Daily life in the courtyard

Chapter 121
On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, there are decals for making cakes and steamed buns.

When Dabao got up early in the morning, he wanted to find his father, and he wanted to continue to go shopping on the "Avenue".

Zhou Zimo also got up early, and was helping grandma serve food on the table, with his ears pricked up, and he wanted to go again.

Last night I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, my mind was full of going to the temple fair during the day.

I didn't feel sleepy when I opened my eyes in the morning.

"As the saying goes, 28, make the noodles. Let's steam the steamed buns and jujube cakes today, okay?"

"Oh, yes, brother-in-law."

"Dabao, do you want to eat jujube cake? It's sweet and soft, it's delicious, tear it up..."

Wei Ping installed the appearance of Liu Halazi, and immediately attracted the little tail who lived behind his butt early in the morning.

It is a custom in the old capital that when the 28th of the twelfth lunar month comes, it is time to prepare the staple food for the Chinese New Year.

On 2627, prepare the meat for the Chinese New Year, and on 28, prepare the noodles.

The reason why the noodles are made is because the noodles are stored for a longer time than ordinary noodles and are not easy to break. In the earliest days, there was no quick-fermenting thing, so they were specially used to make noodles as a staple food years ago.

Some people make noodles on the evening of the 27th, and then make noodles on the 28th, and there are also people who make noodles on the 28th, and then make pasta on the 29th.

People in the old capital pay attention to not turning on the fire from the first to the fifth day of the new year.

That is, steamed buns cannot be steamed, and vegetables cannot be fried.

That's why steamed buns and stir-fried vegetables will be made in advance on 28 and 29.

People in the old capital are more particular about steaming, frying and frying during the Spring Festival.

Because of the sinful homonym.

Steaming with the same struggle means dispute;

Stir and quarrel, representing a quarrel;

It is unlucky to fry at the same time (four beeps), and to fry at the same time.

Therefore, people in Beijing will steam the staple food for a week before the year, which is called "eating next year".

The Wei family spent a lot of money this year, and they were very willing to give themselves the staple food.

Two large pots of flour were sent out.Steamed a pot of jujube.

Steam white flour steamed buns and jujube flower cakes.

Wei Dabao and Zhou Zimo also followed suit, and Wei Pingan taught Zhou Zimo and Wei Dabao how to make oily rolls.

Wei Pingan first demonstrated once.

Cut the kneaded dough into a piece, roll it into a rectangle with a rolling pin, drizzle with peanut oil, take a brush to spread the oil evenly, sprinkle a little salt, and a handful of chopped green onion.

Roll up the dough from one side and cut into trapezoids with a knife.

Wei Dabao looked at it with wide eyes, Zhou Zimo also looked at it carefully, this is the skill of a pastry chef.

They don't know the value of this skill.

Wei Pingan didn't emphasize it either.

But the skillful technique and the "work" formed under his hands also made Zhou Wen turn his head and look at it with interest.

"It's the last, take care, this step will be Dabao's task later."

Wei Pingan took a chopstick, pressed lightly, and the two doughnuts were squeezed together, and a semi-finished beautiful oily doughnut roll was completed.

"Next, you will roll out the noodles and pour oil on them. Zimo will roll them up and cut them into trapezoidal pieces. Dabao will hold the chopsticks and press them together with uncle..."

Zhou Wen just took a look, and was arrested as a young man and became a member of the noodle maker.

"Our family Ping An is worthy of being a great scientist, capable of doing everything."

The old lady sighed in praise.

The small oil flower rolls are really beautiful.

Zhou Wen took the lead, and the three small teams that made Hanamaki started making them enthusiastically.

Wei Pingan went to the kitchen.

Cut a little chopped green onion and throw in jujube stones.

It is inconvenient to eat with jujube pits, Wei Ping'an prefers to work harder beforehand, but also to ensure that the eating is smooth and smooth.

Eating stumblingly is also soulless.

The whole family is busy and leisurely.

It's not tiring, and the atmosphere is very strong. The key is to be able to chat, talk about the family's gossip, and talk about what you saw and heard yesterday.

Zhou Zimo was still too young, and Zhou Wen gave him a cliché in a few words.

When Wei Pingan came out to drink water, his daughter-in-law gave him a resentful look.

Such a good thing, don't bring yourself.

Even if she is a mother of four-year-old children, Zhou Wen is only in her 20s, and she is young and beautiful.

"Old Wei, are you home?"

The voice was very familiar. Wei Pingan looked out from the kitchen window, and a gray-haired middle-aged man walked in first.

Wei Ping'an is quite familiar with this person, and he had a lot of contact with him in the Northwest in the past few years.

Followed by two young people.

One male and one female.

Chen Bing, Cui Jiadong.

These two were lobbyists who invited Director Wang of the Sub-district Office to invite Wei Pingan to participate in the Ministry of Metallurgy seminar.

