Chapter 173 Winter bamboo shoots are sweet

The wind and the sun are beautiful, and this weather is like adding a little joy to the ribbon-cutting day of Splendid Village and that avenue.

Although the ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held tomorrow, the weather makes Wu Xiao feel good to watch. This guy walked out of the bamboo forest behind the village and climbed the mountain.

Just waiting for the ribbon-cutting ceremony these days, in the bamboo forest, there are already some cracks on the ground that have been arched by winter bamboo shoots. Just wait for tomorrow's ribbon-cutting ceremony to be over, and the day after tomorrow you can dig winter bamboo shoots.

On the slopes of the mountain, there are also bamboo forests, although they are not as dense as the bamboo forests in Jinxiu Village, but they can dig at least 30,000 catties.

Climbing to the top of the mountain, the mountain wind was strong, Wu Xiao stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the bamboo forest over there, but it was cool. In the north wind, there is also a green bamboo forest, which is all money.

Wu Xiao walked around the mountain, climbed to the top of the mountain again, and looked at Jinxiu Village, where it was already evening smoke.

In the village, there was a lot of joy. The women sat on the edge of the hut and discussed the most important things. The ceremony is officially called ribbon cutting, but they are called worship.

"Wu Xiao, tomorrow, before the leader comes, you have to go to the provincial highway early, everyone has discussed, and you will light the first incense." Aunt Celery is the best at paying attention to these plots, and shouted at Wu Xiao who came from the village.

"Come on, you call it superstition." Wu Xiao said with a smile that he didn't want to get involved.

Boy! As soon as Wu Xiaocai said it, it immediately aroused public outrage. All the village aunts stood up and were very angry, and all the village sisters-in-law also began to reprimand, all the village aunts, including Song Chunhua, laughed so hard that they felt very bad.

"Okay, tomorrow, we will gather here again to eat a big pot of rice, and this year's winter bamboo shoots, we will taste them ourselves tomorrow." Wu Xiao sat in front of the computer and shouted.

"Wow, the winter bamboo shoots are out?" Sister-in-law Qiulan also asked loudly.

"Cut, this is the main thing, just kneel and worship, why didn't I make money for you before." Wu Xiao also learned to roll her eyes with the women.

No one will condemn this, because what Wu Xiao said is the truth.

The guy stood up: "Okay, wash and sleep early after eating, and I still have to pick vegetables tomorrow." ”

"What's the use of going to bed early, ouch, it's cold, it's cold under the quilt, and there's no hot body for us to lie down." Sister-in-law Qiulan said loudly, her eyes also aimed at Wu Xiao, and she still wanted to be bullied.

The women were about to go to the village, and these words made the few people in front of them laugh softly.

Depend on! Wu Xiao looked at this group of people and saw them laughing like this, but in fact, they were laughing at loneliness.

"Chunhua, is his body hot?" As soon as another village sister-in-law said this, she was hurriedly startled and said the wrong thing.

This time, Song Chunhua's melon seed face immediately blended with the red glow that had not yet faded.

Sister-in-law Qiulan still secretly pouted, Aunt Cuihua was afraid that Song Chunhua would not want it, and she didn't dare to sleep with her at night, I don't know if she ran next door in the middle of the night.

Li Xianghong's mouth was even more obvious, and the village girl was full of vinegar.

These people are like this, Wu Xiao is too lazy to bother with them. After dinner, he hurriedly walked outside the village, and the current bamboo forest was the focus of his watering with a jade bottle.

The laughter of the night seemed to have just stopped, and the laughter of dawn resumed. The three buddies who drove the truck didn't understand, why did the women of Splendid Village laugh like this every day.

"That's it!" Wu Xiao helped the driver of the last car, put the sail covering the vegetables, and shouted loudly.

As soon as the car drove away, the women's laughter was more lively than the driver's heard, and they all walked to the side of the provincial road.

Of course, Wu Xiao is driving again, his broken motorcycle is driven by Li Xianghong, and there are Qiulan's sister-in-law and Yang Caixia sitting behind.

"What are you doing all this for?" Wu Xiao's car just drove onto the avenue and began to mutter.

Song Chunhua, who was sitting on the side, didn't care that there were a few village girls behind her, and raised her hand to shoot at him. In the mountain village, any big thing has to be worshipped, which is not a superstition, but a tradition.

