Chapter 23 Foreigners Come to the Countryside for Chinese New Year
Ding Guansheng picked up the cigarettes given by Chen Qingyun and looked at the large gilded characters on the packaging box: Special for Giant Pandas. Not to mention how refreshing it was. This was a very rare good thing. Ding Guansheng had only heard of this special cigarette.
, I have never seen the real thing. I was thinking of giving something to Secretary Gu this year, and Chen Qingyun brought him a surprise. Someone gave him a pillow when he was really sleepy.
Gu Xuewei is the secretary of the Guanzhou Municipal Party Committee and the leader who promoted Ding Guansheng. In official terms, Ding Guansheng is a person on Gu Xuewei's line.
The next day, Ding Guansheng drove to Guanzhou. Of course, in addition to this special cigarette, Ding Guansheng had to prepare some other gifts and bring red envelopes. Basically, the main leaders of the Liquan Municipal Government and the Municipal Party Committee were out these days.
Visit the leaders in Guanzhou and Tanzhou. This is an unspoken rule in officialdom. If you don't go during the holidays, no one will take you seriously, and no one will speak for you at critical times.
Officialdom is like a web, and only those who weave it carefully will gain something.
Chen Yongjun also has to visit relevant leaders before the Chinese New Year. He does not need to go to Guanzhou and Tanzhou, but the leaders of Qingpu Town and Liquan City still have to visit, especially the leaders of taxation, industry and commerce, commodity inspection, environmental protection and other law enforcement departments.
.Although he runs the Qingpu Electric Porcelain Factory based on his ability, if he "doesn't know the taste", the secretary and mayor of Qingpu Town can contract the electric porcelain factory to other people. There are many people eyeing his position as factory director. Such people feel that
I am only jealous, thinking that if you Chen Yongjun can run the electric porcelain factory well, I can do the same.
Chen Qingyun took Tang Yu to the computer store in Liquan City and bought back a Pentium 486 computer. Since he wanted to write a book, he had to implement it. Chen Qingyun's style of doing things was to be vigorous and resolute. He considered this matter last night
It has been a long time since I had a general idea, and I wanted to take advantage of the holiday to draw up the outline and start creating it as soon as possible.
According to the root table, Chen Qingyun mastered the input method of Wubi fonts on the same day without any guidance.
In the next two or three days, Chen Qingyun taught Qingwei Jue to his mother, grandfather, grandma and Chen Qingyun respectively, and also emphasized the requirement of confidentiality. The whole family was very excited and full of expectations for practicing Qingwei Jue. Of course, this
This does not include Tang Yu, and it is not time to teach it to him yet.
On the fifth day, Chen Qingyun and his second uncle drove to Furong Airport in Tanzhou and picked up Lawrence and Sally. That night, a small fireworks show was held in the Chen family compound. Lawrence and Sally were like
Like children, they rushed to light fireworks. They did not participate in such parties less, but they were curious about coming to Liquan to celebrate the New Year.
The twenty-fourth day of the lunar calendar is a festival celebrated by the people of Liquan. The Chinese small year period is different between the north and the south. It is twenty-three in the north and twenty-four in the south. Legend has it that this is the day when the Kitchen God reports his work to the Jade Emperor.
The good deeds and bad deeds done by the family in a year are reported to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor decides to give good luck rewards or bad luck punishments based on the report of the Stove Lord. Therefore, on this day, every household puts three animals and sugar cakes for the Stove Lord to enjoy. If you want to invite the Stove Lord,
The prince said some kind words to the Jade Emperor for good luck in the coming year.
God says good things, and the lower realms are safe. He is talking about the Kitchen God.
Nowadays, no one believes in the existence of the Kitchen God, but the custom of celebrating the Little New Year has been preserved to this day. Starting from today, it officially enters the time of celebrating the New Year.
As soon as the sun peeked out from the dragon's head of Longxing Mountain, the Chen family's courtyard set up shop and brought in two black pigs and more than a dozen chickens and ducks. In the countryside, the traditional method of killing pigs was used. Several people caught the pigs
Live, put it on a four-legged stool, the butcher grabs the pig's mouth, stabs the butcher's knife into the pig's neck, the pig's blood spurts out, catch it with a wooden basin, put some salt and water in the foot basin. After pulling out the butcher's knife
, the butcher held the long mouth of the black pig tightly with his left hand, and gently shook the wooden basin for collecting the pig's blood with his right hand. After the fat pig died, he cut a slit in the pig's hind leg and used a long iron bar to cut it from
The iron bar must be inserted under the pig's skin and in place in all directions. Then the butcher blows air through the small opening with his mouth, and the helper next to him beats the pig's whole body with a wooden stick. After a while, the pig
The pig's whole body was full of gas, bulging and round. Immediately, someone poured boiling water all over the pig's body, and the butcher used another knife to shave off the pig's hair.
