clang farming notes

In the evening, Sister-in-law Wang sent over the big and second pillars.It had already been agreed that the two children would follow Duan and the others that night, but Mrs. Wang still came over to thank them personally.

Several people cooked glutinous rice balls first, and everyone ate a few to fill their stomachs.The glutinous rice balls made at home and the fillings inside are naturally excellent. They are sweet and soft, and the sesame fillings flow out after a light bite.

After eating the glutinous rice balls warmly and drinking some soup, my body warmed up.

The children didn't eat enough, but the glutinous rice was not easy to digest. Du Zhongping coaxed Jin'er to put down the bowl, but promised to eat it tomorrow before cooking.

Du An and Zhao Ba first took their things to the designated location to light a fire and set up a stall, and Da Zhu was about to carry his candied haws out for sale.Fang Sheng hastily stopped him, the people who were going at this moment were all going to set up stalls, and the shoppers hadn't come out yet.

When it was dark, several people put on thick clothes, Du Zhongping held Jin'er in his arms, and Jin'er held a small newly pasted lantern, but it was not lit yet.Fang Sheng held the two pillars in one hand, and a large red wind lantern with the other hand, and carried a few candles for backup.Dazhu carried his straw target filled with candied haws, and went out excitedly.

God is very kind, it was a sunny day, and the full moon that had just risen shone on the snow, but it was not dark.

There is still a distance away from the night market, and I have already heard the sound of frolicking people. I can tell from the sound that there are many people here today.When I got to the place and took a look, sure enough, various stalls had been set up, and some still hung lanterns on the stalls, which were very brightly illuminated.Some people have already wandered around the stall, and people from the surrounding alleys continue to join in.

Dazhu couldn't bear it for a long time, and after talking to Fang Sheng, he got into the crowd in twos and threes.He is old, and he is familiar with this place, so it seems that nothing will happen.Fang Sheng and Du Zhongping didn't care about him, they just looked for their own stalls.

I took my two children to drill around in the crowd, and finally found Duane's stall.Fang Sheng then lit up the dead wind lamp and hung it on a pole erected beside the stall for them.All of a sudden it lit up.

It is said to be a stall, but in fact it is just a table with two braziers, and a shelf on the brazier.One is put on an oil pan for frying Lantern Festival, and the other is put on a barbed wire net for barbecue.It is said that Zhao Ba specially went to find a blacksmith to make this barbed wire, and it cost a little money, but in the future, he can also barbecue meat from time to time, and make teeth-beating sacrifices, so he doesn't care.

The finished Lantern Festival and the skewered meat skewers were put aside, and there were several bowls beside them, containing powdered salt, oil, garlic water, seasoned salt and pepper, and chili noodles.Although it is cold in the north, there are still not many spicy food.

When Du Zhongping and Fang Sheng came over, they had to give support to their own stall first, and immediately fried two or three Yuanxiao each, and grilled a few skewers to eat.The fried Lantern Festival is golden in color after frying, and it looks very good when inserted on a skewer.Put the skewers on the fire and roast them, sprinkle with seasonings, and the aroma will be released first.Before it was baked, several people had already attracted.Du Zhongping and the others simply didn't wait any longer, and just took the Lantern Festival to go shopping elsewhere.

At this time, there were more and more people, Fang Sheng held Erzhu tightly, and walked with Du Zhongping.

At the night market, there are sellers of dried fruits, fried chestnuts, melon seeds, and those who take the trouble to sell boiled yuanxiao and boiled wontons. All kinds of aromas floating in the air are very attractive.Fang Sheng also saw that Mrs. Tofu set up a stall selling tofu brains, so a few people came to support her.It’s been a while since I ate tofu nao, and these people miss it a little. The tender tofu nao is served with marinated fungus and egg flower, which is very delicious and not greasy.

In addition to eating food, there are also some sellers of groceries in the market.There was a good windmill made by an old man, dyed in various colors, and the windmill would keep spinning when he blew gently. Du Zhongping bought one for each of the two children.As the old saying goes, "The wind blows the car to turn, and the wind blows happiness." It's good to ask for a good omen.

