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It's probably just sharing a table with Doctor Mo and having a whole meal.Later, Dr. Mo fell in love with the little carpenter and forced him to go to the little carpenter's house, so Li Qi simply did as usual alone.

Although Old Uncle Li's family saw him alone and insisted on him going to have a reunion dinner, Li Qi refused with a smile. How dare he disturb his family reunion.With Bao'er as his companion this year, Li Qi's enthusiasm for the New Year is unprecedentedly high, and he started preparing early.

Farmers have to smoke their own bacon during Chinese New Year, and Li Qi doesn't know how to do it, so he went to ask Aunt Li for advice.When Li Qi took Bao'er to look for it, Aunt Li happened to be doing it too, so she explained it to him in detail while doing it.Aunt Li probably really felt sorry for the two of them, and was worried that they would not be able to eat bacon during the New Year, so she said: "If you really can't learn it, buy the ingredients and use it for your aunt to make. Anyway, our family hasn't smoked it yet, so it's okay to smoke it together." .”

Li Qi hurriedly thanked him, and said that he would try it first, if he really couldn't do it, he would have to trouble Aunt Li.

There are three steps to making bacon. The first step is to marinate the meat.Xiao Bao'er enthusiastically introduced himself and said that he would also participate, so Li Qi asked him to help, handing over some condiments and the like.Li Qi took out the newly bought pork, washed it in hot water and put it in a basin. The pork had been cut into strips of appropriate size and even.

Then put salt, light soy sauce, sugar, and pepper powder on the meat respectively, and Bao'er looked eager to try, so Li Qi let him go, let him wash his hands, took the meat and taught him to rub the seasoning.The two worked together, and the atmosphere seemed very warm, and the meat was wiped off quickly.

This second step is air drying.They drilled holes for the meat one by one, threaded them with thread, and hung them on the eaves for a few days. The wind was strong in winter, and they dried up in a few days.

After about three days, Li Qi took the meat down, and the meat was almost done.

The third and most important step is the bacon.A rack for bacon was set up in the yard, the dried meat was put on the rack, cypress branches were broken, and the flames were lit to put out the flames, and the smoke shot straight up.Since bacon does not need an open flame, people need to keep watching during the process, lest the open flame rise up and burn the meat.

Bao'er and Li Qi took low stools and sat there, Li Qi taught Bao'er some verses while adding pine branches, the time was easy to pass.At dusk, when the lid is opened, the bacon on the shelf exudes a unique fragrance of pine branches.Li Qi couldn't help being in a trance for a while, this must be the smell of his mother's nostalgia, it really is very warm.

Bao'er cheered excitedly beside her, her little face was full of satisfaction.Li Qi rubbed the top of his head, it really is a child's heart.The shelves were removed, and the two worked together to hang the meat in the kitchen.Keeping a piece, Li Qi said it was an early adopter at night.

In the evening, I made fried bacon with garlic sprouts. Maybe because I participated in the production, even Bao'er ate half a bowl of rice.

As the year approached, Li Qi thought about it, and took Bao'er to the town.Since you are going to spend a year seriously, you have to prepare well, and you have to buy everything that needs to be bought.

It happened that Li An bought goods in the countryside and was going to the city, so he invited the two of them to go together in the carriage he rented to pull the goods.After entering the city, everyone is probably busy doing New Year’s goods, and there are so many people in the city that they are all crowded in and out.Li Qi was worried that Bao'er and Bao'er would be dispersed by the crowd, so he wanted to entrust Li An to take care of him, and come to pick him up after he finished shopping.

But Bao'er looked reluctant, and he didn't make a fuss, so he looked at Li Qi pitifully with his big watery eyes.In the end, he happily grabbed Li Qi's arm and followed.Li An wondered from behind, thinking that Mrs. Li spoiled this little cousin.

There were too many people on the street, Li Qigang paid attention to whether Bao'er was following him at first, but later seeing Bao'er tightly pulling his clothes to follow, he was relieved.I saw a small stall selling red paper New Year pictures, so I went to buy a few pieces of red paper, and planned to go back and cut the blessings on the door.

Next to the stall selling red paper is a kneader's stall set up by an old man. A ball of white dough is kneaded in his hands a few times to form a villain, and he takes a paintbrush and touches it casually , the villain is lifelike and lifelike.Bao'er's eyes were wide open, her small mouth was open, and she couldn't take her eyes off her eyes. Unknowingly, she let go of Li Qiyi's hand.

When he came back to his senses, he stared blankly at the passing crowd, wondering why Zhongxuan disappeared after he just watched the kneader for a while.Pushed by the crowd alone, his thin figure looked helpless.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, a young man in a fine white satin-painted dress came up to Bao'er, smiled softly, and said, "Young master, did you get lost with your family?"

Little Bao'er seemed to have suddenly forgotten how to speak, and only knew to repeat: "Zhong...Xuan."

