Chapter Seventy-Eight: Sending Croquettes

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"Yes, girl, I'll go back and clean up." Jiu'er took Liu Qingyan's words as if they were holy decrees, and he was going back immediately.

Liu Qingyan stopped her, "What's the hurry, wait for the snow to stop and then go back." ”

After breakfast, the snow still didn't want to stop.

There was nothing to do, Liu Qingyan, Xie Shi, and Chen Jiu'er simmered winter bamboo shoots in the stove room all morning, and these winter bamboo shoots were enough to eat the Lantern Festival.

In the afternoon, the snow finally stopped, the sky was still covered with thick haze clouds, and the cold wind was still howling and raging.

The road in the courtyard was covered by snow and could not be passed, so the family went into battle to clear the snow.

Depending on the weather conditions, there is a high possibility that it will snow again, so it will stop after clearing the passage in the courtyard.

Twenty-four is a small year, in life can not be too casual, fortunately at home bacon, hare, air-dried pheasant and the like, plus pickled sour fish and a variety of winter vegetables in the vegetable garden behind the house, it saves the matter of going out to buy vegetables.

Jiu'er went back to pack up his clothes and other belongings, carried a big package with a quilt to Liu's house, and followed Liu Qingyan to dig celery in the vegetable garden after settling down.

There are two types of celery, one that grows naturally in the sun, and one that is completely buried with soil. This celery slowly fades its green color in the soil and becomes white and tender, crunchy and sweet, which is particularly delicious.

The vegetable patch is almost white, with only occasional hints of green.

Jiu'er carried the hoe and Liu Qingyan to the vegetable field, asked for the location of Bai Dongqin, and got busy.

The dishes are delicious, but they are troublesome.

Jiu'er first used a hoe to cut the ground covered with snow, and then wielded a hoe to dig up winter celery.

The celery dug out has a lot of soil, which needs to be carefully washed with water, but the water is lukewarm in winter, so you don't have to worry about washing the vegetables.

At this time, Liu Qingyan was not idle, and went to pick up two large white radish, a handful of green garlic seedlings and a few mustard greens, and after the mustard greens were scalded in boiling water and then soaked in water overnight, they became another flavor of spicy vegetables.

The sky is getting dark, the ground is covered with snow, reflecting the light clouds at dusk, and the spring silkworms are peeling off their cocoons layer by layer, slowly withdrawing from the bright and serious cold light.

The firelight in the willow house was lit up, and the dark red light stretched on the snow in the courtyard, revealing a joyful atmosphere, and the dining room of the main house was full of wine and food.

That night, a light snow fell silently, and the sky stopped at dawn but it froze again, and a shiny ice pick hung down from the eaves.

The snow came and went until the twenty-eighth of the year.

At the beginning of the snowfall, the sun hung high, the sky and the earth were bright, the sky was as blue as a wash, and the snow on the roof melted into snow water, flowing down the eaves.

After breakfast, Liu Qingyan called Jiu'er to move the set of tools for making wine, and prepared to sterilize the two cylinders of 'pressed wine' at high temperature.

"Pressed wine" is fragrant and sweet, the taste is the same as that of wine, but the wine is weak, the wine is warm to swallow, no side effects, suitable for women and children, it has the effect of strengthening the body after drinking, the disadvantage is that it is not suitable for a long time, it will become sour after a long time, lose the original taste, and it can be stored for a long time after distillation, but the alcohol content has also increased a lot.

The process of distillation is very simple, the glutinous rice wine after the second fermentation is poured into a large pot with the dregs, a wooden cylindrical liquor is placed, and an iron pot is placed on top, and cool well water is poured into the pot.

The steam rises and condenses into water, dripping down the pot to the bottom, and the vat that sticks into the inside of the sake brewery leads it to the outside vat.

During the whole process, you should always pay attention to the temperature of the well water in the pot above, and replace it in time when it is hot.

"Sister Jiu'er, remember to make one of the two jars of wine lighter and leave it for us women to drink." Liu Qingyan instructed the wine.

Jiu'er replied with a smile: "Girl, don't worry, I know this." ”

"Okay, then I'll go take a shower." After Liu Qingyan finished speaking, she walked out of the stove room and went back to the room to take a bath.

Now the housing conditions have improved, and the big wooden barrels are used for bathing.

A few days ago, it snowed, the weather was cold and I didn't dare to wash, but now the weather is fine, the temperature has risen, and the hot water for making wine at home is sufficient, so it is a good time to take a bath.

Xie Shi had already moved the bath bucket into Liu Qingyan's room, and adjusted the hot water, seeing Liu Qingyan come in, he reached out to probe the temperature of the water, and mixed a small half bucket of hot water into it.

"This water is just right, wash it while it's hot." Xie Shi said and walked over to help Liu Qingyan undress.

When Liu Qingyan was stripped of only a layer of underwear, she refused to let Xie help anymore.

"Hehe, mother, I'll wash it myself, you go and do something else."

Xie Shi glared and said, "Don't let me wash it, I'll wash it for you." ”

She also knows that her daughter is shy, and the twelve-year-old girl knows that she has found a good man for herself, how can she go out of the room and close the door like when she was a child.

Liu Qingyan bolted the door, took off her underwear and climbed into the bathtub, which made her breathe sharply.

The water temperature is just right!

muttered in his heart, scooped water with a wooden scoop and slowly poured it on, allowing his body to adapt to the temperature of the water before squatting down.

"Well, there's still no movement." Liu Qingyan leaned against the bathtub and sighed at the roof.

The temperature is low, the bath water is also cool quickly, soak for a long time for fear of cold, scrub quickly climb out, dry the body and dress.

