Yun Xue jingled and chopped the meat filling, and then began to chop the vegetables again. New Year's dumplings are generally filled with cabbage and radish. If there is only cabbage alone, the filling is easy to come out, and the dumplings will be flattened when boiled, which is not good-looking. It will be better if you mix it in the radish, the filling is relatively hard, and the dumplings are round and bulging when cooked, which is very beautiful.

The shredded radish is wiped in advance, scalded with boiling water and frozen outside, and when you use it, you can take back two balls and slowly open them. Yunxue and the others have already brought it back, and at this time, as long as they are washed and chopped, they can be used.

It's easier to fill the vegetable, and it doesn't take long for it to be chopped. Yunni in the room is also reconciled, just cover the curtain and wake up. These curtains are all newly accepted by Yunxue this year, and when the first two are still a little crooked, they are not good-looking. But after that, it looks like it, and it's no worse than that of the veteran. Even Yunni had to be convinced, if her sister wanted to do something, there was really nothing she couldn't do.

The new curtain is blue in color, which is the original color of the sorghum straw. After a long time, it will slowly turn yellow, and finally it will turn yellowish-brown, and at that time, it will no longer be usable.

Yunxue has a total of more than a dozen curtains this year, both large and small. The last few good ones, Yun Xue gave them to Han Yue'e and the Zhong family, both of which came back from outside, and no one in the family knew this. Han Yue'e was surprised when she saw it at the time, in her memory, no one in the old Han family would be able to cover the curtains, but she didn't expect Yun Xue to be able to do it so well.

Yunni put the basin on the kang, and then moved the panel to the kang as well. In fact, people in the Northeast can do a lot of work on the kang, and in winter, sitting on the kang is both warm and convenient. This kang is quite large, and it is very loose to sleep five or six people. So even though there is still Xiao Yunxia sleeping there at the top of the kang, the rest of the space is enough.

Yun Xue mixed the vegetables and meat together, and when chopping the meat, she had already put seasonings such as chopped green onions and salt, so there was no need to put anything at this time, just mix well.

"Big sister, you go find a few small copper coins, as well as dates and sugar, let's pack these first." Yun Xue remembered this and quickly asked Yun Ni to find it.

The dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve are generally wrapped with some things, including copper money, sugar, dates, peanuts, etc., all of which are begging for a mouthful, symbolizing the sweetness and happiness of the new year, money to earn, and so on.

Once I heard Grandma Li say that in the village family, the old woman is especially able to make things difficult for her daughter-in-law. In the dumplings of the thirtieth night, a piece of charcoal was wrapped. The old lady said, see who can eat this charcoal today, it means that this person is black-hearted. The old lady's meaning was actually to say it to the eldest daughter-in-law, she always felt that the eldest daughter-in-law was not good, and abused the eldest daughter-in-law all day long. I thought that if I let my eldest daughter-in-law eat this charcoal tonight, she would have a reason to have a good temper with her daughter-in-law in the future.

As a result, when it was time to eat dumplings in the evening, it was the second child in the family who ate this piece of charcoal and bit a mouthful of black ash. The second child is a short-tempered man, the most unscrupulous master, and during the New Year, he got angry directly at the old lady and made the old lady angry.

Grandma Li said at that time, this person, you can't always think about harming others. People are doing it, the sky is watching, and there will always be retribution.

Yun Xue laughed while thinking about this story.

After Yunni found all kinds of things, she saw that the eldest sister was laughing, and she knew what she was laughing at. "Eldest sister, didn't you remember the story Grandma Li told again? Look at the way you're smiling. ”

"yes, I really remember that story, isn't that just the right time?" Yun Xue smiled and cut the jujube with a knife and cut it into small pieces. Otherwise, it's too big to fit into the dumplings at all. After cutting the jujubes, I cut a few more pieces of candy, and that's it.

Yun Xue took out the noodles, divided the whole piece of noodles into four small pieces, and then took one of the pieces and kneaded it, and the rest was still put in the basin. After kneading the dough and cutting it into agents, the two sisters began to roll out cakes and make dumplings. First of all, the package is naturally copper coins and other things, and each package is six, which also means to take six or six Shun. Some people will pack nine, and some will pack sixteen, which depends on the rules of each family.

After Tianfu fried the melon seeds, he went into the house to help make dumplings, so Yunxue gave Tianfu a rolling pin and asked him to help roll the dough cakes.

Yun Zhen and Yun Ting also came over to help, but Yun Xue didn't let them, "You two go to the warehouse and find frozen pears and frozen persimmons, take cold water and slow down." At night, everyone is easy to get sleepy, and it is also refreshing to eat something cold. If there is nothing to do, lead Yunlei to the yard to set off firecrackers. I bought a lot of fireworks this year, just for you to play. ”

This year, firecrackers can be set off, Yun Xue specially asked Tianfu and them to go to the town to buy a number of firecrackers and so on. The New Year is actually a boy, watching them happily set off firecrackers one by one, in order to really feel the taste of the New Year. Otherwise, every family likes boys, and at this time, it will be obvious that girls rarely dare to shoot guns.

When Yun Ting heard this, he jumped up with joy. Hurriedly and Yun Zhen went to the East House Suite to find out some cannonballs, and then lit a stick of incense, and the brothers ran out.

