Chapter 53, the picnic on the first day of the new year

As soon as Chinese New Year's Eve passed, I woke up the next day and the new year began.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the weather was fine. Got up early to exercise, ran along the road, and met several people walking back with a small bundle of firewood, Shu Yue asked strangely: "Do they pick up firewood and go back to cook?"

Li Ya said with a smile: "A small custom, pick up firewood on the first day of the new year and take it home, firewood is homophonic with the wealth of fortune, which means bringing wealth home." ”

When he came back, Li Ya also carried a dry and fallen branch, and at this time Li Yuanjing came over slowly, Li Ya said: "You are still studying, so you don't have to get rich, right?"

Li Yuanjing said: "Studying is to make a fortune, how can you not take a good omen, you have to carry a large bundle back." I wanted to go back with a solid back. ”

Li Ya agreed: "This can be had! In this way, you pick it up first, and I'll go back and push the cart." The weather is nice today, and it's nice to have a picnic by the lake. ”

"Can you have a picnic, but what can you eat?" asked Li Yuanjing.

"It's easy to eat, there are vegetables in the field, the potatoes and yams dug last year, I'm catching a few chickens, and there are fish in the lake, just get some of them." Li Ya said. The important thing about a picnic is the atmosphere, the rich have the way of the rich, and the poor have the way of the poor. As long as everyone has fun, what they eat is not the most important thing.

Li Yuanjing said: "Okay, but you have to call a few more people to help collect firewood, one person is too slow." ”

Li Ya walked all the way back and notified all the way, and soon the news blew through the village like the wind, and as soon as Li Ya got home, he just packed up the cart, and a little baby came to ask Li Ya if he was having a picnic by the lake. They also participated in the picnic last time, and they had a good time, but when they heard about it this time, they became energetic. The little baby likes to participate in the affairs of the big children, even if the big children don't want to play with them, they have to follow them, and they don't give up when they run out of breath, and there is delicious food. After Li Ya's confirmation, several babies ran away again.

Li Ya packed up the artichoke, yam, oil, salt, and condiments and put them on the cart, and when he came to the lake, Li Yuanfang was already waiting there, and found a place to stop, Li Ya smiled: "You came early, why don't you go and help collect firewood?"

"I heard that there was a picnic by the lake, didn't I come early to do it, but I didn't know that there was no one when I came over. Li Yuanfang said with a smile.

Li Ya pointed to the opposite side and said, "Comrade Li Yuanjing is already doing it over there, you push the cart over, and someone will come over to help you in a while." Come on, unload the things first. ”

Li Yuanfang asked while unloading his things, "What about you?"

Li Ya rolled his eyes and said, "I'll go to Uncle Mingcheng to buy chickens, why don't you go?"

Li Yuanfang said with a smile: "You are now a big landlord and a big capitalist, of course you have to buy it." I'm poor and can't afford it. ”

When Uncle Mingcheng heard that Li Ya was going to buy chicken, he smiled and said, "You picnics are decent, and you still eat chicken." There are still a few pigs on the farm, and the big ones are one hundred and seventy-eight, do you want one?"

Li Ya's eyes lit up: "There are still pigs? Although the chicken tastes good, the meat is scarce. ”

In about forty minutes, the group returned to the lake, six carrying thirty old hens on their backs, and two carrying a pig.

It just so happened that the pot was boiling water waiting to chop the chicken feathers, and it was used to kill the pigs first. The third uncle carried the pig-killing knife and ordered: "Boil two more pots of water to chop the chicken feathers, one pot is not enough." ”

Put the pig on a relatively flat stone, the third uncle hooked the right hand hook, accurately hooked the pig's chin, took the pig's head out of the stone, the hook was changed to the left hand, and the other three or four people grabbed the pig's leg and the pig's tail, the third uncle killed the pig knife to the pig's chest, the white knife went in and the red knife came out, and the big brother on the side caught the pig's blood with the basin prepared earlier, and the action was quite skillful.

The pig's blood took it and walked away, and the pig's body twitched a few times, and then it didn't move. "Boil the water, scald the pig's hair. The third uncle shouted, and four or five scooped boiling water and poured it on the pig. After drenching for a while, the third uncle pinched a pinch of pig hair and easily pulled it off, and said, "Okay, this piece is okay, pour it on other places." "I picked up a planer and cut it along the pig's hair, and I cut a piece in a few clicks.

