Chapter 221: A Low-key Life
Liu Junhao did not dare to delay, and immediately rode back to the village, and he almost went door-to-door to inform. Liu Jiagou has no miscellaneous surnames, and this matter can be said to be the business of the whole village.
Of course, after he finished informing the village, he also told Professor Zhao by the way. Let the two old men follow and take a look.
The matter was far bigger than he imagined, and after hearing that the things of the ancestors were dug up by the river, all the idlers in the village rushed over, and the usual meetings were not so together.
When Liu Junhao came over again, he couldn't squeeze in front of him at all, so he could only ride on horseback from a distance and watch, and he could vaguely hear Liu Wuye speaking there: "I used to hear the older generation say that our village was first built on the river beach, but later the river was often flooded, and the village was flooded several times before changing to its current place. It is said that there is a big stone tablet nearby, which is written about our ancestor Liu Erwa, Liujiagou, and there is a genealogy together, and there is also a record above, but it is a pity that the four old ones were ......burned in the past six years, "There is really a family tree, Liu Junhao was also stunned when he heard it, and he always thought that Liujiagou had only passed down from generation to generation by oral description."
It's a pity that it burned early, and now I don't have a chance to see it again. Let's be honest. Not many people in the younger generation want to listen to Liu Wuye talk about the ancients, although Liu Erwa is an ancestor, but it is also more than 20 generations apart, and that little bit of affection has faded early.
Most people wanted to dig up the slate and see what was good in the well. After the old people confirmed one by one, everyone agreed to dig a well and have a look.
Of course, this time is much more grand than just now, and the yellow paper is burned to worship the ancestors before excavation. All the men present in Liujiagou lined up in several horizontal lines according to their seniority, and then kowtowed under the leadership of the person with the highest seniority.
"It's just like the real thing, it's pure superstition. Xiao Hao, did you say? Liu Junliang, who was next to him, leaned over and said in a low voice.
Liu Junhao hadn't spoken yet, and Liu Junliang's son Liu Laosan in front of him had already hit him with a crisp chestnut on the head: "You kid, you are not allowed to talk nonsense into the Tao......" This guy immediately became honest, and kowtowed behind with low eyebrows.
In fact, Liu Junliang's words represent the thoughts of most young people, who feel that the matter of this ancestor is too far away, and it is hundreds of years old to count.
Besides, the ancestral grave has long been washed away by the flood and cannot be found, and now he is snorting on a big stone slab, and the stone is not the ancestor.
However, there is Liu Junliang's example first, and no one dares to raise objections at this time. After kowtowing, he put incense on one by one, and after a while, the incense burner bowl was full.
After all the procedures were completed, Liu Guangju called a few young men to lift the big stone slabs, and this time Liu Junhao also stepped forward to help.
After the big stone slab was lifted, people were disappointed that the ancient well had already collapsed, and there was really nothing else to see at the wellhead except for a large pile of green brick sludge.
Come to think of it, the well has been abandoned for hundreds of years, and it can be regarded as a vicissitudes of life, and it is very good to be able to maintain it like this.
After the old people came forward to check again, they continued to excavate. —Thick pieces of horse remnants were moved out, and the space under the well gradually expanded.
However, as the space extended, people's disappointment grew, and the ancestors did not leave anything good for future generations in the well.
"What do you think this is?" At this time, Liu Qihua suddenly appeared a cyan thing in the soil. Hearing him shout, everyone came to the spirit and gathered to the edge of the big pit to watch.
When this thing was unearthed, there was no interest. It was just half a rusty, unsightly piece of rotten copper, which was circulated in the hands of the old people and then thrown to the ground.
"I'll take ......a look," Old Man Wang was a knowledgeable person, he leaned over and looked at it a few times and said, "This should be an ancient ruffled bronze mirror." In the past, people used to use this kind of mirror to comb their hair. Hearing that it was a bronze mirror, several old men hurriedly put it on the table again...... This is most likely used by the ancestors.
Then he dug up a lot of broken jars. Old man Wang's speculation is that it is something that draws well water. However, the workmanship of these rotten jars is very rough, no different from the abandoned kilns next to the woods, and there is no collection value.
Busy for a long time, except for the half of the bronze mirror. Nothing of value has been dug up. Everyone was unwilling, and searched around again, but the result was that there was no stone tablet that Liu Wuye said.
But this matter is not over, and several old people began to ask for an ancestral hall. The matter of repairing the ancestral hall cannot be done overnight.
You can only take it slowly. Zhang Qian had just come home from school and heard about it, and complained that she was not at the scene at the time, saying that she must go over to see it if she has time, and it is best to take a few photos.
"There's something nice to look at, I didn't dig up anything, I dug up half a copper mirror, and it was rusty." Liu Junhao dispelled her thoughts.
In fact, the matter about the ancestors of the Liu family was just lively for a few days, and after that, except for the older generation, few people mentioned it again.
Life is still going on as usual, Zhang Qian took advantage of her free time to go to Liu Wumao's house to learn to dry sweet potatoes.
She was very well prepared, and deliberately brought a notebook to record the steps. Figuring out all the steps, she began to experiment at home with great interest.
Zhang Qian was busy, Liu Junhao naturally would not be idle, he picked up a lot of smaller sweet sweet potatoes early and washed them in the pot.
