Chapter 236 Full Moon Wine
“Hello, dear listeners, it is 11 o’clock sharp, Bei’an time. Welcome to listen to the ‘hourly report’ of this period. Here are today’s current affairs news...”< br>
On the stone table in the pavilion in the bamboo forest, a brand-new radio came out with the magnetic voice of a male radio host.
Chen Ling and a group of people stood or sat around and listened quietly. After listening to a broadcast of domestic news, Liang Yuemin turned down the volume, looked at Chen Ling and said, "How wealthy? Are you satisfied with this radio?"
"Satisfied, quite satisfied." Chen Ling nodded repeatedly and expressed his gratitude to Liang Yuemin.
"Are you satisfied? You said that such a big farm doesn't even have a TV. You can't even watch TV on weekdays. How boring..."
Liang Yuemin gave him a helpless look, Chen Ling's family When their son was one month old, he and Liu Yinhuan originally wanted to give him a TV set, but unfortunately Liang Hongyu refused, saying that a TV set was too valuable in the mountains, and Chen Ling was in a dilemma whether to accept it or not, so he might as well forget it.
So I picked up a good radio in the city and came back.
“I wanted to buy a TV set last year, but the signal here is not good and I can’t receive a few stations. The circuit in my farm is not that good either, but I can put it in the county seat. , The signal in the county town is good, but I don’t go there often, so let’s wait a little longer.”
Chen Ling pointed to the wires outside the farm for a few people to see. The voltage here at the farm is unstable. , and there are frequent power outages in these years, coupled with signal problems, the TV cannot be watched. Even if it can barely be watched, the viewing experience is not good. For him who has experienced the baptism of future Internet TV, it is better not to buy it.
As for the radio, I used to have one at home, but it broke and was never repaired or bought a new one.
He and Wang Susu usually read, reading newspapers is enough, and they never thought about it.
"The electricity here is indeed not good."
Zhao Dahai said: "Then you just have to wait, at most two months, we will install a new transformer in Qinmen County. "
Liang Yuemin asked after hearing this: "Has the village replaced it with a new one? I bought a TV for my father-in-law's house during the Chinese New Year. Power outages are still rare. ”
The transformation of transformers these days is extremely slow, and technological innovations cannot keep up. The transformers are difficult to use and noisy. They must be repaired frequently when it is windy or rainy. Every time you encounter such a situation, a power outage of two or three days is considered a short period of time. of.
Fortunately, there were few electrical appliances in rural areas at this time, and everyone was accustomed to using candles and kerosene lamps for lighting. For most families, the impact of having electricity or not was not big.
Even if there is electricity, the electricity bill is so expensive that I would not be willing to use it all day long.
Zhao Dahai shook his head: "I didn't replace it with a new one. I just gave them a major repair last year when they were erecting high-voltage power lines. It looks better than other places."
"That's right, I Tell me." Liang Yuemin nodded.
But Chen Ling smiled and said: "I'm really not in a hurry for TV or anything like that. I just need a radio. I can listen to storytelling at noon, opera in the afternoon, weather forecast and storytelling in the evening. I can definitely hear Rui Rui." Grow up."
A few people were chatting, and a few children were walking and laughing behind Wang Zhenzhen, jumping out of the farm. Their childish laughter attracted the attention of adults.
"What are you doing here again? It's almost noon and you're still running around." Chen Ling stopped them.
“Brother-in-law who doesn’t run around, mother asked us to pick some watermelons.”
“Oh, it’s time to pick watermelons. Let’s go and come back as soon as possible. The weather is so hot. , stop playing crazy outside.”
"I know."
When Liang Yuemin's family came over today, Little Fatty and Little Lizi also joined the boy scouts. From the time they got off the bus to now, they were either catching fish and shrimps or climbing trees to dig out birds. , I never stopped playing.
If they didn’t remind them, they would definitely be playing while picking watermelons, and they wouldn’t be able to pick them back for a long time.
Sure enough, with Chen Ling’s reminder, they quickly came back holding watermelons one by one.
This watermelon is the seed left over from the watermelon that Chen Ling improved with Lingshui last year. He doesn’t have time to take care of it this year, so letting them grow freely turns out to be pretty good.
Now, except for the thick skin of the melon, the taste and texture are quite good. After cutting, the flesh of the melon is firm, the juice is full, and the bright red color is even more attractive.