There was a sudden explosion outside, and the movement was really not small. Yunxia, who was lying on the kang, heard such a close sound for the first time, turned over a little uneasily, and after muttering twice, fell asleep again. The big yellow mother and son on the ground were also jumped by the sound of cannonballs. Jiaojiao got up from the ground and looked around, but couldn't find the source of the sound, so she had to bury her head under her mother's belly.

A few boys outside the house clanged their guns, and a few clouds and snow in the house quickly wrapped dumplings. Not only tonight's dumplings, but also tomorrow morning's, they have to be wrapped. So, an hour later, the dumplings with four curtains were wrapped. Yun Xue took a fine white cloth and put it on top of the two curtains of dumplings and brought them to the shelf outside. It's too hot in the house, you don't have to wait until tomorrow morning, it's going to break.

It was still early, so Yun Xue called back a few leather boys and asked them to boil water in the kitchen and take a bath. Even Old Man Dong was finally helped into the wooden barrel by Yun Zhen and Tianfu, and he was scrubbed for a good meal.

When the boys finished washing, Yun Xue and Yun Ni also took a bath. Xiao Yunxia has been asleep, and everyone didn't dare to wake her up, and besides, she just washed it a few days ago, so she didn't need it today.

Everyone changed into new clothes, and Yun Xue felt that the time was almost up, so she boiled water with Yun Ni and prepared to cook dumplings.

According to the rules of the Han family, Yun Zhen set up a heaven and earth table in the courtyard, on which were placed eight steamed buns, three wine glasses, three pairs of chopsticks, and incense burners.

Yun Ting found the longest firecracker and put it on a long pole, waiting for it to be used for a while.

The water in the pot was boiling, Yun Xue held the curtain, shook it gently, and then sent it forward, and the snow-white dumplings all went into the pot. Yunni hurriedly took a spoon and stirred it gently in the pot, and the dumplings stuck to the bottom of the pot. The dumplings are all put into the pot with two lids, and after stirring a few times, you can cover the pot first. After that, you still have to keep opening it and stir it gently with a spoon.

The stove pit is full of dry firewood that is split into very fine, so that the fire is relatively strong, and if the dumplings are not hot, it is easy to form a piece of soup in the end. Yun Xue has accumulated so much firewood at home, all of which are dry, so there is naturally no need to worry about this.

Yun Zhen and Tianfu Yunting, each of whom came in with a small hug of Chai He from outside, shouted in their mouths, "Hug the wealth." ”

Everyone laughed.

The water in the pot was boiling, and Yun Xue scooped some cold water with a scoop, and the water did not continue to boil. When the water boils for the third time, the dumplings are cooked. "Okay, go burn paper, set off firecrackers, I'm going to go out to get dumplings."

When Yun Zhen heard this, he immediately ran out with joy. Yun Zhen is the eldest son in the family, and these things have to be done by him, so he first lit the burning paper, and burned the paper in front of the table of heaven and earth, at the mouth of the house, in front of the two stove pits, and in the north and other places.

The clouds lit firecrackers, and in a crackling sound, the new year was coming.

Yun Xue suddenly remembered Yun Xia sleeping on the kang, "Yun Ni, go and see Yun Xia, don't scare her." ”

When Yunni entered the house, he saw Dong Lao covering Yunxia's ears. "You little ones, you can't think about things. Yunxia is so small, don't look at her, what if she is scared? When the firecrackers were finished, the old man took his hand away and patted Yunxia gently. ，

Jiaojiao and Zhuang Zhuang on the ground are the first time to experience this kind of thing, and at this time, they are so frightened that they don't know what to do, and they drill under the rhubarb belly one by one.

Yun Zhen led Yun Ting and Yun Lei to kowtow in front of the Heaven and Earth Table, and Yun Xue took a bowl of dumplings and put them on the Heaven and Earth Table at this time, and a pair of chopsticks crossed the dumplings.

"Okay, let's all go into the house and eat dumplings." Yun Xue greeted a few younger brothers.

Everyone entered the house giggling and helped bring the dumplings to the table. Then please Dong Lao sit down first, and the children will also sit down, and everyone will eat dumplings.

"Well, these dumplings are so delicious and delicious." Dong Lao took a bite and nodded in praise.

The children also ate very happily, and Yun Zhen took a bite and felt that his mouth was sweet. "Ah, I've got candy."

"Okay, this means that the second brother will have a happy event next year, congratulations." As he spoke, Tianfu took the dumplings and put them in his mouth, but he didn't want to bite into a hard thing and hit his front teeth. He quickly spit out the contents of his mouth, and it turned out to be a copper coin.

"Okay, Tianfu will definitely be able to make a lot of money next year." Yun Xue smiled.

At this moment, the children who didn't eat couldn't help it anymore and kept stuffing dumplings into their mouths. After a while, some of them ate jujubes, and some of them ate sugar. Yun Xue and Yun Ni each ate a copper coin, and also ate a few dates.

Yunlei didn't get any money, so he was very unwilling, so he had to eat one. Yun Xue was afraid that he would eat too much, so she hurriedly found a slightly damaged one and gave it to Yun Lei. "Then, you try this, you should have money." The dumplings wrapped in copper coins are heavy and easy to break.

Yun Lei bit it, and sure enough, there were copper coins, and he jumped with joy.