Chinese New Year's Eve also has things to do on Chinese New Year's Eve.

In the old society, this day should be the busiest day of the Chinese New Year.

Because people at that time paid attention to superstition, worshipping ancestors and welcoming gods were the top priorities of this day.

There are countless red tapes, and it will never be finished if you don't toss a whole family to exhaustion.

But after liberation, it was different.

Entered a new society and paid attention to breaking superstitions.

People no longer have to waste their energy on praying for the protection of ghosts and gods.

It can be more focused on celebrating the New Year happily and gathering with the family.

But then again, after all, our country's old history occupies a full 5,000 years.

Moreover, since the beginning of history, the Chinese New Year is more complicated than any foreign race.

Lively and beautiful, it is the light of the nation, and it is also a matter of course.

Therefore, there are still some traditional habits that cannot be completely separated.

Like remembering the ancestors, setting off firecrackers, lighting red lights, pasting Spring Festival couplets, sticking door gods, pasting blessing characters, cutting window flowers, making dumplings, and printing red plum blossom dots on steamed buns......

These many things have gradually been transformed from complete superstition into the meaning of praying for good fortune.

It is still regarded by our people as a folk art that exists in the lives of the people for a long time.

There is no doubt that Chinese New Year's Eve in 1981 is the second Spring Festival that Ning Weimin and Kang Shude have spent together.

is very different from last year, when the two of them are still estranged, and they are both worried about their livelihoods, and they have no intention of celebrating the New Year.

Now that the two of them have become masters and apprentices who are as close as father and son this year, and they are both rich in their hands, they naturally have the heart to live this year like that.

So there should be a process.

After Kang Shude had breakfast, the old man first began to instruct Ning Weimin on how to place offerings in front of his parents' portraits.

He solemnly instructed Ning Weimin to set up an offering table under the two photographs on the west wall of the back room.

Then, in strict accordance with the tradition, according to the number of "five offerings", five bowls are filled with millet that is flush with the mouth of the bowl.

It was covered with red paper, and on top of it were "saqima", "peach cake", "jujube paste", apples and oranges.

waited until Ning Weimin kowtowed to the portrait of his parents in a serious manner, and fulfilled his obligation as a filial son and grandson.

The two of them began to vacate the table, spread word felt, and write the word "Fu" and Spring Festival couplets together.

In terms of division of labor, it is natural that Ning Weimin is waiting for the ink to be studied, and the old man will start writing.

Not to mention, Kangshude's big characters are quite good, and his thin gold font is beautifully written, and he definitely hangs out.

With Ning Weimin's eyes, anyway, there is no difference between it and Rong Baozhai's calligraphy.

So soon, in the repeated play of "Spring Festival Overture" on the radio, the old man and the little pee began to post it together.

This time, Ning Weimin is responsible for climbing high and doing it, and Kang Shude is responsible for checking the bottom.

With the cooperation of their whole staff, the door god of their hall was officially inaugurated.

On both sides of the door frame is pasted "Peace is blessing, and harmony is spring".

The banner reads "Home and Prosperity".

In addition, the rice cylinder and the noodle bowl are pasted with "more than every year", and the cabinet door is also pasted with "daily gold fighting" and "fortune and treasure".

Next, it was time to put the word "Fu" on the doors of the rest of the houses.

However, at this time, Ning Weimin made his own opinion, and subconsciously pasted the word "Fu" upside down according to the current practice, but he showed a big cowardice in front of the old man.

Not only was he stopped on the spot, but he also received a good lesson from the master because of the sin of breaking the tradition.

The old man said it.

"Paste the word Fu upside down, take the homonym of its 'poured' and 'to', which means 'blessing to', there are indeed this examples, but this practice is only used in two places. ”

"One is on the water tank and the earthen chest, because the contents of these two places have to be poured out of them. In order to avoid pouring out the blessings of the family, this homonym will be used to beg for good luck. ”

"The other place is on the cupboard in the house. The cabinet is also a place to store your belongings. In this case, the word 'Fu' is pasted upside down, which means that wealth and fortune will always come to the home, the house and the cupboard. ”

"But the word 'Fu' on the portal is completely different, it has always been a positive sticker. Because the word "Fu" has the meaning of "Yingfu" and "Nafu", and the door is the entrance and exit of the family, a solemn and respectful place, and the word "Fu" posted must be solemn and dignified. ”

"If the word 'Fu' on the door is turned upside down, it will be top-heavy and disrespectful. You might as well go through the folk New Year paintings in various places, and which one of the paintings has the word 'Fu' on the door upside down?"

"Hey, you kid is a fake expert who doesn't know anything and doesn't know how to pretend to understand, and this idea is too funny. You can't mess around like a dogmeat general in this matter......"

Yes, Ning Weimin's clever child really didn't shake well, and he completely took ignorance as fun.

As a result, he touched his nose and couldn't refute a word.

Under the master's number, there is only the right to listen and drink.

And contrary to his disgraced face, Kangshude was happy at once.

It seems indescribably happy, as if it is a rare and beautiful thing to catch Ning Weimin's painful feet.

It seems that as the saying goes, old children, old children, there is indeed some truth.

