Chapter 113: Thousands of Households (1)
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Time flies, in the blink of an eye, it entered the wax moon, in the eyes of the old Beijing people, the Spring Festival almost began here. In his previous life, he was single, one person was full, and the whole family was not hungry, although he also lived in the capital, but he never experienced the tediousness and grandeur of the old Beijing New Year.
No, as soon as he entered the wax moon, he was dumbfounded, and he didn't know what to prepare to cope with this Spring Festival. Fortunately, he has a bright brain, and he paints a scoop according to the gourd, and he prepares whatever other family prepares. When other families sweep the dust, he commands the three children to follow the dust; When other families boiled eight porridge, he also hulala bought back a bunch of eight treasures such as longan and peanuts, hummed, boiled a big pot, and rolled his eyes at Sanxiao and Kang Tong and others; The other family bought a few knives of meat and a few fish to prepare the cured goods, but he went to waste Mr. Qian anyway and bought back a trailer of chicken, duck and fish. Kang Tong, Lei Xiaotian, and Zhu Shijun want to send them, and Sun Qianjian, Liu Yuanchao, and Li Hongjun can't be left out in the cold. Of course, Liu Yinger's New Year's goods were even more wrapped by him, and he made Ding Weidong stunned to drive a small truck over, which made the courtyard a burst of chickens and dogs. His tyrannical addiction was too much, but the tender meat on his waist was also tossed purple and blue by Liu Ying'er.
This New Year is different from previous years. This year can be said to be the most special year in the history of the republic, experiencing numerous disasters and ending the greatest ones. When the Spring Festival is coming, the sky above the land of the Republic is filled with a joyful atmosphere, as if it is about to be happy, and the filth and bad luck will be washed away.
This Spring Festival is also the most meaningful and different Spring Festival in the past ten years. In the month of Fang Jin's month, the People's Daily said that "I want the people to have a happy and peaceful Spring Festival", but no one mentioned the "revolutionary Spring Festival" in previous years. The people of the old capital seem to have accumulated all the enthusiasm for the Spring Festival in the past ten years burst out this year, and the activities that were not allowed in previous years, such as sacrificing the stove, worshiping the ancestors, and sacrificing to the God of Wealth (breaking feudal superstitions), just after Laba, each family will be in a hurry, so that the king of the stove and Zhao Gongming, who rides the black tiger, also receive a fat incense.
On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, Xue Xiang led the three children to sacrifice to the prince of the stove, and then went to the northern suburbs cemetery to go to the grave of the deceased father and mother, sweep the tomb, and take the two elders home for the New Year.
On the twenty-fifth day, Xue Xiang prepared two large boxes full of cigarettes, alcohol, non-staple food, and wax goods and took them to the northern suburbs farm to send to Xue Anyuan. At this time, the farms in the northern suburbs were much more empty, and the hundreds of veteran cadres who had been "studying and reforming" here had been liberated and returned home, and only dozens of veteran cadres who were stubborn or had unforgivable historical mistakes were still "transformed" here, and Xue Anyuan was one of them.
Xue Xiang knew the reason, although he had done a lot of things to reform the old and make new ones, there were two things that he still insisted on. The elder can't recover, and Xue Anyuan, who is holding the elder with his roots, naturally has to stay in it honestly. However, Xue Xiang knew that the day when Xue Anyuan came out had entered the countdown.
When Xue Xiang saw Xue Anyuan, he was in good spirits, and he was playing against people again, with a hearty laugh and a ruddy complexion. Xue An saw Xue Xiang from a distance, grabbed the box, copied out a piece of jade, and scattered it to several other old men in the chess and card room.
Xue Xiang saw that Xue Anyuan was in good spirits, so he put his mind at ease, and naturally reported the news that Xue Anyuan was coming out again. This time, Xue Anyuan didn't drink his magic stick that had been repeatedly wronged, and the old man also saw the direction of the wind, knowing that he was about to get out of the cage, and the tiger returned to the mountain, so he only let Xue Xiang take care of his younger siblings at home. If the three little guys are thinner than the last time, he will have to give Xue Xiang a tight skin when he goes home, so that Xue Xiang hurriedly retreats.
Since the twenty-sixth day, Xue Xiang has never been out of the house again, and he has been tinkering with wax goods at home with Sanxiao and Kang Tong, preparing the dishes for the Spring Festival. This year, like last year, the Kang Tong sisters and brothers are reunited at Xue Xiang's family as usual. Because Kang Meizhi's cotton mill is engaged in the "race against time to promote production" campaign, the Spring Festival is only the Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the new year, and Kang Meizhi has been working overtime in the factory these days.
Wax goods are said to be wax goods, and in Xue Xiang's house, they just refer to the New Year's goods bought in the wax month, not the rouge meat products in the wax month. In addition to the more than ten strings of sausages and two pickled salted fish hanging on the wall, the rest of the chicken, duck and fish meat are all stuffed in the refrigerator, fresh.
