After the beginning of spring, the days became longer. Today, it was already a little dark before dinner time started at six o 'clock. The red lanterns on Taoxi Road felt that the brightness was not enough, so they began to light up one after another. The bright lights lit up the dark street again.
The sky in the distance was shaking. Those with good eyesight could even see some stars in the sky. Those were the traces of fireworks in the sky.
During the festive season, people liked to celebrate wantonly. Before night fell, some people had already started to set off fireworks and firecrackers.
"Happy New Year, Happy New Year. Happy New Year to you two. I didn't expect you two to come for New Year's Eve dinner."
From afar, Wang Hong saw Zheng Jiawei and Wu Lin walking not far in front of him. He immediately went forward to greet them.
"Happy New Year. Writer Wang, you are getting more and more energetic. Do you have ideas for your new book?" Zheng Jiawei greeted him with a smile.
Wu Lin was not very familiar with Wang Hong, mainly because Wu Lin did not have much time on vacation. Therefore, she nodded to Wang Hong and stood aside quietly, waiting for Zheng Jiawei and Wang Hong to exchange greetings.
Seeing such a familiar scene, Wang Hong still felt it was unbelievable. He felt that Wu Lin, who was so powerful, was now snuggling up to Zheng Jiawei like a little girl. No matter how many times he saw it, he still couldn't get used to it. However, he couldn't help but feel that the power of love was really great.
Every time this happened, Wang Hong couldn't help but wonder why such a handsome, talented, and considerate young ace author like him didn't have fate with him. It didn't make sense that he couldn't meet his muse all this time.
Zheng Jiawei didn't know Wang Hong's sigh. Otherwise, he would definitely tell him that his being single had nothing to do with any external conditions. It was closely related to his capability. That was because Wang Hong had done another thing after Hong Dou.
One of his female readers had a good chat with him. In order not to be fooled by the photo, Wang Hong even video-called the girl. She was a cute girl, and after chatting with her, the girl took the initiative to send him a gift. It was an exquisite six-pointed star glass bottle filled with dozens of white and round grains of rice.
It was white and looked very appetizing. The girl was afraid that Wang Hong didn't understand, so she specially emphasized that he had to look at the gift carefully.
After Wang Hong received the glass bottle of rice, he carefully looked at it for a long time. Before he contacted the little girl Tian Tian at the appointed time, he washed it clean and cooked it into crystal clear rice.
In order to give the young lady a proper explanation, Wang Hong had also learned his lesson from the red bean incident. He had specially prepared a notebook and made detailed records of the rice before and after it was cooked. Even the taste was meticulously recorded. This was how serious he was when he was preparing his new book. This time, he was filled with confidence.
However, he didn't expect that when he just video-called the girl and talked about cooking the rice, before he could describe the taste, the girl's face changed instantly. Then she disappeared and hung up.
At first, Wang Hong thought it was because the signal was bad. However, she didn't pick up after he called a few times. In the end, he couldn't even get through. He knew that he must have been blacklisted.
Wang Hong felt that he had made sufficient preparations this time, so there shouldn't be any mistakes. In a moment of depression, he went to find Sky Demon Fang Heng to complain. Then, all the customers who were familiar with Wang Hong found out what he had done this time.
In the end, they found out that the girl was obsessed with rice carving during that period of time. Therefore, she carved all the words she wanted to say on the rice. Because she wasn't skilled, she only carved one word on each grain of rice. That was why there were so many grains of rice. However, Wang Hong cooked and ate the rice without saying anything. No one could stand it.
Wang Hong felt that girls nowadays had such strange hobbies. Not only did she like red beans, but she also liked rice carving. She didn't think that it was her fault at all. If she didn't stay single for the rest of her life, she would feel sorry for other single people.
Although it had been a few months, every time Fang Heng saw Wang Hong, he couldn't help but laugh at him. If he didn't get Sister Xian, Wang Hong wouldn't be able to be single. They were very skilled at hurting each other.
Wang Hong met Zheng Jiawei and Wu Lin. On the other side, Guo Penghao also met Lei Ti. However, the former was an accidental encounter, while the latter was a mutual appointment.
The two old single people declined other banquets and chose to come to The Kitchen God to celebrate the New Year. Originally, Elder Fang, who had been following them, also wanted to come here to celebrate the New Year. However, he was invited away in the end.
Elder Fang's wife had passed away, but he still had children and a few direct disciples who were as close as family. It was impossible for him to let the Old Master spend the New Year alone outside. Elder Fang came to invite the Old Master but failed. Thus, he took turns to persuade the Old Master to leave in the morning. Even so, they only left after eating the brown sugar glutinous rice balls made by Yuan Zhou.
While the customers were rushing toward Taoxi Road one after another, Yuan Zhou also started to get busy from the very beginning.
In the morning, Yin Ya left after lunch. She went back to Gusu to spend the New Year with her parents. This was the last time she would spend the New Year with her parents. In the future, if she wanted to spend the New Year with her parents, she would spend the New Year with Yuan Zhou. However, this situation was very difficult to achieve with Yuan Zhou. After all, Yuan Zhou couldn't let go of those diners who would come for dinner on New Year's Eve.
In order to spend more time with Yuan Zhou, Yin Ya stayed until lunch before leaving. She had reached her limit. If she hadn't bought the ticket in advance, she wouldn't have been able to buy such a suitable ticket. When she returned, she could just make it in time for the New Year's Eve dinner.
"Starting from next year, I won't be alone during the New Year. It's not bad."
Yuan Zhou looked at the New Year gift given by Yin Ya on his waist. He was very happy in his heart. A beautiful belt with complicated patterns replaced the low-key silk rope in the past. It was extraordinarily eye-catching. This was embroidered by Yin Ya based on other people's crochet patterns. It took her a lot of time. In order to not let Yuan Zhou know, she could only put it in the company, so she extended the time. Fortunately, it was in time for the New Year.
Yuan Zhou felt that he had straightened his back a lot today. It must be because the belt was so easy to use. He was so confident.
For this year's New Year's Eve dinner, Yuan Zhou had prepared rice with rice. In order to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner every year, Yuan Zhou had put in a lot of effort. Glutinous rice, dumplings, and other basic dishes had already been prepared. In order to have something new and to make everyone happy, he naturally had to put in a lot of effort.
For this year's New Year's Eve dinner, Yuan Zhou naturally put in a lot of effort. A big bowl, or at least the big bowl used to store soup at home, was densely packed with all kinds of dishes. Below it was a crystal clear, round, and plump rice. The fragrant rice was paired with all kinds of dishes with mellow sauces. There were even meat dishes. Just looking at it would make people salivate.
Of course, the dishes were not chosen randomly. Instead, they were chosen to be the main characters of the New Year's Eve dinner. For example, Dongpo Pork, Four Happiness Meatballs, and of course, the main character of Northeast cuisine, Braised Pork Knuckle in Soy Sauce. The red and glossy pork knuckle looked very appetizing.
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