Chapter 435 Relatives
Dragon Boat Festival in previous years was a simple one. In addition to making rice dumplings, we just visited relatives.
Because we will soon be busy with the wheat harvest.
Even when many girls come back, they go back to their parents’ homes to see if they need help.
I want to go to the temple fair and dragon boat race, but I don’t have the time or the inclination.
This year is pretty good.
Dragon boat racing was arranged for them by the county, so they didn’t have to worry about the busy work in the village.
And the year is good, so there is no need to be too anxious about harvesting wheat this year.
In addition, every household has made money again this year, and they feel confident and respectable when hosting relatives.
So the enthusiasm of the villagers immediately increased, making this year's Dragon Boat Festival a big scene.
Everyone kept the village clean and tidy, just like celebrating the New Year.
People started coming here on the second day of May.
These are two groups of reporters who have been here before. They said they heard that there were tomb robbers here and brought explosives into the mountains. They came to visit. In fact, the villagers knew that these young people I just knew that there would be something to do during the Dragon Boat Festival this year, so I took the opportunity to come over and play.
Going to a villager’s house to stay, eat, and invite people to go out for fun is a one-stop process.
Not only them, but also many people who had been to the village before came one after another two days in advance.
For example, Li Min, the female leader of the flood prevention command.
There is also Yu Bangjin who came to buy a dog.
Needless to say, this group of people was recruited by Sun Yanhong.
There were also guests brought by Tian Hongli. They felt threatened by Sun Yanhong and hurried over in order to get closer to Chen Ling.
There are so many miscellaneous people. There are many people you know and even more you don’t know.
The scale of the tourists was beyond everyone’s expectation.
The villagers didn't care so much, they were immediately happy when they saw this, and they made money again.
Seeing this, the leaders of the county were both happy and sad. The road was not repaired, so so many people came. There were many traffic jams in the county, and they had to send people to the village to pick them up and let them suffer. A lot of scolding.
Chen Ling did not expect that so many people would suddenly come.
Except for the arrest of the group of tomb robbers, there is nothing new in the village recently.
I don’t know why I heard about it and ran here.
Anyway, no matter what group of people they are, they have to go to the farm to visit and have fun. Unfortunately, the Chen Ling family’s relatives are here to celebrate the festival, and they are not even allowed to stay, let alone stay for dinner. , with no intention of opening their mouths to receive them.
Just sell and sell wine.
He called Wang Jusheng and Chen Jiang and sent them to the melon fields in Laohewan to pick watermelons.
This year Wang Jusheng and his family planted watermelons on the riverbank.
Now there is no need to worry about selling.
The eldest uncle and the second uncle also came early.
I have been staying at Chenling Farm for the past two days, and I have seen everything happening in the village and the farm.
I was shocked at first, but then I became numb.
The two of them also said privately that their parents write two letters every month, and Zhenzhen also writes letters. I haven’t heard that my brother-in-law has made any big noise. Why haven’t they seen each other for half a year? The business of the farm is so good now. Big.
They had heard a little bit about the wine.
But they couldn’t figure it out if they were given so much money to stay at the farm for a few days.
The two families settled the accounts in private, and the more they calculated, the more alarmed they became. Even Wang Qingwen couldn't hold it back and went to Chen Ling to persuade him: "Lingzi, your farm is so profitable now, don't let us delay it." Oh, isn’t it the same when we live in a village? We should let those guests move in. They are spending money anyway, and they are not free. It remains to be seen whether we will have this opportunity in the future.”
Chen Ling laughed as soon as he heard this: "Brother, what are you talking about? Our family has finally spent the holidays together, and it's time to have a good reunion. When can we not make money, we don't care about these days."
said Then she asked him to sit down and poured him a cup of tea: "Don't think too much. Susu has missed you for a long time. Zhenzhen and her parents have also missed you. Just stay here and have fun during the holidays. Brother Think about it...it will be noisy when outsiders come in, and it will affect our family's conversation and eating, so just don't come alone."
The father-in-law and his family are all upright and benevolent. Although the elder brother-in-law is strict, he also thinks a lot about his family.