This day is the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, and according to the customs of the old capital, it is time to prepare the last few dishes for hospitality. It is said to be a big dish, but it is some lo-mei and steamed dishes, which is convenient for visitors, and can be served directly by heating, after all, in the New Year, if you come to the guests, and then hurry up to make it, how much delay it is. No, early in the morning, Xue Xiang and Kang Tong got up and began to work in the kitchen.
Xue Xiang and Kang Tong first scooped up the slices of pork belly and large pieces of meat and bones that had been soaked last night, drained them, supplemented them with fried rice noodles, black sesame seeds, dried spicy seeds, pepper powder, and vegetable oil, stirred evenly, and then put them in a soil bowl and steamed them in a basket. A steamer is arranged in the back pot of the stove, and the front pot naturally cannot be left empty. A large pot of star anise, fennel, Sichuan pepper, cardamom, jujube, brown sugar and other seasonings filled with a pot of water, began to boil at eight o'clock, and at ten o'clock, it has boiled most of the pot of red color, soup thick and fragrant marinade. After the marinade was prepared, Xue Xiang and Kang Tong began to boil the ingredients offered by the second senior brother, such as the pig's head, pig's tail, pork belly, and pork liver, and the marinade was marinated until more than four o'clock in the afternoon. The three major baskets of steamed pork and steamed pork ribs in the back pot were out of the pot early, and they were found in a shady place and placed in a vegetable basket.
This Spring Festival is also the first Spring Festival after Xue Xiang's rebirth, so Xue Xiang is extraordinarily grand, and there are countless ingredients to prepare. In addition to the main second senior brother, there are many meat products such as fat chicken, preserved fish, plate duck, goose, etc., and there are even wild meat sent by Zhang Fatzi and Ma Yongsheng and others. The steamed pork belly and meat bones were tasted by Xue Xiang, Kang Tong and Sanxiao, and more than ten bowls were tasted raw; The marinated pig's head, when the meat was dismantled and the bones were removed, most of it was killed by everyone; When the sausage came out of the pot, one person picked up a section, and he didn't care about the hot hands, so he stuffed it into his mouth; As for the fat chickens, ducks, and geese that are marinated red and dripping with oil, they all lack arms and legs, and occasionally a few folded wings.
Xue Xiang was fishing for the last pot of lo-mei on the stove, and the little guy rushed in, hugged his legs, and began to argue for Xue Xiang to go to Xiaoyi and ask for the pig's tail.
It turned out that the freshly marinated pig's tail came out of the pot, and it was taken away by Xiao Yi, who was already staring at it from the side. The little sullen man has heard that the pig's tail that hides in the corner of the door and eats the New Year's Pass can cure the problem of a runny nose for a whole year. The little sullen man happens to have a problem with slugs, so that the little prince of fairy tales often can't help but move his nose when he stirs up the words, and snores like eating noodles to suck the snot hanging out of his nostrils, which often provokes beautiful classmates to throw them into the hygienic eyes. No, this whole day, the little sullen man stared at the pig's tail, and as soon as he came out of the pot, he snatched it, and a cigarette went.
Xiaoyi carried this red pig's tail out of the kitchen, rushed in the snow, and went straight to the hall, and saw that the little guy who was playing in the snow in the yard and nibbling on the sausage was very curious: What delicious thing did the stinky third brother got, people had to go and see what he was secretly hiding, if it was delicious, shouldn't he hand it over to his sister to eat first?
The little one bit off the last piece of sausage, and a pair of greasy little hands picked up a small ball of snowballs, rubbed them, and washed their hands, and then ran to the hall. Xiao Yi picked up the pig's tail and ran back to the room, opened the door, and just hid in the corner formed by the door and the wall, the little guy rushed in.
"What about the stinky third brother, I obviously watched him come in." The little guy ran in and didn't show any small intentions, he was very puzzled, and then walked around the room, looking around, even the bottom of the bed and the wardrobe were not let go, and there was still no one there, but a lot of food that he had collected under the pillow of the stinky third brother appeared. The little guy frowned, and he was about to confiscate the "stolen goods" that he had confiscated, and he couldn't hold back his thoughts when he hid in the crack of the door and saw a qiē, "Hey, what are you doing, that's mine." ”
The little sullen man was in a hurry, these high-end snacks were really not stolen by him, but were kindly taken out by the little guy to share with everyone, and he was reluctant to eat them, so he secretly saved them. The little sullen man finally saved a small bag, and when he was ready to go to school at the beginning of the year, he took it to the class to show off, but it was seized by the original owner.
The little guy heard a sound from behind the door, and he didn't care about collecting the "stolen goods", so he turned his little body and ran towards the door. She was very curious: what kind of good thing should be hidden behind the door and eaten, I am afraid that it is much better than the sausage she just ate.
"Stinky third brother, what are you stealing, don't take it out for people to see." With a babbling sound, the little guy pulled the door open and opened his mouth, "Wow, I have appeared, and I dare to hide, hum, take it out, stingy." When the little guy opened the door, he saw the back of the stinky third brother, and he was immediately even more curious and dissatisfied.
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