Siheyuan: Sap is the last word

Those undercurrents often fail to affect the common people.

After all, an undercurrent is an undercurrent.

It’s time to celebrate the New Year, and everyone still has to celebrate the New Year.

Twenty-three, sticky melons, twenty-four, cleaning the house, twenty-five, making tofu, twenty-six, stewing pork, twenty-seven, slaughtering New Year chicken, twenty-eight, making noodles, twenty-nine, steaming Steamed buns, thirty-year-olds stay up all night, and write the word "blessing" on the first day of the new year.

Nowadays, we are no longer allowed to offer sacrifices to the stove, but there are still people selling sugar melons.

Regardless of whether they have money or not, they like to buy some and put them on the stove to sweeten the stove prince's mouth, so as not to say bad things about themselves.

Tanggua is boiled with maltose and needs to be made with grain. Nowadays, commodities are not allowed to be bought and sold, so everyone exchanges them for food, which is quite expensive.

The replacement ones are relatively expensive, and not many adults are willing to do so. They can exchange them for only one or two yuan at most, so that they can give their children sweet treats.

He has to be a favored child, there is no one who is not favored.

Although the maltose made his teeth sticky after eating it, it was still in season. He Yudong gave Lin Yuzhu two kilograms of coarse grains and asked her to exchange them for sugar melons.

"Don't eat too much after buying it. This tooth is so bad that you can only eat one piece a day."

Ran Qiuye followed the instructions.

Lin Yuzhu responded happily, took the grain bag, and jumped out to go to the small stall where Tang Gua was exchanged.

"There should be some popcorn poppers coming to set up a stall in two days. Let's pop some popcorn and eat it too?" Ran Qiuye looked back at He Yudong.

"Okay." He Yudong didn't mind. During the Chinese New Year, it’s all about eating happily.

"You have to bring your own food. If you want to eat something sweet, you have to bring your own sugar. Otherwise, you have to trade the food with someone who pops popcorn." Ran Qiuye seemed to have remembered something and showed a sweet smile.

"When I was a child, I was really looking forward to the popcorn coming over. As soon as the popcorn came over, I would go to my dad and beg for a long time, and then he would bring out the grain bag, scoop out two bowls of rice for me, give me some change, and let me go Find someone to pop one with sugar in it."

As he spoke, his expression darkened again.

"I wonder how my parents are doing."

He Yudong quickly put his arm around her and let her lean into his arms.

"My parents must be fine. I sent a telegram to my parents when you gave birth. Didn't they come back immediately? They also sent us children's clothes made by mom, as well as local dried kelp." Something like that.”

"Brother Dong, I...I miss them."

"I think so too. How about when the child gets older and the weather gets warmer, we can take two photos with the child in our arms and send one to our parents so that they can see our big baby and little one. Baby?"

Ran Qiuye's face was a little red, she chuckled, and snuggled into his arms relaxedly: "Brother Dong, thank you. It's great to have you here."

"Okay, I'll let Xiao Zhuzi look for it later. Is the popcorn popper here? Our big baby wants to eat it."

"Xiao Zhuzi is a good girl, we have to be nice to her."

"Well, our wife makes the decision. Whatever she says, we will do it."

"Why don't you give the little girl a bigger red envelope during the Chinese New Year, and then give her a dollar as pocket money every month?"

"Yes, no problem. Our family is not short of money, and Xiao Zhuzi has also helped our family a lot, and her hands and feet are very diligent. I can see her making breakfast every morning."

"When you make new clothes, let's make one for her."

"The whole family wants to make new clothes for the New Year. Can you make them? If not, we can just buy ready-made clothes. There is no need to make them ourselves just to save the two dollars."

"I'm not good at cotton-padded clothes, but I can still make blouses, shirts, etc. Everyone makes something interesting. If I can't make it, I will definitely buy a new one. Our Dong brother is so capable, so he won't make it too hard for us. .”

Ran Qiuye smiled.

The two cuddled up and talked for a while, then went about their own business. The two children need to be taken care of by Ran Qiuye, and He Yudong has to go to the kitchen to prepare New Year dishes.

Tomorrow the whole family will have to clean up, including the main house that was originally sealed by the father-in-law and mother-in-law. The two children were too young and were afraid of choking, so they had to be held by Ran Qiuye to avoid them.

It's time to stew pork in two days. He Yudong plans to make a pot of braised pork this year. Now he has to count the spices, prepare the braised ingredients package, and prepare to cook the brine.

There are also chicken and fish for New Year's Eve dinner. They are in short supply now, so everyone has to rush to order them.

Originally, the black market could alleviate the problem of supply shortage, but didn't He Yudong come here secretly? Now the black market is still in turmoil, and there are only a few stragglers carrying boxes on their backs to buy and sell in the family area, and there is no one there for a while. Dare to make big moves.

Although He Yudong is not afraid of not being able to do it, he must at least have two fake moves to deal with the others.

The most popular fish now is the kind of frozen hairtail that is so frozen that it can be used as a stick to hit people. There are occasionally one or two batches in department stores, and the purchase is restricted, so one person can only buy two kilograms.

It is a very honorable thing for anyone to have a plate of braised hairtail on their table during the Chinese New Year.

In fact, as far as He Yudong is concerned, hairtail is the best when fried. But these days, each person only gets 2 taels of oil coupons per month. This amount of oil will last a month. Even during the Chinese New Year, not many families are willing to use oil to make fried food.

He Yudong originally didn't want to be so prominent, but...

Hey, it’s Chinese New Year.

Fried hairtail...

I’m really a little greedy.

Some of the tofu I bought back on the 25th was made into fried tofu, and some was made into frozen tofu. The fried tofu is cooked in brine and is absolutely delicious.

This is He Yudong's special brine.

Twenty-six, stewed pork.

The brine was ready. He Yudong brought back a pig's elbow, a pig's back elbow, and two cuts of pork belly that were not particularly fatty. After removing the fishy and raw meat, he put them in the brine and slowly cooked them.

The aroma of braised pork gradually spreads in the air.

The fragrance spread for ten miles, and people in the whole alley sniffed their noses to smell it.

Just smelling this fragrance makes me eat half a bowl more rice.

How greedy.

It’s not good to stew meat and vegetables in one pot, otherwise the brine will be spoiled.

He Yudong specially scooped out some brine and used a small pot to cook vegetarian dishes on the briquette stove.

Whether it's kelp knots, fried tofu, dried tofu, dried bean curd, yuba strips or tofu skin knots, they are still delicious and can satisfy your family's cravings first.

When a neighbor comes over after smelling the smell, he scoops out some braised vegetable dishes for them to try, or even takes some away with him. Not only does he appear generous, but he also doesn't feel too distressed.

After all, it’s the Chinese New Year.

Twenty-seven, slaughter the New Year chicken.

The old hens make delicious stew, and the young chickens make delicious dishes.

He Yudong didn't think about which one was better, so he just bought them all.

Old chicken stews and young chickens stir-fry.

Having money is the cure for choice-difficulty.

The whole old hen is stewed in clear chicken soup, which is very good and looks good on the table.

The tender chicken is cut into small pieces and stewed in a pot with frozen tofu, fried tofu, wide noodles, potatoes, kelp, mushrooms, dried tofu, etc.

Twenty-eight, hair.

Twenty-nine, steamed buns.

It’s one day closer to the Chinese New Year.