After saying a few words, the sound of a car's motor sounded outside the house.

"The car has been borrowed! Gangzi, you go wash your face and have breakfast, and then bring some dry food for lunch after eating. Said that it would only be borrowed for one day, and that it would be early to go and return early. ”

Jiang Xinrou suppressed her voice and shouted outside the house. I think I was afraid of waking up the old man.

Unexpectedly, the old man had already gotten up, walked out with a cane, and said a few words: "How much can be exchanged, and it doesn't matter if you suffer a loss." Come back after changing, don't delay. ”

"Dad is right! No matter how you say it, it's also a black market business, go quietly, go back quietly, don't argue with people. ”

"Alright, we're leaving! I don't know how long we'll be driving on the road. Xiao Sanye responded.

The two brothers of the Xiao family plus a son-in-law, the three old men jumped into the car.

The procurement vehicle borrowed by the military region has a body in the rear and two rows of seats in front of it, with three seats in each row.

Li Shuangying and Wang Yuxiang loaded the surplus grain, vegetables and vegetables into the car body, and then followed the car.

Yingfang's rations were also loaded, and some bacon, dried bamboo shoots, and dried mushrooms were also put out, hoping to exchange for more fresh seafood.

The body was stacked with a flat layer, the hemp rope was blocked twice, and the linoleum cloth was covered.

"Gone!"

Xiao Sanye was in charge of driving, rolled down the window and waved with his family, started the car with hot air, penetrated the mist, greeted the morning light, and drove away from Xiashan Town abruptly, constantly talking about his son-in-law's learning to drive:

"Hurry up and get a broken four-wheeler, and in less than two days, I will take care of your church. A manly man, how can he not drive. If you can't drive, and in an emergency situation in the future, it is equivalent to losing your arms...... "balabala......

"Whew-"

"Whew-"

He was answered by a flurry of snoring.

Xiao Sanye turned his head to see that Xiao Da fell asleep at some point, and his snoring was shocking.

twitched the corners of his mouth angrily, but he stopped thinking about it.

Not to mention how hard it was for Xiang Gang and his party to go to the black market in Ning County against the northwest wind to trade, they were also so busy at home that their feet did not touch the ground.

Xiashan Town and Ninghe County are not far away, and some customs and habits are still relatively close. Twenty-two sweeping, twenty-four to send the stove, although now do not dare to worship the Bodhisattva in a grand place, but the custom of small years to pick up rice cakes still retains the original taste.

On the twenty-second day of Jiang Xinrou, she mobilized the idle labor force of the whole family and vigorously carried out a big cleaning, and then soaked the rice cakes, mochi, and glutinous rice.

Originally, it was estimated that Xiao Nian would always be able to use the commune's grinding plate in the afternoon, but he thought that although this year's harvest was not as good as last year's, there were still many people who picked rice cakes. Rows and rows did not arrive until twenty-four noon.

Xiao Li carried fifty catties of rice and went to the mill in Xiashan Commune to replace the sister-in-law in line.

The grinding disc of Xiashan Commune is a big one, compared to the big one that Yingfang used in her hometown before, and there is a small Li who loses, otherwise with the two women comrades of Sister-in-law Fu and Jiang Xinrou, it is estimated that they will not be able to push fifty catties of rice until dark.

Xiao Li is tall and strong, and he easily completed the task, which provoked the unmarried girls in line to salute him with red faces.

Jiang Xinrou came back and asked the old man whether Xiao Li was old enough to find a partner? The old man waved his hand: "His family has already set a partner for him, and he should go back to get married next year." ”

No wonder so many marriageable girls smiled at him at the door of the mill just now, and he didn't squint. ”

When people reach age, they unconsciously become keen to match unmarried boys and girls. Jiang Xinrou is no exception.

Of course, the premise is that the long-lost daughter and family are reunited, and even the people around them are happy with hope.

The rice flour is ground back, and the next step is to steam it in a pot, and after steaming, put it in a mold and press it into strips, and the rice cake will be formed. Rice cake mold Yingfang brought from her hometown, last year I asked someone to make several pairs of molds, base frozen rice candy, pressed rice cake and mung bean cake, almost every year to use the household goods, always can not celebrate the New Year and ask others to borrow it. This money Yingfang is still very willing to pay out.

This is unfortunate to make a sub-mold, otherwise there would be no rice cakes to eat this year.

Mochi is simpler, after the soaked glutinous rice is steamed, it is loaded in a stone mortar and smashed with a cleaned mallet, after the glutinous rice is mashed, it is beaten for a while, and some sugar, sesame seeds, and dried osmanthus are put into it halfway, and after being beaten into rice puree, it is kneaded into a moderately sized mochi ball while it is hot, and it can be eaten.

Of course, it is impossible to eat so many mochi in a day or two, and it is generally dried and put in the first month, relatives and friends come to visit, or the host cooks or something, take it out and boil it in sugar water, and politely lie down an egg into it, it is a sweet snack with glutinous taste.

The reason why Yingfang's family spends ten catties of glutinous rice to make mochi is also in consideration of this - the daughter has just given birth, and many relatives and friends will come to visit, and they will not be allowed to make bowls of dim sum to entertain them. During the Chinese New Year, sweet snacks made of mochi should be very popular.

Grinding noodles in the morning, steaming rice and noodles in the afternoon, finishing the rice cakes and mochi, it was dark after the busyness, and the car to Ning County had not yet returned.

"Something will happen on the way. Sister-in-law Fu said worriedly.

Jiang Xinrou shook her head: "There shouldn't be any forks on the road, who dares to provoke the car of the military region......?"

"What can I do then?" Sister-in-law Fu rubbed her hands in a hurry.

When she was in Kyoto, farmers from the suburbs often carried sacks to the nearby alleys to peddle them, and when they saw eggs and other local products that were in short supply, they would carefully buy some. But this is completely different from driving a cart and pulling a cart of grain and vegetables to trade with fishermen who have secretly put their nets into the sea.

Once reported, it is likely to be deducted from the hat of speculation.

"It's going to be fine. After Yingfang finished feeding, she got up and walked around, and when she heard Sister-in-law Fu's worry, she was relieved, "Sister-in-law Shuangying has thought of a reason, and she sent the New Year's goods in the name of her relatives, and she will definitely be able to come back safely." ”

That being said, but before the people did not return safely, everyone was concerned, and the dinner was hot three times, and they didn't come back, and the old man said: "Don't wait, let's eat first, what should we do after eating, and the obedient girl will get up at night to nurse the child at night, and sleep first after eating." ”

"Also, what are you waiting for, leave them some food, and you can eat it when you come back. ”

Jiang Xinrou said, together with Sister-in-law Fu, each dish was divided into half, put it in a foreign bowl, covered with a shallow plate, and warmed it through hot water.

Eat first at home.

After eating, Yingfang was pushed back to the house to make up for sleep. While the babies were sleeping soundly, she also hurried to sleep, and when they woke up, they were busy again.

But the people who went to Ning County didn't come back, where did they sleep peacefully.

Listening to the whispered conversation between her mother and sister-in-law Fu while flipping the rice cakes in the hall, it took a long time before she fell asleep in a daze.

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