"Well, just tell your brother about this, don't tell mom!" Zhang Heng instructed.
The younger sister nodded heavily. She knew that her brother had far more things to do than her mother. How could her father arrange to stay at the Tibetan Hotel when he came back? There were also dad's drivers and bodyguards who were most obedient to her brother. This was not right. Her little head even
She had suspected that all this was arranged by her brother, but she knew that her brother loved her the most, and that was enough.
"Didn't you catch cicadas before eating? Did you catch them?" Zhang Heng interrupted the topic and said.
My sister pouted and said, "Don't mention it, there are too many people, and we were all frightened when we went there."
Zhang Heng smiled and rubbed his sister's long hair. Cicadas are called Ling'ang'er in Shu, which means loud, but only males can sing. Females cannot make calls. Cicadas like to sing under orange trees.
When the time comes, the larvae will climb up the branches at night to shed their shells and fly high. In the early years, dozens of cicada shells could be picked off an orange tree. They were yellow in color, alive or appearing, similar to bamboo shoot insects.
It looks like, and the cicada shell is also a medicine introduction, and the medicinal materials shop in the town will take it. Zhang Heng went to find it when he was a child and sold it to pay back the money.
Mature cicadas like to suck the juice of walnut trees the most, and they may also like other tree species, but what Zhang Heng has seen is walnut trees. It is possible to see hundreds of them climbing on them at a time. When frightened, they are like a small dark cloud spreading its wings and flying high.
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"Let's go, brother will take you to catch cicadas!" Zhang Heng said with a smile.
"Okay, okay, if you catch it, tie it up with a rope!" my sister cheered.
Zhang Heng put his sister on his shoulders, shouted and ran home. First, he found a bamboo pole of suitable size, preferably dry. Because it was light, he then took a piece of bamboo one centimeter wide and bent it into a palm.
It’s big, so I chose bamboo because the spider’s web will be wrapped next. Bamboo can stick to it very well.
There are actually two types of cicadas in the village. One is black, about the size of a thumb, and the other is grass-green, quite small, only as big as a little fingernail. They like to lie down in the grass. They are hard to find now. When I was a child, they used to cicadas.
Catch it and put it in a pencil case. You can just grab it with your hands. It all depends on the speed.
As for spiders, there are many kinds. Although spiders are poisonous, they are rarely reported to bite people. There are four common types. The first kind is as big as a baby's fist. It likes to cling to walls and can hang upside down and climb on roofs.
It looks scary; the second type likes to build large webs on the tile edges, which are common spiders. They are about the size of a thumb; the third type is earth spiders, which live on earth walls and will weave a dense web the size of a coin. The spider is
They hide under the net. They are not aggressive and are earthy white in color. This kind of net can treat wounds. When villagers get cuts on their hands, they will use this kind of net to cover the wound. It can stop bleeding. The fourth type likes to form knots in the soil.
Small nets are also the most poisonous. If you are unlucky, you will be bitten.
Now the two brothers and sisters were looking for the second type of spider, whose web was bright and about the size of a small dustpan.
"Brother, look, it's there!" my sister pointed forward and shouted.
Zhang Heng smiled, and quickly ran over with his sister, put down the bamboo pole circle, and then rotated it, wrapping the sticky web on it, and the spider naturally avoided it, and it would form new ones after a while.
I followed the same method and wrapped five nets together. It was already quite dense at this time. I touched it with my hand and found that it had obvious stickiness. It was done.
The two brothers and sister sneaked under the walnut tree again. The hotter the weather, the more cicadas there were. The sun was shining brightly at this time, which was a good time. The chirping of cicadas could be heard from a long distance away. It was not easy to tell them apart from the appearance.
There is no male or female. You can only tell the difference by turning your grasping hand over and looking at the belly and tail. Of course, you can also tell the difference by barking or not barking.
The trees are covered with green walnuts. You have to wait until the rice is harvested before you can pick the walnuts. You also have to remove the outer shell. You can also wait for a while when the shells become old. In this case, you just need to pick them and crack them open. But for ordinary villagers,
Hurry up and pick them off as soon as they are ripe. At this time, it is more troublesome to peel the shells. Even if you knock and grind them, your hands will be stained with green-yellow juice, which is not easy to clean. Anyone who sees this color on their hands will
I know how to crack walnuts and eat them.
