Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 236

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival. It is a custom in many places to eat glutinous rice balls, but Taohua Village does not stop there.

In addition to glutinous rice balls, they also eat a kind of food made of rice ground into noodles.

The method seems to be similar to buns, but the material is sticky rice, and the shape is perfectly round.

Grind the sticky rice into powder, fry it in a pot, then add water and knead it into a tuo.Then squeeze out a small one, knead it into a semi-concave bowl shape, add the stuffing, and knead it into a round shape.

It is precisely because they are rubbed round that they are called "tuanzi".

A long time ago, when men wanted to find work and make money outside, they basically prepared to go out after the Lantern Festival.

The women will make these "dumplings" and put them in the luggage of the men, and eat them as dry food on the road.

Firstly, it is because it can satisfy hunger, and secondly, it also entrusts the meaning of "reunion" to let men go home as soon as possible.

Because the name "Tuanzi" symbolizes reunion, anyway, this is definitely indispensable for the Lantern Festival.

However, in the past, the conditions were not good, and the stuffing of the buns was probably radishes, carrots, pickled vegetables, green vegetables and the like.Now that the conditions are good, we can naturally pack more delicious food in.

For example, stir-fried vermicelli with shredded pork, the kind of vermicelli made from sweet potatoes, fried with meat and wrapped in it.

Or fried shredded pork or braised pork skin.

Even ordinary sauerkraut must be fried with meat before wrapping it.

Now, Cheng He is kneading the fried rice noodles with water.This does not need to be fermented, but the consistency is also very important.

Cheng Xinxin imitated the example and rubbed a small lump next to him.

Sometimes she kneaded the dough, and sometimes touched her face. As a result, there were patches of white batter on her pink and tender face, and her whole face was painted, but she didn't notice it.

While kneading, the little girl muttered something: "Little white rabbit, white and white, with two ears pricked up, loves to eat radishes and green vegetables, jumping and jumping is so cute..."

Cheng He looked - the little girl squeezed the dough in her hand into a little white rabbit!

Cheng He said with a smile: "Baby, the dumplings here are all round, how do you make a little white rabbit?"

"Well, Dad, I invented this. The White Rabbit Dumplings are delicious."

Uh...invented the word, well used.

But she dared to say that it was delicious even if it was something she had never eaten before.I am so confident!

Cheng He said with a smile: "Okay, Dad will steam the rabbit dumplings for you in a while, and see if they are delicious."

"it is good."

While I was busy, I heard the sound of a suona horn blowing outside, it was very lively.

Cheng Xinxin's heart skipped a beat when she heard it, and she asked excitedly, "Dad, what are you doing outside?"

Cheng He rubbed his dough balls and said, "Are you walking on stilts? Or rowing colorful boats?"

He wasn't sure either, as he hadn't celebrated the Lantern Festival at home for several years.

There had been such lively scenes before, but he hadn't seen them for many years, and he even thought that the villagers had canceled them long ago.

But on the day of the Lantern Festival, what else can there be if there is nothing else going on outside?
Cheng He had seen these before when he was young.

Colored boats are also called dry boats, or lotus-picking boats and so on.There are many places like this, with different names.

Just as lion dance is popular in some places to celebrate festivals, rowing colorful boats is also a kind of local festival entertainment.

The so-called colorful boat is a thing like a boat made of bamboo and red cloth, but the boat has no bottom. A woman stands in it, puts her feet on the ground, holds the sides of the boat with her hands, and then makes a rowing gesture. The boat twists and turns according to the movements of the people, as if paddling in the water.

The surroundings of the boat are beautifully decorated, and there is a sedan chair-like roof with big red flowers tied on it, which is very joyful.

There are also several help boats standing around the colorful boats, which is equivalent to dancing, singing and dancing along.Usually these are also women.

In addition, there are two "clowns", one is a monk with a broken fan, and the other is a matchmaker with a pipe, which are specially made to make people laugh.

These almost constitute the "color boat" team.

If you pay attention, just like this time today, there will be suona and trumpet music.

These people are led by the people standing in the colorful boats, and the people who help the boats are the assistants.The monk and the matchmaker are in charge of making a fool of themselves and making people laugh.

Well, it's an old thing I haven't seen for many years. I didn't expect someone to make this today.This year's Lantern Festival is really lively.

