Wearing back to ancient times is good for old age

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Feng Ye didn't go to dance, he was sitting by the fire with Xing'er in his arms, he was always happy in his heart, such a festival of collective carnival and collective celebration is really an excellent folk tradition, being in it makes people feel happy and happy .

Xing'er was also very excited in Feng Ye's arms, her small mouth murmured to Feng Ye from time to time, "Grasshopper, see the Buddha" "Grasshopper, Duo Duo, Yin Duo Duo..." making the people next to me laugh out loud .

On the night of the Laba Festival, we danced and danced around the fire, drank shochu and ate roast meat. I heard from the older generation that this was a traditional Laba show in Dieshan Village. I don’t know when and why it appeared. It has been passed down from generation to generation and has become a unique ancient carnival.

Everyone was tired of singing and dancing, and the roasted pig was cooked, so the operator cut the roasted pork slices (level voice) into slices, put them on a plate, and the girls and boys brought them to everyone.

Roasted pigs are wild boars that the villagers went into the mountains to dig traps and put ropes to round up before Laba. This time the village was really lucky. Two big wild boars were caught, and one of them was still alive.In previous years, at most one can be caught, and those who are unlucky will not be able to catch one. At that time, other prey must be used instead, such as pheasants, hares, deer, roe deer, etc. Feng Ye thought: wild animal protection Ah, fortunately, this is ancient times. If it were in modern times, it would be enough for the police uncle to invite him to drink tea!

The taste of the roasted pork is pretty good, and what Feng Ye finds amazing is that the knifeman seems to have calculated that the slices of roasted pork are not too much, just one piece for each person, and there is no more piece, each piece is still good. It is with skin.It is comparable to the legendary "Paoding Jieniu".

The carnival in the whole mountain village continued until the beginning of Haishi before it gradually quieted down. Feng Ye was afraid that the children would not be able to stand the cold, so he went back to sleep as early as Xushi. Laughing loudly, my heart has been driving a messy train of thoughts.

Laba night is really a rare evening entertainment!

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After the Laba Festival, the twelfth lunar month passes day by day. Seeing that the New Year is coming, every household has stepped up their pace to buy all kinds of new year goods one after another.

Feng Ye is of course no exception.

So, on the first market day after the Laba Festival, before it was raining, Feng Ye went to Mrs. Gao's house to borrow an ox cart, and went to the market with Xing'er and Uncle Qing.

Feng Ye first went to the cloth shop to buy bright cloth for Xing'er brother to make clothes for, and disregarded Mu Qing's obstruction, he also measured the cloth for two clothes for him.Xing'er's current clothes are made of leftover fabrics made by Feng Ye before, the color is really not suitable for such a cute child, Feng Ye must dress him up beautifully like a little fairy boy (In fact, Feng Ye's daddy potential is quite high).

You must buy things like red paper, firecrackers, and incense candles. You must also buy long-lasting melon seeds, candied fruit, and sugar cakes. You must also buy enough essential seasonings such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and pepper. Tea and wine should also be prepared, the most important meat.

Whether in modern times or in ancient times, food is the most important thing for New Year’s goods. In the countryside here, whether it’s home-cooked food or treats and gifts, food is the first choice, and meat is the first choice among the first choices.Don't talk about other people's customs, people in my hometown just think it's so real, it's both face and money.

As usual, Feng Ye went to the stall street first, as the New Year was approaching, the farmers in the mountains wanted to have a good New Year, so all they sold were good things from the bottom of the box.

Feng Ye brought into play his shopaholic traits again, shopping all over the street.

Uncle Mu Qing was waiting outside the alley in his bullock cart, and soon a farmer from the mountains would come out and pile things into the cart under Feng Ye's guidance.When Feng Ye came out, there was already a goose about the same size as Xiao Xing'er, a pair of rabbits, a male and a female, a few fish in a large wooden barrel, a can of peach blossom stuffing, and a bottle of peach blossom stuffing in the car. lamb.Feng Ye has always been obsessed with drinking goat milk, and after having a baby in the family, he often talks about buying another ram to pair with the family's ewes.No, it just so happened that a man from the mountains was looking for a buyer for a few sheep, large and small, and Feng Ye picked a male one. He was so happy in his heart, that when he fell asleep, someone brought him a pillow.

