Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

On the day before New Year's Eve, Ruan Xishi boiled the zongzi leaves he picked earlier in a large anti-theft pot, and took them out to make zongzi.

Two pots of glutinous rice were prepared in the kitchen, one pot was filled with oil and salt sauce, the other pot was added with lye water, pork spareribs, mung beans and peanuts, meat dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves, and cold rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves.When she was ready, Ruan Xishi put on her apron and started making zongzi.

It's not the first time for Lu Ze to watch him make zongzi. He learned a little from Ruan Xishi during the Dragon Boat Festival, and now he can help Ruan Xishi make zongzi in a decent way. team.

Only Xu Lixin, who was educated as a gentleman to stay away from the kitchen since he was a child, knew nothing about cooking. Seeing that he was idle, Pan Yao drove him to cook zongzi.

The weather has been hot for the past few days, the kitchen is small and poorly ventilated, and when the stove is on fire, it gets a bit stuffy inside, so Ruan Xishi had to move a table and go out to make rice dumplings. He was quite embarrassed, and his coughing could be heard through a wall.

Ruan Xishi was worried that he couldn't bear it, so she said, "Why don't you let Brother Lu Ze light the fire, Dad can't do this."

Pan Yao watched his way of making zongzi while learning how to make zongzi by herself, and said casually, "It's okay, everyone is so busy today, he can't be idle, just make a fire, how tired can he be?"

Xu Lixin had been busy for a long time and finally had a fire in his stomach, and he was able to come out to breathe. His fair face was flushed red by the smoke, he took off his eyes and kept rubbing the corners of his eyes, sighing: "It turns out that the kitchen The work is so tiring, it seems that I will have to go to the kitchen to help out in the future."

Pan Yao couldn't help but said, "It's good that you know."

They made more than forty zongzi. The cold and meat zongzi were boiled separately. Xu Lixin felt that he was not doing enough, so he threatened to take over the job of making zongzi. Ruan Xishi saw him sitting in the kitchen eating cigarettes, so she taught him with a smile A lazy way.

Ruan Xishi found a few pieces of wood left over from the firewood house and stuffed them into the stove, and put the exposed piece on the wooden bench. The wood burns slowly, and one piece can burn for about ten minutes. You don't have to watch it all the time in minutes.

Seeing that Ruan Xishi was so smart, Pan Yao couldn't help but praise him for his ability. Ruan Xishi said proudly, "This is what my grandfather taught me. He used to do this, and then he went to the living room to watch TV."

The zongzi was cooked in the afternoon, Ruan Xishi took four zongzi out of the pot, and the family of four gathered around the table in the courtyard to taste them slowly. The meaty smell of the glutinous rice mixed with the fragrance of beans wafted all over the courtyard all day long.

After eating the zongzi, Ruan Xishi went to the kitchen to take out the remaining zongzi from the pot and let them dry for cooking later.He was busy in the kitchen, Pan Yao was clearing the table outside, and then he heard a knock on the door.

Pan Yao put down the broom and went to open the door, and saw an aunt whom she met in Zhang's old house that day, holding two trays of brown hair cakes in her hand.

When Aunt Zhang saw her, she greeted her graciously, handed her the cake in her hand, and said, "Mom Shizai, I sent the cake over here. The one just out of the pan is still hot. You can wait a while." Try it."

Pan Yao didn't expect that the other party would really send hair cakes, and she sent so much, she gratefully accepted it, and warmly invited the other party to come in and sit down.

"Thank you, Aunt Zhang, come in and sit down. Xishi just made zongzi, so come and have a taste."

Aunt Zhang waved her hand and said, "My family has also made a lot of rice dumplings, so I won't go in to eat them. I have other things to do later, so I'll be leaving first. You can tell Shizi."

Pan Yao hurriedly called her to stop, but Aunt Zhang left without looking back.

Ruan Xishi heard the voice and saw that Pan Yao was holding a cake in her hand, so she asked, "Mom, who came just now?"

