Chapter 957 Pig Head
On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, the two small north rooms of Kang Shude and Ning Weimin were more lively than a teahouse.
After Ning Weimin walked into the house, he met Kang Shude respectfully and solemnly.
Then he went back to the hut and put on his old cotton clothes, cotton trousers and big cotton nest.
After that, we returned to the old man’s house and had a tea party.
You know, it took half a year for the three neighbors to see Ning Weimin, and everyone wanted to stay a little longer.
And there is no pig slaughtering in the capital during the Chinese New Year, so it is boring every day.
Even out of curiosity about a foreign country, everyone would inevitably surround Ning Weimin and ask about his latest news in Japan.
This is human nature.
Ning Weimin naturally understands this and can understand it.
He took out a soft seven-star and some Japanese candy to entertain the big guys.
Then I sat down with peace of mind, holding a teacup, picked up some interesting things, and told everyone about what I saw and heard in Japan.
For example, in the first two days, on the morning when he and Axia reunited, they just made a small joke because they were not familiar with Japanese customs.
What's going on?
On the day of the affair, Ning Weimin was waiting for the bus at the bus station in Tokyo. When he was going to work at the company, because he was bored and didn't have breakfast, he began to miss and look forward to the breakfast in Beijing.
What kind of freshly fried fried ghosts are served with soy milk, crispy baked sesame seeds with stir-fried liver, pancakes and fruit, sesame cakes with meat, bean curd, old tofu, bean soup, offal soup...
< br>As a result, the more he thought about it, the more he became greedy. He moved his index finger and wanted to eat.
What he didn’t expect was that he would come up with whatever he wanted. When he turned around, he discovered that the small stall next to him actually sold fried soybeans.
Although it cannot be compared with the good stuff made in China using five-spice pepper and salt.
But the bags of fried soybeans look clean and attractive, browned and crispy.
Ning Weimin went to buy a pack, and then Shi Shiran took out a few and ate them. It tasted really good.
But when "Ga Bang Ga Bang" was happy, he suddenly raised his eyes and saw the little Japanese girl selling fried soybeans staring at him with his mouth open, as if a morning glory had grown on his face. Son.
Looking around, the Japanese passengers who were also waiting for the bus also had some weird expressions.
How weird?
To describe it, it would be "respect ghosts and gods and keep away from them".
Ning Weimin thought at the time that he was violating the public custom of not eating outside in Japanese society, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
He just thinks that the Japanese are a bit too busy, and they are not even allowed to eat in public.
Okay, then let’s just put away the soybeans and stop eating them.
Unexpectedly, he came to his company, made a cup of tea in the tea room, and took out soybeans to eat.
When the employees in the company saw him, they also stared at him with big eyes and small eyes, and collectively scanned him with their eyes.
At this time, Ning Weimin realized something was wrong.
After further questioning, someone finally told him what was going on.
It turns out that Japan’s fried soybeans have a lot to do with Japanese monsters.
Actually, this fried soybean is not a snack, but a Japanese magic weapon used to "fight ghosts".
Japanese folk custom believes that monsters and ghosts are everywhere and may invade people's homes from time to time and commit various misdeeds.
In order to avoid being hurt by these guys who mingle with the crowd, Japan calls the day before the spring equinox of our lunar calendar "Setsubun" as a festival dedicated to fighting ghosts and exorcising evil spirits.
Every time this day comes, someone in the family will put on a hideous mask and dress up as a monster and walk in through the door.
Then the whole family would use the fried soybeans to beat them head-on, shouting, "福は~~内,鬼は~~外 (luck comes to the house, monsters go out)". Through this ritual, the monsters will go out. All kinds of ghosts and monsters were driven out of the house.
It’s the same as the Chinese setting off firecrackers on New Year’s Eve.
This ritual is performed by every family in Japan and is rarely ignored.
It was probably because other people were chasing ghosts out of their homes, and if I didn't, then the monsters wandering around the streets would just come to my door.
Of course, fried soybeans are not something that cannot be eaten.
But once you get there, you only eat the remaining "ammunition" after defeating the ghosts.
Secondly, it is said that the amount of food eaten is also taboo and must be calculated according to age.
Ten pills when you are ten years old, twenty pills when you are twenty years old, and so on.
