Before Chang Jiuchun and He Junyao got up and went out to help, they sat on the door pier and were cutting the bamboo into silk. Xiaohui raised and fell with a knife, and the thickness of the bamboo wire was very even, which showed that it was often dry.

Seeing this, Xiaohui hurriedly unloaded the things on the old man's body, "Grandpa! I told you everything, I don't cover all the firewood collection things, and the firewood at home is enough to burn. What are you still picking up! As he spoke, he helped the old man to sit on the bamboo chair.

Xiao Hui carried the clay pot on the low wooden table, poured a bowl of water, and handed it to the old man.

The old man cooed, took two sips, and said with a smile, "My eldest grandson will go to college like your sister in the future, and he can't delay his homework." Besides, your grandfather and I are not old enough to move! Isn't it! ”

"There's a guest at home." The old man saw two tall men standing in front of him, in the same military style as his own son.

Liao Jinkai got up and walked over and introduced, "Abba, this is my comrade-in-arms, this is the battalion commander. ”

The old man smiled a little excitedly and said, "Good chief! Hello Chief! ”

"Uncle Liao, sit down!" Chang Jiuchun helped the old man sit down. "We are all comrades-in-arms, passing by here to see our old comrades-in-arms."

"Good...... It's ......" Grandpa Liao nodded happily, "Jinkai, kill our chickens, go buy some pork belly to make plum cabbage button meat, and ......"

"Abba...... Rest assured! Liao Jinkai said, "The ingredients have been prepared." ”

"Good ......" the old man said yes, but there was a trace of anxiety in his heart, not because he didn't want to entertain, but because his family was too poor and he was afraid that the hospitality would not be good. Sluggish.

Cuixia came out with a bamboo basket topped with a cleaned local specialty, sand pears, and a small bowl of dried lychees.

"Come on...... This is our own fruit, fresh lychee, dried lychee that we make ourselves. Liao Jinkai took the bamboo basket and beckoned Chang Jiuchun for them to eat. You didn't come at the right time, two months earlier, it was the time when the fresh lychees were on the market, but this dried lychee was also good. ”

Chang Jiuchun took a sand pear and ate it as soon as he nibbled it, "Hmm! Crisp and sweet. ”

Fang Monan also picked one and bit it to eat. He Junyao did not take the sand pear. Instead, he took dried lychees. took the bowl of water that Fang Menan had just drunk. Pour out the rest of the water inside, then start peeling the lychee, pick out the core inside, peel one and put it in a bowl. Pushed to Fang Monan, "Eat!" ”

Fang Menan picked one up and put it in his mouth. "The meat is thick. The taste is sweet. Not much worse than fresh. Eat 300 lychees a day, you might as well grow into a Lingnan person. "The ancients did not deceive me, it was delicious.

"Hee-hee...... What Su Dongpo is talking about is our Goose City. Xiaohui said with a smile.

"You can't eat so much. This thing is too much to eat. Grandpa Liao said.

Fang Monan nodded, lychee, banana, pineapple, and longan are known as the "four major fruits of the south".

Lychee taste, warm, sweet and slightly sour. Quench thirst, nourish the spleen and blood. Quench thirst, benefit color, refresh and strengthen the brain. It can treat dizziness, heart tightness, irritability, back and arm discomfort, cervical lymph node tuberculosis, abscess and boils, and pediatric acne.

He Junyao was silent and continued to sow lychee shells, Fang Monan peeled one for him, and she ate one unhurriedly. One of them peeled seriously, and the other ate it as a matter of course. But it shocked Liao Jinkai's jaw. This ......, when will the cold-faced Yama also have warmth. When the battalion commander was in the army, he was a well-known cold-faced Yama, and he hadn't seen him for more than ten years, and although the anger and murderous aura on his body were deeply concealed, it was deeper than ten years ago, and the person was colder.

Of course, it's not that he doesn't care about his old comrade-in-arms, otherwise he wouldn't have come to see him, and he brought a doctor to treat his illness. He knew that the battalion commander was a typical person who was cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and only did not say anything.

Chang Jiuchun was not surprised, and calmly gnawed on the sand pear in his hand.

Grandpa Liao saw that Fang Monan was very popular, and he was happy to eat, "Sister, do you know what this lychee name says?" ”

"Ahem......" Chang Jiuchun was obviously shocked when he heard him call Fang Monan like this, and Liao Jinkai slapped him on the back when he saw this.

He Junyao's hand peeling the dried lychee paused, and then peeled it, and the corners of his lips curved an arc, obviously amused by this title.

Fang Monan was very fresh to the title, shook his head with a smile, and said, "I really don't understand this!" ”

"Huh! I know this, lychee is also called a branch. The trees are tall, the leaves do not fall all year round, and the fruits ripen in May and June. The poet Bai Juyi once described: "If this fruit leaves the trunk, the color will change on one day, the fragrance will change on the second day, the taste will change on the third day, and the color, fragrance and taste will not exist after four or five days, so the name will leave the branch." Xiao Hui paused and continued, "So in ancient times, lychees were extremely difficult to store. As soon as the concubine laughed on the red dust, no one knew that it was a lychee. It won't be passed down through the ages. ”

"You know so much." Fang Monan praised without hesitation.

"Hehe......" Obviously, Xiaohui is rarely praised so much, and his tanned face has a touch of red.

"Jinkai! We've packed it up, you go and take the spoon! Liao's mother walked over and patted her son on the shoulder.

Chang Jiuchun worried, "Is your leg okay?" Then he looked at Fang Menan again.

