Juan Wang's Little Lady: Nongmen hunters work hard to plow the fields

Chapter 68 New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve is approaching, this is Su Lian's first New Year when she comes to Zhang's house, so she has to prepare seriously.She prepared the New Year's snacks a long time in advance, and then asked Zhang Jianshan what he needed to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Zhang Jianshan said with a smile: "Since Lian'er came, when has our family stopped eating? Both Aji and I have gained a lot of weight. Just prepare as you like." Then he said, "I have to go up the mountain to worship my adoptive father on New Year's Eve. Please trouble Lian'er." Prepare some meat. I have already prepared paper money, incense candles and wine."

Zhang Jianshan seldom mentioned the previous family affairs, Su Lian heard that he was going to pay homage to his adoptive father, recalling what Ergou his mother had said about him, he thought that at least the adoptive father was real.She nodded: "Well, Lian'er made a note of it. Do you want to prepare more, and pay homage to your sister?"

"Sister?" Zhang Jianshan was taken aback.

"Aji's mother..." Su Lian looked at him.

Zhang Jianshan showed some embarrassment on his face: "Well, of course I have to prepare."

Su Lian felt a little strange, did he forget about it, or did he deliberately not mention it because he was worried that she would feel bad?If it's the latter, there's no need to.

Farmhouse meat dishes are usually very simple, but boil a whole piece of pork with white water.But how can she, Su Lian, be such a casual person? The devotion to food is to cook it in the best way she can think of, so she decided to make braised pork.

It is necessary to boil a whole piece of pork belly with water first, and then use a steel needle to pierce countless small holes in the skin, wipe it repeatedly with ginger, fry it in an oil pan, and the skin will rise after deep frying.The fried meat is marinated with soy sauce and wine overnight, soaked, then taken out, and cut into thick slices, placed in a bowl with fried taro slices, then poured with soy sauce, salt, sugar, cooking wine and ten The brine made from thirteen spices ground from several kinds of spices is steamed thoroughly in a large pot together.

Zhang Jianshan watched with his own eyes Su Lian wrestling with a piece of meat for a whole day. While the meat was steaming, the house was full of fragrance, and dogs from all over the country barked.

"How can Lian'er come up with so many tricks for making a piece of meat?" He asked with a smile.

"It's not fried meat, it's braised meat. Lian'er saw others cook it when she was a child, and it's unforgettable after trying it." Su Lian smiled, "For Chinese New Year, there must be some tough dishes, right?"

Zhang Jianshan said with a smile: "My adoptive father loves meat the most. Once you put this bowl of meat in front of his grave, the coffin boards will not be able to hold it down."

Su Lian followed with a chuckle, and wanted to ask "what does that sister like to eat", but she swallowed the words.

Don't mention other people's sad things.

If he said he wouldn't touch her, he really wouldn't touch her.Thinking about it, in his heart, that one is his only real lady.

Living with such respect as a guest, Su Lian really wants to wake up from a dream.

On New Year's Eve, Zhang Jianshan's family got up early, and Su Lian put the meat, wine, paper money, and incense candles prepared in advance in a bamboo basket. She and Zhang Jianshan each had a basket, and went up the mountain when they went out.

Strange to say this year, there is no snow in the winter.Even so, the weather is cold or cold.Su Lian was wearing a jacket, she was fine at first, but after walking the mountain road for a while, a thin layer of sweat started to form on her head.

The Zhang family's ancestral tomb is placed in a beautiful location in the middle of the mountain.

There are two grave mounds standing one behind the other, one belongs to Zhang Shunqiao, Zhang Jianshan's adoptive father, and the other only vaguely says Qinghe Zhang Jianshan's wife Rushi.

Su Lian thought, it turns out that Aji's maiden name is Ru.

Su Lian helped Zhang Jianshan clean up the weeds on the grave, and Aji squatted in front of Rushi's tombstone, wiping it gently with his small hands.Su Lian glanced at Zhang Jianshan, and walked over to wipe with Aji.

Neither of them spoke.Su Lian thought to herself, this child lost his mother at the age of one, and he probably only has a vague memory of his mother, it's so pitiful.

While cleaning up the grave of his adoptive father, Zhang Jianshan looked at the backs of the big and small ones wiping the tombstone.I come to worship every year, but this year's situation is a little different from previous years.