The two children were very face-saving, holding the windmill in their hands from time to time, they moved it to their mouths and blew the windmill around.

Along the way, there are all kinds of objects.Sellers of rouge, gouache, and small jewellery, attracted women of all ages, who huddled together to pick and choose.Although the things are not very exquisite, they are more colorful and cheap.

There are also all kinds of sweat towels, handkerchiefs, shoes and socks, all of which are made by themselves and sold for money.

There are also handicraft sellers, paper-cut, sugar blowers, straw and rattan weaving of various colors, which also attracted many people to see.Du Zhongping is very interested in paper-cutting. The woman doesn't even need to draw the appearance. As long as someone tells her what she wants, she can cut it out on paper as long as she thinks for a while, and the cut-out image is vivid and very vivid.As for straw weaving and rattan weaving, most of them weave various utensils, which are very practical and many people buy them.

Most of these craftsmen gather together, and several people gather around a brazier.One is to gather people, and the other is to warm up by the fire between work.

There are quite a lot of lanterns hanging on the stalls, most of them are red, and those who are skilled can make the lanterns more delicately, and some people simply make ice lanterns to suit the occasion and save money.In the middle of the market, there are several ice lamps carved by carpenters in the village. I don’t think it’s very good when I look at it during the day, but I think it’s crystal clear and very beautiful when I light it up at night.

Du Zhongping held Jin'er in his arms and looked all the way over, pointing out to him that this one is a monkey, that one is a rabbit, and the one next to it is a tiger...

There are no zoos these days, and these various ice lanterns are a good way to teach children to recognize various animals.

When he returned to his own stall after wandering all the way, Da Zhu was already helping.His candied haws are very easy to sell, cheap and good-looking, although a little bit sticky, they are still very popular.

The business of my own stall is very hot, mainly because the materials used are not very expensive.It's a holiday, you have to try something new.Du'an's Lantern Festival is big and deep-fried with soybean oil. The taste is very authentic, and you can take it with you. If you are used to cooking Lantern Festival, you can't help but buy two to eat.The most important thing is Zhao Ba's meat skewers, how willing to cut the ingredients, there are large pieces of fat sandwiched between the lean meat, and the continuous dripping of oil on the fire, igniting small sparks.Hold it in your hand and take a bite, the mouthful is full of oil, it really satisfies your craving.The fragrance wafts far away, attracting people to buy it.

Du Zhongping nodded secretly, sure enough, the charm of barbecue is something that no one can resist.

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After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the year is over.The farm work put down by each family due to the festival also has to be taken care of.

Zhao Ba planned to sell the surplus grain when he planned to plow in the spring. As soon as the spring began, the weather began to warm up. The grain was easy to be covered and worms were easy to grow. Although the price was more expensive when it was sold in April and May, the wind Two more months of bragging will lose a lot of weight, which is really not worthwhile; secondly, if you change the money, you will have more money in your hands. When the food is sold out, the yard will just bloom to grow vegetables, so it will not be late.

Every day several adults sit in the house, put a dustpan and corn sticks in front of each of them, and rush to rub the grains.This is not a tiring job, chatting and working at the same time can be regarded as a warm-up exercise for spring plowing.

A few people also discussed a few serious things while working.The first thing is that there is no well at home, so it is too inconvenient to carry water every day.In winter, the road is cold and slippery. An unskilled person like Duane would not dare to walk on the ground that has been stepped on, let alone the slippery well. It has become a mirror-like layer, and if you are not careful, you will have to fall hard.Throughout the winter, Zhao Ba followed Du An to pick up the water. Du Zhongping was very embarrassed. Du's family washed and rinsed more diligently than others, and used more water. Therefore, Du Zhongping was thinking of washing in his yard Drill a well.

