Chapter Ninety-Nine: A Scholar of Culture

Monkey San was also good at joining in the fun, and was led away by Uncle Lao Yu with his little paws. When I came back, I was holding a carp that was the boss and the boss, and I walked straight and stumbling.

"This is called more than every year, I pasted New Year's pictures when I was a child, and my favorite thing is the big fat boy holding the big carp." Li Xiaopang took the big fish and put it in the warehouse, then took out the big red paper and pen and ink, and prepared to go to Li Daming's house to write Spring Festival couplets. Twenty-four, write the word blessing.

Li Da understands that he is a cultural person in Tunli, and basically he has given the Spring Festival couplets of every household. And Li Da understands that he is indeed a talent, and the major events that have happened in the past year can be compiled into the Spring Festival couplets for you, so he is very popular.

When I wandered to Li Daming's house, there were still a lot of people in the house, and there was a pile of red paper on the kang, all waiting to write couplets. Li Da was so busy that he was sweating profusely, and he was still muttering: "According to the old reason, you should give some money to moisten the penβ€”β€”"

"Is your pen a pen?" Uncle the village chief smiled and clicked on the small cigarette pouch and began to reveal the bottom of the story.

To say that this Li Da understands that writing couplets is also a must, find a sorghum stalk, peel off the skin, and only the finger-thick pulp is left, and then use it to absorb ink and write. The words that are written are called horizontal and vertical, and they are all straight arms and legs.

Everyone drinks tea and eats melon seeds, chatting and waiting, in fact, the atmosphere of the New Year is manifested in this way, as long as you put in it and do it yourself, you can taste the flavor of the New Year.

In addition to couplets and blessings, you also have to write a lot of auspicious words, such as going out to see joy, looking up to see joy and so on. There are also quite rural characteristics, for example: the chicken coop should be pasted with a golden rooster full rack, the pigsty should be pasted with a fat pig full circle, the cowshed and horse shed should be posted with six animals prosperous, the outside of the barn must also be pasted with a grain harvest, and the outside of the dog kennel must be posted with a blessing word. In short, except for the Mao Lou (toilet), they all have to be festive.

This also contains people's good hope and very simple humanistic care, over the past year, cattle and horses have worked hard to pull carts and farm, chickens, ducks and geese to lay eggs, dogs to take care of the home, are very hard, the New Year, can not forget people.

According to the custom of the black blind Zitun, at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve, every household in the village has to worship three generations of clan relatives, which is commonly known as the old ancestor. How to say this, it must not be regarded as superstition, and it is also the obligation of future generations to pay tribute to their ancestors.

Cut a large piece of red paper into four parts, respectfully write on one of them "Worship three generations of relatives of a certain family", and write on both sides such as "three kowtows in the morning, one incense in the morning and evening", wait until the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, arrange the tribute, light incense candles, and the family bows to the ancestors. Life is reincarnated from generation to generation.

Of course, Li Xiaopang also has to write one to remember the old man. It's just that there are a lot of people in line, and it is estimated that I won't be able to finish writing tomorrow.

At this time, Old Man Wu came to Li Daming to play chess, and when he saw that he was busy, he followed to help. Unexpectedly, Old Man Wu actually wrote well, the pen walked the dragon and snake, brushed a little bit, and the speed was ten times faster than Li Daming.

"I knew I was writing at home." Li Xiaopang put the written paper on the lid of the cabinet to dry slowly, and then saw a strange phenomenon: everyone was still queuing up at Li Daming's side, and Mr. Wu was an old bean horn - idle.

When I asked, I found out that everyone said that Mr. Wu didn't know the words written, and more importantly, Li Da understood that the words he made up were good and close to life, just like they were customized for every family.

Li Xiaopang blinked his eyes: "It's better to be like this, I understand that Uncle you cooperate with Old Man Wu, one by one." ”

In this way, the speed really soared, and in less than an hour, the couplets of the whole tunzi were written. After Mr. Wu and Li Daming washed their hands, they began to play chess. Other people also play poker, and some look at small cards, basically using Li Daming's home as a chess and card room.

In rural areas, there are several such households in each tunzi, providing villagers with places for communication and entertainment, and all of them are free services.

It wasn't until Sister Lin came to call Li Xiaopang home to cook that he stuck a note on his face, Shi Shiran walked back, and Sister Lin who followed behind laughed all the way.

It's the Chinese New Year, and eating and drinking is, of course, the first priority. Li Xiaopang's cooking skills have improved a lot now, and it didn't take long to get out four dishes and one soup and serve them on the table, Sister Lin clicked it with her fingers and stopped doing it: "Brother Chubby, you boiled the meat skin frozen last night!" ”

Because the skin of the meat contains a lot of gum, so after washing and cooking, remove the fat and the like stuck in the skin, then cut it into thin strips one by one, add an appropriate amount of water, and put it in a pot over low heat to boil. After the gelatin in it is boiled out, it is brought out of the pot to cool overnight, and the next morning, it curds into milky white skin jelly. When eating, dip it in spices such as garlic paste, which is firm and smooth.

As for Li Xiaopang's skin jelly, it is more troublesome, not poured into the pot to boil, but steamed on the curtain, which takes longer, but it is more clear and transparent than what is boiled out of the pot, and it is as bright as crystal, which is very gratifying, so Sister Lin has long been thinking about it.

Li Xiaopang only remembered this stubble, so he met Sister Lin's request, cut a plate of crystal jelly, and picked up a piece, which was trembling and crystal clear, making people reluctant to eat.

Although there are also skin jelly sold in the city, who knows what condiments are added to it, so you can rest assured that you can boil it yourself.