The three of them placed meat dishes and incense candles, and burned a lot of paper money.Aji made a wish in front of his mother's grave, saying: "Mother, Aji is studying and has started to learn to write. Mother wants to bless Aji in the sky. In the future, he will test his merits and win honor for his mother."

He has such ambition at such a young age, which is not like a four-year-old child at all.Su Lian and Zhang Jianshan looked at each other.

He even smiled faintly at her, and there seemed to be some gratitude and appreciation in that smile.

After worshiping her adoptive father and Aji's mother, Su Lian thought she could go home, but Zhang Jianshan stopped her.

He bowed respectfully to the south three times and poured three cups of beer wine.Then he handed the full wine glass to Su Lian.

Did he want her to worship him like him?But what is he praying for?
Holding the wine glass in her hand, Su Lian looked at the south.

Looking at Chang'an in the northwest, there are countless mountains.The south is the direction of the capital.She thought of the rumors she had heard from Ergou and his mother. If it was true, the capital would be the burial place of his whole family.

Su Lian respectfully bowed three times, and poured three glasses of thin wine on the ground.

After the sacrifice, she handed the wine glass back to Zhang Jianshan, and met his gaze head-on.

I always feel that the way he looks at her is different from when we first met.

She thought that she could go down the mountain and go home, but Zhang Jianshan turned to the northwest again, and repeated the process of offering sacrifices.

This... what the hell is going on?He didn't explain, and she didn't dare to ask, so she could only follow his example.

The direction to the northwest is Dingzhou?Jizhou?Or Yuzhou?Shouldn't there be worships in the southeast and northwest?

Su Lian was full of question marks.Fortunately, after worshiping the northwest, Zhang Jianshan began to pack his things and prepare to go down the mountain.

Having been with this man for a long time, she always felt that there seemed to be many things about him that she couldn't figure out.Is he after the high school, what the two dogs said, are they all true?
The beginning of New Year's Eve was rather miserable, but fortunately the second half of the day was joyful.

Back in the village, every household is bustling with activity.Some people posted the door gods and changed the peach charms early, so Su Lian urged Zhang Jianshan to change them early.

After the door god posted it, the haze between Zhang Jian's eyebrows was swept away.Su Lian watched his words and expressions, and seeing that he was in a good mood, she made a fuss about cooking the New Year's Eve dinner.

Most of the dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner are prepared a few days in advance, and only a few fresh vegetables need to be prepared.

After Su Lian brought all the food to the table, he realized that Zhang Jianshan had prepared wine today.

The last time she drank a bowl of wine in the middle of the night, she even accidentally revealed the things of her previous life.She doesn't seem to be a good wine drinker, so she can't touch the wine bottle easily.

Zhang Jianshan said with a smile: "Today is Chinese New Year, Lian'er don't have to be restrained, drink some Tusu Bar with me."

Sweet wine is mellow, Su Lian loves to drink it.After a little thought, he nodded with a smile.

Zhang Jianshan poured two full cups of Tusu wine, one for Su Lian, he held up a cup, and smiled slightly: "The first cup is a respect to heaven and earth, I hope that Kunyi will be cleared, and the weather will be good."

Su Lian said that this is a fixed congratulatory speech, and lightly clinked glasses with Zhang Jianshan, and then drank the bottle to the full.

Zhang Jianshan filled the second cup again, raised his cup and said: "The second cup is to the high hall, may the green pines always be there, and the feather immortals always be comforted."

When Su Lian heard this congratulatory speech, Fang felt that it seemed to be referring to something. Qingsong Changzai was talking about the living Gaotang parents, and Yuxian Changwei seemed to be talking about the deceased relatives...

Before she could figure it out, Zhang Jianshan had already drank the second glass, so she had to rush down the second glass.

She drank too fast and didn't fill her stomach, her head was already starting to feel a little dizzy.Zhang Jianshan poured a third cup.

He looked at her, slowly raised his cup and said: "The third cup is to Zhu Chen, and may cattail grass and rocks never violate each other."

She couldn't understand what he said, but she felt that he looked at her deeply, and there seemed to be many deep meanings in it that she didn't know, and she didn't have time to think about it carefully.

Su Lian supported her slightly dizzy forehead with one hand, raised her glass slowly, and drank the third cup as well.

(End of this chapter)