Chapter 242: Chinese New Year (4)

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The morning of the thirtieth is the busiest half day for each family: washing the utensils for the offerings, cutting the dishes, and loading the offerings; Paste couplets and place various shrines.

As far as confessions are concerned, it is enough for the women of each family to be busy all morning. For every god must be placed, and there are five bowls, four bowls, and three bowls. People with many gods have to load dozens of bowls, and they are busy from dawn to noon, and when they are loaded, people are also tired and have back pain. Then sit back and enjoy a sumptuous feast of wine and steamed buns and meat dishes.

Speaking of which, the Chinese New Year is actually the day of the thirtieth day of the lunar month (the twenty-ninth day of the small month). And the most sumptuous meal is the noon meal.

In literature, this meal is described in the evening, called Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, which is the last and most sumptuous meal of the year (modern people also pay attention to eating Chinese New Year's Eve meal).

However, during this period, the countryside was the most abundant at noon, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the evening was mainly dumplings, and no banquets were set. Men who like to drink will pick up a few plates of leftovers from noon to drink.

Even people who can't wrap dumplings have to get some stuffing to wrap chaos or eat hot noodle soup. At home, raw rice cannot be cooked and porridge without cooking.

Therefore, from the 30th morning of the family hall to the morning of the second day of the new year, they all eat pasta.

The end of the year is the day of eating dumplings, so the average person "smacks" dumplings:

In the afternoon of the thirtieth day of the twelfth o'clock in the evening to offer and the first morning of the new year (during this period, some people eat dumplings in the fifth watch, some do not eat, and eat after returning from the New Year, so it is said to be the morning), and when the dumplings are made in the afternoon of the first day of the new year and the second day of the new year, get more filling, and wrap the dumplings in the evening.

In this way, on the evening of the 30th day, the first and fifth watches of the Lunar New Year, the first night of the Lunar New Year, and the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, four dumplings will be eaten in a row during the New Year's Festival, and some people will be tired of eating. But folklore is like this, and it can't be changed.

Mrs. Yang had lunch at home. Hao Lanxin asked her to come over and eat together, saying nothing. said: "Under the New Year, I am already a Yue Li here." You have a big family, and you have a family, so it's not appropriate for me to go as an outsider. Besides, I can still accompany the old man here. ”

Mrs. Yang also set up an offering table in the northeast corner of her house, just like at home, and posted the "three generations of clan relatives" shrine on the wall. As soon as the day was bright, I went to the intersection to ask for a family hall.

When he returned, he set off firecrackers, burned incense, lit candles, made offerings, and distributed money and food.

Lunch is also a meat dish to eat. Alone, Hao Lanxin didn't let her put cabbage. There is cooked meat boiled out, and half a bowl of meat slices are braised by themselves, and then they are put on the soaked dry powder and tofu, and a bowl of pork dry powder and tofu dishes come out, and then a big steamed bun is hot, and it is called moisturizing when eaten by one person.

"It's better than living at home, and it's still down-to-earth." Mrs. Yang said.

After lunch, Tian Qingqing took out the two bundles of leeks and fennel from the space and brought them from home.

Eat leek-stuffed dumplings on the evening of the thirtieth day, taking the meaning of "long"; On the first night of the new year, I ate fennel filling, and the "aftertaste" was endless.

This year is Tian Qingqing's first Spring Festival in time, and she doesn't want to be bland. Although there are no vegetables outside the space, she can't just take them out and makes her very entangled, but since spinach has a reasonable argument, then there is a basis for leeks and fennel, which are also leafy vegetables.

What's more, now that a large family is walking towards Heli, she thinks it's very good. Xiao Bu took out something new, which not only satisfied everyone's mouth, but also enhanced family affection.

"This leek and fennel are so fresh and tender! You bought it again? Green. He Yu touched the leek, pinched the fennel again, looked at Tian Qingqing, and asked.

In He Yuwen's eyes, this niece is a small and powerful person. A seven-year-old child rides a bicycle all day long to the county seat fifteen or six miles away to sweep noodle bags and resell eggs, not to mention all kinds of fresh things. The fresh peach juice and watermelon when she warmed the pot at home, as well as the fresh fish and spinach on the wine table today, were not things that were available at this time, but she was stunned to buy them, and it was not a little bit of a star.

Tian Qingqing smiled at her and nodded.

"My God, how did people grow this ice and snow? Still growing so tall? Wang Hongmei looked at the leeks and fennel and exclaimed in surprise.

Tian Qingqing: "I heard from the seller that the vegetable furrow was built on a sunny slope more than half a person high, covered with things, and grew. ”

This is the rhetoric that Tian Qingqing has already thought of. In the past and modern times, many people used this way to grow some vegetables to eat in winter. However, in the past life there was plastic film, and in this life there is none. I didn't know what to cover it on, so I replaced it with "something".