Chen Ling looked so unconcerned that he didn't know what to say.
When I arrived at the dinner table, I was still frowning and thinking a lot.
Wang Cunye and his wife couldn't help laughing when they saw their eldest son acting like this. They were used to their son-in-law's style of doing things and had long been too lazy to persuade him.
In the past two days, Chen Ling had also come to see them, saying that his second son was working too hard as a gang, and asked them to discuss with his second son whether they should find something for him to do.
Even though the second elder had already treated him as half a son, he felt greatly comforted when he heard his son-in-law's words.
Speaking of asking when the time comes and telling him not to worry.
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In the evening, the breeze blows, and the tired birds return to their nests.
The farm is very cool.
But the two little nephews have been playing crazy these two days. They followed Wang Cunye to herd sheep with Ruirui, and followed Wang Zhenzhen to run around. They would never come back unless they were sweating profusely from playing.
The sun was setting soon. When I came back, Ruirui and I were still catching a few frogs and playing in the yard.
Chen Ling soaked two watermelons at the spring in the afternoon. At this time, he brought one over and cut it open to relieve everyone's heat.
"You guys, stop playing, wash your hands and come here to eat watermelon, look at these sweaty people."
"Ruirui, don't run around blindly, give it to your uncle and the second brother Uncle, take two teeth of watermelon.”
"Oh, Lingzi, you are always telling the child what to do, he is so young."
He said it, but when he saw the little nephew bringing the watermelon over, the corners of his mouth still opened up. .
"Okay, okay, Ruirui is so good, smart and sensible. Let's go with uncle this time. Uncle will take you to school, okay?"
"Yes, so smart You should go to school early to study. You are far better than your father. My second uncle also has a horse. That horse can also climb mountains and can take you to ride in the mountains every day."
"Haha, eldest brother, second brother. Brother, your nephew is so young, he knows a lot, look at how fast he runs... Ruirui, aunt and aunt can’t be forgotten either.”
"Woo, um~"
The little thing was gnawing on a small piece of watermelon, with his butt naked, swaying the little bird, running around, busy.
After eating the watermelon, I took a rest in the yard and waited for dinner.
The mutton and beef in the water tower have long been piled up.
Just waiting for the two of them to come. After arriving, Chen Ling did not play tricks in different ways.
But as for Wang Qingwen and his family, they don’t like to eat anything else but a pot with rice.
Whether it’s beef, mutton, pork, or fish, I think it’s atmospheric and enjoyable for the whole family to eat.
The other one is barbecue.
This is fine, but it’s too wasteful to eat in the summer, and it’s also too time-consuming.
So today I stewed a large pot of mutton, which is simple and quick.
Just eat the meat in large pieces with the rice, and pour the broth on the rice. The taste is delicious.
The whole family has long finished reminiscing about old times. Today we just talked about the busy days of farming, harvesting wheat, and picking peaches in the peach orchard.
In addition, Chen Lingzhong’s apricots were sold too early.
Usually the wheat is ripe and the apricots are yellow, but it turned out that he had sold them half a month ago.
Wang Cunye chuckled and said to his two sons that the apricots grown by his son-in-law were not only sold early, but also sold for more money than other families.
They all sold for nearly 20,000 yuan.
The pride and pride made the Wang Qingwen brothers almost choke out their rice.
They all complained about his father, saying that he was closer to Chen Ling, his son-in-law, than his own son. From now on, let his son-in-law take care of you in your old age.
Wang Cunye said no problem.
After hearing this, Gao Xiulan hit him with chopsticks and said that she was not ashamed in front of her son and daughter-in-law.
Made everyone laugh.
While eating and laughing.
People eat on the table and dogs wait on the ground.
After a person has finished chewing the meat on the bones, he throws the bones and other things on the ground. At this time, the dog at the table grabbed the bone and lay on the ground to chew it.
In the backyard of the farmhouse, there is a light on outside the kitchen.
Chen Ling and his family were eating the steaming pot, surrounded by a bunch of dogs. Now, in addition to Chen Ling’s dogs, there were also the little yellow dog brought over by Wang Qingzhong, and the lynx Zhao Dahai’s The dog also stayed here and refused to leave.
