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The aroma rose from the kitchen, Zhang Taiping asked: "What are you doing, it smells so good?"

Cai Yazhi replied: "Steamed buns, steam a few flower cakes, no one came over for a hundred years during the Chinese New Year before, so no flower cakes were prepared. superior."

There is a custom of giving gifts back to flower cakes here. In fact, the so-called flower cakes are nothing special. They are still made of white flour, but they are not in the shape of ordinary steamed buns, but there are some patterns around them. At most, add two jujubes or raisin.

"Who's inside?" Zhang Taiping asked.

Cai Yazhi replied with some embarrassment: "Sister Zhang Xiu and Lu Feng, and Ling'er were helping at the side. The younger sister was also there, but she ran out to set off the cannon. The two of them also planned to steam the buns years ago, but it was said that they were at home. Few people come and steam with us."

No matter how few people steam a pot, they can still finish the meal. This is clearly helping Cai Yazhi to see that she is pregnant and difficult to work.

While talking, Zhang Xiuxiu poked her head out of the kitchen and shouted, "Anyone who wants to eat steamed buns should hurry up. Freshly steamed buns are the best, and they won't taste so good when they're cold."

A few people walked in, and the quilt on the big kang connected to the stove in the kitchen had been lifted. Today, the pot will be missing for at least half a day. If it is not lifted, the quilt may be burned.The water vapor in the room makes people feel like walking on clouds, embroidered with the scent of various buns.

Zhang Taiping asked: "What buns are there?"

Zhang Xiuxiu said with a smile: "There are vegetables, meat, bean paste, and brown sugar and white sugar. What do you want?"

"There are quite a few samples." Zhang Taiping asked, "What kind of stuffing are the dishes?"

"There are radish vermicelli, and there are leek eggs."

"This is to open a steamed stuffed bun shop. The samples are really complete." Zhang Taiping laughed and said, "Where is the food, let me try vegetable steamed stuffed buns." Those who are not very interested, prefer to eat steamed buns and meat buns.

"It's in the dustpan over there. There are marks on it. Go and find it yourself." Zhang Xiuxiu pointed him in the direction.

Zhang Taiping walked by, and the dustpan was filled with steamed buns that were only a little bigger than a child's fist. No one in the mountain village had ever steamed such small buns. They were all fist-sized big buns. There was no problem in putting it in the mouth, and he asked in surprise, "Why are the buns so small this year?"

Zhang Xiuxiu replied with a smile: "There are more women than men in several houses, and there are also many children. If it is too big to be steamed, it is difficult to handle it. If it is too small, it is convenient. If one is not enough, you can eat a few more. "

Zhang Taiping said helplessly: "Okay." It took only a moment for the four buns to enter his stomach, but he didn't feel much in his stomach yet, so he shook his head and thought, "It's really buns that lie to children." He didn't dare to do this again He let go of his stomach and ate it, lest he would finish eating the vegetable buns and meat buns by himself, and stopped after throwing two more into his mouth.

The hard firewood under the pot and stove does not need to be managed by anyone, and all three of them are busy next to the chopping board.

Cai Yazhi felt very embarrassed, and said to the younger sister, "You can help too."

The little girl nodded and said, "Yeah, I'll help you later, let me try two buns first."

Zhang Taiping said to the three people who were busy: "Stop and eat a few buns before you get busy, don't be in a hurry."

Zhang Xiuxiu said: "The fire below is burning too early. Hurry up and put it in the pot so that no one will care about it. You will be free at that time, and it's not too late to eat."

It didn't take long for the aroma of bread in the kitchen to attract all the small animals in the house, and Wukong was the first one to come in.

It didn't forget about hygiene. It washed its hands on the washbasin shelf at the door, and then jumped to the dustpan where the steamed buns were placed to get started, but it was still slapped by Zhang Taiping, who was standing next to the steamed stuffed buns.

Wukong looked at Zhang Taiping puzzled, wondering why he couldn't eat buns even though he had washed his hands.

Zhang Taiping said: "Bring your bowl and chopsticks here."

Wukong didn't delay, he immediately ran to get his bowl and chopsticks, tentatively stretched the chopsticks into the dustpan and picked up a steamed stuffed bun, seeing that Zhang Taiping didn't stop him, he happily picked up six buns in a row and put them in the bowl.