The treetop in front of you is not big, so you basically only have one chance to attack. After one net, all the cicadas on the other treetops will be frightened away.
"Brother, hurry up, there are three of them over there, over there in the net." My sister urged, but her voice was kept low and she was very nervous.
Zhang Heng nodded and said nothing, but he was amused in his heart. It was not easy to catch cicadas with his current methods. He only needed to get close, pull them into the space and then return, and then he would have them directly in his hands. There are many more without this.
This method is just to satisfy my sister's childishness at this time.
If he wants to be an actor, he is actually quite qualified. As soon as he moves his hand, the spider web will cover him...
"I got it, all three of them got it, brother, you are so awesome!" My sister jumped up to the top and clapped her hands and cheered.
His sister was happy, and of course he was happy too. He immediately took off the bamboo pole and took down the three cicadas flapping on it. Unlike bamboo shoot insects, cicadas themselves have no attack power and cannot bite anyone, and their small claws can't bite anyone.
It can't hook anyone, the head and back shell are very hard, and it feels quite good when held in the hand.
"There are two males that can bark. Let's go home and tie them up with a string!" Zhang Heng said cheerfully. Cicadas are more afraid of rainy days, and it is easy to pick them up on the mountain trail after a heavy rain.
"Okay, okay!" My sister clapped her hands.
On the way back, I saw the beetle on the pear tree again. It is a pest with a long body and long tentacles. It likes to pinch off branches. When villagers see it, they take a long thorn from an orange tree and pierce the beetle.
Nailed to the pear tree, Zhang Heng often did this kind of thing.
After nailing the beetles, I picked a few more green-skinned pears. They had a lot of juice, but also a lot of dregs, which were hard to swallow. They were old varieties.
"Crack!" The younger sister grabbed the cicada in one hand and took a bite of the pear in the other hand. Unexpectedly, she said: "Brother, let me tell you, I ate a lot of delicious fruits in my dream. They are more delicious than this."
Pears are a thousand times more delicious!"
Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Things in dreams can also be taken seriously!"
"But brother, the knowledge I learned in the dream is all true. I can even do the arithmetic problems of the fifth grade of elementary school." My sister refused.
"Haha, then work harder, dream more, and register to go to junior high school by the end of the month." Zhang Heng encouraged.
After a while, when the two brothers and sisters returned home, there was a lively and noisy scene again. The entire dam was used, and a raincloth was pulled over it. A dining table was already being arranged under the cloth. It was said that there would be eighty tables, but
Where can I find so many tables? Even if I find them, there is no place to set them up, so I use the old village method to divide the food into several rounds.
That is to say, the first batch of guests will immediately clear the table and replace it with the next batch. In ancient times, it was called "flowing water table!" As long as people don't stop, the table will not stop. As a result, some people will eat for a while.
Lun ran to eat the second round again. But there were only a few, most of them were just naughty boys with small bellies but big eyes.
Everyone in the village holds a banquet like this. People nearby gather tables and benches together. No, people are already carrying tables one after another. They vary in size and height, but they are more atmospheric. They are basically square tables. Each table has only one
There are eight people sitting, and the round tables outside usually seat ten people. Compared with the eight-person table, it is more crowded, and the eight-person table uses long benches. It is square and square, with two people per bench. If you encounter
If you are left-handed, you will make a joke. These chopsticks will cause a fight.
The bowls and chopsticks are also carried in baskets from various households, as well as steamers, etc. As for the stove, it is also easy to get there. Just use bricks to build a circle cage. It is simple and convenient, but such a stove needs to use honeycomb briquettes, which cost a few cents.
One, eighty tables would require about five hundred, or firewood sticks would also work, but they would have to be guarded, which would be a bit troublesome.
The uncle invited a famous chef nearby to take charge of the affairs. Not to mention the salary, he would just send a red envelope when the time came. In addition, there were old ladies who came to help, and there were also young daughters-in-law, but they were all virtuous people who could get them.
Red envelope.
