Chapter 62: The Taste of the Year (I)
Dizzy, can't it be a water duck, it has two legs on its own, it's not normal to want to go out and walk around, can you be in such a hurry?
What's more, it's only been seen in the morning, and the police can only file a case if a big living person goes missing for 24 hours. Liu Junhao said a lot of things, and Zhang Qian let go of a few things, but then asked him to promise that he must find Qiuqiu back.
"Don't worry, if Qiuqiu really can't find it, I'll let you catch one of my water ducks here and get it back." Liu Junhao patted his chest and said.
"I don't want it, you're all stupid ducks, how smart my family is Qiuqiu" Zhang Qian said nothing.
Clever? It seems that this word does not apply to the water duck. It doesn't have three legs or two heads, and it is born to the same mother and hatched with the water ducks in its yard, is it just that it became smart when it was born an hour later than other water ducks?
Of course, this was just said in his heart, and he knew that Zhang Qian still valued that little guy more.
The results of looking for water ducks proved that Zhang Qian was indeed worried, and the fog had not cleared at noon, so Qiuqiu quacked and returned to the yard, nothing happened.
It is probably that the road in Daqingshan has finally been repaired, and people feel that there is hope in the future, and their faces are full of festive colors, so this year's wax moon is particularly festive.
It's only been a few days since the lunar month, and there are obviously more people on the streets, although the weather is very cold, but it can't hide people's enthusiasm for buying.
Liu Junhao and Professor Zhao also bought their own New Year's goods early, but there were too many people rushing to the market on the street, Liu Junhao was afraid that Professor Zhao would be bumped into him, because he didn't let him do it, but went to the street alone to do the New Year's goods of the two families.
The food for the New Year is nothing more than big fish and big meat, the fish is easy to do, and a few of the ditches in your yard will be lived, and you can eat and catch it now, and the taste is definitely fresher than the one sold in the town.
Liu Junhao didn't want to cause trouble when he went to the pork stall, so he directly asked the family to cut off a thirty or forty pound of back buttocks. Now that the lean meat and fat are all there, you can do whatever you want when you go back. Then he went elsewhere and bought a dozen catties of beef and mutton to settle the matter, this year's weather is cold, these meat should be able to last longer.
He didn't want to run on the street every day, so he was ready to get all the New Year's goods in one go. What pots and pans, door god pairs, yellow paper firecrackers, etc., as long as they are used for the New Year, they are swept all the way over, and finally they can't fit on their own bicycles.
It's easy to do if you can't fit it, Liu Junhao directly called a numb Liannian goods to send the bicycle to Liujiagou, and this numb business has just risen after the Daqingshan Highway was repaired.
The road of more than ten miles arrived in the blink of an eye, and when he heard the sound, Professor Zhao and his wife went out to greet him and help him unload all the things he had bought.
On the afternoon of the twenty-third day of the lunar month, Liu Junhao went to the grave for Liu Laotou early, this year he specially bought two three-zhang long earthen firecrackers, one of which was ready to be put now, the crackling firecracker sound has been ringing for more than ten minutes, and then he burned a large bundle of yellow paper on the grave, and knelt firmly on the head and kowtowed a few times before it was finished.
Starting from the twenty-fourth, the countdown to the New Year has completely begun, and every household is getting busier: steamed bean buns, sugar buns, and vegetable buns; Fried fritters, fried chicken, duck and fish, dumplings and so on are all prepared for the New Year.
In the past, the rules of the Chinese New Year in the countryside were particularly sufficient, and there were many taboos in the first to fifth days of the new year, and according to the old rules, dumplings should be eaten for five days in a row, which made people greasy to eat. Of course, there is less attention now, only the meaning of eating dumplings on the morning of the first day of the new year.
This time is the happiest time for the children, firstly, it is finally the winter vacation, and no one cares how they want to play, and secondly, every family makes delicious food, allowing them to eat with their open stomachs.
At the beginning of the winter vacation, Zhang Qian packed up her things early and went back to the city for the New Year, in order to take better care of Qiuqiu, she also deliberately put Qiuqiu in a cage and took the car home with herself.
Her luck was not bad, and on the day she left, Dr. Wang happened to drive a private car to see her vegetable patch, so Zhang Qian took a ride.
On the afternoon of the 29th, Zhao Weidong and Zhao Weihong's families rushed to Liujiagou on time, and they had already discussed an original rural New Year here this year.
There are not a few people who have the same idea as them, and in the past two days, many people from the city have come to Liujiagou, all of whom are preparing to spend the New Year here, saying that they can't experience the taste of the New Year in the city.
Unexpectedly, on the day of the thirtieth, a light snow suddenly began to fall, and it fell all afternoon, and by the time it was dark, there was already a layer of snow white on the ground.
Ruixue Mega Year, although this snow is a little small, but it can be regarded as a good start to the new year.
On the evening of the 30th, Professor Zhao and his family gathered in Liu Junhao's house to make dumplings, which are different from those in the city, and the dumpling leaves are first rolled with a noodle rolling machine and then cut into a square with a kitchen knife. The dumpling filling is not the kind of stuffing that is pureed with meat, but directly chopped into pieces of meat with sauce.
There are two kinds of dumpling fillings: pork and green onions and mutton cabbage, these are all fried, plus the spiced condiments smell fragrant, before they can start wrapping, the two little guys are around the pot and look at the dumpling filling inside.
Liu Junhao looked a little funny, so he made them a small half bowl to satisfy their hunger.
They have a large number of people, and they wrap it up very quickly, and it takes two hours to wrap a whole board. After dark, they began to make dumplings, and Liu Junhao ran to the yard and threw a firecracker.
The sound of the cannon frightened the animals in the yard to fly, scream and jump, but Xiaopi was so bold that he even screamed and rushed to the firecrackers. Liu Junhao saw it and quickly stopped it, although the firecracker was not very powerful, it was not comfortable to be blown up.
The dumplings are filled with two large pots, and because they are separated, you can choose what filling you want.
Eating hot dumplings, everyone gathered there to watch the gala, indescribably how comfortable.
Of course, the dumplings are indeed delicious, not only big, but also particularly chewy, a bite of meat, although accidentally a little hot, but hot to make people breathe hot but can't stop.
This is not like the round leaf dumplings outside, the meat is beaten to the end, the dumplings are not like dumplings, and you don't feel anything when you eat them.
Because they are not outsiders, the family is also very casual, and they all let go of their bellies and eat violently.
After dinner, Liu Junhao saw that the room was a little cold, so he lit a lot of rosin wood fire, and everyone leaned comfortably on the chair to continue watching the gala.
The two little guys were not honest, and kept secretly throwing small firecrackers into the fire to play, and the adults did not change no matter how they reprimanded. In the end, Liu Junhao got up and took out all the melon seeds and candies to divert their attention, this watermelon seed was cooked by him on the 29th day of a morning, and most of the bags were cooked, which was ready to be eaten for the New Year.
Just after twelve o'clock, someone in the village set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. The cannon fire did not stop all night, and as soon as this house was released, the other house began to crack again, and the dogs in the village followed suit all night.
Liu Junhao was afraid of disturbing Zhao Weidong and their sleep, so he didn't get up until dawn to put the remaining three-zhang long earthen firecrackers at the gate, and the red robe paper was piled up in a thick layer at the door.