On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the winter sun is warm and warm.
Le Geer took out and washed all the quilts and sheets of the whole family, and the four men were responsible for cleaning the house.
When they were celebrating their new year, they were selling well. Even Grandpa Chang and Chang Hao helped out at the snack bar. The snack bar didn't have a holiday that day, but left work half an hour earlier, so the house hadn't been cleaned yet.
Put on a bamboo hat, stick a clean new broom on the long bamboo pole, and you can sweep the house.
The two teenagers were not very strong, and their hands were sore after holding the bamboo pole for a while. Yu Qingze asked them to sweep the floor and wipe the table and cabinet.
The four men cleaned the inside and outside of the house, and removed the cabinets and beds one by one.
"Hey, Xiaohao, there is a copper hairpin here." When Jiabao was cleaning under Changle's bed, he found a hairpin covered with mud in the ground between the bedpost and the wall, and it had been buried in the soil. Most of the time. He pulled out the hairpin and told Chang Hao.
"Where? I'll take a look." Chang Hao went over, took it over and took a closer look, and said, "I haven't seen it. It doesn't seem to be my brother's. I haven't seen him use it. I'll ask grandpa."
"Grandpa, we found a hairpin." Chang Hao grabbed the copper hairpin and went out to the main room to ask Grandpa Chang, and added, "It doesn't seem like my brother's."
"What kind of hairpin?" Grandpa Chang stopped the movement in his hand, turned his head and glanced, paused, reached out and took it, lightly wiped the dust on it, and said, "This is yours."
Chang Hao widened his eyes and said in surprise, "What am I?"
When Chang Hao's father passed away, he was only two years old. He had no memory of his father, and only remembered the worship during the New Year and the festival every year. As long as he can remember, it has only been his brother and grandfather.
"Yeah." Grandpa Chang looked at the hairpin for a while, and then said, "You played with it when you were young, and you lost it by accident. Your brother searched for a long time and couldn't find it. Where did you find it?"
Chang Hao replied, "Brother Jiabao found it in the corner between the pillars of his bed and the wall. When I moved the bed away, I saw that it was all buried in the soil."
Grandpa Chang snorted, then handed him the hairpin and said, "Take it and wash it, and give it to him when your brother comes back."
"Oh." Chang Hao took the hairpin and went to the kitchen to wash it.
When Brother Le came back and saw the hairpin in his brother's hand, he grabbed it excitedly, stroked it again and again, smiled silently, but his eyes were wet.
Seeing his brother's excited appearance, Chang Hao said, "Brother, grandpa said this is Ah's hairpin?"
Brother Le nodded.
"I lost it when I was a kid?"
Brother Le continued to nod.
"I'm sorry, brother." From the look of his brother, Chang Hao knew that his brother treasured this hairpin very much. Although he didn't have any impression of his father, his relationship with him was very deep.
Hearing this, Brother Le shook his head and touched his brother's head, saying it was okay.
Brother Le put the hairpin in the house and put it away well.
Accidentally found something that he hadn't seen for many years, and it was still his Ah Mo's relic. Brother Le was very happy.
The next day, the twenty-ninth year, Le Geer's family wanted to kill the New Year pig.
Early in the morning, before dawn, the whole family got up, and Chang Hao and Jiabao also got up to watch the fun.
The men in the village who were good at killing pigs and the men who were invited to help all came, as did Wen Li and Brother Chang’s family. It is customary in the village to ask relatives and good friends to help and have breakfast together when killing the New Year pig. Yesterday, Brother Chang's family slaughtered the New Year pig, and Brother Le's family also had breakfast in the past.
The buddies are boiling water and steaming rice in the kitchen. They boiled three pots of boiling water and prepared them.
The men brought two very wide long stools and put them in the yard. Afterwards, a few of them went into the pigsty. The man who killed the pig hooked the iron hook around the pig's neck and dragged it out. .
The fat pig roared and awoke everyone around him. As soon as I heard it, oh, killing pigs, I heard it a lot these days, and I fell back to sleep with peace of mind.
Some helped drag the pigs in front, others were behind, and with a little effort, the pigs were pulled out of the sty and dragged into the yard. Several people worked together to lift the pig onto the bench, laying it on its side, and then several men pressed down on the pig's limbs and body to prevent it from moving.
Chang Hao and Jiabao, as well as several children from Brother Chang's family and Wen Li's family watched curiously. Although they watched it once yesterday, they still couldn't take their eyes off it.
When the man who killed the pig saw that Brother Le had prepared the wooden basin, he instructed him to pack blood later, and then saw the position and slaughtered the pig neatly.
Seeing this, Brother Le quickly took the wooden basin to put pig blood.
