Chinese New Year's Eve
This year's Spring Festival was the most prosperous time for the Yu family, and Yu Jianping finally returned to Rao Township.
In the tradition of Rao Township, the ancestors are worshiped first on Chinese New Year's Eve, which is a sign of respect for the ancestors and hopes that the ancestors can bless the family with good health in the new year.
Yu Jianguo had already bought candles and firecrackers for worshipping his ancestors, and Yu Jianping took Yu Jian and Yu Yuan to make red peach cake.
After the fish is dried, the red silk rope is tied, the peach cake is piled into a tower, several plates of pork larger than the face are placed, chicken, duck and citrus are added, ginger potato candy, needle vegetables, shiitake mushrooms, fungus and fried peanuts are listed, and three cups of tea and three cups of wine are brewed.
Finally, light the incense sticks and candles.
This is the most important event of the year in Rao Township.
Yu Jian reverently held the three sticks of incense, the bottom of the incense against his forehead, and bowed deeply three times to the ancestral tablet reverently. Since opening the box in the attic, her sense of belonging to the Yu family has become more and more profound.
At this moment, it is not only the ancestors who are remembered, but also her fathers and brothers who have a shallow fate.
Comrade Yu Jianping just followed Grandma Yu to the old man's cemetery the day before yesterday, for many years, goodbye is the eternal separation of heaven and man, the weeds in front of the monument are overgrown, and only one photo is left to freeze the old man's eternal smiling face.
Yu Jianping touched the old man's face sadly, with indescribable sadness: "Godfather, I'm back......"
After quietly pulling out all the grass, and wiping the tombstone spotlessly, he finished all this, poured three glasses of wine for the old man, and did not say a word. At this time, silence is better than sound, and this man's feelings have always been silently interpreted in the drizzle.
The dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve was even more sumptuous, and the two brothers, Yu Jianguo and Yu Jianping, divided the round table into eight equal portions and served the dishes on large trays. However, Yu Jian was useless, and was arranged to accompany her grandmother to drink tea and eat melon seeds in the small courtyard.
Yu Yuan's children sighed: "I really want to celebrate the New Year every day......"
Yu Jian threw a melon seed shell to his head and quipped: "I usually treat you badly?" "He's the one who eats the most new things.
"No, no, no......" Yu Yuan shook his fingers, and his head shook up, "My mother won't beat me during the New Year!" Even if she makes a mistake, the old mother still smiles "amiably", which is the ideal life......
However, what answered him was more melon seed shells thrown on his head, he patted his hair, glared at his sister angrily, and his little expression was fierce: "I specially washed my hair in the morning, don't stain me!" "And secretly smeared his father's hairspray!
Lo-mei platter, baked pork ribs with sea cucumber, scrambled ink fountains with snow peas, fried eggs with shrimp sprouts, bamboo shoot fish with plum juice, steamed noodles with blue crab, braised abalone with pig's tail, boiled sarlu, a plate of freshly scalded blood cockles in the middle, and a case of pig's blood olive soup per person, make it perfect.
Yu Yuan's eyes were straight, and he pinched his thighs fiercely, only to realize that it was not a dream, where had he eaten so many local dishes in Raoxiang, let alone made by two chefs.
He got tired of his dad and gave him a wet kiss, and Rainbow Fart blurted out, "Dad, you're so good!" ”
Enjoying the sudden warmth of father and son, Yu Jianguo told him: "Inherit my father's mantle in the future." "My daughter's delicate hand is good to hold a pen, and the kitchen fumes let my son smoke more.
The little guy's expression of resentment instantly, and everyone laughed.
Yu Jian is also the first time to see so many Rao Township dishes, and she is eating the pigtail abalone that Yu's mother sandwiched for her, the pigtail is stewed glutinously, the pigskin Q bomb, the abalone is fresh and tender, wrapped in a rich sauce, and it is not enjoyable in one bite. Yu Jianping added a little chili, and there was a hint of spiciness.
The goose paw in the marinated platter is a little crispy, and there is a crunch sound when you eat it, and Yu Jian finds that this kind of goose paw is more delicious than the soft and glutinous one.
Bamboo shoot fish is also called nerd fish, spinless and meaty, and the local practice of Rao Township is mostly steamed. Yu Jianguo's bamboo shoots are cut into two-inch wide slices, and steamed together with black plum juice, the fish meat is not only fresh and fragrant, but also has the aroma of plums, and the soup is sweet and sour, which has a unique flavor.
There is also the baked pork ribs with sea cucumber, the sea cucumber stew can only be scooped out with a spoon, and it has an attractive aroma in front of the nose, and it turns into a salty and sweet soup as soon as it is put in the mouth. Take another bite of the ribs, and the bones will be crispy.
Yu Jian took out the crab meat in the crab shell, mixed a bowl of crab noodles for Yu Yuan, and poured crab juice on it.
"Dad, Uncle Jianping, these dishes can be sold in restaurants." Yu Jian said.
Yu Jianping also thought about this problem, which is feasible but difficult: "The food in Rao Township is fresh, and the fish and shrimp are all freshly caught. One less freshness, one less taste. I have looked for it in the capital, but there are no such fresh ingredients. ”
"Then have you ever thought about ordering from Rao Township?" Yu Jian thought about it and said her own suggestions. In the past two days, she has met many young people who are not much older than her in the village, and after graduating from university, many of them choose to return to their hometowns to build a beautiful new countryside, and this fishery farming is one of them.
On the side of the west side of the village near the sea, several companies have contracted the sea farm, and put fish fry and crab fry, which is the oyster farm, and some people have made it prosperous.
One side of the water and soil nurture the other side, why not find another way out for this Western Ao village?
Yu Jianping was stunned, and turned his head to think about Yu Jian's words. After a while, he showed an approving smile: "Ah Jian, go with my uncle tomorrow to pay New Year's greetings!" "It seems that this is going to touch the situation first.
After dinner, Yu Yuan pulled Yu Jian to set off fireworks in the yard, which was a real firework.
A boxy firework was set off in the middle of the courtyard, and Yu Jian lit the thread and ran away quickly. Two seconds later, a spark shot out into the sky, flying into the air into the shape of a huge flower, followed by another one that flew into the sky, the flower from blue to yellow to purple and red.
The fireworks of the Yu family were like a signal, and every household began to set off fireworks. Flowers of different shapes and colors and animals shone after another in the sky, and Yu Yuan's children's mouths turned into O-shapes in shock.
Discard!
The thing he put in the capital is called a god horse?!
At the end, I don't know which one it is, but the finale fireworks were released, and the red light converged in the sky, forming four big words: Happy New Year.
"Happy New Year!" Yu Yuan shouted and ran wildly around the yard.
The adults in the house were still drinking and chatting, and the sister at the entrance of the courtyard looked up at the sky, and he screamed twice, unable to hide the excitement in his heart.
It was his happiest New Year! There is no one!!
He can finally be with his parents, grandmother, and sister, and he doesn't have to be alone in his grandmother's house to envy others.