v3 Chapter 1： Rural traditional cuisine

After New Year's Eve, it's New Year!

The children got a lot of big red envelopes. Every adult in the family gave them a red envelope. Then, when the villagers saw them, they would also give them a red envelope. No matter how much the red envelope was, it would be a piece. Mind.

Xiao Letong, Xiao Ling and Rourou Lulu, the fourth generation of the Xiao family, were almost buried by Hongbao Mountain.

Xiao Letong opened these red envelopes and said happily, "Wow, the new year's money received this year has reached 100,000. Haha, the most red envelopes received this year are also the largest."

Several children received the New Year's Eve, the same amount.

If it weren't for Xiao Lingyu's determination to not allow everyone to pack red envelopes that are too big, it is estimated that at this time, the New Year's money they received would not be one hundred thousand, but one million.

Although the red envelope can't be too big, the adults love Xiao Letong very much, and they don't know how to express it. No, it is now expressed in the New Year's Eve.

Every one shot, they are thousands, more than a few thousand.

Even those villagers and other relatives and friends who bought New Year's Eve red envelopes were at least three hundred or five hundred.

If all these counts add up, one hundred thousand can't run away at all.

Grandpa Gong quietly came to Xiao Letong's room, "Tongtong, can I come in?"

"Yes, grandpa!" Xiao Letong ran to open the door to the old man Gong, "Grandpa, please come in!"

When the old man saw the four children in the small room, he took out four red envelopes, one for each.

Xiao Ling held the red envelope in his hand, and asked very suspiciously, "Grandpa, haven't you given a red envelope?"

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The four children's eyes lit up and immediately nodded in response, "Well, we know!"

Grandpa Gong looked at the red envelopes full of the bed, and he smiled and said, "Then you continue to count the red envelopes, and Grandpa will leave."

Elder Gong left quietly, and carefully closed the door.

As soon as he left, the children exclaimed happily, "Wow, we have red envelopes again!"

Perhaps every child is like this. When the Chinese New Year comes, they like to take the red envelope, open the red envelope, and look at the money in the red envelope. That is the happiest moment.

The four children immediately opened the red envelope, saw dozens of hundred-yen bills inside, and immediately counted them.

"One, two...ten, one two...ten..."

One pile of ten, then six piles, and some change.

Rourou said happily, "Ah, 6666! A lot of money!"

Over the years, they have also seen large amounts of cash, but it is the first time that they have received such a large red envelope.

Lulu was actually very happy when she saw the money.

only……

Lulu asked with a little worry, "Tongtong, auntie said that we can't let the adults wrap this big red envelope for us. But grandpa is carrying the auntie's bag so big, will he be upset if he is known by the auntie? what."

Rourou's happy face suddenly changed, and she said seriously, "Tongtong, grandpa and the others have already wrapped the red envelopes, and they are still carrying the red envelopes for this aunt. This..."

Before Rourou's words were finished, another knock on the door came.

Xiao Ling ran to open the door, and then saw Grandpa Xiao standing outside. He immediately cried out with a slightly puzzled face, "Grandpa!"

"Ling'er, good!" Grandpa Xiao touched his hair lightly, then poked his head in, and exclaimed, "Tongtong, Rourou, Lulu, can grandpa come in?"

"Of course!" the three children responded in unison.

Grandpa Xiao walked in, turned around and said to Xiao Ling, "Ling'er, come in, bring the door!" Hearing this tone, it was obviously a little mysterious.

Xiao Ling closed the door very obediently.

Later, the four children saw Grandpa Xiao taking out four red envelopes from his pocket.

One by one handed them to them and said, "Come on, grandpa will make up another red envelope for you, but don't let your mother and aunt find out, you know?"

"Well, we know. Thank you, Grandpa!" The four children took the red envelopes, with happy expressions on their faces.

After Grandpa Xiao finished giving out the red envelopes, he saw that the bed was covered with red envelopes and said, "Then you continue to count the red envelopes. If you have something to do, please go out first."

After he left, the four children jumped up happily again, "Ah, there is another red envelope!"

Just before they had finished counting the red envelopes, another group of adults came and knocked on the door, and then secretly gave them red envelopes.

Until Xiao Lingye came to the children's room and was discovered by Xiao Lingyu, he noticed that the children's bed was full of red envelopes. There were a few red envelopes, Taiko drums, and the number was wrong. There must be something tricky.

But she didn't reveal it right away, it would make the children very unhappy.

Xiao Lingyu smiled and asked, "Tongtong, tell Mommy, besides accepting your uncle's red envelope, who else did you accept? Don't worry, mom won't take your red envelope. Mom just wants a count."

When Xiao Letong heard it, he knew that these red envelopes might not be kept.

His mummy won't take back these red envelopes, but she can't leave too much money for them, after all, they are still young, and they don't know how to spend the new year's money.

