Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

"Grandma, please try this braised pork, it's delicious! Here, give me some tofu, it's so tender! Here, here, give you this piece of fish belly, it's so fresh!"

Han Zhaozhao began to busily serve food to the old lady, trying to liven up the atmosphere.

You can't eat in silence. It's such delicious food, otherwise you won't be able to digest it.

"You eat yours, I'll serve myself! These dishes are pretty good this year. Zhao Zhao has grown up, so if he practices a little more, he can start making big dishes next year!"

"This is just the beginning. Add more oil and more ingredients, the shoe soles will taste good even if fried.

Grandma, you are really awesome. You can make simple meals delicious. This is a real skill. I still have a lot to learn!

By the way, grandma, don’t you want to drink something today? The wine we bought this year is authentic dried melon wine, and I heard it tastes great! "

"Really? Then I have to try it! I said it smelled sweet and dry when I was pouring the libation just now. It really is dried melon wine!

This wine is a specialty of my hometown in Shandong. Where did you buy it from? "

When the old lady heard her granddaughter say that there were still a lot of them at home, she also became interested.

How many years had it been since she last tasted Guagan wine? It was when she was six or seven years old, when her grandfather was still alive, and there was a winery in the county town where Guagan wine was made.

Every year after the autumn harvest, her grandfather would pack a sack of dried sweet potatoes, carry it for more than ten miles, and go to the county town to exchange it for wine.

She often remembered that three pounds of dried sweet potatoes were exchanged for one pound of white wine, and she also had to pay some copper coins for each pound.

She forgot how much it cost, but it was equivalent to 50 or 60 cents per pound of sweet potato cake in today's money.

The old lady drank cup after cup and said, "It still tastes the same, it hasn't changed at all!"

Drink! If you drink too much, you will fall asleep and forget all your worries and sorrows!

Han Zhaozhao poured cup after cup of wine for her grandmother. This was wine she brewed herself in the space. It was pure grain wine. The raw materials and water were all produced in the space. She didn't have to worry about harming her body if she drank too much.

She would rather her grandmother go to bed directly after eating and drinking. She doesn't care about keeping watch all night or anything like that.

I just hope the old lady can get up tomorrow morning and put aside her sorrow. It’s a new year again and they, the grandparents and grandchildren, will usher in a new life!

After helping the drunken old lady to the kang, Han Zhaozhao wiped her face, washed her feet, took off her cotton clothes and tucked her into the warm bed, then he let out a long sigh and went back to the main room to clear the dining table.

Wash all the pots and dishes tonight, so you don't have to do any washing or cleaning tomorrow.

It is said that if you want to keep wealth at home, not even a blade of grass can be taken out of the house.

Sigh! I don't know which dynasty this custom started from. Just want to lie down for a day and then stop doing it. This excuse... is really speechless!

If it really works, there will be no poor people in every family. Every family will be rich with endless wealth and endless spending.

On New Year's Eve, Han Zhaozhao did not keep watch. Before ten o'clock, he turned off the lights and went to sleep.

The next day, Han Zhaozhao got up at dawn. It was still dark outside. She took out a handful of sesame stalks from the space and started to boil a big pot.

Water was added to the pot last night and it soon boiled. Han Zhaozhao brought the lid and cooked the dumplings.

Last night I cooked cabbage and meat filling, and this morning I cooked patchouli and tofu filling.

Cabbage represents wealth, implying money will come in the coming year!

Tofu is a vegetarian dish, which means a peaceful and simple year ahead!

The sound of the bellows woke the old lady up. She opened her eyes and lay down for a long time before she changed into the new jacket and pants that her granddaughter had placed next to her pillow, put on her new cotton shoes, lifted the door curtain and went to the kitchen.

While washing his hands, he said to his granddaughter, "Zhao Zhao, grandma is cooking dumplings. Go get some firecrackers and set them off. Let's welcome the New Year!"

The old lady was smiling, and there was no trace of the sadness from last night, all gone.

Han Zhaozhao also gave her grandma a smile, "Hey! I'll get it right away. How many loud ones should we set off? There are two hundred loud ones, five hundred loud ones, and one thousand loud ones."

