Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 35
Zhixiang brought back a lot of things, half of which were dowry for Huixin, which spoiled Chen's beauty. "Huixin, come and take a look. Your fifth brother brought you back so many good things. Now your dowry is indispensable. Well, let's let the Tao family take a look. Our family is not just chasing them." Family." Chen has always been very concerned about the Tao family's attitude at the beginning, so that's why he said so.

A few little girls were playing in Jingya's room. I heard that Uncle Wu was back, because they all ran over.When Jinghan looked at the things on the kang, she knew that Zhixiang had brought them back.This Changbai Prefecture is the Changbai County of later generations, opposite to North Korea, it is also the port of trade between China and North Korea.Goryeo is the predecessor of North Korea. Since the Tang Dynasty, the Yalu River has been used as the border between the two countries, so Changbai Prefecture should also be an important place for trade between the two countries.The oil and water in Changbai Prefecture is not light, just look at Uncle Wu. He has only been there for a few months, and he can get so many good things back.

Jinghan looked at those things, but was not very interested, so he turned to Zhixiang and asked, "Uncle Wu, is Changbai Prefecture fun? The other side is Goryeo, right? What do Goryeo people look like?"

When Zhixiang heard Jinghan's question, he was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed. "The Koreans are just like us, and they look about the same. However, they like to put things on top of their heads, and they can walk smoothly, which is a skill. Besides, these Koreans are good at singing and dancing, and they wear colorful clothes. , very nice. They are rich in Korean ginseng, Korean cloth, etc. Look at the cloth I brought back, isn’t it different from ours?”

Jinghan nodded, it turns out that Goryeo at this time is not much different from the North Korea of ​​later generations.

Zhixiang picked out a few things from the things he brought back and gave them to Jinghan. They were all small things, which were very interesting.There were also several bolts of cloth, which were reserved for making clothes for the children.The little girls naturally did not refuse, and returned to Jinghan's room with the things they liked.

Seeing that it was getting late, Mrs. Xue hurried to cook, and Mrs. Zhu also helped, and the two sisters-in-law were busy in the kitchen together.It didn't take much effort, the meal was ready, and everyone had dinner together.

After dinner, Zhixiang called Wenhan and the others over to test their homework.Wen Han is alright, he can answer the general questions, but his writing achievement is not as good, but it is not bad that he has studied for a short time.On the contrary, Wenxuan and Wenchang were able to memorize a lot of poems, which surprised Zhixiang. After asking, he found out that Wenhan would teach them every day.

"That's good. You can review what you have learned. In addition, Wenxuan and Wenchang can have a foundation first, and they won't be unable to keep up when they go to school. I think these two little guys are very smart. Wenchang should go to school next year, and I will talk to your grandma later, let you go to school next year, too?" Zhixiang finished the exams for a few nephews, and found that the two younger ones were good candidates, so he He said he wanted them to study too. "Also, Wen Han, you'd better go to another place to study next year. This school only teaches you to read and write. It's okay. If you want to take the imperial examination, you'd better find a better school." Zhixiang said to This eldest nephew has high hopes, "You are better than me. When I was your age, I didn't study as well as you. If you study hard, you will be successful in the future." Zhixiang patted Wen Han on the shoulder.

Wen Han nodded after hearing Uncle Wu's words. In fact, he also felt that he could learn nothing in this school.But when I went to other schools, I was afraid that Shu Xiu would be too expensive, so I didn't dare to speak up.If there is fifth uncle, then he doesn't have to worry about it.

"Okay, it's getting late, you guys should go back to your room and sleep. The day after tomorrow is Chinese New Year, and we still have a lot of things to do." Zhixiang sat in the children's room for a while, then went back to his own The house is gone.

The four Jinghan sisters slept on the same kang, and the four girls were together, of course talking and laughing very lively.Jing Wan is eight years old this year, one month younger than Jing Han, but she speaks and acts like a little adult, which is quite fun.We chatted for a long time, and gradually fell asleep until we were too sleepy.

The next day was the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and Zhide didn't bring his wife and children back until almost noon.A family of four came back empty-handed, without bringing anything.When Chen saw it, she felt a little unhappy, but she didn't say anything, she still hugged Wen Xing with a smile and kissed her.

Wen Xing was still the same, twisting and turning in Chen's arms, dishonest, Chen saw this and let Wen Xing go.Wen Xing ran to Han's side all of a sudden, hugged Han's leg and did not let go.

Zhide saw it, and wanted to discipline his son, Chen waved his hand, "Okay, since the Chinese New Year is over, this child rarely comes back, so he won't kiss me. It's okay, just come back often when you are free in the future." Chen also understood that this grandson was raised by the Han family since he was a child, so naturally he has no relationship with him.

When Zhide and the others come back, the family will be reunited.When the old man saw this, his face was filled with joy.Old people are like this, they just like to have their sons and grandchildren by their side, it is lively and lively.Wen Xing is the youngest grandson, and the old man wanted to kiss him too, but Wen Xing twisted his strength not to let the old man hug him, and the old man was a little unhappy.After thinking about the New Year's Eve, it's not easy to get angry, so I endured it.

Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Xue took out the quilts at home and put them on the kang to warm up, so that they could cover Zhide and his family in the evening.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and the family is almost ready for the New Year.A lot of steamed buns are steamed, and after a pot of steaming, put them outside and freeze them, and keep them for eating in the first month.Today Xue sent out two more pots of noodles, which are for steaming jujube buns.It happened that Mrs. Xue saw that the noodles in the basin had opened, so she brought them to Jinghan's room to make steamed buns.There are too many people in the old lady's house, and there is no room.

White noodles are not produced here, so the white noodles are all bought from the town, so naturally they can't buy much.This year is not bad. Mrs. Chen brought back fifty catties of white flour, and besides steaming steamed buns, she also saved some for making dumplings.Xue sprinkled some flour on the board, then poured the risen noodles on the board, kneaded them out, and then cut them into individual doses, each of which was about the same size and very even.The method of jujube steamed buns is basically the same as that of steamed buns, that is, jujubes are inserted at the end.Gently draw two small marks on the kneaded steamed bun with a knife, and then use the little fingers of both hands to poke in beside the two marks, lift it up, and it becomes a transparent little nose. Then insert the jujube cut in half into the little nose.Of course, one jujube can be inserted into a steamed bun, or five can be inserted, and the steamed buns that are made can be steamed in a pot.The red jujubes on the snow-white steamed buns look very festive.

Mrs. Xue made these very quickly, and Mrs. Zhu also came to help, so a pot of jujube steamed buns was made very quickly.Jinghan hurriedly went to light the fire, and when the water in the pot boiled, Xue put the steamed buns on the pot curtain, and then put them into the pot.Cover the pot with a lid, and cover some places that are afraid of ventilation with a rag to prevent ventilation. "Jinghan, you should watch the pot here. Just wait for three quarters of an hour when the pot is turned on again. Call me when the time comes. I'll pick up the steamed buns."

Jinghan nodded quickly, "Okay, mother, you can make steamed buns quickly, don't you still have a pot?" Jinghan looked at the fire at the bottom of the pot, stuffed firewood from a stove pit, and let the pot boil quickly.

Mrs. Xue went into the house again to knead another pot of steamed buns. Jinghan did a good job lighting the fire, so she didn't have to worry about it.Not long after, another pot of steamed buns was made, still with jujubes inserted.

When the first pot was steamed, Xue lifted the lid of the pot, revealing the white and fat steamed buns in the pot.Jinghan looked at the red dates on the white steamed bun, and thought it was quite interesting. "Mother, when will these steamed buns be eaten?"

"It's fine after New Year's Eve. These steamed buns are for offering. You can eat them after thirty nights." Seeing her daughter's gluttonous appearance, Mrs. Xue found it funny.I picked up the steamed buns on the curtain, then added some water to the pot, put the second pot of steamed buns in the pot, and steamed them just like the first time. "Okay, let's go play, I'll just watch this pot."

Jinghan turned and went back to the room, where all the panels and other things had been cleaned up.It happened that Jing Wan and Jing Xian also came from the upper room, and the girls played Galaha together.The kang is hot, two pots of steamed buns have been steamed, how can the kang not be hot.Everyone sat on the kang, which was warm and comfortable.Jinghan refused to let Jingya do needlework again, "Sister, it's the Chinese New Year now, you have to take a rest, how can you embroider all day long? My eyes can't stand it."

Jingya put down the things in her hands, put them all in boxes, and then went to play Galaha with them.

Xue Shi and Zhu Shi steamed the steamed buns, and then made dinner for the evening. At the end of Shen Shi, everyone had dinner and went to rest.

On the morning of the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the old man took the men in the family to erect the lantern poles outside and hang up the lanterns.Then paste the pair, paste the word "blessing", the barn is full of grain and grain, and the pigsty is prosperous, all written on red paper, looking beaming.After all these were done, the old man took the boy to the grave, took a lot of joss sticks and paper products, and took his children and grandchildren to the mountain.

At home, Mrs. Chen brought several daughter-in-laws to fry and fry, and they were also very busy.The braised meat has already been cooked, and it needs to be oiled again. In addition, the meatballs are deep-fried. There are meat and vegetarian ones. The vegetarian stuffing uses tofu.The rest are like fried eggplant boxes, fried small fish, and fried with daylilies that have been dried in summer. The golden color is also very beautiful.There are also winter mushrooms soaked in water, torn into small pieces, mixed with seasonings, wrapped on top and fried, which is also delicious.Anyway, many things can be fried in this way. There are not many vegetables in winter in the north. In order to add some samples during the Chinese New Year, we have to fry more things.Throughout the year, this is the only time when you can use oil. How can you be willing to do this on weekdays?

(End of this chapter)