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Nine p.m.

At this time, except for a few people in Naye Village, most people have closed their doors and gone to bed.

However, today every household is making ancient rice dumplings and stewing them since noon, and it has been basically finished until now. Therefore, except for those little kids and the elderly, most people have not rested, just waiting to eat ancient rice dumplings!

The best time for ancient rice dumplings is when they are freshly cooked and still hot to the touch.

Although it will be just as delicious when it's cold tomorrow, the taste is still a little bit worse.

This thing is basically eaten once a year. Everyone is very greedy, so naturally they want to eat one as soon as possible.

In the kitchen, Deng Shirong was taking the ancient rice dumplings out of the pot into the basket. The finished product of the ancient rice dumplings is as shown below:

After picking up all the ancient rice dumplings, Deng Shirong said to his children and daughter-in-law: "Okay, you can eat it. Be careful not to burn it!"

The children, who had been greedy for a long time, could not hold back. They chose semi-fat, lean or purely lean rice dumplings according to their own needs, and then peeled off the hot rice dumplings while blowing on them.

Deng Yuntai peeled off the ancient rice dumpling leaves, threaded the ancient rice dumplings with a pair of chopsticks, and handed them to his wife.

Zhang Xiuping was not polite, took it and took a delicious bite.

After nearly ten hours of stewing, the glutinous rice in the ancient rice dumplings has been completely fused together, making it full of chewy texture when eaten. And because the glutinous rice has been soaked in alkaline water, it has a very special fragrance.

The surface layer of glutinous rice alone is already very delicious.

When I ate the pork, garlic and pork inside, the aroma went straight to my head. The excellent texture and invincible taste combined together are really delicious.

can not stop!

It’s so delicious that you can’t stop eating it!

Zhang Xiuping swore that this was the most delicious ancient rice dumpling she had ever eaten.

Not only her, but several of Deng Shirong's children were also amazed by the taste of the ancient rice dumplings. They didn't care about burning them and ate one bite after another, stopping from time to time to take a breath before biting into their mouths. The ancient rice dumplings were no longer hot, so I continued to chew them.

Deng Yunsong ate the fastest. He finished one ancient rice dumpling in three strokes, five divided by two, and then picked up another one from the basket and said with praise: "Dad, this ancient rice dumpling you made is really delicious." "

Deng Yunzhu nodded while eating: "Yes, the taste is so delicious that it is indescribable. I have never eaten such delicious ancient rice dumplings!"

Zhang Xiuping continued: "I have eaten such chewy ancient rice dumplings before, but the taste is far inferior to this!"

At this time, Deng Shirong had just peeled off a piece of ancient rice dumplings and took a bite. He was savoring it carefully. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "It's delicious. You should eat it leisurely. When the ancient rice dumplings are cold, you won't feel tired even if you eat them. But If it’s just out of the pan, don’t eat too much at once, otherwise you won’t feel tired when you eat it, and after a while after eating, it will gradually become uncomfortable.”

Deng Yunsong was already peeling off the second one. Hearing this, he paused and said, "Then I can only eat two."

Zhang Xiuping looked at the half-eaten ancient rice dumpling and asked, "Dad, I won't be tired of eating just one, right?"

"You won't get tired of this one."

"Then I'll just eat one!"

After Deng Shirong reminded them, except for Deng Yunsong and Deng Yunhua, who ate two, the children and daughter-in-law only ate one and stopped eating.

One is that I am afraid of being tired, and the other is that it is getting late and I am afraid that it will be difficult to sleep after eating too much.

Except for Deng Shirong's family, almost all other families had eaten ancient rice dumplings at this time.

The next day, the fourth day of May.

With Naye Village as the core, all the villagers with the surname Deng in the upper and lower villages began to offer sacrifices to Grandpa and celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival in a serious manner.

The Dragon Boat Festival is called the May Festival in Bobai County. In addition to offering sacrifices to Grandpa, every household also hangs mugwort leaves.