Pan Yao replied: "Just the aunt I met at Shimo that day, hey, she sent a lot of cakes, and she left before I could return the gift, and I don't know how to thank her."

Ruan Xishi thought for a while and said, "It should be Aunt Zhang, as long as her family makes hair cakes, they will always deliver them as soon as possible."

Pan Yao sighed, "He's such a warm and generous person. My mother will have to come to the door to thank her in person."

The next day was New Year's Eve, and the village became lively early in the morning. I don't know who turned on the stereo, and festive songs came, waking up Ruan Xishi who was still sleeping, and then couldn't fall asleep again. Get up and get ready for the New Year.

Breakfast was very simple. Ruan Xishi steamed the zongzi and steamed cakes in a pot, everyone ate some for breakfast, and then began to put up Spring Festival couplets.

Lu Ze moved the chair and tore off the couplets that had been pasted on the clothes before. Ruan Xishi took out the new couplets they bought and smeared the paste on the back. Xu Lixin helped Lu Ze to paste them on, while Pan Yao stood In the courtyard, instruct them how to stick it upright.

After posting the couplets and peach charms, you can pay attention to the idioms on the peach charms. For bathing and health, paste them in the bathroom; , the lucky stars are posted on the wall.These were all told to Ruan Xishi by his grandfather, and Ruan Xishi posted them in previous years. Ruan Xishi ran around the house with a stack of peach charms in his hand, pasting one here and another. people help.

Lu Ze and Xu Lixin pasted up the couplet outside the gate, hung up two red lanterns, and the house immediately became extraordinarily festive.

The neighbor's sister-in-law Li passed by with Pang Pang in her arms. When Pang Pang saw the two big red lanterns, she clapped her hands and said they looked good. Then Mrs. Li said, "Brother Ah Ze, your family is doing very well today."

Lu Ze clapped his hands and smiled, "Yeah, it's rare that everyone is here, so of course we should make it more festive."

After posting the Spring Festival couplets, the house took on a new look, and it was booming. Ruan Xishi was very satisfied, and after looking at it for a long time, she reluctantly picked up the vegetable basket and went to the vegetable field to pick vegetables.

The village is very particular. You can't go to work or go to the field on the first day of the new year, otherwise it means that the coming year will be very hard, so the vegetables must be picked in advance. Ruan Xishi took Pan Yao to the vegetable field, digging radishes while doing this Tell Pan Yao about the customs in the village.

Although it sounds a little superstitious, I have to admit that these superstitions are simple villagers' yearning for a better life. Pan Yao can only lament the simplicity and kindness of the villagers.

They picked a lot of vegetables, a few carrots, white radishes, lettuce, three Chinese cabbages, two big handfuls of lettuce, and a lot of celery and chives. They will use these vegetables for the New Year's Eve dinner tonight.

By the afternoon, every household in the village had posted couplets. Standing on the top of the building, one could see that every household was flourishing, and the festive atmosphere of the New Year was everywhere.

Lu Ze went to the town to buy chicken and buckwheat. Ruan Xishi was at home and Pan Yao was preparing to worship the gods. Although grandpa's memorial tablet was no longer at home, but after the service ceremony, his spirit was still at home by default. I bow to him.

In the middle, Uncle Wu came over, bringing a big perch, and said he would give it to Ruan Xishi to eat, and said with a smile that there would be more than enough fish every year on New Year's Eve.

Pan Yao was very grateful, and before Wu Bo left, she went back to the house and gave him a box of New Year's goods they brought from the city. Fish are many times more expensive than gifts home.

Lu Ze bought a slaughtered rooster and went home. Ruan Xishi cooked the whole chicken and put it on a plate, served it with rice noodles, and brought it to the altar to worship the ancestors and gods. Ruan Xishi bowed three times.

After worshiping the ancestors, you have to go to worship the kitchen god, and some people even go to worship the head of the society, but Mr. Ruan is an outsider and doesn't know the head of the society, so there is no need to go.

