Rebirth 2004: I can make money by writing

“Pork belly is 5.8 yuan, spare ribs is 6.5 yuan…”

“Cousin, give me 10 pounds of pork belly…”

Hao Qiang and his mother and others went to the vegetable market to buy meat first. They had to buy meat early, otherwise they could only pick what others had left.

As soon as they entered the vegetable market, they could hear the loud hawking of the pork vendors, the collision of knives and chopping boards, and the bargaining between customers, which was very lively.

In the eyes of later generations, the price of pork in this era may not seem high, but everyone’s salary is not high.

In addition, during the Spring Festival, the price of meat was slightly higher than usual.

In which year in later generations, the price of pork once soared to more than 30 yuan per pound, which seemed to be more expensive than beef.

Local people like pork belly when making rice dumplings. The demand for meat in this part is large, so it is easier to sell and the price is higher than usual.

Hao Qiang’s family made 20 large dumplings, and six pounds of meat was enough, but they also had to make braised pork, so they had to buy more pork belly.

His family, his uncle’s family, and his grandparents all had a New Year’s dinner together, but some things were bought separately.

Last night, he gave his grandparents 5,000 yuan each and let them spend as they pleased, which made the two old people smile from ear to ear.

In previous years, there was no money to give red envelopes to the younger generation, which made people feel stingy.

“Boss, give me 20 kilograms of pork belly, five ribs, four pig’s trotters, two pig intestines…” Hao Qiang walked in front and visited several meat stalls. When he saw that the meat on a stall was pretty good, he bought it directly.

Most of the pork sold in the town comes from pigs raised by farmers themselves, and pig dealers go to various villages to purchase them, rather than from large pig farms.

In more than ten years, it may become more and more difficult to taste the pork raised by farmers themselves.

I don’t know which damn expert proposed the suggestion that farmers cannot raise pigs and need certificates.

Now it’s good, resulting in a significant reduction in the source of pork, and the price cannot be controlled, and pigs are flying to the sky.

Moreover, as the source of pork decreases, its quality has also shown a significant decline. The taste of pork is getting worse and worse, and everything is hard-core.

In Hao Qiang’s opinion, it is best not to use any black technology when it comes to food.

Genetically modified oil, plant-based artificial meat, carbon dioxide synthesized starch…

With the continuous development of human technology, the quality of food does not seem to have been improved accordingly, but has shown a downward trend, with excessive pursuit of output and efficiency.

After Hao Qiang and his family finished shopping for pork, they put the goods in the car first and continued shopping for New Year’s goods.

Fireworks and firecrackers cost nearly a thousand yuan, which is quite luxurious.

After two or three hours, the purchase was finally completed, and the car was full of various New Year’s goods.

It feels good to have enough money on hand, and there is no need to hesitate about spending too much. The total cost of this shopping is less than 2,000 yuan, of which the cost of fireworks accounts for more than half.

According to the situation in previous years, it only costs three or four hundred yuan to prepare New Year’s goods, which is not bad.

When he got home, it was already past eleven o’clock, and Hao Jianjun and his uncle had already prepared the meal.

After lunch, Hao Qiang continued to work on coding.

It would not take many days to upgrade to the third-level technical store.

The next day, the New Year’s Eve arrived as scheduled.

Every household was busy cleaning and pasting auspicious couplets.

According to local traditional customs, if you need to take a bath or wash your hair today, do it today. You should not eat meat on the first day of the New Year, and it is also not suitable to wash your hair, so as not to “wash away the good omen”.

However, some young people think it doesn’t matter, and they wash and eat secretly without letting their elders know.

At around three o’clock in the afternoon, Hao Qiang’s family and his uncle’s family began to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner.

The women sat together, wrapping large rice dumplings with their skillful hands.

Hao Qiang and his cousin were responsible for plucking chicken and duck feathers and cleaning the internal organs.

Hao Jianjun started to make fried pork with pork belly, which is a local specialty.

Fried braised pork belly should be soaked in water to soften the skin, and then steamed and stewed. The braised pork belly that is cooked just right is fat but not greasy, which is completely different from the flavor of braised pork belly with preserved vegetables.

If it is not cooked well and oil is produced, it will be greasy and not delicious.

At about six o’clock in the afternoon,

the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the countryside, and the noisy sound of firecrackers could be heard from time to time.

In the kitchen of Hao Qiang’s house, the fire was blazing, the aroma of meat was overflowing, and the New Year atmosphere was particularly strong.

Hao Qiang and his cousin went to the village temple to burn incense and worship Buddha. On the incense table were placed a cooked but uncut rooster, a piece of braised pork belly, a piece of pork belly, five spoons of wine, three small cups of tea, and some colorful cheap candies.

There are rules for burning incense and lighting candles, and how many Buddhist incense sticks and candles are inserted into an incense burner.

