Chapter 158 New Year's Eve and Parting
On the night of New Year's Eve, the sky suddenly clears up, and the stars are shining in the deep sky. This is a good weather that has been missing for a long time. When the sky is about to turn clear, the ice and snow will melt, and the days when heavy snow cover the mountain will not be too long. As long as the snow in the mountains melts, the big green wolf will no longer rush out of the big green mountains in groups and come to the village to find food. The sharp sword hanging in Meiziao will also be hidden again.
The New Year is approaching, and the day of parting is approaching. But this night, Zhang Youping and Liu Qiaoye couldn't control their separation on the sixth day of the first lunar month.
"Baby, go and get our firecrackers out with dad." Liu Qiaoye was busy in the kitchen.
"Mom, you have to come together, too." Zhang Yaohua was very happy.
"Where can I leave?" Liu Qiaoye said with a smile.
"Wife, pull out the fire first, and I'll come here to help later. Go and light the fireworks first. You can also come out and take a look. This is an authentic Liuyang firework." Zhang Youping carried the big fireworks and walked out.
These days, few people in the countryside are willing to buy fireworks and hear the sound. Zhang Youping puts the fireworks on the open space in the yard, then turns to Zhang Yaohua and Liu Qiaoye and says, "Don't get too close."
Zhang Youping took a sip of the cigarette, and the sparks of the cigarette butt flashed. He pointed at the lead of the fireworks. With a squeak, a spark crawled into the fireworks.
"boom!"
A small fire ball suddenly rushed out and flew straight into the brilliant starry sky.
Boom!
The small fire suddenly exploded, and a huge colorful flower suddenly bloomed in the sky.
"So beautiful!" Liu Qiaoye murmured.
Zhang Yaohua was also a little dazed.
Jinhu and his friends were so excited that they danced with joy. It was the first time they saw such beautiful fireworks.
Zhuanshanbao hurried back to the house and hid.
The huge roar of fireworks attracted the entire Meiziao people from the house.
"Wow! It's so beautiful. These are fireworks!" The mute rushed out of the room and shouted loudly at the sky.
"Youping is really willing to do this year. He actually spent dozens of dollars to buy fireworks." Zhang Shicai said with a smile.
Zhang Dechun stood in the yard and felt that this year the popularity was stolen by Zhang Youping's family. He made up his mind that during the Chinese New Year next year, his family would buy it and come back.
Zhang Yuanbao shouted loudly, "Fireworks, fireworks, that's my second uncle's house!"
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The huge roar broke the silence of the mountain village, and the colorful flowers indicate that the changes in the mountain village are about to begin.
"Thirty dollars, it's gone?" Liu Qiaoye whispered.
Zhang Youping and Zhang Beghua and his son rushed back to the house to watch the Spring Festival Gala.
"Zhang Youping! Didn't you say you would help me?" Liu Qiaoye's voice immediately rang in the yard.
Farmers in Meiziao area want to fry some flavored food on the night of the 30th. Because frying has the meaning of making a fortune. This frying not only refers to making money, but also making people. That is, the meaning of people having a prosperous population and a strong source of wealth.
As a housewife, Liu Qiaoye has a heavy task. He has to fry a pot of tofu, a dozen rice flowers, a few hot skins, and also make crispy meat. The crispy meat is placed in the stove and stewed with the New Year radish. There is also a wild boar and pig legs. To make crispy meat, you must first stew the meat thoroughly, then remove the pork, apply a layer of sweet wine, and then fry it in the oil pan. The noodles are fried until the skin is browned, and finally put it in the stove pan to continue cooking. At this time, the skin will wrinkle.
Rice is a kind of glutinous rice food. In the clear autumn weather, steam glutinous rice and make it into round cakes. On top, it is decorated with red glutinous rice dyed with red rice, like blooming flowers. The name of rice is also obtained.
The production of hot squid is also quite complicated. First, use a stone mill to grind the soaked rice into rice squid, and then burn it into thin skins in the pot. After drying, store it. During the Chinese New Year and during weddings, the hot squid is fried. It is crispy and delicious, and has a unique taste.
"Mom, let me help you burn the fire." Zhang Yaohua moved a small stool and sat in front of the stove.
"Don't come. Mom is burning big firewood today, don't worry. Go watch TV. The oil splashes out and will burn you. Go and call your father over. You know you are sitting there like an old man, and you don't know how to come and help." Liu Qiaoye quickly rejected Zhang Yaohua's kindness.
On the night of the thirty and on the morning of the first day of the lunar month, we have to worship gods and ancestors. There is a series of rituals to be carried out. This kind of thing will naturally be presided over by the male master in the family. Zhang Yaohua also has to worship the ancestors and worship various gods. The gods worship every day, and they will only appear when the critical moment.
Everything in the party made Zhang Yaohua feel that the world is too far away from her. As she looked at it, she wanted to doze off and fell asleep directly on the fire cabinet.
When Zhang Youping came over, he woke Zhang up, "Baby, baby, don't sleep first. He also has to kowtow to his ancestors. Let the ancestors bless our baby in good health and safety in the coming year.
Zhang Yaohua was sleeping in a daze, stood up, and followed Zhang Youping to the main hall.
Zhang Youping set off a string of firecrackers outside the house, and drove Zhang beggar away.
The mountain leopard was so scared that it hid in the room quickly. Today's movement completely scared it. The main reason was that it had never experienced it.
"Beggar, come and kowtow to our ancestors." Zhang Youping pulled Zhang Beggar to the shrine.
According to the custom, you had to watch the night at night, but this custom has gradually become a thing of the past. Zhang Jiaohua watched the party with her parents and fell asleep again. When she woke up, it was already a new year.
As the new year comes, time seems to be turning rapidly. A few days have passed in a blink of an eye. On the evening of the fifth day of the New Year, the atmosphere at home is a little different.
Liu Qiaoye put two snakeskin bags on the items she and the man were going to take to Guangdong and placed them in the middle of the main hall. He rushed from his home to the town station early in the morning on the 6th day of the lunar month to take the bus. The ticket had already been placed in Liu Qiaoye's purse.
Liu Qiaoye remembered that she had to leave her baby to a distant place early the next morning, and tears couldn't stop gushing out.
"Zizi, you have to listen to grandparents at home. Don't go outside or take a shower in the pond. Do you know? When you miss your parents, write letters to your parents. Parents will also write letters to you. In the future, parents will make money and buy delicious food for you and come back toys." Liu Qiaoye hugged the child tightly in his arms. The baby is so big, but he has never left his parents. Now he has to live independently. Why doesn't Liu Qiaoye feel sorry for him?
But life always pushes people forward. Whether you are sad or happy.
Chapter completed!