Chapter 54: Chinese New Year (I)

"Crispy meat? How? Aunt Li was stunned for a moment, and then she figured out that it was the fresh food invented by the two sisters of the Yao family. In the past six months, the food invented by the two sisters has spread in Qingshui Village, which has greatly enriched the table culture of the villagers in Qingshui Village.

"Mix the flour into a paste, add two eggs, then wrap the batter with pork belly, and fry it in oil until golden ......" Yao Hong explained the production process of crispy meat in detail, "The preservation time of crispy meat is not short, you can eat it just like this, you can also eat it with other vegetables, and you can also make soup ......"

Aunt Li nodded again and again, her eyes lit up, thinking that there was still a piece of pork belly at home, and she decided to try to make crispy pork when she went back.

"Big girl, are you free now?" Aunt Li asked.

"Of course you're free, Fourth Aunt, do you have something to do with the Prime Minister?"

Aunt Li rubbed her hands embarrassedly, "Can you ask Wenren Gongzi to help me write a couplet?" ”

"Huh? Didn't Yun Heng write couplets? "The Spring Festival couplets of the Li family in previous years were all written by Li Yunheng.

"That stinky boy's words are as good as those of a son." Aunt Li said, "I brought all the red paper, can you help me talk about it?" ”

"Don't worry, Fourth Aunt, Xianggong will definitely help you write a special festive Spring Festival couplet." Yao Hong looked at Wenren Qianye as she spoke, Wenren Qianye nodded with a smile, and Yao Hong asked Aunt Li to take out the red paper she brought.

Yao Qing, who has strong eyesight, ran into the room and took out the pen and ink inkstone, Yao Huang helped to lay out the red paper, and Wenren Qianye calmly walked to the table and waved his pen!

Aunt Li Si happily left with the Spring Festival couplets that read "The lucky stars shine on the whole family portrait province, and the sun shines brightly in the spring". Not long after, Zhang's third sister-in-law came to Yao's house to ask for Spring Festival couplets. followed by Aunt Zeng, Sister-in-law Cuihua, and Aunt Xiangzi...... The villagers all ran to Yao's house to ask for Spring Festival couplets, these two days. Wenren Chiba is busier than the two sisters. The villagers were embarrassed to come to the door empty-handed, so they would bring some food or small things. Even if Yao Hong doesn't prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, these meals can be made into two tables.

Finally, on the thirtieth day, after breakfast, five people carried baskets up the mountain to sweep the tombs of the two elders of the Yao family. Paying tribute to the three pillars of incense, Yao Huang silently knelt behind Yao Hong, and said in his heart: Uncle Yao, Aunt Yao, you and your second daughter are getting together below, right? I didn't mean to occupy your second daughter's body, but since I have taken possession, I will take her responsibility. Help you take care of your eldest daughter and son. I promise that the Yao family's life will get better and better......

Kowtowing three times, Yao Huang raised his head, and a gust of wind blew, scraping the burning paper money into the air, as if the two elders in the tomb responded.

After paying homage to their parents, the five of them descended the mountain, when the sun had just risen in mid-air, driving away the chill of the winter morning. Sprinkled on people, sending a trace of warmth. Along the way, I met several groups of villagers who went up the mountain to worship their ancestors and sweep the tombs, nodding to each other and not talking much.

After returning home. The two sisters began to prepare the New Year's dinner: the bacon sausages had been cooked last night, and now they only had to cut the plates; Also cut are white chopped chicken and braised beef. Yao Huang washes rice for cooking, and the amount of New Year's dinner must be large. At least the family must eat until the fifth day of the first month, which means that there is enough food for the coming year. You don't have to worry about food and clothing for a year.

Yao Hong didn't have much to do, a few hot dishes and hot soup were enough. Steamed whole fish. Use about two catties of whole fish, supplemented by ham, mushrooms, bamboo shoots and chicken soup. After steaming, the fish body is embellished with red, yellow and green vegetable shreds, with color, fragrance, taste, shape and utensils, and the soup is fresh and fragrant, and the original taste; Wash and cut the mustard greens into boiling water to remove the bitter and astringent taste, put them in the chicken soup and boil until the mustard greens are soft and thorough, which means longevity and longevity; Eight treasure rice, these are two small favorites......

Yao Huang asked Chen Amu to make a large kang table before the Chinese New Year, and at this time, the earthen kang in the hall was burning hot, and the dishes would not cool down quickly when they were placed on the kang table. After the last dish was put on the table, Wenren Qianye took Yao Qing to the gate of the courtyard to set off firecrackers, like a signal, and the rest of the village also sounded loud firecrackers. The firecrackers said goodbye to the old year, everyone had a smile on their faces, Yao Hong, Wenren Qianye and Yao Qing all remembered the situation on Chinese New Year's Eve last year because there was no money, the whole family could only eat nests for the New Year, and their hearts were sour and astringent for a while. When I turned around, I saw that the kang table was full of chickens, ducks, and fish, and all the bitterness disappeared in an instant. Their days have gotten better, and they will get better and better in the future!

Yao Huang took out the wine jar and poured a bowl of wine for himself, Yao Hong, and Wenren Qianye.

"I want it too." Yao Qing shouted.

Yao Huang glanced at him, "Mao hasn't grown yet, what kind of wine are you drinking!" ”

"You're three years older than me, do you have the same hair?" Yao Qing said unconvinced.

"......" Yao Huang said, forgetting that she is now a twelve-year-old Lori, "Anyway, I grew up." ”

"It's weird!" Yao Qing shouted, "I don't care, if you drink, I will drink too." ”

"Believe it or not, I'm beating you!" Yao Huang clenched his fist high and threatened.

