Traveling through Xueba is full of blessings

Chapter 18 We Common People Are So Happy Today ([-])

There are two Kang tables on the big Kang.Pork bones stewed with sauerkraut, pork skin jelly dipped in garlic sauce, braised big carp, home-cooked cold dishes, fried peanuts, fried pork belly with sauerkraut, and the last braised pork.

Every Chinese New Year, no matter how difficult the family is, they will try their best to prepare such a decent table of meals.It's a bit of a link between the past and the future. The level of hard food on this table represents whether the past year was rich or not, and it also indicates that next year will be even better than last year.

As for the braised pork dish, according to Xia Tian's grandmother, there is an allusion in the village.It is said that there used to be a wealthy family named Sun in the village, who usually worked hard like a donkey to save money, and did not cook anything delicious.People gave him the nickname: "Sun Xiaoyu." Except for one day, that is New Year's Eve, on this day, Sun Xiaoyu's family will cook a sufficient amount of braised pork, and the smell of the meat lingers far away.

He wasn't in a hurry to eat, so he was content to walk around the village with his hands behind his back.Go specifically to the dilapidated settlements in the village.If he met that family, he would drag them to talk about how the braised pork is full of meat, you say this person is so unkind.If things go on like this, everyone knows who he is, and then for some reason, a mantra became popular in the village: "Who doesn't eat braised pork for Chinese New Year." Make this dish today.

Xia Tian sits at a table with her grandparents, uncle, her father and two older brothers.Don't say that this braised pork is really delicious, just look at her grandpa not moving this dish, her grandma put a piece in everyone's bowl on the table, but she is not willing to eat it, you should know how much you want to eat meat at this time Disaster.

Xia Tian's nose was a little sore, she put the only three pieces left on the plate into the bowls of her grandparents.This is the elderly, if they don’t eat and watch the younger generation eat, they will be happy and satisfied.

There was an unwritten rule in the Xia family that during the meal at [-] pm, the eldest uncle, as the recognized leader of the old Xia family, would speak, while grandpa would make a concluding speech during the meal of dumplings in the evening.

Uncle Xia first coughed twice: "Everyone, put your chopsticks away and listen to me. It will be a new year soon. According to my father's request, I checked the sum of the centimeters recorded by our Xia family yesterday, and estimated it again. The situation of other households in the village. Our old Xia's family is ranked sixth, and Dad is quite satisfied with this ranking, isn't he, Dad?" He said and looked at Old Man Xia.

Old man Xia nodded.

"I don't want to talk so much nonsense. I will fight for fifth place next year and keep sixth. That's fine, it's all in the wine." After speaking, he raised his head and drank the wine.

Xia Tian took the lead in applauding.Uh, it was abrupt, and she slapped herself alone.Xia Tian wondered: After the leader finished speaking, shouldn't everyone applaud?The grandfather couldn't see the little granddaughter's embarrassment, so he said: "Come on, let's all stop and give the boss a few chirps to encourage and encourage."

Zhang Qiao, the sister-in-law at the table, was very envious when she saw Xia Tian's small white face.To be honest, she likes to look at them all, let alone the middle-aged and middle-aged people in the village.She didn't have any bad intentions, but she was curious about what kind of person Xia Tian could marry, so she fell ill again, and asked Su Meili in a bad manner: "Auntie, does Jiang Shan write a letter to Xia Tian, ​​​​does he want to get married? I But I heard that after Jiang Shan returned to the city, he is now a worker, alas, his conditions are good enough."

Su Meili is so angry that you can't stop your mouth when you say that you eat such a good meal during the Chinese New Year.Which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted.You can easily affect my daughter, you know that?The old man and the old lady have heard about it, how can this New Year's Eve dinner turn into a criticism meeting to reform my daughter?
Sure enough, the old lady asked, "Who? Who wrote to Tiantian?"

Su Meili: "Mom, the former educated youth in our village wrote a letter to Tiantian not long ago. Tiantian didn't bother to read it, but Dongzi tore it up. It has nothing to do with our Tiantian. Who knows who that person is?" You made a mistake and thought of writing a letter to Tiantian? You say that people know about it, it’s hard to say, and it doesn’t ruin our reputation.”

Old man Xia: "Tiantian, make a statement."

"Oh my god! Grandpa. You can't doubt me. I really didn't read that letter, and I didn't think so. Let's put it this way, I will treat that person as a donkey dung from now on. Although I can't see him, anyone who touches it For his side, I can go as far as I can.”

Old man Xia made a final decision: "Have you heard it? Don't mention this matter again in the future, eat!"

Lobby brother Xia Wen: "Zhang Qiao, when you're full, go back to the room and put the child to sleep."

Zhang Qiao felt wronged: How did I offend you again?I'm just kind enough to ask.

Everyone at Xia Tian's table drank frequently. After drinking a lot, everyone talked more, even Xia Qiu was no exception.

The old lady also took Xia Tian to drink a few glasses of fruit wine, her face was flushed and she was dizzy after drinking it.Just like this, the old lady still disliked the lack of energy in fruit wine, and complained that it was a pity that Xia Tian couldn't drink a small cup of white wine with her.

Xia Tian's blurred eyes and peach-like face, with a serious expression, assured the old lady: "Grandma, next year, you wait for your little granddaughter to practice, Tiantian steps on the white wine box to drink with you, and we will have a competition when the time comes." .”

Listening to Xia Tian's bragging, the old lady answered with disdain: "It's just like you are finished, it's useless to step on the roof."

Oops, Xia Tian is helpless.In later generations, I have never seen an old man who persuades the younger generation to drink, especially the girl who persuades the girl to be a big wine bag. This old lady is really not an ordinary person.