Xiao Letong sighed lightly, and then picked out the big red envelopes from the pile of red envelopes, and said honestly, "Uncle is the last one, unfortunately you found it and caught it. This is Everyone gives us red envelopes, um, they are all here!"

Speaking of the little uncle, Xiao Lingyu glanced at Xiao Lingye with his eyes, slightly disagreeing with his younger brother's actions.

Xiao Lingye, who was caught, blushed, a little guilty.

He didn't expect that everyone in his family had this mindset, he thought he was the only one.

As a result, because of him, the truth was exposed.

Looking at these thick red envelopes, my sister will definitely take them away.

Let the little nephew lose a sum of money, he really can't help a few nephews.

Seeing such an honest son, Xiao Lingyu raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "So many red envelopes and such thick red envelopes, son, are you willing?"

Xiao Letong wiped a small face, shook his head and said, "I don't want to! But if you find it, I'm not willing to have it!"

Xiao Lingyu sighed lightly and asked, "That son, do you feel wronged and uncomfortable?"

Xiao Letong nodded honestly, "Well, I feel a little sad and reluctant."

After all, for adults, what can be obtained before, but no one will become sad and reluctant.

Of course, Xiao Lingyu's main purpose is not to accept their red envelopes, but to educate.

These red envelopes, to put it bluntly, are actually money.

But among these children, the eldest child is only eight or nine years old, and has no idea about money. For the money he controls now, he will definitely spend it lavishly. In this way, they will develop the habit of lavishness.

This is a very bad habit, and Xiao Lingyu is determined to contain it.

Of course, Xiao Lingyu is mainly preaching.

Xiao Lingyu sighed lightly and said, "Son, in fact, Mommy is not trying to take away all your New Year's Eve money. It's just that Mommy thinks, should these money be saved? When you grow up, you need to go to school and buy things. Isn’t it better to take it out at the time? Look at the money in your hands now, so much, where should you put it?"

Xiao Letong's eyes lit up, and his expression was a bit excited and asked, "Save it? Mommy, do you mean that the money is saved for us? Not just put it away?"

Xiao Lingyu touched his head lightly, and said amusedly, "These new year's money is given to you by your family. It belongs to your personal property, mother, but you don't have the right to confiscate your money?

It’s just that you are still young and the money is too much. Mommy is afraid that you will spend it lavishly, but you don’t know where to spend it. So, Mommy will find a place for you to store the money for you, and wait until you grow up. Now that you have the ability, let's control all of your properties. Mommy will never have any opinions. "

After listening, Rourou Lulu immediately handed a few big red envelopes to Xiao Lingyu, and said sensibly, "Auntie, you help us store the money!"

They are no longer the little girls who are greedy for a dime in the hands of others and just want to buy sweets.

They have been nurtured for so many years, and they don’t lack everything in terms of food, clothing, housing, and transportation. They have beautiful clothes and delicious snacks. They have never been less than them at home. Usually, they have some pocket money in hand to buy a lot of sugar.

In fact, the two of them have no idea about the cash in their hands. They just know that there are a lot of them and they can buy a lot of things, but they don’t know how much they buy and how to spend them. Naturally, they are more inclined to be good aunts. Store the money.

Later, Xiao Lingyu deposited the money in the bank in the name of the four children, and set up a passbook for each of them, fixed deposits, zero deposits and lump-sum withdrawals, and deposits once a year.

It was just the New Year's money for four children, but the amount was relatively large. The bank was very happy and gave a few small gifts.

The children happily played with these gifts.

Xiao Lingyu didn't mention the new year's red envelope.

But others also realized their mistakes. Knowing that pampering children is not such a way of pain. This New Year's Eve is given too much, giving the children the vanity of comparison. This has a special impact on the child's growth and heart.

In fact, the New Year’s Eve money is a lot of fun when there is more money and less money. Children don’t care about giving more or giving less, only whether they give it or not.

After the New Year, that is the New Year.

According to the customs and traditions of Taoyuan Village, relatives and friends are not allowed on the first day of the new year.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, we started to leave relatives and friends.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Xiao family also did not leave relatives or friends. They just gathered together to chat, play cards and mahjong, or go to the village square to chat and play cards with the villagers and so on.

The Xiao family, except for a few children who ran out to play, didn't go out much. They moved out the mahjong table from the storage room to the yard.

The courtyard suddenly became lively.

Gong Tianhao accompanied Grandpa Xiao, Grandpa Gong and Grandma Xiao to play mahjong.

No way. Compared with card games, the three elderly people still prefer to play mahjong.

The four father Xiao brothers gathered together to play cards, and Gong Tianhao naturally took on the task of accompany the three elderly people.

Throughout the year, things are very busy. Usually, I don't have time to get some snacks with rural characteristics.

