Life is a Game

There are still many relatives in the Li family.

Li Mingyi has a real uncle, two uncles who were concubines, and more than a dozen cousins. Even he himself has two biological sisters and several younger brothers and sisters who were concubines. of.

Li Mingyi's uncles are not up to the mark, they are all dependent on his father for their incapacity, and his younger brothers and cousins ​​are not outstanding. It is for this reason that even though there are many young masters in the Li family, if Li Mingyi is mentioned outside All the young masters in the family would only think of Li Mingyi.

Li Mingyi's eldest sister divorced his eldest brother-in-law a few months ago, and came back to live with her daughter. Li Mingyi thought nothing of it, his elder brother-in-law was proficient in eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, smoking opium, and his aunt and wives had married three or four times. Now that it was New China, even if his elder sister divorced and remarried, it would not be difficult.

But Li Mingyi's mother, Liu Xiuzhen, was educated by a traditional feudal family. She felt that her daughter's divorce was a divorce.

Now the whole family's female relatives are surrounded by the old lady, making the old lady happy and celebrating the new year.

"Xiuzhen, where is my granddaughter-in-law?" The old lady liked Jiang Huiqin and asked Liu Xiuzhen after she hadn't seen her for a long time.

"Xiao He, you go to find the Young Madam, and Ming Yi by the way, it's almost the New Year's dinner, and these two people don't know where they are going." Liu Xiuzhen ordered the maid.

The maid Deling was about to go out when she ran into Jiang Huiqin running in with a food box.

"Grandma, grandma, guess what I did for you!"

"I've already smelled candied sweet potatoes, and you still remember that I like candied sweet potatoes!" The old lady laughed.

"I made it today. I added double the sugar. You must like it. I brought it right out of the pot. It's still hot. Try it!" Jiang Huiqin moved the teacup from the old lady's hand , put the candied sweet potatoes on it, and hand each person a pair of chopsticks.

There are countless relatives in the Li family. At this time, how many female relatives will be by the old lady's side?

"Those who celebrate Chinese New Year go to the kitchen without fear of getting their clothes dirty." Liu Xiuzhen scolded in a low voice, "Ming Yi, where did he go? I didn't see him in the front hall just now."

"Ming Yi was in the kitchen with me just now, he should still be behind me now." Jiang Huiqin said.

Liu Xiuzhen became even angrier: "It's really outrageous that he was messing around with you too."

"Okay, Xiuzhen is celebrating Chinese New Year, don't scold Huiqin's daughter-in-law, she just wants to make me, an old woman, happy. Huiqin learned this skill from his brother, you guys are lucky today." The old lady said with a smile. Others are humane.

"Just to say a few more words, how can it be regarded as scolding." Liu Xiuzhen said, "Mom, it's not time for meal yet, isn't it bad to just eat like this?"

"If you don't eat candied sweet potatoes while it's hot, you won't be able to pull out the candied potatoes after it's cold. Huiqin just made it for nothing. I heard Mingyi tell me some time ago that foreigners have desserts before meals. We also learn from it." They, try this pre-dinner dessert first." The old lady said with a smile, holding a piece of sweet potato.

Long thin strands of sugar were removed from the syrup on the surface of the sweet potato, but Master Chen was right. Jiang Huiqin's fried sugar and shredded sugar were not at home. The sugar strands were not thin enough and broke soon.

But the taste is generally acceptable. The sweet potatoes are yellow in color, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.

The old lady is getting old, and her sense of taste has deteriorated badly. Many dishes with heavy oil and heavy sauce taste a bit bland to her. Jiang Huiqin made this dish specially for her, twice the amount of sugar was just what she wanted.

"That's right, my daughter-in-law's skills have improved again." The old lady boasted with a smile.

In fact, Li Mingyi was already at the door, and Jiang Feng didn't know what his hobby was. He liked to stand at the door and eavesdrop on the people inside, or maybe he was afraid of going in early and being scolded by Liu Xiuzhen. He was also very active, Liu Xiuzhen probably couldn't scold him even if she wanted to, so she came in pretending to have just arrived.

"Hey, Mingyi is here, just now your mother was nagging you about where you went." The old lady waved at Ming, took another bite of candied sweet potato, chewed slowly, and said, "Your daughter-in-law's handicraft is so good!" progress."

"Isn't that grandma, I was watching in the back kitchen just now, and even Master Chen praised Huiqin for doing a good job." Li Ming opened his mouth as soon as he lied, "I just saw that the back kitchen is almost ready , I guess it's time for dinner."

"Come on, Xiuzhen, try your daughter-in-law's handicraft." The old lady took another piece.

Liu Xiuzhen actually doesn't like sweets. She believes in Buddhism and has a light taste. She seldom touches meat, but since the old lady said it, she also picked up her chopsticks with a smile.

This plate of sweet potatoes with candied candied sugar and double sugar was a real shock to Liu Xiuzhen, but she still kept her face and heart beating. She ate it calmly and exclaimed, "Not bad."

The old lady heard that even Liu Xiuzhen praised this plate of candied sweet potatoes for being happier, and invited everyone to eat, even Li Mingyi was not left behind.

Everyone stretched out their chopsticks one after another, praising the delicious food one after another. As for how many really thought it was delicious, that was unknown.

Li Mingyi took Jiang Huiqin's chopsticks and picked up a large piece, but unfortunately he didn't know how to change his face, and almost revealed his secrets on the spot. Fortunately, he cleverly pretended to be in a hurry and coughed a few times before getting away with it.

The old lady was in a good mood, and for the first time ate three pieces of candied sweet potatoes, and led everyone to talk for a while, and a maid came in.

"Old lady, ladies and gentlemen, it turns out that the young master is also here. The old master invited a Western photographer and said that he wanted to take a family portrait together," said the servant girl.

"Western photographers are really fresh, let's go." The old lady smiled, and everyone followed her.

"Huiqin, the candied sweet potatoes you roasted today are really too sweet." Li Mingyi secretly grabbed Jiang Huiqin, deliberately lagging behind the crowd, and complained in a low voice.

"What do you know, grandma can't taste the taste when she is too old, this level of sweetness is the most suitable for grandma." Jiang Huiqin whispered, "If you don't like it, after the New Year's dinner is over, everyone I've all gone back to my room, I'll secretly go to the kitchen to make another plate for you."

"Come on, if there is a sweet taste in your mouth, you can drink two more bowls of soup later. I just saw matsutake from Yunnan. Don't you like matsutake soup?" Jiang Huiqin urged.

The couple held hands and quickly followed the crowd.