Boy! Wu Xiao's car stopped on the side of the village road in the gatehouse, walked out of the gatehouse, and looked at this ceremony, it was still presided over by the oldest uncle in the village. Seeing that the women's laughter suddenly stopped, and their expressions were a little serious and solemn, they felt that they took this ceremony quite seriously.

"Last night, Uncle Elm gave a pig he raised and killed it in the middle of the night, and that pig's head was." Li Xianghong's mother also whispered to Wu Xiao.

Wu Xiao also looked at the offerings placed in the middle of the gatehouse, which was a stewed pig's head, and two round dough made of flour and yeast powder, kneaded into a ball, and then two chickens and some fruits.

"Then he should be paid back." Wu Xiao turned his face to Li Xianghong, who was in charge of finance, and said.

Li Xianghong shook his head: "I gave him the money, but he didn't accept it." ”

As soon as he said this, Uncle Yushu, who was standing next to the oldest man, also interjected: "What is it that I sacrifice this pig, without Wu Xiao coming to our village, our road is still the same path!" ”

"Okay, don't say it." Wu Xiao hurriedly said with a smile, watching the uncle wave at him, and also stepped forward.

"Manager Wu, this is a stick of incense, you come!"

This uncle's appearance is too serious, which makes Wu Xiao still afraid. He is also a mountain man, understands what rituals, and the person who wears the first incense stick is either the most respected person in the village, or the most outstanding.

Wu Xiao couldn't hear what the uncle was talking about, anyway, he knelt on the ground and bowed three times according to Aunt Celery's instructions, and then inserted the incense into the pillar in the middle of the gatehouse, which was the end.

Wu Xiao's first incense stick was inserted, and it was the women's turn. The ritual began at dawn and lasted until the sun rose and the mountain was high.

After the ceremony is over, the next thing is Wu Xiao's business, I don't know how many will come to the town. Wu Xiao in the county didn't invite him, and he didn't need more people to cut the ribbon.

"Here, hang up!" Wu Xiao shouted at Yang Caixia and the village girls.

The village girls pulled up a strip of red cloth with a big red flower in the middle and fixed it at the entrance and exit of the gatehouse. This arrangement is so simple, because Wu Xiao really doesn't like to engage in any grand form.

"Hey, I heard that in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, in the plate of receiving flowers, scissors and a red envelope are to be placed, and we only have scissors." Li Xianghong took a plate covered with red cloth and asked with a smile.

"We don't." Wu Xiao is just like this, he already knows this form, and the thickness of the red envelope depends on the identity of the ribbon cutter. Then the person who takes the scissors, without excuses, is very comfortable picking up the red envelope after cutting it is the harvest. In this way, he would rather cut it himself.

"Ouch, only Sophie is here." Song Chunhua suddenly said.

Wu Xiao turned his face to look in the direction of the town, and it was also happy, Sophie was still riding a motorcycle, just by herself. However, this beauty is wearing a red dress, which really adds to their color.

"Huh......" Sophie's motorcycle drove to the gatehouse, and Huali got out of the car and smiled at Wu Xiao first. Put away the motorcycle, look up at the gatehouse, the three words of Splendid Village, in the sun, just like Wu Xiao's face, sparkling.

"Hello Mayor Sue!" Wu Xiao greeted her very coolly, it would be better for her to come by herself.

"Good!" Sophie responded with a smile, her delicate hand still rubbing the moisturizer outstretched.

"Ah, Song Chunhua, pay attention to your body!" Sophie's hand turned to Song Chunhua, still concerned.

Song Chunhua smiled and shook hands with Mayor Su, feeling that her face was starting to turn red again.

"Yes, on behalf of the town ......" Sophie, although she came alone, had to say a few words of congratulations.

"Thank you, Mayor Sue, for your congratulations! In the future, we will work harder to contribute to the realization of a moderately prosperous society! Wu Xiao immediately made a speech at the elementary school level.

Sophie almost covered her mouth and smiled, this guy said this kind of thing, but the women in the village still showed such a profound expression.

"Please Mayor Su, cut the ribbon for us!" Wu Xiao immediately announced.

