Bian Rui came to his mother's side and opened his mouth to ask, "Mom, do you really want me to help?"

Bian Rui's mother said: "No, you go to the hall to have a look, see if your father has peeled the silkworm, take it over after peeling it, if not, urge your father to hurry up."

"Order!" Bian Rui responded happily, humming a little song and walking towards the hall.

When I arrived at the hall, I found that the room was almost as cold as the courtyard, so I asked, "Why don't you turn on the heating?"

"No, I'm so bored that I panicked, if you want to turn on the heater, go to the kitchen" Bian Rui's grandfather immediately opened his mouth and said when he saw that his grandson was going to turn on the heating.

Bian Rui had no choice but to retract the hand that pressed the heating switch.

"Have the broad beans been peeled?" my mother asked me to come over and urge the broad beans," Bian Rui said.

"There are so many things that can be peeled for a while," Bian Rui's father said.

Bian Rui also saw the amount of broad beans at this time, an ordinary red plastic bucket, almost half of which was full of broad beans, and at his father's feet, there was also a white porcelain basin, which contained a small half pot of peeled broad beans, although it was said that three or four people peeled it, but with the amount of peeled now, the three of my father and grandfather plus my father-in-law were afraid that they had been peeling for more than an hour and almost two hours.

"Why do you have to peel so much?" Bian Rui walked to the side of the plastic bucket, squatted down, reached out and fished out the broad beans and began to peel them.

Originally, broad beans were dried broad beans, that is, broad beans that had been dehydrated, such broad beans were easy to store, as long as they were done to prevent insects, they could be stored for several years, but when they were eaten, they could not be directly put into the pot, they had to be soaked in water first, so that they could be boiled again, or make something else or the original taste of broad beans and rice.

There is a pod on the outside of the broad bean, and after the pod is peeled off, it is broad bean rice, and on the outside of the broad bean rice is a thick layer of broad bean skin, and after soaking softly, it can be easily cut with a fingernail, and then you can peel out the broad bean kernel inside.

Chicken can be stewed with broad bean kernels, it can be boiled, anyway, as long as it is a little salty, this is a delicious taste on a plate of wine.

Bian Rui's father said: "Your mother said that she would cook porridge tomorrow morning and peel all the buckets."

"Oh" Bian Rui nodded and continued to peel the broad beans.

After stripping for a while, the old man Wu came over, took a hand for a while, and ran out again.

Bian Rui's grandfather said, "Xiao Wu, is there something on his heart?"

Bian Rui's father-in-law said: "Isn't it, I originally said that I would go to his house for the New Year this year, who knew that the children came back, and one by one changed the tune, those who were sons-in-law wanted to go to the father-in-law's house, and those who were daughters-in-law wanted to go back to their in-laws' house, and finally threw the old couple to the pearl, you see the old witch, the face is almost green."

Bian Rui was not surprised when he heard it, because it was similar to what he guessed.

"These children are really good" Bian Rui's father didn't know what to say, so he said this casually.

Bian Rui is at the lowest level here, and there is no way to even say this, he is a grandson, a son, and a son-in-law here, in front of a group of elders, Bian Rui came honestly with his ears and did not criticize at all.

"Send these to your mother first, it's almost enough to do anything, and we'll peel the rest slowly," Bian Rui's father said with a shake of the small basin on his feet.

Bian Rui picked up the basin and went to the kitchen before ordering.

When he entered the kitchen, a warm breath suddenly came to his face, which made Bian Rui hum comfortably: "That's right!"

"It's just right, you just turn off the heater, and we're going to start stir-frying soon, and when the time comes, it's the same whether the smoky fire turns on or not," Bian Rui's mother said.

Bian Rui: "......".

"What are you doing? Don't you blow every day at home, you want to blow the heating so much that you want to go to the wing, your daughter-in-law is resting over there, turning on the warmth" Bian Rui's mother saw that her son didn't move, so she came over and reached out to turn off the heating switch.

Bian Rui had to put the broad beans aside, and said that the rest would be peeled again and he would leave the kitchen.

"Wait, go to the field and pick some vegetables for me first, don't go to the vegetable garden at the door to pick them, his vegetable garden will be green and the grass will grow well, go to your father-in-law's field to pick some green onions, the kind with more green onions, and I'll cook the fish later," said the mother.

Bian Rui nodded when he heard this, raised his feet and went to the vegetable field at the door, waiting to come back from the vegetable field, his mother sent another thing, so he put down the green onion and went to do something else.

It wasn't until dinner time that Bian Rui was idle, and he was called by his mother for more than an hour, from picking green onions to buying spices, anyway, as soon as he came back, it was a thing, and it was strange that there was nothing here.