Little Xing'er lay on Feng Ye's shoulder and stared at the things on the street with bony eyes. When he saw the lamb, he was so excited that he yelled "Niu Niu" and "Niu Niu".

"Sheep, lamb." Feng Ye handed the rope of the lamb to the little guy, correcting his incorrect understanding.

"Yangyang, Yangyang, Pleasant Goat." Feng Ye laughed when he heard it, Xing'er Doll is really avant-garde, and even called out happily.

After strolling around Street Street, Feng Ye heard from others that there were a lot of river fresh seafood on the pier in the city, so he asked Uncle Qing to drive the ox cart to the pier again.

28

28. Treat...

The river here in Wu County belongs to a small tributary in the upper reaches, and the flow of water is not large. The boats that can sail are small boats with low draft, and there is at most one cabin on board. The lower reaches of the city are almost sold out, so it is seafood, but in fact the most common ones are all kinds of fish and fresh shellfish caught by boatmen in the river.

In the county town of Wu County, there is a small river that directly connects to the river outside, and a small pier has been built in the city, so that boats can sail in directly.

When Feng Ye and the others came to the pier, it was already full of people.There are many boatmen who move their goods to both sides of the strait and sell them along the street. This kind of situation is rare. I heard that there are only two or three times a year. People who know the way in the city come early and wait for it. The good seafood and freshwater seafood are almost sold out as soon as they land on the shore.

However, there were still many boatmen coming one after another, and it was not too late for Feng Ye to come, so when he saw the situation of price but no market, he was immediately excited, and ordered Uncle Qing to park the ox cart aside and put the star Putting the doll in his arms, he slipped into the crowd.

Not to mention, there are many good things.There are all kinds of fish and shrimp, several kinds of large and small river shells, snake-like eels, fat piebald loaches, baskets of small crabs (not the kind of hairy crabs), dried fish, small salted fish... unexpectedly And big bastards and live... squids?Feng Ye didn't know whether it was called an octopus or a squid, anyway, it was just that kind of thing, moving around in a big basin.

In his previous life, Feng Ye was very fond of the raw octopus tendons that he brought to the hot pot, the kind that was sold frozen in the market, and he especially liked fried fried squid, which was fragrant and chewy.However, Feng Ye went to ask the boatman, he was only willing to sell the whole one, so forget it.

In addition to these fresh products, there are also many merchants who hired boats to bring all kinds of goods for sale from the lower reaches of the city, such as spices, gorgeous fabrics, exquisite porcelain, fresh food...

At a small stall, Feng Ye saw a kind of light yellow and red shellfish the size of the thumb of the toe. According to the fisherman, it was a river shellfish produced in the river near the mouth of the sea. It was much more delicious, and he took out one that he said was cooked, and Feng Ye saw that the meat inside the shell had shrunk to the size of a soybean, which was super pocket-sized.This looks pretty good, but it's not advisable to eat more shellfish because they are cold in nature. Feng Ye only bought two catties to try it out.

At a fish and shrimp stall, Feng Ye also saw a very thin fish baby, which was similar to the clove fish sold in modern supermarkets, but even smaller, with sunflower seeds split in half It is bigger than it, and the boatmen call it "silver thread fish". It usually grows in groups in the fast-flowing river bends, the bottom of pools, and beside waterfalls. It is very difficult to catch, and it dies when it leaves the water, so it is not easy to store.

Feng Ye heard the nagging of the boatman, and thought to himself that you should just say that the price of this thing is not cheap.This little thing has turned white, but it still smells fresh. It should be told to the boatman that it was caught early this morning.Feng Ye bought all the small baskets, and it only cost him [-] Wen for a catty, and he could buy several big fish.