Lawrence and Sally had never seen such a scene before, and they danced with joy. Lawrence rushed to help, caught pigs, poured boiling water, and was very busy; Sally ran back to the room to get her camera and kept taking pictures.
Eating pig-killing rice is another custom of the Liquan people. When the pig is being killed, the neighbors will come over to help or watch the fun. Then the neighbors, relatives and friends will take the initiative to stay and eat, without the need for the host's family to greet them.
Chen Qingyun's uncle Huang Jianguo also brought his family to Qingpu Town. Yesterday Chen Qingyun took Lawrence and Sally to Ziwei Mountain, and his second uncle drove to accompany him. In Peach Blossom Pond, Lawrence and Sally were stunned by the beautiful natural scenery.
Sally kept saying: "It's so beautiful, so beautiful." She took a lot of photos. Ziwei Mountain is no longer the chaos it was in summer, and the vegetation has also recovered.
Chen Qingyun looked at the back of the peach blossom forest, recalling how he was brought here by Xiaobi in the summer and then learned from the master. Now he is no longer a simple student. He didn't think about going in, he just took it with him
He came here with a feeling of longing. He believed that the master would not be unaware of his arrival.
Huang Li heard about the lively scene at Chen Qingyun's house and encouraged his father to take the whole family to Qingpu. What Chen Qingyun regretted was that his grandmother had passed away. This was a pain in his heart, because his grandfather died early and he had no memory, and
His grandmother loved him very much. He was very impressed: when his grandmother passed away, Chen Qingyun, who was in class, suddenly felt unbearable pain in his heart and felt very uncomfortable all over. He asked for leave and returned to the dormitory, where he couldn't help but cry. It was only ten days later that he learned that his grandmother had passed away.
information.
There is not much fuss about eating butchered pig rice. The chef will come and take the tenderloin (it is said to be the most delicious pork, especially freshly killed pigs), pig intestines, heart and lungs, pig blood, etc., fry them in several large pots, and serve them with
Just a few side dishes.
There were four tables arranged in the yard. Chen Yongjun took out two boxes of liquor and several boxes of beer. The diners were automatically sorted and seated. It has become a habit for the leading figures in the place to sit at the same table.
The last time he was in Quanjude, Yanjing, he didn't have enough fun. Lawrence was still thinking about it. He always wanted to test Chen Qingyun's drinking capacity. He pointed the finger at Chen Qingyun from the beginning. Huang Li and Chen Aimin also followed suit. After putting down a box of white wine, Lawrence
Along with Huang Li, Chen Aimin was carried down, while Chen Qingyun brought the Qianyang Qi to his head. His face was red and his ears were red, pretending to be drunk.
To make snacks on the 25th, a large iron pot was set up in the yard early, and cutting boards and other tools were set up. Huang Qiuling took out all the materials, tools and semi-finished products that had been prepared, and asked everyone to start frying sweet potato chips and making fried rice cakes.
, snowflake cake, sesame cake. The protagonists this time are Chen Qingyun’s grandfather, grandmother and his mother Huang Qiuling. Sally and Tang Yu were eating the freshly made snacks and kept saying: "Well, not bad, delicious
.”
The most excited person today was Tang Yu. He was particularly interested in making these foods and quickly mastered the know-how. Chen Qingyun looked at him and thought to himself that this kid has a really good talent in this area. He followed his mother
I have been making pastries for many years, but it is not as good as the soup yu that I have just come across.
In the days that followed, Chen Qingyun took Lawrence and Sally to the market, fished in ponds, dug out bird's nests, watched the villagers walk on stilts, dance with dragon lanterns, and cook. They had a great time, and Lawrence was delighted.
Chen Qingyun is a well-known scholar. Many villagers brought cut red paper to Qingpu Town to ask Chen Qingyun to write Spring Festival couplets. Chen Qingyun's calligraphy is indeed very good. He has been practicing facial expressions since he was a child, and he has boyish skills.
Lawrence was interested in helping him. He also bought red paper from the town and planned to ask Chen Qingyun to write a few pieces on it and keep it for taking back to the United States.