Later, I also dealt with him several times, and they were the ones who informed me when I went to the SJS test workshop.

So Wei Ping'an is also very familiar with it.

How did these two groups get together?

"Congratulations, old Chen, you have been promoted again..."

Old Chen participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. He was a senior colonel in the Northwest before. When he saw him this time, he was an officer.

"Comrade Chen, Comrade Cui, hello."

"Old Wei, let's give you an early New Year's greetings in advance... It's a bit ashamed to say that, this time, I will go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing..."

Wei Pingan led the three of them to the small building for reception.

Zhou Wen brought a pot of hot water, and Wei Pingan skillfully brewed a spoonful of jasmine tea with a lazy tea maker with a purple sand pattern.

After brewing in hot water, the aroma of the tea overflowed. Wei Pingan poured the tea soup into the peacock green ice-cracked ceramic teacup with a fair cup.

"Everyone, drink tea."

"Old Wei, your tool for making tea is quite interesting."

"I thought about it when I was idle. It is said that because making tea takes too much time, I thought about this thing."

Cui Jiadong blinked and looked at the small graphite-like tea making tool on the table: "Mr. Wei, is this a teapot?"

"I call it an artifact for lazy people to make tea."

Chen Bing sneered.

Maybe he felt a little abrupt, so he quickly covered his mouth.

After the simple chat broke the ice, Chief Chen spoke first.

"I'm currently working in the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry. I took up my post yesterday. Guess why?"

"Hey... don't blame me. Besides, you have been promoted from the colonel to the officer. Don't you want to thank me? After all, the opportunity is rare."

"Thank you very much. Well, if I knew this was the way to get to know you, I shouldn't have talked to you at all."

"Come on, old Chen, don't get cheap and act good, let me tell you..."

The two are old acquaintances, and they cooperated with each other and did a lot of things that surpassed each other.

One is out of trust, and the other is rushing to work and not wanting to waste time.

"I don't want to bother you for too long if it's Chinese New Year's Eve, how about it, let me explain, what's the progress after the New Year's Eve?"

"I don't dare to say that. It depends on when the people in the institute will be arranged for me."

"I don't know you yet. At the beginning, when you dragged the whole group to run, few could keep up with you. Now you say that there is a shortage of people. Guess I believe it or not..."

Wei Pingan spread his hands.

"Old Chen, it's hard for a smart woman to make a living without rice. It's useless for you to embarrass me. People who study guns and military models are too short of people. It's okay if I can't be ranked."

"How about asking them to find a few more people for you? I'll go and say hello to Lao Yuan."

The old Yuan that Chief Chen said was the current person in charge of Institute 356.

Wei Pingan's immediate boss.

"Choosing the rest can't meet my requirements. When your son marries a daughter-in-law, do you want him to marry a big girl, or do you want him to marry someone with two children?"

"You, you, you still have to do this, you won't suffer from life and death..."

"Then it's a pleasure to work with."

"Xiaobing, find a box and put away this tea set."

Chief Chen pointed to the coffee table and ordered.

"What's the matter, robbery is not popular these days, have I agreed?"

"There will be people walking around the streets tonight, why not take your set of tea making things? I'm not the same as you. I don't dislike second-hand goods."

"Okay, with your words, take it away, take it away quickly. Don't let me see them again, it hurts."

Saying that, he took a small burlap bag from the cabinet behind the door.

It was bulging, and when I took it out, there were discarded newspapers inside.

Chen Bing was a little dumbfounded.

Watching Wei Pingan stuff the teacups and teapots with newspapers inside and out, and put them into small bags one by one.

"Dad, this..."

Wei Pingan was taken aback.

He looked at Chen Bing, then at Old Chen, touched his chin, and then at Cui Jiadong.

"Cough cough cough."

Old Chen suddenly coughed twice and got up.

"Your daughter?"

"Why, doesn't it look like it?"

"You should really take a look in a mirror, Chen Bing appointed her to follow her mother."

puff.

Chen Bing couldn't hold back again, and laughed out loud.

"gone."

Chen Bing is Lao Chen's daughter, and the father and daughter are in the same unit, which is nothing in this era.

The main reason is that it's a bit fun to bring Cui Jiadong with you at this time.

Lao Chen planned to cooperate with Wei Ping'an to put some "pressure" on those old scientific research fellows who robbed people from the 356 Institute.

The cost is only 3 points, quite a bargain.

"Uncle Chen, you are very familiar with Mr. Wei, is he really in charge of a project by himself?"

"Whenever there are differences in research and experiments, Old Wei is alone, because others can't keep up with his speed, and often in the end, his direction is always right... Alas, this kind of thing, two years and four years. Happened 6 times in a month..."

"Dad, someday you ask, we are all curious how he learned so much knowledge..."

"Ha ha."

"What are you laughing at, Dad?"

