Surviving the end of the world

Although such things in the countryside are not commonplace, they will happen once or twice every so often. Not to mention the inconvenient communication and traffic jams, even if it is normal, this kind of thing is internally digested and will not cause trouble to the police station. Go, clean up Li Lijun's mess, and his old lady who is used to cleaning up has no choice but to lick her old face and go to Li Xinhong's side to make amends. Forget it, but seeing Li Lijun's appearance, everyone knows that this matter is not over yet.

No matter what Li Lijun's idea was, the Chinese New Year was almost here.

The snow on the road has not melted, so naturally there is no place to buy new year's goods. Even in the last century, many things had to be bought in the town. Nowadays, the roads in the village are not very accessible. These new year's goods that were necessary in previous years Naturally, don't count on it.

The village is fine, not to mention anything else, there is no shortage of rice and noodles, and there are actually quite a lot of people who raise pigs and sheep. Although the number of them is not very large, the average family can always weigh [-] to [-] catties of pork to bring back for the New Year. .Families who are acquainted get together to steam steamed buns. Although the vegetables in the field are frozen due to the heavy snow and cannot be eaten, it is not impossible to plant some garlic sprouts in the kitchen, even if it is malnourished due to the cold weather It’s also considered a vegetable, and besides that, adding some vermicelli to the meat stuffing doesn’t taste bad.

It was the first time for Chen Jin to participate in this kind of thing. When her aunt came to find Chen Jin, Chen Jin remembered it.Although there has always been the custom of steaming steamed buns and steamed cakes during the Chinese New Year here, Chen Jin’s family has not done it for many years, and it is often someone else’s house that makes steamed buns, giving away a dozen or twenty, and a few people give it away. It's almost dozens of times, and the family doesn't eat much, so naturally they don't have to cook it alone.

"Grandma, I'm young, I don't know these things, please give me some advice!" Chen Jin asked with a smile as she grabbed a handful of roasted peanuts and stuffed them into Xinxin's pocket.

My aunt smiled and said: "There are only two people in your family now, no matter how big your appetite is, how much you can eat, even if you make ten catties of noodles, it's almost enough to make it! By the way, Xiao Jin, what are you going to make stuffing?"

Chen Jin said: "There is nothing to fill. Before it snowed, I dug out some radishes from the ground, but they were very small. I could barely cut some shredded radishes for meaning!"

My aunt sighed: "Anyway, it's a bit of shredded radish, which is already good. This year is really cold and evil. I have lived for more than 70 years in my life. I have never seen such a wicked time. I guess the Northeast side is also cold." It looks like this! Forget it, let’s not talk about it, I steamed the steamed buns on the 26th, remember to prepare the flour and stuffing for the steamed buns on the New Year’s Eve, and send them to my house, so as not to be in a hurry later!”

Chen Jin agreed, thought for a while, and took out half of the radishes from the corner of the kitchen, put them in a bag, and said, "Auntie, I've been bothering you to take care of me before, and I have nothing else here. Although these radishes are It’s a bit shabby, you can take it back and adjust the steamed bun stuffing! Hey, I remember that in the past, my aunt’s house made steamed buns, but there were several kinds of fillings, such as red bean paste, green vegetables, cabbage, and shredded radish. Only eat pure meat!"

My aunt hesitated for a moment, and declined: "You have nothing but radishes here. I don't know when the snow will melt. You can't just eat every day after the New Year!"

Chen Jin stuffed it directly into the hands of his aunt and grandma, and said, "It's getting to that point everywhere. I also covered some chives and sent out some bean sprouts. Just this little radish, washed and chopped, it's not much. Alright, auntie, just accept it!"

The aunt thought about it, and she didn't refuse anymore. She took the bag and sighed: "Hey, we live in the countryside like this, and I don't know how your cousins ​​are doing!"

"Don't worry, auntie, cousin and the others are definitely fine. If there is any difficulty, they will be back sooner!" Chen Jin comforted.

My aunt forced a smile: "That's right, hey, thankfully Xinxin is still here, otherwise I wouldn't be able to hold on with my old bones!"

"Auntie, you want to live a long life!" Chen Jin complimented.

After talking and laughing for a while, my aunt and grandma left with the bag.

It wasn’t until the day I made the steamed buns that I found out that this year, there are not many steamed buns made by everyone. People from rural areas are less extravagant. No one knows how long this winter will last. Many people are facing the dilemma of insufficient firewood. Meals and heating were not felt in the past when there was electricity, but now people realize that their dependence on electricity has become very serious.

Steamed buns can’t be eaten cold. In this cold weather, if you don’t heat them up and then heat them up, they won’t taste much softer than stones. To make steamed buns, firewood is useless, and you need to use it for heating. Therefore, most people make hundreds of buns. Just make a point.

Chen Jin and his aunt's shredded radish minced meat aroused a lot of envy, but after hearing that it was provided by Chen Jin, they secretly said that Chen Jin is not a person who knows how to live after all, and this radish is quite durable. If I keep it, I can add some vegetables to the table, but now I just eat it like this, what a waste!

Chen Jin didn't care about these, he made enough stuffing, and after using up the ten catties of noodles he provided, there was still some left over, and he generously distributed it to several people who made steamed buns together. Going on, most of the time, he doesn't need to be too fussy. Since he intends to live in Xiaohe Village, he must first establish a good relationship with others, so as not to be bullied at the door like before, and in the end, there is no one who can speak justice. .

On the day of making steamed buns, Bai Jing was like a child, eating out a basket of steamed buns until he couldn't eat any more, and finally muttered next to Chen Jin: "Ah Jin, my steamed buns are still delicious! "

Chen Jin smiled, making steamed buns is also a physical labor. Chen Jin, a big man, can't compete with other women for making steamed buns and burning fire, so almost all the hard work falls on him.After a day of tossing and smelling the smell of steamed buns, at night, looking at the steamed buns in front of her, Chen Jin suddenly lost her appetite, so she had to hastily drink a bowl of porridge.

There is no way to buy any snacks for Chinese New Year this year, but the quality of life of Chen Jin's family has not been reduced because of this.When the cripple's family slaughtered pigs before, Chen Jin bought half a pig in one go.Since there is no need to go out to buy new year's goods, Chen Jin has time to toss and eat in the space.

Bai Jing worked hard to chop the half-fat and half-lean pork into minced meat. Chen Jin caught a few more large grass carp, sliced ​​the fish meat, chopped it into minced meat, added cornstarch and seasonings, and made meatballs and meatballs. Fish balls, rolled in the oil pan, picked up and put away, you can eat hot pot or stew later.The prime rib made a big plate of salt and pepper pork ribs. While Chen Jin was deep frying, Bai Jing squatted aside, not afraid of being scorched. He just reached out to eat it as soon as he took the frying pan out of the frying pan with his chopsticks.

The induction cooker and the briquette stove work at the same time, the pig's trotters are separated by the stewed flesh, and the milky white soup almost sticks to the lips.The seasoning in the space is quite sufficient. Chen Jin boiled the brine by himself, and put the cleaned pig offal and chicken and duck paws and viscera into the brine to marinate. Although it doesn't look very good, it tastes good.

To prepare all kinds of snacks for the New Year, Chen Jin simply fried another pot of peanuts and some pumpkin seeds. As for candies, he was powerless, so he boiled some syrup randomly, sprinkled some peanut kernels in it, and served them while they were hot. Cut into pieces, just enough to fit the scene.I thought in my heart that when the power is restored, I must download more information on the Internet to see what these sweets and snacks are, and what can be made at home.

After a few days of tossing like this, it's New Year's Eve.