"Come, eat watermelon. Today's watermelon is from Xishan. The sun doesn't get it, so it's delicious without soaking it in cold water."
Chen Ling greeted, there are more people today. He cut three large watermelons at once, and the adults and children held the watermelons and ate them to their heart's content.
"Wow...wow..."
They were eating cool and delicious watermelon downstairs, and Ruirui upstairs suddenly burst into tears.
"Good guy, he must be angry because we eat watermelon without calling him." Wang Qingwen wiped the juice from the corner of his mouth and said with a smile.
Everyone laughed as well.
After laughing, Su Li changed her answer: "It has become hot again in the past two days. I will send two pieces of watermelon to Susu. Can Susu eat watermelon?"
"Yes, I can. It’s almost time for confinement, so it’s okay to eat a few pieces of watermelon, as long as it’s not too cold.” Chen Ling said.
The baby is one month old tomorrow, and Wang Susu is also about to give birth. Now she can get out of bed and walk around, and she can also eat things that are not allowed during pregnancy.
It's just that Ruirui is breastfeeding. As a mother, Wang Susu still has to eat some things that should be taboo.
"Okay, today's melon doesn't need to be soaked in cold water. Su Su can definitely eat it." Su Li picked up two pieces of watermelon and presented them to her.
The eldest sister-in-law went upstairs, and the second sister-in-law also quickly got up, picked up a few pieces of watermelon and said, "I will give a few pieces to my mother and Aunt Hongyu."
Two pieces An old lady was busy behind the farm, selecting vegetables, washing vegetables, and cleaning up the kitchen.
The other women had just come down from upstairs and were sitting under the eaves of the bamboo building after eating the watermelon, helping Chen Ling peel the watermelon.
The green peel is peeled off, and the remaining parts that people eat are also scraped off. The remaining melon white is the ingredient for today's dish.
"Uncle, can I order according to the menu you wrote for my aunt?"
Xiao Tongtong took off the calendar paper hanging in the kitchen and ran over, with round eyes open, looking forward to it. looked at him.
"Okay, you order it. Whatever you want to eat, uncle will cook it for you."
This is the first time for the two nephews to come here. As long as they don't make excessive demands, Chen Ling will respond to everything they ask for. .
"I want to eat pickled fish, twice-cooked pork, fish-flavored shredded pork, oh, spicy chicken, crayfish, roasted snails, and hot pot chicken..."
Xiao Tong read out two or three dish names, The little fat man and little chestnut beside him whispered to him and asked him to add.
Chen Ling was speechless. Except for the first three dishes, the others were not on the menu. Wang Susu could not eat them when she was pregnant.
“You guys are really good at ordering. It’s almost noon. Apart from pickled fish and twice-cooked pork, I don’t have time to make anything else. Let me make you two more cold dishes, shredded pepper and chicken and cold rabbit. Okay? Your grandma marinated the rabbit this morning, just for you.”
The little ones nodded vigorously without stopping for a moment, and swallowed their saliva, thinking that all the dishes Chen Ling said were delicious.
“How dare you make a request to your uncle? Why don’t you help your uncle kill fish later?” Wang Qingzhong lifted his son and nephew up with his arms and swung them around twice, making them giggle and gasp. .
Then I took my fishing net and went to the lotus pond to catch fish.
Wang Qingwen also went to catch chickens with Zhao Dahai and Shan Mao.
Chen Ling went to the kitchen behind the farm and started preparing food.
On a hot day, as for the soup, pickled fish is okay, but if it is spicy, it is okay if there are a few people, but if there are more people, it will be steaming together and it will be uncomfortable to eat.
He came over, and Qin Rongxian and his son also came over to help.
The three of us will make vegetarian dishes and cold dishes first.
The vegetarian dishes include boiled melon, bitter gourd with eggs, loofah and roasted beans. The vegetables are ready-made at the farm. The ladies just selected and cleaned them.
Cold dishes include jelly, mixed shredded rice, cucumbers and tomatoes.
The cold dish Qin Rongxian and his son can make it, it is simple and quick.
Chen Ling started to light a fire and cook.
First, boil the white melon and cut the white melon into shreds.
Put half a spoonful of lard into the pot. The lard in summer has melted, and the fragrance will soon come out after entering the pot.
