After graduation, I went home to keep bees

Chapter 137

Jiang Baichuan hadn't had such a lively and sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner for many years.

His old house is unoccupied all year round. In the past, he lived alone in the school. During the Chinese New Year, he cooked two random dishes to deal with it.

But this year is different, Jiang Xiaoman is so good at making troubles, he cooked a big table of dishes, not to mention, he even prepared three kinds of drinks.

White wine, red wine and home-made rice wine.

Worried that the prepared dishes would be cold, Jiang Xiaoman bought a few alcohol stoves in advance and put some stewed dishes on them.

There are several large and small alcohol stoves and charcoal stoves on the table, which make the room warm.

After the meals were ready, Jiang Xiaoman urged his father and uncle to go back to the house and change into new clothes. He also went back to the room to wash up early, and changed into the new clothes he had bought online in advance.

All three of them are wearing the same big red down jacket, standing together is like three big red envelopes walking!

There was no way, when Jiang Xiaoman bought clothes online, Jiang Xiaoman's old habit of being stingy and collecting bills was repeated.

As soon as he saw "8% off for two items, 7% off for three items" written on the store page, he took three items without hesitation!

In addition to down jackets, down pants for outdoor wear are also very popular this year. Considering the coldness in the mountains, Jiang Xiaoman bought eight pairs of down pants in one go when shopping online!

There were two for each of the three of them, and the remaining two were given to Grandma Jiang.

Under the black down pants are waterproof and non-slip tendon-soled elderly shoes... Cough!His uncle and his father have also reached the age where they should wear old people's shoes!

Jiang Xiaoman, who felt that he was still young, bought himself non-slip fleece men's hiking boots.

After changing his clothes, Jiang Youliang took the two of them together to worship their ancestors—this time, the benefits of Jiang Baichuan's coming to his cousin's house for the New Year can be seen. Both sides have the same ancestor, and there is no need to worship the ancestors separately.

At the time of the renovation, Jiang Xiaoman didn't buy the bulky and bulky central hall cabinets that are common in farmhouses for the sake of beauty. Anyway, his family worshiped the ancestors once a year, so he simply built a table with woodworking boards, and usually put it on the shelf. Next to the small living room, put some green plants and decorations, and when it's time to worship the ancestors, it's just right to put the sacrifices out.

At first, Jiang Youliang felt that his son's move was really treasonous, but when he found out that the table had three layers and could hold more sacrifices, he was really pleased.

Sitting on a table facing north and south, the top floor is now with a big pig's head, roast chicken, braised carp and a pair of incense candles, the second floor is five-color rice cakes, rice cakes, candies, and the third floor is apples, oranges and two large grapefruits .

Jiang Xiaoman turned off the camera, and accompanied his father and uncle through the worship process with a devout expression.

Then there is the favorite part of the whole people to eat the New Year's Eve dinner.

Jiang Youliang took out a bunch of firecrackers and hung them on the persimmon tree in the yard. After the crackling was over, he came in immediately and closed the door.

This is also a custom in Langshan. It is said that setting off firecrackers can drive away the Nian Beast. After the firecrackers are released, when the Nian Beast is not paying attention, quickly close the door, and the family will be safe and sound in the coming year.

In previous years, Jiang Youliang hadn't been so pious, but who made the two people he cared about the most, one running around doing business all day long, and the other sending the children home from school all the year round?

Everyone is so dangerous, how can he be less pious?

After a lot of tossing, I was finally able to sit down and eat.

Looking at the table full of hot food, Jiang Baichuan couldn't help sighing: "If every family in our village can eat such a table of hot food for dinner, then the Chinese New Year will really be free!"

After hearing his uncle's complaints, Jiang Xiaoman burst out laughing.

is not that right?

I don't know if it's like this all over the country, or it's just like this here. When you treat guests to dinner during the Chinese New Year, you must wait for all the meals to be ready before serving them on the table together.

You must know that the temperature in the mountains is several degrees below zero now!

After the dish is cooked, put it aside, and the surface layer will cool down after a while.When all the dishes are ready, the first and best dishes are completely cold from the inside to the outside!

So, during Chinese New Year, Jiang Xiaoman was most afraid of going to relatives' houses with his father to pay New Year's greetings, especially when eating, the table was full of greasy and cold meat dishes, and only freshly fried vegetables were eaten at the end, and there was a big pot The rice in it is hot...

Imagine what it feels like to eat a plate of cold braised pork in winter, and you can probably know how painful it is to eat in their New Year's greetings.

Now that he has a lot of money and alcohol stoves are cheap, he simply bought ten of them and put them at home, so that he can use them when he treats guests during New Years and holidays, or when he opens a homestay to cook for guests in the future.