Here, fish is very cheap, only two or three yuan a catty, and less common ones are only four to five yuan a catty. This is probably because there are fish in small ditches and streams in the mountains, and here is close to the river.

Feng Ye wandered around in the crowd, and bought another bag of dried squid, a small bag of walnuts, a can of pickled sour apricots, and two large grass carp. I have to eat it once, it is winter, and eating spicy boiled fish is just a good way to warm up.

This kind of fish is easy to feed, just put a few grasses in the water, and you can keep one after you buy it back. The few you buy on the street are all carp, and you can also keep it for the New Year.

Feng Ye got out of the crowd with something, and a young man behind him was carrying a big pot of grass carp he bought.

"Hey, I bought so many." Uncle Qing hurriedly asked the young man to put the fish into the big bucket on the car.

Little Xing'er in Uncle Qing's arms yelled excitedly: "Grasshopper, fish, big fish, seven fish!"

"Hehe, I'll feed Xing'er some fish when I get home, delicious fish." Feng Ye took him, kissed his little cheek hard, got in the car, and Uncle Qing hurried to the meat market.

Stir-fried pork is indispensable. If you want to make braised pork, you also need to get more bacon and bacon. The sun-dried bacon made by Fengye in winter is only a few dollars after the last treat, so you need to prepare more. Fengye looks at the village People like to use preserved meat when entertaining guests. The so-called twelfth lunar month eats preserved meat.

Tonkatsu and barbecued pork can also be made now, which may not be popular here during the Chinese New Year, but Feng Ye was used to it at home in his previous life, so it can also be carried forward here.

After buying meat, I have to go to the restaurant.

During the Chinese New Year, every household in the countryside invites wine and dinner one after another, and visits each other. The host’s family always needs wine when entertaining guests, and rural people generally drink generously, and they don’t need a small amount of wine to drink like city literati. The wine glasses are all made of large porcelain bowls, so Feng Ye has quite a lot to prepare.Other families will brew a few jars of rice wine, shochu and fruit wine by themselves more or less in a year, and if they accumulate it in a year, it will be enough for the New Year, but Fengye's family only has a little cherry wine left and the remaining A jar of it.

When he arrived at the wine shop, Feng Ye was not very clear about the ancient wines, so he handed over the selection of wines to Uncle Qing.In fact, you don’t need to choose too much. Country people really don’t need to pick too many good ones for drinking. Everyone likes ordinary shochu and rice wine. When drinking in normal times, it’s still mixed with water, and you can still drink happily.

It is said to pick wine, that is to see if the wine has been soaked in water or something. Uncle Qing has gone through many battles, and he can smell it if he smells it. His nose was tested by Feng Ye when he was in the village. , Even the old people in the village praised it.

In the end, I picked two jars of Shaoguo wine, two jars of rice wine, and the peach blossom wine bought at the street stall, which was enough to drink for the New Year.

The task of this market day was completed, and the oxcart wobbled back to the village with a few people.

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Speaking of buying so many things, Feng Ye decided to cook a big meal tonight, the main course - spicy boiled fish.

But I really answered that sentence, green vegetables and radishes have their own preferences, and this spicy thing is not acceptable to everyone, especially the people in Dieshan Village are very fond of spicy peppers (that is chili peppers, Feng Ye mentioned it when he discovered wild salamanders) Not very cold.

Therefore, there were two states of people who came to dinner at Feng Ye's invitation: those who fell in love with boiled fish, such as Li Changsheng, Mrs. Stretching out their tongues, they continued to scoop up fish fillets with their chopsticks. Feeling unbelievable, such as Village Chief Gao and his wife, Carpenter Zhang, and Aunt Hong would look at the big vegetable bowl with a layer of fiery red chili oil floating on it from time to time, and then Looking at the other people who were sighing and eating, they went to eat food in silence.

Everyone has never seen such a weird dish, let alone the daunting red oil chili, even the method of fish fillet is novel enough, and it is cooked with cabbage, lettuce, coriander, mushrooms, etc. It’s made into a pot, but with chili oil, the taste is really very good...how can I put it, I just can’t bear to eat it. After eating it, people want to eat it again.

