Lin Jian and the old lady hurried back home on New Year's Eve. Han Xun took the time to pick them up at the airport and came back together. They came back after having lunch at Jincheng, and it was already afternoon when they got home. Both the old lady and Lin Jian seem to have changed people, especially the old lady, who has dyed her black hair back and is full of energy. The wrinkles on her face have been stretched out. People in their sixties look like they are in their fifties. I'm afraid Lin Mo wouldn't dare to recognize someone like him walking on the street.
Lin Shutong spoke freely, and the chubby face was full of doubts: "Grandma, why do you seem to be a different person?"
The old lady smiled so much that her glasses narrowed: "Then grandma has become more beautiful or uglier?"
Lin Shu's mouth was as sweet as honey: "Young and beautiful!"
But every woman doesn't like others to praise her beauty. The old lady was so happy that she couldn't see her eyes, she put her arms around Lin Shu and rubbed her heart and soul for a while. The corners of Lin Mo's and Lin Jian's mouths twitched, and they moved aside without a trace.
Obviously, both father and son had enjoyed this treatment 'hardly'.
The changes of the old lady are all on the face, which is too eye-catching, but Lin Jian's prosthetic limb is hidden in his pants, so it is difficult to be noticed immediately. Lin Mo came back to his senses and remembered that his father got out of the car and walked into the yard by himself just now, almost no difference from ordinary people.
He hurriedly asked Lin Jian to walk two more laps quickly, Lin Jian smiled helplessly, and walked around the yard according to his words, although the speed was slower than ordinary people, and his left leg was a little stiff when striding, but the doctor said, After a while, after he gets used to it completely, there will be no problem. Wearing trousers, it is almost impossible to tell the difference between him and ordinary people.
Even if Lin Mo's emotions were introverted, he couldn't help but have red eyes at this moment.
The fate of the family has finally changed. Dad and grandma will not die, and the younger brother is still growing up happily. Is there anything more satisfying and satisfying in this world? With his palms warming, Lin Mo turned his head to see Han Xun smiling Standing by his side and grabbing his hand, he shook it back hard, and whispered in a voice that was only the two of them: "Thank you."
The arc of Han Xun's mouth was even higher: "Don't be too grateful to me, just promise me with your body."
"OK."
good…
good! !
Han Xun's eyes widened, Lin Xiaomo actually agreed to him! He almost wondered if he was hallucinating, and when he recovered from the great surprise, Lin Mo had already freed his hand and walked to talk to his family. Han Xun felt as uncomfortable as a cat scratching, wishing to drag him away immediately to ask what happened, it would be best if he could...
Hehehe, he has prepared quite a lot this time. It is indeed a good habit to be prepared.
For the whole afternoon, Han Xun was in a state of distraction. Lin Mo was about to prepare the reunion dinner at night, impatient with him swaying in front of him, and sent him and Ah Hu to post Spring Festival couplets, hang lanterns, and go to the city to buy firecrackers.
In Qingtong Village, at least two sets of firecrackers are usually set off during the Chinese New Year, one set off when the reunion dinner is cooked, and the other set off in the middle of the night on New Year's Eve when "welcoming the God of Wealth". , take a good omen that the door is red everywhere. Lin Jian is a people's teacher who doesn't believe in these things, but the old lady is definitely a feudal diehard, no matter how sad every year is, these three firecrackers are indispensable. In addition to firecrackers, there are many children's favorites such as yellow fireworks, sky cannons, Ertijiao, match cannons, small fireworks, etc. The price ranges from a few cents to a few yuan. The children in the village want to have fun during the New Year. , Many people started saving money before the winter vacation. The vast majority of families in the village have only one child. No matter how tight their hands are, they will be given some pocket money to buy firecrackers during the Chinese New Year.
With the protection of the old lady and Lin Jian, even if Wang Yanyan doesn't like Lin Mo's stepson, she dare not go too far, it's just that she can't make out. Lin Jian is in charge of the money at home, and will always give Lin Mo a lot of pocket money during the Chinese New Year, and the old lady will secretly stuff some. Speaking of which, Lin Mo did not play with these guns when he was young, but he was in his teens. When I was playing, I almost injured my hand by a cannon, and I haven't played since then.