Hearing these two words, the young master seemed to understand, and said with a gentle smile, "I'll take you to the place where you can find Zhongxuan."

Bao'er raised his head and looked at him blankly, the young master directly pulled Bao'er to follow him.

Not far from the red paper stall, Li Qi found that Bao'er was gone, but there were too many people, he insisted on squeezing for a long time, and when he finally squeezed through, Bao'er was already gone.My heart tightened, and I searched around.

Until dusk fell, Li Qi still had no clue, and for the first time since his mother left, a feeling of fear emerged in his heart.Little Bao'er didn't know when, it had already sprouted in his heart, took root, and became indispensable.Suddenly thinking that Li An was a small butler in the Juyu Restaurant, he should be well informed about the news in the town, so he cheered up and ran to the Juyu Restaurant.

When I arrived at Juyu Restaurant, I saw Bao'er walking on the steps at the entrance of the restaurant from a distance, with her chin propped on both hands, and her big eyes looking at the passing crowd, like a puppy abandoned by its owner.Li Qi's high-pitched heart instantly relaxed, and there was a surge of joy in his heart that was lost and found again.Walking over, I hugged Xiao Bao'er into my arms, and my heart finally felt at ease.

As a result, they didn't buy anything today, but both of them were quite frightened.In the end, Li An borrowed the restaurant owner's carriage to send them off, saying that anyway, he would have to go back tomorrow, and it was by the way.Li Qi knew that he said that because he was worried that he would not accept it, so he was very grateful.

When he got home, Bao'er was so tired that he fell asleep in the carriage.Li Qi thanked Li An, carried Bao'er into the house and put him on the bed, then went to boil water and brought it, twisted the handkerchief to wipe Bao'er's hands and feet.When he unbuttoned his skirt to take off his cotton coat, he found a square white silk brocade handkerchief inside, with a red lotus in full bloom painted on it with red cinnabar.

Li Qi frowned for a long time when he saw Honglian, is it them?

10. Chinese New Year

In the intensive preparations for the New Year, it soon came to the end of the twelfth lunar month, and Li Qi went to the town to buy new year's goods on the way, but he didn't dare to take Bao'er any more, and only entrusted Doctor Mo to take care of him.Bao'er might have been frightened last time as well, and she was inseparable from Li Qi's side for a few days after returning, unable to leave her body all the time.This time I entered the city, but I didn't hesitate to follow.

In fact, Li Qi does not have any special impressions about the Chinese New Year. He only remembers the ballad that his mother patted his head and sang to him every Chinese New Year that echoed in his mind from time to time: Children, children, don’t be greedy. Years, Laba porridge, drink for a few days, lili lala 23, 23, sticky melons; 24, house cleaning; 25, making tofu; 26, stewing big meat; 27, killing roosters; 28, making noodles; 29, steaming steamed buns; stay up all night at thirty;

Mother said that it is something ordinary people do during the New Year, and her greatest wish is that Li Qi can live this kind of life as an ordinary person in the future.Li Qi worked hard to realize his mother's wish, cut off all past connections, and turned himself into an ordinary person.He succeeded, didn't he, now he has the warm home that his mother dreamed of, with Bao'er as a family.

After drinking Laba porridge, offering sacrifices to the Stove Lord, and dusting the inside and outside of the house, Bao'er and Li Qi ushered in the New Year's Eve.Li Qi used all his frying and cooking skills to cook a large table of dishes. This New Year's Eve dinner was extremely satisfying in the warmth and sweetness of the two of them.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, ordinary people would worship their ancestors and pray for blessings and prosperity for their descendants.Bao'er lost his memory and knew nothing about the past, but Li Qi planned to completely cut off contact with the past, so the two of them directly skipped this step.According to folk customs, on New Year's Eve, people have to keep the year old. As the saying goes, "one night is two years old, and five o'clock is two years".

The two of them had nothing to do, they sat and chatted in the main room, and offered snacks such as melon seeds and fruit snacks on the table, grabbing a handful from time to time to pass the time.After a while, Bao'er became sleepy.Li Qi saw that he was bored, and remembered that the scarlet letters that he bought to cut out the blessing characters were still unused, and there were only New Year pictures and couplets to exorcise evil spirits pasted on the door.

So he took out the red paper, found a pair of scissors, and taught Bao'er how to cut paper.In the end, a lot of paper was wasted, but nothing decent was cut out.Bao'er's face collapsed in frustration, and finally she simply dropped the scissors, her eyes were watery, and she stared at Li Qi accusingly, meaning that she couldn't cut anything at all.

Li Qi looked at him very funny, but he was the one to blame for not being able to get home.He took the scissors with a smile, and found another piece of red paper. The scissors kept making clicking sounds in his hand.After a while, he stopped the scissors, opened the red paper in his hand, and a pair of small figures appeared.

I saw one of the villains smiling naively, with a cute little bun on his head