Now while everyone is together, Ms. Xiao soaked 30 catties of rice last night.

Why do you want to soak so much rice?

Haha, it is a traditional snack in Taoyuan Village. One is called rice crackers and the other is called noodles. This kind of noodles is similar to Guangxi rice rolls, but slightly thicker than rice rolls. Both kinds of snacks will be stuffed.

Rice crackers and noodles are made with rice milk, which is a traditional delicacy made from rice.

The rice is soaked for at least six hours, and then poured directly out.

The plant ash prepared by hand is usually burned into ashes with dry straw, orange branches, or Tongzi husks in rural areas.

Then, find a cloth, wrap the ash tightly, put it in a pot to boil, take out the cloth bag, and filter the plant ash water again.

One catty of grass, wood, water, and one catty of rice, plus green vegetable leaves or leeks, are put together to make a green rice pulp.

However, there are still some differences between rice crackers and rice milk for vermicelli.

To make rice crackers, you need to mix the rice with a little slaked lime before making the rice crackers. This is to increase the coagulation power of the rice crackers, which is equivalent to using lime powder as a coagulant.

After the rice syrup is beaten, it is placed in a pot and boiled. At the beginning of the high heat, when the rice syrup is completely boiled, start to cook on a low heat.

While cooking, use a spatula to constantly stir in the pot. If you don't stir it, it will turn into a crispy rice.

While stirring, the rice milk slowly began to solidify and cook.

When it is cooked and solidified, it can be kneaded into a dough. When it is not too sticky, you can lift the pan and place it on the prepared table top. The table top must be coated with cooking oil, otherwise it will stick to the pan.

This stirring process was too physically demanding, and this task was handed over to the young and strong Xiao Lingye.

In the process of cooking rice milk, several women are preparing fillings, including radish mince, eggplant minced, sauerkraut minced, nourished minced meat, beef minced, and a kind of fried pepper with salted radish filling.

When the cooked rice milk is cooked, it is called a dough. After kneading the dough evenly, knead a small dough, knead it and use a tool to flatten it into a round skin, like dumpling skin, but not too thin, otherwise, it will Exposed. Then, put the stuffing in, you can wrap it into various shapes, half moon shape, bun shape, or triangle shape.

After filling the stuffing, put it in a steamer, boil the water, and then steam it on high heat for 15 to 20 minutes, and it will be steamed and ready to be eaten.

The rice crackers on the table are green, hot and fragrant, which is very appealing to the appetite.

As for the method of vermicelli, it is a bit simpler than rice crackers.

To make vermicelli, there is no need to put lime powder, that is, after the rice milk is made, use a large spoon like the big pot made in the countryside, and put one or two spoons on the bamboo strips made of thin bamboo slices to weave into a round shape with no gaps. The dustpan is then boiled directly in the pot. Yes, it is boiled. You need to use a high fire. When it becomes foamy, it is boiled and you can start the pot.

Then use the chopsticks to make a stroke, divide it into quarters, turn over the noodles, put the filling directly, and you can eat it directly.

Xiao Lingshuo carried two plates of freshly baked noodles, and shouted, "Eat the noodles."

Fenpi is out of the pot first, and rice crackers are a little more troublesome, and they are still to come.

Gong Tianhao's eyes brightened as soon as he heard that the pink skin was out of the pot.

He said cautiously, "Grandpa and grandma have played mahjong for the whole morning, and they must be hungry. Do we eat vermicelli first, and we will continue when we are full."

When he was full, he would go straight away.

As far as his grandpa and grandma played mahjong, he couldn't flatter him.

While he wanted to calmly give them water, he also wanted to not let himself lose too ugly, even if he didn't dare to win at all.

Playing mahjong like this made him terrified.

In the afternoon, let Xiao Lingye accompany them to fight.

However, he really likes to eat these traditional rural snacks, such as vermicelli, rice crackers, fried rice crackers, etc. These are all made of pure green, which is really fragrant and delicious.

He thinks it tastes better than dumplings, especially he likes to eat salty radish fillings, spicy and spicy, especially delicious.

"These noodles are really delicious!" After eating them, everyone praised them.

Just a few years ago, they could still eat it from time to time, because they were farming in the countryside, and when it rained, they couldn't work, so they just stayed at home.

When this woman is free, she can cook and eat.

It's just that in the past few years, they have been busy. Normally, they don't have time to get it. Now they can only get it on the first day of the new year.

Xiao Lingyu looked at Gong Tianhao holding the bowl and ate seriously, and asked, "Tianhao, do you like to eat these noodles?"

Gong Tianhao nodded and said, "Well, I like to eat, it's very fragrant and delicious."

Xiao Lingyu smiled after hearing this.

The smile is very bright, but also with happiness.