Xie Shi estimated the time to come and knock on the door, and saw that Liu Qingyan had already washed and dressed, and nodded with satisfaction.

On the morning of the twenty-ninth day of the year, the shopkeeper Tong came, and he came to give a New Year's gift.

"Oh, Miss Liu, thanks to you this year, the restaurant business has improved a lot, and I have also won the commendation from above. The restaurant started to close today, so I came over to express my gratitude. ”

"Uncle Tong is too polite, how embarrassing is this." Liu Qingyan glanced at the gift sent by the shopkeeper Tong, and was happy in her heart.

You don't have to spend money to buy New Year's goods!

"A little heart, Miss Liu, don't dislike it." Shopkeeper Tong said politely.

"Uncle Tong said that he laughed, how could I dislike it!" Liu Qingyan said in her heart: Who will dislike receiving gifts, don't dislike it, really don't dislike it.

The shopkeeper Tong croaked for a while, and Mrs. Shi and Shi Lei even came with the chief dart head.

They are also here to give New Year's gifts, the dart board has been closed on the twentieth day of the lunar month, and the guys who should go home for the New Year have gone back, and those who have no home can only stay in the dart board.

Shi Lei has been following his father to socialize in the past few days, visiting those big merchants in the city, and he can't come to Liu's house to visit the door, and today is finally over.

Liu Qingyan took a look at the situation, and was afraid that she would have to stay and eat.

After a while, someone came to give a gift.

Liu Qingyan opened the gift sheet and saw that it was Li Guang who signed it, and he didn't come, but sent a family member to send it.

Li Guang's family left after delivering the gifts, saying that they would rush back to restore their lives.

Today's gift-giver is pushing the door to the door!

Yoo Qingyan is smiling happily!

I was in a good mood after receiving the gifts, and the lunch was very rich, and the newly brewed wine was also brought out for hospitality.

Shopkeeper Tong and Shi Wei belong to good wine people, and they both have a good amount of alcohol, and they began to think that they were drinking home-style glutinous rice wine, and the two of them poured bowls into their mouths one by one as if they were drinking sugar water, but they slipped under the table while drinking.

Shi Lei drank wine for the first time in his life, and he felt that it was sweet and delicious, and in the end it can be imagined.

In short, on this day, many people were drunk.

Liu Qingyan smacked her tongue, regretting that she didn't remind them to drink less, and resigned herself to boiling the wine soup with Jiu'er.

After Shopkeeper Tong and Shi Wei sobered up, they secretly wondered when their alcohol consumption had become so bad.

In the Chinese New Year's Eve, although the city does not prepare for the New Year as sung in the folk songs, there are many things that need to be prepared.

Liu Qingyan spent the ancient year for the first time, and her mood was in an inexplicably excited state, and she was so imaginative before going to bed that she didn't sleep well all night, and she was confused when it was almost dawn.

Xie didn't see Liu Qingyan get up when he made breakfast, so he came over and shouted, laughing at her for being usually diligent, but she was lazy during the Chinese New Year.

Liu Qingyan scratched her head and smiled, she can't say that she didn't fall asleep all night thinking about the New Year!

Hurry up and get dressed and get out of bed to wash up and have breakfast, there is a lot of work to be done today.

Fried glutinous rice balls, fried radish shredded meatballs, fried tofu bubbles, fried crispy pork, fried peanuts, fried sugar and oil baba, the dishes on Chinese New Year's Eve are richer and more complex than before.

The shredded radish balls are also made into two types: meat and vegan.

After the dry goods were fried, Xie Shi took some wide sweet potato vermicelli and threw it into the pot, and after a stinging sound, the sweet potato vermicelli swelled into a small snack full of white bubbles.

Fish it out and eat it hot, crispy and full of flavor.

After frying the sweet potato vermicelli, there is not much oil left in most of the pot, and it can also be used for stir-frying.

When the fried goods were all cooled, Xie picked up some of them and packed them into a basket for Liu Qingyan to send to the dart board.

Liu Qingyan was still squeaking and biting the fried noodles, and she didn't react when her brain was short-circuited, so she said casually: "Anyway, they come over to eat every day, and they can just call over to eat." ”

"It's usually usual, but people will definitely not come here for the New Year today."

"Why?"

"As the saying goes: Thirty nights for a flower child. Where is there a Chinese New Year's Eve still spent at someone else's house? Aren't you joking that people can't afford to celebrate the New Year? ”

The wine in charge of the fire covered his mouth and snickered.

It turns out that there is such a saying! Liu Qingyan nodded, indicating that she was humbly taught, but she was thinking in her heart: I used to work outside, and it seemed that I spent the New Year at someone's house.

Carrying the basket to the front yard, he walked out of the gate of the house and turned onto the street.

The streets were sparsely populated and hurried, and they were in a hurry to get home, and the doors of the shops were closed, and the big red closure notices were posted on them.

Liu Qingyan quickened her pace, and she had to go home to cook after delivering her things.

The guy who came to open the door was very happy to see Liu Qingyan, so a big basket of delicious food!

"Miss Liu, give me two first." The man was greedy, looking at the basket and rubbing his hands.

Liu Qingyan pursed her lips and smiled, and handed the basket to the guy, "Here, it's just out of the pot, it's fragrant." ”

"Thank you, Miss Liu, I'll go and tell the young dart head that you're here."

The guy grabbed a handful of meatballs and ran inside as he ate.

Mrs. Shi was busy flying in the stove room, and the cook went home for the New Year, and the Chinese New Year's Eve meal had to be handled by her.

"Girl, it's hard for you to think thoughtfully, with these things, I don't have to worry about this meal on Chinese New Year's Eve, those are all very good." Mrs. Shi took the basket and smiled.