In fact, it is more convenient to use a charcoal stove in the mountains, but his family is busy building and decorating their house this year, so they don't even care about burning charcoal, so they can only use an alcohol stove first.

On the dinner table, several major dishes are stewed in an alcohol stove, and other dishes are also placed in enamel small ear pots. When they are cold, they are warmed up on the brazier next to them. The family of three ate and chatted. I actually ate from seven o'clock to 10:30!

At this time, someone outside had already started setting off fireworks, and Jiang Xiaoman also took a few fireworks out to join in the fun.However, since there were no children in his family, the excitement was a bit boring. After putting two, he felt a little boring, and went back to the house with the rest.

"Save it for when Shancha and the others come to play!" Jiang Xiaoman found a reason for himself and hid the remaining fireworks with Xue.

Hearing Jiang Xiaoman talk about Shancha and their three sisters, Jiang Youliang suddenly thought of Grandma Jiang, grandma and grandson.

"Xiao Man, I see that child Yueyue follows her grandma and rarely comes out to play all year round. Ask her grandma later if you want to bring her to our house for two days?"

Jiang Youliang's words reminded him.

"That's a coincidence! Brother Xiaoyu also said that he brought the children to play at our house in the third grade of junior high school, and then asked them to help bring Yueyue with him. Forget about grandma, she is old, and there is still snow in the mountains. I'm afraid I can’t afford to travel so far to have a meal.”

Jiang Xiaoman had another idea in his mind. On the second day of the new year, Jiang Cancan was going to participate in the Spring Festival Gala of J Provincial TV Station, so he definitely didn't have time to video with them. It happened that on the third day of the new year, he took Yueyue over so that the two sisters could meet in the video.

The matter was settled like this, Jiang Youliang was very happy, he lived in the mountains, and usually few relatives and friends came to visit, and it was only a few days a year during the Chinese New Year, and the family could be lively and lively.

The three of them chatted about the background sound of the Spring Festival Gala for a while, and in the end, even Jiang Baichuan, who never gossips, couldn't help sharing a piece of gossip with them——

"Xiaoman, do you still remember Shancha's vicious and smoking grandmother? She was released before the Chinese New Year, and guess what happened?"

"What's the matter? Has he been released? Didn't he make trouble in our village?"

"Brother Xiaoyu was worried that she would take the three Shancha sisters back after she came out." Jiang Xiaoman immediately worried.

"Having a child? She has no place to live now, how can she care about her three granddaughters?" Jiang Baichuan was rarely mean, but when he mentioned Shancha's grandma, there was a hint of sneer on his lips.

"This old godmother thought she was selling her own granddaughter, but she didn't know that she had violated the biggest taboo in the village!"

"Their mother and son dared to collude with human traffickers for such a small amount of money! Think about it, any family with a normal mind, even if they are poor and starved to death, who would be willing to sell their sons and daughters? She dares to collude with human traffickers once. I won't hook up for the second or third time!"

"There are people like this living in the village, how can a family with children dare to go out to work?"

"I have a student from there. I heard that now Shancha's cousin has come forward to divorce his wife in place of the deceased cousin. He wants to take back the homestead of Shancha's family, drive the old woman out of the village, and prevent her from continuing live in their village."

"That's right! She even dared to sell her own granddaughter. It's hard to guarantee that life will be difficult and she will focus on other children in the village. If it were me, I would agree to drive her out!" Jiang Xiao Man clapped his hands in admiration.

"Wait! Uncle, don't I remember that the village has been popularizing the law? This, this is illegal, right? What if the old woman goes to the village committee to file a complaint?" Jiang Xiaoman couldn't help but laugh halfway.

Let the bad guys also be protected by the law, it's just too frustrating!

"Why didn't you sue? The people from the village committee don't have any children at home? They don't have any now, and there will be in the future. There are individual traffickers living in the village. Do you think they don't mind?" Jiang Baichuan sneered, "I heard that the village committee Symbolically, they sent someone over there, persuaded him a few words, saying that it is illegal to divorce a wife on behalf of a younger brother, so they had no choice but to return the house and land to the old man.”

"And then? Uncle, hurry up and tell me!" Jiang Xiaoman was impatient, feeling that his uncle had become bad now, and he had learned how to tell stories.

Jiang Baichuan coughed, and Jiang Xiaoman quickly peeled two tangerines and offered them.

Jiang Baichuan ate the sweet Tangerine, moistened his throat, and then slowly continued the story——

"The old thing thinks her life will be easier after taking back the house and land?"

"Hey! It's Chinese New Year, and all the migrant workers are back! Some families don't grow vegetables, why don't they go to other people's fields to gather some vegetables while it's dark?"