"Reminds me of the old joke."

Old Chen said slowly: "At the beginning, someone asked him how he did it, and he replied with a sentence. After that, no one brought up this topic again."

"What did Master Wei say back?"

"First memorize the books in the Eastern District Library..."

"No way, is there really someone who can recite it all? I don't believe Mr. Wei..."

"Do you know what he was called in...?"

Old Chen went on to say: "A live dictionary. You say a word, and he can tell you which book is in which position, how many pages and how many lines..."

Chen Bing and Cui Jiadong looked at each other.

Just as Chief Chen left here, a new guest came to Wei Ping'an's house.

"Master Wei, on behalf of all the employees in the factory, I wish you a happy new year."

"Director Wang, come in, come in, you are too polite."

Director Wang, can you be polite.

Master Wei left, because of various problems in the experimental workshop, in order to improve the efficiency of the steel plant, he delayed going back to select candidates, but they were all selected by others.

Who knows whether Mr. Wei will choose their steel factory next year.

Moreover, one has to be conscientious in being a human being. The significance of General Manager Wei to the steel mill in the past month is far beyond what this box of eggs, a sheep and half a donkey can represent.

"...If there is no such thing as robbing people, we will build an 80t converter in the next year, and now, oh..."

When Wei Pingan sent Factory Manager Wang away, he silently applied eye drops to him.

"Master Wei, please stop. Before leaving, I will express my opinion on behalf of the 76 employees in our entire factory. When you return to the steel factory after the New Year, all of us will cooperate unconditionally and without ambiguity."

"Okay, thank you, Director Wang, and the brothers and sisters in the steel mill. I have the opportunity to restart the converter project next year. Let's try to cooperate better."

Director Wang's heart ached when he heard this.

There is a chance to restart the project...

Strive for good cooperation...

What a chance to get it. The cooperation was good, but it suddenly became unreliable. If Mr. Wei hadn't been stabbed in the back by others, how could there be such a mess now!
No, we must not tolerate it, we must try our best.

Let Mr. Wei see our hard work, and for the sake of past friendship and contribution, he has to choose us again.

Director Wang got a lot of inside information.

Many mills know that Master Wei has temporarily withdrawn from SJS due to team problems.

Taking advantage of the fire to rob things, colleagues can slip away.

It's full of stress.

Factory Manager Wang tightened the cloth bag in his hand, and there were two pieces of national defense inside, which were a gift from Master Wei to the big guys.

My heart became more eager and angrier.

I heard that it was a group of old guys who relied on the old to sell the old and robbed Chief Wei's people.

Mr. Wei is such an honest and down-to-earth good person who was bullied.

No one can look down on it.

Director Wang rolled his eyes, turned around, and headed towards the home of his old leader of the Ministry of Metallurgy.

They are all transferred from the army, and no one has an old chief.

Director Wang is not high enough, and he doesn't know the specific information of Institute 356, but he also has old leaders if he can't stand it.

You can always help "make suggestions" and let yourself help Master Wei "relieve hatred".

Wei Ping'an's home.

Wei Pingan received two groups of people in the small building, and steamed several baskets of steamed buns and flower rolls in the north room.

Wei Dabao didn't enjoy playing to the fullest, and continued to make steamed rolls with noodles.

"Dabao, let's be a little rabbit, shall we?"

In Wei Ping'an's hands, the dough behaved like an auspicious sign.

After a while, a little white rabbit appeared on the chopping board.

The little rabbit's ears are attached to the back, and the cute little head is lying on the front two side-by-side paws.

"Dad, I want, I want to..."

For Wei Dabao, Wei Ping'an has many ways to divert his attention.

Zhou Zimo pursed his lips. He has passed the age of making small animals. If he feels the small animals, it is time to eat them.

"Zimo, you play with Dabao, and I'll cook."

"Okay, brother-in-law."

Zhou Zimo is looking forward to it.

Brother-in-law makes it, it must be fragrant and delicious.

Because of ordinary meals, there is no need for brother-in-law to help.

Usually it's my grandma who makes it, and occasionally it's my sister who makes it better. Only the best ones are the turn of my brother-in-law.

Dabao clapped his hands excitedly when he heard that his father was going to cook.

The child is the most innocent, as long as the father goes to the kitchen, he will spray incense when eating.

In fact, the old lady also wants to cook something delicious today.

Northeast people like fried sauce, meat sauce, and egg sauce.

There is also a half tank of homemade soybean paste in the cellar, which is perfect for making fried sauce.

"Grandma, go and rest, let me come."

Seeing the two pitiful eggs in the old lady's bowl, Wei Pingan tactfully chose to replace them.

clap clap.

The eggs changed from two to five, and only then did there be some fried egg sauce.

Heat the oil in the pan, put the eggs into the pan, and prick...

A shout came from the yard: "Xiaowen, come out to pick up the guests soon..."

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