folk legend

Chapter 91 The Dumplings Are Swapped

Han Xiazi even made some funny remarks, which immediately brought the atmosphere in the room alive, and everyone in the room laughed out loud.

Zhang Huang thought about it, there would be no harm in this way, so he grabbed his wife, turned his face away to discuss it, and decided, that's it.

In this way, this matter is settled.Who among these people is the happiest?That is of course the emperor's wife. Originally seeing Jiang Liu and Dougen, she thought of her own son and felt very sad. However, in front of many outsiders, no matter how sad she felt, she could only endure it.

I didn't expect this to be so good. In a blink of an eye, both children became my own sons. Do you think she can be unhappy in her heart?Holding the two children, I couldn't get enough of them, and Le couldn't close his mouth.

The next morning, Zhang Huang wove two locks with 24 big coppers, tied them with red strings, and gave them to Dougen and Jiangliu respectively.After instructing them to wear it around their necks, they said that this is a longevity lock and must be worn on the body.

Dougen was okay, after Gan Lao ordered, he obeyed in a proper manner, Jiang Liu, on the surface, agreed very well, but in his heart, he felt that this thing was quite in the way.

So Jiang Liu took advantage of the emperor's inattention, pointed to the lock on his neck, and asked the emperor's daughter-in-law in a low voice: "Mother, do you have to wear this thing on your body? How is it different from the village cow's stud and root rein? It's too much of a hindrance." what!"

The emperor's daughter-in-law looked at Jiang Liu with helplessness and embarrassment, smiled and said: "Don't listen to your gangster's nonsense, just wear it for a hundred days. But when you wear it and take it off, your mother will give it to you Put it away. Let your gangster untie it when you talk about your daughter-in-law, or you won’t be able to get on the kang on the day you marry your daughter-in-law.”

Jiang Liu didn't expect the godmother to say these words. He married a daughter-in-law and went to the kang, and the young man's face immediately became ashamed as a big red cloth.

Coincidentally, this scene was seen by Blind Han who had just entered the door. Looking at Jiang Liu's embarrassment, the old guy came over and moved Jiang Liu's shoulder and said, "Hey, my apprentice is still blushing today with embarrassment? What a shame! It’s rare, come and come, I have to take a good look.”

When blind man Han made such a fuss, even Zhang Huang, who didn't like joking with the younger generation very much, laughed along with him haha.No matter how thick-skinned Jiang Liu was, he was still a child after all, especially in front of his elders. He was so ashamed at this moment that he wished he could find a crack in the ground and sneak in.

Happy new year, hard days.In this way, the four families spent a lively New Year together.There are many people and it is lively. After eating every day, the elders gather around to watch small cards, or push Pai Gow for a while. Although there are no other entertainment items, everyone just wants to have fun, and it is also a great time to play. .

The four sisters naturally talked about their parents' short stories, and of course the most talked about was Jiang Liu's blind date.At this time, Jiang Liu would always grab the bean root and run away, but after all, he couldn't hide from the fifteenth day after the first day of the junior high school.In the end, Jiang Liu really couldn't find an excuse to refuse, so he had to vaguely agree to say fifteen, and go to Qipanshan with the emperor to see the girl.So, this has become what everyone is most looking forward to.

One more thing happened during this period, which is worth mentioning.What's the matter?It's the dumplings made by Lao Jiang's family at thirty nights, which have been changed somehow.

In those days, one word was enough to sum it up, poor!Throughout the year, you can eat dumplings when you are in your thirties.Even so, the dumplings are not all white flour, but buckwheat noodles mixed with white flour, and the dumpling filling is sauerkraut pork.

On the evening of the [-]th of this year, Lao Jiang's daughter-in-law made up the stuffing and kneaded the noodles as usual, and a large group of people made several covered dumplings together.Then put it on the cabinet board, find a few newspapers and cover it, and prepare to cook it in the morning of the first day of the new year.The dumplings in the first grade of junior high school and the noodles in the second grade of junior high school are also the traditions of the older generation.

But in the morning of the first day of the new year, Lao Jiang's wife boiled water to prepare dumplings, and the newspaper was picked up, which shocked Lao Jiang's wife.It turned out that several covered dumplings turned into flour.

Lao Jiang's daughter-in-law hurriedly opened a dumpling and saw that the stuffing inside had turned into mutton balls.This frightened Lao Jiang's daughter-in-law very much, and called Lao Jiang over loudly.

Lao Jiang, who didn't know what to do, was quite impatient when his wife made a noise. He said something troublesome, and then he went to the bed cabinet. After seeing the situation clearly, Lao Jiang was also moved a little inconceivably.

It's not that there are such things, and Lao Jiang has heard the old man talk about it, but it's just hearsay, and he hasn't seen it with his own eyes.When it was really my turn, I really lost my mind.

Looking at the many covered dumplings in front of him, Lao Jiang couldn't make up his mind, so he had to come to the outhouse and call blind Han who hadn't gotten up yet.