The old lady's following words cleared her confusion: "Nowadays, girls in Northeast China all follow the example of our ladies in the past, and they are not at all comfortable. I think I changed one of the jingles that used to describe our Northeast Gada."

Xia Tian was curious: "What jingle? Which sentence?"

The old lady patted her wrinkled little hands, looked at Xia Tian with eyes full of life wisdom, and began to sing: "The window is papered outside, the big girl is smoking a cigarette pouch, the big vat is small, pickled cabbage, the adobe house has a fence, Sleep with your head out next night."

Xia Tian clapped her hands to beat the old lady.After the old lady sang, Xia Tian hugged her grandma's neck, and sincerely praised: "Grandma, instead of changing a sentence, you should add a sentence, Xia's grandma is so cute." After speaking, he kissed her grandma with the strength of wine. Take a sip, dear old lady for a moment, how old do you think this child is?Also playing cheap.But I am really happy in my heart, I can taste what it is like to be kissed when I am old.

The whole room burst into laughter.Xia Ling looked at Xia Tian, ​​lowered her head and thought: "No wonder grandpa and grandma love her so much, I am too embarrassed to behave like this, that dead girl is really annoying." Xia Ling suddenly felt a feeling of both Shengyu and Shengliang.

After eleven o'clock in the evening, Xia Tian was awakened by the sound of firecrackers outside.After eating, she fell headfirst onto the kang of her uncle's house. This fruit wine has so much stamina!Su Meili went into the room and asked her daughter to eat dumplings. Seeing that her daughter was staring at the ceiling in a daze with her big watery eyes just waking up, she quickly took pictures of her.After a while, I have to eat dumplings to kowtow to the old man and old lady. Look at how she is finished. Even an old lady in her 60s can't drink it: "Hurry up and eat dumplings. Dongzi is so small, and I drank several cups of fruit. Liquor, I have run around with your brother inside and outside the house several times. You are lucky, you never got up after laying down the table!"

Xia Tian complained: I am worthless, what can you do to me!Playing rogue state.

Eating dumplings is eating big ingots, and setting off firecrackers symbolizes saying goodbye to the old and ushering in the new.This meal in the middle of the night must have fish and pig's feet or chicken feet.Fish is more than enough every year, and pig's or chicken's feet represent a pair of hands holding a money rake next year, which means that you can make money.Northeast big dumplings stuffed with pork and sauerkraut, the taste, using the lines of brother Biao in a TV series in later generations, is "that's really gangster."

This time it was not arranged for Xia Tian to be at the main table, er, it was Grandpa's table.The eldest aunt sat in her original seat, which meant that the mistress of the house wanted to take the seat.

Grandpa suggested that everyone raise their glasses together, Xia Tian's face wrinkled like bitter cauliflower.ah?Still drinking?If I drink it again, I will be really deflated.Still picked up the fruit wine.Just like the slogan painted on the wall in this era: Grasp the key to govern the country, take food as the key link, Xia Tian also has a slogan in her heart: Grasp the grandma to govern the family, and take the grandpa as the foundation, which deeply affects all her rational judgments.

Old man Xia Mutou delivered a speech, and everyone learned to be smart, clapping and applauding: "Aihua and Patriotic, remember, twisted into one rope. There is strength in numbers, women live a good life, and men work hard. "

Xia Tian whispered a few words to Xia Dong, this time she changed her tricks again.

Xia Tian: "Did Grandpa speak well?"

Xia Dong shouted loudly: "Okay!"

"Grandpa, do you want another one?"

Xia Dong knocked on the table: "Yes!"

The old lady almost didn't laugh out of breath.It's not laughing at the two children, it's laughing at the face of the old man.At this time, Old Man Xia was excited and helpless, he was not prepared enough, this word was just thinking about it last night when he couldn't sleep, what should I say again?Everyone waited for a long time thinking that the old man would not say anything more, so they didn't make a fuss, what happened?
Old man Xia held back for a long time: "The children grow up healthily!"

At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, the old man Xia and the old lady were sitting at the kang table, waiting for everyone to kowtow to pay New Year's greetings.

First, the uncle, the uncle, and his parents knelt down and kowtowed, and the old man Xia said a few words: "Good, good!" A few good words in succession expressed his satisfaction with his son and daughter-in-law.

The old lady only said: "The eldest daughter-in-law has worked hard."

Seeing her aunt's agitated look in Xia Tian, ​​she really felt that although the old lady was uneducated, she had a lot of wisdom in life.No matter how bad the eldest daughter-in-law is, even if there are many shortcomings, the old man will live with them, more or less, there must be something for her to worry about.So this sentence is telling everyone, and it is also telling the aunt that everyone can see your hard work.

In summer, when the generation knelt down to pay New Year's greetings, the elder brother Xia Wen, as the grandson, said to the old man and old lady on behalf of the younger generation: "I wish my grandparents good health and a long life."

Xia Tian saw Zhang Qiao hugging his sleeping nephew Xia Jun to celebrate the New Year together.

The old man looked at the grandchildren who were kneeling halfway across the room, and he didn't know whether he felt that the Xia family's population was too small or something, so he said: "You should start a family early and have more children!"

Xia Tian... It's thanks to her sister Ling Zi's hot and cheerful personality, and she has a thick skin, otherwise she would have been ashamed.Just look at kneeling in front of her, her brother's neck is so red.

The old lady: "It's all gone, see you in the morning on the first day of the new year!"

Xia Tian felt that her milk's drinking capacity was not as good as she said, because she was going to go back to sleep after saying this, so it was obvious that she had drunk a bit.

For the next few decades, every New Year, all the Xia family continued to kowtow to the old man and the old lady.First in front of them, then in front of the big black and white photos, of course, including Xia Tian's future husband - Ye Boxuan!

(End of this chapter)