Everyone is waiting for someone to throw a bone.
But with Ruirui and Xiaodong blocking them, they could only wait anxiously.
Ruirui was very good today. Although it was a family dinner, it wasn’t that elaborate. He didn’t serve at the table. He just sat next to the table with his two little cousins. There was a small floor table with From time to time, he raised his head and grabbed a handful of Chen Ling or Wang Susu's clothes. Then they would put the food into the bowl for him, and he would eat it with his hands, his little face covered with food. Glossy.
The same goes for Tongtong and Xiaodong.
They are also very well behaved.
My aunt and uncle’s house is much more fun and delicious, and the little brother is very cute. They are happy and satisfied, and they laugh childishly and cheerfully from time to time. Do they have any other requests? .
The family was eating happily. There were many tourists outside and it was very lively. The villagers were busy making money and it was none of their business.
Family members rarely get together a few times a year. No matter how much money you make, you can’t just throw your loved ones aside.
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May 5th is the Dragon Boat Festival.
The wheat is slightly yellow, and the girl looks after her mother.
On May 5th, celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.
Eat rice dumplings and sprinkle with sugar.
On the fourth day of May, after breakfast, Gao Xiulan and Wang Susu, mother and daughter, took out the reed leaves soaked in mountain spring water for two days early and put them aside for later use. Leaves, green and green.
There are also some well-proportioned and beautiful lotus leaves picked by Chen Ling, which are full of fragrance.
Then wash the glutinous rice, candied dates, and red dates, drain them, and put them in a basin.
The opera troupe came today and sang a great opera on the old stage in the east of the village.
Wang Cunye asked Zhao Yubao and several old guys to go and watch the show.
Wang Zhenzhen and the others also wanted to play along.
Because there are various stalls selling food, toys and games around the stage, it is self-evident that it is attractive to little children.
"Zhenzhen, don't go out to play today. There are many people outside. I think they will kidnap you. Your father will not care about you because of the drama."
"It's okay. No one dares to bring the dog with us.”
“That’s not possible. If you want to go, Ruirui will go too.”
"Oh, okay, mother, let's go get you some hay."
"There's no need for hay this year. You guys can come over and help us make rice dumplings, or you can find your brother-in-law and the two of you." Brother, let's light the fire."
Gao Xiulan glanced at her youngest daughter and saw her eyes rolling around. Knowing that her mind had already wandered outside, she snorted heavily.
Seeing this, Wang Qingzhong smiled and tugged on his sister's hair: "Haha, ask your brother-in-law to light the fire. There is a water tower here this year, and my mother has long said that she will not make rice dumplings with alkaline water."
< br>Wang Qingwen also laughed, with a serious face because he felt sorry for his sister, so he said: "If you are afraid of the heat in the kitchen, just follow us and make rice dumplings here. Anyway, you are not allowed to go out and run around."
"It's hard to learn how to make rice dumplings. We can't learn it."
"It's okay. This year I'll let you wrap them in lotus leaves. The lotus leaves are as simple as folding ingots. It's almost the same as making dumplings."< br>
Wang Zhenzhen had no choice but to pout, lead a group of little dolls to move the small bench, and reluctantly came to help.
After a while, Xiaodong from Wang Qingzhong's family hesitated for a long time, then swallowed his saliva and whispered: "Grandma, if you don't want to make two more grass-alkali water rice dumplings, I want to eat the rice dumplings you made. . ”
“That’s okay, Xiaodong wants to eat, then we’ll pack some for you at the end.”
Gao Xiulan said with a smile.
There is nothing special about grass-alkali water rice dumplings. They use hay straw or other burned plant ashes, filter them into grass-alkali water with a cloth, and pour them into glutinous rice to make rice dumplings.
Because it’s hot during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Zongzi wrapped in this way can be kept longer than ordinary zongzi.
Like bacon, if hung in a cool and ventilated place, it can be stored for ten and a half months without going bad.
