After lunch, unexpectedly, Wang Yunlin went home half a day early.

Dare to love this because the cloth shoe factory where she works is a large collective, and the management is not so strict, not to mention that the old ladies in the staff occupy the majority. Everyone was worried about their home, and they coaxed together at noon, but the factory director couldn't suppress it, and he couldn't save face, so he took a holiday in advance.

So naturally, the old lady was happy, and went directly to the kindergarten to "liberate" her grandson in advance, and then took the child home with joy.

Needless to say, if there is more of this small one in the house, it will start to be lively. What's more, the child's grandmother issued another special instruction for the New Year, "Whatever!"

This means that for 360 days, the restraint of "standing and sitting" has been completely liberated, and Hong Junman can roll on the ground in dirty old cotton clothes.

Hong Yanzheng and Xu Manli haven't come back yet, without their parents present, the scene can be imagined, Hong Jun, this kid is simply happy to be a little madman, jumping up and down, acting "Three Forks" as if he was crawling and rolling.

It's just that it doesn't take long to get tired of rolling around. As the saying goes, "girls love flowers, boys love cannons", so he entangled Hong Yanwu and asked the third uncle to set off firecrackers together.

And Hong Yanwu saw that the snow was thick outside, but he gave him a better suggestion.

"Are you stupid? You can't even play. With such good snow, can't we build a snowman? What kind of cannon to put ......?"

Hong Jun was happy to listen to it, and then happily accepted the suggestion, and followed Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan to the white courtyard to toss.

Not long after, Ling'er, the youngest granddaughter of the Ding family, was also picked up by Lao Ding, and seeing that they had rolled a snowball to the boss, they also joined in with great interest for this rare fun.

As for the East Courtyard, they also have their own busy content. The adults began to work on the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Bian Jiangong and Su Jin went to watch a movie on the street, and Su Xiu and Hong Yanru, who were afraid of the cold, cut window flowers in the house together.

If you want to say that the two girls are really ingenious, what "magpie Dengmei", "two dragons play with pearls", "peacock opening the screen", "heavenly maiden scattered flowers" and various flowers, flowers, insects, fish, bird patterns, there is no one they can't

In this way, two hours later, when Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan took the two children to build two snowmen, one large and one small. The two girls also cut out all the window grilles and pasted them all over the glass windows of the Hong family and the Su family. The rest is also enough for the Bian family and the Ding family.

Coincidentally, at this moment, not only Wang Yunlin's dumpling filling had just been mixed, but Hong Yanwu's eldest brother and sister-in-law also got off work early and entered the door at the same time.

For this, Wang Yunlin was happy at once, and she was indescribably happy. Because this also means that the Hong family is all gathered, and the following can be the most important activity of Chinese New Year's Eve early, and start making "five more dumplings".

Don't look at the New Year's dumplings is a common custom of northerners, everyone also knows that "dumplings" and "jiao" are homophonic, "zi" is "zishi", and eating dumplings takes the allusion of "more age 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. This is in addition to the meaning of lest the "wealth" in the dumplings be exposed and the "blessing" run away. There is an additional talk about this among the people, called "pinching the villain's mouth", which is to avoid slander and prevent the villain from being slandered.

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", and it was gradually changed to "dumplings" after the Republic of China. And compared with the old times and the present, there is one biggest difference, that is, whether the capital is poor or rich, the dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve must be vegetarian filling, 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 meat, while "meat" refers to irritating plants with grass prefixes, so onions and garlic cannot be put in the dumpling filling.

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 and noble families pay attention to it, it is even far 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 stuffing must also add the crushed "row fork" and "dumpling box" (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. 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 dregs.

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, the Hong family has plenty of meat and supplies. Wang Yunlin considered that the Chinese New Year's Eve meal was full of big fish and meat, which was too greasy, and eating refreshing and greasy vegetarian stuffed dumplings was the best spice at that time. So she chose to restore the tradition and mixed a pot of exquisite vegetarian stuffing according to Lao Ling'er.

Of course, when the stuffing is served, it inevitably causes some confusion and criticism. Like Hong Yanzheng and Hong Yanwen, they both complained a little, and said, "Mom, why don't you see meat in the filling?

Only Hong Yanwu can appreciate the excitement of it, and he praised it for mixing the vegetarian stuffing well, saying that this is in line with the principle of scientific diet, and it must be much better than the meat filling.

coaxed Wang Yunlin to be happy, and they all praised the third child for his insight and understanding of his mother's heart, and then told everyone about his intentions. It's just that this can't help but make Hong Yanzheng and Hong Yanwen a little bit apprehensive about their younger brother, and slander a few words of "sycophancy".

Under Wang Yunlin's urging, soon, the whole family of the Hong family washed their hands, or stood or sat around the table of the Eight Immortals and began to make noodles, roll out the skin, and open the bag with their hands.

In fact, there are only two differences between the Chinese New Year's dumplings and the usual ones in terms of specific production procedures. A particular dough can not use the knife, must be used by hand. The other is a "specific program", in which coins and dates are wrapped in the stuffing according to the head of the whole family.

This is the tradition of the capital, pay attention to the time of eating dumplings, who bites the money, it means that this year's wealth is rolling. If anyone bites into the date, it represents good luck. This content is both festive and entertaining, and everyone is willing to eat a few more dumplings even for this purpose.

Not to mention, spending the Spring Festival with his family after decades, Hong Yanwu can now understand very well why his mother must gather her family to make dumplings together every year.

Because this step is so important. This not only reflects the unity and harmony of the family, but also the process of communication together. No matter how big the pimple is in a year, most of it has been solved in this warm and happy atmosphere.

As for children, they are not boring either. Although they can often only help adults knead out a few dumpling wrappers that are not very qualified, and they can't sit still, and they are easy to get tired after staying for a long time. But don't forget, dough can be a toy.

Like Hong Yanwu and Hong Yanru, like their mothers coaxed themselves, they taught Hong Jun and Ling'er to pinch small animals with noodles, and then when they kneaded the drums, they helped them bake them on the stove ring.

Therefore, the two children have been playing with great interest, and none of them have made a fuss. When the dumplings were almost wrapped, they also had all kinds of bunnies, hedgehogs, ducklings, snails, turtles......

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