Chen Ling put the melon rind in, stir-fried, and a large plate of soy melon whites came out of the pot.
There are very few seasonings, just a pinch of salt and that's it. This dish is refreshing and refreshing in summer.
Bitter melon, eggs, loofah and roasted beans, Qin Rong had cut them for him in advance and just put them in the pan to fry. These were all a piece of cake for him.
After finishing the vegetarian and cold dishes, Wang Qingzhong took the children to kill the fish.
After the fish was mentioned in the kitchen, Chen Ling went to the warehouse that colluded with the kitchen to open the sauerkraut jar and began to fish out the sauerkraut.
I haven’t finished eating the two large tanks of sauerkraut I made last winter.
The large pickled vegetable vat is more than one meter high and can hold dozens of kilograms of sauerkraut. Even the chopsticks used to scoop out the sauerkraut are longer than the big chopsticks used to fry fried dough sticks. If Wang Cunye hadn't come over, he and Wang Susu could eat it every day. Go to autumn.
After opening the lid, the sour smell suddenly hit his nostrils, causing saliva to secrete in his mouth. Chen Ling swallowed hard twice, put down a few chopsticks, and fished out a lot of Sauerkraut, quickly cover the lid. Then open the sauerkraut, let the leaves stretch out, and wash them in clean water.
Put it neatly on the chopping board, cut off a piece and pop it into your mouth to chew. This pickled cabbage tastes extremely good, sour, crisp and refreshing, very greedy, and very old. Ling Meimei ate it and let out a long breath.
“Good guy, the cook ate it secretly.”
"What do rich people eat? Pickled cabbage, what's the point of it?"
Qin Rongxian and his son laughed.
“I can’t help it, this is what I like.”
Chen Ling liked this when he was a child, not to mention sauerkraut. He can eat pickled radish as a snack and grabs it every day. Pickled radish, chewing on the steamed bun and playing hide-and-seek.
While joking, smashing the aftertaste in my mouth, I cut the pickled cabbage into thin slices with a diagonal knife.
After processing the sauerkraut, process the fish.
Kill two large herrings, remove the meat, cut into thin slices, cut the fish heads open, chop the fish bones into several sections, and put the meat and bones into a basin each.
Make the seasonings, ginger and garlic into a puree, mix with the eggs and beat into a paste, pour it into the fish basin, turn over the fish, and slurry the fish.
Then add more firewood, or lard into the pot, sauté the onion, ginger and garlic until fragrant, put the sauerkraut in, add water, cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat.
After a few minutes, open the lid of the pot, and the aroma of the pickled cabbage soup is already overflowing. At this time, add the fish head first, then add the fish bones. After boiling over high heat, take them all out, leaving only Use the soup pot and slide the battered fish meat into the soup.
After the fish soup was boiled and rolled twice, the aroma was so strong that half of the farm could smell it. Not to mention Qin Rongxian and his son, the adults and children outside also gathered around, looking eagerly into the kitchen and swallowing their saliva. .
"It smells so good. Fugui, please stop doing other things. Why don't we just do this? Let's eat." Zhao Dahai shouted.
Others also nodded fiercely.
This sour and appetizing pickled fish will whet your appetite just by smelling it. It goes very well with meals. Its charm is irresistible.
“Don’t be impatient, everyone, wait a little longer, it will be faster to eat the rabbit and pepper chicken cold, otherwise the food will not be enough.”
There are five or six little ones in total, and there is not enough food to fill the gap between the teeth.
While Chen Ling was talking, the pickled fish came out of the pot. Qin Rongxian and his son also mixed the cold vegetables and made twice-cooked pork by the way.
Several people were waiting with their hearts scratching as they smelled the aroma.
It feels like seconds are as fast as years. It’s not slow at all, but they still feel that they have waited for a long time. The pickled fish is really tempting and attracts greedy people. All they can think about is eating and waiting. It's too painful for them.
“Wow, I finally ate this fish, I’m almost crying.”
After all the dishes were served, Zhao Dahai shouted exaggeratedly.
This fat guy loves to make a fool of himself.
He was still talking, and no one else could care about talking. The chopsticks were crackling and the chopsticks were squealing. Several kids were scrambling to eat, and the chopsticks almost started to fight.
Soon, most of the pickled fish was eaten.
