After saying goodbye to the old woman, Jiao's father left the old woman's yard with black charcoal and Su Musha, and walked towards another road that was different from the way he came.

It was only after walking out of the village for about five minutes that Jiao's father stopped near an orchard, then lit a cigarette and sat down by a big tree. Jiao's father usually hardly smokes, and only smokes one when his heart is particularly heavy. Hei Tan looked at Jiao's father curiously, but Jiao's father didn't speak.

Su Musha squatted on the back of the black charcoal, a little listless, originally, he came to Jiao's father's hometown and saw the plot of this old woman that he was looking forward to. Because this old woman is a bit mysterious, Su Musha still expects what she will say to herself when she sees her. But now it seems that the old woman still pays more attention to black charcoal, and she just makes a casual mention to him, even when she takes care of Jiao's father in the end, she only says that she will take black charcoal next time, which means that she has nothing to say to herself.

Although he knew that Hei Tan was the pig's foot in the book "Back to the Cat", but he was so neglected, Su Musha's little glass heart suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

Just when he was in a trance, Jiao's father told Hei Tan about how he was rescued by a black cat when he was a child. When he was a child, Jiao's father was naughty, he ran into the mountains by himself, and fell into a big pit near this place, if it wasn't for a black cat who saved him with a straw rope, he didn't know what the consequences would be.

In fact, Jiao's father agreed to Jiao's mother to adopt black charcoal, also because of this experience when he was a child, in his heart, a black cat like a little leopard is always different.

Returning to the old house from the mountain, Jiao's father went to help Mr. Jiao do New Year's goods together, and Hei Tan didn't want to catch rabbits with the two children, so he ran out for a walk. Jiao's father took care of a few words, pay attention to safety and be careful, and other cats and dogs didn't care much in the future.

After Su Musha came back, he hid in the hamster nest made by Old Man Jiao to sleep, and didn't even come out to eat dinner.

Jiao's mother and Xiaoyuzi were a little worried, and Jiao's mother secretly blamed Jiao's father for bringing Su Mu to cover the mountain to blow the wind on such a cold day. This is not as good as Chuhua University, and there is a "obviously so" pet center nearby, if Su Musha is sick, there is no way at all.

But the next morning, with the smell of Mrs. Jiao's breakfast, Su Musha got out of the hamster's nest and ran to Mrs. Jiao to see what she could eat in today's breakfast. After all, if you don't eat a meal, you're hungry and panicked.

Dad Jiao scooped up Su Musha and looked at it, diagnosed it in the way that Xiao Guo and his brother taught, and confirmed that Su Musha was not sick, not to mention that he seemed to be in good spirits now, so he was relieved. He reckoned that Greyball was just a little tired from the long journey, so he slept a little longer.

Dad Jiao didn't know that for a fat house, there was nothing that couldn't be solved by sleeping, if not, then sleep again.

For breakfast, Mrs. Jiao prepared diced vegetables, in the village, there are not many others, all kinds of vegetables are grown at home, even if there are fewer varieties in winter, but each cut is enough for Su Musha to eat.

One is that he is really hungry, the other is that the vegetables here may be grown by himself, there is no promotion and no chemical fertilizer, and some of them were picked by Mrs. Jiao early in the morning, so they taste very fresh, much better than those bought in the city.

When Su Mu covered the body, vegetables like this were naturally grown, and they had long been branded with the high-end and high-grade name of "organic vegetables", and then they were washed cleanly, wrapped neatly in plastic wrap, and sold at a high price in large supermarkets.

After breakfast, Su Musha didn't go out with Hei Tan, so he stayed at home to watch some of the food that Jiao's mother and Mrs. Jiao were preparing for the New Year.

It is said that in rural areas, some time-consuming cooked vegetables or semi-finished products will be made in advance before the Chinese New Year, and then kept for the New Year to eat, so as not to be too late to get it in a hurry.