"There are also the skin boys in the village. During the Chinese New Year, the family gave some pocket money and bought bombs. One at a time, they either bombed her cesspit, or threw them into her yard through the courtyard wall."

"Pfft, isn't the old woman scared to death?"

"It's not just... I heard that a while ago, I don't know which naughty ghost squatted in front of her house and ate a pound of bananas. That old guy went out in the morning and poured the toilet, and fell hard! He pissed all over his body!"

"Hahahaha~" Jiang Youliang and Jiang Xiaoman laughed so hard that their thighs almost turned green.

This is a wonderful man!Is it so cute to run to people's door to eat bananas at night?

"The neighbor next door to her family heard that she was there for a funeral early in the morning, so she kindly ran over to have a look. The old thing begged for her to call 120 for her. Who knew that the mountain was covered by heavy snow, and 120 couldn't get through at all! Later, I heard that her mother's house A relative picked her up and took her away, so she probably won't dare to come back this time."

"There are relatives willing to deal with this kind of person?" Jiang Xiaoman asked in surprise.

"As long as you have some money in your pocket, who doesn't have any relatives?" Jiang Baichuan sneered.

Shan Cha's father is already in jail, and he won't be able to get out for a while, so the old man thinks he can rely on his relatives?Pooh!

He doesn't see too much of this kind of thing in the countryside!First pick up the person, and once the mobile phone is put away, an old woman will be at the mercy of them.

Maybe in the near future, there will be rumors that the old house of the Shan Cha family will be resold, right?

When the time comes, whose pocket will the money from the sale fall into?

However, why did he go to rescue such a vicious old woman?

Principal Baichuan, who is the embodiment of justice, occasionally pretends to be blind...

"Oh, it's almost eleven o'clock? Come on! Let's make dumplings!"

Jiang Xiaoman stood up contentedly when he heard the prompt sound of grabbing red envelopes on the hour from the TV.

"Let's make dumplings together. There's another dumpling meal tomorrow morning." Jiang Baichuan and Jiang Youliang also stood up.

In fact, Langshan did not have the custom of eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year. Later, more people went out to work, and brought in the "dumpling culture" with a long history in China. Over time, it became popular here on the first day of the new year. I ate dumplings.

Jiang Xiaoman has reason to suspect that the reason why those who go out to work highly recommend eating dumplings on New Year's Day is because they don't want to eat leftovers—after all, they used to eat leftovers on New Year's Day dishes and such.

Jiang Xiaoman plans to make dumplings stuffed with meat and cabbage. This season's cabbage is the best, and the cabbage stems are all sweet!

But the cabbage stuffing must be made fresh. First chop the pork stuffing, beat two eggs into it, and then keep stirring clockwise until the meat stuffing becomes sticky. Add dark soy sauce, a spoonful of cooking wine, Two spoonfuls of salt, one spoonful of shallot oil fried by himself, stir well and set aside.

Then cut the cabbage that has been washed and drained in advance into pieces, wrap it in a clean gauze, wring out the water vigorously, add chopped green onions, minced ginger, soy sauce, chicken essence, five-spice powder, etc., mix well, and finally pour the meat Mix the stuffing together and serve.

Jiang Youliang kneaded the dough and rolled out the dough, Jiang Xiaoman and Jiang Baichuan made dumplings, and within a short while they made two baskets of dumplings.

At this time, the Spring Festival Gala had come to the finale, Jiang Xiaoman hurriedly poured water into the pot, and asked his father to help light the fire. As soon as the dumplings were cooked, he heard the New Year's Eve firecrackers crackling outside.

"There is still an atmosphere in the New Year in the countryside. Firecrackers are not allowed in the city now. Environmental protection is very environmentally friendly. I feel that if there is no noise during the New Year, it will not be so good for the New Year." Jiang Xiaoman scooped up a spoonful of cold water, Let the dumplings roll again, and ran out to set off their own New Year's Eve firecrackers. After entering the house, the dumplings happened to float.

Jiang Youliang held the bowl, Jiang Baichuan served the dumplings, it was nothing to him, Jiang Xiaoman rolled his eyes, suddenly remembered the sugar garlic he had pickled earlier, ran to open the jar and picked up a bowl of sugar garlic.

Garlic is not the only thing to eat dumplings, it always feels a little bit tasteless.

Seeing the candied garlic he brought up, Jiang Baichuan had a strange expression on his face: "Your garlic isn't that big this year? It's strange. I thought the garlic I planted was too small this year."

Jiang Xiaoman: "..."

Hehe~ This is the little garlic you planted, old man!

When I went to dig, I forgot to tell you again...