Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is the twelfth lunar month. In the eyes of old Beijing people, the Spring Festival almost begins here. This twelfth lunar month is very busy for Xue Xiang. In his previous life, he was alone, and one person had enough to eat, but the whole family was not hungry.
, although I live in Beijing, I have never experienced the tediousness and grandeur of the old Beijing people celebrating the New Year.
No, he was dumbfounded as soon as the twelfth lunar month entered. He didn't know what to prepare for the New Year. Fortunately, he had a bright mind and could draw pictures from the gourd. He would prepare what others prepared. He would also sweep the dust of others.
, he commanded three
The little boy followed him to sweep the dust; while the other family was making Laba porridge, he also bought a bunch of longan, peanuts and other eight treasures, humming and humming, and cooked a big pot, which made the third child, Kang Tong and others roll their eyes; the other family's buckle
I bought a few cuts of meat and a few strips with a lot of money.
Yulai was preparing to pickle bacon, but he was busy spoiling Mr. Qian anyway and bought back a trailer of chicken, duck and fish meat. Kang Tong, Lei Xiaotian, and Zhu Shijun wanted to give it away, and Sun Qianjin, Liu Yuanchao, and Li Hongjun couldn't be left out. Of course.
, from Liu Ying'er's family
He even got all the New Year's goods. He asked Ding Weidong to drive a small truck and pull a truck over, which made the whole courtyard roar again. He had had enough of being a nouveau riche, but the tender meat around his waist was gone.
She was also tortured by Liu Ying'er until she turned purple and green.
This New Year is different from previous years. This year can be said to be the most special year in the history of the Republic. It has experienced countless disasters and also ended the biggest disaster. As the Spring Festival approaches, the sky over the Republic is filled with a joyful atmosphere, as if it is coming to an end.
Like a blessing, it cleans away all the filth and bad luck.
This Spring Festival is also the most meaningful and different Spring Festival in the past ten years. As we enter the twelfth lunar month, People's Daily publishes an article saying, "We want the people to have a happy and peaceful Spring Festival." As for the "** Spring Festival" of previous years, no one mentioned it anymore.
Now. The people of the old capital seem to have accumulated all the experience they have accumulated over the past ten years.
All the enthusiasm of the Spring Festival burst out this year. Activities such as worshiping the stove, worshiping ancestors, worshiping the God of Wealth, etc. were not allowed in previous years (breaking down feudal superstitions). Just after Laba, various families started to make a fuss, letting the Kitchen God and Qi Hei
Tiger's Zhao Gongming also experienced a round of fat incense.
On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, Xue Xiang led the three children to pay homage to the Stove Lord, and then went to the northern suburbs cemetery to visit the graves of his late father and mother, sweep the graves, and take the two elders home to celebrate the New Year.
On the twenty-fifth day, Xue Xiang prepared two large boxes full of tobacco, alcohol, non-staple food, and preserved goods and took them to the Beijiao Farm to deliver to Xue Anyuan. At this time, the Beijiao Farm was much empty, and there were hundreds of people who were there.
The veteran cadres who "study and reform" here have been liberated and returned home. Only dozens of veteran cadres who are stubborn or have made unforgivable historical mistakes are still "reforming" here. Xue Anyuan is one of them.
Xue Xiang knew the reason. Although he had done a lot of things to revolutionize the old and make new things, there were two things he still insisted on. The old leader couldn't afford to recover, so naturally someone like Xue Anyuan, who was tied to the old leader by the roots, had to.
Stay inside honestly. However, Xue Xiang knew that the countdown to Xue Anyuan's coming out had begun.
When Xue Xiang saw Xue Anyuan, he was in good spirits and was playing chess with others. He had a hearty laugh and a rosy complexion. Xue Anyuan saw Xue Xiang, grabbed the box, took out a jadeite, and distributed it to others in the chess and card room.
Several old men, after finishing their meal, quickly lit a cigarette for themselves, took a deep breath, and relieved their craving for cigarettes. They started to curse, "The third brother delivered the cigarettes late this time, which made me smoke for several days. The workers and peasants smoked. Why don't you smoke?"
"Energy".
Xue Xiang felt relieved when he saw that Xue Anyuan was in good spirits, and naturally reported the news that Xue Anyuan was coming out soon. This time, Xue Anyuan did not scold him for being a charlatan who repeatedly made mistakes, and the old man also saw the trend.
, knowing that he was about to be released from prison, and the tiger returned to the mountain, he only asked Xue Xiang to take good care of his younger siblings at home. If the three little guys were thinner than last time, he would have to hug Xue Xiang when he went home, frightening Xue Xiang.
Excuse me in a hurry...
Since the 26th, Xue Xiang has never been out of the house. He is always at home with his third elementary school student and Kang Tong, tinkering with wax goods and preparing the Spring Festival dishes. This year, just like last year, Kang Tong and his brother spent the New Year together at Xue Xiang's house as usual.
Because the cotton spinning factory where Kang Meizhi works is engaged in a "racing against time to boost production" campaign, there are only two days off during the Spring Festival, New Year's Eve and the first day of the Lunar New Year. Kang Meizhi has been working overtime in the factory these days.
The term "baked goods" refers to the New Year's goods bought in the twelfth lunar month in Xue Xiang's family, rather than the rouge meat products in the twelfth lunar month. In addition to more than a dozen strings of sausages and two pickled salted fish hanging on the wall, his house is famous
It's a real bacon product, and the rest of the chicken, duck, and fish are all stuffed in the refrigerator, still fresh.
