After crossing over, it's hard

Back home, Xiao Yuan was very happy to see these four puppies, hugged them tightly, and named them respectively: Xiao Hei, Xiao Huang, Da Hua, and Xiao Hua.Li Ran was very speechless about Xiao Yuan's name, but seeing how excited he was, he didn't pour cold water on him.As long as the child is happy, all the names are floating clouds.

After feeding the puppies some water from the pond, Li Ran went to cook. He bought two fish, one braised in soy sauce, the other boiled soup, and made two vegetables. My stomach said it was delicious, and I will eat it again in the future.There are no big rivers or large reservoirs here in Pingyang Town, so there are not many fish, but some farmers catch some fish in small rivers and ponds in their spare time to earn some extra money.Restaurants like Huibin Restaurant usually transport fish from other places in Lin County.After lunch, Li Ran mixed fish soup with rice for the four puppies, and they ate happily.

In the afternoon, the owner of the oil mill in Zhangjiawan drove an ox cart to deliver the oil residue, and apologized to Li Ran that the oil mill was busy recently and was a few days late.Only then did Li Ran notice that it had been more than half a month since the last time he went to buy oil residue.It's also because I didn't finish the oily dregs fish I bought last time, so I forgot about it.The last time I bought a hundred catties of oil dregs at the oil mill, Jinan fed them twice a day in the morning and evening, and now there are still thirty catties left to eat.This is because the current fish are still small and cannot eat too much.

This time, the owner of the oil mill sent a hundred catties of oily dregs, and Ji Nan moved the oily dregs into the house. Li Ran said to the owner of the oil mill, "I'm really sorry, I can't afford so much oily dregs now." , I want to give away once every half a month, 150 catties at a time, and change it to once a month, [-] catties at a time, I wonder if it is possible?"

The owner of the oil press said with a smile: "Of course, I can do everything for you. I can deliver it whenever you want it." Zhao Wu (the owner of the oil workshop) is of course happy to be able to reduce the number of trips. Although the family village is not far from his village, it is still necessary to make a trip after all.

Li Ran and Zhao Wu agreed to deliver it once a month, and the time is the 25th of each month. Now there are about 25 catties left in the family, plus the newly sent [-] catties, it will be almost until the [-]th of this month. .As for the fish growing up in the future, the amount of food to eat will also increase, and those can be discussed at that time.Now that the time has been changed, Li Ran will settle the money this time, and it will be settled every month in the future.

It is now the beginning of May, and the weather is already slightly hot.The watermelons in the field have already produced fruit. The big ones are as big as two adults' fists, and the small ones are only half the size of an adult's fist.However, this Daqing country is really not suitable for growing watermelons. Although watermelons like Li Ran bear fruit, the amount of fruit produced is very small. A watermelon vine only has one or two watermelons, and some even have no fruit. That is, there are three or four knots, and there are very few knots of five and six, which can be counted.And these watermelons are not the same variety, one is the watermelon with peeled skin that was commonly grown by the farmers in the previous life, and the other is a colorful melon. In the previous life, this kind of colorful melon was not grown for eating, but was used to make watermelons In his previous life, Li Ran had seen some melon farmers grow this kind of colorful melons just for the watermelon seeds inside, which were used to fry the watermelon seeds and sell them.Fortunately, Li Ran didn't grow many colorful melons like this, probably less than an acre of land. Li Ran thought it would be a big deal not to sell them at that time, and use them to fry watermelon seeds, which Li Ran knows how to fry anyway.This five-acre watermelon field is almost only the output of the two-acre watermelon field in the previous life, but fortunately, the watermelon here is a rare commodity, and the price is very high. If you are busy, it will all be in vain.

But looking at the watermelon vines all over the ground, Li Ran was also a little worried. Everyone in Quanjijia Village knew about Li Ran's watermelon planting. Li Ran's watermelon turned out to bear fruit. This caused a sensation in the whole village. In addition, the sale of vegetables a few days ago has made others red-eyed. Li Ran is afraid that those people who have bad intentions will do something nasty. thing.Especially Jin Hua and Zhang Dafeng's family.

