Go back to the valley to farm

Chapter 234

Chapter 230
After breakfast, the glutinous rice has been steamed, and it's time for the foolish son-in-law to make fools of himself.

Grandma Ou moved the big wooden pestle for making glutinous rice cakes to the edge of the open dam, one on each side, and Dad Yin and Li Junge each took a wooden pestle that was thick at both ends and thin in the middle, and started making glutinous rice cakes.

This job requires the cooperation of two people. The girl should take advantage of the time when the wooden pestle is lifted to refill the rice, and the boy should make a rhythm so that the girl can grasp the time when the wooden pestle is lifted.

Mother Ni is in a group with Father Yin, and Li Junge is in a group with A Yin.

Ah Yin smiled when she saw it: "Hey, is this a competition?"

Li Junge said with a smile: "We are not afraid of the competition, as long as it is not speed, we will win the rally."

Mother Ni laughed and said, "Piwa is not a small-hearted person. First, tell me you know how to make glutinous rice cakes? If it hits Ah Yin's little hand, I won't obey!"

Li Junge said to A Yin: "A Yin, let's take our time first, first one da da, two da da, then one ta da, two da da, and finally one da da, two da da. This is farm work, the rhythm is the fastest. Important. As the ancestors said, 'dance with hands, dance with feet', the music and dance all come from farm work, so we can't help it!"

Mother Ni laughed and said, "Hey, you're making rice cakes and looking through books to find out the truth! Why do I feel more mysterious the more I listen to it?"

Ayin also laughed, and said: "I think Yexuan! I guess Erpi is just a good rice cake for beating! Why don't we surrender first and lose half of it."

Li Junge pretended to be angry and said: "How can you surrender before fighting? Practice is the only criterion for testing the truth. If you don't try, how will you know!"

So the two sides fought, Li Junge's side was really slow, Yin's father had already fought three regiments on his side, and only one regiment came out here.

Grandma Ou smiled and divided the rice balls into one or two catties, pressed into round cakes, sprinkled with rice flour and set aside to cool.

The glutinous rice cakes hardened into full moons after cooling down, and Grandma Ou put red flowers in the middle of the glutinous rice cakes, each of which was as beautiful as the other.

In the second group, Li Junge was familiar with his hands and started to change the rhythm. Dad Yin's side played two groups well, and Li Junge's side also played well.

By the time of the third group, the speed of both sides was almost the same.

Papa Yin smiled in surprise: "Oh, it's really different to turn over the book, it's really quick to get started!"

Then both sides are consumed, and the glutinous rice cakes on the big Shau Kei pile up more and more, and the more tired the higher.

After working for more than an hour, Dad Yin put down the wooden pestle and shouted: "I can't do it anymore, my hands are sore, I need to rest, I'm going to drink some water."

Li Junge said with a smile: "Ayin, how is it? I said the rally is sure to win, right? Wait for Yin's father to rest a few more times, and we will catch up."

A Yin said: "Oh no, I'm tired from squatting too, I want to take a rest..."

Li Junge said: "How can you do this? I didn't even shout that I was tired, so don't stop!"

A Yin put down the things in his hand, glared at Li Junge and said, "I don't bother to talk to you bastard! You know how to show off!"

Ni's mother couldn't help laughing: "One side is lagging behind, when will this work be finished! Forget it, you and your father can rest, I can work with Piwa!"

In the morning, Li Junge turned into a humanoid pile driver without stopping. Later, even Ni's mother couldn't stand it anymore, and Ayin took over again, and she also had to take a rest.

After finishing the two big steamed rice cakes in one morning, Yin's father said triumphantly: "It's amazing! This year, our family's rice cakes are the first ones in the village to be finished?"

Grandpa Yu shook his head regretfully: "I'm so talented, what a pity, if I had met him 20 years earlier, I wouldn't be able to pass on my skills. Now, I can only play rice cakes... ..."

The food at noon is fresh glutinous rice cakes. Just a few old people of the same generation as Grandpa Yu came to discuss matters. Grandma Ou brought out brown sugar water, sesame white sugar, peanut white sugar, soybean flour white sugar, and rock honey bowls. Everyone sat in the hall and ate. while chatting.

Grandpa Yu is called "Bazhai" in the village, and the rest are called "Old Villagers", which is equivalent to the relationship between the old man Bai and the director of the Jiachuan Lanxie.

Li Junge saw that the fingers of several elderly people were yellow, so he took out a pack of cigarettes and distributed them to them.

The elders of the village looked at the Chinese watch on the cigarette box and said, "Hey! This is a good cigarette! Piwa is not bad, and our Ayin is also a poisonous eye."

Li Junge pretended to be modest: "It's all because you educated Ayin well, and Ayin educated me well. Generally speaking, you educated well! I will work harder this year and strive to catch up as soon as possible. her level!"

Several village elders were choking on the smoke with laughter, and they all said that He Erhu had half the mouth of Pi Wa to coax the elders back then, so we wouldn't arrange for him to pass the level!
After talking and joking, a village elder said: "Old village, this year our village is different from previous years. Many people are asking, can the time to welcome the dragon be brought forward?"

Another village elder said: "That's right. In the past, there was nothing to grab the head. After decades of grabbing, I haven't seen anyone start it. Now the people in the village have a different mood. They are all holding back to grab the Dragon God." What! I'm afraid that when the time comes, you will be hurt and angry, and you will make jokes, and this year will not be a good one. So I specially asked you to ask, when is the right time to welcome the dragon?"

