Chapter 31: New Year (part 2/3)
Xu Changge brushed his teeth weakly, his expression was lazy, he looked at himself in the mirror, his sleepy eyes were no different from ordinary teenagers.
The breath of the New Year has dispersed a lot of the anger condensed on him, at least from the performance, it doesn't seem to scare others anymore.
"Xiaoge, hurry up, breakfast is ready for you!" came from the door of the room with the urging voice of her sister Xu Ru.
"Got it, soon!" Xu Changge rinsed his mouth and replied lazily, this kind of cold weather is actually the most suitable for hiding under the covers, and the kind of temperature that is comfortable to the bones is really nostalgic.
After a simple wash, Xu Changge pushed open the door, and Xu Ru served hot white porridge and side dishes.
After eating some hot food, I felt that my body was warm, and then Ling Ling's little girl poked out a little brain melon behind the door.
"You guys go shopping, I'll pack up and come!" Xu Ru beckoned to Ling Ling and said with a smile.
Xu Changge nodded, picked up Ling Ling, and walked out of the house.
They are all villagers who grew up watching Xu Changge, even if Xu Changge has been away from home for a few months, the elders in the village recognize him at a glance.
They greeted Xu Changge with a smile and greeted each other, and Xu Changge also responded one by one.
"Brother, brother, over there, there are a lot of people there. Ling Ling commanded Xu Changge to go to the lively place.
"Bye!" a man's loud voice sounded.
A large number of firecrackers crackled and exploded at the door, raising puffs of light smoke and making the old house look full of flavor.
Xu Changge covered Ling Ling's ears and waited for the firecrackers to finish, and then saw the old village chief Xu Dehan walking out on crutches.
He held high the three sticks of incense, knelt down in front of the offering table with three animals, three fruits and three waters, and recited the words.
"What is this for?" Ling Ling asked curiously.
"To make glutinous rice cakes," Xu Changge explained, "In the past, there was only a bumper harvest, and there was only surplus grain at home to make glutinous rice during the Chinese New Year, so making glutinous rice cakes means that the wind and rain gods have been good for a year, and we must thank the wind god and rain god for blessing and the good harvest given by the land lord." ”
Making glutinous rice dumplings is not an easy task, and it is usually done by families who gather together to make it.
Three steamers are prepared, and the glutinous rice is steamed one by one.
Old and young women and children burned fire and water here, and six strong men from each family came out, each carrying a big wooden hammer made of hardwood, which was more than 20 catties.
In a trough carved from a big blue stone, take the fat pork and smear the oil in the trough, put in the steamed glutinous rice, and the strong men will carry the big wooden hammer and smash it on the ground.
Until the sticky rice is smashed into a whole ball, then it is ready to make glutinous rice cakes.
After throwing the large glutinous rice dough on the table covered with flour, the women began to make the large glutinous rice dough into small glutinous rice dough, and placed them on the table one by one, and laid the other large table upside down, and several people stood on the table and jumped and walked, flattening the glutinous rice dough.
Lifting the big table, there are glutinous rice cakes on the lower table, five or six stacked on top of each other, and placed on the door pages that have been removed and washed, which is the whole procedure of making glutinous rice cakes.
Xu Changge doesn't remember when it started, and this feeling of families getting together to make glutinous rice dumplings is gone.
As long as you pay some processing fees, it doesn't take long for the glutinous rice cakes to be ready, each one is the same size, the same thin, much better than manual work.
But there's something missing, there's no feeling like that.
Ling Ling's father saw Xu Changge standing aside, handed over the big wooden hammer, and said with a smile: "Look at the Changge man?"
Those who resist the hammer are the strongest men, and they can't do this job without a little strength, so Uncle Ling has such a saying.
Xu Changge naturally will not miss the opportunity to participate.
He picked up the big wooden hammer and smashed it down, the arm smashed by the stone trough was painful, and Uncle Ling commanded on the side, "The wooden hammer is heavy enough, don't use too much force, just lift it high and fall down, and then carefully hurt the tiger's mouth." ”
Xu Changge listened, and didn't smash it hard, but he couldn't cooperate with the person opposite, either the two big hammers fell down together and squeezed at the mouth of the stone trough, or they were raised too high and simply collided with the wooden hammers of the other group.
Even so, Xu Changge still did it in full swing, and after a while, he felt numb in his mouth, and handed over the big wooden hammer to Uncle Ling.
Looking at Xu Changge, who was dripping with sweat beads on his forehead, Ling Ling took a handkerchief and wiped it for him distressedly.
Xu Changge rubbed his numb arm, straightened up, and saw the second leper not far away—this guy was waiting to eat white food with his legs crossed.
Xu Changge smiled and beckoned to him.
The second leper obviously also saw Xu Changge, and subconsciously wanted to leave, but hesitated for a moment before pretending to come over inadvertently.
"Let's go, talk to you about something!" Xu Changge patted him on the shoulder and said.
The second leper was obviously a little uncomfortable with Xu Changge's closeness, he twisted his body and followed Xu Changge farther away.
"You...... What do you want to do, I'm not afraid of you!" the second leper shouted in a bluff.
Xu Changge looked at him and scolded with a smile: "Look at your bear-like appearance, I won't beat you!"
"Fight, fight, I'm not afraid of you!" the second leper stiffened his neck and shouted, but the flickering look in his eyes was obviously a little weak!
"I'm talking to you about business, is someone going to buy your house recently?" Xu Changge didn't pay attention to it, and Zhengse said.
The second leper's eyes widened and he asked in shock, "How do you know?"
Can Xu Changge not know? Now the old house that has been sold for more than 100,000 yuan will be worth more than 1 million yuan in two years, an increase of more than ten times!
The current villagers don't know that their village has been included in the bullet train line demolition area, and they all think that a broken house can be sold for 100,000 yuan, but they have taken a big advantage.
Obviously, someone is using unequal information to make crazy money!
If it weren't for the fear that the large-scale acquisition would arouse the suspicion of those who care, I'm afraid that the whole village would be bought by those people!
In his previous life, he failed to help the second leper, this is a small pimple in Xu Changge's heart, and he will naturally not stand by in this life.
kept the demolition and resettlement house, so that he could have a place to live, and even if he really wanted to sell it, he would have to wait until that time to sell it.
"Don't care how I know, I'll tell you, don't sell it, or you'll regret it!" Xu Changge said in a low voice.
"But...... Sixteen thousand! That broken house ......," the second leper said disapprerovingly.
"Do you know that it's a broken house! The other party spent 160,000 yuan to buy your broken house and raise pigs!" Xu Ge said in a deep voice.
"You mean......" The second leper also showed a suspicious look, he was lazy, but he was not stupid, and he obviously found something suspicious.
They are in the middle of nowhere, and even if they want to buy a house, it is unlikely that they will buy it.
"It's good that you know! Use your brain more in everything!" Xu Changge patted his arm and said softly.
"You, why are you helping me?" This is the second leper looked at Xu Changge suspiciously, and asked hesitantly.
"Because...... Compared to those outsiders, you can barely be regarded as your own person. Xu Changge looked at him and smiled.
"Are you your own person...... the second leper froze in place, looking at Xu Changge's back as he gradually moved away.
After a while, he walked forward with brisk steps, this glutinous rice should be almost ready......