In the afternoon, one of the most important activities of the day finally arrived, that is, the hands-on dumplings were made.

Don't look at the New Year's dumplings, it is a common custom of northerners.

Everyone also knows that "dumplings" and "Jiao" are homophonic, "Zi" is "Zishi", and eating dumplings takes the allusion to the meaning of "Jiaozi".

In reality, however, few people have a better understanding of the evolution and sophistication of this traditional food.

Especially the dumplings in the Beijing New Year's customs.

For example, the "harmony" of noodles and the "dumplings" of dumplings also have the meaning of gathering, so dumplings also symbolize reunion.

For another example, because dumplings resemble ingots, they also have the auspicious meaning of "attracting wealth and entering treasure".

And because when making dumplings, you should pinch them along the edge of the dumplings with your hands, and pay attention to wrapping them tightly so that you can't show the filling.

lest the "wealth" in the dumplings be revealed, and the "blessing" will run away.

In addition, in the old capital, due to the influence of the banner people, the official name of "boiled dumplings" has always been called "boiled dumplings".

After the Republic of China, it was gradually renamed "dumplings".

And there is one biggest difference between the old and the present.

That is, whether the capital is poor or rich and noble, the dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve must be vegetarian filling, and there is no meat at all.

This is not for anything else, but because at that time, dumplings were used to worship gods and ancestors, and they were called "please god dumplings".

At the same time, it also means to "be pure and peaceful for a whole year" and to be self-disciplined and purify the mind in order to embody it in the new year.

It is particularly noteworthy that there is also a difference between the traditional concept of "meat" and "fishy".

"Fishy" refers to big fish and big meat.

And "meat" refers to a pungent plant with a grass prefix.

Therefore, the onion and garlic in the dumpling filling should not be put either.

Speaking of which, we also know that you can really eat meat-filled dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the history of this custom is far less than the founding of the country.

In the end, it can form a trend to promote the precedent, and the lack of materials in the disaster years and the mandatory "old and new" campaign should be the main reasons.

However, when it comes to traditional vegetarian dumpling fillings, they are actually not cheaper than meat fillings, and they are quite troublesome to make.

Because even though it is a vegetarian stuffing, it is also integrated into the concept of "never getting tired of eating, not getting tired of fine".

If the rich family pays attention to the wrapping method, it is even more delicious than the meat filling.

For example, carrots should be first rubbed into shreds in a bed, then blanched with boiling water, dried and then chopped.

The Chinese cabbage should be chopped with a knife, add a little salt to kill the water, and then wrap it in a drawer cloth to squeeze out the water.

Other dry goods such as shiitake mushrooms, yellow flowers, fungus, vermicelli and so on should naturally be served first and then cut carefully.

You can also put some finely chopped winter bamboo shoots, gluten, and dried white tofu.

In addition, the mixed vegetarian filling must also be crushed with "row forks", "dumpling boxes" or cut oil cakes and fritters.

In order to play a harmonizing role, so that the vegetarian filling tastes soft and moist, and not to the slag.

When these ingredients are ready, you can roll out sesame seeds into sesame salt, add soy sauce and vegetable oil, and stir them into a salty, delicious, and moderately fluffy vegan dumpling filling.

In a situation like this year, Kang Shude and Ning Weimin's master and apprentice have plenty of meat and materials.

Considering that the Chinese New Year's Eve meal is full of big fish and meat, it is too greasy, and eating refreshing and greasy vegetarian dumplings is the best spice at that time. So Kang Shude chose to restore the tradition, and according to Lao Ling'er, he took Ning Weimin to mix a pot of exquisite vegetarian stuffing.

Of course, when this pot of stuffing was served, it was okay that Kanshud didn't explain.

This detailed explanation fell into Ning Weimin's words again.

Start to mix the dough, roll the skin, and open the bag with your hands.

The kid was grinning and laughing, deliberately bringing up the old story.

"Old man, your vegetarian stuffing is really good, if you want me to say, this is in line with the principle of scientific diet, and it must be much better than meat filling. ”

"But then again, you're too particular about that. Even eating dumplings is like this. Are you going to let me learn from you, or are you not going to let me learn?"

"Am I going to be successful in learning, or am I not productive? I'm really a little at a loss......?

Only then did Kang Shude remember that he had said that it was delicious and unproductive this morning, and he didn't come out when he was angry.

"Yo he, I'm rushing up again, isn't it? I want to know what it means to be promising, and what is not promising, isn't it?"

"Okay, I'll tell you. I only know how to eat, but I don't know why I eat, it's useless. ”

"Do you know why you make dumplings during the Chinese New Year? Remember, just to 'pinch the villain's mouth'. The picture is that it can avoid slander and prevent the villain from slandering. ”

"I'm going to rush you kid today, this bag of dumplings, I have to pinch each one three times, I have to let this villain's mouth swell. ”

Well, Ning Weimin was dumb when he heard this.

Villain? Who is the villain? This is called suffering.

If you don't say that Master is Master, you will be Master.

Just this roast chicken big nest neck, it can really swell the mouth.

(Note: Dumpling box is a famous snack in Beijing, with mung bean noodles as the main raw material, wrapped in vegetarian dishes, square like a box, crispy and delicious.) ）