"Twenty-five" is frozen tofu; twenty-six is to buy meat; twenty-seven is to slaughter the rooster; twenty-eight is to make the noodles; twenty-nine is to steam the steamed buns." New Year's dinner is not made in a day.
People who have worked hard for a year are preparing to celebrate the Spring Festival. Beijing residents are given half a catty of oil and half a catty of meat per person. Each household can also add two catties of Fuqiang powder, one catty of soybeans, two catties of mung beans, and several catties of small potatoes to their shopping books.
Standing rice and five pounds of fish.
After the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, the spirit of the Spring Festival comes, and we start to be busy many days before the Spring Festival.
People who live a tight life on weekdays also need to prepare a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner and eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year.
At this time, children are also looking forward to the New Year, and they can try some good things that they usually can’t eat.
Queuing up to buy tofu and non-staple food are mostly done by the children at home.
To clean the house, hold the washbasin, wipe the tables, chairs, and cabinets with a rag, especially the corners, even if you are lying down or kneeling, you must clean it spotlessly. Wear a hat, a mask, and use a feather duster to clean the roof. After cleaning,
We also need to conduct health evaluations.
When buying meat, chicken, or fish, the supply is not large, so you have to go to the vegetable market early to queue up to buy it.
Due to special circumstances this year, we can only buy canned meat. The quantity is not large, but it is also very rare.
The most sumptuous meal of the year for every household is on the New Year's Day.
I took the Yan family's two naughty children with me and waited for the bathhouse to open. Then I went to the street bathhouse to take a bath. I had a bath, a pedicure, a haircut, and cupping. The bath ticket was 26 cents a piece, and the other items were 15 cents. The naughty children only needed to take a bath and get a haircut.
, Yan Jiecheng came up with a set for them all.
The only person in the Yan family, Yan Bugui, is given four bathing tickets every month, which is not enough for one person. The unit does not have a bathhouse like a steel rolling mill. The Yan family bathes far less often than other neighbors.
On the 29th, I started frying various kinds of noodles and fruits. I usually don’t want to use oil, but now I have filled the bowls with sweet, salty, crispy and fragrant carrot shredded balls, sweet potato balls and steaks.
Even Yan Bugui, the most calculating person, did not stop his children from stealing food and sharing it with their friends.
Those families that have the conditions will even make a new set of clothes for their children. This is the Jia family. Bangge and Xiaodang are the only children in the courtyard who have new clothes made.
Yan Bugui even moved out the Eight Immortals table at home and bought pens, ink, paper and inkstones. He was waiting to write couplets to the neighbors and exchanged them for some candies, peanuts and melon seeds.
Not to mention that Yan Bugui's calligraphy is still legible, and it is considered to be at an excellent level among ordinary calligraphy enthusiasts. There are also calligraphers from nearby courtyard houses.
The busiest person in the hospital is Xu Damao. After a year of hard work, various units and rural areas have a demand to watch movies, so Xu Damao has received more screening tasks.
I leave early every day and come back late every day. When I come back, I bring back big and small bags of local specialties, chicken, duck, and fish.
Another busy person is Shazhu. There are many weddings at the end of the year, and he is also busy every day. He comes back with a lot of lunch boxes and ingredients.
The New Year's Eve dinner is divided into two meals. The first is rice and stir-fried vegetables from 3 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
The usual machine rice is replaced by Xiaozhan rice, and braised fish, casserole tofu, lion head or Sixi meatballs, bean sprouts, mustard cabbage dumplings, cabbage salad, five-spice spicy cabbage, pickled cabbage, vinegar-braised cabbage, and stir-fried sauerkraut are added.
Or choose from stewed sauerkraut and fried prunes.
This is the most important and sumptuous meal of the year.
People who are away from home have to rush home to eat, and there must be fish in the dish, which is auspicious for "abundance every year".
At 12 o'clock at night, the whole family will eat dumplings together. The dumplings are made of Fuqiang flour, which is much whiter than the standard flour eaten daily. They are usually stuffed with pork, cabbage, and sometimes sauerkraut.
Opening different doors, the dishes on each table are similar, the furniture and furnishings in each room are similar, people's clothes are similar, and their desires for life are also similar.
No matter the ice and snow or the harsh mountains and rivers, they can't stop them from discovering and amplifying the subtle joys in life. Yan Jiecheng likes this kind of Spring Festival.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, we first hold a hospital-wide meeting, where everyone wishes each other a Happy New Year and a Happy Spring Festival, which is considered a New Year greeting.
Children of the Yan family can also receive a dime of New Year's money when paying New Year greetings to their parents.
He didn't go out on the first day of the new year and returned to his parents' home on the second day of the new year. The Yan family didn't have any close relatives in the capital.
Adults also need to participate in group gatherings organized by some units and streets.
As long as the children enjoy the Spring Festival, they can eat peanuts, melon seeds, candies, and pastries that are difficult to eat normally.
The alley is full of children running wildly.
Beihai Park, Shichahai, Houhai, Xiangshan, Summer Palace, and Forbidden City. These places are great places for families to visit.
During the Chinese New Year, various folk snacks will be available in these places, including candy blowers, twists, candied haws, marshmallows, and noodle makers.
Various acrobats, dragon dancers, lion dancers, monkey performers, and buskers.
Various small lanterns, small windmills, small toys, and small New Year pictures are enough to keep today's children entertained for a long time.
Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang, and Yan Jiedi each have a small whip with a hundred rings, and they can be taken apart and played with until fifteen.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Yan Jiecheng brought two bottles of Maotai, a chicken, a piece of pork belly, and jasmine tea.
I came to Master's home. Master's home is in Houhai, and he lives in a separate courtyard.
Today is the day when Yan Jiecheng officially became his master. When he came to his master's house, he saw four or five old men and a dozen young people.
These are all witnesses to the apprenticeship. The master's children are in the army and have not returned. Only one grandson is with him, and there are two senior brothers in his own family.
It happened to be the day of this gathering, and then everyone gave a testimony.
First prepare the incense eucalyptus, tributes, and statues of the ancestors.
Then the master offered incense and knelt down to worship the ancestor.
Senior brother offers incense and bows to the ancestor.
New disciples offer incense and bow to their ancestors.
Wait for Master to sit down and serve tea to Master.
After the master read out the sect rules, Yan Jiecheng summarized the basic rules: don't commit crimes, don't bully the weak, love your fellow sect members, don't bully your master and destroy your ancestors, etc. There aren't many things that need to be followed.
Just kowtow to the master and hand over the apprenticeship sticker.
Yan Jiecheng is officially a beginner and can learn Five Elements Boxing and Twelve Shape Boxing.
I also learned that these are all old friends of Master, and they are not all from the martial arts world. They come from all walks of life.
They all came here to witness the master’s recruitment of disciples.
After the ceremony, everyone drank tea, chatted, and paid their New Year greetings. Even if Master's family seemed to be in good condition, he couldn't invite so many people to dinner.
Yan Jiecheng had a big meal at his master's house and got to know his amiable master's wife, his two strong senior brothers, and his master's eldest grandson Xiao Dan who didn't like to practice martial arts.
With Master's gift in return, I returned home with a full harvest.
During the next vacation, I will go to Master's house every day to learn boxing, go home to study, read, and take care of my children.