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Chapter 18 Chinese New Year

Liu Lang's grandfather gave Liu Lang all the books he had learned in school. They were all professional books on chemical engineering. They were very difficult for Liu Lang to understand, but he was still idle. After more than a month, he could not understand simple chemical engineering.

They also knew something about the industry. What interested Liu Lang most was that there were several Russian tutorials in these books. Mastering a foreign language became an important task for him during this period.

Perhaps this is the benefit of being a reborn person. Liu Lang's memory is almost abnormal. He can basically remember a book he has read once. It is not an exaggeration to say that he has a photographic memory and knows it by heart.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year, and Liu Lang's Russian had improved by leaps and bounds in a few months. Although Liu Lang didn't know what level his Russian proficiency had reached, he estimated that he was basically able to have some simple conversations with Russians.

"Oh, I'm still too young!"

When people are over thirty years old, they will lament that they are under too much pressure and often envy those carefree children. But now, Liu Lang is just the opposite, hoping that he will grow up quickly. There are too many opportunities in this era.

He can make a lot of money casually, but he is not even one year old yet. A child under one year old cannot show his face and go out into the society to make a difference. All he can do now is wait slowly and wait until he is older.

Some, even if they look for opportunities when they are four or five years old.

It was the end of the year in a blink of an eye, and every household began to prepare New Year's goods. Liu Lang's parents and grandfather bought more than ten kilograms of pork, five kilograms of eggs, a lot of flour and rice, as well as apples, pastries, etc.

I bought a few firecrackers. Liu Lang's uncle was very happy when he saw the food.

, and what excites him the most are the few firecrackers. He hangs around these firecrackers every day, unloading a few scattered firecrackers and setting them off secretly when adults are not paying attention. The low temperature of minus 20 degrees outside can't stop these wild firecrackers.

The children are so enthusiastic that they don't care even if their faces and hands are frozen.

In this era, although food is scarce, it is not easy to eat a meal of dumplings, but the taste of the New Year is not comparable to that of twenty or thirty years later. Every household has worked hard for a year and is just waiting for a meal during the New Year.

Delicious, still close to New Year’s Eve

Within a week, the sauerkraut was fished out of the sauerkraut jar. Liu Lang's mother and grandmother chopped up the sauerkraut and pork and started making dumplings. Hundreds of dumplings were put on the curtain and frozen outside, and there were several more.

Ten bean bags were so frozen that they could kill someone.

In addition to making dumplings, the family also bought two chickens and two fish. Chicken and fish are considered complete. It can be said that such meals can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year.

On the night of New Year's Eve, the family got together. His mother and grandma were cooking, and the others were sitting on the hot kang playing poker. Liu Lang had nothing to do, so he went to the outhouse and watched his mother and grandma cooking.

meal.

I saw my mother using a spoon to dig out a large piece of milky white meat oil in a small jar. This was really meat oil, made entirely from pig fat. There was no oil or water in the stomachs of people in this era.

Ten years later, when a person buys pork, he will only buy lean meat. But now, when buying pork, no one likes lean meat. They all hope that the waiters at the grocery store will cut more fat. The more, the better, and preferably all of it.

It’s better to be fat.

After buying the fat at home, put it in a hot pan. After a while, it will be roasted by the hot temperature. People will collect the yellow and orange lard. When the temperature drops, the lard will be cooked.

It turns into a milky white jelly-like object. Take out a spoonful every time you cook, so that the dishes you make will be fragrant and full of flavor.

If this method is used twenty or thirty years later, I am afraid that no one will eat it, but in this era when there is no fat or water in everyone's stomach, a dish without meat and fat is not called a dish.

Now is the Chinese New Year. Liu Lang's mother deliberately scooped out a few more spoons of meat oil and put it in the pot. After a while, the milky white lumps turned into a yellow-orange liquid, exuding a rich meaty aroma. Then she added sauerkraut and

Throw the chicken into the pot, add seasoned large grain salt, cover the pot and wait for it to come out of the pot.

Women in every household are cooking, men are playing poker at home, and children run outside to the yard. You set off one firecracker and I throw two, accompanied by the sound of thundercrackers.

The sounds of children's play mixed together, and the New Year atmosphere became increasingly lively.

As for the Spring Festival Gala, it only appeared in 1983. What's more, there is no TV in the house now. There is only a box-like radio, which plays the New Year songs of the radio station. This kind of simplicity is extremely simple.

The whole family was fascinated by the entertainment items.

At midnight, the family gathered around the table, eating dumplings and bean buns that had just been cooked, and the men drank white wine. Liu Lang's grandfather took a dollar from his pocket and handed it to Liu Lang.

"Grandson, this is the New Year's money for you!"

Grandpa, who was already a little drunk, said.

"Thank you grandpa!"

Liu Lang took the money.

"Son, I will keep it for you and keep it for you to go to college."

Father took the money from Liu Lang's hand, with a hint of drunkenness on his face at this time.

"Um, okay......!"

Liu Lang pouted. In his memory, the New Year's money given to him by adults had never stayed in his hand for a minute since he was a child.

"Thunderbolt!"

There was already a loud sound of firecrackers outside, especially the two kicks, flying high into the sky and making a deafening sound. The first Spring Festival that Liu Lang experienced in this life did not have a Spring Festival party or fireworks all over the sky, but this kind of

The strong family atmosphere is destined to be something he will never forget.

Although they went to bed very late on the 30th night, Liu Lang's parents still got up very early on the first day of the new year. After washing up and having breakfast, Liu Lang's mother looked in the mirror and applied some Friendship brand ice cream, which is a

The only cosmetics in this era have green iron lids and milky white porcelain bottles. After opening, a rich fragrance will float out. You can dip some with your hands and apply it on your face or hands. It can also prevent freezing and lubricate.

When it comes to the effectiveness of perfume, it can be said that it is a two-purpose ointment.

Liu Lang's mother is now just a twenty-eight-year-old young woman. It is the nature of any woman to love beauty. However, because Liu Lang's mother works in a machine tool factory, she is exposed to various working machines all day long.

Normally she wouldn't wipe it off, but now she's doing it during the Chinese New Year

During the three days off, she would dress up in front of the mirror every day. Even this process only took a minute or two. Compared with women twenty years later, this time might not even be enough to wash her face, but

Liu Lang's mother still looked in the mirror and patted her face with satisfaction.

The first day of the new year is the day when she will return to her parents' home.


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