Grandpa is not vegetarian

Niu Lao and his family live in the west of the village. The layout is similar to the Gao family compound. There are also four main rooms facing north and south. The old couple live in two rooms on the east side and two rooms on the west side. Divide each in half and distribute it to the four sons.

Mu Yunyi led Gao Yiqing into the courtyard with his things on his back, just in time to see a young man in a blue shirt standing at the gate, holding a book with his back on his back, shaking his head there, walking back and forth, reciting.

Mu Yunyi stepped forward with a smile and asked, "Is this Brother Fifth? Is Uncle Niu at home?"

That young man is the youngest son of Boss Niu. He looked at Mu Yunyi and said, "You are Gao Yining? My father is in the upper house. Go in." Degree, muttering words in his mouth.

It turned out that this Niu Wulang was doted on by his parents since he was a child, and he was almost a man of all kinds. He had the lofty nature of a scholar in his bones. Mu Yunyi had a bad reputation in the village. In his opinion, scolding his grandmother and cutting four Uncle, he is simply heinous, and also works as a female worker. The purse brought back by Boss Niu made him deeply despise Mu Yunyi and even feel disgusted. He also heard that Boss Niu often praised Mu Yun when he came back. Yi is sensible and can make money, but Niu Wulang thinks that he shows his face outside, like an actor and beggar.

Mu Yunyi had inquired about this Niu Jiawulang from Gao Yiqing in advance, and he didn't take it seriously. He happily entered the courtyard with his things, stood on the steps of the house and said loudly, "Uncle Niu! Are you there, Uncle Niu?" ?”

Boss Niu was smoking dry cigarettes on the kang, this time he hurriedly put on his shoes and went to the ground to greet him: "It's Xiao Yuanbao, why are you here?"

Mu Yunyi shook the things in his hand: "Isn't it the Chinese New Year soon, buy some New Year's goods for uncles and aunts."

Boss Niu smiled all over his face: "You child, if you have some money, you can buy some snacks by yourself. Uncle's house is full of everything. Come, come, come first. It's the first time for Xiao Yuanbao to come to our house. And Yiqing, come in quickly, it's cold outside. .”

Aunt Niu was making noodles in the house, and at this time she also came out to let the guests into the back room with Uncle Niu. When she saw what Mu Yunyi was carrying, her heart skipped a beat. I was thinking about giving him a red envelope of [-] or [-] copper coins when the first month came to pay New Year's greetings. I didn't expect Mu Yunyi to bring so many things. The two pieces of blue cloth alone It's worth a lot of money, plus chicken, fish, and pig's trotters, I'm afraid [-] Wen won't stop it, how big a red envelope can hold it.

Boss Niu kept putting the two children on the kang, and grabbed some roasted peanuts, chestnuts, and pecans for them to eat.

Mu Yunyi came here for the first time, and there was no reason to just take off his shoes on the kang, so he took Gao Yiqing to do it on the edge of the kang, peeled a few peanuts for Gao Yiqing to eat, and brought a cup of tea for himself: "Aunt Niu, don't be too busy , we have a small stomach, just eat a few peanuts, besides, brother Yichun is still at home, we will go back after sitting down for a while." He said with a smile, "I used to hear my uncle say how good my aunt is, and it was the same in Lianhua Village back then. She is one of the best beauties, and now she is also a well-known good wife and good mother in our village. I have lost my soul, and I can’t remember many things. Brother Yichun and his parents are not there, but I have never seen what a good wife and good mother look like. I always heard from my uncle that I still can't imagine it, but I saw it today, and I finally saw a real person."

Auntie Niu glanced at Boss Niu, and smiled a little shyly: "Don't listen to that old ghost's nonsense, he is a man in his tens, and he has nothing to do with a child, he is full of nonsense!"

"Uncle Niu is telling the truth!" Mu Yunyi's few words made the old couple laugh.

At this time, a small head suddenly appeared at the door. It was a six or seven-year-old boy, leaning against the door frame, staring at a pair of big round eyes, peeking into the room curiously.

When Boss Niu saw him, he waved his hand and said, "Yuanyi, come in, this is your Uncle Yuanbao, you know this one, he is the fifth uncle of the Gao family."

The boy stepped in, threw himself into Niu Boss' arms, then turned around, shy and curious, and called out in a childlike voice, "Uncle Yuanbao, Uncle Yiqing."

It turned out that this child was Boss Niu's precious grandson, named Niu Yuanyi. Mu Yunyi pulled him over and praised him loudly, which made the old couple very happy.

After chatting for a while, Boss Niu inquired about Gao Yichun's leg injury, Mu Yunyi said that he would be able to go to the ground in the first month, and Aunt Niu chanted Amitabha several times.

After drinking two cups of tea, Mu Yunyi proposed to take Gao Yiqing home. Aunt Niu kept giving Niu Boss winks, and Niu Boss took back the fat chicken, pig's trotters, and two pieces of blue cloth: " Yuanbao, uncle knows you, the uncles and aunts have taken them all, and the two uncle fishes are left behind. Take the chicken and pig’s trotters back for you to eat during the New Year, and give them more pure supplements, and this cloth, you four children It's not easy to live at home, for the New Year's Eve, cut out new clothes to wear..."

