Time Travel Article: Tool Man Rejects Plot

On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the last day of preparations before the New Year, Gu Mingyue was still extremely busy.

I get up early in the morning and start steaming buns.

Nowadays, everyone’s resources are limited, so they steam mixed noodles.

Gu Mingyue didn't do anything special, she just steamed two kinds of buns: one was white flour and corn flour buns, the other was white flour and black rice flour buns.

In this space, various flour processing techniques will be more delicate than the current flour.

Even though they look similar on the outside, the taste is completely different.

She also steamed some jujubes, pressed them into jujube paste, added brown sugar water, mixed it into the dough, and steamed it into jujube buns.

Let small stones participate in the process.

Give him some dough and let him knead it into any shape he wants. It is just a way to train his hands-on ability.

The little guy is very active. He doesn't even bother to go out and play. He just plays with the toys in a very serious manner.

In the end, he said it was a tiger, but Gu Mingyue thought it was a weird beast...

But the little guy stared at her expectantly with his big, sparkling eyes, trying to get her approval. What could Gu Mingyue do?

It’s your own child, so you have to spoil him. He must be a tiger.

The steam from the hot pot in the house symbolizes a prosperous life.

The sweet aroma quickly filled the entire house, and just smelling it made people feel extremely satisfied.

Because there was a funeral in the family this year, they did not put up any couplets.

Normally speaking, if there is a funeral in the family that year, you cannot go to pay New Year's greetings or even visit the relatives, and many families will keep this taboo.

But my uncle forced them to come home and celebrate the New Year together.

Not to mention, Gu Mingyue has been in this era for some time.

From enjoying solitude at the beginning to slowly accepting the hustle and bustle, she is not averse to it.

At the moment, she felt that she could do whatever she wanted at the right time, play when she wanted to play, laugh when she wanted to laugh, not afraid of being alone, and could share happiness. That was great.

Without refusing, I took a large basket, put a plate of meat, a plate of pig's trotter jelly, some meatballs and fried food and went to my uncle's house.

On the way, I passed by Bai Fenglai's house and thought of calling Xinsheng and the others to come along.

Suddenly seeing the person opposite, he exclaimed, "Why didn't you go home?"

The person who came was Bai Fenglai, who Gu Mingyue thought was returning to the Bai family to celebrate the New Year.

"Married women only come home on the second day of the New Year."

Seeing that she sounded a little lonely, Gu Mingyue didn't try to persuade her and said directly, "That's great. Call the new students and let's go to my uncle's place together."

"Ah?" Bai Fenglai hesitated and said, "Let the freshmen go. I won't go."

Gu Mingyue glared at her, "What's the matter? Do you dislike me?"

"How can it be!"

"Then hurry up and pack up, uncle is waiting for us. As he said, the country resists feudal superstition, and we should keep pace with the times. The purpose of celebrating the New Year is to be happy so that the next year will be smooth. Hurry up... My basket is very heavy, I can hardly lift it..."

Bai Fenglai agreed, then turned around and wiped the corners of his eyes casually.

Her parents actually called her back.

But when she returned home, her brother and sister-in-law were very polite and distant to her, which made her feel uncomfortable.

I accidentally heard my nephew's newly married wife muttering that she was a married woman and if she stayed at home during the New Year, she would take away their family's good fortune and bring bad luck to the coming year.

Even though the other person was stopped by her sister-in-law after he finished speaking, those words were still like a thorn in her heart, making her feel sore and painful.

After giving the holiday gifts, he sat for a while and then offered to take the children back to Gujia Village.

Even though grandpa and my parents tried every means to keep me.

But Bai Fenglai didn't want to make things difficult for them, nor did he want to make things difficult for himself, so he left with a hard heart.

"If I am not welcome here, I will find other places that are welcome." She is at ease in her own home, as if no one cares about her.

On the way, Bai Fenglai told Gu Mingyue everything.

"Of course, Sister Bai. You did it cleanly today, which is completely contrary to your character of always caring about other people's emotions. Don't get me wrong, I am really happy for you. I think the most important thing to celebrate is that you have finally learned not to embarrass yourself. That's how it should be. Get along with people if you can, and stay away from them if you don't. Everything should be based on your own comfort. Nothing can surpass loving yourself."

"I knew that after I talked to you, you would definitely stand on my side." Bai Fenglai said with some pride, "I have been with you for so long, I should have made some progress."

Gu Mingyue nodded seriously, "Not bad, not bad, this kid is teachable."

As they were talking, they arrived at her uncle's house. Before she even entered the door, she yelled at the top of her lungs, "I'm here..."

The eldest sister-in-law stood in the yard and muttered to the eldest uncle and his family, "This girl scared me and is getting more and more naughty."

Seeing Bai Fenglai's family following behind, the eldest brother and his family immediately stood up and greeted them warmly.

Bai Fenglai said embarrassedly, "I came here without permission, and I don't know if I will disturb you."

The eldest sister-in-law said quickly, "What are you doing? We want to have fun during the New Year. We are very happy to have you here. Come in quickly."

Bai Fenglai handed over the vegetable basket he brought with him and said, "I made a few dishes. My cooking skills are average. Please don't despise me."

Without waiting for the sister-in-law to refuse, Gu Mingyue took it first and put it on the table, then said, "Don't be polite, treat it as your own home, come in quickly."

The people around her were amused by her jokes.

When the dishes were served, Gu Guangsheng ran over to take a look and blurted out, "Oh my god, our New Year's Eve dinner is too sumptuous. The landlords' families are no better than this."

Gu Mingwei kicked him and said, "Even so much food can't stop your mouth."

There were a total of twelve dishes on the table, both meat and vegetarian, which made people salivate.

Two pots of chicken stewed with mushrooms were produced, one was cooked by the eldest sister-in-law and the other was brought by Bai Fenglai.

There is also braised hairtail fish. Only the Bai family has the ability to buy such high-quality sea fish.

My uncle's family also prepared sauerkraut stewed with blood sausage, fried sausage with chili peppers, and pork belly stewed with dried beans.

The children at home are already secretly swallowing their saliva.

The Ganoderma lucidum wine that I brewed before is finally ready to drink.

The children drank wild blueberry juice.

Boil the wild blueberries from the mountains into sauce and add some sugar. You can eat it alone. It is also very delicious if you add water to drink it.

Including Guangsheng, they all sat alone at the children's table.

It was a great pleasure to eat delicious fish and meat, which were rarely seen in a year, while drinking juice.

The adults were toasting each other, chatting and eating.

The meal lasted until the afternoon, and the men were taking a nap after drinking a little.

The women began making paper dumplings with bread.

The purpose of giving out paper is to celebrate the coming of the new year, to ward off evil spirits, and to burn paper to pay respect to heaven and earth, hoping for a good harvest in the coming year.

At around 4 p.m., the eldest and second brothers went to the ancestral grave with firecrackers and incense paper, which was equivalent to inviting the ancestors to come home for the New Year.

When they are about to come back, start cooking the dumplings.

But before going home, you have to scatter a handful of grain in front of the door. Any grain will do, which means a good harvest.

You also have to take out the peach wood stick that you have prepared in advance and place it behind the door, commonly known as the "door blocking stick", which means to block the treasure and prevent it from flowing out, and at the same time prevent bad luck from entering the door.

Nowadays, people resist feudal superstition, and even if many customs have been simplified again and again, some people still try their best to follow them.

Accompanied by the crackling sound of firecrackers outside the house, the children's deafening cheers.

Dumplings are the most ceremonial staple food for the Chinese New Year. When they are served, they also represent the official start of the New Year.

In this way, everyone started 1959 with a bright vision for the future...