Zhang Taiping scolded with a smile: "You greedy guy, if you can't finish eating so much, be careful, I'll take care of you."

"Squeak." Wukong yelled and pointed in the direction of the door. Its companion was poking his head and looking inside.

Zhang Taiping smiled and didn't say anything else, thinking he would bring it to his companion.

Outside the door of the kitchen is not just a little monkey, but also four big dogs, some parrots, some little foxes, and a little purple squirrel with a big tail. They all came back to join in the fun as if smelling the smell of the new year.

If so many animals are full of food, so many steamed stuffed buns are not expected to be kept by the host. Zhang Taiping just gave each animal a steamed stuffed bun, let them taste the new year and feel the taste of the new year.Only Wukong, the guy who can do it himself, took advantage and could eat as much as he wanted.

The steamed buns didn’t stop until the afternoon, after a little tidying up, it’s time to make dinner. The New Year’s Eve dinner is served by Zhang Taiping. This meal is a traditional reunion dinner, so it’s very rich. Zhang Taiping made it There are more than a dozen or nearly twenty dishes, including those who run on the mountain, those who swim in the water, and those who fly in the sky.

But before eating, one must invite the gods. Zhang Taiping went to the back room to light the incense in front of the Zongtang, and then set off a series of firecrackers, which was regarded as inviting the mourning hall back.

He said to the Yaya beside him, "Come on, kowtow to your grandpa and grandma." He knelt down first.

Yaya also knelt down beside him, following his example and kowtowed a few times.

Back in the front room, Zhang Taiping was about to wave his hand to greet dinner, Cai Yazhi said with a smile: "Don't worry, there are still two gods who haven't invited back."

"What other god?"

"Master Stove and Mrs. Stove haven't even been invited back."

Zhang Taiping patted his head, really forgot about this matter.Generally, on the night of the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the old statue of the Stove Lord and the Stove Woman is replaced, and then replaced with a new one, and the half of the new one with a horse carrying grain is burned, implying the image of the Stove Master and the Stove Woman. Riding on a horse, telling the story of the family to the Jade Emperor, please come back at [-] o'clock, and at the same time bring back the blessings in the new year, as well as the harvest of the five grains.

Cai Yazhi asked the little girl to go to the stove, light the incense in front of the stove master and the stove wife, and then put some food on, and let Zhang Taiping set off a string of firecrackers, so that the stove master and the stove wife would invite them back.

"Don't worry, there is the God of Wealth." Cai Yazhi said with a smile when she saw Zhang Taiping and Cai Xiaomei were about to sit at the table.

"And the God of Wealth?" Zhang Taiping saw that she was holding a portrait of the God of Wealth and was about to let the little girl paste it on the wall above the big cabinet, and said, "I don't know if you are going to worship the God of Wealth this year. If you know, you can buy one outside." Gold-plated, it looks good that way, and it also looks sincere, doesn't it?"

Cai Yazhi shook her head, put three sticks of incense in front of the God of Wealth, and said, "Our family respects the God of Wealth not to make a fortune, but not to lose money." It means that the assets in the family are enough now, and there is no need for so many I just hope that there will be no such thing as Wang Peng's house, and it will be enough to save money and eliminate disasters.

After worshiping the God of Wealth, Zhang Taiping asked, "Are there any other gods? I also worshiped them." He himself has no objection to worshiping gods, but as long as it can make his wife feel at ease, it doesn't matter to worship a room full of gods.

"Not for the time being." Cai Yazhi shook her head and said.

"Then let's have dinner!" Zhang Taiping said, waving his big hand.

Lu Feng and Xiao Tiantian were a bit deserted during the Chinese New Year, and they were forced by Cai Yazhi to have dinner together; Xiao Yuer's father was still there a few days ago, but he went out for another day, and only the little girl and Zhang Xiuxiu were left to have a reunion dinner together .The old man sat at the main seat, and the family sat on both sides of him, filling a large round table.

At this time, the sound of firecrackers came one after another in the village, indicating that other families also invited gods to start a reunion dinner.

This year is a year of great harvest for the village. This reunion dinner will definitely be a happy one and a reunion.