Chapter 130 Passing the New Year

  In fact, in Liu Qingshan's view, there are still many things that need to be consolidated and deepened.

  In a society of human relations, the more people walk around, the deeper the relationship will naturally be.

  So on the second day, he took the list he had drawn up and found the branch secretary and Captain Zhang to discuss it together.

   "What, giving presents to the county leaders, is this considered unhealthy?"

  The old branch secretary has always been prudent, and felt that this seemed a bit inappropriate.

   "It's just to send some vegetables, just to try something new during the Chinese New Year. I also want to express our gratitude to the leaders for their strong support."

  Liu Qingshan didn't plan to give away anything else: a large bundle of leeks, a large bundle of celery, and a few catties of cucumbers.

Captain Zhang nodded and expressed his support: "Yes, yes, the county magistrates Wang and Zheng, and the leaders of the commune, Secretary Sun, have all visited our greenhouse. It is still very interesting to visit us and express our hearts. necessary."

  Well, it seems to be the same reason, relatives and friends will visit during the Chinese New Year, and the old branch secretary will stop blocking, and leave this matter to Liu Qingshan and Captain Zhang to handle it.

   But don’t worry, the twenty-fifth of the twelfth lunar month will be over anyway, and it’s almost the Chinese New Year, so I’ll send the vegetables over there.

  If it is too early, it will rot before the Chinese New Year.

  In the past few days, Liu Qingshan followed the slaughter of pigs every day. He didn't even throw away the pig's blood. He fed it and frozen it into lumps of blood. When he ate it, he melted it in a basin and it was still edible.

  The Hedero mentioned is a small bucket with a thin bottom and a thick top.

  The reason why it is called this name is because this thing was passed down from Maozi, and it is actually a transliteration of Russian, which is the same as the woodcut.

  In addition to killing pigs, by the way, Liu Qingshan also slaughtered all the roosters at home, more than two hundred in total.

  Wait for the car factory to come and take them away, let alone 200, even 20,000, they can digest them there.

  The chickens that have been slaughtered are all rolled up into a ball, and the skin of the chickens is bright yellow, and they look appetizing.

  The average one is more than three catties, and it can be worth about four yuan, and there are more than two hundred, which is nearly one thousand yuan.

  Excluding the cost, you can earn more than 500 yuan, which makes the villagers envious.

  Many people have secretly made up their minds: they will also start raising chickens in the coming year.

  It’s just that it’s winter now, and Liu Jinfeng’s laying hens are not breeding. After the weather is warm, they will pick twenty or thirty strong pullets and group them with the two breeders.

  The eggs laid at this time will all be used to hatch chicks.

   Killed so many chickens, kept a few for Chinese New Year, and left a lot of offal.

  Including chicken heart, chicken liver and chicken gizzards, especially chicken gizzards, which are definitely good things, whether they are stir-fried or sauced chicken gizzards, they are all first-class delicious.

   During the busy work, it was the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month. According to the custom here, this day is called Xiaonianer, which is a grand day second only to the Spring Festival.

  After the new year, the countdown to the new year begins, and every household is busy for the new year.

  Little children, when this time comes, they will sing the songs that have been passed down from generation to generation:

  Twenty-three, sticky melons; twenty-four, write blessings.

  25, ground tofu; 26, stewed pork.

   Twenty-seven, slaughter the rooster; twenty-eight, hair the face.

  Twenty-nine, steamed buns; thirty nights, stay up overnight, go out on the first day of the new year...

  Liu Qingshan got up early and went up the mountain as usual. After exercising, he went home with his master to celebrate the new year.

  According to the local customs, dumplings are made in the morning of the new year. It is difficult for a large family to adjust, so there are two kinds of fillings, one meat and one vegetarian.

  The vegetarian stuffing is chives and eggs, and then chopped some vermicelli; the other is sauerkraut, plus the oil left over from boiling lard a few days ago.

