Major General Through the Upper Gate

Gu Xizhen never knew that there are so many specialties in Chinese New Year. Gods from all walks of life gather together. There is one god today, another god tomorrow, and finally even the Kitchen God.

The traditional festival of Spring Festival on Blue Star has also been preserved, but for him, Chinese New Year is just a three-day vacation, allowing him to go back and have a reunion dinner with his father.

Although most of the time it was half eaten, either he was busy or his father left in a hurry.

Cheng Wei and Wei Xiaopa are busy all day long, because there are many kinds of pastries and glutinous rice cakes to be prepared for the Chinese New Year. Every year, the sons of the Wei family come back to make them together, and this year is no exception.

A group of people surrounded Wei Xiaopai's room and talked endlessly. Gu Xizheng and a few men from Wei's family sat outside, waiting for orders from various families inside to bring tea, pour water, heat the fire and sweep the floor.

Only half a day later, the air was filled with a sweet smell.

Whenever something is ready and out of the pot, Cheng Wei will wave to Gu Xijiao and give him a piece to taste, which makes the men of all families envious.

Wei Shouxin glanced at his Qidi brother, only to see that the other party raised his eyelids, kicked him and said, "What are you looking at, you are so old and still waiting for me to serve you?"

It made everyone in the room burst into laughter.

Of course, the happiest people during the Chinese New Year are the children. The three or four children of the Wei brothers spent the whole day wandering around among the adults, mischievous enough to cause headaches.

These few children knocked over the oil bowl on the table again, and Wei Shouxin's Qidi directly picked up the feather duster beside him and threatened, "Go outside and play, and play around here again, let me take care of your skins! "

The children, who knew that they would never be beaten on such occasions, were not afraid of him. They giggled and made a face at him before pushing open the door and going crazy in the yard.

"I didn't say no, I don't worry if I have it." He looked at the appearance of several children rolling in the yard, and his head throbbed when he thought of going back in the winter and having to wash cotton clothes and trousers.

Wei Xiaopai smiled silently at the side, he said: "Who says it's not, you are only two, look at the room outside."

After finishing speaking, the people beside him followed his gaze and glanced out at the four or five big men, and then at Wei Lao Si's puppet brother who was staring at him eagerly, and laughed helplessly.

That's right, Wei Xiaopai gave birth to six at one go, and Wei's fourth brother's Qidi dreamed of having a child, so he couldn't have been better.

"Little Daddy, why didn't you ask Uncle Hua to give you a little care, otherwise you wouldn't have Xiaoliu at this age, and it would be too bad for your health." Wei Shouxin's Qidi said in a low voice.

"You think I'm in such good health." Wei Xiaopai laughed when he heard it.

After the matter about the third child came out, Uncle Hua went to see him and said that Brother Qing was not good at all. Although Xiao Dae Wei had raised him a little in the past few years, but this time, he was worse than ordinary brothers. Seriously, I'm afraid it will be difficult for future offspring.

Wei Xiaopai didn't dare to tell about the third child and his Qidi, fearing that they would feel pressured, and the mark on his shoulder would have faded after giving birth to Wei Yinzhi.He thought about it, and finally went to Uncle Hua secretly without telling Wei Dongliang, asking him to help him find a solution.

That's why he had Wei Xiaoliu again after he was just a few years old.

Knowing about this, Wei Dong was very angry. His younger brother's health was not very good. After giving birth to five children, he raised him for more than ten years, but he didn't see much improvement. Wei Xiaoliu He really paid for it with his life.

It's just that this child can't be born, not to mention that it is against the law to drop a fetus privately, even if someone has been dropped, I have never heard of any brother who survived.

Wei Dong was in a hurry, and he had to be raised carefully. If he ate better, the fetus would be bigger, and Wei Xiaopai would be more dangerous.Don't raise it, Wei Xiaopai sees that he is getting weaker, and I am afraid that if the child falls to the ground, he will be gone.

During that time, Wei Dongliang couldn't sleep the whole night, and was so worried that his beard turned gray.

The people in the room were still lamenting the old things, but Gu Xizhen, who was standing at the door with his head down, quietly opened his eyes.He has heard what Wei Xiaopai said - every step of the way.

"What are you doing at the gate of the station, go in." Wei Laosi patted him behind him, Gu Xizheng turned his head, smiled and nodded at him.

Wei Lao Si was stunned, he had seen this Gu Xijiao a few times, he was not cold but not very enthusiastic either, probably some people are born with such personality.

But why did this person suddenly laugh just now, why is he in such a good mood?He stroked the back of his head puzzled.

Several families worked together for three days before making the glutinous rice cakes for the Chinese New Year.Cheng Wei and Gu Xizheng carried back the share that belonged to their family, and New Year's Eve was almost here.