In fact, regarding the side dishes, it wasn’t that Feng Ye tampered with the signboard of other people’s boiled fish. It’s because they couldn’t find such things as cucumbers and sprouts at this time. Anyway, it’s not necessary to copy them after analyzing the specific situation, so he made his own decision. Put some fresh bamboo shoots dug from the back mountain, sun-dried shiitake mushrooms, and fried soybeans, and it tastes very delicious.

In addition to boiled fish, Feng Ye also fried the small fresh shellfish bought today, fried silver thread fish with tofu bought from Li Wangcai's house in the village, and other dishes.Everyone ate happily throughout the meal, especially those who were addicted to boiled fish. They all clamored to cook and eat it by themselves in the future. Even little Xing'er wanted to try it when he saw other people's excitement. The boiled fish was too spicy and windy. Ye was afraid that he would spoil his stomach, so he only let him taste some fish and refused to eat it. Fortunately, Xing'er was a good baby, and he didn't make trouble if he didn't give him food. He happily peeled the fish that Feng Ye gave him. fresh shellfish.

After the meal, Uncle Qing cooked tree tea for everyone to drink, and everyone gathered around the fire, drinking tea and chatting, and the warm fire light reflected on people's faces, making people want to sleep. This kind of atmosphere is really good It's like sitting in the house as a family.Feng Ye felt that if he could continue like this, even if he spent his whole life farming in this small mountain village, he would be happy.There is food, housing, relatives to accompany, and friends to associate with. Although it is so simple that it is almost rudimentary, does life need more things?

understanding

The days of doing nothing every day really passed quickly, and it was the 24th of the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye.

People who are used to living in modern cities may feel that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, but in Dieshan Village, from this day on, people are celebrating the New Year. Always extra.

The 24th day of the twelfth lunar month happens to be what the villagers call "Xiao Nian", a day to worship the Kitchen God and get rid of the old dust.

Under Uncle Qing's urging, Feng Ye woke up early in the morning, washed and ate, and then began to clean the house.

Of course, cleaning is just Feng Ye's opinion, but what people here say is: clean out all the old, dirty, and bad things, and welcome a new and auspicious start.The saying sounds good, and the broom for sweeping the floor is also special. It is made of several kinds of thatch that is said to have the effect of exorcising evil spirits unique to the mountain and tied together with thin bamboo branches.

Feng Ye's house is newly built, there is no dust to sweep, but the customs of the festival must be observed.So the three people in the family (including Xiao Xing'er of course) dragged the peacock's tail and scratched the house up and down, inside and out.

After cleaning the house, it is time to cook food, that is, food to entertain the Kitchen God.

It is said that the Kitchen God stays at home all year round, and will return to the sky on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month to report the affairs of the people to the Jade Emperor. Food worships the Kitchen God, hoping that he will be in a better mood. After going to heaven, he will say good things to his family and bless his family with prosperity and peace in the new year.

According to the custom, Feng Ye's family prepared a rich food, complete with chicken, duck and fish, and also made Liuxu noodles. This is the habit of Fengye's previous hometown. One, long, and Feng Ye's grandma said that with this noodle, the Kitchen God will keep sucking and eating it, and he will forget the bad things about the master, and he will not talk nonsense when he is in heaven.Feng Ye himself thought it was funny, this is really upright picking up steamed buns and stuffing people's mouths!

After a good day of hospitality, on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, it's time for the Kitchen God to go to heaven.

Feng Ye stood in front of the stove, watching the paper-stuffed bamboo horses, the Kitchen God stickers with honey on his lips, and various paper ingots being swallowed by the fire, and silently recited a few auspicious words in his heart, which was a bit like his grandma in the previous life. Like it.