  Sauerkraut and oil residue are a perfect match. Sauerkraut likes oil, while oil residue is greasy. When neutralized together, it tastes delicious.

  A large family, plus Professor Wang and his wife, more than a dozen people, are lively and lively, and they get together to make dumplings. One panel is not enough.

  What do you do for Chinese New Year?

  Liu Qingshan believes that the Chinese New Year is just a matter of popularity, and of course there is no crowd.

  It’s like Chinese New Year later. There are two or three people in the family. Sometimes the children don’t come back for the New Year. Can it be lively?

  After Liu Qingshan finished cooking the dumplings, he first fished out a few with a strainer, put them behind the pot, and then brought out the statue of the Stove Lord that had been placed behind the bowl shelf.

  He is the head of the family, so the matter of offering sacrifices to the nominal head of the family belongs to him.

  When there was a lot of trouble in the past few years, all these things were cleared away. In the past two years, there are also kitchen princes, and they are drawn on paper, which is relatively simple.

  Put another plate of stove candy on the stove, that is, the Kanto candy bought from the market a few days ago, and then, Liu Qingshan began to mutter:

  They have a special kowtow to worship the stove: "The Stove Lord, whose surname is Zhang, rides a white horse and holds a silver gun...God promises good things, and it will be auspicious when he returns to the palace."

   After reading this, put the image of the Stove Lord on a big rooster made of sorghum straw, stuff it into the stove and burn it, and the Stove Lord will report to the Jade Emperor.

  Wait until the New Year's Eve, then bring the Stove Lord back and continue to be the head of the family.

  After the simple ceremony was over, the fourth and fifth set off two firecrackers outside, and everyone went into the house to eat dumplings. The two tables were filled with laughter and laughter, which was very lively.

   "I want to eat wheat ear dumplings!"

  The little old four was blubbering, and picked a wheat ear-shaped dumpling from the plate, put it in the apricot bowl first, and then picked another one by himself, and ate it happily.

   These wheat ear dumplings are all made by Lin Zhi. She is dexterous, and the wheat ear dumplings symbolize a good harvest.

  In fact, whether it is dumpling skin or dumpling filling, they are all the same, but children are curious, and always feel that this kind of dumpling is more delicious.

   "Then I will eat this zygote, the family is harmonious and beautiful."

  Liu Qingshan sandwiched a zygote with two layers of skin and stuffing in the middle. Usually this is wrapped at the end and used to rub the side of the pot. There is no stuffing, but the meaning is very good.

   After breakfast, the fourth and fifth children went out for a run, and then came back to report: "Brother, the lantern poles at Grandpa's house have been erected!"

  The custom here is to erect a wooden pole for hanging lanterns during the New Year, tie tree branches on the top, and decorate them colorfully with colored paper.

  It is somewhat similar to foreign Christmas trees. I wonder if it came from Maozi?

  This lantern pole has many origins, and the most widely circulated one is related to Jiang Taigong.

   After Jiang Ziya became a god, he found that he had forgotten to seal himself, so he had no choice but to squat on top of the lantern pole.

   The more reliable saying is that it was passed down from the Manchus. Nurhachi used a Solo pole to worship the heavens. The common people couldn’t get a Solo pole, so they erected a simplified version, which gradually evolved into a lantern pole.

   During the Chinese New Year, tall lantern poles are erected, and the lanterns are hung up, bright and majestic. Isn’t the atmosphere of the New Year all at once?

  After listening to the reports of the two little ones, Liu Qingshan also waved: "Then let's put up the lantern poles too!"

  The two little guys immediately jumped up with joy, and Liu Qingshan laughed himself after he finished speaking: "We do this, why do I feel like a fool watching the neighbors during the New Year?"

  They wanted to erect the lantern poles, and the second sister Liu Yinfeng started to tie the lanterns.