After worshiping the gods, Lu Ze took a bunch of firecrackers and set them off outside. As soon as the firecrackers sounded, Xiao Hui ran around in fright, as if he was terrified of firecrackers.

Firecrackers sounded one after another in the village, one after another, or all at once, so lively.

After all these things are done, the New Year's Eve dinner can be prepared. Pan Yao washes and chooses vegetables, Lu Ze and Ruan Xishi take charge of the dishes, and Xu Lixin helps. It won't take long for the New Year's Eve dinner to be served.

Braised fish in braised sauce, braised pork with sauerkraut, fried bamboo shoots with chicken, shredded beef and radish, celery meatball soup, stir-fried lettuce, six big dishes are placed on the dining table, which makes people's index fingers twitch.

Lu Ze also bought wine and drinks. Before eating, everyone poured a glass. There are more than 100 bottles of ordinary wine sold in the supermarket. up.

Before the meal, Pan Yao took out her mobile phone and took photos to show to her eldest son who was far away in the Pacific Ocean, wishing him a happy New Year’s Eve. Xu Junming knew that his parents would spend the New Year with his newly recognized younger brother in China. Seeing this delicious food , I smiled and asked my mother to broadcast their New Year’s Eve dinner live.

Pan Yao wanted to let her two sons get in touch with each other more, so she turned the camera to Ruan Xishi. Ruan Xishi suddenly saw a strange but familiar man on the screen of her mobile phone, and immediately restrained herself. Pan Yao introduced to him: " Baby, this is your big brother, hurry up and say hello to him."

Ruan Xishi raised her hand, and dryly called out to the camera, Big Brother.

Seeing his vivid younger brother again after so many years, Xu Junming couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The baby is really as cute as when he was a child."

Ruan Xishi blushed in embarrassment when she heard her elder brother's comment, and Pan Yao joked, "The baby hasn't had a drink yet, so why is he showing it?"

Everyone laughed in good faith.

Afterwards, Pan Yao raised her wine glass and said excitedly: "Today is New Year's Eve, and it is also the first New Year's Eve after Xi Shi and I met each other. To celebrate this memorable day, let us all have a toast!"

The others got up to toast one after another, and drank gulps. It was Ruan Xishi's first time drinking, and he was choked by the smell of alcohol. The bitter and astringent taste made him wrinkle his face, and said aggrievedly, "It's so bitter."

Lu Ze picked a piece of fish for him to relieve the smell.

After dinner, the tableware was cleared away, the sky had not yet darkened, but there were already impatient children setting off fireworks outside, Ruan Xishi also wanted to go out to set off fireworks, but Lu Ze said that it would not be nice to set off fireworks now, Pan Yao wanted him to go out to set off fireworks. Putting on the new clothes she bought, she coaxed him to take a bath.

Ruan Xishi came out wearing vibrant clothes, her hair was still wet, and she looked very cute. Pan Yao was so satisfied, she surrounded him and praised him for his good looks, making Ruan Xishi even red when she praised him.

Finally when it was dark, Ruan Xishi hugged all kinds of fireworks that Lu Ze had bought for him, and kept urging Lu Ze to go out to play, but Lu Ze didn't even take a bath, and went out with him only in time to wipe his hands clean, squatting on the side of the road to study them fireworks.

They first played with small fireworks for a while, and when the New Year was getting closer, they started to play with big fireworks.Lu Ze put the fireworks pier on the flat ground and told Ruan Xishi to go a little farther away, then lit the torch and quickly ran towards Ruan Xishi. After a while, gorgeous fireworks exploded in the sky.

The fireworks set off by their house were so big that they quickly attracted the attention of adults and children in the village. Everyone came looking for the fireworks, stood in a safe place to watch the fireworks set off by their house, and kept clapping and applauding.

While admiring the fireworks, the villagers said, "Shizai finally survived and found his parents, who are still so rich, so he will be able to live a good life in the future."