Dinner is really lively, everyone around a big table, the heating is turned on, everyone doesn't have to wear like a brown, around the table there are talking and laughing, a dozen people eating together is indeed more interesting than a family of two or three together, not to mention anything else at least eat a little more than usual, like the little girl pulled two bowls of rice tonight, if in normal times, at most it is a small bowl of rice, where will you eat a second bowl.

After eating, resting for a while, the men got together and talked nonsense, and the women cleaned up the tables, dishes, chopsticks or something, and at eight o'clock, Bian Rui's family returned to the village, and it was almost time to go to bed when they returned home.

As soon as the two big pots of rice were eaten, it was the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, that is, the day before the Chinese New Year's Eve, and as the New Year approached day by day, the taste of the New Year in the village became stronger and stronger.

First of all, the silk string industry in the village is officially profitable, not only the villagers have income, but the village also makes some money, the original grandfathers said to send it back to each family, but how much each family gives this thing is a trouble, and in the end it is simply not divided, directly use the money to invite the troupe, and at the same time decorate the village, so that this year is more flavorful.

So, starting this evening, a row of big red lanterns was hung on the roadside of the village, although it was not yet night, and the lanterns were not lit, but the red lanterns were hung on the roadside, and a red silk was hung below, and auspicious words such as congratulations to the New Year were written on it, which was really quite tasteful.

Some leather monkeys began to blow up firecrackers, so adults will sound a firecracker in their ears from time to time, and the sound of firecrackers is incessant at the end of the day, as long as these little skin monkeys are still open and do not sleep, then the sound of this small firecracker will not stop.

Adults rarely don't reprimand these leather monkeys at this moment, let them run around the village, take some melon seeds from this melon and fruit pot, and grab some sugar from that family's melon and fruit box, anyway, even if they don't eat at this time, they can't be hungry for these little skin monkeys.

Followed by the dogs in the village, the roots are behind the little master, as long as the little master has food in his mouth, they can also mix one or two, in short, at this time, the child and the dog are the happiest, for them the New Year is really a thing worth rejoicing.

For adults, the Chinese New Year not only means a happy holiday, but also a lot of things.

For example, early this morning, some families are preparing to come to catch the last market of the year, the old saying is called the tail market, which refers to the last market of the year.

This is not to say that you have to go to the market on this day or something, but in the past, when the circulation of goods was not developed, after today's set, waiting for the next time the market will have to be after the fifth day of the first month. The reason is very simple, the small merchants and hawkers also have the New Year.

Therefore, some people who are still short of things can buy all the things that are missing at home today, and they can't ask people to borrow things in one mouth for the New Year, let alone ask for it, as the old saying goes, what are the things that are not in line with etiquette these days, then it will not go well all year round.

So early in the morning, Bian Rui's mother came to the Banpo courtyard and began to count the things to be used for the New Year.

More than a dozen people, five or six days of food is not a small amount, a person a day half a pound of meat is still seven or eight pounds, this is the New Year, how can a person only have half a pound of meat a day. In short, these things have to be counted, otherwise Bian Rui's mother's temperament will not be at ease.

Bian Rui's mother and Bian Rui's mother-in-law cleaned up things, Bian Rui's father and other servants continued to work, anyway, everyone had something to do, the most idle thing in the whole yard was Yan Lan, and there was a little girl who didn't see anyone.

Bian Rui's task now is to accompany his daughter-in-law to go around and slip away.

About half an hour, Bian Rui came back with his daughter-in-law, and suddenly felt that the little rice porridge he ate in the morning had been taken away by a bubble of wild urine just now.

As soon as he entered the yard, Bian Rui was about to go to the kitchen to find something to eat, when he suddenly heard his mother calling him.

"Xiao Rui, come here!"

Mother smiled and waved at Bian Rui.

Bian Rui walked over to his mother and asked, "What's wrong?"

"You've got all these things," said Bian Rui's mother.

Bian Rui took the list, and was taken aback after reading it, because there were no less than 30 kinds of things written on the list, none of which were commonly used, and the main force was some pastries and ingots incense candles.

"Didn't you buy all these things?" Bian Rui shook the list in his hand.

"I don't think it's too much, today I'm going to burn more money for your grandfather and grandmother, maybe there is inflation below, it's always wrong to burn more, and when you go to worship your ancestors tomorrow, you can't show more, the ancestors see that our filial piety is two or three days a year, and it doesn't hurt to buy more."

Bian Rui only felt that his wife's reason was extremely strong, and even took into account the inflation of the prefecture.

"Okay, then I'll go back and drive!" Bian Rui said.

"Rushing to the market?"

Mo Sheng's parents happened to enter the door at this time, and their eyes immediately lit up when they heard the conversation between Bian Rui and his mother.

"Well, catch the market. Would you like to go along?" asked Bian Rui.

"Okay, okay, don't go back to drive, drive our car," Mo Sheng's father said happily.