Go back to the valley to farm

Chapter 333

Chapter 330 Four Pig Cake
Back on the Wuxi River, two small boats cut through the mirror-like water surface one after the other. Golden rapeseed flowers bloomed in many rapeseed fields on both banks. The Lijiagou where there is smoke from cooking, a peaceful and peaceful scene.

The drone lifted up and took pictures of this extremely beautiful scenery.

Xiaoge turned his head and said to the camera: "My arm is still sore, but compared with the joy of the mood, the soreness is worth it. Today's experience is really unforgettable, just like in a dream. Experience Ancient buildings, beautiful landscapes, magical jellyfish, dreamy fishing rods..."

Then he pretended to be shy: "Before you call me 'Little Fish Killer' in the future, please visit the Lijiagou website first. There is a big fish list there. Well, click on the third column, Carp Records."

After speaking, he looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Wow hahahaha! I, Xiaoge, will also be on the list one day! Hahahaha..."

Teacher Qiu said with a smile: "Pi Wa, it's lucky that she is still above the water, if you let her go to the shore, she can pull you to jump into Guozhuang, don't you believe it?"

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When we came to Jiuchangju, the large fish tank on the wall outside the kitchen shocked the film crew again.

Xiaoge asked, "Erpi, are these all aquatic products from your Lijiagou?"

Li Junge smiled and said, "That's right, look, there are some people you don't know, let me tell you."

Xiaoge took a serious look at the big fish tank: "You should ask me what I know! I can call out more than ten kinds."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to a small tank of soft-shelled turtle and said, "I know this one. This is yellow catfish, also known as yellow duck, yellow hot pepper, and squid."

Li Junge smiled and said, "But it's not, it's the tail of an ox."

Xiaoge pointed to another tank and said, "Oh, I misread it just now, then this tank is the yellow catfish."

Li Junge continued to laugh: "Wrong again, that's Shi Paizi..."

Xiaoge's anger level started to rise again, and he pointed at the other cylinder with hatred.

Li Junge didn't give any face: "Uh, that's Shi Biantou."

He pointed again, "That's a beard rake."

Point again, "oily yellow."

Point again, "Have a yellow head."

Xiaoge went crazy: "Teacher Qiu, come quickly! Erpi is bullying people again!"

Teacher Qiu was setting out the fishing tackle, and hurried over: "What's wrong? Oh, Piwa, you have a complete set of soft-shelled turtles in Lijiagou!"

Xiaoge said incredulously: "Mr. Qiu, can you recognize what it is?"

Teacher Qiu stroked his chin: "Well, Shi Climber, Shi Biantou, Oxtail, eh, there is also a yellow beard, yo, this beard is bigger than I have ever seen, ha, there is also oily yellow..."

Xiaoge asked: "What about the yellow catfish? Which tank is the yellow catfish?"

Teacher Qiu was puzzled: "These are all rare river fish, there is no yellow catfish..."

Li Junge pointed to a separate large vat on the other side and said: "The ordinary stuff is there, that's Huang La Ding..."

Xiaoge covered his face with his hands: "You're framing me again, you framing me again, just cut off that part and don't broadcast it..."

Everyone in the live broadcast room burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha, I strongly recommend cutting this part into the film..."

"Pfft, Xiao Ge is so ashamed, this is simply the sixth consecutive critical strike!"

"Don't talk about Xiaoge, I have been fishing for decades, and I am stunned to see so many yellow turtles..."

"Damn it, yellow peppers are just common stuff? I thought the wild yellow peppers were really tall!"

"It's in Lijiagou, other places, it's good to have wild yellow spicy diced!"

"Many river seafood restaurants nowadays are confusing the public, and some of them use the triangular peak as Huang La Ding..."

"It's nothing to say upstairs, I've seen that little pond fish pretending to be a catfish..."