Fang Monan clapped his hands, "Uncle Liao wait first, take me to wash my hands." ”

Xiaohui took Fang Monan to the place where he washed his hands, scooped a scoop of water from the water tank, and Fang Monan flushed his hands.

There is no running water in the walled house, and a walled house has one well, or several wells, depending on the size of the walled house.

Fang Monan took out a few sticks of plaster from the medicine box, squatted down and applied a paste to Liao Jinkai's right knee. "This relieves the symptoms of numbness, soreness in your knees. The rest of these stickers, you change them every day. ”

Liao Jinkai felt the plaster sticking on, and a cool feeling hit his knees, which was very comfortable. "You wait here, it'll be fine for a while, and I promise that you can eat authentic Hakka food."

Liao Jinkai was full of spirit and stepped into his own territory.

He Junyao felt that Fang Monan's lychees were almost eaten, so he stopped peeling them.

"Let's go...... It's okay to be idle, let's go watch Lao Liao cook. Chang Jiuchun said.

"Xiaohui, lead them there!" Grandpa Liao said.

When the enclosure was built, the kitchen was separate and not located in the house for fire safety reasons.

Fang Monan glanced at the kitchen, the area was not small, but it looked empty and deserted. Several wooden boxes and a small cupboard, all made of bamboo, seem to have been made by themselves. Two large vats at the door, plus a pot stove, are distributed in all corners of the kitchen. What impressed Fang Menan was the black and shiny iron pot with a diameter of more than one meter. It lies still in a sturdy pot made of concrete. This pot is so big, I don't think it's like a cooking pot, but like a bathing tub. Cover the pot with a lid, like a large grinding pan; When it is opened, it looks like a big cave. There is a wooden bellows standing tightly next to it, stuffing firewood into the stove, and pulling the bellows next to it to blow the air to help burn.

He Junyao and the others sat outside the kitchen, watching Liao Jinkai show off his skills. Fang Monan held his chin and watched him cook, he really had a soldier's style, and she was a little fascinated by it.

"Doctor Fang's eyes don't blink, it's so good-looking." Chang Jiuchun asked.

Fang Monan smiled, "You see Uncle Liao cooking, do you have the feeling of fighting on the battlefield?"

I saw that Liao Jinkai had a serious expression, didn't say a word, picked up bamboo shoots from the bamboo basket, copied the kitchen knife, and cut vegetables extremely skillfully. With a wave of the big knife, cut it into half-thin and half-thick hob blades, boil the pot on high heat, and throw a handful of green onions, garlic slices, ginger slices, and peppercorns. Liao Jinkai stir-fried the pot with one hand and stir-fried vigorously with the other, and the stove fire reflected the pale skin of his face in red copper.

Chang Jiuchun and He Junyao also looked at it like this.

"How about it, do you have the temperament of a bold and iron horse. There is a handsome, mighty, and masculine body up and down. Fang Monan squinted his eyes and said.

Chang Jiuchun rubbed his chin, "Hey! Don't say it, this is full of masculinity! ”

Fang Monan and Chang Jiuchun discussed hotly, He Junyao's eyes did not leave Liao Jinkai, and he looked at Fang Monan from time to time. Soon, a plate of fried shredded pork with bright oil color and fragrant smell of bamboo shoots was presented.

"So! Men must go down to the kitchen, that's the last word. No matter if you are an ugly man or a handsome man, as long as you can get out of the kitchen, you are a good man. The kitchen brings back all its dignity. Believe it or not, Aunt Liao's eyes are full of little stars. Fang Menan whispered, the volume was just right for the three of them to hear.

The three of them looked over, and sure enough, Cuixia, who was pulling the bellows, was full of admiration, staring at her man without blinking. made her dark, thin and ordinary face add a lot of brilliance.

Liao Jinkai's occasional glance, the husband and wife looked at each other, making people see the true feelings between the ordinary husband and wife, and the pulse was warm.

There are unsatisfactory things in life of one kind or another, and there is someone who can accompany you to share the joys and sorrows, and the bitterness is also sweet.

Liao Jinkai really has two brushes, looking at the table full of dishes, it is really affordable and real, the plate containing the dishes is really big enough, it is really served in an enamel basin, and the pots of vegetable oil are shiny, which makes people feel appetizing.

It is really a relic of ancient style, the Hakka people are frugal in their diet, not luxurious, and the hospitality is very generous, pay attention to "six bowls, eight pots and ten kinds", the dishes are affordable and sufficient, and the containers are more used in pots, bowls and bowls.

The meal is placed in the courtyard, the Hakka people set up a feast with the eight immortals square table, according to the generational seating, there are many etiquette rules during the banquet, eat chicken with a chicken head to respect the elderly, the upper seat is left empty to the deceased ancestors, in order to show respect, the juniors toast the elders during the banquet, etc.; The first dish of auspicious dishes, "no chicken, no feast", not only take the homonym of "chicken, auspicious", but also take the chicken as the meaning of the auspicious bird in charge of the world.

At this time, the sun sets, and the sky is full of sunset, reflecting the sky in orange and red, which is magnificent. Sweep away the heat of the day.

After He Junyao and the others sat down, Chang Jiuchun glanced at him and said, "Why don't aunts, sisters-in-law, and Xiaohui go to the table?" ”

"Hakka rules, women and children don't serve at the table." Liao Jinkai said, "It's okay, there are enough dishes left in the kitchen." ”

"Let's not pay attention to this." Chang Jiuchun waved his hand. He Junyao shook his hand at him, and he had to give up.

In fact, this rule is very common in rural China, watching Hong Kong dramas, surrounded villages, women are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, it is still the 21st century! This custom has not been preserved. (To be continued.) )

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