After filling the pig blood, Le Geer immediately brought the basin to the kitchen and added some water and salt to make it solidify.
In the yard, when the pig stopped playing, the man who killed the pig cut a hole just above the pig's hind hoof, and then began to blow air. After the blowing, a few men lifted the pig into a large wooden basin, and then began to pour boiling water on the pig, and then began to shave the pig's hair after it was thoroughly poured.
After shaving the pig's hair, he hung the pig upside down on a ladder, and then began to disembowel it...
Seeing the pig hair, Yu Qingze thought of one thing. He swept the pig hair together and put it under the eaves.
When the pig's internal organs were taken out, Yu Qingze immediately asked Brother Chang and the others to take the pig intestines to clean. He was going to make a blood sausage for everyone to try later.
The men in the yard were busy cutting pieces, and Yu Qingze and Le Geer started washing, cutting, and cooking.
After a busy morning, the meal is ready. Country people, everyone is not so particular about it, they can eat directly with tables and stools in the yard. Everyone added up and sat at three tables, which was very lively.
The meal is served.
Pig blood sausage, stir-fried pork liver, stir-fried kidney flower, braised pork, stir-fried pork, braised fat sausage, sausage platter, vinegared Chinese cabbage, lean meat soup.
When everyone smelled the aroma of the dish, they suddenly came to their senses. After another bite, they couldn't stop their chopsticks, and they said it was delicious.
After Brother Le finished the dishes, he looked around and saw that he didn't see his second uncle, so he found his uncle, and gestured why the second uncle didn't come.
"You said your second uncle?" Wen Li guessed when Chang Le gestured. Every year, he has to ask again.
Chang Le nodded.
Wen Li shook her head and said, "You know, every year I call him, but he doesn't come over. It's alright, don't worry about him, go and eat."
Chang Le heard the words, was silent for a while, and then gestured again: I'll call him.
Saying that, he took off his apron, called Chang Hao, and went out.
"Hey, Brother Le..." Wen Li watched from behind, sighed, put down the tableware, and followed them.
When he arrived at the second uncle's house, his second uncle was also sitting at the door of the kitchen drinking porridge. When he saw the two brothers Le Ge'er come in, he was stunned.
"Xiao Le, Xiao Hao, what are you doing here? Isn't this just having breakfast?"
Chang Le gestured twice. Chang Hao said, "Second uncle, my brother told you to come with us for breakfast."
Chang Sheng paused for a moment, lowered his eyes, then raised his head and said with a naive smile: "I will, but I can't go, you go back to eat, it's cold, and the food will be cold later."
Chang Le looked at his second uncle for a long time, and then made a long gesture.
Chang Hao: "My brother said that what happened back then was an accident, I don't blame you, let you stop blaming yourself. My father and Ame have never blamed you. My brother also said that the family is all right now, and he Very good, Big Brother Yu is also good to him, we will get married next year, you should let go of the past and live a good life."
Hearing this, Chang Sheng's nose was sore, he hurriedly turned his head, reached out to wipe his eyes, and whispered: "If I hadn't been optimistic about you, you wouldn't either... sigh, don't say this, you go back to dinner, no need. Take care of me and go back."
Chang Le frowned, stepped forward, took the tableware and chopsticks from his second uncle's hand, put it in the kitchen, and then took his second uncle's wrist and left.
"Hey, Xiaole, wait, wait..." Chang Sheng was a little flustered, but he couldn't resist Brother Le's strength and was dragged away.
Meeting Wen Li at the door, Chang Sheng asked Wen Li to help hold Brother Le.
Wen Li slapped him and said, "If you have the ability, you can pull it yourself. It's like this every year, and you can't pass if you are told to pass. You are too old, and you have to ask Brother Le and the others to invite you!" She turned her head. Go forward. After walking a long way, he sniffed hard, blinked, and held back the sourness.
Chang Sheng: …
So Chang Sheng was dragged to Chang Le's house by Brother Le.
"Yo, Chang Sheng is here, come here, sit here, Aze cooks a good dish, let's have a good drink." Someone at the table of the men shouted when they saw Chang Sheng.
Brother Le pulled Chang Sheng directly to that table, and then added tableware and chopsticks for him. With these men around, his second uncle couldn't leave.
Grandpa Chang and Yu Qingze were also at the table. Seeing Chang Sheng sitting down, Yu Qingze poured him a glass of wine and toasted him first: "Second uncle, I've been waiting for you, it's the New Year's Day, we have to have a good drink, come, let's go and wish a happy new year. ."
Chang Sheng still didn't let go. Seeing Yu Qingze coming to the table, he toasted, and subconsciously raised the glass and replied, "Happy New Year!"
