The autumn wind rises and the leaves are yellow. Small families are worried about the winter solstice, and a bowl of thin porridge is desolate. The big families are busy sticking to the fat, and the white meat in the casserole tastes long

But whenever the Mid-Autumn Festival in Sijiu City is in a hurry and the dead leaves are falling, the flowers who sing the lotus flowers on the street almost have to hit the big jade of the cow bone plate, and shout this "Autumn Cool Tune" in a procrastinating tone. Although there is a big difference in the lyrics, the meaning is still the same, just to respond to the customs in the city of Sijiu - sticking autumn fat!

If this is according to the old rules, every year on the day of the beginning of autumn, every family can hang the scale to weigh people, the weight weighed out and the weight weighed on the day of the beginning of the summer comparison, the weight is light, called 'bitter summer', must be subsidized fat. The little daughter-in-law and aunt of the family have to squeeze out a few small sums from the use of life, so they can not be mixed with all kinds of miscellaneous vegetables to stew a pot of meat and paste autumn fat, and the more particular people have to prepare white cut meat, red stewed meat, stewed chicken, duck, fish and various dishes into a feast tonic.

Resting at the feet of the Son of Heaven in the forty-nine cities, the banner men were originally numerous. In the past, when I was eating flag salaries and relying on hardcore crops to survive, I paid attention to a person who never got tired of eating, never got tired of being fine, and just enjoyed all kinds of delicious and fun. Although most of the banner men were down, after the Great Qing Dynasty poured the seedlings, those who paid attention to eating, drinking and having fun were not lost, but they were carried forward under the rules of the Republic of China government that followed from the Great Qing Dynasty, and they ate the old ritual custom of eating meat and sticking autumn fat all the way to the day of the winter solstice!

(Just like the rules of officialdom in the Liangjiang Valley at the end of the Qing Dynasty, every year when the state and county yamen seal the New Year's banquet, the drummer must be called to the kitchen to play a guest role as a cook, and there must be bean sprouts on the banquet.) The reason for this is that one year, a group of drummers went to the kitchen to help pinch the bean sprouts after they were busy and had nothing to do. It has become a precedent for nearly a hundred years. This story is also recorded in the article "Usurpation" written by Angel Oscar)

Since it is to eat and drink Gaole through the old ritual custom of sticking autumn fat, it is also whether it is a name in the four or nine cities such as Bada Spring and Bada Ju, or a cheap house and a casserole house, there must always be a casserole and white meat on the table. Even if it is in various books and apartments, red mansions, and the red mansion are called out of the court. There has to be a small basin-sized white meat hot pot that is about to be served.

Under the cover of the night, Xiang Youbao stood in a dark alley, leaning against an old elm tree whose leaves had fallen away, and staring at a small building that didn't see much light at all. And beside the door of the house, which was only about ten steps away from Xiangyoubao, the other two sturdy men were also tightly clutching the short guns in their hands, and they were all full of energy. Just wait for an order from where it will come from, and it will immediately burst out like an arrow from the string!

With a cold wind blowing, the leopard shivered violently as if the cold wind had poured into his clothes. His hands were lifted up unhurriedly as if he were about to tighten his clothes.

At the moment when Xiang Youbao's hands were about to be brought together, from behind the big elm tree that Xiang Youbao was leaning on, the voice of the porter Lao Xu, who was as cold and immobile as stagnant water, sounded quietly: "Xiangye, it's me!" ”

The hands that were about to be brought together froze slightly, and Xiang Youbao slowly lowered his arms again, and whispered without looking back: "Master Xu, you came behind me quietly." But it really scared me! ”

There was not a single movement under his feet, and the porter Lao Xu was wearing a robe that had not been changed for many years. Slowly walked to Xiang Youbao's side, staring at the small building that couldn't see too much light at all: "Xiangye just coaxed me to play with these pieces of soup!" Just now, I want to speak slowly for a while, I'm afraid that the deadly things in Xiangye's sleeve are all caught in my Lao Xu's neck at this moment? ”

With a chuckle, Xiang Youbao whispered to the porter Xu Ying who was standing beside him: "Xu Ye never brings anything in his hands, but Xu Ye, you have the kung fu in your hands." You're not a vegetarian, are you? ”

With his hands behind his back, the porter Lao Xu nodded noncommittally towards the small building: "Xiangye, the reason for this is the first time you have done things for our comrade society, whether it is success or failure, but it all depends on the number of kung fu in your fire gate!" ”

Nodding slightly. Xiang Youbao didn't say anything to the porter Lao Xu anymore, but just reached out and took out a bamboo whistle more than an inch long from his arms, and blew it gently in his mouth. It can be said quickly, no matter how the leopard blows the bamboo whistle, the bamboo whistle that opened the seven holes did not even make a little movement

Almost blowing the bamboo whistle with a bowl of tea, Xiang Youbao took the bamboo whistle from the corner of his mouth, turned his head and nodded to the porter Lao Xu who was standing beside him: "Master Xu, I guess it's a thing, please go into that building and take a look?" ”

With a flash of light in his eyes, Lao Xu, the porter, did not greet the two sturdy men who were only a dozen steps away from him, but whispered to Xiang Youbao: "Xiangye, there is a rule that I have to tell you about the front first-I have to do things in my comrade society, there is always only success and disappointment, and there are no more such things as estimates, maybe, and probabilities!" Could you please give me a letter? ”

Putting the bamboo whistle into his arms, Xiang Youbao looked at the porter Lao Xu with a somewhat confident look: "Master Xu, I will also make a solid deal with you here!" We who rely on craftsmanship to eat have always had ten points of ability, said three points, and did not dare to admit to death when we held the handle, for fear that one day a stumbling would cause some embarrassing things. But since you have asked so, as long as you have made sure that the characters in that small building are eating white meat hot pot today, then I am afraid that the kung fu will already lie down at this time! ”

After staring at Xiang Youbao for a while, the porter Lao Xu Fang nodded slightly, raised his hand and slapped the two strong men with short guns not far away. With Lao Xu's slap movement, the two strong men who had been waiting in the dark for a long time immediately crashed into the small building not far away. After pausing for a moment outside the wall in front of the small building and listening to the movement, the two strong men with short guns and hard guns turned over and crossed the wall. In less than a bowl of tea, in front of the window of the small building that originally didn't have much light, there was already a light that went on and off three times.

