The days when I am farming in the last days

Tang Han finished eating half a pig's trotter, and was assigned a new task by Tang's mother, "Go and clean up the nest in the back, pound some glutinous rice flour and make glutinous rice balls tomorrow."

When the Tang family built a new house, only the main body was demolished and rebuilt, while the other wing rooms and utility rooms were kept.The stone mill used to push tofu before is placed here, and in the corner on the other side is a pestle.

Tang Han removed the sundries around him, lifted the wooden planks on the ground, and revealed the nest hidden underneath. ——Actually, it is a reduced version of a trough, a pit is carved out of a whole stone, and then embedded in the ground.

Then, using the principle of leverage, the rice pounding stick is connected to a long wooden board, and the rice pounding stick can be easily driven to work by simply stepping on the other end of the wooden board.

All kinds of machines have been popular in the village for a long time, for grinding tofu, for grinding glutinous rice flour... so no matter whether it is a pestle or a rice stick, it has not been used for a long time.But now that the epidemic is serious, the villagers are strictly forbidden to visit, especially the Tang family and three people who just came back from other places, who are the key observation objects in the whole village, and they are not allowed to walk around at will. enabled.

Neither Qin Yu nor Jiang Dai had ever seen such an early tool, so they came here to try it with great interest.Ozawa even used the pedal as a seesaw and played very vigorously.

Tang Han was happy to hand over the work of pounding rice to them, and he himself directed it.This kind of thing is interesting to look at, but it will be quite tiring to actually do it.This kind of pedal mill already saves energy compared with manual stone mills, but after a long time of stepping on it, it will also feel leg pain.

Fortunately, there are many people, and there is not much glutinous rice to be pounded. They are in rotation, and the work is over before the interest is exhausted.

Tang Han came out of the utility room with the ground glutinous rice flour. Ozawa walked beside her, chirping and asking how to eat the glutinous rice flour. When he looked up and saw the big yellow cow eating in the yard, his eyes widened, " Wow!"

The Tang family's cattle are usually kept in another place. Father Tang would take them out for a walk during the day and bring them back at night, but they never came home.So this is the first time Ozawa has been here for such a long time.

"Dad, look, it's a cow!" He immediately forgot the previous topic and called Qin Yu excitedly.

"Want to go over and take a look?" Qin Yu asked.

Ozawa hesitated.Compared with the pigs in the pen and the small chickens, the size of the big yellow cattle is obviously more oppressive, especially for children.

However, there were adults on the side to embolden him, so Ozawa took his father's hand and moved over.

Father Tang was brushing the bristles of the cow with a big brush, and when he saw this, he made room for him.Ozawa stepped on his feet and glanced into the stone trough, then turned his head and approached Qin Yu, and whispered, "Dad, it's eating rice!"

"Ox also celebrates the New Year." Father Tang answered with a smile.

The cow also celebrates the New Year, this is Tang's own theory.Anyway, every year today, he would specially cook a pot of rice to reward this "family member" who has worked hard all year, instead of sending it away with two bales of grass as usual.

It is completely different from the treatment of chickens, ducks and pigs raised for meat.

The big ox had finished its New Year's Eve dinner, and Tang Ma's New Year's Eve dinner had also been prepared, so she called Tang's father to prepare the meal.

The "ancestors" don't pay too much attention to the New Year's Eve dinner. Except for the pot of pig's head in the middle, the other meals are part of the New Year's Eve dinner prepared for themselves, put in small bowls, and placed on the table. For a table, pour a glass of wine, light incense paper candles, and finally light a cake of firecrackers.

The dinner time in the village was almost the same, so the moment the Tang family's firecrackers exploded, the sound of firecrackers began to be heard from other places in the village one after another.

From then on, until twelve o'clock at night, the sound of firecrackers continued intermittently and never stopped completely.What is covered by the sound of firecrackers is the sound of laughter, phone ringing, text messages, WeChat messages... The old year passed away quietly amidst these many sounds. With the countdown to the Spring Festival Gala on the TV, the new year The year has come.

The Tang family usually goes to bed after ten o'clock. After Jiang Dai and Qin Yu came here, they quickly adjusted their schedules.So tonight to watch the New Year's Eve until twelve o'clock, everyone yawned continuously, and after Tang's father finished setting off the firecrackers to welcome the God of Wealth, he couldn't wait to go to bed.

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On the first day of the new year, local customs do not allow people to wake up, and they can sleep in at will.

For farmers who are busy all year round, this is really a rare treat.Therefore, when Jiang Dai sat up early, got dressed and was about to get out of bed, she was persuaded by Tang Han, "My parents probably won't get up so early, the stove hasn't been fired yet, and it's too cold outside, you might as well lie down for a while .”

Jiang Dai said with an attitude of sharing worries for the elders, "We can get up and light the fire."

Tang Han put the quilt on his face, "I'm sorry, I can't do it. I don't know how to burn this stove. It burns well and I can burn it out after adding coal twice. You still expect me to start a fire?"

"..." Jiang Dai had no choice but to take off her half-worn sweater and lay down again.

When she lay down, she noticed that there was a touch of red under the pillow, and when she opened it, it turned out to be a red envelope.

"You let it go?" She looked at Tang Han suspiciously.

Tang Han reached out and took out one from under his pillow, "My mother put it."

Jiang Dai couldn't believe it at all. Someone came into the room in the middle of the night and even put something under her pillow, but she didn't notice it at all, "Did I sleep so hard?"

"This is called good sleep quality." Tang Han corrected her statement.

Jiang Dai put the red envelope back, with a bit of disbelief on her face, "How old am I, and I still need to collect the red envelope for the New Year's money?"

"My mother's theory is that if you are not married, you are still a child, and you can receive red envelopes." Tang Han said.Seeing that Jiang Dai didn't intend to tear it down, she added, "It's only 100 yuan, that's what it means, you don't have to worry about it."

Hearing that it was only 100 yuan, Jiang Dai finally believed that the red envelope was indeed a treat for a child.But she still didn't open it, but directly stuffed the red envelope into her pocket.

This is a blessing given by the elders, so keep it.

The two lay down and talked for a while, and then there was the sound of the door opening outside, and it was Tang's father and Tang mother who got up.

In Jiang Dai's life, she almost never had this kind of experience of waking up and dawdling in bed. She couldn't lie down for a long time, and when she heard the movement, she immediately got up.Tang Han originally planned to sleep back into the cage, but seeing this, he had no choice but to sit up.

Everyone probably thought the same, so when they finished combing their hair and went out, Qin Yu also came over with Ozawa in his arms.

As soon as the fire was finished, Tang's mother saw that they were all up, so she turned around and entered the room, took out a bag from the room, and gave them a red woolen hat, "I didn't buy any new clothes this year, so I used the hat to cover them up." Just give it a go. The new year is booming!"

"When did you knit?" Tang Han couldn't help asking as he put on his hat.

Tang Ma is a genius who can teach herself all life skills, which obviously includes knitting.

When she was a child, Tang Han could get a sweater she knit every year, but after entering middle school, it is estimated that there were more and more things at home, and there were no more.In the past two years, their sisters graduated one after another, and Tang Ma picked up this craft again without having to work so hard.

However, after knitting a sweater for several years, Tang Han could see the semi-finished product every time he went home.

Unexpectedly, the finished product was produced this year.Even though it's just a hat, it's surprising enough.

"Guess?" Tang Ma didn't answer her question directly.

The woolen fabric is very soft, and Jiang Dai held it with her hands, feeling its touch, and listening to the noise in her ears, her heart became soft for no reason.

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