The 26th of the twelfth lunar month is not a festival, but it is a day for the villagers to make roasted meat, braised meat, and fried meat. They prepare all the meat needed for the New Year’s festival. Feng Ye also fried some sweet potatoes and taro, which are oily. After frying, put it in the air for a day or two. It’s delicious to eat as a snack, and it’s even more delicious to make a dish with braised pork and roasted pork. It was Feng Ye who saw his grandfather make it in his previous life, but it’s really amazing to cook it himself. The fuel consumption is definitely a luxury here.

The 27th of the twelfth lunar month is the Mushen Festival. As the name suggests, it is the festival of the god of bathing. Herbs should be soaked in the well at home, and then boiled to take a bath.

So Feng Ye was woken up early in the morning by Uncle Qing as usual, a large pot of herbal water was already boiled in the kitchen, it was used for bathing and washing clothes, Feng Ye guessed that those herbs should have the effect of dehumidifying and repelling insects, so He endured the cold in the winter morning and took a quick shower. After putting on his clothes, his body exuded a refreshing smell of grass.

In addition to bathing on this day, another important program is to catch up with the big set.This market day is the last market day of the year. After this day, the market will not reopen until around the Lantern Festival, so if you need to buy anything, you must take advantage of this market day.

Dieshan Village on this day was almost empty for thousands of people (in fact, of course there were not thousands of people), and everyone went to the county with their families and mouths.

Because several villages near the county seat and villages with a relatively large population have spontaneously formed their own markets. Although the scale is far less than that in the city, people are used to choosing materials nearby, so there is no market in Wu County today. Get crushed.

The three of Feng Ye also came to the county seat, and after strolling around the street, Feng Ye carried the Xing'er doll into a small theater to rest, while Uncle Qing followed Feng Ye's instructions to buy things.

There were quite a lot of people in the theater, Feng Ye sat on the second floor of the theater next to the window and watched Yiyi on the stage, feeling uninterested.The opera at this time is still very simple, that is, a table and two chairs are placed on the stage, and the two people sit in the chairs and talk and sing. The look of it.

Fortunately, if you don't order other food here, you only need three pennies for tea and water, so Feng Ye doesn't feel it's a disadvantage.

After resting for a while, Feng Ye held Xing'er in his arms and watched the street scene happily, he felt that he had the illusion of being stared at, and his eyes looked around the street, no, it's strange!But when he looked up, he met the gaze of a person in the opposite restaurant.

Isn't this person the annoying person he bumped into when he was at Chint Bank?The only thing to blame is that this person is a rare good-looking person that Feng Ye has seen, so Feng Ye only saw him once, and this time he recognized him immediately.

That annoying ghost didn't know what was wrong, and was staring at Feng Ye with a smile on the corner of his mouth, just like a playboy on TV who molested women from a good family, seeing him laughing naughtily, he looked like he didn't want to beat him.

Feng Ye secretly rolled his eyes at him, scolded him in his heart as a pervert, and looked down at his own appearance: the clothes were not wrong or reversed, there was nothing stained on his face, and his hair was not too messy.Then what is he staring at!I didn't hit your stuff either!

Looking up again, the man was still staring at him with a smile on his face, Feng Ye frowned, and turned to leave with Xing'er in his arms.

"Young master, don't you sit around anymore? It's freezing cold, why don't I buy the young master a drink?"

little boy?Who are you calling?

Feng Ye stopped and looked over there, wasn't it the ruffian man who was talking to him!

"Excuse me, is this young master calling me? What advice do you have?" Feng Ye asked angrily.

"Is there any advice, I just want to invite the young master over for a glass of wine to get acquainted. I think the young master looks very familiar, have we met?" Xiao Yuanhe doesn't know why, but just wants to tease this young man, who used to be I've seen him before, I seem to have seen such a young man in my impression, just looking at him, he is like a little hedgehog wanting to prick people, so interesting that people can't help but want to tease him.

Feng Ye was completely speechless and asked God, what kind of flirting is this, it's really like molesting a little girl, he's going to three, no, counting this life, he should have already gone to four, he's almost forty It's too late, is it possible to let him take advantage of it?Talking cheap is not enough!