In fact, such activities, if you check the books and materials, you will know that they have existed more than 1000 years ago.These were very popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

At that time, there were probably few entertainment activities, and some interesting ones could be popular for many years.

However, in recent decades, "anti-superstition and anti-feudalism" has gradually removed these things, and many young people have never seen them.

When Cheng Xinxin heard that it was fun, she left her little white rabbit and ran out to have a look.

The hustle and bustle outside almost opened the door to a novel world for her - rowing a colorful boat is so beautiful!The little girl thought in surprise.

At this time, the colorful boat rowing team hadn't arrived at Cheng He's house, in fact, it was still a long way away, several houses away.But all around are people who come to watch the excitement.

Cheng Xinxin took her short legs and ran over.

The colorful boat team is like a lion dance, dancing at the door of each house, and saying auspicious words at the door.

I only heard the people sitting in the colorful boat start singing:
"As soon as spring comes, peace is a blessing.

Second, it is a blessing to receive wealth in spring.

Three newspapers spring to laugh, laughter is a blessing.

Four spring to health, health is a blessing.

The fifth spring comes to the mansion, and the whole mansion is a blessing. ..."

Every time she sang, the people around her echoed softly, and the suona horn was also blowing hard, which was very atmospheric.

Children like Cheng Xinxin, when they saw it for the first time, were extremely novel.

In her eyes, the colorful boat was just like a real boat, very beautiful and flexible, just like on the water.

She looked at the people in the colorful boat with heavy make-up that couldn't be seen clearly, and thought they were very beautiful; when she looked at the monks and the ugly-dressed matchmaker outside the boat, she thought it was funny.

When others sang, they either pretended to fall, sneezed, or sneezed, to the delight of children like Cheng Xinxin.

The host family also listened cheerfully at the door, because the boat rowers sang good things, and they were happy to listen to it.

After the singing is over, they take out some melon seeds, peanut candies and so on. Among these things, there is often a red envelope to thank the rowing team for their hard work.

The team of colorful boats took it with a smile, and then said some auspicious words, and then went to the next house.

Cheng Xinxin watched these people with makeup pass by before her eyes, and then realized that there was a group of people on stilts behind the group.

Those people are so tall!

Even the wooden pillars they stepped on were taller than Cheng Xinxin.

The little girl looked up at them, feeling so shocked.

These people wore colorful clothes and put on a little makeup. Some pretended to be Zhong Kui, some pretended to be Xu Xian, and some pretended to be champions, walking around on stilts.

The children looked at it with envy and admiration, thinking that it would be great if they could play like this.

Cheng Xinxin followed at the end of the line, looking at this and that for a while, thinking it was very amusing.

In fact, those who walk on stilts come and go are just those few movements, and those who row the colorful boats in front are also singing those few words when they come and go.

But for those who haven't seen it, it's still so fun!
After Wen Xue heard that there was an event today, she deliberately asked the teacher for leave and went to school after the Lantern Festival.

She wants to stay in the village and do the last live broadcast.

"Rowing colorful boats and walking on stilts", which she hasn't had for several years, is happening again this year, and she doesn't want to miss this opportunity.

Anyway, the first few days of school are just for fun, there are no important courses.Besides, she had never asked for leave before. When she asked for leave occasionally, the teacher didn't even ask the reason, but asked her what difficulties she had in a considerate manner.

In the live video, Wen Xue skillfully started her opening remarks: "Hello everyone, my name is Wen Xue, I am in Taohua Village, Nanshan City, and I will broadcast live for you. This is a small mountain village in the south. Now, I will show you the peach blossom The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month in the village, rowing colorful boats and walking on stilts, if you like it, please follow me."

In fact, if she regards live broadcasting of rural culture as her job, then her professional sense is still very keen.

These days, the number of people visiting Taohua Village has increased significantly, and many people are taking pictures with their mobile phones at this time.

Obviously, these folk activities are very attractive to some people.Many people have never seen these, but they think it is very interesting, and they will like to watch it.

Many people said while taking pictures:
"This activity is not bad! Fortunately, I came out to play today, otherwise, how could I see it?"

"Yes, yes, there are fewer and fewer folk activities like this now, and it's not easy to see them once! Today is just a coincidence."

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