchun Festival."??. "
After being surprised, Pei Donglai quickly answered. Although it was a blessing, his brows inadvertently knitted together.
After experiencing the initial surprise, his reason and intuition told him that on such a special day, No. 1 contacted him with the special communicator that Ye Gucheng used to communicate with him, and it was definitely not to wish him a happy new year!
"I'm sorry, Donglai, to bother you on New Year's Eve."
As if to confirm Pei Donglai's guess, No. 1 sighed softly on the other end of the phone, with a hint of apology in his tone, but more solemnly, "But for the survival of all mankind, I must do this! "
¡°Chief, what happened?¡±
Pei Donglai was shocked by the words of No. 1. He vaguely guessed that it was related to Odin, Dixi and his son, but he was not sure.
"Donglai, before calling you, I just finished a meeting with the President of the United States. During the conversation, the President of the United States told me that their nuclear base was attacked last night, and everyone in the entire base was killed. Not to mention the murderer. Controlled the nuclear weapons base!"
Number 1's tone was extremely solemn, and even as he spoke, standing at the top of the power pyramid, his breathing became rapid, "Although the murderer named Dixi did not press the nuclear button immediately, he There is a requirement in the negotiations with the U.S. military - he asks you to see him within twenty-four hours, otherwise he will press the nuclear button and destroy the entire world!!"
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PS: Two updates completed. By the way, I have specifically checked the process of nuclear bomb launch. I have simplified it here to serve the plot, so brothers and sisters don¡¯t need to worry about it.
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