Traveling through Xueba is full of blessings

Chapter 15 Hair Pork and Clothes

In the early morning of this day, Xia Aiguo heard the beating of gongs in the village, telling him to queue up early to get the pork.The sound of the gong indicates that the New Year is approaching.

Su Meili took Xia Tian to make sticky bean buns at home.

Steamed sticky bean buns are Su Meili's specialty.Use the glutinous millet and corn distributed by the production team, remove the shells with a mill, soak them in water, and then dry them to make them into cotton. Add some corn flour according to the viscosity of the yellow rice, ferment for ten hours, and wait until the evening Put in the bean paste, so that it is ready when it is steamed in the drawer.

During the Chinese New Year in the Northeast, every household will prepare a lot of sticky bean buns.They put the finished ones on a curtain and put them outside to freeze for a day and a night, so that they can take a few steamed and eaten whenever they want.

This stuff is still very popular in this day and age.Every family will deliberately make more during the Chinese New Year.Because this thing is delicious even if you are hungry.

While helping her mother with work in Xia Tian, ​​she discussed with her mother how to make clothes for grandparents.Su Meili has always known that her daughter has ideas and has better vision than her, so she followed her to toss the pattern and promised to go into the house and cut it after a while.

Su Meili went to the village to buy four pieces of cloth.I picked a maroon one and wanted to make one for Xia Tian.Xia Tian hurriedly shook his head and refused.But please forgive her, her mother didn't know what to look at, she flipped through her clothes, either the red ones or the flowery ones, they were all going to die.

Besides, she was reluctant to give it to herself just a few pieces of cloth.It's not easy for me to have parents, so I have to let them come first.At such a young age, the days of getting dressed are still to come.

"Mother, make that maroon red piece for yourself, don't stare, just listen to me first."

Xia Tian saw that her mother was in a hurry, and quickly explained: "I am still young, so I have time to put on good clothes. Besides, the red padded jacket I am wearing now is still [-] to [-]% new. I always wear new clothes, and you are wearing so old clothes. What do people in the village think of me? And mother, you haven’t made new clothes for a long time. While you’re still young, wear something colorful. When you’re older, even if I’m rich, I want to be filial to you At that time, you were embarrassed to wear this color. Don’t be reluctant, my brother and I are both grown up, and we will make a lot of money in the future.”

Su Meili's eyes turned red when she heard that, she turned her back and wiped the corners of her eyes.

Xia Tian... Why is it so provocative just talking about it?You looked at Su Meili and started crying.

Ah oh, I forgot that this generation is emotionally restrained.Pulling at her mother's arm: "How is it? Is your daughter's mouth sweet and sweet? Isn't it called Tiantian for nothing? It's settled like this? There are three yuan left, and I also set aside the gray one to make one for dad. , if father doesn't do it again, mother should dislike it."

"You kid is talking nonsense. Okay, it's settled. I can't help but wear new clothes often when my son and daughter are ready." Su Meili laughed heartily.She thinks it's a dream, so just treat it as a daydream.As long as the son and daughter are filial, there is nothing more comforting than this.But Su Meili really didn't expect that one day she would become a proverb, and it was her own masters who helped her realize this dream.

The two women discussed the style of clothes. In this era, it is popular for women to wear clothes with lapels and large collars, and there are two generous pockets on the clothes.Xia Tian drew the clothes style for her mother according to the characteristics of this era, slightly changed the shape of the generous pocket, and made the bottom of the pocket into an oval pocket with a square opening. The oval collar with large lapels was also changed to look like a doll's collar. Because it is maroon, Su Meili liked it as soon as it was painted in summer.Very feminine style, no longer so boxy looking like wearing men's clothes, but a bit too fashionable.

But who is Su Meili? Su Meili has been famous for her beauty since she was young. The big girls and the young wives love to dress like her.At that time, there were only two poor clothes, and Su Meili was also embroidering on the corners or patches.She embroidered with big flowers when the clothes faded after washing.

In summer, she designed a slanted-breasted buckle style for her grandma's black fabric, which imitated the kind of big coat worn by old ladies in ancient times.I plan to ask my mother to embroider two small flowers on the collar.Summer is just dissatisfied with the fabric, if the fabric is satin, it must be extremely rich.It's a pity that their family is poor and can't afford satin fabrics, they can only afford pure cotton fabrics.

In the [-]s, Dacron was a high-end item that ordinary people could not afford.However, pure cotton cloth, which is highly praised in modern times, is a low-grade fabric.In this day and age, although there are many simple people, there are people who see what people wear and what to eat at any time.