Su Musha didn't have such a habit at home for the New Year before, he only vaguely remembered that when he was a child in the old residential area, the old lady next door would make egg dumplings and fried meat balls a year ago, and the fragrance of lard was mouth-watering.

It's a pity that Su Musha doesn't do it at home, and at the beginning of the New Year, at most, his mother cooked a few more dishes. Later, after my father developed, he ate Chinese New Year's Eve at a nearby restaurant. That kind of Chinese New Year's Eve meal tastes no different from the restaurant dishes you usually eat, and it is even not as fresh as the usual ingredients, and the workmanship is exquisite. After all, the restaurant also has to prepare ingredients in advance, and when the time comes, so many tables will be opened at the same time, and they will all be fried in a big pot.

This kind of Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is also named festive, selling at a high price of x888, and the high-end Chinese New Year's Eve dinner of those big hotels even has to be booked more than half a year in advance, otherwise the table will not be booked.

Therefore, Jiao Yuan said that there is more taste of the New Year in the countryside, and Su Musha thinks that the aroma of this fried dish is also one of the factors, right?

The Jiao family's old house usually uses a large stove for cooking, which is the kind of two-eye stove that needs to burn firewood. Su Musha is the first time to see it, but he just watched from a distance, he didn't dare to go over, the old man Jiao told the story of the cat accidentally burned his beard on the stove, he still remembers, his own beard has only grown, and his curly hair has not been changed, but he doesn't want to do it again.

However, Mrs. Jiao uses a coal stove to fry New Year's dishes, after all, the heat will be stable, and she usually doesn't use it much, and it is only lit during the New Year.

Mrs. Jiao sat at the back door of the kitchen, frying lotus root clips slowly.

Lotus root clamping is to cut the lotus root into thick slices, fill it with minced meat, then wrap it in batter on the outside, and then fry it in oil. Because it is only slowly fried over low heat will it be crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, so fried lotus root clips are also a dish that needs to be prepared in advance.

Su Musha always thought that this dish was a southern dish, but he didn't expect that Yanyang would also make this here.

Su Musha squatted on a shelf at the back door of the kitchen and watched Mrs. Jiao slowly fry the lotus root clips, and she didn't feel bored, but she really felt saliva flowing out of the smell of this fragrance.

Old Mrs. Jiao didn't know if she saw Su Mu's action of swallowing saliva, so she cut him a few small pieces of lotus root that had not yet been stuffed with meat, and let him nibble on it as a snack.

Since the last time they saved the little child, the Jiao family's attitude towards Hei Tan and Su Musha, although it is not like looking at their grandson, is also a bit like looking at their own children. Especially Mrs. Jiao, who is soft-hearted, will be particularly spoiled when she sees Su Musha and her small size.

Outside the house, the sound of crackling firecrackers and the cheers of children could be heard.

Su Musha found that there is a second difference between celebrating the New Year in the countryside and in the city, that is, firecrackers can be set off. When Su Musha was a child, firecrackers had long been banned in his city, and only fireworks were allowed, so he often used his pocket money to buy various fireworks to set off during the Chinese New Year. Although fireworks are also beautiful, they are not as lively as firecrackers, and they can only be watched at night.

In addition, after moving to the villa area, setting off fireworks during the New Year has become a way to show off wealth in the community.

When it was almost lunch, Jiao Yuan hurriedly ran into the kitchen, took a stick of incense in his hand, and lit a fire on the stove.

"Why do you order this?" Jiao's mother frowned.

"Set off firecrackers!" Jiao Yuan said. He and the village children who played with him in the morning changed some small firecrackers and prepared to set them off with the small grapefruit.

"Be safe, and don't scare the black charcoal and the ash balls!" Jiao's mother said.

"Black charcoal is not afraid, he watched us play in the morning, and he would cover his ears!" Jiao Yuan said with a smile, and after lighting the incense, he said to Su Musha: "Gray ball, are you afraid, do you want to come and see us set off firecrackers?" ”