Therefore, Feng Ye also picked up his eyes and smiled: "Of course it is possible, but the young master seems to be of extraordinary status. I am an ordinary person, so I am afraid that I will be promoted."

Ho!Knowing how to put down soft nails, Xiao Yuanhe laughed even more happily, "Why is it Gao Pan? I am also a commoner, just like a little boy." He purposely made his words ambiguous, his eyes wandering around Feng Ye , Shuxiangmendi: "As soon as I saw the young master, I felt that I was very close to each other. How can the young master belittle himself? I am bored drinking alone, and the young master is not interesting to watch the theater alone, isn't it? Let's all get together to drink and have fun. .”

Should I just relieve you of boredom? !Little boy, little boy, I am older than you!Feng Ye muttered angrily in his heart.Just go, anyway, it's your treat, and if you have something to eat, it's not free.

"Then thank you, Young Master." Feng Ye went downstairs, left the theater and went to the opposite restaurant, and when he went up to the second floor, he saw the man smiling at him.

He is really like a big bad wolf who seduces Little Red Riding Hood, Feng Ye has this illusion in his heart when he sees him smiling like that.

"Sir, please sit down!"

Sitting down opposite the man, Feng Ye nodded in greeting: "I'm bothering you sir."

The waiter from the restaurant came to pour tea, and served several dishes one after another.

This guy is really delicious. One person ordered a full table of dishes, such as winter melon and duck soup, braised crucian carp head, dried Dongpo pork with bamboo shoots, fried shredded pork and snow beans, stir-fried lotus root slices, and a plate of lotus leaves. There is also an oily peanut dish, and the steaming dish looks more than exquisite.It still smells good, but I don't know how it tastes.

Feng Ye secretly swallowed his saliva, he hasn't had the chance to eat the dishes of the ancient restaurant, it looks so delicious.

Xiao Yuanhe looked at the young boy on the opposite side with a look of drooling, and felt funny in his heart: it turned out to be a greedy cat.

"I'm Xiao Yuanhe, I don't know what to call the young master?"

"...Oh, my name is Feng Ye, and my surname is Li."

"Master Feng Ye is from this place, right?"

"Yes, it's from the nearby mountains."

"In the mountains, the mountain scenery here is not bad. I heard that the scenery in the mountains is even more beautiful, and it is known as the Four Wonders."

Four unique?I don't know, never heard of it!Feng Ye listened to his nonsense without hesitation, and curled his lips inwardly.

"I heard that these four great treasures are all in the mountains. There is a Taoyuan village. There are peach blossoms ten miles around the village. In spring, the mountain flowers are everywhere, and the fragrance is overwhelming. Not far from here is the Mingxia village. There are many ponds in the village, full of plants. Lotus, on a hot summer day, the lotus blooms, which can be described as a scene; there is also Dieshan Village, with many maple trees on the mountain, the red maple is like fire in autumn, and there seems to be colorful butterflies flying in the wind, which is very pleasant; The original village was built on the middle of the mountain, and there are wild plum trees all over the mountain. In the cold winter, the red and white plum blossoms all over the mountain are fragrant for miles, which is really beautiful. These four great beauties are called the four wonders. After I came here, I heard others say, But I haven't been able to travel so far, can I invite Mr. Feng Ye as a guide to visit the scenic spots in the future?"

wizard?I don't even know what these four unique things are!

"I have never been to other places except the village and this county seat. I don't know where the villages I told you are. I'm afraid I can't take you there."

"Oh, that's really a pity." Xiao Yuanhe didn't show any regret on his face at all, seeing that the young man opposite seemed to be focusing on the dishes on the table, the smile on his face deepened a bit.

He compared the dishes on the table, "These are the signature dishes of this restaurant, just served, Feng Ye might as well try it."

"No, no, I've already eaten. You'd better eat by yourself."

Feng Ye was actually researching what was inside the lotus leaf just now, and he just took a few more glances at the delicious dishes, wondering why this person ordered so many dishes and didn't eat them, it was definitely not that he wanted to eat them.

