New Year's Eve, Shengtian.
Since the old man passed away, the two Jiang family brothers hadn't celebrated the Spring Festival together. It's not that there is a conflict, it's just that a high-ranking official and a wealthy businessman each have their own ideas and lifestyles, and they can only embarrass each other if they force a reunion.
This year was a surprise. Father Jiang learned that his daughter was going home, so he took the initiative to invite his younger brother to spend New Year's Eve together. Although the second uncle was strange, there was nothing wrong with it, so he nodded in agreement.
Ever since, the six members of the family got together like this.
At this moment, the two brothers are having a secret conversation in the upstairs study room, and the door is closed tightly, which is quite strange. The two wives were making dumplings downstairs, oh, to be exact, Jiang Ma was making dumplings and Second Aunt was making rice cakes.
The second aunt's name is Yang Qing, she was born in the south of the Yangtze River, and she has a scholarly family, with a hazy smell of misty rain. She seems weak, but with her husband's status and financial resources, she has been able to stay in the palace for decades, and her scheming is absolutely incomparable.
Now at eight o'clock, the Spring Festival Gala is being broadcast on TV, and the two of them are chatting while watching.
"This party is just for people from the north. It seems that dumplings are eaten all over the country during the Chinese New Year. But to be honest, if I didn't know so many friends from the south, I would have thought the same way before." Jiang Ma said with a smile.
"I don't watch it very often, I just glance at the songs and dances, those cross talk sketches, I don't understand them, and I don't find them funny."
Yang Qing spoke softly, and his hands were busy all the time. First, he took out the glutinous rice that had been mashed and cooled beforehand, then mixed sugar, hemp seeds, green plums, raisins, etc. into stuffing, and brushed a layer of lard on the square plate. Spread the glutinous rice, put some stuffing on each layer, a total of three layers.
Then it is steamed in a pan, which is called eight-treasure rice cake.
"Oh, it seems that when you were just married, I tasted your craft once, and I won't have much chance in the future. Today is a lucky day." Jiang Ma sighed.
"Heh, everyone is busy. It's time to get together during the Spring Festival."
Yang Qing finished packing up the rice cakes, glanced at the bedroom, and asked softly, "Sister-in-law, Jin Jin has been following Xiao Zhai since she graduated, and I don't know what she's busy with, so I don't even ask, do you know what's going on? "
"Uh, I don't know too well. We really don't understand the affairs of young people nowadays, and it's hard to ask."
Jiang Ma paused, and said, "As long as it's safe and sound, I don't care about anything else."
"My sister-in-law is more generous."
She smiled and didn't ask any more questions.
…
In the bedroom, Xiao Zhai and Xiao Jinpia were lying on the bed, stretching their bodies. One 177, one 175, looking around, it's all legs, all legs.
My sister is playing a game, and Xiao Zhai is flipping through the app.
In just a few days, seven more items were added to the biological map, and plants were still the most, with 19 items distributed in 15 provinces. Animals has thirteen entries, spread across nine provinces.
There is still no weather, and the geography is still the peach blossom miasma at the mouth of Caohe River.
She looked through the plant spectrum first, and there was nothing special, they were all ordinary alienation, but their medicinal value had increased. Then he looked at the animal spectrum again, but he let out a cry of surprise.
"The black-finned yellow-tailed eel is snake-shaped, with a body length of about 110-160 cm and a maximum length of 2 meters. The original shape is a yellow-tailed eel. After alienation, a fan-shaped black dorsal fin is produced. The tip of the tail is golden yellow and covered with inverted fins. Spines. The body is naked, lubricated without scales, and rich in mucus. The head is swollen, and there are fine teeth on the upper and lower jaws and the mandible. The bite force is extremely strong, and it can easily bite off the arm bones of an adult. It has a ferocious and aggressive temperament and should not be approached easily. Found: East Dongting Lake, Yueyang-Junshan-Huarong first-line breeding area; West Dongting Lake, Qili Lake-Muping Lake first-line breeding area. There are a lot of them, and five people have been bitten. The blood is poisonous, and it is harmful to the oral cavity and digestive tract mucous membranes. It will produce a stimulating effect, damage the nervous system, make the limbs numb, and die of respiratory and circulatory failure. However, the toxin is not heat-resistant, and it can be cooked and eaten at high temperature. effect."
