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Chapter 104 Welcome the New Year (Happy New Year!)

Shanqian Village, Zhao Wenmu's new home.

When Zhao Wenmu woke up, he felt dry mouth.

It was already bright, and I glanced at the head of the bed, no one was there, and Zhao Jing had already gotten up.

He turned over and got out of bed, picked up a glass of water, and drank it in big gulps.

It's so sweet, it's actually honey water.

Um?Did Zhao Jing drink honey last night before going to bed?
Doesn't seem to be there?
There is a little pain in the head, and some numbness.

Thinking back carefully, Zhao Wenmu suddenly slapped his forehead.

Hemp egg!

He was conscripted last night!
Look at this glass of honey water again!

Why does this look so much like the milk I prepare for Zhao Jing every morning.

The beloved woman had a good night, and she was extremely exhausted.When he wakes up in the morning, he always kisses her forehead, and then considerately puts a cup of hot milk on the table, so that she can drink it as soon as she wakes up.

To show care.

Is he cared for?

Walking out the door, there was some noise in the kitchen. It seemed that Zhao Jing was preparing breakfast.

"Yeah, you're up!"

Seeing him walk in, Zhao Jing greeted him with a sweet smile.

"You worked hard last night, did you drink the honey water?"

Zhao Jing's eyes were crooked, and finally she couldn't help laughing.

Let you play tricks on me!
Every time I get so tired, and then I warm up some milk, show courteousness on purpose, and make fun of me by winking!

Seeing her smug face, Zhao Wenmu suddenly felt that this girl was in a hurry.

He moved closer.

He pinched Zhao Jing's chin and forced her to raise her head.

Then get down and go.

He didn't use any force, and Zhao Jing didn't struggle at all, just waiting for him to kiss her.

Who knew that Zhao Wenmu just approached Zhao Jing's ear and said with a light smile:
"Ah Jing, are you still going to get me drunk tonight? If you don't get drunk, do you think what the consequences will be?"

After speaking, he kissed him hard.

Yes, he was drunk by Zhao Jing again last night.

And the liquor was poured down by Zhao Jing herself.

A small episode in the morning kicks off a good day.

On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, dust off and sweep the house.

This custom has a long history.According to "Lu's Spring and Autumn" records, my country has the custom of sweeping dust during the Spring Festival in the era of Yao and shun.

According to the folk saying, "dust" and "Chen" are homophonic, and sweeping dust in the New Year has the meaning of "removing old and bringing out new", which means to sweep out all "poor luck" and "bad luck".

Cleaning on the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month is the most serious and thorough cleaning in a year.

After breakfast, put the little girl in the study room. The study room in the new home is bright and clean, clean and tidy. You only need to find a rag to wipe it for a symbolic amount.

Zhao Wenmu and Zhao Jing put on shabby farm clothes and sleeves, covered their mouths and noses with fine gauze, and then began to clean carefully.

Every room and every corner of the house is spared, the ground, walls, roof, window sills. All the places are either cleaned with a broom or carefully wiped with a rag.

The same goes for the kitchen and the warehouse.

Outside, all the dead branches and leaves around the yard, the gravel on the ground and other rubbish were cleaned up. Zhao Wenmu also chopped a lot of firewood and carefully stacked them in the kitchen.

The new house is relatively clean overall, and it didn't take too much effort.

After all, as long as she was at home, Zhao Jing cleaned it carefully every day.

The old house is not easy to clean up.

Although Zhao Jing often cleaned over there, anyone who lived in the adobe house knew that there was never a time when this thing was clean.

It can only be neat.

never clean.

In any case, the two still took a small broom and carefully cleaned every corner.

I also used old newspapers to re-paste the walls and roof of the bedroom.

At least it looks better.

It stands to reason that this house brought Zhao Jing mostly bad memories, but she was not unhappy at all.

"Little brother, you were not gentle at all that day."

Zhao Jing wiped the edge of the Kang with a rag, and said with some resentment.

Zhao Wenmu was stunned for a moment.

Only then did I realize that what Zhao Jing said was the first time for the two of them.

Uh, Zhao Wenmu actually doesn't remember anything about that night at all.

He doesn't remember the previous life, and this life is equivalent to 40 years ago, and it is even more impossible to remember it.

"Uh, daughter-in-law, yes."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Jing covered his mouth.

She shook her head.

Zhao Wenmu stretched out his dirty arms and took her into his arms.

On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, grind the mill to make tofu.

Legend has it that after the Stove King reported to heaven, the Jade Emperor would go down to the realm to visit. On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Jade Emperor would personally go down to the realm to check the good and evil in the world, and determine the fortunes and fortunes of the coming year to see whether each household is as the Stove King said.

So every family made tofu by grinding the mill and eating tofu dregs to show their poverty and avoid the punishment of the Jade Emperor.

Zhao Wenmu felt that this legend might not be reliable.

After all, not everyone can afford tofu at any time.

Zhao Wenmu ordered two boards of tofu from Wu Lao Er in advance, and he went to get the two boards back on the morning of the 25th of the twelfth lunar month.

Most of them were divided into several copies and sent to Zhao Xuehai, Zhao Wenlin, Zhao Wenguang, and Zhao Wenyan respectively.

I left about a quarter of it.

Half of these tofu are frozen outside, and then eaten slowly later.

The other half will be fried tofu balls today.

Tofu represents "Du Fu" and is a must-have dish for every family during the Chinese New Year. Fried tofu balls or stewed tofu with cabbage and pork are the most common dishes on the table.

As a real local tyrant and big family in Shanqian Village, Zhao Wenmu directly set up a large pot in the yard and prepared two large barrels of peanut oil.