After writing two couplets, Lawrence saw Chen Qingyun standing there stupidly for a few minutes, and then his pen moved quickly. This couplet had a completely different charm than the previous one. Lawrence didn't understand Chinese calligraphy, but he also knew that the couplets before and after were incompatible.
Same thing.
Lawrence wanted to ask Chen Qingyun why he suddenly changed. Unexpectedly, Chen Qingyun handed the brush to Lawrence: "Brother, you can also write a few words. You can brag when you take it back." After speaking, he walked to the backyard, and Lawrence looked at
Looking at his back in a daze.
It turned out that when Chen Qingyun was writing, he suddenly thought of trying to circulate Qian Yang Qi, and a mysterious feeling arose in his mind. He wanted to go back to the backyard to practice Qingwei Jue while this feeling did not subside.
Three hours later, Chen Qingyun returned to the front yard from the backyard and continued to complete the couplets entrusted to him by his neighbors. At this time, he knew that his calligraphy had reached a certain state, just like the state where the sky is high and birds can fly.
On New Year's Eve, the whole family sat together and watched the Spring Festival Gala of China Television. Chen Yongjun directed Chen Qingyun and Chen Qingzhu to light several large fire jars and burn the charcoal red. Huang Qiuling arranged fruits, peanuts, melon seeds,
Desserts (there are two names for snacks in the countryside: home-made foods are called tuguozi, such as sweet potato chips, fried rice cakes, etc.; foods bought from street shops are called zhailiguozi, such as biscuits, candies, etc.), red wine, everyone eats
Eat snacks, drink red wine, chat and laugh, waiting for the New Year's bell.
At twelve o'clock, a scene of fireworks appearing on the TV, Chen Yongjun shouted: "Let's make money!" Chen Qingyun picked up the large bundle of firecrackers placed next to the door, opened the hall door, came to the yard, and lit a fire quickly
.At this time, the whole Qingpu Town was thunderous, and a thick smoke rose into the sky. Qingpu Town is a firecracker production area, and every household sets off a lot of firecrackers every year. Every year, Chen Qingyun’s family sets off the most firecrackers, and this year they set off all the firecrackers.
More than a dozen boxes of red earth and fireworks.
After setting off the firecrackers, Chen Qingyun took Chen Qingzhu, Chen Qingyun, Huang Li, Tang Yu, Lawrence and Sally to visit: "New Year's greetings, and good luck in getting rich."
After walking around, it was already two o'clock in the morning. A few young people who were not sleepy set up the table to play poker again. After a whole night, the New Year's sun came out.
Chen Qingyun said to Lawrence: "We are not going to play anymore, let's set off the firecrackers." Chen Qingyun shouted: "Okay, let's set off the firecrackers." After saying that, he took a few lit incense candles, gave one to each person, and then took them out.
A cardboard box.
Several people came out of the yard. Lawrence opened the carton and took a look. It was full of cannons. The big ones were as thick as a thumb and the small ones were as big as a little finger. Lawrence took out several big cannons and was about to light them. Chen Qingyun hurriedly stopped him and said: "Don't
Urgent, you have to pay attention to safety when setting off cannons, see how Qingyun fires them."
Lawrence saw Chen Qingyun take out a small cannon, stick it in the loose soil in front of him, light the cannon and run to the side. With a "ba" sound, the soil exploded. Chen Qingyun held the cannon in his hand, lit the fuse, and fired towards
When it was thrown into the sky, the "bar" sound was clear and crisp, and it said to Lawrence and Sally: "Don't imitate me and don't blow up your hands."
Lawrence took out a big red cannon, inserted it into the soil and lit it, and there was a dull sound "bang".
"The sounds of the two cannons are different. It seems that the sound of the small cannon is louder." Sally asked puzzledly.
Chen Qingyun and the people next to him all laughed: "The small one is ammonium nitrate explosive, which we call white powder; the big one is sulfur explosive, which is also called black powder. Of course, the smaller one is louder."
At this time, Chen Qingzhu ran to the vegetable field in front, inserted the cannon into the stuffed cabbage, and exploded the cabbage. "This kid always does bad things." Chen Qingyun laughed and cursed. Lawrence saw Chen Qingzhu's actions.
But he became interested, and like a child, he also ran to the vegetable field to fry cabbage.
During the entire Spring Festival, Lawrence and Sally were definitely the most excited. Lawrence said to Chen Qingyun countless times: "It's so fun, I will come to your house to celebrate the New Year next year." And Sally spent more than a dozen times.
Film, it seems that she has enough to show off after returning to the United States.