Lin Shu's pocket money is often plundered by his wife, and he dare not complain. Every year during the Chinese New Year, other children carry pockets full of small cannons to make troubles everywhere. Lin Shu can only release some yellow smoke cannons to look at others eagerly. child playing.
This year, with Han Xun, a rich man, accompanying him, he didn't evacuate the owner of the fireworks shop. He bought more than 20 firecrackers for 1,000 rings, and bought two big boxes for playing. Little Pao, Lin Shu started to move as soon as he got home and got out of the car. Lin Jian didn't allow him to play until Ah Hu and Han Xun took the extra firecrackers home and put them away.
Lin Mo was worried that Lin Shu would hurt his hand due to improper operation, so he asked Han Xun to watch him, but Han Xun was crazier than him when he played. The two of them finished frying bamboo in river ditches, tied their feet together in a circle to fry big rocks, The haystack was almost set on fire, and the revolutionary friendship grew rapidly.
The two had fun, and the sound of firecrackers attracted many children in the village. Han Xun generously scattered all kinds of firecrackers for everyone to play together, as if he became the king of children.
Lin Mo cooks New Year's Eve dinner at home.
According to the customs of the village, the New Year's Eve dinner is very particular. First, you must cook the whole pig's head, a pig with a tail "Zuodun" (dialect means buttocks), and a whole red rooster. After the rooster's blood soaks the paper money, stick the paper money on the Everywhere in the house is to drive away disasters and evil spirits to repay safety. The water used to boil the meat is used to cook the leaves of red and white radish and green vegetables, which cannot be broken and must be cooked whole. After these things are boiled, they are used as sacrifices to worship heaven and earth, ancestors, and gods from all walks of life.
The old lady especially believed in this. After the meat was cooked, she and her son carried it to worship at home. Every time there was a place of worship, the old lady would babble and make many wishes. Lin Mo and his son don't really believe in this, so they usually only kowtow. Many things happened at home this year. During the worship, Lin Mo and his son were obviously much more devout than in previous years.
Especially Lin Mo, he has always felt that it is incredible that he can be reborn and change the fate of his family. Maybe there is such a thing as gods and gods in this world.
On New Year's Eve, there must be fish that have "surplus" every year. The scales of fish cooked on this day cannot be knocked off. This year, Lin Cheng's family listened to the advice of the 'old lady' and subcontracted a large fish pond of more than ten acres from others. The couple worked hard to feed it for three seasons. It was several thousand, and for a rare and generous time, he called Lin Shu over and gave him two big carps weighing three catties.
After Lin Mo killed the fish, he deep-fried the fish in large oil and put it aside.
Boil the large intestines that are cut into seven mature and water-controlled, put them into the oil pan and deep-fry until they are golden red, scoop out the excess oil at the same time, add Shaoxing wine, green onion, ginger and other seasonings to fry until fragrant, then add the large intestines and stir-fry for a while After cooking, pour an appropriate amount of clear soup, salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, boil until the water boils, immediately scoop it into a small iron pot, put it on the stove and simmer slowly over low heat.
The old lady was responsible for cutting the meat and putting it on the plate, and Lin Jian helped Lin Mo light the fire. Lin Jian's cooking skills are not very good, but his cooking skills are first-class. Lin Mo wants to make a big fire and a small fire, so he can meet the requirements in the fastest time.
When Lin Cheng's family was fishing, they also caught a lot of eels. After Lin Mo heard about it, he asked Xiaopang Dun'er to buy some. After lunch, he killed all the eels and cut them into sections, soaked them in cooking wine, washed and drained the water, added starch and mixed well, poured the eels into the boiling oil pan and fried them Crisp, take out the eel section, add ginger, garlic, green onion, dried chili pepper, and peppercorns to taste, then pour in the soaked sea pepper and eel section and fry for a while, finally add the torn celery shreds, add seasoning, and stir fry for a while Remove to a serving plate.
The process of sautéing the kidneys is similar to this one. After the two dishes were cooked, Ah Hu was lured into the kitchen by the spicy and strong smell, and couldn't move his feet anymore.