"Wow! You bought quite a lot! Did Xiao Sanzi go shopping with you?

Boys and girls are different. They like to hear some noise during the New Year!

But it doesn’t matter, we’re getting rid of the old and welcoming the new, so let’s set off a thousand fireworks! The first day of the new year should still be prosperous, and this year will definitely be more prosperous! "

Han Zhaozhao went to the warehouse and took out a string of red firecrackers with a thousand bangs. He picked up a bamboo pole and walked to the yard. He tore open the cover, found the end, pulled out a hemp rope and tied it to the bamboo pole, then wound up the firecrackers.

I shouted to the kitchen: "Grandma, the firecrackers are ready. Do you want to set them off now or later?"

"Just put it up after you hang it up! Help me serve the dumplings after that."

After receiving the order, Han Zhaozhao executed it immediately!

He took out a match from his pocket, covered his hands in a bowl shape, and pinched the fuse of the firecracker with the thumb and index finger of his left hand. As a ball of orange-red flame rose, Han Zhaozhao grabbed the bamboo pole, quickly let go of the firecracker with his left hand, and threw it out.

"Crackle, crackle, crackle!" A string of firecrackers flashed sparks and carried electricity, exploding rapidly as they climbed upwards.

As the firecrackers sound, the New Year atmosphere arrives!

Han Zhaozhao shouted: "It's New Year! Let's set off firecrackers! Happy New Year!"

The old lady's face also turned red under the red light of the stove fire.

She served the dumplings, walked to the kitchen door, and watched her granddaughter set off firecrackers with a smile!

My granddaughter is so great. She is not afraid of the firecrackers exploding in front of her at all. She is smart and brave, just like her dad!

After a while, the firecrackers were all set off, and there was only smoke and red firecracker shells scattered all over the ground in the yard!

"Zhao Zhao, wash your hands and eat dumplings!"

"Oh, here they come!" Han Zhaozhao erected the bamboo pole in the corner of the yard, went into the kitchen to wash his hands and help serve the dumplings.

The old lady first held a small bowl to offer sacrifices. She poured offerings to heaven and earth, the Kitchen God, the guardian gods of the family, and finally to her own ancestors.

Han Zhaozhao was not idle either. He poured vinegar, took pickled garlic, mashed garlic, and prepared the dipping sauce for the dumplings one by one.

After the old lady had burned the paper, offered incense and poured offerings, and served all the gods food and drink, the grandparents and grandchildren began to eat.

"Oh my, we made a lot of money from dumplings this year! Great, our family will definitely get rich!"

While eating dumplings, the old lady did not forget to ask for good luck. Han Zhaozhao closed his mouth and dared not speak, watching the old lady perform.

These dumplings are basically all made by her. The flour in the space is strong and she pinches them tightly, so how can there be any cracks or skin damage?

The old lady was really good at making things up. She even used chopsticks to poke a hole in the dumplings, pretending that they were boiled to pieces, and she had to make a lucky break!

I can't help but admit it, her grandmother is really an expert! This method is so unexpected, it's really smart!

After eating, put the leftovers in the steamer and put it on the pot beam. Do not wash the pot, just put the steamer directly in the pot.

The dishes used in the morning are not washed, but soaked directly in the basin, and new dishes and chopsticks are used for the next meal.

This is because her family has few people and many bowls and chopsticks, so she is so particular. In Xiaoyun and Xiao Sanzi's family, the bowls and chopsticks are limited, one bowl per person, no more.

After every meal, not only would there be no dumpling soup left in the pot, but even the bowls would be scraped clean and could be used directly without having to be washed.

Who cares about hygiene these days? It's good enough to have enough food!

All the children look forward to the New Year, to wear new clothes, to eat meat and vegetables, and to eat dumplings made of white flour, but there is one big event that they look forward to from the beginning of the year to the end!

After finishing her meal, the old lady opened the door and waited for the children to come and wish her a happy new year.

Han Zhaozhao first kowtowed to the old lady, accepted the red envelope, opened it and saw a stack of new banknotes, including six yuan, sixty-six cents!