"Abba, Grandma, what can we do?" Li Tongfu said in front.

"No, child, you go over, eat first when you're hungry, there's liquor in the cabinet, pick a bottle and take it out for us to drink." Father Yang replied.

"The liquor is too strong, and the children's hands tremble after drinking it so cold. You drink our home-brewed rice wine. Mother Yang blamed Father Yang.

"Oops, they're all grown up, not just kids."

"Grandma, I drink rice wine." Yang Liufang said flatteringly.

"Then, Abba, I'll drink some white with you."

When the old couple heard this, they all cast a relieved look, looking at the two who had just taken a bath and changed into new work clothes, they were heroic, youthful, and even happier in their hearts. Especially when I saw Li Tongfu, the eldest son of Bai De, doing his best to help his son Yang Liufang do great things in Xizhou, his happiness was even more overflowing.

After the big yellow croaker and beef in the pot were served, Yang's mother began to make wine and stew duck soup on the coal stove, which is a dish that Wenzhou people must eat every winter in the local area. I saw that Yang Mu had cleaned up half of the duck and cut it into pieces on the vegetable cutting pier made of willow tree roots, this vegetable cutting pier was still made by Yang Liu Fang when he first learned the art, and now it seems a little rough, but it was really a sense of accomplishment at that time. After chopping the duck, Yang Mu then cracked a small piece of ginger, cut a green onion into sections, and took out the soaked shiitake mushrooms, cut them in half with a knife, and controlled the impurities of the mushrooms for later use.

Then take out the wok and put it on the coal stove, pour some oil into the pot, see that the oil temperature is right, put the crushed ginger into the stir-fry to make the fragrance, and pour the chopped duck meat into the stir-fry, and the fragrance immediately fills the kitchen. It is not until the duck fat is fried that Shaoxing old wine is added to the side of the pot, and then the water used to soak the shiitake mushrooms is poured in, and the pot is covered and simmered on the honeycomb coal stove.

At this time, Father Yang began to beckon them to eat first. Yang Liufang remembered the beef and mutton brought by the village chief Shi, and hurriedly said to Li Tongfu: "Brother, take out the beef and mutton brought by the village chief Shi, let's cut some wine." ”

"Ouch, I forgot about it when I just took a shower. I'll get it. ”

"You children, how can you still accept things from other village chiefs."

"Grandma, it's okay, the factory is in their village, and we have already become good brothers. This is their own sheep, and then the practice of Xizhou, stewed. Just cut it and eat it straight, and you and Abba will taste it too. In Xizhou, it is also necessary to be accompanied by raw garlic to enjoy it. ”

"Hey, what should you do if you go to talk about business after eating raw garlic?"

"Abba, then everyone eats. My master learned that within two days of his visit, he had to eat raw garlic to eat noodles and fingers. Fragrant. "The willow side has an endless aftertaste.

"Hand grab, so savage!" Mother Yang was a little surprised, and at this time, Li Tongfu also took back two large pieces of beef and mutton and handed them to Mother Yang.

"It's hand-grabbed mutton, Grandma, I didn't say it all. Different from the pure mutton brought by Brother Shi, the hand grasp is a large piece of mutton with lamb rib bones, chopped into long strips two finger width, cooked, put into a large plate, everyone sits around, and eats different parts according to the dignity of the guests. Generally, everyone holds the rib bone directly with their hands, dips the meat on it with salt and pepper, and eats the meat on it with raw garlic. ”

"Oh, eat meat like that, you two are still so thin, you must be tired, you two take advantage of being at home to make up for it." Mother Yang scolded them distressedly as she cut the heads of cattle and sheep into half-centimeter-thick slices of meat and stacked them on a white plate. Then everyone went back to the hall to eat.

Father Yang alone brought them a plate of hanging whips and told them to put them in the yard, just like children. After Li Tongfu took it, his eyes were red, and he remembered that he had celebrated the New Year in his own family when he was a child...... Since his parents left, he has wandered everywhere, never thinking that he can enjoy the love of his parents again as an orphan.

"You didn't come back yesterday, and we didn't set off firecrackers."

"Let's go, brother, let's whip up and eat together." Yang Liufang saw Li Tongfu's sadness and pulled him to the courtyard, where firecrackers rang out and smoke filled the air. The family sat together, Li Tongfu and Yang Liu gave their parents a toast for the New Year, and they ate a lot of meat and drank a lot of wine that day. In the end, Yang's mother really filled a bowl of rice for her two sons, and the two of them had round stomachs.

After the meal, the two took out New Year's gifts for the second elder, Yang's mother was moved to tears, and Yang's father was also very relieved that the child had really grown up. The two of them also honored their parents for 1,000 yuan, and Yang's father and Yang's mother said that they didn't want anything, so they had to put it away, thinking about putting it under the pillow when they returned to Xizhou after the holiday.

I ate too much at noon, and I only drank a bowl of duck soup for dinner. The next day, Mother Yang made breakfast early. After the two got up to eat, they cleaned up again, and they wanted Wenzhou to pay New Year's greetings to Yang Liufang's master today. Li Tongfu didn't want to go, he thought that Yang Liufang was going to pay New Year's greetings to his master, so what was the matter with going by himself? Mother Yang had already prepared a New Year's gift: a jar of wine, two dried ducks, a few dried fish, and half of the beef and mutton they brought back from Xizhou to the master's family. Coupled with the gifts they brought back from Xizhou for Master and Master, the body of their yellow croaker cart was almost full. Yang Liufang said that he couldn't take so many gifts, so he pulled Li Tongfu together.