He has already told several other companies that this year, all fried goods will be fried at his house.

So early in the morning, two other children, Zhao Zimeng and Zhao Ziting, all rushed over.

Light a fire with sticks and straw,

Started to fry all kinds of things.

There are fried carp, fried lotus root, deep-fried dough sticks, meatballs, tofu balls, twisted twists, and Tangqizi.

Zhao Zimeng's favorite food is Yanwuer.

It is a small strip of fat meat wrapped in sugar and noodles, and fried in oil.

Sweet and fragrant, children like it.

In later generations, this thing gradually disappeared, after all, fat meat gradually became unpopular with everyone.

But in this era, the standard of living is low, and there is not much oil and water to eat in a year. All kinds of fried foods, snacks rich in fat and calories are very popular.

Zhao Wenmu fried for a whole day, filling each item with two or three large grates.

These are enough to last for ten and a half months. When entertaining guests during the Spring Festival, it is enough to serve a few dishes and re-fry two dishes.

Very convenient.

These fried goods alone are already richer than their New Year's Eve dinners in previous years.

Last year's New Year's Eve dinner?Zhao Jing didn't want to recall that she had just given birth to her baby girl at that time, and she waited with her baby girl until after eleven o'clock, and Zhao Wenmu didn't come home either.

In the end, Liu Sufang and Liu Xiumei came to take the two of them back to the old house.

On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, pigs are slaughtered to cut the new year's meat.

The production team has approved the slaughter of four pigs this year, which is twice as many as in previous years.

Even so, if you want to buy live-killed pork, you have to book in advance, otherwise you won't be able to buy it at all.

Fortunately, Zhao Wenmu has a lot of face now, and the pig butcher directly reserved two big pig legs and a complete pair of pigs for him.

He also went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought half a sheep back.

When the economy is underdeveloped, meat is only eaten once a year, so it is called "nian meat".

People with conditions like to buy pig heads for the New Year. The picture shows the festive taste of the New Year. One pig head can make several dishes, such as cold pork head meat, cucumber mixed with pig ears, stir-fried noodles, etc.

Zhao Wenmu likes to eat pork head meat, but he doesn't like a whole pig's head.

It looks a little creepy.

Even so, he ordered a whole pig's head, which would be cooked by the butcher and delivered to him.

For ancestor worship.

At noon on 26, Zhao Wenmu and Zhao Jing went to Zhao Xuehai's place with their little girl in their arms, and called Zhao Zimeng, Zhao Ziting, and Zhao Wenjun here, and they ate a meal of butchered pig dishes.

The mouth is full of oil, not to mention how cool it is!

Looking at Zhao Zimeng's greasy sleeves, Zhao Wenmu was worried about his butt.

After all, he was wearing new clothes for the New Year.

On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, slaughter the chicken of the new year.

Chinese New Year chicken is naturally an indispensable ingredient on the table.

Today, Zhao Wenmu took his little girl on his back and took Zhao Jing to the market.

They not only need to buy chicken, but also poultry, duck, fish, vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, seasonings and so on.

I also need to buy new bowls and chopsticks, firecrackers, couplets, pass money, everything that will be used during the New Year, everything that can be seen and imagined, all must be bought.

Anyway, in this era when material is not abundant, there are not many kinds of things that can be bought.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, steam the pastry.

Today, Zhao Wenmu not only steams steamed buns, but also makes rice cakes and steamed bean buns.

The people of Qilu have a soft spot for steamed rice cakes and steamed rice cakes.After the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, the steaming of pastries will begin.

The big pastry for the Chinese New Year is much larger than usual, highlighting the joy of a festival and the feeling of reunion.

Nian gao is a homonym for "nian gao" and has a sweet taste, which is especially popular among children in the family. Nian gao not only has yellow but also white nian gao, implying gold and silver.

There are not only big pastries, but also big noodle fish.

The live dough is wrapped with brown sugar, placed in a wooden mold, and pressed gently to make the surface of the dough flat.

Then gently remove the dough.

The vivid dough fish appeared.

Steamed with sugar triangles and big dumplings.

During the Chinese New Year, it is generally not steamed, and it is steamed in advance.

Anyway, in winter, steamed buns will not go bad for ten days and half a month, and they can be eaten directly after heating.

Or highlight one word: convenience.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, post Spring Festival couplets.

Posting couplets is naturally an indispensable custom for Chinese New Year, and it is the same all over the country.

Zhao Wenmu's couplets were handwritten by himself, and Zhao Xuelei was asked to help write them in previous years.

Zhao Wenmu took the initiative to invite Ying this year, but everyone thought it was just a joke.

However, when his neat strokes landed on the paper, everyone held their breath.

Although everyone doesn't know what kind of characters are good, but Zhao Wenmu's characters must be called good-looking!

In fact, Zhao Wenmu's calligraphy is not really related to art.

In the last ten years of his life, he often copied some Buddhist scriptures or classics from home, using ordinary lowercase letters.

After a long time, the lower script with hairpin flowers in one hand can also be called beautiful.

At least it's no problem to fool the villagers in front of the mountain.

In Spring Festival couplets, "blessing" appears most frequently, followed by "going out to see happiness".

On the door, on the walls, and on the lintel, there are big and small "blessing" characters.

When posting "Fu", Zhao Wenmu also likes to paste "Fu" upside down to represent "Fu has arrived".

The windows are pasted with grilles of a rooster crowing, which Zhao Jing cut by herself.

Zhao Wenmu was reluctant to post it and insisted on collecting it.

In desperation, Zhao Jing cut a few more.

Time passed by little by little, and the Lunar Year of the Rooster is approaching.

(End of this chapter)