"Eldest sister, second sister beat me!" Yao Qing turned around and complained to Yao Hong.

"Second sister, don't bully your younger brother." Yao Hongxiao watched her sister and younger brother arguing, and commanded softly.

"Second sister, for the New Year today, let A-Qing drink a little bar." Wenren Qianye helped Yao Qing intercede.

"Okay, for the sake of my sister and brother-in-law, I will reward you with half a bowl of wine." Yao Huang took out an empty bowl and poured half a bowl for Yao Qing.

"It's only half a bowl!" Yao Qing was dissatisfied.

"Half a bowl would be nice. No matter how picky you are, I won't give you this half bowl. Yao Huang snorted.

Yao Qing flattened his mouth and didn't dare to speak anymore.

Yao Hong and Wenren Qianye looked at each other and smiled, Wenren Qianye, as the head of the family, picked up the wine bowl and said to everyone, "Come, let's take a sip of reunion wine to celebrate our health and health, and the coming year will be more prosperous." ”

"Cheers!" Yao Qing cheered.

"It's a dry bowl." Yao Huang corrected.

"Sister, don't correct my mistakes, okay?" Yao Qing rolled her eyes at Yao Huang.

Yao Huang stuck out his tongue and took a sip of the wine bowl. The entrance is cool, the fragrance is unique, it is worthy of being brewed with whole grains, different from the authentic wine of modern alcohol mixed with boiled water, it is really delicious, and the stamina is enough, is it that the people in the village are vying to go to the Liang family to buy it.

The wine brewed by the Liang family is the ancestral brewing process, they only brew about fifty catties every year, almost in short supply, each family divides a little, and keeps a little more, there is not much left of this wine - rural people are reluctant to take grain to make wine, this fifty catties is already the psychological limit that the Liang family can bear.

When Yao Huang went to Liang's house to buy wine, he proposed to Uncle Liang if there was a recipe for making wine with fruits. If there are, so many wild fruits on the mountain, won't it solve the problem of raw materials? Uncle Liang's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he decided to start brewing fruit wine next year, and send Yao Huang a jar when he was ready. Yao Huang wiped the non-existent saliva from the corner of his mouth, and his heart blossomed.

"Second sister, the second one respects you, because of you, our family's life has gotten rid of the previous poverty and is getting better and better. To you! Smelling people, Chiba picked up the bowl again.

Yao Huang picked up the bowl embarrassedly, "I am a member of the Yao family, and it is also my responsibility to make my family's life better." ”

"Well, it is our common responsibility to let the family live well." Yao Hong said.

"Yes, I also have a responsibility, I will study and practice martial arts hard to protect everyone." Yao Qing followed.

"I have it too." Not to be outdone, Xiao Baozi shouted that he couldn't drink, so he dipped his chopsticks in Yao Hong's wine bowl and put them in his mouth in order to meet the occasion, but it was so spicy that tears flowed out. Yao Hong fed him a bite of eight-treasure rice to stop his tears.

"This third mouth is me, your sister, and your nephew thank you together, if it weren't for you, I might have died of poison." Wenren Qianye and Yao Hong stood up at the same time, pulling the little bun and solemnly thanking Yao Huang.

"We are relatives." Yao Huang hurriedly said, "Sister, brother-in-law, don't be so solemn, I'll be embarrassed." ”

"Huh." Wenren Qianye and Yao Hong both laughed.

"Eat fish, your favorite steamed fish." Yao Hong took a chopstick and put the fish meat into Yao Huang's bowl.

"Sister, brother-in-law also eats." Yao Huang put their favorite dishes into their bowls, and divided the two chicken legs to Yao Qing and Xiao Ke.

"Aunt Xie Lu." Xiao Baozi's big round eyes were bent into a crescent moon shape, he was wearing a big red dress, and he had a small braid tied with a red rope on his head, and the whole person looked like a red envelope, which was extremely festive and cute.

The meal was warm and happy, after the meal, the two Yao Huang sisters prepared dumplings, Yao Qing took Xiaoke to set off firecrackers in the yard, and Wenren Qianye read in the room. Yao Huang has a lot of strength (it's strange if it's not big), so the work of chopping the meat filling was handed over to her, and Yao Hong was responsible for making the dough. The two fillings, cabbage and carrot, were quickly prepared and the noodles were ready. Smelling people, Chiba and two small ones who washed their hands and ran to help. Wenren Chiba doesn't know how to make dumplings, but the dough is rolled very well, so he took over the work of rolling the dough; When Yao Qing was a child, Yao's mother taught him to make dumplings, and he quickly got started, teaching small buns while making them himself. The two sisters are the main force of making dumplings, and after a while, they have already made a table of dumplings. Yao Huang brought the wrapped dumplings to the yard, the weather was cold, the dumplings would soon freeze, and they could be stored for a long time. Yao Hong took out five washed copper coins and wrapped them into five dumplings, and secretly made marks on the outside of the dumplings.

An afternoon passed in the dumpling-making process, and when it got dark early in winter, Yao Qing lit a homemade red lantern and hung it in his yard, illuminating the yard red, as if draped in a red veil. Dinner was leftovers from noon, because we were not very hungry, everyone just had to eat a little, and then it was time to keep the New Year.

Yao Hong and Wenren Qianye were gossiping, and Yao Qing and Xiao Ke pestered Yao Huang to tell new stories.

"What kind of stories would you like to hear?" Yao Huang asked.

"Immortal." Xiao Ke said in a milky voice, the little guy worships the omnipotent immortal the most.

"Immortals?" Yao Huang was embarrassed, all the stories and legends about the immortals in his memory were hollowed out by the two small ones, and there were no new stories to tell! (To be continued......)