The two stepped out of the village on a yellow croaker cart and met acquaintances who greeted each other "Happy New Year". Li Tongfu helped Yang's father and Yang's mother harvest the autumn that year, and came back for the Spring Festival the year before last to celebrate the New Year, so the people in the village are also familiar with him, and they have long regarded him as a member of the Yang family, and they all say hello. When I arrived in Yang City, the bus had just gone to work, Yang Liufang was carrying a large bag and a small bag, Li Tongfu was holding a jar of wine, and five catties of meat were hanging on each of his arms, just like Wu Gang when Wukong made trouble in the sky in Journey to the West. All the way to Wenzhou City, because there were too many gifts and the road was not familiar, Yang Liufang and Brother discussed simply taking a taxi.

The two quickly arrived at Yang Liugen's house on the outskirts of Wenzhou, Yang Liufang got out of the car and knocked on the door, shouting loudly: "Master, Master, I'm here to pay New Year's greetings to your second elder!" Li Tongfu unloaded the gift from the car.

"Brother." Before the door opened, a crisp female voice came from the courtyard. Soon the door opened, and it was the junior sister Liu Xia, followed by the master and the master.

"Senior sister, happy new year, how are you at home?" I haven't seen each other for two or three years, and I've become a big girl. Yang Liufang didn't know how to say hello, and asked thoughtlessly. Then he greeted the master and the mother: "Master, master, I know everything." He choked up as he spoke. Then he walked around the junior sister and walked towards the master and the master behind him, holding the hands of the master and the master tightly.

"Well, brother, I'm almost tired from studying, and I'm finally on vacation, so I'm definitely at home."

"Uncle, aunt, happy new year." Li Tongfu, who had just finished unloading the gift, got up with the wine jar in his arms and said hello to Liu Gen and his wife.

"Oh, junior sister, come, I'll introduce you, this is the eldest brother Li Tongfu."

"We don't need your introduction, we know each other."

"Ah, you know?"

"Hmm." Yang Liufang was a little surprised, he forgot that Li Tongfu came back to apply for an ID card and met his wife and Liu Xia, their mother and daughter.

"Oh, you've come here and brought so many things. Silly girl, don't just watch, help your two brothers move things. ”

"Master, Master, not only ours, but also the air-dried duck, shrimp paste, rice wine and so on brought by my Abba and Auntie. I'm afraid it won't be convenient for you to get these things in the city. As he spoke, he also came over to move the gifts together, and the three of them finished the gifts at one time.

When he arrived at the hall, Yang Liufang took out the reading glasses he bought for his master and the clothes he bought for his wife, but forgot his sister.

"Brother, what about mine?" Liu Xia asked disappointedly.

"Ah, junior sister, I'm sorry." Yang Liufang touched the back of his head.

"I know that you only have me and Abba and Mom in your eyes. There are no gifts, there are red envelopes, right? Liu Xia saw that she was embarrassed and kindly helped him out of the siege.

"Yes, yes." Yang Liufang took out the money on his body and counted out 10 sheets, which were intended for his parents. The rest of the pile was given to the junior sister, and the junior sister took it at once.

"Wow, so much money, my brother is really a big boss."

"Dead girl, give it back to your brother, why do you want so much money!"

"Well, I know that I feel sorry for my brother." said that he was going to return the money to Yang Liufang.

"Oh, junior sister, take it, take it, what is given to you is for you. Master, this is what I should give, I haven't given my living expenses and tuition fees in the past few years when my sister has been in school, and this right should be compensated for these years. Brother, what about you? Yang Liufang was afraid that Li Tongfu would be embarrassed and wanted him to blend in.

"Oh, oh, I have it too, sister, for you." As he spoke, he took out all the money on his body and stuffed it to Liu Xia, but Liu Xia didn't pick it up and scattered it all over the ground.

"Oh, you kids, really." Master's tone was full of relief and reproach, and she squatted down to pick up the money.

"Don't be busy, go get food for the kids first." Yang Liugen said to the old woman while squatting down to pick up the money.

"Oh, I'll go. Ah Xia, this money is too much, you keep some pocket money, and the rest of the time will be returned to your two elder brothers. ”

"Master, don't worry about it, it's all for my junior sister. I'll help you. Yang Liufang, who was squatting on the ground to pick up money, hurriedly stood up and handed over the money he had picked up to his junior sister to help.

"I don't need you, you and your brother will chat with your master, and let Ah Xia help me in a while."

"Okay, Master, I know. It just so happens that both of you are here, my master sold our house for the money, I only brought 50,000 yuan back this time, and I will go to find a way after the rest of the year, let's redeem the house as soon as possible! ”

"Oh, silly boy, what are you ransom, you and Ah Xia will be able to ignore our old couple in the future. You are in such a hurry to use the money, what are you doing with it back, and don't take the opportunity to expand your career. Master rebuked him unceremoniously.

"Uncle, don't blame Ah Fang, we're fine now, don't worry. We still have more than 100,000 deposits in the account of the supply and marketing cooperative, and it is enough to expand it further. Auntie, put this away and save it away. After all, with so much money, we have been worried all the way back, so we can't withdraw it back with fear. Li Tongfu's words amused everyone.

At noon, everyone gathered. Before the meal, Yang Liufang wanted to kowtow to the master and the master according to the old rites, but was stopped by the master and the master, so he had to symbolically bow and toast the master and the master.

Li Tongfu also had to follow, but the master didn't let him, saying that he didn't enter the master and couldn't make a big salute. Yang Liufang was not strong enough to drink, and drank drinks with his sister. Li Tongfu accompanied his master Liu Gen to drink a few glasses of liquor.