In fact, if you make a table of dishes by yourself, you will naturally be able to taste the flavor of the New Year. If you order a large table of dishes at the hotel, you will always feel that there is something disadvantageous to the food, right?

After eating and drinking, Sister Lin insisted on pulling Li Xiaopang to play poker and sticking a note on her face. Li Xiaopang's card skills were already stinky, and he was looking at those girls who were eager to run to him, so Kaba waved his little eyes a few times and waved at the monkey three times.

Monkey San likes to join in the fun, so he happily joins the game. With a little monkey at the bottom, Li Xiaopang was really freed. It's just that the monkey three suffered, and in the end, I couldn't see anything.

In the process of playing cards, Yaya also brought good frozen pears, frozen persimmons and frozen flower reds. These three are also the most popular frozen goods in rural areas.

Don't look at the black skin of the frozen pear eggs, after biting, the pear flesh inside is snow-white, the juice is rich, cool and thirst-quenching; Frozen persimmons are not bad, and the best thing to eat is the bonus. The size is about the same as that of a hawthorn, and the color is also red, but the skin does not have spots like a hawthorn.

In fact, these are two completely different small fruits, and the flower red belongs to a kind of begonia fruit, after thawing, it tastes sweet and sour, juicy and delicious.

The three monkeys pulled the branches on their faces, and then held the frozen pears and gnawed on them. Sister Lin likes to eat bonuses, and she still chatters while eating, not as delicious as the wild fruits in the forest.

"By the next year, you'll be able to eat with your belly open." Li Xiaopang is also full of longing, I remember that when I was a child, I could still eat preserved Shandu persimmons during the Chinese New Year, which was called delicious.

The next day will be twenty-five, as the saying goes, twenty-five, sweep the dust. After breakfast, as soon as the whole family began to clean the house, the monkey three picked up the feather duster again, and the rest was to paste the shack and the wall.

Perhaps it was close to the Spring Festival, and the scientific expedition team also suspended research. Lao Wang hasn't come back yet, and they are the only people left, and it is estimated that they will have to spend the New Year in the Black Blind Tun.

Professor Rebus basically relied on Li Xiaopang's house to help with the work, but because he was not familiar with the business, he helped more often. So Li Xiaopang can only assign him some simple work, which is basically equivalent to the monkey three.

For example, when he was pasting the wall, he could only be responsible for handing the paper, and he also got a whole body of glue, and his beard was glued together.

Rebus was delighted: "Is this Christmas in China?" ”

"Pretty much." Li Xiaopang was sharpening his knife there, in addition to the kitchen knife at home, he also sharpened a small carving knife with a saw blade, ready to carve money.

Although it is easier to buy the money, Li Xiaopang is willing to do it himself, after all, it feels different. He did this when he was a child, cutting colored paper into rectangles and sandwiching them on stereotypes. If you want to save trouble, just take the remaining sample from last year and attach it to the top, and carve it out according to the pattern, and you can produce more than ten at a time.

And Li Xiaopang prefers to draw the pattern by himself, and then engrave it, and there is a clever little grid to draw next to it, and the drawn money is even more exquisite.

"This little monkey is the best-looking, it just so happens that this year is the Year of the Monkey!" Sister Lin followed and shouted, she saw a love for a piece, and shouted again after a while: "Wow, this little bear looks better, the little bear on it seems to be a bear baby!" ”

"Why don't you say it's the Year of the Bear?" Li Xiaopang replied without raising his head, he was willing to talk back to this girl if he was idle.

During this period, Li Daming came to visit the door, and when he saw that the money was good-looking, he also booked a batch, and it was enough to have more than ten tickets. Anyway, a mold can carve out a lot, Li Xiaopang just picked up a few for him, and Li Daming took it home happily. After showing off to others in the middle of the road, people came to Li Xiaopang's house one after another to ask for it, and finally Li Xiaopang had to light the lamp and boil oil until midnight. But because of this, there is a New Year's flavor, isn't it?

Black Blind Zitun is now this ethos, more and more like a big family. Li Xiaopang also took advantage of the trend, for example: Uncle Lao Yu, get a big fish for each family; Li Dayan, who made a few catties of dried tofu for every household, as well as frozen tofu and the like, the cooperative spirit of the cooperative was initially reflected.

In Li Xiaopang's plan, the good days have just begun, and when the material is abundant and the economy is prosperous, the welfare of the members will definitely be high.

Seeing the dried tofu delivered, Rebus was overjoyed and gave a thumbs up: "This is simply a beautiful work of art, and it is also printed with complex patterns, it is simply amazing!" ”

Hearing this, Li Xiaopang pouted: Is the cloth pattern printed on the tofu bun good, foreigners have never seen anything good, and they make a fuss at every turn.

So he rolled a piece of dried tofu for Rebus, smeared it with some sauce, and sandwiched some green onions: "Such a beautiful work of art, a piece of art is at least a hundred dollars." ”

Rebus nodded as he ate, and then, at his insistence, he must witness how this work of art was born.

Let you see it and show your stuffing -- Li Xiaopang sternly refused: "This is an ancestral secret recipe, wouldn't it be a huge loss for the Chinese nation to ask you to learn it as a foreigner!" ”

At this time, a pig teammate jumped out, and Sister Lin's curiosity also attacked, dragging Li Xiaopang's arm, shouting to see how tofu was made. Li Xiaopang can fool foreigners, but he can't get rid of this annoying spirit, so he has to obey his fate.

Eating tofu during the New Year, this is also talking. Because tofu occupies a word for "rot", which is homophonic with "fu", it also expresses people's desire for a happy life.

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