I have Gong Hui, a northerner at home, so I made dumplings on New Year’s Eve. It’s also good to eat dumplings on New Year’s Eve. The dumplings are like ingots, and they have the beautiful meaning of attracting wealth and treasures.

Southerners do not have the custom of eating dumplings on New Year’s Eve. In this mountain city, there is also the custom of eating dumplings on New Year’s Eve.

Therefore, Lao Dong has prepared dumplings and dumplings. The most important thing is that the family can make dumplings and make dumplings.

This is the happiest day of the year.

Of course, sacrifices and spring couplets are indispensable, which is something that every household has to do.

A few bunches of wintersweet are placed at home, and under the embellishment of light yellow flowers, even the thatched hut has a somewhat elegant artistic conception.

Although most people are resting at home on this day, they are still very busy, especially for merchants, which is the most profitable time of the year. Some even said it was dark and they were not able to close down.

People outside returned home one after another, with smoke rising from cooking fires and lights from thousands of homes. In addition to the fragrance of bacon, there was also a hint of wintersweet in the air.

This is the mountain city.

A city full of fireworks and resilience.

The place where Qiao Kui (Takahashi Toshio) lives is actually not very far away. It is also because of safety considerations when arranged so close.

Once you have something to do, you can also help you immediately. Moreover, living nearby is convenient for work. If it is too far away, it will be less convenient.

The Japanese also celebrate the Spring Festival, but they are not as grand as China. In fact, it is a culture that is inherited and naturally has similar customs.

However, Japan has abolished the Spring Festival on the official side. Like Westerners, there is only the New Year. However, among the people, some ordinary people still follow the old customs.

Looking at the busy figures in the yard, these are military commanders sent to protect and take care of their diet and daily life.

In the words of his daughter Takahashi Sakurako (Rao Xue), the man's subordinate.

The father and daughter can meet, but cannot live together. Sakurako Takahashi joined the Military Control Commission and became a hostage who controlled Toshio Takahashi in another way.

He had no choice but to fall in this abyss where he felt "sin" and could not think of any way to escape.

Perhaps, he can only be liberated when the war is completely over.

"dad!"

"Sakurako!" Takahashi Toshio said excitedly. He was surprised to be able to see his daughter on New Year's Eve.

He thought that today's reunion day might have to live alone.

Sakurako Takahashi wore an apricot yellow tweed jacket, small black leather boots, and long hair shawls. She naturally tied a bow behind her head, like a girl next door.

"Dad, they agreed to let me come here to celebrate the Spring Festival tonight." Sakurako Takahashi hugged her father and explained.

"Is that so good?" Takahashi Toshio reached out and quietly wiped away the excited tears in the corners of his eyes.

"Dad, I brought the ingredients for making sushi. Let's make sushi together?" Sakurako Takahashi said. Toshio Takahashi only noticed that her daughter brought a lot of things over.

"Okay, let's make sushi together, rice cakes together, and your favorite tempura when you were a child..."

"Dad, I brought a bottle of high-quality sake, so we can have a drink tonight."

...

Several cars were parked in the yard one after another.

Wen Zishan, Su Li, Gong Hui, and Luo Yao's jeep are left, he hasn't come back yet.

But it's already on the way.

On the way home, I suddenly saw a familiar figure in front of me. Who would it be if it were Jiang Xiaoyu?

This girl probably went to see Lao Wu. She had been delaying her for a long time. She had no car to call when she came back now, so she had to walk all the way back.

It may still be bright when we came out. It is already dark and it is dark, so the road is not peaceful.

Even if Jiang Xiaoyu carries a self-defense pistol with her, it is very dangerous.

"Jiang Xiaoyu."

"Director Luo, why are you?" Jiang Xiaoyu was shocked when she suddenly met Luo Yao. It was the first time she had been in Shancheng for so long that she had been facing Luo Yao alone.

"Get on the bus, I'll take you back." Luo Yao had no other thoughts. Since he had encountered it, it would be normal to take a while.

"No, it's coming soon."

"Xiaohui didn't ask you to have dinner at home together tonight. From here to my house, the road is not close. When you walk back, we will finish our meal." Luo Yao said with a smile.

"Director Luo, this is not good..."

"Are you afraid that Xiaohui will misunderstand?"

Jiang Xiaoyu nodded. Sometimes, it is necessary to avoid suspicion, and she also tried hard to avoid it.

"She is not so scrupulous in this matter. Besides, if I don't take you back, she will blame me instead." Luo Yao smiled and said, "Get in the car. It's too late to go back, they should be worried."

Jiang Xiaoyu nodded, got in the car, and sat in the back row.

Hearing the sound of cars in the yard, Gong Hui ran out with flour and saw Jiang Xiaoyu getting out of the car.

"Brother Yao, Xiaoyu, why are you two back together?"

"I'll bring it back when I met it on the road." Luo Yao smiled and explained, "It's dark this day, and it's too unsafe for girls to walk alone."

"Xiaoyu, has your Uncle Fu arranged it?" Gong Hui asked. She knew that Jiang Xiaoyu had gone out again in the afternoon.

"Uncle Fu, which Uncle Fu?" Luo Yao looked like he didn't know yet.