The so-called hanging mugwort leaves means going up the mountain to pick fresh mugwort leaves and hang them on the door. This is used to ward off evil and drive away plague, and turn bad luck into good luck.

For families with children, parents have to pick eucalyptus leaves, peach leaves, mugwort leaves, red wormwood, roadside chrysanthemum and other herbs and boil water for the children to wash their bodies. It is said that doing so can remove dirt and prevent or reduce boils.

At the same time, the old woman is going to pick moxa leaves and dry them to make moxa sticks. Legend has it that the moxa sticks and moxa fire made on this day are particularly effective when used.

Deng Shirong, who was originally born in 1936, believed in these things more than later generations. After he was reborn, he believed in them even more firmly. Therefore, regardless of whether the rules passed down by his ancestors were reasonable or not, he followed them meticulously.

Anyway, if it's effective, it's the best. If it's not, it's just a folk custom. Anyway, he has nothing to lose.

…

noon.

Deng Changfu's family.

For lunch, the family ate sweet potatoes, while Guan Yongying, a pregnant woman, ate egg noodles.

In this era, if you can eat egg noodles for lunch, it is a very good meal.

Since Guan Yongying became pregnant, her food has always been the only one in the family. Especially after she gave all the money her parents gave her to her mother-in-law, it goes without saying that her treatment at her mother-in-law's family has become even more important. What did the others eat? Anyway, her food was ranked among the best in the village.

After eating a full stomach, Guan Yongying said hello to his parents-in-law and walked slowly towards Jiu Gong's house with a big belly.

During this time, she and Dai Fanglan would come to Jiugong's house every now and then to chat with Aunt Atai, a pregnant woman.

After all, we are all pregnant women, so there is still a lot to exchange.

"Aunt Atai."

"Yongying."

Under the longan tree, the two said hello and sat down to chat.

It's already passed the Dragon Boat Festival, and the weather here in Bobai is already very hot, but sitting under the leafy longan tree and fanning yourself gently with a fan, it's still relatively cool.

Zhang Xiuping looked at Guan Yongying's frighteningly big belly and asked, "Yongying, you are like this, can you still sleep lying down?"

Guan Yongying said: "Yes, but no matter which position you are in, sleeping for a long time will be uncomfortable. You have to change positions from time to time to sleep more comfortably."

Zhang Xiuping touched her belly, which was already showing her pregnancy, and said, "I thought that with a belly as big as yours, I wouldn't be able to lie down and sleep!"

Guan Yongying said: "Actually, there is no obvious difference between the early and late stages of pregnancy. Our belly doesn't get bigger the first time."

Zhang Xiuping smiled and said: "That's true. Counting the days, you are about to give birth, right?"

Guan Yongying said: "It should be soon. I don't know the exact date of the birth. Anyway, my mother-in-law is always ready."

Zhang Xiuping sighed and said: "After you give birth, Alan will probably be born soon, but I will have to wait for a few more months!"

Guan Yongying rolled his eyes and said: "Aunt Atai, how are you doing this? You should be enjoying happiness every day. Don't think I don't know. Now Jiu Gong is trying different tricks to get you food every day. Alan and I are almost envious of him!"

Zhang Xiuping couldn't help but laugh and said: "Looking at what you said, I know that your mother-in-law also gives you extra meals alone, so your food is not bad either!"

Mentioning this, Guan Yongying couldn't help but smile and nodded, and said, "That's true. My mother-in-law is really good to me. I hope I can give her a grandson this time, otherwise I will feel embarrassed myself."

"Look at what you said. Didn't you hear what my father-in-law said to Grandma Azhang Qi?"

"I've heard about this. It's none of us women's business to have a boy or a girl. It's decided by men."

"Now that you know this, what are you embarrassed about?"

"That's what I say, but if I gave birth to a daughter, I would still feel embarrassed."

"..."