Han Xiazi picked up a dumpling, looked at it carefully, put it under his nose and smelled it, and said happily, "This is a good thing, overnight, the buckwheat noodle dumplings stuffed with sauerkraut turned into white noodles, and it is clear that they are for our buddies." The food is also worthy of our good fortune. It's okay, eat with confidence!"

After hearing what he said, Lao Jiang's daughter-in-law had confidence in her heart, so she hurriedly put the dumplings into the pot.

As the saying goes, dumplings are like wine, the more you drink, the better.It was the first day of the new year again, so Lao Jiang also let go of his alcohol intake and drank some wine.When the drink was a little too big, I took Han Xiazi's hand, desperately wanting him to tell me about the dumplings.

Blind Han was naturally reluctant to say more at first, but later he couldn't stand Lao Jiang's spitting all over his face, so he said helplessly: "I don't want to say it, you have to let me say it, and if I say it, don't blame me. Isn't this what you got in exchange for those three beatings?"

Only then did Lao Jiang understand that feelings are like this!
Lao Jiang knew what was going on, but everyone didn't understand what the two of them meant, and they all asked indiscriminately.Lao Jiang probably felt that this matter was embarrassing, so he hurriedly said, "Don't listen to his nonsense, I'm such a big man, who dares to hit me." It's just hey hey, no more talking.After getting in touch these days, everyone understood Han Xiazi's joking nature to some extent, and thought that the two of them were just joking around, so they didn't take it seriously, and the matter was over.

As we spoke, it came to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and Jiang Liu's good days would come to an end. This kid now wished that the sun would never set today.

But this matter, after all, is not realistic. In the early morning of the sixteenth day, Zhang Huangshang wanted to go back to Qipanshan. Firstly, he wanted to let Jiang Liu meet the girl earlier, and take a look, secondly. Well, in the theater troupe, there are still twenty or thirty mouths counting on him to eat, they are all brothers who have been in the same ladle for many years, they can't finish eating by themselves, and don't care about others.

The helpless Jiang Liu decided to go with Zhang Huang under the urging of Lao Jiang and his wife.The emperor's daughter-in-law stayed in Sanliangzi, and Dougen Niang had spoken, and she went back by herself, and there was no one to take care of her when she got sick or suffered a disaster.

His Majesty Zhang thought about it carefully, and it was also the same reason. He had been running around with the troupe all year round, leaving his wife at home, and it was really difficult for his wife.

Now hearing what Dougen Niang said, Zhang Huang simply said, when the two children come back, bring all the things in the house and let the wife live in Dougen's house. In this way, the two sisters will have companions, Also save yourself thinking about it.

In a few days, when the weather thaws, I will find a suitable place here in Sanliangzi and build a few houses, and the old couple will settle down here in the future.

I don’t want Emperor Zhang to express his thoughts, Han Xiazi also came to join in the fun, and told the emperor, why not, when you build a house, you build two more rooms, and our old couple will come together, and we will have company when we drink in the future.

Lao Jiang, who kept his head down and said nothing, listened to the thoughts of the two, and after thinking for a while, he stood up abruptly, waved his hand and said, "Okay, I don't think you bother to build a house, you have to ask the brigade for approval." What about housing bases, my old house just doesn’t work anymore, and Jiang Liu is getting married again, so I just pull down the old house, and let’s build a big courtyard in this courtyard, so that everyone can live in one place. They live in the yard. Firstly, they have taken care of each other, and secondly, they will be lively in the future. What do you think about it?"

Everyone who got along these few days felt like relatives they hadn't seen for many years, especially the four sisters.So after hearing Lao Jiang's idea, they all expressed their approval. In this way, the first courtyard house in Sanliangzi was finalized.

That is, in this yard, many things happened.

This morning, after Dougen had breakfast early, he harnessed the carriage, and then went to call Shang Jiangliu. The two of them drove the carriage together, took Zhang Huangshang, and ran directly to Qipanshan.

There was no talking all the way, and in the evening, the three arrived at Qipanshan.When the three of them drove into the emperor's courtyard, they heard the noise in the house, which was so loud that the roof of the house was about to be toppled.The emperor frowned.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Zhang Huangshang led the two brothers into the room. When he entered the room, he saw, good guy, inside the room, there were people standing on the kang and on the ground.What are you doing?They are playing money (in paddock dialect, meaning gambling) there!
After a closer look, they were all from the troupe, and the emperor's expression softened a little.

It turned out that when the emperor left, he left the key to the troupe and told them to come and burn the kang when they had nothing to do, and don't let the sauerkraut jars and water jars in the house freeze.

It turned out that these guys were good, and they just made it into a game. From the first day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it was a joy to play.That's right, here we gather to play, there is no wives arguing and no children screaming, it's so quiet.

The emperor saw how bad everyone made the house, and wanted to scold a few words, but thought, after all, it's the New Year's Eve, let's forget it.

(End of this chapter)