Today is the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and according to the custom of the old capital, it is time to prepare the last few dishes for guests. The main dishes are just some braised vegetables and steamed vegetables. When it is convenient for guests to come, they can be served directly after being heated.
During the New Year, if you have guests over and rush to cook something fresh, it will waste time. No, Xue Xiang and Kang Tong got up early in the morning and started working in the kitchen.
Xue Xiang and Kang Tong first picked up the pork belly slices and large pieces of meat bones that had been soaked last night, drained them, and mixed them with fried rice noodles, black sesame seeds, dried chili peppers, Sichuan pepper powder, and vegetable oil, and then packed them.
earthen bowl,
Put the steamer on the steamer. A steamer basket is arranged in the back pot of the stove, and the front pot cannot be left empty. A large pot of star anise, fennel, pepper, cardamom, jujube, brown sugar and other seasonings is filled with a pot of water. At eight o'clock
The clock begins to boil,
At around ten o'clock, more than half of the pot of red-colored marinade with a rich and fragrant soup was cooked. After the marinade was prepared, Xue Xiang and Kang Tong put the pig head, pig tail, pork belly, pork liver and other ingredients donated by the second senior brother.
The ingredients begin to cook in the pot,
This stew was cooked until about four o'clock in the afternoon. The three large steamed pork baskets and steamed pork ribs in the back pot were out of the pot early. They found a shady place and put them in a vegetable basket. As for the empty back pot, they were also cooked together.
Make braised meat and start braised vegetables.
This Spring Festival is also the first Spring Festival for Xue Xiang after his rebirth. Therefore, Xue Xiang organized it with great grandeur and prepared countless ingredients. In addition to the second senior brother, there are also meat products such as fat chicken, cured fish, salted duck, goose and so on.
There were even game meats sent by Fatty Zhang, Ma Yongsheng and others. The whole process of making this dried meat product lasted until the afternoon. During this period, I didn’t even have time to prepare lunch. Fortunately, I watched the room full of cooked meat.
No one was hungry for meat. The steamed pork belly and meat bones were tasted by Xue Xiang, Kang Tong and Sanxiao, and they tasted more than ten bowls of them. When the braised pig head was removed from the meat and bones,
Most of them were killed by everyone again
; When the sausages came out of the pot, one person would pick up a piece, and stuff it into his mouth without caring about whether it was hot to his hands; as for the fat chicken, salted duck, and geese that were marinated red and dripping with oil, they were all missing arms and legs, and occasionally even
There are a few broken wings.
Xue Xiang was fishing for the last pot of braised meat on the stove, and the little guy rushed in, hugged his legs, and started to clamor for Xue Xiang to go to Xiao Yi and ask for the pig tail.
It turned out that when the freshly braised pig tails came out of the pot, one was taken away by Xiao Yi, who had been watching for a long time. The little sultry man had heard people say that he hid in the corner of the door and ate the New Year's pig tails.
It can cure the problem of runny nose all year round. The little slutty boy happens to have the problem of slugs, so he is like a fairy tale prince.
I often resisted twitching my nose when I was stimulating words, and snorted like eating noodles, sucking in the snot hanging out of my nostrils, which often caused my beautiful classmates to throw them at me. No, this whole day, I was bored.
The handsome man stared at the pig's tail. As soon as it came out of the pot, he snatched it away and smoked it away.
Xiaoyi ran out of the kitchen carrying the reddish-braised pig tail and ran in the snow, heading straight for the main room. The little guy who was playing in the snow and chewing sausages in the yard was very curious.
: The third smelly brother got something delicious. People have to go see what he is hiding secretly. If it is delicious, shouldn’t he hand it over to his sister to eat first?….
The little guy bit off the last piece of sausage, picked up a small ball of snow with a pair of greasy hands, rubbed it, washed his hands, and ran to the main room. Xiaoyi picked up the pig tail and ran back to the room and opened the door.
, as soon as he hid in the angle formed by the door and the wall, the little guy rushed in.
"Where's the third brother, you obviously watched him come in." The little guy ran in and didn't notice Xiao Yi. He was very puzzled, and then wandered around the room, searching around, even under the bed and in the wardrobe.
I didn’t let him go, but he still didn’t find anyone, but he still stinks.
The third brother found a lot of food that he had hidden under his pillow. The little guy frowned and was about to confiscate the "stolen items" that he couldn't steal. Xiao Yi, who was hiding under the door and peeking at everything, couldn't stand it anymore, "Hey,
What are you doing, that's mine."
The little Mensao Man was anxious. These high-end snacks were really not stolen by him, but were taken out by the little guy out of kindness to share with everyone. He was reluctant to eat them and secretly saved them. The little Mensao Man finally saved a small bag.
, when I was about to start school, I took it to the class to show off, but it was seized by the original owner.
When the little guy heard the sound coming from behind the door, he didn't care about confiscating the "stolen items". He twisted his little body and ran towards the door. She was extremely curious: What kind of good food was hidden behind the door to eat?
It tastes much better than the sausage I just ate.
"Brother Stinky, what are you eating on the sly? Why don't you take it out for others to see?" With a groan, the little guy opened the door and said, "Okay, you've been discovered by me, and you still dare to hide it. Hmph, hurry up.
Take it out, you're being stingy." The little guy opened the door and saw the back of Brother Stinky. He immediately became more curious and extremely dissatisfied.