Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Even Fangzhou's family got up early in the morning, wearing bright new clothes, talking and laughing constantly.

After a simple breakfast, he began to post spring festival couplets and hang red lanterns.In a blink of an eye, because of the hanging red lanterns, the flaming red spring couplets, the blessing characters, and the New Year paintings, every household looked different from their usual, and they looked extra festive.

Generally, after breakfast and the Spring Festival couplets, they start to cook New Year’s Eve dinner.The New Year’s Eve dinner is usually eaten earlier than usual, and it is eaten around the end of the afternoon. After eating, the adults and children will greet friends and accompany them to play, and the village will become extremely lively.

Although I started to prepare early, today’s meal took a lot of time because there were so many dishes to be cooked and exquisite. The family was busy going in and out, and there was endless laughter. lively.

Regarding tonight’s dishes, Lian Fangzhou and Sangu’s grandmother discussed it a few days ago. The stewed yellow lamb shank, steamed sausage, sweet and sour carp, steamed pork with dried plum and vegetables, braised chicken with dried bamboo shoots and mushrooms, pork ribs with sauce, and stuffed tofu , Stuffed winter melon, and prepared a few more vegetables, cabbage, yam, yam, yam, vermicelli, pork liver, pork loin, lean meat, etc. I plan to cook the soup of yellow lamb shank at night, and eat it while boiling it, otherwise the food will be cold in winter fast.

The carp was wrapped in flour and put in a frying pan last night. It was cooked after the whole chicken was respected by the ancestors; the meat was a piece of the best pork belly that was specially set aside when the pig was killed the day before, and it was washed and used. The five-spice powder and salt were marinated, then the whole piece was boiled in a pot, and the skin was coated with honey and put in the oil. After repeated tossing several times, the whole piece of meat basically has no fat or oil. The dried plum chopped into pieces on the bottom pad is steamed and it is full of aroma.

The fillings for making stuffed bean curd and stuffed winter melon are freshly adjusted. Lian Fangzhou and Grandma Sangu made three kinds of fillings, two of which are based on yellow lamb and plum meat, with a little bit of chopped leeks and Celery, another vegetable dish such as Chinese cabbage, vermicelli, yuba, etc., is seasoned with meat.

Lian Fangzhou and Sangu's grandma were busy, and even Fangqing and others came and went to help from time to time. Only Ajian never touched the kitchen, fed the cows and donkeys, and looked at them with a smile.

After paying respect to the ancestors, he started cooking. The whole chicken was chopped, and the whole fish was fished out in the next oil pan to make sweet and sour. The ribs were marinated in the sauce and waited for the lamb to be cooked. The stuffed tofu has also been fried, and the stuffed winter melon and Mei Cai Kou are steaming in the pot.

After the various dishes are ready, set off the firecrackers, you can prepare for dinner.

Lian Hai came over again and said happy new year with a smile. After chatting and laughing with sister Lian Fangzhou and her siblings, he approached Lian Fangzhou and asked her in a low voice if she would like to spend the New Year's Eve together to be more lively?

Normally, Lian Fangzhou’s family had no parents, and of course the two families ate together, but for the Lian’s big and second rooms, it’s not necessary.

Facing the Qiao family, even Fangzhou believed that his siblings could not eat anything.It's not a big Chinese New Year, but also to find anger.

He smiled and declined.

Lian Hai knew it well, and originally expected it to be like this. After a few words of persuasion, he smiled, saying that he would come and sit with them again after dinner.Lian Fangzhou is naturally welcome.

When all the dishes were about to be out of the pot, the village heard the sound of firecrackers from all directions from time to time. It seemed that the dinner time of every family was almost the same!

Lian Fangzhou also smiled and called Lian Ze to wait: "Get the big firecrackers we bought! We should set off the firecrackers too!"

This is a boy's favorite thing, Lian Ze and Lian Che replied loudly, and neatly took out a large firecracker that had been prepared.

Lian Fangzhou couldn't worry about letting them order some. After placing the red firecrackers on the ground, Ajian took a lighted incense and lit it.

Crackling firecrackers sounded throughout the courtyard, red debris splashed everywhere, and the smoke that smelled of gunpowder gradually filled up, Lian Fangqing slammed into Lian Fangzhou’s arms while covering his ears but giggling, Lian Ze and Lian Che was already waiting for the firecrackers to sound intact to pick up the unburned ones and keep them for fun.

More firecrackers came through the wall, and the sound of the whole village came one after another.This is the busiest time of the year.

"Okay! Good luck! Good luck! Going back to the house soon, it's time to eat!" Sangu's grandmother smiled, glanced at the reluctant Lian Ze and Lian Che, and said with a glance at them: "Quickly return Go to the house to eat first, this cannon will be picked up later, and you won’t run away! It’s still early!"

Everyone laughed and went into the house together.

"Fangzhou! Grandma Sangu! Are you ready to eat!" Aunt Zhang and Li Juan came in from the outside with a smile.

"Aunt Zhang! Ajuan!" Lian Fangzhou waited eagerly to greet him, and said with a smile: "Just about to eat! How about you?"

"Well, we are coming soon too!" Aunt Zhang smiled, holding a basket in her hand, and said with a smile: "I have made a lot of dishes, and I will give you something you didn't make! Try something fresh!"

Lian Fangzhou and Grandma Sangu thanked them with a smile, and invited them into the house, and Grandma Sangu went to the kitchen to get bowls to prepare vegetables.

Two families who have good friendships often do this.

Aunt Zhang uncovered the lid of the basket and clamped the dishes in the bowl into the empty bowl brought by Grandma Sangu.There are several kinds of steamed pork, fried twice-cooked pork, and steamed pork belly.

Lian Fangzhou also filled Aunt Zhang with a lot of stuffed tofu and pork ribs in sauce. After a few words with a smile, Aunt Zhang and her daughter went back.

After a while, Lian Hai also sent a bowl of vegetables, including knuckles, ham, stuffed eggs, etc.

Lian Fangzhou also smiled and thanked him for accepting it. The same dishes were filled with some dishes for Lian Hai to take back.

It's just that the moods of the two dishes are different. Even Fangzhou doesn't need to think about how ugly Qiao's face will be and how ugly he will say when Lian Hai delivers the food.

If the uncle and aunt were really willing to deliver food, it would be Joe's, not Lianhai.

But fortunately, it is not Joe's, otherwise, the New Year will affect the mood.Seeing is clear, this is indeed very reasonable.

Nothing else for a while, the whole family gathered around the table to eat dinner.

Today’s dinner is a round table, which means reunion.The table frame supported under the round table top is a square frame with grooves.There is a round movable wooden board the size of a washbasin in the middle of the table top. After removing it, the small stove can be placed in the groove of the table frame.In this way, the top of the small stove can be flat with the table top, and the soup pot will not be too high when it is placed.

Put a charcoal fire in a small stove, put the small round pot for cooking lamb shank broth, and put the same dishes around.Lian Fangzhou deliberately opened two jars of wine, one jar was the previous one, and the other jar was fruit wine bought from the Lin's orchard.