He was a strong man of the same height and weight guarding the kitchen, and the kitchen suddenly became much narrower. Lin Mo couldn't stand the look of his eyes, so he fished a big meaty bone from the pot and gave it to him. Lin Mo specially asked people to leave a lot of meat on the bone. It was marinated all night last night, and the meat on it was completely cooked. The salty aroma with a bit of spicy and slightly sweet taste completely melted into the meat. After finishing the meat on the stick bone, Ah Hu found a small hammer and smashed the bone apart. Before he had time to pick up the two pieces of bone and suck the marrow inside, Ah Hui picked up one of the bones, drooling. Just run away. It was the first time in Ah Hu's life that someone robbed him of food, and the other party was a little fat dog, so his expression was not to mention how delicate it was.
There is no heating in L County. After the winter dishes are ready, if there is no air conditioner in the house, it will be very cold, so Lin Mo specially used the rabbits that were frozen there before to make a pot of dry pot rabbits. For the task, I fiddled with a small alcohol stove with a very practical spirit, which just came in handy right now. The fire of the alcohol stove is very small, so you don't have to worry about drying up the little soup in the dry pot rabbit and it can keep the temperature just right.
Then Lin Mo seasoned the Jiuzhuan large intestine and drizzled chicken oil over it, put the coriander on the pot and set it aside.
Ask Dad to fan the stove vigorously. After he stir-fries the fish soup with kimchi and boiled it, he turns it to the stove and simmers it slowly.
Put the salty roasted white and brown sugar glutinous rice prepared early in the morning into the pot and steam over high heat. After the steaming is almost done, put the old lady's sliced pork head meat, pork meat, and sauced elbow into it to steam.
He put the sliced chicken sliced by the old lady on the homemade chili oil, added a little green pepper sauce, an appropriate amount of pepper oil, sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, light soy sauce, crushed fried peanuts, minced garlic, shredded green onion, After stirring evenly, a large plate of red oil chicken slices with bright color and strong smell is ready.
After the fish is cooked, quickly burn a pot of rice balls with wine and rice, and then heat up the crispy meat and three delicacies stewed in the afternoon.
At this time, Lin Shu and Han Xun had gone home from their madness, washed their hands, and put the dishes on the table—pork head meat, pork belly, kimchi fish, nine-turn large intestine, 妑 妑 vegetables, cold chicken, stir-fried eel , stir-fried kidney, sauced elbow, dry pot rabbit, salty roasted white, brown sugar glutinous rice, crispy meat, three delicacies soup, wine glutinous rice balls, a full twelve dishes. After the meal, there is also a pot of lo mei that can be eaten while watching TV.
Ahu opened his belly to eat, and the old lady poured out two bottles of the green plum wine she soaked there last year, warmed it up and brought it to the table.
The water in L County is good, and fine wine has been produced since ancient times. Many people in the countryside make their own wine. The old lady added green plums and longan rock sugar to the wine jar, and it tasted sour and sweet better than the drink. In the past, when the old lady was free, she liked to have a drink or two, which would not hurt her body but also promote sleep. Lin Shu was too young to give him a drink, and the greedy little guy just looked at the old lady eagerly, and occasionally drank The last sip is very satisfying.
Today's New Year's Eve, it was rare for a family to get better and better after all the changes. Lin Jian was very happy and told his two sons to drink as much as they wanted.
Han Xiaoren is such a thief, he took the opportunity to pour Lin Mo with all his strength. Lin Mo himself has a mediocre drinking capacity. Han Xiaoren often socialized when he was in the capital, and he had already refined his drinking capacity. In order to realize the conspiracy, he almost said those toasts out of flowers. After Ahu was secretly kicked several times, he had to follow booing. The atmosphere at the dinner table was heated up, and even Lin Jian, who seldom drank, drank vigorously. After a meal, Lin Mo unknowingly drank several cups of green plum wine, one or two cups, six or seven cups, his face was as red as a rotten apple, his eyes were blurred with water vapor, and then he looked at Han Xun smiled sweetly, and Han Xiaoren was ashamed to be hard.
Seeing that Lin Mo and Lin Shu were very drunk, the old lady refused to let them watch the New Year's Eve, and gave them the New Year's Eve money prepared early in the morning, and asked them to go to bed early. The old lady, Lin Jian and Ah Hu were watching the indispensable annual Spring Festival Gala downstairs. Han Xun felt that this arrangement was so thoughtful, wagging his big tail, holding Lin Shu in one hand, and Lin Mo in the other, went up Lou threw the chubby boy away, went back to the room and locked the door behind him, and threw himself on the bed impatiently.