The clothes of my grandfather and my father don’t need to be designed in summer. Chinese tunic suits were popular in the 70s. If men’s clothes are changed too much in line with the national conditions, they will look very nondescript.

Prepare to start, Xia Tian is a layman in this aspect, she draws clothes for her mother just like playing.In her previous life, drawing and playing the piano was a pleasure, and it really didn't bother her, but if she really used the scissors, she withered, and she became even more timid.Her mother couldn't see how cowardly she was, so she cut it out by herself. This child could change clothes and mend clothes before, so it's no longer a problem.

It just so happened that Xia Aiguo and Xia Qiu came back with pork.Xia Tian hurriedly went over to have a look.

She was curious, how many catties can the whole village look forward to and look forward to?Visually, it should be more than ten catties, no more than twenty catties at most.Xia Aiguo said that their production team was pretty good, and that everyone in the village could get enough of them.In some production teams, a family only has a few catties a year.Xia Tian thought: Father, it is useless for you to tell me. You should organize the old and young men in the village to go to the commune or the county government to talk about Comrade Xia Aihua, a good public servant of the people. These are considered political achievements.

As soon as Xia Dong entered the door, he started to shout loudly: "Mother, you can feed Dongzi with some oil, so please satisfy your hunger."

When the oil is hot, the large iron pan used for cooking in Northeast China is heated up, and the fattest piece of pork is cut into slices, and cooked in a large iron pan.When the meat is curled up or a little mushy, sprinkle some salt on each piece of meat when it comes out of the pan.

Doctors in later generations suggested eating less of this kind of food, as eating too much can easily lead to hyperlipidemia.But not now.Today's people, who do not lack oil and water in their stomachs, eat this food just like Chinese New Year.Let’s talk about choosing pork. At this time, people want the fattest piece. Unlike in the next few decades, fine ribs are more expensive than ordinary ribs, lean meat is more expensive than fat meat, and some people only eat lean meat or don’t eat it at all. Meat.

People who have not experienced this era of material scarcity will not be able to understand how the greasy meat slices are swallowed; of course, due to the rapid development in the next few decades, they have never seen all kinds of raw meat streaky in the supermarket. Eight kinds, let alone someone who doesn't even like meat, so what else can she eat?

Xia Tian also wanted to eat, swallowed her saliva, and looked at her father.Don't look at Xia Tian who has just arrived in this era, but she knows that her father really loves her, and her mother almost treats her.If you see Su Meili always "humming" at her, staring at her for nothing, and occasionally patting her with her hands, you should know that Su Meili is not as talkative as her father Xia Aiguo.Xia Aiguo said in a hurry: "Wait, Dad will help you."

"Just let them get used to it. It would be good to fry some shredded beans with meat. Is it still oily? When it becomes clear that there is no more oil, I will throw you two into the pot to refine the oil."

Chou Chou, Chou Chou, this Su Meili's political awareness is poor, and her image is even worse, stomping her feet and staring.There are a total of five members in the family, three are in favor, and one vote is neutral, she actually threatened and tried to resist.Where there is resistance, there is oppression. You see, this Buxia Aiguo said: "Throw me in the pot to refine the oil, just bury it." After finishing speaking, he laughed twice.

"Then you guys just do it." Su Meili turned around with a smile on her face and went back to the room.

Oops, the scent is so ecstasy.Xia Tian stood downwind and sucked his nose, all the gluttons in his body were surging.It hasn't been in close contact with pork for too long.Xia Tian longed for the smell of meat, just like the line "I want to see Zhao Zhongxiang very much" in the Spring Festival Gala sketch many years later expressed the same eagerness.

There were three little heads squatting next to the cauldron in the kitchen, and their little hands were flushed with heat, but they still didn't let go of the fat in the cauldron.There was a hissing inhalation sound when eating, it was too hot.

As an older brother, Xia Qiu was a little embarrassed at first, thinking that there should be delicious food, so he had to let his younger sister and younger brother.

The younger sister saw it, but pulled him and said: "Brother, what we eat is not food, but memory. Many years later, when we are as old as our parents, we may forget many things when we were young, but we will definitely remember that at that time we Three, grab the taste of meat together."

Xia Qiu was inexplicably moved by what was said, and followed his sister and brother to eat a few pieces of fat that he always remembered.Later, when Xia Qiu was dying at the age of 81, the last words he said to his children and grandchildren were: "I'm going to ask my father to nourish me with oil. It's so delicious!" With a childlike expression, he walked away with a smile. life.

(End of this chapter)