…
I ate the slaughtered pig rice in a lively manner. Everyone was full of praise for Yu Qingze's craftsmanship, and finally understood why his dim sum shop was so prosperous.
This craft is perfect!
After breakfast, the man who killed the pig stayed behind to help chop up the remaining pork, and everyone else went back.
They left behind the meat they needed to use during the Chinese New Year, and they made the extra meat into bacon, and part of the meat was made into braised pork and marinated in a jar. After a full morning of work, they processed the whole pig's pork. Finish.
The next day, New Year's Eve.
They got up early this morning. The whole family was wearing the new clothes made by Le Geer, very spirited.
After breakfast, Grandpa Chang and Brother Le were busy slaughtering chickens and ducks. Yu Qingze led two teenagers to post couplets, lanterns, and New Year pictures.
After it was posted, everyone was busy preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner.
The New Year's Eve dinner here is basically eaten in the middle of the afternoon, until the evening, and then eat dumplings later in the evening.
The New Year's Eve dinner was well prepared, including chicken, duck, and fish; Yu Qingze also bought some mutton and made braised mutton; he stewed the pig's trotters and put sweet potato vermicelli in it, which was also delicious.
"Come, come, the last dish, there is 'Yu' every year! Xiaohao, it's time to set off firecrackers!" Yu Qingze put the last braised fish on the table and shouted to Chang Hao who was in the yard.
"Oh! Good!" Chang Hao had been waiting for the firecrackers to set off a long time ago, when he heard Yu Qingze's voice, he lit the burning incense in his hand on the lead of the firecrackers.
crackling - crackling -
It's New Year's Eve!
After worshiping the ancestors, the five people sat around a table, and it was finally time to have dinner!
This is Yu Qingze's first New Year's Eve dinner since he came here, and it is also the happiest New Year's Eve dinner he has eaten in the past 12 years since his grandfather passed away.
Because, he finally celebrated the New Year with his family again.
He was happy and in high spirits, but unfortunately Grandpa Chang was drinking Chinese medicine and couldn't drink, so Brother Le accompanied him to drink a few glasses.
The two teenagers couldn't drink, so Yu Qingze bought fresh apples and oranges and squeezed juice for them. The two teenagers were also enjoying themselves.
After eating this meal for a full hour, Brother Le lay down and got drunk.
Yu Qingze helped him into the room and let him fall asleep. He also took a nap for a while, and then got up to make dumplings.
In the evening, the family ate dumplings again, gathered around the charcoal brazier, ate melon seeds, peanuts, red dates, etc., while chatting and keeping the year old. The atmosphere was very harmonious.
Brother Le was making shoes while listening to their chat. These are cotton shoes made for Jiabao. The remaining shoe has not yet been put on the upper. He wants to make it tonight, and tomorrow Jiabao can wear new shoes.
After chatting for a while, Yu Qingze remembered the pig hair he left behind when he killed the pig yesterday, so he went to find a piece of wood, picked up the knife borrowed from the village chief's house, and began to cut it.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Jiabao asked.
"I'll see if I can make a toothbrush." Yu Qingze said while cutting. He remembered seeing on the Internet that the ancients used pig bristles to make toothbrushes at first, making small holes in the wooden strips, and then stuffing the pig bristles in.
Chang Hao heard the words and asked curiously, "Toothbrush? Is it for brushing your teeth?"
Yu Qingze nodded and said, "It's not very convenient for us to use willow branches all the time. Especially in winter, the willow branches are all withered. If I can make them, it will be convenient for us to brush our teeth in the future."
"Oh, what's it like?"
"Probably, thin this wooden strip a little bit, then cut out rows of small holes in it, and then thread the pig hair into it to fix it..."
"How is this fixed?"
"Well, you have to think about this, or else you will think about it together?"
"Oh, let's think about it, can we tie it up with a rope?"
"The rope is soaked in water, will it break after a long time? Use iron wire?"
"Like a shuttlecock, it won't fall out when it's full, right?"
"… "
The two young boys began to discuss each and every word.
Staying until the middle of the night, Grandpa Chang couldn't stand it, so he went to sleep first. The two teenagers were also drowsy.
Yu Qingze let the two go to bed, and then stayed with Le Ge'er.
"Brother Le, if you're sleepy, go to bed. I'll just watch over."
Brother Le shook his head and raised his shoes, indicating that he would not be sleepy if he had work to do.
So, one of them made shoes and the other made toothbrushes, and they kissed secretly from time to time.
When they saw the dawn on the horizon, the two looked at each other and smiled.
A new year is here.