  The second sister is skillful, and she does the work of making lanterns every year. She first uses sorghum straw to make the skeleton, then pastes white lantern paper, and finally uses colored paper to decorate. The dragons and phoenixes are drawn, very beautiful.

  Liu Qingshan carried an ax and led the two little ones to cut branches.

  It is best to use the head of a pine tree, because the pine needles are green, and it looks particularly vibrant when paired with colored paper.

  If only a lantern pole destroys a small tree, Liu Qingshan will not do that. He still plans to lead everyone to plant trees in spring.

  After arriving at the room, I found two relatively round elm branches, climbed to the tree and cut them down. The two little guys each carried one and dragged home.

  His house and grandpa’s house, so they got two tree branches.

  As soon as he walked to the gate, he heard movement behind him, a low and thick yo-yo sound.

  Shan Xing didn’t need to look back, she just cheered: “It’s Da Lu Lu who is back!”

not good!

  Liu Qingshan wanted to run, but he couldn't run faster than a four-legged sika deer.

   Still being pushed lightly on the back, he also took advantage of the situation and lay down on the ground, as long as he finished saying hello.

   After getting up, Shanxing and Caifeng were already getting close to the sika deer there.

   There are also a few young deer cubs born this year, who also come together, with big watery eyes, looking so docile and ignorant.

   Xiaolu's head was not as high as the mountain apricot, and when he raised his head, he just licked the little girl's face, making her giggle.

   In the back, there is a large army. These guys are not very afraid of people now, and they are all digging the snow on the ground with their hooves.

  Looking at that, I'm in a hurry: why don't you have dinner yet?

  Since the beginning of winter, the herd of deer will come here every half a month or so. Liu Qingshan's family has eaten hundreds of catties of corn.

   Sooner or later, you will get back the interest together!

   He muttered, and went to collect the corn again, and the fourth child also got some big grains of salt.

  While feeding the deer, Shan Xing said in his mouth: "Today is the new year, I will give you more food, and it will be the new year."

   This little girl is really kind.

  The deer group is so close to her, maybe it feels this kind of kindness?

  Liu Qingshan took a few photos of the two of them, some riding a big sika deer, and some getting close to a small deer, and then went into the house to tie lanterns.

  Everyone can do this job. The eldest sister cuts the colorful paper into small pennants, and the eldest brother-in-law is responsible for applying the paste.

  After feeding the sika deer, Sifeng and Wufeng also went back to the house to help pass the small flags. Together with his mother, Liu Qingshan was responsible for pasting the colorful flags on the branches.

   After one lantern head is glued, make another one. After this one is glued, the first one is almost dry, then take it outside and tie it to the lantern pole.

  Below the head of the lantern, nail a tripod with wood and fix it to the pole, with a round iron ring at the front end, then erect the lantern pole and tie it to the wooden stake at the garden gate.

"So lovely!"

  The small colorful flags were blown by the wind, and the fourth and fifth children slapped the little ones directly below.

  At this time, the second sister’s lantern is also pasted up. It has six sides, six dragon bodies protruding around, and a colorful tassel at the end. Under the lantern is a big red ball made of colored paper, which is very beautiful.

   "Hang a lantern, hang a lantern!"

  The fourth child kept yelling, looking impatient.

  Liu Qingshan felt a little emotional in his heart: After the new year, everyone said that the taste of the new year is getting weaker and weaker. The main reason is that there are fewer and fewer DIY things, and they buy everything ready-made, so they don’t cherish it so much.

  Just like now, everything needs to be done by yourself, and it will naturally blend into the atmosphere of the New Year.

  He was thinking about it, when he heard the second sister's voice in his ears: "Sanfenger, you didn't put a rope into the hoop, how did you hang the lantern?"

  Liu Qingshan looked up, didn’t he, he forgot to tie the rope, so naturally he couldn’t bring the lantern up.

   It seems unlucky to bring down the lantern pole.

  Liu Qingshan spat twice into his palm: "Then I can only climb up the pole."

  (end of this chapter)