Golden Fishing Village

I went out to catch a few loach and eel seedlings, but ended up losing a pair of new shoes. Lao Ao was very frustrated.

In order to avoid being scolded by his wife, he had to place an order online.

When he placed the order, the store owner said, "Dear, you are so lucky. Today is the last day for us to accept orders. The express delivery will be stopped soon. Remember to give a good review, muah."

"I am lucky, so I don't have to buy this pair of shoes again." Lao Ao felt a little pain when he looked at the four numbers on the page. Ao Mukang knew the goods.

At night, fireworks bloomed in the night sky of the village. They were all small fireworks. Some children gathered in the small square in front of the village committee office to play lively.

With firecrackers and fireworks, the village was filled with the smell of fireworks. This smell, combined with the fragrance of steamed buns, even suppressed the fishy smell of the fishing village since ancient times. It can be said that this is the taste of the New Year.

In addition, the atmosphere also rose. Every household hung up big red lanterns, and some families posted big red blessing characters early.

The cleaners worked hard to clean the streets, and the village committee spent money to make New Year decorations for the whole village.

Some street lamps were erected in the village. Some street lamps were hung on tree branches with nearby materials, and most of them were supported by street lamps. The village committee hung a big Fu character with red tassels under the street lamps. Even at night, with the light shining, the Fu character hanging ornaments were still clearly visible.

Taking advantage of the good weather, some families took out the prepared New Year goods to dry, such as yellow croaker, prawns, steamed crabs, and these are hard goods.

There are more dried fish, and almost every door or yard has a string of dried fish hanging. In this way, the streets and alleys in the village are connected, and every household hangs dried fish, which has become a unique New Year scenery.

The buses and ferries to Hongyang and the county town are full of people. After all, the conditions in the village are not good. If you want to buy clothes, vegetables, drinks, etc., you still have to go to the city.

This year, there are many people going to the city to buy New Year goods. The villagers have made money in the past two years. Last year, they were reluctant to spend money. Starting this year, the consumption concept has changed a bit.

The people who stay in the village will not be idle. Most of them prepare sweet potato cakes or frozen rice candies in advance. These things are made a lot, because they are usually small desserts for tourists to entertain in fishing houses.

This year, there are tourists coming to the village to eat New Year's Eve dinner, and there are quite a few people. Every household has filled the dining table, so in addition to sweet potato cakes and frozen rice candies, there are other desserts, such as rice cakes.

To pound rice cakes, you need to use a stone mortar or pestle. These two things are rare in fishermen nowadays. In the past, the village celebrated the festival in a family way. There were many people and many children, and the consumption of food such as rice cakes was high, so every household made it by themselves.

Later, the clan concept faded, and everyone celebrated the New Year by themselves, so less rice cakes were consumed. Some people also sold them by themselves in the market, so most families no longer made them by themselves, which was too troublesome.

That's how it is. After a long time, there were no families in the village who made rice cakes, and there were no related tools.

There are still two sets of stone mortars left in the village, and there are also pestles and mortars in the homes of old people such as Ao Zhiman, so some families are busy around the stone mortars and pestles.

The stone mortars are ownerless things in the village. Only the stone mortars are left. The pestles are long gone, so some people go and sit on one for themselves.

This pestle is a wooden hammer made of hardwood, with a smooth granite inlaid on the front column. It is very heavy to carry, and only in this way can the rice cakes be pounded into a paste.

Ao Muyang's family is relatively small and does not entertain tourists, so they don't need this thing, but Song Qiumin's family wants to pound rice cakes. She is a woman who can't swing the stone mortar, and Ao Xiaoniu is growing up, so it is easy to get hurt doing such work, so Lao Ao does it himself.

Now you have to queue up to use the stone mortar. Song Qiumin's family queued until eight o'clock in the evening. After dinner, Ao Muyang went to the drying yard behind the village to pound rice cakes.

Making rice cakes is quite complicated. First, soak the rice in water, dry it in the sun, mix it with glutinous rice, and steam it in a steamer. When the rice is cooked, pour it into the stone mortar and pound it into a paste with a wooden hammer.

This is really a hard job. Ao Muyang carried the pestle and started to work there. Zhong Cang came back from the fishing farm to prepare for the festival, so he asked: "Dragon Head, can I do it?"

Ao Muyang took off his coat and said: "No, I have plenty of strength. You and Black Dragon just need to cheer me up."

Looking at his mouth shape, Black Dragon Head couldn't help but speak for the first time: "Ah Ba Ah Ba?"

Ao Muyang looked at him and said: "I forgot about it, then you come and push me."

The raw material of rice cake is steamed rice, which is easy to fall out when pounded, so someone needs to be a pusher to constantly push back the exposed rice or the gradually formed rice cake.

Black Dragon has a fast reaction speed and is the most suitable for this job. Most people can't do this job because they can easily get hit on the hand if they are not careful, which is very serious.

In order to prevent accidents, someone would shout slogans on the side, and the two followed the slogans to keep the rhythm.

Ordinary people were slow to pound the rice, and Ao Muyang and Heilong cooperated perfectly. He pounded the pounding machine vigorously. Every time the pounding machine was lifted, Heilong swung his hands quickly and stuffed the pounded rice back. The two did not need anyone to shout slogans, and the rhythm was very fast.

Lu Wuyi looked at it for a while and nodded, "Brother Heilong is amazing. This hand speed, hum, hum, you can't practice it if you are single for thirty years."

Ao Mudong smacked his lips and said, "Xiaolu, since you said that, I don't want to eat the rice cakes from Sister Qiumin's house."

Even at night, there are still many people staying in the drying yard.

Some people are waiting to pound the rice cakes in the back, and some are here to join in the fun. Everyone sits together, holding their cotton coats, bragging and farting, and the atmosphere is quite good.

Ao Muyang and Hei Long's cooperation won cheers. The group of people applauded as if they were watching street performances: "Good, Longtou's move is very realistic!"

"Hei Long, go faster, Longtou Village Shadowless Hand!"

"Fuck, what am I going to do with my wife later? What is this called? Pearls and jades in front, dog tails and sables?"

"Today's topic is too exciting, Uncle Hai, you are so bold, you have to talk about everything with your aunt? But what is the posture of pearls and jades in front and dog tails and sables?"

Ao Muyang was ruthless and strong, and Hei Long pushed quickly and timely, so the two of them mashed the hot rice into rice cakes in a short time.

While the rice cakes were still hot, Song Qiumin pinched them into rice balls, and she stuffed them with fillings, some of which were peanut crisps, some were sesame paste, and some were freshly boiled chocolate sauce.

Ao Xiaoniu took two and gave them to Ao Muyang and Heilong, and said with a smile: "Uncle Xiaoyang, I gave you the biggest one, which has the most sugar inside."

Ao Muyang patted his shoulder and said: "Good boy, you are choking me to death."

The hot, freshly made rice cake is the most delicious, not to mention that it has a filling, which is soft and chewy, and the rice fragrance and its own sweetness are just right. Eating two pieces on this winter night will warm your stomach immediately.