The well-informed Tian Dasen said: "I often eat dumplings stuffed with leeks and fennel outside in winter. It is said to be grown in a greenhouse. Maybe it's the same as the yam seedlings we raise in the spring (Note 1), right? ”

Tian Dashu: "How much does this cost?" ”

Tian Dasen: "Look for it in the price!" ”

He Yuwen: "This must be quite expensive, right?" ”

Tian Qingqing just pursed her lips and looked at the people and smiled.

No matter how expensive or low, you can't say the price of giving away things. Otherwise, there is a suspicion of asking for money.

"It's really a loss, I ate fresh fish and green spinach in the New Year, and I brought leeks and fennel, which can satisfy my hunger!" Tian Lu said busily playing the disc.

Tian Qingqing: "I bought two bundles, and my family left half a bundle, this bundle and a half, grandma, eldest aunt, and second aunt, you three families." ”

So, He Yuwen and Wang Hongmei shared a bundle, and Tian Lu's asked for the half bundle.

"How do you wrap dumplings in the afternoon?" Hao Lanxin asked Tian Lushi: "Why don't we come over and pack this side first, and then go back to pack our own?" ”

Tian Lushi thought for a while and said, "It's a price." Go about your own business. I picked up the noodles and stuffing, and asked Sissi, Yuanyuan, and Qingqing to wrap them for me. I've heard they do. ”

Wang Hongmei: "Yes." Sissi has eaten dumplings (Note 2) for fifteen, and she can make dumplings with rolling sauce. ”

He Yuwen: "Yuanyuan is eleven years old and often helps me cook at home. I know how to make dumplings. ”

Hao Lanxin: "Qingqing will too." I never do dumplings at home, it's all her business. He said to Tian Lu's again: "Why don't you let her come and mix the stuffing for you?" ”

Tian Lushi: "Don't be. Under the New Year, let the children play more. Just come by in the afternoon. The dumplings offered and tomorrow morning, not included, are early. ”

After saying this, the people went home happily with leeks and fennel in their arms.

As soon as Tian Qingqing entered the door of her house, she announced that she was going to boil a large pot of hot water and let everyone take a hot bath in the south room of the simple west wing.

Bathing is a luxury in the winter of this period. The houses are heated by small coal stoves, and the old-fashioned adobe houses are so ventilated that they can't take off their cotton clothes in the house, let alone take off their baths. You can't wash it once!

There are bathhouses in the county, but no one will go there to pay for washing. People who love cleanliness often rub their chests and backs; If you are sloppy, you will wash your hands and face in winter. Some of them have a layer of blackness on their stomachs, arms, and necks. "Black axle (black neck)" can be seen everywhere. Especially for children, there is hardly a neck that does not have a long neck.

Tian Qingqing had long wanted to let his family take a bath. But because there is no suitable place, it is pushed again and again.

As the pace of the Spring Festival is approaching day by day, Tian Qingqing wants his family to take a hot bath and celebrate the New Year cleanly. I started the idea of a space hot spring pool:

If you let your family take a bath in the hot spring pool, which is clean and hygienic, and not cold, then it will be pleasant!

But space is her secret, so wouldn't it be exposed?!

Don't lose a big deal because of a small thing!

But in this home, she really couldn't find a room that could not only keep warm but also add hot water at any time.

What to do?

Tian Qingqing's brain hurt, and he couldn't think of a suitable way. So, he went to the courtyard to ask for help from the black dog.

"Black dog, can you help me erase people's memories?" Tian Qingqing asked directly.

"Why?" The black dog asked, puzzled.

Tian Qingqing: "That's right: I want to take my parents and brothers to take a bath in the space hot spring pool. But space is my secret, and I can't let them know it. I want to erase the memories of their baths after they come out of the bath, so that my secret can be kept and they can take a hot spring bath. Kill two birds with one stone. ”

The black dog shook his head and said, "You can think of it." However, have you ever thought that if your parents and brothers have taken a bath and their bodies are clean, but they have no memory of bathing, then they will not suffer because they have doubts about their bodies? ”

Tian Qingqing thought about it and felt that what the black dog said was also right. nodded, and said worriedly: "However, in this cold and snowy place, I really can't find a room that can be used for bathing." ”

Black Dog: "You can set up a fantasy room, and let them know where they are bathing, but they can't see the surrounding environment clearly." You then use the ability to either have them travel to the hot pool, or transfer the water from the hot spring pool to the room you set up and let them wash as much as they want.

"Wouldn't it be better for me to erase some of their memories for you, so that when they come out of the shower, they only know that they are bathing inside, but they don't remember the process of bathing."

Tian Qingqing: "Fantasy room? Can I set up a fantasy room? (To be continued)

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(Note 1: In the past, when the rural production team was in the past, they all raised sweet potato seedlings by themselves.) Not long after the Spring Festival, in the yard of the production team, a large rectangular pond was built, which was covered with potato chunks and covered with a thin layer of soil. At the bottom of the pond there is a fire channel to heat it, and it is covered with straw and straw. When the tubers have sprouted and grown to a foot, they are planted in the ground. )

(Note 2: Refers to dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year.) "Eat dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year" is an old saying, people say how old they are after eating dumplings, which refers to the dumplings in the fifth watch. )RS