This year the water tower in the farm can be used as a refrigerator, so there is no need to pack it like this.
But the grass-alkali water rice dumplings have a very unique taste.
Some people just like to eat.
Xiaodong, a child, has also been eating rice dumplings since he was a child. Grandma and grandma’s family make rice dumplings like this. Once he is used to eating them, he can’t help but ask for them.
“Your uncle said this year, we need to make more meat rice dumplings. The meat is marinated. Then you, greedy little cat, eat too many meat rice dumplings and cannot eat the grass-alkali water rice dumplings. Grandma will give them to you. Settlement of accounts.”
Tongtong and Xiaodong just grinned and said no, their uncle cooked meat for them every day, and they were no longer so greedy.
Then the whole family made rice dumplings. Chen Ling chopped the firewood and came over to make the rice dumplings with everyone.
"Brother-in-law, look at whether the rice dumplings I wrapped in lotus leaves look good or not. I want to mark them. These are Wang Zhenzhen brand rice dumplings."
"I also want to mark them. These are Tongtong. Brand.”
“I want it too, this is Xiaodong brand.”
"Wow, we can set up a stall to sell rice dumplings."
Seeing this, Ruirui wanted to join in the fun, but how could he make rice dumplings? Even their crooked rice dumplings wrapped in lotus leaves couldn't be made. He stood up with a confused face, ran to Chen Ling and the others, pointed at Wang Zhenzhen and said: "Dad, mom, Zongzong..."
"Okay, okay, don't be anxious, daddy will give this to you. , these are Ruirui brand rice dumplings.”
“Mom, I’ll give this to you too.”
The young couple pinched his little face with a smile, and then each made a small rice dumpling. Give it to him.
He immediately became happy, grabbed one in each hand, raised it high, and ran back and forth in front of the three Wang Zhenzhen.
Show them off.
After they looked over, he immediately hid his little hands behind his back and smiled at them.
Teasing them on purpose.
Wang Zhenzhen immediately put down the lotus leaf in his hand, pretending to be angry, rushed over and shouted: "Smelly Ruirui, you have been so bad since you were a child, don't let me beat you."
One chased and the other ran, and after a while, Xiaodong and the other two joined in, shouting that Smelly Ruirui started chasing, while the little milk baby ran and screamed.
Finally, tired from running, he hid under Chen Ling's chair like a puppy, tilting his head and laughing outside.
"Okay, stop making trouble, take a rest and drink some water..."
Wang Susu brought a kettle over, "Xiaodong, you guys come over too, it's produced by wild bees raised by your uncle. The honey is very good, and this honey water is delicious.”
The four little kids immediately came over and lined up, waiting to drink the water.
He took a breath and drank the honey water.
Chen Ling gave his son a bunch of string holding the soles of his shoes next to him: "Rui Rui, go and give it to your aunt, and your two brothers will help hold the rope and tie up the rice dumplings tightly. . "
The little thing's eyes lit up when he saw the rope, and he looked up at him: "Dad, Queque?"
"Yes, it's the same as tying Queque."< br>
The whole family wrapped the rice dumplings happily.
Gao Xiulan and her two daughters-in-law tied two or three grass rings and placed them on the bottom of the large iron pot. Chen Ling burned some plant ashes outside and made some grass-alkali water. When she walked in, she was a little confused and asked: " What’s up, mom, what are you doing with this?”
“Put this in so that the rice dumplings won’t stick to the bottom and won’t burn.” Pack rice dumplings.
After the three of them finished coding, they poured water that covered the rice dumplings, covered the pot, and said, "Let's light up the fire and cook the rice dumplings. I'll wrap up a few with grass-alkali water, enough for the little ones to eat." !”
Chen Ling responded and lit the fire.
As firewood continued to be added, the flames in the stove jumped rapidly and the fire became strong.
After a while, there was a loud "pop, pop" in the pot, and bursts of refreshing aroma of rice dumplings filled the kitchen with steaming heat and drifted away from the window lattice.
On the fourth day of May, almost every household is like this during the day and night. The whole village is enveloped in the fragrance of rice dumplings.
(End of this chapter)