Every time during the New Year, Hao Qiang would forget these traditions and had to ask his mother, and then he would be nagged and criticized by his mother every time.

When burning incense and worshiping gods in the temple, Hao Qiang gave the male villager who smokedThe people gave cigarettes to celebrate the New Year.

After pouring wine for thirty days, they began to burn incense paper, set off firecrackers, and finally poured tea and wine, and the whole ceremony was over.

Back to the lobby of their own house, they had to do it again.

Hao Qiang used chopsticks to poke three holes in an apple, lit three Huazi, took a puff, and then stuck it on.

Putting his hands together, with a pious expression, silently prayed: “My ancestors, bless the prosperity of the family and the prosperity of descendants, and burn Huazi for you every year.”

“My ancestors, is there any way to help me get two wives? Don’t do anything Shura field, my descendants are spreading branches for the family.”

“Descendants only ask for this, bless!”

In fact, Hao Qiang’s request is a bit embarrassing for the ancestors.

If they knew that there was such a shameless descendant among the descendants, they would probably die with regrets.

After Liu Fengqing saw her son finish praying, she also stood in front of the incense table, clasped her hands together and said: “May the Hao family have a prosperous business and make a fortune every year; may we have many children and grandchildren…”

After Hao Qiang waited for his mother to finish praying, he smiled and said: “Mom, in fact, our family has always been rich.

As the saying goes, poverty cannot last for more than three generations. If you are too poor, you can’t get married at all, so where will the descendants come from?

So, our family must have always made a fortune.

But, the children and grandchildren, isn’t that asking my son to marry more wives? Can you lower your requirements?”

“You are talking nonsense.” Liu Fengqing patted her son’s arm and scolded with a smile, “In You are not serious in front of the ancestors. If you have the ability, you can marry more. ”

Hao Qiang joked: “Mom, forget it, this is a society ruled by law.

If it were in ancient times, I would have given you a large song and dance troupe, all of whom were beautiful and had great figures. ”

“Nonsense again, a song and dance troupe, who would do that? Don’t say that in front of Yuqing, I think the girl is very loyal to you.”

“Mom, don’t worry, I’m just joking.”

Hao Qiang smiled and said, after completing the process of the central hall, he went to the front of his car, put a piece of white radish, and inserted three incense sticks, but he didn’t need to worship, which meant praying for safe entry and exit.

After tossing, time had quietly skipped seven o’clock, and the New Year’s Eve dinner was just ready.

Taro braised pork, white-cut chicken, lemon duck, steamed sea bass, braised crucian carp, pork rib soup, braised pork… a total of ten dishes, meaning perfect.

There is no seafood, but it is full of local specialties.

There was no seafood for sale in the town, so it was too troublesome to go to the provincial or county capital to buy it.

The two families sat together, sharing the food and bits and pieces of the past year.

After dinner, Hao Qiang went back to the bedroom to call Han Qingying.

Thinking of Han Qingying and her grandmother spending New Year’s Eve alone, he couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion in his heart.

Hao Qiang chatted with Han Qingying for a long time, and then chatted with Han Qingying’s grandmother for a while before hanging up the phone.

The rest of the family gathered in the central hall to watch the Spring Festival Gala, which was quite good these days.

The dance “Thousand-Handed Guanyin”, the song “Heavenly Road” sung by Han Hong, and the skit “Kung Fu” were all very good.

“It would be interesting if Aqiang also performed on the Spring Festival Gala.” Auntie said nonsense.

Hao Jianjun agreed: “I think my son’s three songs are very good, but it’s too difficult to perform on the Spring Festival Gala.”

Hao Qiang came to the central hall and listened to his family talking about the Spring Festival Gala. How did they talk about him?

If he was invited to the Spring Festival Gala one day, would he choose to accept it?

However, this idea was quickly stopped by him.

After all, at present, he is not that famous, not to mention those complicated interpersonal relationships.

Time passed quietly, and soon it was early morning.

Hao Qiang was urged by his mother to burn incense and set off fireworks and firecrackers. After burning incense, he and his father took the fireworks and firecrackers and placed them in the parking lot.

At this time, the sound of firecrackers from each household rang out one after another, deafening, breaking this quiet village.

Hao Qiang lit firecrackers and fireworks one after another. In an instant, the light and shadow of fireworks and firecrackers intertwined in the night sky, deafening, sparks splashed, smoke lingered, and the air was filled with a strong smell of fireworks.

In previous years, the village saw which family had the most gorgeous fireworks, which basically represented that the family had a good income last year.

After a while, his cousin came to his house with a flashlight and helped him set off fireworks together.

It can be said that on that night, the sky above Hao Qiang’s house was the most brilliant and dazzling in the entire village.