Zhao Dahai was dumbfounded, and then shouted with a sad face: "Why do you eat so fast, I haven't even picked up a few chopsticks."
He is too fat and can't move as fast as the little kids.
"If you don't eat all the food, who is to blame?"
The more he screamed, the happier everyone laughed and the faster they picked up their chopsticks.
The pickled fish was finished quickly. We had already eaten watermelon just now. Everyone was a little full, so the speed slowed down.
At this time, Chen Ling put out the chilled wine and drank while eating. The meal was very lively.
For these people, there are no outsiders today. They are all Chen Ling's relatives and friends, and no one is polite to them.
After eating, without resting, Chen Ling took the cows and dogs and took them to the reservoir to play in the water. The adults and children had a great time.
A few little kids were riding little white cows and swimming around in the water. When the little kids in the village were attracted, they became even more noisy and started a water fight.
Later, all the adults also joined in, and they didn’t care about getting wet from playing. They all shouted and screamed, but they were having a great time.
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It was so lively on the first day when the baby was full moon, and it was even more lively on the first day of July when the baby was actually full moon.
When they got up in the morning, Wang Lixian and Wang Jusheng took the villagers and rushed outside the farm to get busy, cleaning, clearing tables, chairs, and kitchen plates.
As long as there is no grudge or grudge and the relationship is good today, Chen Ling will inform his family in advance.
So there are an unusually large number of people coming.
Wang Laishun and Chen Sangui were still the same, setting up a square table and writing down gift lists in the pavilion outside the farm.
When they serve their children with full-moon wine here, some give money to members of the family, and some give gifts, such as pork, eggs, cloth, canned food, milk powder, etc.
But compared to the money, the gift is more important, and it is more recognized by the host.
A few years ago, when they were too poor to take the blame, rural women who were in confinement relied entirely on Man Yue Liquor to replenish their bodies. Otherwise, where would they have the money to buy serious supplements?
The people coming and going today were like this, carrying baskets or carrying baskets. One by one, they walked to the pavilion with their things and asked Wang Laishun and his wife to register them on the gift list.
Then we walked into the farm.
At this time, Wang Lixian and others in the farm had set up tables and chairs.
The two chefs from Chen Wangzhuang were the first to arrive. They came over last night to discuss with Chen Ling what to cook today. This morning, Chen Ling wrote down the ingredients he wanted to buy on paper. Zhao Dahai drove to the county town to buy it. He discussed it in advance and did not panic when preparing.
The farm was bustling with excitement. When the ladies arrived, they went to the bamboo tower to visit Wang Susu and their children.
The men stopped talking when they reached the wooden bridge beside the lotus pond, where Chen Ling greeted them warmly.
What Chen Ling wore today was unusually formal. The guy put on a white shirt and leather shoes, and his hair was styled in the fashionable three-quarter length.
Everyone who met him said that he looked very stylish today and was dressed more formally than during the Chinese New Year.
After the praise, there were words of congratulations.
Most of the country people are introverted, and they are too direct to say anything. They have to talk and laugh for a while before they bring it out in their words.
Chen Ling was also very happy after hearing this.
"Baoliang is here, why are you bringing so many things? Come on, smoke."
"Oh, Aunt Xiuju, you have to be careful on the bridge with your baby. Xiaomao, you will have to eat more today with your grandma."
No matter who comes, Chen Ling always smiles. Facing her, smiles spread across her face, and I couldn't hold back that smile even if I wanted to.
I feel very happy in my heart, looking forward and looking forward, looking forward and looking forward to it, finally it is our turn to serve a wine to my son, how can I not be happy about it?
"Chuangzi, why are you here? You are the last one to come. I will drink three drinks as a penalty later."
"I, I, I, wanted to come yesterday, come, come Yes, the motorcycle broke down halfway and was just repaired.”
"Haha, come on in, I'm joking with you, I don't blame you."
The full moon banquet became a lively event, and all the people coming and going were relatives and friends, including those from my mother's family. They all came too.
Not to mention Chen Ling's happiness, even Wang Susu felt extremely happy and satisfied when she saw the lively scene inside and outside the farm.
"Eat and drink freely at noon. Don't be afraid if it's not enough. We have another meal in the evening."
After everyone came and sat down, Chen Ling shouted, "Male and female" Young and old clapped their hands and applauded, and the noisy atmosphere reached its peak for a while.
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