As for people like Ning Weimin, who opens the package on the spot after buying it and eats it in large chunks like peanuts, it is really rare.
So, foreigners are foreigners, and it is the same for Chinese people when they go to Japan.
This is the same feeling as in Beijing, when we see foreigners who have just learned how to eat with chopsticks insert their chopsticks directly into the rice.
It goes without saying that such a joke is of course fun, it is almost the same as listening to cross talk.
Including Kang Shude, all the neighbors in No. 2 Courtyard, young and old, without exception, listened attentively and in high spirits.
Especially when Ning Weimin finished speaking, the audience burst into laughter. It was definitely the best effect of a tea party.
As a result, time flies by after hearing this.
Because Ning Weimin is extremely patient in telling everyone about the lives of ordinary people in Japan, and mainly focuses on some issues that everyone is concerned about - what is the real modern life like, and what do the Japanese have? How rich.
Of course, there must be things people like and some people don’t like about what he said.
For example, bus seats in Japan are self-heating, and the prices of electronic products and cars are much cheaper than in China.
There are also tall buildings, abundant nightlife and entertainment, and subways extending in all directions, covering almost every corner of the city. Of course, everyone is envious of it.
Especially in Tokyo, I heard that many people don’t want slightly broken furniture and appliances and throw them away like garbage.
Everyone regards Japan as a paradise of extreme wealth.
I even said I had never been there. I really didn’t know that little Japan has become so wealthy.
But when Ning Weimin talked about the many restrictions on garbage disposal in Japan, as well as the prices of things in stores and the high consumption levels, everyone bared their teeth.
Especially everyone has heard that the price of drinking soy milk and eating fried dough sticks in the morning in Japan can almost eat a pig in the capital.
And the soy milk is very little, unlike the soy milk in our capital which is a big bowl full.
The bowl the Japanese drink soy milk out of is smaller than the tea cup we Liu Zhen drink out of, and the fried dough sticks are as thin as chopsticks.
Everyone who heard this was filled with emotion and unanimously concluded that Japan is definitely not a good place.
I can’t believe that in Tokyo, people eat just like eating tickets. Even if Zhu Bajie goes there, he will starve to death.
But in turn, everyone understands better why Ning Weimin insists on going to Tokyo to open a restaurant.
In a place where a bowl of noodles can be sold for thirty or forty yuan, what business can make more money than this?
This is almost like stealing money.
In this way, everyone smoked, ate, drank, and chatted, completely forgetting the time.
In addition, Ning Weimin brought gifts to every household.
A complete set of Japanese currency is given to children as a way to make money, tobacco, alcohol, sugar and tea are given to the elderly, and electronic watches, calculators, and small tape recorders are given to young people, all distributed one by one.
The neighbors also gave gifts in return.
Anyway, with all the bustle going back and forth, no one paid attention until it got dark.
As a result, the New Year’s Eve dinner for everyone in No. 2 Courtyard that night had to be postponed by an hour or two.
Because everyone was busy chatting happily, they forgot all about the New Year’s Eve dinner, and a lot of work hadn’t been done yet.
Of course, the ones who were most surprised were Luo Guangsheng and his wife, Li Xiuzhi, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Bian family, and the newly married Bian Jianjun.
You know, they rushed back to celebrate the New Year as soon as they got off work today, but when they got home, they all found that no one was there.
Then I heard the movement in the courtyard, and then I realized that Ning Weimin was back, and he came to find them one by one.
So the young people took over the role of the older people. These people met Ning Weimin, and there was a lot of excitement and pleasantries.
Let's put it this way, this afternoon, Ning Weimin's mouth was not idle, as if he had hosted and participated in two New Year's Eve parties.
It wasn't until seven o'clock in the evening that "News Network" started broadcasting, and the neighbors dispersed one by one. Even Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao took their gifts and went back to their homes for the New Year's Eve dinner.
Ning Weimin and Kang Shude were finally able to attend to their own affairs and talk about themselves without being disturbed.
But it is very interesting to say that it is precisely because Ning Weimin has never been in the capital.
This time, he could clearly notice that the relationship between Bian Jiangong's new wife and Aunt Bian's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had changed a lot.
The two of them are actually on good terms now, and "Mu Guiying" seems to be quite favored.