"Yinglong" is to welcome the Dragon Day, that is, on the morning of the first day of the new year, after all the things are done, the head of the family lights firecrackers before breakfast and announces the meal, and the whole family officially begins to celebrate the new year.

In the Miao Village, whichever firecrackers sounded the earliest on this day, and whichever passed the New Year the earliest, it means whichever is the most diligent.If the firecrackers go off first, even if the Dragon God is captured, the family will get rich this year.

Therefore, on this day, the heads of the family rush to get up early to cook meals, start the "chirp" ceremony early, and strive to grab the dragon god to show that the weather will be good in the coming year and get rich.

As long as it is after twelve o'clock on the day of the rabbit, the day of the dragon will come. If a house just after twelve o'clock says that it is eating breakfast, there is nothing wrong with it theoretically.

Li Junge secretly said that the people are honest and simple, and the village has to discuss such a small matter. This democratic style is well grasped.

A village elder said: "Pi Wa and the others set off the cannons as soon as twelve o'clock at the foot of the mountain. This year everyone is holding back to snatch the dragon god. I think they can let them go. They may as well set it up until twelve o'clock in the evening. Everyone Let's grab the Dragon God together!"

Grandpa Yu said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, let the children make trouble if they like, the Chinese New Year looks festive, if there are many, just hang it up when you grab the Dragon God, and hang it up again when you're in trouble, It’s not that I can’t let it go! Hahaha!”

Li Junge pouted and snickered, remembering the joke "When I get rich, I'll buy two bowls of soy milk".

It was agreed that the village elder would be sent away after dinner, and Ayin would take Li Junge up the mountain with a small basket.

Li Junge couldn't think of anything else to do, so he asked, "Ayin? What else should I do?"

Ayin smiled and said, "Don't you want to make frozen fish? You need something special."

When the two came to the side of the ditch on the mountain, A Yin pointed to a plant with wide veins and said, "Look, it's them!"

Li Junge said: "Hey! What did I think it was? It turned out to be ginger! Hey, no..."

A Yin laughed and said: "It's really wrong. This is Ye Hansu, also known as Butterfly Ginger, roadside ginger, and it's not the same as the ginger at home."

Then squatted down to dig Ye Hansu, Li Junge picked it up and looked at it, it was really similar to ginger, but smaller, and smelled it, it also had a spicy taste.

A Yin said: "Yehansu is so beautiful when it blooms in October, and it smells delicious. I have a pot in my office. Haven't you noticed it?"

Li Junge plausibly said: "When I come to your place, no one can see it. Who will pay attention to the flowers?"

Ayin gave Li Junge a look, and said: "This flower is like the fake physalis used to make ice powder. It is not a native plant in China. It was passed from India and Malaysia. Ginger flower symbolizes simplicity. When it blooms, a bud will bloom five , six white and yellow flowers, each with three petals, like a white butterfly, so Europe and the United States call it 'Butterfly Lily'."

Then he gave Li Junge a sweet look: "Its flower language is: keep the memory in summer forever."

Now Li Junge understood in seconds, hehe smirked: "Okay! This one is good! I will plant a large piece of it when I go down the mountain!"

A Yin said with a smile: "It is not only a natural air freshener, but also a good medicine. It has a miraculous effect on treating children's anorexia. Just cut one or two slices and make porridge."

Li Junge shook his head and said: "Then it was born in the wrong place. I haven't heard of the children in Lijiagou who are anorexic."

Cut off Ye Hansu's ginger roots and put them in a basket, Ayin brought them down the mountain, sent some of them to the kitchen, and spread the rest on a dustpan to dry in the shade.

Grandpa Yu looked at Ye Hansu and said, "But it's a good thing. Urinary tract diseases, respiratory diseases, headaches, body pains, and rheumatic pains are all effective."

Having nothing to do, Li Junge came to the kitchen to watch Grandma Ou make frozen fish.

Frozen fish is actually a seasonal dish of the Miao family in winter, but before winter, the mountains were closed, and Li Junge only served it in summer and autumn, so he had never seen this dish at all.

Grandma Ou scraped and cleaned two carp and cut them into pieces, put them in water and boil them until they were seven or eight mature, then added white tofu, yam root, oyster mushroom, ginger, and Ye Hansu and continued to boil until the soup was white and thick. , then add salt and pepper, stir well, and continue to cook a little bit, even pick up the pot together, and put it on the shaded balcony.

It's really zero difficulty, Li Junge smiled and said: "Isn't this dish too simple?"

Grandma Ou said: "It's very simple, but it's still delicious. Let it sit overnight like this, and even the fish and soup in the pot will freeze into a whole piece. Take it out and cut it into small pieces with a knife, and pour over the seasoning. It’s a good dish during Chinese New Year, you haven’t tried this, have you?”

Li Junge said with a smile: "This is the first time I celebrate the New Year in the village, and I have never seen this dish before."

Dinner is very rich, deep-fried glutinous rice cakes, fish in sour soup, crispy meatballs, roasted vegetables, roasted three delicacies, shredded pork with winter bamboo shoots, and twice-cooked pork with fern cakes.

But this meal was not eaten on the table, but Grandpa Yu set the firepit in the main room on fire, and everyone gathered around the firepit, drinking and eating.

This is called "land meal", because the Miao family believes that the firepit is the place where the ancestors' souls attach, and the meals must be placed in earthenware containers on the ground so that the ancestors can eat them. This is equivalent to having a reunion dinner with their ancestors on New Year's Eve.

(End of this chapter)