After returning to the countryside to farm, I brought the whole village to become rich

Chapter 153
Slaughter pigs, pickle bacon, celebrate the new year.

For the New Year pigs killed in rural areas, most of the meat of a pig will be marinated and made into bacon, sausage, and fried meat, which can be eaten for a whole year.

After killing the New Year's pig, Grandma Shen was busy again marinating bacon and stuffing sausages...

Farmhouse bacon is fragrant and the recipe is very simple.

The pork belly is cut into thick strips, rubbed with high-grade white wine, then smeared with salt and various spices, marinated in a tank for about three days, and then taken out and hung on the beam.

It's even easier to marinate pork ribs, sauté salt and pepper until fragrant, spread evenly on the cleaned pork ribs, and hang it.

Stuffing sausages and making deep-fried meat are a little more troublesome, but these tasks are all things Grandma Shen is used to, and she is handy.

While following along, Shen Qiuqiu did not forget to take video records.

After working for a few days, the eaves of Shen's small courtyard were densely hung with bacon, cured pork ribs and sausages; in the big tank in the kitchen, there was a big tank full of fried meat.

These meats are basically enough for the whole family to eat for a whole year.

The next few days are all about preparing for the New Year.

Catch up with the New Year's Fair, buy New Year's goods, make tofu, make rice cakes, stir-fry peanuts, stir-fry melon seeds, clean up...so busy that people feel dizzy.

Compared with the desertedness of the New Year in the city, the flavor of the New Year in the countryside is stronger.

As the end of the new year is approaching, the villagers who have gone out to work have also come back to celebrate the new year one after another.

The village, which was a bit cold in the past, has gradually become lively.

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The days are busy, and it will be New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

In the morning, the rooster crowed once, and Grandma Shen woke up.

The old lady rustled her clothes and got out of bed, and started her busy day.

The breakfast on New Year's Eve is a bowl of sweet and delicious eight-treasure rice, which means auspiciousness and peace.

After breakfast, Grandma Shen and Shen Xiu went to the kitchen, busy preparing the New Year's Eve dinner.

Shen Jiashu and Grandpa Shen repainted the doors and windows of the house together.

Shen Qiuqiu is not idle, and has a heavy responsibility - to write Spring Festival couplets.

After she was admitted to university, Grandpa Shen was so happy that he said that there was a scholar in the family.

Since then, the old man has refused to take the Spring Festival couplets sold on the street.

It is said that there are scholars in the family, so they should write the Spring Festival couplets by themselves, and only the strokes of the strokes are written with heart.

Therefore, after Shen Qiuqiu went to college, every year during the New Year, the Spring Festival couplets and blessings posted at home were all written by her.

In the first year, her handwriting was crooked and ugly, not much better than Gou Crawling.

Grandpa Shen didn't dislike it at all, and happily posted it, so that he could show off to others that it was written by his granddaughter herself.

One post lasted for a year, attracting the attention of many passers-by.

Even Shen Qiuqiu himself didn't see it.

So, she took time to learn calligraphy by herself.

I bought a few copybooks in the bookstore and practiced for half an hour every day.

Hard work pays off, and after practicing day after day, there is still progress.

At least, the calligraphy she writes now is correct, and it won't be embarrassing to paste it on the door of her own house.

Shen Qiuqiu searched on the phone for a while, and found a spring couplet that fit the occasion.

The pen was dipped in ink, and he waved it on the paper like a cloud and flowing water.

The four seasons are safe and the family is prosperous,
Everything goes well.

Horizontal batch: good luck

Shen Jiashu watched with relish, and couldn't help but tease: "Sister, your calligraphy is getting better and better, why don't we go to the street next year to set up a stall selling Spring Festival couplets, maybe we can make a little money. "

"Okay." Shen Qiuqiu nodded, smiling a little maliciously, "Anyway, I, an old scholar, will retire soon, and I should leave it to you to write next year's Spring Festival couplets; You, I will collect the money for you when the time comes."

"What do you mean, you wrote it well, why did you ask me to write it?!" Shen Jiashu blinked his eyes, a little unresponsive.

Shen Qiuqiu raised his eyebrows, and kindly explained the reason to her, "Grandpa said that if you go to university, you are a scholar, and the Spring Festival couplets written by a scholar bring blessings and can keep your home safe.

You will soon be a new scholar in our family, and of course you will write next year's Spring Festival couplets, and I can retire honorably. "

"..." Shen Jiashu was silent.

It should be too late to practice calligraphy now...

The siblings were talking when Wang Weidong's wife next door came over with a red paper.

She smiled and said: "Xiaohua, I will trouble you for my family's Spring Festival couplets this year; you are lucky, you are the Wenqu star from the sky, please write one for our family, so that we can also be blessed by you."

Shen Qiuqiu was also asked to write her family's Spring Festival couplets last year, and it wasn't just to save a few dollars, just to get a good start.

"Auntie, what kind of Spring Festival couplets do you want this year?" Shen Qiuqiu asked, taking out her phone and starting searching.

Wang Weidong's daughter-in-law said with a smile: "Hey, it's good to be auspicious, and it's best to attract money."

Shen Qiuqiu quickly found a pair that met her requirements, cleared her throat, and read to her, "Good luck in all seasons, treasures from all directions come into the house, horizontal approval, and a wealth of wealth.

Can this work? "

Wang Weidong's daughter-in-law was elated when she heard it, clapped her hands and said, "Okay, this is good, this is what I want."

Shen Qiuqiu picked up a pen and began to write on the red paper.

After the Spring Festival couplets were written, I wrote a few blessings to her.

Wang Weidong's daughter-in-law thanked her with a smile, and went home contentedly with the Spring Festival couplets and blessings.

After writing the Spring Festival couplets, Shen Qiuqiu and Shen Jiashu pasted the Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters on the gate together, and then hung up red lanterns.

The small courtyard is also newly decorated, a row of red lanterns are hung under the eaves, and blessings written in red paper are pasted on the doors and windows... There is a strong flavor of the New Year everywhere.

Shen Qiuqiu also bought new clothes for Dahuang and Xiaojuzi online, the big red Tang suit style, very festive.

Starting at four o'clock in the afternoon, the sound of firecrackers sounded in the village one after another.

On New Year's Eve, firecrackers are set off before meals.

The sound of firecrackers means that the family has started to have a reunion dinner.

The sound of firecrackers outside kept ringing, and Grandma Shen, who was still busy in the kitchen, couldn't help feeling a little anxious, "It's only four o'clock, why did they eat so early, my pig's trotters haven't even been stewed yet."

Shen Qiuqiu, who was helping at the side, said with a smile, "Grandma, it's okay, we're not in a hurry."

Grandma Shen nodded, but the movements of her hands accelerated a little.

At 05:30, crackling firecrackers sounded at the gate of the small courtyard of the Shen family.

In the main room, the family sat around together, having a happy reunion dinner.

Spicy chicken, braised carp, tofu meatball soup, braised pork trotters with soybeans, crispy pork stewed cabbage, ginger duck, steamed pork ribs, cured meat platter, steamed egg rolls, garlic lettuce, a total of ten dishes, implying perfection.

This year, there are two more people in the family celebrating the New Year together, which is more lively than in previous years.

Grandpa Shen was so happy that he squinted his eyes and kept telling the children to eat more vegetables.

(End of this chapter)