Convenient! Sophie and Wu Xiao each side, scissors cut, the ribbon-cutting ceremony is over.

"Today, leave a little of those winter bamboo shoots for me to make, and I will make a winter bamboo shoot smouldered pork." Wu Xiao said to Qiulan's sister-in-law who was in charge of cooking.

"Do you know how to cook?" Sophie laughed too.

"Will it be, we'll find out later." Wu Xiao smiled and walked to the car.

Sophie's motorcycle drove towards the village, smiling and shaking her head, she thought that this guy would only eat.

"Wow! With so many winter bamboo shoots, then your winter bamboo shoots can also be marketed. Sophie put away the motorcycle, walked to the hut, watched the women peeling winter bamboo shoots, and asked with a smile.

"Today we try it for ourselves, and tomorrow we will go on the market." Wu Xiao replied while cutting the peeled winter bamboo shoots into slices.

Sophie squatted next to the bamboo shoots, helping to peel the bamboo shoots, while watching what Wu Xiao did, she also wanted to learn.

Wu Xiao cut the bamboo shoots, put them in the boiling water, explained to Su Qiaoyu, scooped them up and drained the water after three or four minutes, and then began to cut the pork belly again.

"Too fat, huh?" Sophie asked, looking at the meat.

"No, it won't." Wu Xiao also cut the pork belly into pieces, and then cut the ginger and green garlic. It would be better if you had star anise, fennel, but you don't need to look for these in the small mountain village.

"Wow"! This guy put some oil in Su Qiaoyu's hot pot, and then put the pork belly in it.

Sophie looked at it and nodded and smiled, understanding his approach, in this way, the pork belly can be fragrant and oily.

Is it not, Wu Xiao looked at the pork belly in the pot, it was all slightly browned, and the aroma of the meat had already rushed into his nose. Pour the oil into a vegetable pot, put it on the stove, and stir-fry the ginger and garlic until fragrant.

"It smells so good!" Sister-in-law Qiulan was making chicken soup with winter bamboo shoots, and she also turned her face to smell Wu Xiao.

"It's not really fragrant yet." Wu Xiao said, poured in the soy sauce, turned it over a few times, added water, and covered the pot with a lid.

"Aren't you alright?" Sophie was afraid of fat, but the aroma also made her swallow her saliva, and she looked at the pork belly for half an hour, and asked Wu Xiao.

Almost, Wu Xiao lifted the lid of the pot, and immediately made the women smile and shrug their noses, it was so fragrant.

Wu Xiao picked up the winter bamboo shoot slices, poured them into the pot that spewed out the aroma, turned the spoon for a while, saw that the soup in the pot had become thick, picked up the pot, put the winter bamboo shoots smoldered meat into several vegetable pots, and then sprinkled wild coriander.

"It's done!" Wu Xiao shouted coolly, others hadn't eaten yet, but he picked up the chopsticks first, picked up two pieces of bamboo shoots and put them in his mouth.

Fragrant! The flesh of winter bamboo shoots is denser than spring bamboo shoots, and it tastes more crispy. The surface contains the aroma and oil of pork belly, and the entrance is the smooth and oily aroma of pork belly. Chew slowly, the bamboo shoots are fragrant, and the fragrance makes this guy squint his eyes again.

"Wow!" Wu Xiao felt the aroma and exclaimed when he opened his eyes. In front of him, there was already a group of people squatting, all of them with their mouths moving, and even Sophie couldn't help but steal food.

"It's time to eat!" Song Chunhua swallowed the pork belly and shouted with a smile.

The whole village sat together, and the atmosphere of eating was also strong.

"How about trying chicken soup with bamboo shoots." Wu Xiao scooped half a bowl, but he hadn't eaten yet, it was different from the one just now, it was a strong fragrance, but this soup was fragrant.

"Delicious!" Wu Xiao took a sip of soup and couldn't help but praise. This soup is very fragrant, and the aroma is even stronger in the mouth, with the sweetness of chicken, and the mouth is full of freshness.

Good guy, Wu Xiao eats a piece of bamboo shoot, and it makes a crisp sound when he bites it. The winter bamboo shoots are more fragrant than the spring bamboo shoots, and they are also sweet, so it's no wonder that Sophie eats them more watery.

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