I looked at Xiang Youbao who was standing beside him a few times in surprise, and the porter Lao Xu slowly said: "Xiangye, it seems that the craftsmanship in the main gate of the fire is really outstanding?" Can you tell me about it? How did you poison that white meat hot pot? ”

Feeling out the bamboo whistle again, he blew it a few times, and Xiang Youbao swayed his body leaning on the big elm tree slightly from side to side, but on the other hand, he whispered to the porter with a cunning appearance and smiled: "Master Xu, there are rules and roads in this industry, and they all have their own doorways to earn money and eat!" The trickster doesn't lift the curtain, and the pill doesn't reveal the prescription, can you let me sell it? ”

I watched the courtyard door of the small building open gently. The black shadows that kept coming out of the alley rushed into the small building quickly, and the porter Lao Xu nodded slightly: "Okay, you don't have to force this!" It's just that Xiangye, there is something I have to explain to you! ”

Leaning on the tree's back, he was always gently swaying from side to side, and Xiang Youbao responded in a low voice: "Master Xu, what do you command?" ”

Raising his hand and pointing to the small building not far away, the porter Lao Xu said in a deep voice: "There are four people in this building in front of me, three of them are people in the city of Sijiu who are involved in the Jushe, and the other is a Japanese who has just entered the city of Sijiu today!" Thank you. These four people will have to show up in the Yongding River in less than three days! ”

His body stiffened suddenly, and he looked at the porter Lao Xu dumbfounded: "Master Xu, before this happened, you really didn't explain it to me like this!" Didn't you say that if you can knock down the characters in this small building, you can get the same object in their hands? How can this blink of an eye, this is Xu Ye, this is four lives, the Japanese are just that. Then are there any of the gentlemen in the city?! ”

As if he hadn't heard Xiang Youbao's low and urgent scream, the porter Lao Xu suddenly looked up at the big elm tree that Xiang Youleopard was leaning on. A pair of hands also suddenly competed with each other!

Hurriedly waved his hand to the porter Lao Xu Lianlian, and Xiang Youbao shouted in a low voice again: "Master Xu, your subordinates are merciful, the two little dragons that come down from this tree are the things that I have stored in the main gate of the fire, and it took two years of training to barely take them out to meet people, but you can be ruined."

It seems to be quite human, and the two small cyan snakes that are only about a foot long that quietly slide down from the big locust tree seem to feel the killing intent on the porter Lao Xu. It fell violently from a branch and happened to fall into the collar of the leopard.

With a slight shudder, Xiang Youbao stretched out his hand and gently patted the little cyan snake that had slipped to his chest to keep warm, and let out a long breath, looking at the porter Lao Xu with a little fear: "Since you have seen it, Master Xu." I don't hide it from you, Xiaolong likes to coil around the pillars when he enters the house, but whenever he sees some heat, he likes to salivate (Note 1). With the urging of my Qinglong whistle, it is natural that I will tell you that as long as there is a white meat hot pot on the table in this small building, we can succeed today? ”

Listening to Xiang Youbao's rhetoric, the porter Lao Xu nodded as if he had suddenly realized: "Is this the reason for the troubles for a long time?" The nature of this snake coiling and salivating is not unusual, but the strange thing is that the middle of winter is approaching, and these two green snakes can still listen to and drink so lively? Xiangye, the craftsmanship in your fire gate is really outstanding! ”

Hurriedly bowed his hand to the porter Lao Xu again and again, Xiang Youbao looked scared, and shouted in his mouth: "Master Xu, the errand you assigned, I can be regarded as having all the tails for you here, you are busy, I will leave!" If there is any reason in the future, but it has nothing to do with my fire gate."

With a sneer, the porter Lao Xu walked towards the small building with only care, but he left a sentence towards Xiang Youbao: "Xiangye, your name today, it is very interesting!" From now on, we will really be a family, even if there is any reason, it will be indistinguishable from each other! You can remember that Ming'er Shangzhu City, Kouer Street, Shanghai Liansheng Grocery Store, take two packets of brown sugar snacks, and think that it is the first time for you to go out of the red business to hang flowers and get colored, dispel evil and welcome Rui! (To be continued......)

PS: Note 1: Snakes usually like to hover on beams and pillars when they live in a house. In the southern region, where it is customary to keep town house snakes, such a situation is not uncommon. Because snakes have such living habits, usually when cooking food indoors, the owner of the house will first drive away the town house snake coiled on the roof beam, so as to prevent the town house snake from unconsciously spitting out the snake saliva in the mouth and dripping into the dishes under the roof beam when the house snake is fumigated by the heat, especially taboo to cook snake meat indoors. Even in some parts of the southern part of the country today, there is still a habit of not cooking snake meat at home, and it is necessary to set up a pot and stove outside to cook.