Chapter 33: The Dawn of the Clouds (5)
Dried bamboo shoots are made from freshly unearthed spring bamboo shoots, called "Fujian bamboo shoots", golden in color, translucent, and famous for being tender, sweet and crisp. The cage bed is made of steamed rice noodles wrapped in bean sprouts and rolled into a cylinder, and then drizzled with peanut oil and soy sauce.
And the taro bun is very appetizing to Shi Kang, and he ate several while it was hot, the taro foreskin was smooth and tender, and the filling was fragrant and beautiful. Mochi is Bi Yu's favorite, the outer skin is made of round glutinous rice or glutinous rice flour as the main material, and the boiling water is made of Cheng flour heated boiling water as the adhesive, the filling is quite diverse, there are red bean paste, mung bean paste, sesame, taro paste, etc., the mochi just out of the pot is steaming, sweet and delicious.
Danyan's mother brought another plate of dried radish to eat with fried noodles, and the crispy dried radish was bitten into "chirp", how energetic it was. The dried radish was pickled on the winter solstice last year, and it went through three processes: "drying, pickling, and hiding". Dry the washed radish and put it in a large wooden barrel, a layer of radish and a layer of salt, fill it with a cover, then press a large stone, take it out to dry after a week, rub off the water, and dry it again until the water can not be squeezed out. Then filter and boil the salt water in the wooden barrel, pour in the dried radish and soak it, rub it again while it is hot, squeeze off the salt water and dry it again, wait until it becomes golden brown, then put the dried radish into a clean urn and compact, seal it with yellow mud, take it out after half a year, and make a unique flavor of dried Fujian radish.
Five mouths swept away a table of delicacies, after the meal Dan Yan and Bi Yan washed the dishes together, and the mother went into the kitchen to make Dan Yan her favorite fairy grass honey. The fairy grass honey in my hometown is completely different from the fairy grass honey sold in the school dessert house, the fairy grass honey in the dessert house is made by dry powder and water, and the fairy grass honey made by my mother is boiled with fairy grass, which has a more mellow taste. Then add fried peeled peanuts, fine flour balls, honey red beans, maple syrup, and the hot roasted fairy grass makes Danyan feel extremely warm.
Dan Yan asked his mother while eating, "When will my father and brother come back when they go to town, this time it's really not just right." ”
Dan Yan's father took care of the family's cigarette knife and workshop, and now Dan Yan's brother can also help with it. Tobacco is grown on a large scale in Yueyunkeng, and the tobacco leaves have excellent color and bright brilliance, which is an ideal raw material for high-grade cigarettes. The prosperity of Hakka Yankui culture has made the operation of the workshop long-lasting.
The mother smiled kindly, "How can a businessman stay at home all day, he has to work hard to make a profit." ”
Bi Yu immediately echoed, "That is, when Sister Yan gets married, my cousin will definitely be at home, and my two brothers may also come back from abroad to get together." ”
Dan Yan was so angry that he beat Bi Yu with his powder fist, Shi Kang's face did not change, and he talked with Futan while eating dried sweet potatoes and persimmons, Futan suddenly slapped his thigh, "I almost forgot, there is a puppet show in the small theater of Lingyunkeng tonight, do you want to watch it?" Dan Yan jumped up happily, "Of course I go!" ”
Lingyun Keng is located on the north side of the hill of Yueyun Pit, crossed from south to north by a small stream, the stream is full of large and small pebbles, the water is murmuring, clear to the bottom. In this cloud and water, there is a kind of comfort that steals half a day of leisure, chickens and ducks stroll leisurely, trickling stream water pushes the old waterwheel "squeak" around, a gust of wind blows, and the leaves by the stream rustle.
The vicissitudes of the ancient earth buildings, the overlapping terraces, like layers of gorgeous golden satin, poured down from the top of the mountain. Along the way, you can see several "broken walls" of tulou, the raw soil is taken from nature, and the disrepaired and collapsed tulou still returns to nature. Crossing the quaint stone bridge, there are women in the river who are doing laundry, throwing their delicate arms and wrists, twisting their slender waists, and their delicate bodies swing their hair, which seems to be able to be thrown above the moon.
When I arrived at Lingyunkeng, it was almost evening, the small theater was crowded, a few waiters handed hot towels to the audience, Futan asked for four plates of melon seeds, and went to the backstage to chat, all the theaters in Chuhui County Futan are familiar. After a cup of tea, Futan sat back in his seat, the music "Qiang Qiang" sounded, and the actors used their dexterous fingers to manipulate the puppets set on their hands, suddenly dancing with guns and sticks, and suddenly playing with lion top plates, which were vivid and lifelike.
There are as many as 36 puppets, each puppet is operated by more than 10 lines, the puppet is 76.59 cm long, the head is about 8.32 cm, the eyes can turn, the mouth will open and close and the limbs can move. Fenwen, Wu Xiaosheng, Wen, Wu Laosheng, Zheng, Wu, Chou, Lao Dan, Wen, Wujing and Wen Chou and other roles.
There are two types of music singing: "high tone" and "random playing". The basic tune of "Gao Tone" is "Nine Tones and Thirteen Tones", which is mainly Qing and sung in Hakka; "Random Bullet" absorbs the Xipi and Erhuang singing tones of Western Fujian Han operas and sings them in official dialect.
The audience erupted in exclamations. At the end of the performance, the actors walked on the stage one after another to demonstrate to the audience how to manipulate the puppets, and the audience stood up to watch and applauded!