On New Year's Eve, Cheng Wei got up early in the morning. After he got up and washed, he first added firewood and re-boiled the pot that had been ignited all night. Inside was a pot of rice dumplings.

Gu Xijiao also got up early, last night Cheng Wei asked him to go to the mountain to fold pomelo leaves early in the morning, he put the folded leaves on the table in the main room, and entered the door with the cold and damp all over his body.

There was steaming fog in the kitchen, Cheng Wei was scooping up rice dumplings in the pot, Gu Xizheng almost couldn't keep his eyes open when he saw him, so he quickly opened the door and windows to let some wind in.

"Why is there so much fog?" Gu Xicheng walked over and took the long-handled chopsticks in his hand and said.

"Looking for zongzi, the leaves are covered with oil when the fire is low for a while." Cheng Wei said with a smile.Now that Gu Xijiao took his hand, he happily backed away. He put the extra fire into the porridge cooking stove, and planned to eat rice dumplings with porridge this morning.

Zongxin is made of pork belly and various spices. Some of the glutinous rice is mixed with peanuts, some with mung beans, and a very small part of it is mixed with chestnuts.

The chestnuts were picked up in the mountains by the brothers of Wei Lao Er and Wei Lao Si after the autumn harvest, and there were not many chestnuts after peeling them out.The mung beans are grown by Mr. Wei's family, the peanuts are from Mr. Wei's family, the glutinous rice is from Mr. Wei's family, and only the meat is from Cheng Wei.

The scooped rice dumplings Cheng Wei tied two by two rice poles on the bamboo and Gu Xijiao alone carried the bamboo pole full of rice dumplings and hung it under the eaves according to Cheng Wei's instructions.

The eaves on both sides of the main room are full of sausages and bacon, and now there are rice dumplings, which make people feel rich when they look at them.

Cheng Wei kept four zongzi, he peeled one, and saw that it was chestnut, he couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled.Just like eating glutinous rice balls and eating copper plates specially wrapped in them, it always gives people a feeling of good omen.

"How do you feel?" This was Gu Xizheng's first time eating glutinous rice. Cheng Wei sat in the main room with him, each with a bowl of porridge in front of them, and a plate of sauerkraut fried with chili in the middle.

"Very fragrant." Gu Xizheng took a big bite. The rice used to make the zongzi was different from what they usually ate, it was very chewy and sticky to the teeth.Zongzi is salty, and the meat in the middle is fried with sesame seeds. After mixing with various seasonings, it is full of fragrance, which is very suitable for his appetite.

Gu Xizheng ate two zongzi in one go, and he glanced at the one in front of Cheng Wei, feeling a little unsatisfied.

Cheng Wei couldn't laugh or cry, he said: "Don't eat so much, the glutinous rice can't be digested, carefully, you don't have enough stomach for the delicious dishes of big fish and meat tonight."

After hearing this, Gu Xicheng had no choice but to give up, and he drank the bowl of porridge in front of him with sauerkraut, which relieved his boredom.

After breakfast, Cheng Wei started to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner. This year's weather is cold, so he is going to make some bowls of braised pork.The meat was bought at the Liu family, and they slaughtered pigs every year on the thirtieth of the year, and they also opened fish ponds, and held banquets until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

People in Tonghua Village can also go to their village to buy meat, which is much more convenient.

Making braised pork is very cumbersome. Originally, Uncle Wei said to help them do it together. Cheng Wei thought about it and learned from him for two days. After all, he wanted to come back and try to do it by himself.

When Cheng Wei was baking taro and didn't need his help, Gu Xicheng went to the river and killed the fish and chicken.The fishy smell is strong, and he is not going to make it in the yard.

He went earlier, and there was no one in the river, and everyone he knew greeted him.

"What did you say about the child just now?"

"What else can I do? Let's just endure it. Sigh, it's pitiful for this New Year's Eve man. His dad beats everyone when he goes crazy. Uncle Hua was invited to see him. I don't know if he can keep his arm. "

Gu Xizheng was cleaning the internal organs of the fish, when he heard the people on the side talking about something, he didn't pay much attention to it, and it sounded like domestic violence.

He moved quickly, but he cleaned up the fish and chicken in a moment, and returned to the yard with them.It happened that Cheng Wei called him in the kitchen, and his voice was still a little anxious, so he forgot about it.

In the evening, Cheng Wei set up a table full of dishes, and he even made sweet wine for the two of them.Before I moved my chopsticks, I heard the sound of firecrackers outside.

Gu Xicheng held his chopsticks and turned his head slightly towards the door, listening to the laughter of the children outside, he was a little lost in thought.

This is his first year in this other world.