The cutting board is also ready. I just removed the wooden door panels of the old house and used them. It is more than one meter wide and nearly two meters long. It can be used by several people to cut vegetables at the same time. I simply removed three door panels and set them up on benches.
The rest of the large pots, baskets, dustpans, dustpans, etc. are all available, most of them are made of bamboo. This is what Zhang Heng's grandfather did, so there is no shortage of these things in the house.
Ingredients have also been purchased from the market town one after another. Don’t think that there is a shortage of vegetables because there are farmlands everywhere in the village. Because the planting technology is underdeveloped, the fresh vegetables in each season are very few. Sometimes, in more than a month, two
Switch between the three dishes.
Steamed chicken and duck are indispensable for every table. A big steamer usually contains a table of real dishes, including: "steamed elbow meat with sauce, sliced pork belly with salted vegetables, sweet potato and brown sugar sandwich slices, egg meat dumpling slices, fried crispy pork"
Meat dumplings, glutinous rice and sugar sliced meat, steamed chicken with yellow flowers and greens, steamed duck with radish strips, turtle soup, dragon bones and lotus roots, snow peas and pork trotters and ribs, pork belly slices, etc.”
In addition, stewed and stir-fried dishes are of course indispensable, such as fried shrimps, large slices of twice-cooked pork, pan-fried shredded pork, ham belly strips, konjac roasted duck, soybean roasted chicken, bamboo shoots and ribs, spicy fish in sauce, beer rabbit, etc.
There are also cold dried vegetables, which are essential, such as large ear slices, chicken nuggets with folded ears, shabu-shabu tripe, dry beef, camphor tea duck, salted duck, braised pig head meat, chestnuts (pork tongue), cold pork liver,
Sausage slices, salted peanuts, etc.
Generally, there are about eighteen dishes on a table, more than two dishes per person on average. The steamed dishes are indispensable. The rest of the dishes increase or decrease depending on the season. The portions are sufficient and it is definitely enough, even if the villagers can eat it.
There is no way to eat it all.
In addition, each table will have a bottle of liquor and enough beer, and a pack of cigarettes will be thrown on the table. If you meet a more refined person, you will be given a pack of cigarettes whenever you see a man, and the cigarettes are usually priced at seven
The ones that cost RMB 10,000 are considered decent, and a bottle of wine usually costs around RMB 30, and most people in Sichuan choose Fenggu or Luzhou Laojiao. Other liquors are also available, and drinks can be taken at will.
This is to take care of children. It is said that children have small bellies and big eyes. In fact, they drink a lot before the table is served. In the end, they can't eat much food at all. They often eat from a bowl and the best meat and vegetables end up in the adults' stomachs.
people.
Eating noodles at a banquet is also very particular. You have to watch who comes to the table. It would be a tragedy if eight grown men gathered at the same table. For example, a bowl of egg and meat dumpling slices only has eight slices. Everyone can eat them. If you want to eat the second slice, you can just eat it.
No, the preparation of many of them is troublesome, and people can only eat them when they have dinner.
For example, for this Yuanzi dish, you must first chop the meat, add starch, salt, and peppercorns, then spread it evenly on a large steamer, about two widths are enough, and then spread a layer of beaten egg juice on top.
, after steaming, the inside is tender and the outside is yellow, then cut into slices, eight slices to a table and placed in a bowl. Under the bowl are yellow flowers, kelp and other ingredients. Do not put water in it, just add the steam directly to the soup. The taste is quite good.
The two brothers and sisters watched with interest, occasionally lending a hand to help, and of course there were also times when they chatted.
"Brother, we are going to have a teething festival!" My sister stuck out her tongue, which was spicy from a piece of red meat.
The so-called tooth-beating festival means eating noodles on a banquet, which means you can eat good things. Zhang Heng said happily: "As long as you have something to eat, I have to kill pigs in the afternoon. Killing four will be enough!"
"Oh yeah, the pork in our village is still delicious. Should we eat pig-killing vegetables tonight?" Xiaoyi was a little greedy. Although she helped her mother sell pork in the city for two years, the meat outside really couldn't compare with it.
The fresh butchered vegetables raised by the villagers are absolutely the best!