Li Ran decided to invite someone to look at the watermelon, and don't wait until it's about to be harvested to see what happened.It’s okay to arrive during the day. Li Ran’s house in the watermelon field is very close, only about ten minutes away, and there are no obstacles in between. Standing at home, you can watch the movement in the watermelon field. The most fearful thing is that some people action.

However, these are not the most important things now. After all, the watermelons are still young, immature, and cannot be eaten. No one will steal them for the time being.The most important thing now is that the Dragon Boat Festival is here.In Daqing State, there are festivals in May and August respectively, but instead of Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival in Daqing State, they are called Duanyang Festival and Moon Worship Festival in Daqing State, but Chinese New Year is called the same.

The time and meaning of the Dragon Boat Festival are different from those of the Dragon Boat Festival.In Daqing, the Duanyang Festival falls on May [-]th, for the purpose of offering sacrifices and praying for a bumper harvest in the coming June.Therefore, the citizens of the Daqing Kingdom attach great importance to the Duanyang Festival, and they will prepare rituals for prayers to worship.

In the Daqing Kingdom, chickens, fish, meat and pig heads must be prepared for sacrifices and prayers during the Duanyang Festival, and firecrackers and incense are also indispensable.Of course, rich and big families will prepare more things, and poor farmers will correspondingly reduce them.In Jijia Village, people from a wealthy family will prepare all the basics. If the family is not good, at most they will kill a chicken raised at home, like a fish, and they will go to the small river to catch a small fish of one or two inches. , there is no need for fish. Pig heads are usually not expensive, but at this time, they are very in short supply. Most people won’t buy them.

This is the first festival that Li Ran came to this world to celebrate. Li Ran still attaches great importance to it, and has prepared all the necessary things that he inquired from Grandma Li.The fish is a carp that weighs two catties. Grandma Li told Li Ran that the fish used for sacrifices in the Duanyang Festival are all carp, and the carp cannot be scaled, as long as the contents of the stomach are removed, there is no need to cook it. , to give birth to the sacrifice.

As for the chickens, the nest that Aunt Ji helped Li Ran hold, [-] chickens, [-] hens, and [-] roosters, has been around for more than a month now. Because there are more wild food here, the chickens grow very fast The big ones weigh one to two catties, so Li Ran didn't buy them, but killed the biggest rooster in the family.Chicken cannot be boiled, it must be steamed, and it is best to keep the chicken skin intact.The meat is also raw, but all the meat must be touched red, and the pig's head is the same, but the pig's head needs to be steamed.

The Duanyang Festival is at noon, and we have to worship the god of generals (one of the gods believed in the Daqing Kingdom) before we can eat.This day, Li Ran prepared all the things according to what Grandma Li said. Of course, the placement of these things is also very particular.Chicken head and fish tail. When offering sacrifices, the head of the chicken and the tail of the fish face the statue of Jiangshen (one of the gods believed in the Daqing Kingdom) together, and the head of the pig faces the statue of Jiangshen. The meat should be placed behind. Serve three glasses of wine.And three sticks of incense, two small red candles and a small hanging firecracker.

After preparing these, Li Ran went to ask Grandma Li and Zhang Guihua to worship together.Next to the ancestral hall in Jijia Village, there is a small house with a statue of the general god in it. Everyone goes to worship and pray here.When the three of Li Ran and the others arrived, some villagers who arrived early were already worshiping.Li Ran followed Aunt Li and Zhang Osmanthus, took out the prepared things, and carefully arranged them next to each other in order. The seat in the middle was already occupied, and those who came later could only worship outside the house.

Grandma Li and Zhang Guihua put the things in order, kowtowed respectfully three times to the statue of the general god, and muttered softly: "Bless the harvest of the fields at home, the success of the poultry and livestock, and the health and safety of the children, etc. " Seeing them like this, Li Ran followed up with the recitation, regardless of whether it was useful or not, read it first before talking.

After worshiping for about 10 to [-] minutes, Li Ran lit firecrackers with Aunt Li, Zhang Guihua and the others. After the firecrackers went off, they put away their things and went home to cook.When he came out, he happened to meet Jin Hua who had just come to offer sacrifices. She had a bad face and stared at Li Ran bitterly.On this big festival, Li Ran didn't want to conflict with him, so he pretended he didn't see it, anyway, it didn't hurt to stare at him, just stare, carefully staring his eyes out.