Chapter 68: Laba
Thinking of that scene, Zhou Shujie couldn't help but drool.
I remember that in later generations, people in the city ate roe deer meat, and they were generally cooked and fried.
When rural people eat roe deer meat, they eat it in a cauldron and gnaw on the bones and dip it in the sauce, so they feel that it is fragrant to eat with a big mouthful of wine and meat.
Zhou Shujie put the roe deer meat in the pot, only put a little chili pepper and onion and garlic to cover the pot, and set it on the fire.
In fact, you should put some peppercorns, or ginger slices.
But in this rural area, there are really no such things.
Then you can only be frugal and put some of what you have at home.
As soon as the meat was put in the pot, the children in the house woke up.
hurriedly filled a few pieces of wood into the stove pit, and Zhou Shujie went into the house to coax the child.
When the firewood burned out, he went to the outhouse to fill in a few pieces of wood, and simmered slowly for several points.
As soon as the smell of meat wafted out of the pot, the mother-in-law began to put it on the table and wait.
Zhou Shujie told her to wash her hands first, and then she could hold the gnawing bones with her hands for a while.
The mother-in-law went down to the ground and washed her hands, and after washing, her hands stretched forward like this.
Don't dare to touch anything, don't dare to touch anything.
It's like being afraid that if she gets her hands dirty, Zhou Shujie won't let her eat meat.
gave Zhou Shujiele almost no luck.
When the meat in the pot is finally cooked, put it out and put it in a basin, and serve it on the table to dry for a while.
When her hands were no longer hot, Zhou Shujie asked her mother-in-law, who had washed her hands, to eat the bones with her hands.
There is already some salt in this meat, and it is delicious even if you don't dip it in anything.
The shredded meat of the roe deer looks very fine, and the feeling of eating it in the mouth is also quite fragrant and tender.
Zhou Shujie and her mother-in-law gnawed half a pot of bones, and the other meals they prepared did not move a few bites, and both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law ate a stomach full of meat.
This meal of roe deer meat is fragrant.
After eating, Zhou Shujie felt that this body was hot. Only then did I remember that this roe deer is also a nourishing thing, although its name is called roe deer, but it is also a kind of deer.
Roe deer meat has a high nutritional value, and eating it has many benefits for the human body.
Here, I won't repeat them for you.
After two days, it was Laba Day.
There is an old saying in the Northeast, called "Laba Laba, frozen jaw"
This means that after Laba, the weather in the Northeast will get colder and colder, and even people's jaws will be frozen.
When Zhou Shujie was a child, he asked adults curiously, why do you have to drink Laba porridge during the Laba Festival?
The adults explained to them like this: "Isn't it colder after Laba? We drank Laba porridge in advance to keep our jaws sticky and save ourselves from being frozen." (They use sticky rice for porridge here.)
In the blink of an eye, it's this year's Laba Festival.
Wake up from memory with a smile. I went to the barn in a good mood and brought back the things that I was going to boil porridge.
This year's Laba, Zhou Shujie also used sticky rice, put some of his own rice beans, and boiled Laba porridge.
Put some sugar when eating, and it is no worse than the porridge sold in later generations.
Laba, sure enough, is a watershed, the temperature after Laba is getting lower and lower, and it can be compared with the temperature when it snowed heavily some time ago.
People don't like to go out anymore, and they are cats at home every day, which is really entering the cat winter period.
On this day, Aunt Guo came to visit the door and learn about the village with Zhou Shujie.
He said, "Do you know the daughter-in-law of the pillar? On the morning of Laba, an interesting thing happened in the village. ”
Zhou Shujie asked curiously: "Aunt Guo, what's the matter! I haven't heard of it, you learn from me." ”
It turned out to be a villager in the village, and the husband and wife had a quarrel.
The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and no one can force anyone. Just ask the folks to give a review.
The man pulled out the pot from the house and put it on the highway.
Loudly beckoned the neighbors to come and judge him.
When the neighbors came out, there was a pot on the ground, and there were some unwashed dishes in the pot.
I asked them what was going on?
The man said, "Have you ever seen such a daughter-in-law? Ah? How lazy is this daughter-in-law? Look at the pot where yesterday was used to make porridge and a pot for eating." She hasn't brushed it out until now, how can she leave it in the pot overnight without brushing the dishes after eating, is this what people look like? As soon as I talk about her, she still talks to me, you give me a comment, I say I didn't wronged her!"
Hearing his words, the neighbors turned their eyes to the angry woman.
As soon as the angry woman saw that all her eyes were turned to herself, she said, "I haven't brushed it before, ah!
Yesterday, wasn't it because the pot for boiling porridge was not soaked and it was not easy to brush, and there was no hot water.
I thought about it and waited for the hot water to boil in the morning when I cooked.
He's just going to let you catch him this time.
You're in this business, but fortunately, this time you are biting into the matter. It's just like that, so that you don't have to grind with my ass in the morning, inside and out. ”
After saying this, he looked at the neighbors' sisters-in-law and said: "Sister-in-law Zhang, sister-in-law Wang, you also give me a comment, then there is no hot water, you can't soak this pot and it can't be cleaned, can't you brush it without bubbles?"
Waiting for the first morning to cook is burning the fire, is it not okay to brush? Is it a problem?"
Because they were arguing on the road, the surrounding villagers heard the movement and gathered around.
After arguing for a long time, there was no result, and they all said that they would let the people in the village give a comment, but what reason is there to comment on, don't people say that it is difficult for a clear official to judge family affairs!
In the end, it was the village chief who stepped forward and played fifty boards to solve the matter.
After Aunt Guo learned like this, she gave Zhou Shujie a long time to enjoy.
It's been a few days, and whenever I think about it, Zhou Shujie still can't help but be happy!
Zhou Shujie burns the house hot every day, stays at home, and doesn't go anywhere.
If you are idle, you can either make a pair of small shoes for your child or change a pair of small pants for your child.
During this time, Zhou Shujie's mother-in-law has also changed a lot.
The piece of cloth she holds in her hand every day and sews back and forth is covered with many flowers of different sizes and shapes, which are sewn by Zhou Shujie's mother-in-law with a needle and a thread.
At the beginning, Zhou Shujie didn't even notice it.
One day, when he saw the flowers on it by chance, Zhou Shujie was almost shocked.
Although these flowers are not so delicate, they can still be recognized by their shapes, and not something that is sewn together.
This discovery made Zhou Shujie stare at her mother-in-law's eyes for several days, hoping to see a trace of clarity in those eyes one day.
On this day, Zhou Shujie wanted to make a pair of shoes for her daughter, and asked for beautiful embroidered shoes with beams.