"I also came here after eating, and the food I ordered was also for Feng Ye, otherwise, how dare I invite Feng Ye!"

"Then I won't be polite." Feng Ye didn't refuse half a sentence, picked up the chopsticks and fed himself and Xing'er.

After walking around the street for a long time, Feng Ye is also a little hungry, since the owner has spoken, so let’s try it, and who cares, he doesn’t eat it himself anyway, and he can still sell it in broad daylight me!

Well, this crucian carp head is not bad. The lotus leaf is wrapped with chicken. It looks like it was roasted or fried. It tastes really good. I will ask Uncle Qing to study how to make it. The lotus root slices are also delicious. It is crispy and delicious. Next year, we will consider digging a pond to grow lotus root. The soup is also delicious, without any fishy smell of duck.

Feng Ye hugged Xing'er in his arms, took a bite for himself, fed Xiao Xing'er a bite, the big one had a happy snack, and ignored the people on the other side at all.

Xiao Yuanhe felt even more amused when he saw it, the young boy looked like a cat being petted by his master, and the little doll in his arms was also the same, trying hard to chew the vegetables with his small mouth, I have to be busy making small "good seven, grasshopper, good seven" sounds, and the big eyes are still walking towards him from time to time.Haha, it's so fun!Xiao Dahu watched with interest as he leaned on his elbow while drinking a little wine.

Feng Ye was half full after eating, and finally fed Xiao Xing'er half a bowl of soup, and put down his chopsticks.The waiter over there immediately handed over a snow-white handkerchief and a hot towel.

Feng Ye was taken aback for a moment before realizing that this was just for wiping his mouth and hands. The service level here is quite high.

"I'm sorry! Thank you Mr. Xiao for your hospitality." Feng Ye cupped his fists like the people here.

"It's okay, it's fate to know Feng Ye. I wonder where Feng Ye's family lives? Since we met by fate, we can be regarded as friends. Maybe I can visit him someday."

Feng Ye was about to answer when Xiao Xing'er, who was sitting in his arms, stretched out her little finger and pointed out the window: "Grasshopper, uncle."

Feng Ye looked over, it turned out that Uncle Qing was in the theater opposite, probably thought Feng Ye was still in the theater and was asking the waiter.

"Uncle Qing, this way, we are here!" Feng Ye stood up and called out to him, and everyone upstairs looked at him one after another.

Seeing that the two masters were there, Mu Qing went downstairs and came over here.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao, my family is here, and I'm leaving now. I live in the Dieshan Village you mentioned just now. If Mr. Xiao is interested in visiting, I will thank you for your hospitality today." Feng Ye didn't think he would really go to the corner of the mountain village to play. A rich man like him would mostly drink and go to flower houses in the bustling city. Even if he wanted to travel, he would go to famous mountains and rivers, so it's okay to tell him Loss, no matter what, he was invited to a meal with good soup and good food.

"Oh, that's such a pity. I still want to talk to Feng Ye more. If this is the case, I can only look forward to the next time. But I believe we will meet again by fate!" It's a pity that no one gave such an interesting little prey. He was funny, staying in this small town for a long time is really boring, it seems that I should go back to the capital as soon as possible.

"Then I'll take my leave." Feng Ye nodded to him, and left with the child in his arms.

This Xiao Yuanhe is actually not that annoying when you get in touch with him, but sometimes his tone of voice and demeanor always make a kind of unscrupulous teasing, which makes people look annoyed. Like a fox, it not only has nine tails, but also several masks!

new Year

After coming back from the big market, it was the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and every household in the village wafted the aroma of rice and wheat cakes.

On this day, people are making rice cakes, hair cakes, Fushou noodles, and sesame cakes.The rice cakes and hair cakes here are no different from the modern ones, except that there are various patterns and characters printed on the cakes, which are made with specific molds.

Feng Ye's family has few hands, and he likes to go to lively places, so Feng Ye actively responded to the proposal of Mrs. Gao and Mrs. Zhang, and several families joined together to make rice cakes, noodles and sesame cakes. , as well as the family of Gao Er’s sister-in-law and the family of Gao Fu’s family, the younger brother of the head of the village.

