It's cold on the ground, so hurry up to the kang and drink tea. Dong Hu put his hand into the quilt and touched it, and warmly greeted his relatives and friends who came to pay New Year's greetings.
Dong Hu is a villager of Nanhe Village, Xigongyi Town, Anding District, Dingxi City. In recent years, the countryside has changed the stove and the kang, but Dong Hu still retains the original earthen kang. During the Spring Festival, neighbors visit each other, sit on the hot clay kang to chat or eat, it is a hotbed for villagers to chat, boil a cup of tea, the tea mist is filled, the tea fragrance is permeated, and the wife serves hot, crispy and crispy oil cakes. People who have experienced spring planting, summer busyness, and autumn harvest, and have been tired for a year, calm down the past hardships on the hot kang in winter, and enjoy the unique flavor of the New Year.
Dong Hu has a family of five, the eldest son works in other places, the younger son goes to middle school, and the 80-year-old mother is still in good health. Dong Hu and his wife planted 30 acres of land, and worked in the cooperative in the village during their leisure time, earning about 80,000 yuan a year.
This year, two New Year pigs were killed, estimated to be more than 400 catties, and the meat could not be eaten in a year. While talking, Dong Hu brought a steaming hot pot, which not only contained pork ribs, mutton, chicken, but also various seasonal vegetables.
Xigongyi Town is located at the junction of Dingxi and Huining, and for a long time, drought and barrenness have been synonymous with the mountainous countryside here. In recent years, with the comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization and the development of characteristic industries and the introduction of Taohe water into households, the life of villagers has become richer, and the New Year's dining table has also been enriched. The villagers are in groups, visiting relatives and friends, eating a bite of food, serving a glass of spirits, talking about a period of nostalgia, and the flavor of the New Year, which permeates the mountain village; Laughter and laughter ripple in the mountain village.
In the past, during the Chinese New Year, a steamed bun and a bowl of artichoke vegetables would entertain relatives, but now it is very different, meat, vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, tobacco and alcohol must be prepared, and the life of the villagers is really a big change. Dong Hu took a sip of sugar tea and said happily.
Reporter Dong Yongqian.