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Chapter 879: Winter Solstice Dumplings

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After seeing Zhang Sui off, Huang Xiaochuan returned home.

The family was making dumplings. Huang Xiaochuan, somewhat puzzled, asked, "Why did you decide to make dumplings?"

Yu Xiang was making dumplings with several nannies when she heard the man's question. She replied, "Today is the Winter Solstice. Have you forgotten the custom of eating dumplings on the Winter Solstice in Qingjiang?"

Huang Xiaochuan slapped his forehead sheepishly: "How could I have forgotten about that!"

Shanghai has a similar custom to Suzhou, where people eat tangtuan (glutinous rice balls) on the Winter Solstice. Moreover, dumplings are a popular food in northern regions, and people in the south rarely or never eat them. So, after living in Shanghai for so many years, Huang Xiaochuan had almost forgotten the custom of eating dumplings on the Winter Solstice.

He suddenly seemed to remember something and asked, "Do you want to go back to Qingjiang?"

Yu Xiang paused for a moment, but then quickly resumed wrapping dumplings, saying, "The whole family is here, so it doesn't matter whether we go back or not."

"What's the big deal? You can go anytime you want. Anyway, Yu Min and her family are still in Qingjiang! You can go back and visit them while you're at it." Huang Xiaochuan still tried his best to persuade Yu Xiang to go to Qingjiang. He could understand what it felt like when someone was homesick.

"Then I'll ask my parents later. If they also have this idea, then we'll go." After hearing the man's words, Yu Xiang made up her mind.

As Huang Xiaochuan walked upstairs, he spoke to Yu Xiang: "Let me know when everything is settled, and I'll arrange a car to pick you up and drop you off."

Yu Xiang waved her hand: "I know, go take a shower quickly. After you shower, bring the two of them downstairs to eat dumplings." Today is the winter solstice and also a Saturday, so both children are at home right now. Liu Jin was taken back by her mother Zeng Xia a month ago. Huo Miao's health has recovered very well, and he can basically take care of himself. So naturally, his daughter should be taken back as well. It's always a bit embarrassing to trouble her younger brother.

After taking a bath and changing his clothes, Huang Xiaochuan went through his son's and daughter's rooms one by one, and took the two little ones downstairs together.

"Time to eat dumplings!" The little girl excitedly rushed downstairs first, followed closely by that ugly monster.

Huang Ruiying, who grew up in Shanghai, has the appetite of a northerner. Like her mother, she likes to eat noodles. Moreover, her family rarely makes dumplings, so eating dumplings is a happy thing for her, second only to the Chinese New Year.

Unfortunately, before she could even reach the dining table, her mother stopped her, asking, "Have you washed your hands?"

"Oh!" The little girl walked dejectedly toward the sink.

On the way, she spotted two beautiful boxes in the lobby and immediately guessed that they might be gifts, which instantly cheered her up.

After washing her hands, she went straight to her father. It was obvious that her father had brought back those two suitcases, so asking him would be the right thing to do.

"Dad! What's in the box by the door?"

"What box? What box?" Yu Xiang was unaware of this.

Huang Xiaochuan pointed to the foyer: "Oh, two Lego sets, they're Christmas gifts for Xiaodong and Xiaoduo."

"Yay!" Upon hearing that it was a Lego set, the little girl immediately went to get the gift.

"Stop! Don't go!" To her surprise, her mother called her back with a slap.

The little girl pouted, looking unhappy, but unfortunately, this trick had no effect on her mother.

Yu Xiang's face hardened: "Eat!"

Huang Zeji, on the other hand, remained very calm. Lego toys? He wasn't interested; they were too unchallenging.

It seems that Yu Xiang put a lot of thought into tonight's dumplings, as she made three different fillings: three kinds of seafood, chives and pork, and celery and pork.

Yu Xiang's dumpling-making skills are entirely inherited from her mother, Zheng Aiying. Huang Xiaochuan could tell at a glance, since he had often eaten at Yu's house since he was a child, and dumplings were among the dishes. Moreover, Huang, being from the south, and Zeng Lijuan were not good at making dumplings.

After the family of four finished eating dumplings, the little girl immediately ran off to unpack her gifts with permission, while Huang Zeji went back to his room to tinker with his computer. As for the Lego toys, he didn't even glance at them a second time.

"You stay home with them, I'm going to my parents' place." After eating dumplings, Yu Xiang went upstairs to change her clothes and went out.

Huang Xiaochuan glanced at the time and the sky outside: "What's the point of going over there now? Couldn't you just call if anything happened?"

As Yu Xiang changed her shoes, she said, "I need to talk to my mom about something. I'll be right back."

Huang Xiaochuan guessed that Yu Xiang might have gone back to her parents' home to talk about returning to Qingjiang, so he didn't stop her and notified Li Huan to arrange a driver and someone to take Yu Xiang there.

A dozen minutes later, Yu Xiang appeared at the Yu family home.

"Why are you here now? Why are you all alone?" Zheng Aiying was puzzled to see her eldest daughter running back to her parents' home at this time.

When Yu Wei and Tang Yuan learned that Yu Xiang had arrived, they came out of their room to greet her. Old Yu usually goes to bed early these days, going to bed after dinner, but when he learned that his eldest daughter had come at this time, he was worried that something might be wrong, so he got up again.

"It's nothing, it's nothing!" Yu Xiang saw the others looking worried and quickly reassured them.

Zheng Aiying asked in confusion, "Then what are you doing?"

"Dad, Mom! Let's go back to Qingjiang for New Year's Day!" Yu Xiang said, revealing her purpose.

The elderly couple paused for a moment, and Zheng Aiying asked, puzzled, "Why did you decide to go back to Qingjiang?"

Yu Xiang explained the reason: "It's been a long time since I've been back! I happen to have some time during New Year's Day, so I thought I'd go back to see Yu Min and the others, and also ask if you're going. If you are, we can go together."

Upon hearing this, the elderly couple immediately began to consider it.

After a while, Lao Yu said, "Alright, it's been a while since I've been back to visit. Let's go back and stay for a few days."

However, Zheng Aiying was somewhat worried about her grandson Yu Chengping, so she looked at her daughter-in-law Tang Yuan.

Seeing his mother-in-law's expression, Tang Yuan immediately understood and said, "Mom and Dad, why don't you go back and visit them? Stay for a couple of days and then come back. Anyway, Yu Wei and I both have the New Year's Day holiday, so nothing will happen."

"Okay, I'll go with you then. Your Aunt Wu called me last time to ask when I'm going back. I'll go see her this time." The Aunt Wu that Zheng Aiying mentioned is her old best friend. They used to live in the same residential compound. Since the Yu family moved to Shanghai, the two have had less contact, but they still talk on the phone a few times a year.

Seeing that her elderly mother and father had agreed, Yu Xiang said, "Then I'll call Yu Min tomorrow to let her know so she can be prepared."

Zheng Aiying added, "Tell her to take some time to tidy up the old house; I want to go back home."

Yu Xiang originally wanted to say no, because the old house hadn't been lived in for a long time, and it was cold with no heating. She was worried that the elderly couple wouldn't be able to adapt. But then she thought that it wasn't a big problem and that she should let the man handle it.

"Okay, I'll tell her."