The large pieces of hair on the stomach and back are easy to deal with, and the pig's head, feet and tail are not easy to deal with, Li Ya stood outside and kept listening to the sound of "come a little more, come a little more, it's not scalded yet".

Thirty or forty people had not finished their preparations in the morning, and the families had already called for breakfast.

"Well, we'll eat and then come back to the whole thing. Uncle said.

Li Ya said with a smile: "Fortunately, I didn't net the fish first, otherwise the fish would stink after eating." "Looking at a large group of people, there are more people who move their mouths than their hands, and everyone pays attention to talking.

After eating, everyone sat and bragged first, and was not busy doing it. When Li Ya saw it, he simply went to the lake to row a boat. On the boat, Li Ya rowed off the shore and circled around the lake, Shu Yue looked easy and said, "Let me try." I haven't rowed yet. ”

This is a sculled boat, easy to learn, Shu Yue followed Li Ya's guidance and quickly got started. Shu Yue rowed the boat and asked happily, "Does it look like a Jiangnan boat lady?"

Jiangnan Boat Niang, there are countless literary works to depict, which makes people yearn for it. Li Ya said with a smile: "The boat lady has to fish to make a living, or do business, but it is not as beautiful as imagined." However, you are now like a fairy falling into Jiangnan. ”

Shu Yue smiled, even if you can speak, she said regretfully: "It's a pity that I didn't bring a camera, or I can take a few photos." ”

"It's winter now, and the water and grass around the lake have dried up, so I'll come back in the summer and take care of it. Li Ya suggested.

"Hmm. However, summer has the green and bright of summer, and winter has the heavy vicissitudes of winter, each with its own merits. Shu Yue thought about it for a moment and said.

"Uh...... Then I'd better go back and get my camera. Li Ya said consciously.

Li Ya came back with the camera and took several long-distance close-up photos of Shu Yue's front and side before Shu Yue got off the boat.

"You two are taking pictures, come on, I'll take a picture of you both, and I'll take a picture of us. The third sister-in-law just came out of the house, and was looking for Shu Yue, and saw the two of them here from a distance, only to find that they were taking pictures when they came over, and said happily.

Li Ya stuffed the camera into the third sister-in-law's hand and said, "Thank you third sister-in-law." He turned around and hugged Shu Yue and said, "Third sister-in-law, you have to find a better angle." ”

"But I won't use it. The third sister-in-law said weakly.

Li Ya turned around and taught again, and the third sister-in-law held the camera and tried it, then put it down and said: "You two are very close, junior high, your hand is still on Shu Yue's waist! ”

In other words, in this era, photography can't be too intimate, and in the end, it's as serious as going to the congress. Originally, it wasn't much, but when the third sister-in-law said this, Shu Yue was a little shy and quietly took Li Ya's hand away.

finally took a photo, and the third sister-in-law shouted to the third brother who was holding her daughter in the crowd: "Far mountain, far mountain, bring your daughter over to take pictures." ”

The two stood up straight with a serious face, but the baby didn't understand the meaning of the adult, and was tilting his head with his fingers to look at the dog next to him.

Taking pictures is a strange thing, after starting, you have to use up the paper to stop, the old people and children called, except for the three ancestors who took a single photo, the others are a big family and a big family photo, just to deal with it.

After taking the image, the fisherman, the vegetable washer, the soup boiler, the lively action.

Li Ya shoveled out a pile of red coals and piled them aside, and began to make barbecue, barbecue meat, roasted potatoes and vegetables, the taste was okay, and a group of children ate with their mouths full of oil.

Li Yuanfang tried a bunch and shouted: "It tastes very good, bake more and let everyone taste it." ”

Li Ya said: "If you want to eat home-baked, it's the same as roasting tender buds, just smeared with a little oil." ”

While preparing a big meal, I ate barbecue at the same time, and no one complained about being hungry until the afternoon.

When the sun was about to set, the meal began, Li Ya first scooped a bowl of chicken soup for Shu Yue, and also served a bowl himself, and after blowing and blowing a little cold, he took a sip and said, "It's so fragrant." ”

Shu Yue also said: "Since I came to the mainland, the food I eat is more delicious than Vancouver, just like the farm." ”

"Of course, Canada uses chemical fertilizers to grow vegetables and feed for breeding, and the taste is of course different. Li Ya said with a smile.

Shu Yue nodded and said, "No wonder you don't use pesticides and fertilizers on the farm, and you don't feed feed." ”