"Isn't it? Look at so many fireworks, it burns money, and only Shi Tsai's parents are so willing to spend money to make him happy."

At ten o'clock, people went home to prepare for the night vigil. Ruan Xishi had enough fireworks and went home to watch the Spring Festival Gala with his parents, and then put the fruit biscuits on the altar. These snacks will be used to worship the ancestors on the first day of the new year .

At twelve o'clock, the village became lively again. Every household set off firecrackers in front of their houses to welcome the arrival of the new year. Ruan Xishi's family was no exception. Lu Ze lit a long string of firecrackers and played with Ruan Xishi for a while Fireworks, Ruan Xishi held a fairy wand in his hand, and sat in front of the house with Lu Ze until the sound of firecrackers quieted down before going back to sleep.

Ruan Xishi was going to get up early the next morning to pay New Year's greetings. He got two big red envelopes from Pan Yao and Xu Lixin, and Lu Ze also got a share. He was so happy that he said a lot of auspicious words to his parents.

Pan Yao was thinking about the enthusiasm of the villagers. She made a lot of small red envelopes last night, and planned to go out and deliver them everywhere today. It is normal to visit other people’s homes on the first day of the new year. Parents exchanged red envelopes, and everyone was happy. It is Chinese New Year.

The elderly and children in the village all received Pan Yao's red envelopes. Everyone said that Shi Zai's mother was generous and decent. Ruan Xishi was also very happy to see that the villagers respected his mother.

In the afternoon, the village head played music on the stadium, and the villagers all went to join in the fun, including Ruan Xishi's family. Taking advantage of the crowd, the village head announced a good news.

"It's like this. Our village has good news. I want to tell everyone. Please listen to me quietly. Ms. Pan Yao, who is Shi Zai's mother, is willing to give money to help Shi Zai in order to thank us for taking care of Shi Zai over the years. Our village is building a cultural square and a multi-functional activity building, let us applaud Ms. Pan Yao for her generosity."

When the villagers heard the good news, they applauded Pan Yao excitedly. The scene was very lively.

The village chief said: "Now we have funds, but we don't know how to plan. I plan to consult with Dajia to see if you are willing to allocate a piece of land for construction. Losing a piece of land is a small matter, but Civilization building is for long-term development, and I hope that everyone will be as generous as Ms. Pan Yao and help our village build up."

"Hey, as long as our village can do well, it's nothing to give out a piece of land, I'm willing to do it!"

"I would too!"

"When the village develops, who will still farm the land? I will start a business and become a big boss!"

"Hahaha, well said, everyone will be half urbanites by then."

The village was about to carry out construction, and the villagers were all in high spirits. Only Ruan Xishi was overjoyed and shocked. After returning home, she kept asking Pan Yao: "Mom, it's really because of me that you decided to help our village with construction." Is it?"

Pan Yao nodded and said sincerely: "My mother said that all the people who are kind to you, my mother will be grateful to repay them. You have lived in the village for so long, and you will continue to stay in the village. Mom is afraid that you will live forever. If you are not doing well, I decided to help you improve the conditions in the village, so that mother can rest assured to let you stay here."

Ruan Xishi's eyes widened in surprise when she heard the words, and she asked in disbelief, "Mom, do you agree with me staying?"

Pan Yao nodded with tears in her eyes: "Well, mom has figured it out. You are a good, strong and self-reliant child who can take good care of yourself even without a mother. Your father is right. Everyone has their own aspirations, so you can't force it. Since you like to stay If you are in the village, then stay in the village, as long as you are happy, mom will be very content. If you want to come back to us in the future, you can tell mom at any time, and mom welcomes you home anytime."

Ruan Xishi couldn't help but red eyes, he finally realized the selflessness and greatness of mother's love at this moment, he even wanted to immediately agree to his mother to go home with her, but he didn't want to see her reluctant expression.

But he had to think about Lu Ze, so he still chose to stay in the village with Lu Ze. For his mother's guilt, he could only make up for it when he had a chance in the future.

The author has something to say:

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