It was far different from what everyone was generally worried about before he went abroad. They were afraid that after "Mu Guiying" came over, Bian's aunt would dislike him, and Bian would be criticized for his meritorious service.
He was inevitably curious and puzzled. He didn't understand what was going on between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
How come the relationship suddenly became harmonious? After asking about the whole story, I learned another interesting story about the Bian family from the old man.
For this reason, he had to admit that living in this way was also a science, and he could not help but look at Aunt Bian, his new wife, with admiration.
What the hell happened?
According to Kang Shude, after Bian Jiangong and Mu Yueying got married on National Day last year, at the beginning, it was exactly what everyone thought.
The aunt here doesn't like this new daughter-in-law at all. She just thinks she is pretty. She is just like the paper man in the painting, and she is always in the cold.
Every weekend, the Jiangong couple here come to No. 2 Courtyard to see their parents. They don’t have a good face with the aunt Bian, and it’s useless to try to flatter them. They always have to go back to their hometown to do some housework. .
The neighbors couldn't bear the grievances of the young couple, and they often put in good words for the young couple behind their backs and made excuses for Aunt Bian.
It's no use. Aunt Bian has a knot in her heart. She always feels that this daughter-in-law has failed in marriage.
Let alone raising a disabled mother, the key point is that "Mu Guiying" herself is no different.
One of the mother and daughter is disabled, the other is careless. They have to make achievements while living their daily lives. It would be strange for a mother like her to be happy.
But fortunately this is not the case.
After winter, one Sunday, there was a self-employed person who bought goods from the street sewing club. In order to thank Aunt Bian for helping to give some cool goods, he gave the Bian family a pig head brought back from the countryside. .
It turned out that it was this pig head that changed Aunt Bian's mind and made her no longer have any prejudice against this new daughter-in-law.
You know, there are still big differences between urban and rural people, from daily life to food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Although it is easy for rural people to change their ways when they enter the city, on the other hand, many things that are considered normal in the countryside can also be difficult for urban people.
For example, this pig head is placed in a basket. It is a big, meaty and dirty pig head weighing twenty pounds.
Not many people in the city know how to clean things up.
From ancient times to the present, people in the capital have been eating this stuff off the shelf.
In the past, it was all "smoked fish sellers" from the countryside who came to the city with a small red box on their backs to sell cooked pork head meat. Nowadays, you can just buy it in grocery stores. Who has ever done this?
If you really want to find out, you have to ask someone who is older, someone who has moved from the countryside to the city, or a professional chef.
It is a coincidence that the Bian family, Luo family and Mi family are all urban poor.
The housewives of the three families know how to stew elbows, roast yellow croaker, and make croquettes.
But no one had played with the pig's head, and they didn't come up with an accurate idea after putting it together.
Daughters-in-law? It’s even more hopeless. The old house bird can’t do it, but the little house bird can do it?
But don’t say anything, nothing can stop those who are willing to do it. On this day, Mu Yueying should be the one to shine.
She looked at the elderly in her family and was worried for a long time, and she actually enthusiastically recommended herself.
“Mom, if it doesn’t work, let me try?”
"You? You can do it?" Aunt Bian didn't believe it at all.
"No one knows it anyway, so just let me try. It doesn't matter if I don't know it. There is a mouth under the nose. At worst, I will ask others? You just rest and don't worry about it..."
"Drink, don't let me take care of it. That's okay. Okay, then I'll leave this thing to you, cook it and let everyone eat."
Aunt Bian was also a little bit Release Qi.
I think to myself, I don’t believe it. If we can’t do something, you can do it.
ask? Who to ask?
No one in this courtyard knows how to do it, so if you ask any more questions, you can only go to the streets and search.
Not to mention, this "Mu Guiying" had the intention of taking to the streets.
I saw her carrying a cutting board and knife in one hand and a basket with a big pig head in the other hand, and walked out of the door proudly.
It really seems like Mu Guiying is going to break through the Tianmen Formation.
Aunt Bian was surprised by this.
It must be said that it is not easy for anyone to eat meat at this time.
She felt a little distressed that such a big pig's head was being messed around so much that the wife couldn't eat it, so she couldn't help but follow him out quietly.
In the hutongs of Beijing, it is common for wives to choose beans and wash vegetables at the street door.