"The giant-toed soft-shelled turtle has a body length of 80-130 cm and an upright height of 50-90 cm. The body is flat and oval, with thick armor on the back and abdomen. It has strong defense and can resist all kinds of pistol shots. The original shape is a soft-shelled turtle. The eyes are small, the mouth has new teeth, the neck is slender, the front and rear limbs have 5 toes, and the inner 3 toes have sharp claws. They are voracious in nature, can kill each other when food is insufficient, and even go ashore to eat people. They have no hibernation habits. It has been found in all breeding areas, and no casualties have been caused.”
"The triangular sail mussel, the original shape is the triangular sail mussel, which is widely cultivated in the Dongting Lake area. There are not many changes, mainly because the size increases, the color becomes darker, and the habit is not abnormal. This mussel is unique to the Xia Kingdom and is a good material for pearl breeding. 80-120 mussels can fertilize 500 grams of seedless pearls, nucleated pearls, colored pearls, luminous pearls, etc. In addition, pearl implantation operations can be performed, and pearl nuclei can be implanted on the mantle of adult mussels. Pearls over 8mm can be bred. The meat is edible, and the pearl powder has the functions of purging heat and calming convulsions, antisepsis and promoting muscle growth, improving eyesight and detoxification.
Dongting Lake, Dongting Lake…
Xiao Zhai muttered to himself, with a hint of helplessness: "The Shui tribe has finally shown its power, and some will suffer in the future."
Jin Jin listened to it, leaned over to have a look, and shouted, "Wow, even rice field eels have become good these days, whoever dares to live broadcast, I will reward her with 100 million!"
"..."
Xiao Zhai gave her a blank look, and didn't bother to answer her, he just said: "The three are all in Dongting Lake, the waterside is different from the land, so it's better not to make any trouble."
It's no wonder she was worried, Dongting is much more powerful than Flame Mountain.
Its predecessor was Yunmeng Daze in ancient times. "Hanyang Zhi" records: "Clouds are in the north of the river, and dreams are in the south of the river." Together they are called Yunmeng.
In its heyday, the area reached 40,000 square kilometers, reaching Qizhou in the east, Zhijiang in the west, south of Jingshan, and north of Qingcao, all of which are ancient Yunmeng.
Later, due to sediment deposition, Yunmengze was divided into two parts, the north and the south. The north of the Yangtze River is a swamp area, and there is still a vast lake in the south of the Yangtze River, which is Dongting Lake.
If there is a sudden change here and Yunmeng recovers, tsk tsk, don't dare to think, don't dare to think!
"Xiao Zhai, Xiao Jin, it's time to eat!"
"Well, here we come!"
The two lay down for a while, then they got up and went out when they heard a call from over there.
Jiang's father and second uncle also happened to come out. The second uncle looked at them as usual. He probably didn't know the inside story, but there was also a gloomy look on his face, which may have been revealed by Jiang's father.
At the dinner table, he drank a lot of wine, and soon became dizzy, and was helped into the guest room by Yang Qing.
Jiang Ma cleaned up the mess, Xiao Jin pretended to be cute, and rushed to help. Father Jiang looked at his daughter, a little embarrassed and unnatural, and said, "Shall we talk?"
"Yeah." Xiao Zhai nodded.
Ever since, the father and daughter went into the study again.
The atmosphere was very strange for a while, both parties were very polite, not like blood relatives.
"..."
After being silent for a long time, Xiaozhai finally spoke. Even if Jiang's father was prepared, he was also taken aback.
"Dad, can you and mom resign?"