"Hey, it's a bad luck to say that. Do you still remember the butler of Xiaoyu's family, Jiang Fu, who broke his leg when he saved someone?"

"Oh, I remembered it, what's wrong with him?"

"Go in and say it, I can't explain it clearly in one sentence." Gong Hui greeted.

The kitchen has been extended into the restaurant, and Wen Zishan and Su Li, who usually don’t distinguish between grains, are also helping.

The dough is so busy that she makes dumplings, and the dumplings are so busy that she makes dumplings. Even Xiaonan makes dumplings with her, and she makes much better than the older men.

Yang Fan chopped the meat filling again. Judging from his speed and strength of the knife, he was really worried that the chopping board would suddenly break apart.

That was a pair of hands used to make irons, with extraordinary strength.

There are mutton stuffings, beef stuffings and pork stuffings. According to your favorites, you will eat whatever stuffing you want to eat.

Chen Zerong came to help with a big belly, but everyone would definitely not let her do it. She was only responsible for one thing today, that is, eating.

There was plenty of manpower, including Lin Yi, who was burning fire behind the stove. This guy seemed to have cried and his eyes were red.

In fact, Lin Yi is not old, in his early twenties. In later generations, he was still a child. He was brainwashed and became an accomplice of the Japanese invaders. As long as he is guided to the right path, he can still be saved.

During the holidays, who misses their parents and relatives at home do not miss their parents and relatives at home during the reunion day of the Spring Festival?

If you just eat or not work, that's not Luo Yao, let alone today is New Year's Eve, and eating the food you cook yourself is particularly fragrant.

Luo Yao also joined the ranks of kneading. He was much faster than Su Li, and he knew at a glance that he was not a newbie.

After a while, the dough will be reconciled. In addition to the dumpling skins at night, you will also have noodles on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Now you will naturally roll it out together to save it tomorrow.

It's around eight o'clock.

The New Year’s Eve dinner began. The dumplings and dumplings were cooked and served. They could eat whatever they wanted. Of course, there was also the bacon, sausage and fish that people in Shancheng had to eat during the New Year.

These three dishes are a must-eat for people in the mountain city during the Chinese New Year.

After the fumigated bacon is cooked, cut into thin slices and put on a plate. The fat meat is consistent inside and outside. The fat meat is crystal clear and bright in color. It tastes mellow and fragrant, fat but not greasy, and thin but not stubborn.

"This bacon was made after I asked a master in Shancheng for advice. Please try it. See how I cook it. This is my first time trying this smoked bacon..." Lao Dong is an authentic Jiangnan chef. Although he is familiar with Sichuan cuisine, he is still not familiar with some folk methods. People in different regions have different tastes, so naturally there are some differences in the methods.

"It's delicious, Lao Dong, your skills are this. After eating the food you cook, and eating other people, it's really a bit like chewing wax!" Wen Zishan picked up a piece, tasted it, and said with a thumbs up.

"Hehe, as long as Master Wen San likes it."

"This sausage is different from the local method. I know that some people don't like peppercorns, so this is based on the local method of Jinling. I have made some improvements in the seasonings. Everyone tastes it. In addition, I have made several different flavors. If you like it, I will make it for you in the future."

"Old Dong, stop busy, eat with everyone, the food will be cold in a while!"

"No hurry, I'm still stewing fish in the pot, it's going to be done soon." Old Dong's face was filled with smiles. As a chef, others like to eat the dishes he cooked, which is the highest praise for him.

...

"Dad, I want to eat dumplings."

"Okay, but according to our custom, you can only eat three tonight, which means three steps to pass the imperial examination. Do you understand?" Luo Yao gave Xiao Nan three dumplings and explained.

"Why did Mom Hui and Aunt Chen eat four?"

"They are different. Their eating four pills means peace in all seasons. Do you understand?" Luo Yao explained.

"Why?"

"Xiao Nan, you are studying. The three steps of passing the exam meant that you will be successful in your studies. Aunt Chen and I have grown up and work, so naturally it will be different." Gong Hui smiled and touched the back of Xiao Nan's head in a doting way.

Xiaonan nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Come on, I suggest you have a drink for our achievements in the past year!" Luo Yao stood up and raised his glass and said.

"cheers!"

...

The reunion dinner was lively and the atmosphere was very good. Everyone consciously avoided it and did not talk about work.

He even sang songs he learned in the training class.

The sound is not complete, and it is like a ghost crying and howling.

Tian Shoushan and Lin Yi were a little reluctant at first, but later after drinking a little, they also let go of their emotions.

He remembered his relatives far away in Japan, but now he has homes that cannot return and has a country that cannot return. He is really depressed and uneasy.

Who caused this? The Chinese did not seem to have sent troops to Japan, but it was Japan that caused all this.

Japan is wrong!

In order to achieve his uncontrollable ambitions, Japan launched this unjust war. He actually fought for such a Japanese in the past. He felt deeply ashamed of this!

As for Lin Yi, he felt even deeper. The Japanese enslaved them, treated them as second-class citizens, and restricted their various freedoms. Before, he felt that this was what they should, and they could not be changed when they were born and must be obedient.

Now I understand that this is just the intentional oppression and enslavement of the Japanese, and their rights and freedoms should have been deprived of by the Japanese.
Chapter completed!