Mu Yunyi didn't want to say anything: "Uncle, this is for you. Now that I have entered this house, I have no reason to take it back. There is no shortage of food at home, and all new clothes are finished. It’s for you and my aunt, I’ve troubled you a lot this winter, if you ask me, it’s not enough to take these things, and we are young and brazen enough to bring them here, so let’s take care of us more, Qianqian Wanmo has to be disgusted." After speaking, he broke free from Boss Niu's hand that couldn't help stuffing things back, took Gao Yiqing and ran out bouncing, shouting as he ran, "We'll come back for uncle and aunt on the first day of the new year. pay a New Year call!"

Seeing that the New Year is approaching day by day, every family is full of joy, and the young and old are busy preparing for the New Year.

I started making sticky bean buns in the house. Making sticky bean buns is a custom in this place during the Chinese New Year. Every family makes two or three hundred of them at one go, and then put them outside to freeze them. They are very delicious when they are taken out or steamed or fried in the first month. OK

Gao Yiqing looked greedily at Gao Yilianglang squatting at the door with a sticky bean bun in both hands, gobbling it up, and came back and asked, "Brother Yuanbao, shall we make sticky bean buns too?"

"No buns." Mu Yunyi doesn't like sticky bean buns at all. Not only are they sticky to the teeth, they don't taste good, but the noodles also have a sour taste. In his opinion, they are not as good as cornmeal pancakes.Seeing the child's disappointment and trying to hide it, Mu Yunyi pinched his little face, "Don't worry, Xiao Wu, although we don't make sticky bean buns, we will make something more delicious than sticky bean buns!"

Mu Yunyi took out the yellow rice noodles that he bought a few days ago, and when he was done, he put it on the kang to cover it, then held firewood to light the fire, took out all the small beans, and put them in to cook.

Gao Yiqing was puzzled: "Isn't this still sticky bean bun?"

"Ours is not steamed, but fried. It's much more delicious than sticky bean buns. Just wait!" Mu Yunyi asked him to watch the red beans cook, and took a knife to cut meat, beef, pork, and Chicken with three kinds of fillings, chopped a piece of tofu and five carrots, plus onion, ginger, soy sauce, etc., also mixed into the dough.

Gao Yichun saw it in the back room: "Yuan Bao, do you want croquettes?"

"Well, not only meatballs, but also other things. Let's fry the oil once and fry more." Mu Yunyi planned to make fried cakes and meatballs, cut some potato chips, washed them with water, and took them out of the window to freeze , he's going to make some french fries.

By the afternoon, the noodles were all fermented and the red beans were cooked. Mu Yunyi put them all into a basin, smashed them with a spoon, and added some sugar in it. After a little taste, it felt sweet and smooth. Take out half a spoonful, put it in a small bowl, and give Gao Yiqing to eat with a spoon. Gao Yiqing quickly declined, and Mu Yunyi said, "Just eat it, I made such a small bowl!"

Only then did Gao Yiqing carefully carry the bowl to the back room, and first gave Gao Yichun a spoonful of sticky bean paste with sugar flavor, Gao Yichun's eye circles turned red after only one bite.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Gao Yiqing saw his brother was sad, and burst into tears.

"It's nothing, I'm happy." Usually, four to five hundred sticky bean buns are wrapped in the house every year. Besides the food at home, they are also given to the second aunt in the town. When making it, Gao Yichun is naturally the main force , when it’s time to eat, it will be his turn. Years after year, from steaming to eating, no more than ten of them can fall into the mouths of their brothers. Often during the first lunar month, Gao Yiqing looks at Gao Xuecheng and the others eagerly. Eating sticky bean buns, he could only eat steamed buns, but now he can eat bean paste stuffing directly, which was unthinkable in the past. Gao Yichun sighed, let Gao Yiqing sit on the edge of the kang, I fed the bean paste spoonful by spoonful to my brother's mouth with a bowl.

"Brother, you eat too, I'll feed you." Gao Yiqing reached out to take the bowl.

Gao Yichun stubbornly fed him all the bean paste, and carefully scraped off the rest of the bean paste from the bowl before putting it in his own mouth. He closed his eyes and savored the sweet taste carefully.

Mu Yunyi prepared all the pre-work, and then made a fuss. After setting the fire on the fire and drying it up, he took the soybean oil jar over and Gududu poured a small half of the pot into it. Yi helped, but kept as far away as possible, the oil temperature rose rapidly, Mu Yunyi took the yellow rice noodles, wrapped them in red bean paste, squeezed them flat, and put them into the pot.

The oil pan made a "squeaky" sound, and the fried cake was tumbling up and down in it, and soon it turned from soft to hard, from white to yellow, and the fragrance was overflowing. Mu Yunyi wore two aprons, one tied around his neck to protect his body. On the chest, one was tied around the waist to protect the lower body, and four sleeves were put on the arms to protect himself tightly. Gao Yiqing wanted to help, but he refused. It would be terrible if he was scalded by hot oil Well, the level of medical care is so poor these days, if it really burns, this year won't be over. He is standing by himself on the edge of the pot, holding a large fence made of unknown plants in his left hand, and two Using large chopsticks made of wooden sticks, keep stirring the oil pan to prevent the fried cakes from sticking together.