In the twenty-second year of Dading, on the first day of the first month, the snowflakes in Xinchang County, Liaodong County drifted overnight, and the eyes were white, and the white was a little dazzling and a little sad. The north wind howled like a lamentation over Lijia Village. The village should be peaceful, but at this time, there were bursts of dog barking, which was mixed with the sound of villagers greeting the New Year.

According to the customs of Lijia Village, today is the day to open the ancestral hall to offer vegetables and worship ancestors, and it is also the time for adult male children in the village to perform the crown ceremony.

Situ Yan got up an hour earlier than usual, took out the two pig heads that had been stored before, first burned the hair on the pig's head with fire, shaved the remaining hair with a knife, then removed the eyes, cleaned the ears, mouth, nose and mouth, cut off the pig's tongue and kept it, put the pig's head in water and boiled it softly, then controlled the moisture, brushed the oil and smeared the sauce and roasted it over fire.

The four brothers of the Li family followed Situ Yan to help her, and when it was baked, Li Dalang and Li Erlang were responsible for roasting, and San Lang and Shiro were responsible for repeatedly brushing the prepared sauce until the appearance was browned, and then using the radish pieces dyed red to make eyes, and the pig's head was roasted.

One of the roasted pig's heads was stored, and the other was put in a basket and covered with a cloth, and a few people ate breakfast, locked the courtyard door and went to the ancestral hall.

"Brother Lang, Little Five!" The dog saw Li Dalang and Situ Yan from a distance, and hurriedly ran forward to say hello.

"Brother Dog, are you wearing new clothes today?" Situ Yan saw at a glance that the dog was wearing a new dress.

"I'm going to have a wedding ceremony today, and I'm also an adult. If my grandfather were still alive and saw me tied to the crown, I wouldn't know what to be happy about. The dog's face was full of sighs and regrets.

"The fourth grandfather can also see it in the sky, and he will bless Brother Gouzi."

A few people were chatting, and they heard someone behind them calling Li Dalang, "Brother Dalang, Erlang!" A few people turned around and saw that the person who came was Li Shan's son Li Sheng, although Li Sheng was not wearing new clothes, he could also see that he was still better than usual, at least there were many fewer patches on his clothes.

"Li Sheng, you are also an adult!" Erlang and Li Sheng walked closer, hooking Li Sheng's shoulders and frolicking together.

"That's, who's like you, you're still a little brat."

"You're still dragging me along, and I'll be tied up next year. You're an adult, I'm taller than you! The two of them were funny, Situ Yan ignored them, and motioned to Li Dalang to go and hand over the sacrificial dishes to the patriarch and Muramasa first.

In addition to the patriarch's family bringing a plate of cabbage fried meat, the village leader's family brought a plate of roasted chicken nuggets, and the rest of the people are only a few pieces of cake, which is too shabby.

"Muramasa, look at what is on the table, what are these things, isn't this a slap in the face of the ancestor. If you let the people in the other villages know, you won't laugh at the patriarch who died of me, and I would have no place to put my face away. The old patriarch shook his head, smoking a dry cigarette with a helpless expression. The village is also helpless, this year's life in the village is the same, he knows best, if there is spare food, who is willing to take black batter porridge as a sacrificial dish.

When the two of them were at a loss, they saw Li Dalang walking into the ancestral hall with a basket, Mura Zheng and the patriarch's eyes lit up, and Mura Zheng's heart moved, "That's right, why didn't I forget this girl, it's not bad to have her here." Without waiting for Li Dalang to speak, he first took the basket in his hand and opened the covered cloth.

"Ahh Muramasa pulled open the cloth and was startled by the pig's head staring at a pair of red eyes, where would he have thought that Situ Yan would take a roast pig's head as a sacrificial dish.

"Da Lang, where did you get this pig's head, this thing can't be cooked, but it's very unpalatable?" Muramasa looked at the pig's head and felt that the color was good, and it smelled quite fragrant again, but he still asked uneasily.

"The two pigs raised in the first year of the family were sold when they were paid, and Xiao Wu let the pig's head be kept at that time."

"Thanks to this girl, with this, this year's sacrificial dishes in our village can be regarded as the best in these ten miles and eight villages." Muramasa was happy, and the patriarch nodded along the way, and the two of them put the pig's head on the top of the offering table.

At this time, a lot of people had gathered in the ancestral hall, and the pig's head was placed on the offering table, and all the chattering people gathered, "Uncle Zheng of his village, whose sacrificial dish is this?" That's a good thing. ”

"Yes, patriarch, with this, our village can have a good harvest this year, right? This can be regarded as a great gift to the ancestors. ”

The villagers were happy in their hearts, although this thing was not offered by their own family, but the ancestors could follow it, and naturally they would bless them with success.

"This is the sacrificial dish offered by Li Dalang's family, and when their family handed over the gift, they killed the pig, and deliberately kept the pig's head, just waiting for this time to be used to worship their ancestors." The patriarch has long had no prejudice against Li Dalang, and at this time, he likes the four children of the Li family from the bottom of his heart, so he will naturally help Li Dalang speak.

"Ouch, Da Lang can be born, I still remember that when they worshiped their ancestors last year, their family offered fish, and this year they offered this, and it is a rarity every year."

"It's not good, I look greedy."

"What do you know, if there is no girl from Xiao Wu, pointing at the four boys of the Li family, I am afraid that I can only drink the northwest wind at this time."

"This is true, when Li Dalang lived with Li Daniu in the past, but he was poor and had nothing, this family broke off and lived with Xiao Wu's girl, and he had everything."

