Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

The next day

Gu Nian decided to go back to work in the factory. Now he has fully recovered. As for being very thin now, he can only recover slowly. After all, you can't become fat in one bite.

Wenxiu decided to follow, but one short night was not enough to relieve her homesickness.

In the evening, she discussed with Gu Nian and decided that after Liu Guohao recovered and learned the skills well, she would give her work position to Liu Guohao, and they would return to Hope New Village together.

I will not leave for the rest of my life and will settle down in Hope New Village.

If I die, I will die here.

After all, this is where they are reunited again.

"Brother Zheng, does daddy not like Nian Nian?"

While Wen Niannian was asking the questions, her mouth was not idle and she kept chewing candy. It was unclear whether she was really worried or just wanted to ask.

"Xiao Nian Nian, who wouldn't like you if you're so well behaved?"

"But why do you want to take my mother away? What should I do if I miss her?"

"When Xiao Nian Nian misses her mother, she can go to the city to visit her."

"really?"

"real."

"Then Brother Zheng, you can't lie to me."

"No, I won't lie to children, especially well-behaved children."

"Then let's hook up."

"it is good."

"Hee hee hee."

Time quickly came to February 1960, 2, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival.

There are many customs for the Lantern Festival, including playing with lanterns, guessing riddles, dragon and lion dances, and stilt walking. Each place has its own customs.

Of course, food is also indispensable.

In the north, people eat Yuanxiao and dumplings, while in the south, people eat tangyuan.

Hope New Village is no exception.

Glutinous rice flour and various fillings have been prepared long ago: black sesame, red bean paste, peanut and date paste.

Yuanxiao is rolled and tangyuan is wrapped. The same thing is the filling, but the different method is how to make it.

Early in the morning, people in Xiwang New Village started making Yuanxiao.

After the filling is mixed, cut it into small pieces, dip it in water, and roll it in a basket filled with glutinous rice flour, sprinkling water while rolling (some people roll it in a circle of glutinous rice flour and then dip it in water, and then continue to roll it in glutinous rice flour), so that it is naturally covered with glutinous rice flour and rolled into a ball.

Therefore, the filling must have a strong viscosity. Most of the fillings of Yuanxiao are made of sesame, peanuts and other things with high sugar content and sugar, which can be produced on a large scale by machines.

There are many ways to eat it, such as boiling, frying, steaming, baking, pulling silk, etc. It can only be eaten immediately after it is made, and cannot be stored for a long time (it will crack if it is stored for a long time, and the same is true for refrigeration).

After the Yuanxiao is rolled.

I planted some at noon to try, not much, just three or five per person.

It’s not that I’m stingy and don’t let you eat enough, it’s mainly because this thing is too sweet and easy to get sick of, and I can’t eat too much.

In the afternoon, Li Dabao came back from the city, bringing back firecrackers, fireworks, and various lanterns.

If anyone has never carried or touched a lantern as a child, his childhood would definitely be incomplete.

I still remember the lanterns I used when I was a child. There were plastic and paper ones, in various styles.

The candles are those small red candles.

After dinner in the evening, the children went out one by one, carrying their lanterns. If they met some naughty children, they would specifically try to touch their lanterns.

The whole street was filled with crying and laughter.

But decades later, when the fifteenth day of the first lunar month came, most lanterns had become plastic, and there were no candles. They were all battery-powered, with lights and music. Although the styles were still diverse, it always felt like something was missing compared to before.

Of course, you can still buy paper lanterns, but most of them are for viewing as intangible cultural heritage, and few people are willing to carry them on the street.

During the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, one thing that is indispensable is red candles. There are also homemade rice lanterns, which are mainly used for making wishes.

During the Lantern Festival, people light candles at the doorstep mainly to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings. It also represents reunion, peace, and hope.

In fact, the author personally believes that there is another meaning, which is to illuminate the way home for deceased relatives.

Because we also need to visit the graves in the afternoon of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, we will set off firecrackers in front of the graves and light two candles or lanterns.

Then we go home, set off firecrackers, make Yuanxiao and dumplings. After dinner, we set off and watch fireworks.

Of course, the dinner was still very rich.

Gu Nian and Wen Xiu also came back, and the happiest one was Wen Niannian.

After dinner, fireworks were set off. After the fireworks, a group of children carried lanterns and started playing.

After fifteen, it’s sixteen.

Gu Nian and Wen Xiu left again, and this time they left with Liu Guohao and He Yushui.

Gu Nian specifically called Liu Guohao away so that he could learn auto repair as soon as possible and pass on the job to him as soon as possible.

He Yushui had to leave because school had started.

When leaving, He Yushui found Liu Guozheng again.

"Brother Zheng, can you lend me some money for tuition? I can write an IOU."

He Yushui was a bit embarrassed. Schooling required tuition fees, as well as daily school supplies, all of which required money. As for food, it had already been agreed that He Yushui would no longer need to live on campus, and would go back to the courtyard every day to eat with Wenxiu and the others.

"I see. Wait, I'll go with you."

"When we get back to the courtyard, I'll get you a large sum of money that originally belonged to you."

He Yushui did not ask where the large sum of money that originally belonged to her could be found. She believed that Liu Guozheng would definitely be able to help her.

So Liu Guozheng took Xu Fang to the courtyard again.

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu’s mission is to guard the village and prevent anyone from causing damage.

The Northern Hero and the Southern Hero are still hiding in the dark.

From now on, the task of deciding where to go will be left to Xu Fang. It was he who went into the city with Li Dabao yesterday.

When they went to the courtyard again, Erlang and Li Xiangdong wanted to follow, but they couldn't leave. Li Xiujuan and Zhao Hongying were already two months pregnant, and they had to stay at home to take care of them.

The third brother and Li Dabao were not brought along either, and they were not planning to spend the night in the courtyard this time, so they would come back after finishing their business there.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the weather will begin to slowly warm up, and all things will begin to show signs of recovery.

You can start arranging the next tasks.

For now, village construction still comes first.