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There is a table full of river seafood banquet, dry boiled water rice seeds, fried small river prawns, steamed pout, garlic oxtail, braised rice dumplings, perfume rake beard, sweet and sour rock carp...

Li Junge poured rice wine for everyone, and said: "Everyone is working hard today, and the high-quality wine will not be served. This prickly pear rice wine is the flavor of the Miao village on the mountain, and it should not be eaten outside. Come, come, welcome everyone to Lijiagou !"

Everyone was extremely happy, Li Junge's table was definitely held with full sincerity.

After two mouthfuls of food, Li Junge respected Xiaoge: "Xiaoge, I would like to offer you a toast. The previous ones were all for the effect of the show. I like watching your show so much. Every time I watch it, I feel the same. Fishing friends in this world are like a family. !"

Xiaoge smiled and picked up the cup and walked with Li Junge: "Lijiagou is my blessed land. The effect of this program will definitely satisfy the audiences all over the country, especially I have set a record. I am so happy. Come on Erpi , go one!"

After paying respects to Xiaoge, Li Junge respected Teacher Qiu again: "Mr. Qiu, you are my idol! The pride of the fishermen in Shuzhou! You are welcome to come to Lijiagou often, my fishing center, I need your help!"

Teacher Qiu said with a smile: "You guys are familiar with Caitou, right? He told me about you a long time ago. When will your fishing center open, what poles, fishing hooks, floating lines and other accessories do you need? Just a phone call!"

Li Junge smiled and said: "Thank you so much, come here, you can try the freshwater fish from our Lijiagou."

Teacher Qiu said with a smile: "It's a common phenomenon that fishermen don't like fish, but it's a surprise to come to your Lijiagou today. The chopsticks just can't stop! This dry boiled water rice is so good!"

Li Junge said with a smile: "I heard that I always eat fish. The water rice seeds here are soft, and they are directly dry roasted without armor. The gelatin is thick. You should eat more for Xiaoge. It is beautiful and beautiful." Yo!"

The whole group was very satisfied with a fresh river feast. After the meal, Li Junge sent the group to the wooden building to rest before returning home.

The next day, the film crew shot some additional shots in various places in the village, such as wild geese taking off, Qingming strange rocks, old tuna fish, two-grade Qilan, etc., before leaving satisfied.

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Sending off Xiaoge and his party, Wuxi River has officially entered the fishing ban period, the spring breeze in Lijiagou is getting warmer, and the busy spring sowing and planting is about to begin.

On March [-], beat rice milk.

Eighty catties of Jiulixiang, twenty catties of rice, soaked the day before, borrowed a lot of soy milk filter bags from the neighbors, and pressed eight bags.

On March [-]rd, build the stove and prepare the stuffing.

The stove is built directly under the terraced fields, and there are four big pots and big steamers in a row, which can steam two to three hundred cakes at a time.

There are two types of fillings, sweet and savory.

When killing pigs during the Chinese New Year, Li Junge’s family specially left a few large pieces of cured meat in the smoker’s shed, and hung them above the stove after they tasted good. Now that they have just smelled of smoke, they are the best for making pig cakes. Season, there is a name called "fire bacon".

After dinner that day, Li Junge chopped the fire smoked meat into pieces, and cut some semi-fat and thin fresh meat, put lard in the pot, after melting, first put the fresh minced meat and minced ginger to saute until fragrant, and then put the fire smoked meat Stir well at the end.

Then add sesame oil, minced spring bamboo shoots, and minced shiitake mushrooms. These three things should not be too much, just for seasoning. Let the filling stand until the lard has condensed, and then mix in the chopped shallots.

This already made Li Junge so fragrant that he could hardly swallow his saliva.

Grandma is mixing the sugar filling on the side.

The sugar filling of Zhuerba is similar to that of traditional glutinous rice balls, but orange red is added, because the temperature is not very high because of the need to work in the water, adding orange red has the effect of tangerine peel.

Tonight at the foot of the mountain is very busy, carrying water, preparing firewood, straw for tying seedlings, and containers.