"Xiao Wu is from the city, I haven't seen anything, Li Dalang has picked up a treasure. That is, Li Daniu and Cao's blindly, pushed a baby bump out. ”

"Ha, ha, ha!" These people chatted energetically, but they didn't see Li Daniu standing on the side, and their faces turned blue. His family offered the worst dish this year, and the Cao family only made some black and wild vegetable paste, but Li Dalang, who went out of the house, offered the best dish in the village, which really slapped his old face.

"Dad, don't be angry, although my family is not good, we can share the pig's head in a while." Li Erzhu only had the pig's head on the table in his eyes, how could he think of his father's discomfort.

Li Sanzhu glanced at Li Erzhu, and his nose was full of the fragrance of pig's head meat, but at least he was not as eye-catching as his second brother, who sprinkled salt on his father's wound.

Li Daniu didn't want to teach Li Erzhu a lesson in front of these people, so he only glared at him, and moved two steps into the corner, if he could, he would most like to find a crack in the ground to get into.

As soon as the time came, the village and the patriarch presided over the sacrifice, and tied the hair of the two people who performed the crown ceremony in the village, and sang the blessing, and the ceremony was over. When the sacrificial dishes were divided, the village took off the pig's head first and slice the whole meat, and then the family divided it little by little. It is also to prevent someone from robbing, so that everyone can get it, and they are all happy.

Situ Yan and Li Dalang also got the pig's head meat, but they didn't eat it, but gave the meat to the children in the village. Happy to have a group of children circling around them. Especially the few who got snacks last night were even more entangled in Li Dalang's side and refused to leave.

When I got home, that is, when the families began to pay New Year's greetings, Situ Yan entered the inverted room, took out about 40 catties of black noodles and put it in a bag, and put a large bowl in the bag. I found three baskets and put about 40 cabbage stalks. Originally, I wanted to prepare some bacon smoked in autumn, but when they were just offering sacrificial dishes, their family was already in the limelight, and if they took out the bacon again at this time, it would be too public. So after thinking about it, I put the bacon into the ring again.

When everything was ready, he called Li Dalang a few, "Brothers, put these things on the mule cart, and go to the New Year's greetings to give New Year's gifts in a while, just send these, this bag is filled with black noodles, a family bowl is almost a catty, a cabbage is a family, but there are two families who don't want to send it, one is the younger brother of the village Zheng, Li Wangcai's family, and the other is the younger brother of Uncle Li's family." Although most of the people in the village are not close to us, at least they are not like these two families, so they don't have to think about our things. ”

"Little Wu, this is too much, and I don't need it. If this is all delivered, what can the family do? ”

"Big brother don't worry, just send it, I have already left it at home. And after the New Year, the uncles will go to service, if they don't make up for it, who knows what they will be tired of. ”

"Little Wu, is there really anything at home?" Li Dalang is still not at ease.

"Yes, big brother just send it."

Li Dalang thought about it for a while, the little sister has always been successful, and the little sister is in charge of the family's affairs, so he beckoned his younger brothers to drive out of the car.

Not long after Li Dalang left, the children of various families in the village gathered, and Li Dalang had not come back yet, and he didn't have to pay New Year's greetings, so he played in the yard.

When Li Dalang came back, the babies scrambled to give him a New Year's greeting, in fact, these babies had already gone to the village and the patriarch's house to pay New Year's greetings, and they also got the small cakes given by the village and the patriarch's house, although they were happy to get these babies, of course, they still preferred dim sum compared to the dim sum they ate at Li Dalang's house, so they all gathered at Situ Yan's house after leaving the door of the patriarch's house.

Of course, Situ Yan did not disappoint them, not only gave them snacks, but also smashed the Kanto candy and divided a small piece of it, so that the whole village could hear the laughter of the children.

"Little Five, I want it too." Li Erlang looked at the baby who ran away, and also pestered Situ Yan to eat Kanto candy.

"Second child, how old are you, and you still fight with the children for food?" Li Dalang nodded Erlang's head and shook his head with a smile.

"That's not what Xiao Wu made delicious. I don't tell the eldest brother, Xiaowu, give me a piece too, and I will also give you New Year's greetings. This Li Erlang said that the wind is the rain, and he really gave Situ Yan a salute.

"Second brother, when is there less food at home, you get up quickly. The sugar is placed on the kang table in the hall house, and you can eat it yourself. ”

"Great!" Li Erlang cheered, and the person had already left the stove room and flashed into the hall.

"Xiao Wu, you are used to him, how can there be such a big person, and he is still clamoring for candy." Li Dalang helped Situ Yan tidy up the stove room while counting Erlang.

"The second brother wants to eat, just let him eat, and he didn't go out to buy it, the food is all made at home. We have a good day, although we still have to be frugal, but don't bend our stomachs. Big brother too, don't always think of yourself as an adult, laugh when you should laugh, and eat when you should eat. ”

"Good. I made a note of it. Xiao Wu is the first day of the Lunar New Year today, don't be busy, the third and fourth are running to play with the babies, you also go to the village to walk around the door or something? ”

"I don't like to be busy, so it's good to stay at home like this. By the way, big brother, I forgot just now, these are three pieces of bacon, you find a basket to put on, and send it to Aunt Fu, Aunt Niu and Aunt Four. Let them make up for the family. ”

Li Dalang didn't object this time, and went out directly with bacon and a basket on his back.

The villagers got a pound of black noodles and a cabbage, and they were really happy. This year's drought, there is no food in the field, even the vegetables planted in the yard have not been confiscated, all the drought is dead, the New Year is only eaten is the sun-dried wild vegetables with black noodles boiled paste, this time it is black noodles and cabbage, how can you not be happy. When the stove could be started in the second year of junior high school, everyone made cabbage gnocchi soup and ate it beautifully.