Chao news client Chen Honghua.
On the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, the beginning of spring. The smell of the year is getting stronger and stronger. I received a box of mutton from Qinghai from Mr. Croton, which was about 20 catties. Cut the grassland mutton into large pieces, blanch it, stew it, dip it in cumin powder and pepper, and eat with wine, it doesn't taste too good. Or simply stew radish, the meat from the north and the vegetarian from the south are combined, even if the water is not soup, it still tastes.
The boundaries between temperature and vegetation, winter and spring, are just clear on the calendar. On February 4th, the day of the beginning of spring, my hometown and my father-in-law's family invariably called us back to boil oil tofu. Naturally, we were going to go, and this was the usual practice, because we definitely remembered the scene of eating fried tofu while it was hot and dipped in sauce and vinegar.
I went to my hometown Houyan first and prepared some New Year's goods for my parents. Naturally, you should bring oil and rice sauce and vinegar, as well as fruits such as pears, grapefruits, apples, and cherries, nuts such as pecans, milk, biscuits, and frozen rice candy. When we celebrate the New Year, we love to prepare New Year's goods, love the eight treasure dishes made by our mother, the soybean skin jelly, and the big stove that is reunited by the family.
The father lit the fire in the stove, and the mother boiled tofu on the stove. She used a long flat bamboo slicpiece to slowly stir the tofu in the oil pot. Most of the bamboo weaving is spread with white tofu, and the small half of the bamboo basket is piled with finished oil tofu. Large bowls and pots with cooked kohlrabi and taro (which can be eaten empty). The stove was filled with red-hot steam.
The tofu was made at home, and I made a few plates in the morning and divided them. Take a few pieces, and the stewed vegetables will be delicious at night. The mother pointed to the white tofu while plucking the fried tofu in the pot.
I didn't dare to talk too much, for fear that my mother would be worried. Because of the cold, my cough made my throat a little hoarse, and I took anti-inflammatory drugs, but it still didn't work. So I sat down in the stove and went to burn wood. The father stood up and pulled the fried tofu. Mother and daughter-in-law Aqing were busy with them, probably going to the vegetable garden in front of their house, cutting lettuce and pulling garlic.
Slow work produces fine work, and the fried tofu gradually becomes swollen and slightly yellow. "It's too much trouble to boil tofu," said my father, "and your mother dragged me to help, you see, I'll be here all afternoon." "My father looked a little aggrieved, which was like his temperament. It's really rare, in my eyes, he is a person who doesn't care too much about the flavor of the year. When he was a child, after the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, he always watched the Spring Festival Gala while doing the work, and there was no other entertainment. Now it's okay, I'm older, and I'm starting to listen to my mother. In fact, two people are together, no matter what they do, at least they have company. That's nice.
It was three o'clock in the afternoon when I went to my father-in-law's house, and there were many people here, and it was also lively. Sister's family, niece, and aunt are all helping to make steamed dumplings (also known as "oil chicken" and "burnt leaves"), and a large group of plaques are neatly arranged. The old man is boiling oil tofu, Jiahao is burning the fire in the stove, and Aqing's sister-in-law puts a few steamed dumplings into the oil pot. Next to the pot, a pair of chopsticks rests on a large bowl, and inside the bowl is a prepared dipping sauce. I've dipped a dozen of them in my hometown, so let's just get a chopstick or two here. At this time, the dishes and chopsticks are very lonely, and it is estimated that the food you want to eat is enjoyable.
It's also delicious when it's tender, so eat and see. "My husband seems to understand me quite well, let me change my taste. Sure enough, the taste was different.
After the fried tofu is boiled, then the steamed dumplings are boiled, and it doesn't hurt to be late for dinner. Sister-in-law Aqing, Sister A and her father-in-law are busy on the stove. A college student and two graduating older children play with their phones by the fire. I roast the fire. In a small amount of time, a pot of steaming snow cabbage tofu, a pot of braised pork simmered over low heat, stir-fried vegetables, lotus root slices, and pork liver make people "resurrect with full blood" in the busy New Year's flavor.
On the afternoon of February 5th, it was rare for the sun to come out, go to Wusheng Ancient Street for a walk, and feel the New Year's flavor of the town.
I remember that in the "Water Distribution", it was said that there was a New Year's Festival here, but it was empty. According to the eldest brother of the "Xiaoman Noodle Restaurant", the New Year's Festival was held for three days, because it was always rainy, windy, and slightly cold, and it was not very popular, and it ended. It is no wonder that from the entrance of the first phase of the "Wusheng Datang" (under construction) at the east gate, to the cultural intersection, there are few people. It was only at the intersection of the department store that a group of children's musical instruments were performing, and some people, most of them parents, gathered.
I can't help but think of today's "Zhijiang Xuan" has a current article "No matter how busy you are, you can't lose the flavor of the New Year", there is a sentence in it, "Where does the flavor of the New Year come from?" From the smallest family unit, but also from the small sense of ritual in life. "I feel the same way. It's so nice to think that the children will come back and the family will be together after the Chinese New Year. Engage in hygiene, hang lanterns, paste Spring Festival couplets, make dumplings, cook hard dishes, bake oven fires, set off fireworks, and grab red envelopes ......In the process of participating in each process, enjoy pure family time and have a good New Year.
The fireworks in the world, when the smell of the year is getting stronger. You and I bless and keep the flavor of the year.
*Please indicate the source".