You don't need to worry about Feng Ye's preparations in the early stage, Uncle Qing will take care of it.When it was time to officially start work, Feng Ye's most important job, and what he was most interested in, was printing molds, and taking pictures of the formed rice cakes with blessings.

In fact, this job looks fun, but it is very strenuous to do, and the arms need to be very hard.Feng Ye took too many rice cakes during the day, and when he went to sleep at night and woke up the next day, his arms were so sore that he was more tired than chopping firewood for several days in the mountains.

The ready-made rice cakes include white salty vegetarian cakes, yellow/colored sweet vegetarian cakes, fruit cakes with five-color nuts, and meat cakes with roasted meat. In terms of variety alone, they are much better than modern times. Aunt Gao fried some for everyone to taste, and the taste was not bad.The freshly steamed hair cake is also delicious. The noodle cake is very finely ground, crispy, sweet and soft, with a slight tenacity, a bit like QQ candy.

In fact, for Feng Ye, it doesn't matter whether he eats rice cakes during Chinese New Year. In the past, rice cakes were purely for decoration, and the cold, hard and sticky things were really not very attractive.However, it is obvious that many things in later generations have lost too much of the beauty of the ancestors when they were created.

I made rice cakes and made sesame cakes. This sesame cake is a cake made of flour mixed with glutinous rice flour. It is wrapped with a little bit of brown sugar, rolled with sesame seeds on the outside, and baked on the fire. That's it.Feng Ye and Xiao Xing'er tasted one separately, but their teeth were all stuck together, this thing is simply used to test people's patience and teeth.

Taking advantage of enough dough, Feng Ye made another wonton, which made everyone have a full meal.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, there were no activities. In the afternoon, Feng Ye got excited and decided to make some braised meat.The ingredients of the marinade were searched online because of my love for braised meat in my previous life, but now I only remember a few things. Feng Ye asked Uncle Qing to buy it when I went to a big fair the other day.Moreover, Feng Ye also collected a lot of chicken and duck kidneys and chicken and duck intestines. They were all given away when buying meat at the market the day before yesterday. They were cleaned and cleaned, and they are still soaking in salt water.

Feng Ye mixed the marinade and boiled it in the pot, scalded the intestines and stomachs with boiling water, washed them in onion, ginger and yellow wine, and then put them in the marinade to cook.Of course, the finished product looks not as good as the ones that Feng Ye bought before, and it tastes okay, probably because the craftsmanship is not up to standard, and it will be better if you practice more in the future.After marinating these, Feng Ye cut another piece of pork belly into it, and it was delicious after it came out of the pan, it could be served as a cold dish.

In the evening, we ate hot pot. Feng Ye decided to use tofu as the main ingredient. The reason why he did this was to play what the ancients called "romantic".

Isn't there a poem that says "a small red clay stove, drink wine until dawn"?There is a small stove with a jug of fine wine on it, and a large stove next to it with a hot pot on it. In the tumbling old fire bone soup, white tofu is floating and sinking. This is the detail of the scene at Feng Ye's house at this moment.

He still remembers reading an essay by Zhu Ziqing when he was in elementary school, which said that one of Zhu's favorite things when he was a child was to order tofu with his father and brothers around a small stove on cold winter nights. In daily life, tofu can only be boiled in plain water. The father and son scoop up the tofu and eat it with the simplest soy sauce. The tofu always floats in the pot. It was too hot in the mouth, so I immediately swallowed it into the stomach, but the stomach was also hot for a long time. After eating the tofu, my whole body felt warm.

Feng Ye has always remembered the incident mentioned in the article. At that time, I felt very warm and moved when I read it. I kept thinking that one day I would try it myself when I got home, but then I was either too busy with work or forgot. , but in the end it didn't work out.Now, in this strange time and space, doing things that should be done outside the long time and space, Feng Ye suddenly felt sad in his heart.