Zhao Bafangsheng thought about it for a while, and thought it was quite good.I have a well, which is not only convenient for drinking water, but also for watering the vegetable garden when there is a drought. I can also wash clothes at home, so I don’t have to go to the river to wash clothes with some daughters-in-law, which is inconvenient .

Another thing is that the Du family wants to build a few more houses.With the arrival of the New Year's Eve, the Du family has added a lot of things one after another, and the East House has been almost piled up.Du Zhongping just wanted to build a few side rooms for storing things, and Duan also wanted to move the kitchen out. At that time, the two large stoves in the main room would only be used to boil some water. The oil smoke is heavier.

As soon as I started working, time passed quickly, and this day is a good day for "February [-], the dragon raises its head".

Woke up early in the morning, Duan didn't care about anything else, took the ashes from the stove, went to the yard to draw a circle, and took out a handful of the family's whole grains and put them in the circle, chanting: "February [-], the dragon raises its head, the big warehouse is full, and the small warehouse is full."

If it is in the south, there will be fresh and tender shepherd's purse to eat on this day, but it is naturally not possible here.Duan cooked fine noodles in the morning, calling it "Dragon's Beard", for auspiciousness.Seeing that he talked so much, Zhao Ba couldn't help asking him what he would do that night.Du An said that when the spring cakes are baked at night, they are called "Dragon Scales".

Not to mention the "February [-]nd" day, how the two families cleared the bottom of the pot, how they knocked on the beams of the house, and how they prepared medicinal powder and sprinkled it everywhere to prevent insects. The first day of February is the waking of insects, and insects and snakes start to move. Yes, even though Yanbei is still cold, it's finally the solar terms.

After the important festival after "February [-]", the "cat winter" of the farmers is over.People who make a living from farming have already started to pack farm tools and compost to prepare for spring plowing.Some families who don't have much land and need to earn money also leave the house and start looking for employers to work for the family.

Another year, people have begun to work hard for their livelihood.

On such a day, Lizheng paid a solemn visit to Du's house, bringing his two fat chickens and his son - Da Zhu.

Li Zheng's reason for coming was very clear, and he hoped that Du Zhongping could accept his own son as a student.

Du Zhongping saw that such a square person like Lizheng was so serious, so he became serious.

After thinking for a while, Du Zhongping said sincerely to Li Zheng: "Not to mention Li Zheng, you have always taken good care of us since we came here, but just talking about Da Zhu, I like the child very much. There is only one thing, if Da Zhu If Zhu wants to go to school, he should find an old gentleman."

Lizheng heard him say "just", he was a little nervous at first, but he heard that it was about Dazhu's entering school, so he couldn't help laughing: "He can learn a few words from you, it is already blessed by his ancestors, how can he expect to be able to do so?" Entering school? As long as you, Du Xiucai, are willing to teach him, our whole family can only be grateful for what he has learned!"

Du Zhongping smiled and said: "Since I said so, I will ask the university to accept this student."

Da Zhu has been very nervous since entering the room, standing next to his father, twisting the hem of his clothes with both hands, occasionally raising his eyes to look at Du Zhongping.Hearing that Du Zhongping agreed, he was so dizzy that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.Or did his father just smirk when he saw him, and knowing that he was so happy, he slapped him with a slap: "You still don't want to kowtow to your husband?"

Only then did Dazhu react, as if he was afraid that Du Zhongping would regret it, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Du Zhongping three times.This is a real ringing head, Du Zhongping saw him raise his head, his forehead was a little blue, it was really hard work without adding any water.

Li Zheng saw that Du Zhongping deserved to be refreshed, and he was very happy, and he kept saying that he would set up wine to celebrate. This is the first person from his old Wang's family who can read and write in several lifetimes, glorious.

Du Zhongping refused again and again, but in the end he couldn't.

Because Lizheng said: "Even the carpenters in the village need a ceremony to accept apprentices. This is a serious event for us. Naturally, it should be more lively. Just don't worry, you don't need to worry about it. When I find Huang Dao Auspicious day, please come and invite him personally. Then you will be considered complete when you receive his head in front of everyone."