I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 288
Eating glutinous rice balls is an essential part of celebrating the Lantern Festival.

Pour a few bowls of flour, top with boiled sugar water, add another half a bowl of hot water, knead the dough bit by bit, and then roll it into a small ball as thick as your thumb. Pour the boiling water into the pot, and finally pat it. Crush a piece of ginger and cut it into foam, add it to the boiling water and cook it until it becomes a little rice-white and sticky, then take it out and eat it.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Li Xiuju looked at the four bowls of steaming glutinous rice balls in front of her, then looked at the children sitting on the table, and smiled kindly, "We ate this bowl of glutinous rice balls today, and this year will be celebrated." It’s over.”

Zhou Chenyu picked up the spoon and counted the glutinous rice balls in the bowl. There were about six or seven glutinous rice balls in one bowl. When it was cooked just now, she ate one secretly. There was no filling in it, and it was all glutinous dumplings. Except for It has a glutinous rice flavor and sweetness, with a hint of ginger, which is completely different from the sesame glutinous rice balls and peanut glutinous rice balls in her impression.

Besides, they had just had dinner not long ago. After eating so much at once, she asked suspiciously, "Is that so much?"

Li Xiuju saw her thoughts and refused to let go: "Chen Yu, these glutinous rice balls symbolize reunion. You have to finish them all for me. No one is allowed to be left. Do you understand?"

Zhou Chenyu frowned and begged: "Old lady, the food you just cooked was so delicious. I couldn't help but eat more. Now my stomach just can't hold so many glutinous rice balls. I only eat Can three make it?"

Baoyu took a bite of the soft and glutinous glutinous rice balls, and her mouth started to itch again, "Mom, sister, why can't I eat glutinous rice balls? She and Sister Wanqiu were obviously in a hurry to finish eating and hurried to the city to visit the Lantern Festival and meet people. .”

Wan Qiu's face turned red after hearing this, and he lowered his head silently.

"Hey, you know so much, don't you?" Zhou Chenyu glanced coldly at Baoyu. Baoyu immediately grinned and begged for mercy with a smile, "Sister, I was wrong. Stop talking nonsense."

Li Xiuju pursed her lips helplessly, then looked at Baoyu, "Since my sister can't eat it, I'll share it with you."

"Uh-huh! Do you hear that?" Zhou Chenyu raised his eyebrows and quickly gave half of the glutinous rice balls to Baoyu. Baoyuqian watched helplessly as the bowl overflowed, feeling dissatisfied but not daring to refuse openly, so he took a vicious bite. protest.

After eating glutinous rice balls, Zhou Chenyu took Wan Qiu back to the room. Wan Qiu looked at the pile of expensive rouge pastes on the table and sat uneasily and said:
"Sister, it's fine if I go out like this. There's no need to waste this rouge paste."

"How can that be done?" Zhou Chenyu held Wan Qiu down, raised her chin and looked at her. He carefully applied powder and traced her eyebrows. After tinkering for more than a quarter of an hour, he asked her, "Look, does it look good?"

Wan Qiu looked at herself in the mirror, biting her lip in embarrassment, and couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth.

Zhou Chenyu looked at her little face with satisfaction, and then played with his own face.

Li Xiuju heard the two of them talking, opened the door, and walked slowly into the house.

When Wan Qiu saw her, he lowered his head nervously and clutched his hands, "Auntie."

Li Xiuju looked at her face with a smile, "It looks great, but her hair looks a little messy. I'll make your hair into a new bun." After that, she took a comb.

Zhou Chenyu looked at them through the mirror, smiled, and then moved his face again.

The weather was cold, and the tip of her nose was already slightly red from the cold. She simply drew two crescent eyebrows, applied a light powder on the cheeks on both sides of the nose, and finally applied a glossy orange lipstick.

She wore an apricot-white chest-length undershirt tonight, and she wore a jacket with aqua blue embroidery with simple patterns on top. The simple and elegant outfit made her face look plumper, brighter and more attractive.

Li Xiuju tied up her hair in a bun for Wan Qiu and walked behind her. Knowing that she never knew how to do her hair, she said, "Mom, let's do it." "Okay." Zhou Chenyu responded, sitting comfortably in front of the case, looking at her with bright eyes. In the mirror, Li Xiuju in the mirror combed her hair into a middle part, leaving half of her hair on both sides. The remaining part was braided into fishbone braids along both sides of her head. The remaining hair covered the fishbone braid, and the remaining hair was covered with fishbone braids. The ends of her hair are all tied up on top of her head, forming a bun with towering sides that surround her delicate face.

Li Xiuju opened the jewelry box on the table, took out the golden hairpin, and gently pinned it on the top of her hair. A lifelike golden butterfly and peach blossom bloomed on her black hair.

After finishing her bun, Li Xiuju sat in front of the bed and waved, "Come here, both of you."

Zhou Chenyu and Wan Qiu looked at each other and slowly walked to her side.

Li Xiuju looked at the two children, grabbed their hands, smiled gracefully, and murmured earnestly:
"I know that Tong Sheng and Yang Xi are both reliable people, and you are also in love with each other, but after all, men and women are different, so I have to give you a few words. You guys go out tonight, whether it is to enjoy the lanterns or go on a boat ride, but you must not We have made a private decision for the rest of our lives behind the backs of our elders. Do you know that?"

Zhou Chen blinked in confusion, wouldn't that mean he would lose a lot of happiness?

As soon as Wan Qiu heard this, she remembered what her sister had taught her last night, but her face turned red and she was in a panic, "Wan Qiu must keep my aunt's instructions in mind."

Li Xiuju nodded happily and looked at Zhou Chenyu who was silent, "Do you remember?"

Zhou Chenyu came to his senses hesitantly and smiled lightly, "Don't worry, old lady, I will definitely remember it."

Li Xiuju finally felt relieved after receiving the correct words from the two of them. She pursed her lips and smiled, urging: "It's getting dark. You two sisters, hurry up and set off."

When it comes to Lantern Festival, the sky gets dark as fast as ever. By the time it reaches Youshi, the sun has already disappeared into the clouds, and it has fallen to the bottom of the mountain unconsciously.

It was getting dark, but there were countless people walking on the road into the city, mostly young men and women.

Zhou Chenyu and Wan Qiu followed the pace of pedestrians and walked forward slowly. When they arrived at the intersection of Chenjiacun, they saw a figure standing there in the distance.

Zhou Chenyu withdrew his gaze, fell on Wan Qiu who was still unaware, and smiled lightly.

"Oh, that person in front looks so familiar?"

Wan Qiu looked up, his eyes overflowing with light, and he smiled happily:
"Sister, don't you recognize him? That's Brother Tong Sheng. Let's go over there and meet him. Don't keep him waiting."

Zhou Chenyu grabbed her arm and looked at Chen Tongsheng walking over, "Why are you anxious? Isn't he here?"

When Chen Tongsheng saw their figures, he ran over anxiously. The moment he saw Wan Qiu, his eyes widened, the smile on his face couldn't stop spreading, and he smiled nervously:
"Chen Yu, late autumn, you are here."

Zhou Chenyu tilted his head and laughed jokingly, "Brother Chen, I will go to the lantern festival with Wan Qiu. You won't dislike me. Right?"

Chen Tongsheng moved his eyes away and fell on Zhou Chenyu. Seeing her dressed up carefully, her expression was a little more interesting, and he argued openly and secretly: "Chen Yu, you are not here to find me, why do I dislike you? "

(End of this chapter)