According to my wife. Only tender sweet potatoes can be boiled out of syrup, and the dried sweet potatoes produced in this way are delicious. Liu Junhao naturally didn't believe it, this was the same joke made by her little nephew.
The last time Xiao Zeyu came over, Liu Junhao handed him a big sweet potato at that time, but he didn't know that this guy was not satisfied, so he had to take a small one.
The big one was given to Jianhui. I originally thought that I knew how to make pears from Kong Rong. Who knew that the little guy would say: "It's old and not delicious." "I almost didn't make the crowd laugh.
However, small sweet potatoes are also good and are easy to cook. Liu Junhao was about to catch fire here, and Zhang Qian was looking at the time.
It took more than an hour for a pot of sweet potatoes to be steamed. The water in the pot is almost dry. originally thought that Zhang Qian was a raw hand, and this sweet potato would definitely not be able to boil syrup.
I didn't expect the effect to be very good, the sweet potato skin is thin and a little transparent, and you can clearly feel the boiling water inside.
Liu Junhao used chopsticks to clip one and put it in his wife's bowl, and then made one himself, and forced the heat of his hot mouth to stuff it into his mouth, and suddenly the sticky sweet potato syrup ran into his mouth with piping hot, full of sweetness.
You don't need to chew with your teeth at all, as long as you lick it with your tongue a few times, the sweetness has already penetrated into your abdomen and lungs. Sure enough, it's very satisfying.
After eating a sweet potato, I felt that my stomach was full of honey, and the pores of my body were dilated.
He smacked his lips and fished another one out of the pot.
"What's the matter, I'll just say it's worth the extra effort, right?" Zhang Qian saw that he ate so deliciously, and he also had a sense of accomplishment.
"Well, it's worth it, but you don't want to do it every day, do you? It took us almost two hours to get this half pot of sweet potatoes. There are thousands of pounds piled up in the backyard. Liu Junhao said casually, and his wife immediately became depressed.
The dried sweet potatoes made in this way are delicious, but they are too troublesome. For now, this method will be done.
I guess I won't be able to finish it in a day. Waiting for the sweet potatoes to cool, Liu Junhao put them on the board and peeled them one by one and cut them into strips.
Take advantage of the good weather and dry the sweet potatoes in a dustpan. In order to prevent flies, a curtain screen is specially placed on the top.
At this point, the production of dried sweet potatoes is more than half of the process, and the next thing to do is to occasionally turn over the dried sweet potatoes and change the position, so that each one can fully enjoy the moisture of the sun.
The drying time of sweet potatoes must be mastered, and the drying time is too short. If the water is not steamed, it is easy to mold when stored.
If it takes too long, the dried sweet potatoes will become very hard and the taste will be very poor. After drying, it is necessary to apply frost, that is, put the dried sweet potato in the jar and seal it for half a month.
A milky white frost will naturally grow on the surface of sweet potatoes, which is the syrup that overflows inside.
Zhang Qian lost her energy after steaming two pots of sweet potatoes in a row. No more rhetoric about selling dried sweet potatoes.
As for the sunburned upstairs, they were all handed over to Liu Junhao to deal with, saying that they were left to eat at home. Liu Junhao tossed around upstairs for a long time to see that everything was okay before returning to the house to rest.
I had just been on the Internet for a while when the phone rang. He didn't hear the human voice at first, until they introduced themselves, and then remembered that it was the client introduced by Dr. Wang last time.
His name is Ma Jun, and he opened a restaurant in the city, and people gave him a business card at that time.
"Boss Liu, tell you good news......" After the greetings, Ma Jun began to get down to business.
"Last time, I bought a few catties of yellow eels from you to entertain guests, and the guests were very satisfied after eating. Later, we asked a friend from the aquatic department to identify it, and now you are a yellow eel...... "Halfway through, the goods suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong with my yellow eel?" Liu Junhao followed up and asked. He didn't have to worry about the side effects of the yellow eel after eating it, after all, he had eaten it for so long, and there was nothing wrong with his body, but it was getting better and better.
What he feared was that the aquatic people would research something abnormal, and when the time came, it would cause a sensation, and his stone lock might be exposed.
This is contrary to the comfortable life he expects. He has always insisted on being a low-key person, doing things in a low-key manner, and making money in a low-key manner......
"The identification result is that although your yellow eel is domesticated, it has maintained the living habits of wild yellow eel to the greatest extent possible, and the quality is excellent...... I said, why didn't you react? Ma Jun talked for a long time, but there was no joy on the other end of the phone.
"Oh...... Wait, what else? Liu Junhao came back to his senses at this time, and he already knew the quality of the yellow eels raised in the backyard.
If you have soaked it in spring water, can the quality be bad, or how will there be so many repeat customers. However, it is not bad to have an appraisal, which can be regarded as recognized by the authoritative department.
"Our hotel wants to cooperate with Boss Liu for a long time. The yellow eels you raised ......"
"Stop, I don't have the heart to expand breeding for the time being." Ma Jun was stopped by Liu Junhao as soon as he was halfway through his words, and he had heard the following words many times.
"Hehe, I've heard this from Dr. Wang. Just make a suggestion, and if you want to cooperate in the future, just call. In addition, prepare ten catties of your yellow eel for me, and I will fetch ...... tomorrow."