Firstly, working outside does not affect the hygiene of the home, and secondly, you can also look at the scenery on the street.
People on the street look at me, and I look at people on the street.
Ordinary people in the capital are still so romantic.
But I saw "Mu Guiying" placing the chopping board at the door and putting the big pig's head on it.
Then he picked up the kitchen knife and started chopping the pig's head randomly.
At that time, Aunt Bian, who looked at her later, almost fainted.
I said to myself, the wife here is really just a fool, she is simply a random star of the family!
Anyone who knows how to cook knows how to cook a pig's head like this? !
Also, didn’t you say you wanted to go to the street and ask others? Why don't you ask?
I feel sorry for the things at home, and want to go out and stop them, but because I just said that I don’t care...
I am hesitating and tangled in the courtyard.
At this time, an elderly lady carrying a vegetable basket walked up to the alley. When she saw "Mu Guiying" performing a machete in a heroic manner, she spoke to her.
“Oh, my girl, what are you doing? How can a pig head do this?!”
This old lady has white hair and half her mouth is missing. Why? She is seventy years old, and Aunt Bian doesn’t recognize her.
She looked over and looked familiar.
I remember it as being in an alley on the east side of Meishi Street. I go to the vegetable market every day and I like to go here.
But "Mu Guiying" immediately put down the knife, wiped her hands on her apron, smiled, and said politely, "Grandma, don't I understand?"
The old lady put down the vegetable basket and picked it up Zhutou looked at it and said, "You can't act recklessly if you don't understand. Wouldn't this destroy everything? It's such a pity that you ruined such a good thing."
"Mu Gui Ying" took up the words naturally.
"That's right, I'm actually worried here... So what do you think we should do with this thing?"
"How to do it? First, heat the chopsticks with fire until they turn red. Burn these hairs off, then cut open the chin, here, here, here, cut off the inedible dirt, then use a big pot to blanch it to remove the fishy smell, prepare some seasonings, green onions, ginger, aniseed..."< br>
Just as he was talking, someone answered again. "Old sister, you can't just blanch them. When you put them in the pot, boil some white wine and pour it over to make it taste better."
Another lady carrying a bag of potatoes came over and said .
Aunt Bian still doesn’t recognize this person.
But she knew that the two old ladies probably knew each other and lived on the same street.
“Yes, our hometown used to pay attention to adding wine when making pig heads. Also, don’t rush to add salt, stew it thoroughly first before adding flavor.”
Another voice joins in the fun.
This sound is familiar.
It's... Heizi's mother in Courtyard No. 3. Aunt Bian couldn't help but slap her in the face.
Hey, why did you forget Heizi’s mother? Her family used to kill pigs in Baoding. If I had known earlier, I would have just asked her if she would go.
"By the way, when our family used to cook this, we had to put at least two heads of garlic. Does my daughter have any at home? Why don't you get a few heads from me first? I know your mother-in-law, don't you belong to Bian's family? My new daughter-in-law, don’t be polite to me..."
Heizi’s mother was quite enthusiastic and took the initiative to give garlic.
"Auntie, what do you think is the appropriate amount of salt for such a big pig's head?"
Well, hearing this from her daughter-in-law, Aunt Bian was completely relieved at this time.
After that, there were a few old ladies gathering together.
It didn’t take long before a lot of people gathered around.
Except for a few experts, everyone expressed their opinions on the pig head and exchanged cooking experiences.
Other people are here to learn and gain knowledge.
In the end, the smiling "Mu Guiying" was put aside and ignored.
No way, who said that the people in the capital not only like to join in the fun but are also warm-hearted?
On this night, the family finished eating the delicious big pig head.
Aunt Bian finally figured it out. This new daughter-in-law may be a little frivolous on the outside, but she is showy on the inside.
When people go out on the street, it’s not that they don’t ask questions, but they use a clever method similar to fishing to find out what they want to know.
With this intelligence and energy, I won’t be too confused when encountering problems in my life from now on, which will make people feel more at ease.
So he called his son over and quietly handed him five hundred yuan.
"When you get married, mom didn't buy you anything. This little money is just a small token of mom's kindness. You can buy your wife a gold plate or a small gold watch later. You can listen to her. ”
In this way, Aunt Bian's knot was resolved, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the Bian family became better.
(End of this chapter)