The terraced fields up the mountain have already been raked, and the broken grass and mud dung turned into the mud a month ago have turned into fertile base fertilizer.

There are ridges and ditches under the water in the paddy fields. Such a high-quality water source should not be in vain. The rice flower fish model of the Miao village should be introduced, and rice seedlings should be transplanted on the ridges, and fish should be raised in the ditch after the seedlings are strong.

At three o'clock in the middle of the night, my mother's good sisters began to make pig cakes with torches by the stove.

Make a nest out of the glutinous rice paste, fill it with a spoonful of fillings, knead it into an ellipsoid shape, stick a section of green bamboo shoot leaves on the waist of the pig’s cake for the meat filling, tie four chopsticks together for the sugar filling, and take the chopsticks Dip your head in the food coloring water, and then tap one by one in the middle of the Zhuerba, a square "Tian" character appears in the middle of the sugar-filled Zhuerba.

Tian, ​​Tian, ​​this is the most important thing in the hearts of the elders in Lijiagou.

After wrapping a piece of Zhuerba, put it on a piece of washed orange leaves, put it in the steamer, and wait for it to be put into the drawer.

Pig cakes are especially stuffed with meat. There are scallions in them, so they must be steamed and eaten immediately. After returning to the cage for the second time, the freshness and flavor of the scallions will be gone, and the color will become ugly. No one will like it.

At five or six o'clock in the morning, each family began to worship their ancestors, and then went to the grave to burn paper and set off firecrackers on the grave. After everything was over, they began to gradually gather at the foot of the mountain.

The Li family's sacrifice ceremony was held in the ancestral hall. The elders and the younger generations of the Li family offered incense and kowtow to Duke De Mao and Duke Shenqing and Shenqin in turn.

After doing this, everyone carried farm tools and walked towards the terraced fields at the head of the village, talking and laughing.

At the foot of the mountain, the housewives have already put the big steamer on the pot, and several big pots are steaming at the same time.

The people who arrived first were chatting and laughing around the stove, discussing this year's climate, predicting the growth of this year's crops, and exchanging ideas about what each family has planted this year. The topic today is always inseparable from farming.

The five-person team from Columbia University also arrived, and each one was ambitious and ready to do a big job.

The group of five only knew that there would be delicious food today, but they didn't know that there was such a big battle. They couldn't help being excited, ran over and looked at the unsteamed pig cakes in the dustpan and asked, "Is this glutinous rice balls? Why isn't it round?" What? Hahato is so beautiful in the leaves!"

Li Junge said with a smile: "This is pig cake. Transplanting rice seedlings is hard work, so the master has to prepare such a meal today. It can resist hunger and work vigorously. This meal is not called breakfast, it is called "opening rice seedlings." Door'."

That's when I heard my mother shout to Li Junge: "Yaoba! The head pot is ready to be steamed! Come here and set up the steamer and open the seedling door!"

There are two layers of a large pot of steamer. Li Junge walked over to hold the cage, and under the expectant eyes of the villagers who came to help the workers, he lifted it up vigorously and shouted: "Open the seedling door! I rely on it to be hot and hot." ..."

Quickly put the top drawer aside, Li Junge's face was reddened by the steam.

The mother, Mrs. Fanmei and the other housewives were busy adding cold water to the pot, and the second sister-in-law and the younger sister-in-law couldn't help laughing: "Pi Wa can't even do this, she dared to open the cage before adding cold water to the pot! If this is not thick-skinned, it will be scalded!"

Li Junge smiled with Guan Gong's face on his face: "Isn't this a rush to eat? Come on, let's do it, no matter whether you are here to help or not, you all have a share. There are a lot of Zhuerbai prepared this year!"

The steam dissipated, and the small and cute pig cakes were lying on the leaves in the big steamer, like a litter of white piglets crowded in a big pigsty.

(End of this chapter)