With the passage of time, the footsteps of the Spring Festival have been getting closer and closer, and some New Year's flavors have begun to slowly spread in the mountains and rivers of the motherland.

When there are more than ten days before the Chinese New Year, every household in the countryside begins to steam steamed steamed buns, white flour steamed buns, yellow flour wowo, yellow flour steamed buns filled with bean paste, as well as large buns with vegetarian meat filling, large flower cakes with red dates in different shapes, and so on Noodles began to be steamed out in the big pot of each house one after another.

In addition, there are all kinds of fried foods, steamed meatballs, sweet potato meatballs, mung bean meatballs, crispy meat, slippery meat, dried tofu and other things have also begun to be purchased more or less.

In the yards of each house, yellow-brown kelp scalded in hot water is hung on a rope to dry, and some families start to cook meat and fried fish, but the quantity is very small.

Only Guan Hongda's family has a surprisingly large amount of meat.

In the courtyard of the Guan family, under the eaves hung more than a dozen hares that had been peeled and dried and dried, as well as a dozen crucian carp, and even a fat badger like a pig—all of which were Guan Xiaojun's trophies.

His hunting talent is extraordinary, and even Guan Zizi is amazed, calling Guan Xiaojun a natural hunter. It is extremely rare that he can catch so many prey at the age of six or seven.

This year, whether it is the business of the kiln factory or the trading of Guan Yunshan, the income is good, so during the New Year, the family is excited.

"Come, Xiaojun, Yangyang, you two send these two bowls of balls to the master!"

Lu Xin'e stood by the stove, filled two large bowls of freshly fried meatballs and mung bean balls, and later felt that it was a bit much, so she pulled down a few more chopsticks and said to Guan Xiaojun: "Tell the master, eat first, and then send him fried fish and crispy meat later." ”

Beside her, the hot oil in the cauldron kept tumbling, emitting green smoke, in front of the stove, Wang Xinfeng "croaked" pulled the bellows, slowly put a fire head into the stove, and her face was reflected by the firelight.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Wang Xinfeng is in charge of cooking the pot, and Lu Xin'e is in charge of cooking, with a clear division of work, and there are a lot of things to do.

The kitchen was filled with smoke, forming a thick layer in the air, pouring out like a mist through the kitchen doors and windows, and then slowly rising, blackening the eaves black and bright.

Although there are chimneys in rural kitchens, in Guan Xiaojun's view, the role of chimneys is only to make it easier to light fires for cooking, not to exhaust smoke. Because as soon as you cook, the kitchen will be full of smoke, and the chimney will play the role of smoke exhaust at all, and even if there is, it is very limited.

Guan Xiaojun looked at his mother's stingy behavior, secretly amused, he and his sister brought a big bowl of fried food and walked towards Guan Zi's home.

It was basically the rule of the entire Chinese people that good things were given to the elderly first, and it was not until decades later that they began to change, but the basic filial piety did not change in essence.

Just like in Guandimiao Village, whoever is richer and has some delicious food must first send it to the old people in the village, Guan Zizai is the oldest old man in the whole village, so every time there is a festival, the villagers will send him all kinds of food.

The east family sent a bowl of meatballs, and the west family sent a bowl of crispy meat, and the big dustpan locked in the room would soon be filled with all kinds of food. Steamed buns, flower cakes, meatballs, fish, meat, you name it.

Seeing Guan Xiaojun and Guan Yang coming over with two big bowls, Guan Zizai smiled and said: "Just your family's things are delicious, Xin'e, this kid is skillful, and the things he makes are delicious, and your family is willing to cook things, Xiaohu and I are waiting for your meal today!"

Guan Xiaojun said: "My grandfather said, this year's New Year, you and Brother Huzi go to my house for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, you two are too deserted in this courtyard, and the family is lively to call the New Year!"

Guan Zizi touched his beard and said, "Hongda, this kid has a heart, let's talk about it when the time comes! Come, put the bowl down, I'll see how you two have practiced kung fu recently?"

Counting on his fingers, Guan Xiaojun and Guan Yang have been learning kung fu with Guan Zizai for half a year, and some small shelves have both been learned, especially Guan Xiaojun, who is smart, flexible in his hands and feet, and the essence of deep moves, and is known as a martial arts wizard by Guan Zizai.

But if Guan Xiaojun is a martial arts wizard, then Guan Shanhu is a peerless genius.

After he was taken in by Guan Zizai, because of his arm injury, he was put on a plaster by Guan Zizai for more than a month to eliminate the old injury, and then he followed Guan Zizai to practice martial arts.

He learned martial arts later than Guan Yang's sister and brother, but the latecomers came first, the kung fu frame was stretched and generous, and the whole person was deep and wide, and he had a faint spirit of craftsmanship at a young age.

Guan Zizai saw Guan Shanhu's performance, there were joys and worries, the joy was that the apprentice he accepted turned out to be a peerless genius, and the worry was that this child acted quite ruthlessly because of being abducted and trafficked.

However, this kind of mind is not easy to say to others, so he can only hold it in his heart, and when he was teaching Guan Shanhu on weekdays, he deliberately let him learn more Confucian classics, in order to resolve the anger in the child's heart with the golden mean.

Now Guan Yang's sister and brother are performing boxing and actual combat routines in the courtyard, and the two of them are fighting against Guan Shanhu, Guan ** is not Guan Shanhu's opponent, and he was defeated in a hurry after a while, but Guan Xiaojun is like a monkey, jumping up and down, his body is extremely flexible, although he can't beat Guan Shanhu, but Guan Shanhu can't catch him for a while.

Guan Zizai taught Guan Xiaojun of the thirty-six forms, Guan Xiaojun was particularly good at monkeys and mice at this time, followed by chickens and cats, with his body shape at this time, imitating these four animals, it was really dexterous, vivid, and brought a unique thing of its own, bouncing, Guan Shanhu couldn't help him for a while.

Guan Zizai nodded secretly after reading it, "Xiaojun is so smart, in fact, he is not much worse than Huzi, besides, this kid is very thoughtful, now he is young, and the chance of growth is actually quite big, even if Huzi does evil in the future, there are people who can control him!"

After Guan Yang's sister and brother finished practicing, Guan Zizai praised a few words, and praised Guan Shanhu a few words, which allowed the two to leave.

When the whole village is filled with smoke and the smell of food is getting stronger and stronger, the Spring Festival has arrived.

This is a festival that all children look forward to, on this solemn and lively day, children can not only wear new clothes, new shoes, but also get New Year's money, but also play some things that are rarely played, and see rarely watched programs.

This hope for the New Year fills the hearts of all children, and for them, the Spring Festival is really a happy festival, although many adults are not very happy in this era.