Farmhouse Small God Bowl

Chapter 119 Celebrating the Stove King Festival
Aunt Yang, who has seen the sky, has always delivered food to her family. Zhou Xiaobai and Aunt Yang are also familiar with each other, knowing that her family lives on a few pennies a day.So it was even harder to tell her not to bring food.

After all, it is better to find a livelihood for Aunt Yang.Zhou Xiaobai was leaning against the threshold, watching Zhuangziniang cook, thinking in his heart.Suddenly Zhou Xiaobai slapped his thigh, yes, he thought of a good idea.

It's a pity that she didn't notice that she was tilting her body. After such a fight, she almost fell to one side again.Zhuangzi Niang frowned, "You child, what are you thinking about. Could it be that you really clashed with the kitchen, you can't even stand firmly."

With a shy face, Zhou Xiaobai pushed forward, and answered, "That's right, I just don't match up with this place, or I'd better go back and ask Chen Mo to help."

Zhuang Ziniang glared, "What's the matter, you are a big sister who only knows how to assign people all day long. Chen Mo is a boy, and he is still young, so it doesn't matter if he comes into the kitchen. It's not good to wait until he is older." Tell him to go in. This kitchen work still requires women to come. You also said that you will send Chen Mo to school in the spring, and now you have assigned it. If you don’t know how to do anything, it depends on what you eat in the future. "

Zhou Xiaobai looked very serious when she listened to Zhuangziniang's lecture, but she knew Zhuangziniang was hard-hearted, and she also regarded herself as her own family, so she said so bluntly.Naturally, she leaned back shamelessly, "Ma'am, don't worry, I'm such a big person, I can't go hungry, I already have an idea. Besides, with Ma'am here, I'm afraid I won't have a bite of food to eat." !"

Qian Chuan Wan wears flattery and does not wear it, Zhuangzi Niang said this to Zhou Xiaobai, and burst out laughing with a "puchi", and her face could no longer be straight. "You ghost girl, your mouth can coax people."

In fact, Zhou Xiaobai's words just now were not deceptive. She really had an idea before, which could help Aunt Yang and herself.She also thought that the new year would be over soon and spring would begin, and Chen Mo would go to the town to study, and he wouldn't go home during the day, so she couldn't just ask him to cook at home.

It just so happens that spring is starting for me, and I have to hire people to plant the land. If cooking is a normal thing, I and my grandfather can make do with it.But if you invite someone, naturally you can't make do with it like this.Zhou Xiaobai just happened to be thinking about Aunt Yang. Although they can tell her not to deliver food, they can also ask her to help with the work, cooking and so on.

So Zhou Xiaobai's little calculation is very beautiful.

Zhuangziniang's hands and feet are quick, and she prepared a few dishes in threes and fives.While doing it, he explained to Zhou Xiaobai how to do it. Zhou Xiaobai stood aside and watched obediently when Zhuangziniang stared at him this time, but as for how much he learned, I really can't say.

"Come on, take these dishes out. You guys eat first, and I'll come out after I cook one more dish." It was cold in winter, and Mrs. Zhuang put a large porcelain bowl on top of the plate to keep it from getting cold.Zhou Xiaobai agreed and took out the dishes.In the room, Chen Mo had already cleared the table and set up the dishes.

Zhou Xiaobai put down the dishes, looked at the room, and after tidying it up, it really made a big difference.Although the things are still those things, but the arrangement is different, the feeling is really completely different.It's just that the furniture is too crude, and the only table that looks tidy is missing a foot.

If it wasn't for the end of the new year, Zhou Xiaobai really wanted to change them all.The new year also needs to have a new atmosphere, the home is more comfortable, and I live more comfortably.But I thought about it again, the house will be built in the beginning of spring, and it won't be too late to get the house done.

"Why don't you eat it?" While talking, Zhuang Ziniang brought another bowl of food to the door.

"This new year is also a new year. How can we eat if there are not enough people to eat the New Year's dinner?" Zhou Xiaobai helped Zhuang Ziniang arrange the dishes, and pulled her to sit down too.

Chen Mo slapped his hands and held his stomach, "It's time to eat. It's time to eat. I'm so hungry." After working hard all afternoon, they were all hungry too.In addition, Zhuangziniang's cooking is really delicious, which caused everyone's index fingers to twitch, their eyes were shining and their mouths were full of oil.

Zhou Xiaobai is from a girl's family, and his eating habits have improved a lot. Afraid of being restrained by Mrs. Zhuangzi, he would talk to Mrs. Zhuangzi from time to time.The witty remark made Zhuang Ziniang laugh so hard that she almost lost her job, "Xiaobai, you ghost girl, I can't listen to you anymore. I'm already full of laughing, so where can I eat?"

Zhou Xiaobai blinked and blinked with an innocent look, which made Zhuangziniang put down the bowl and chopsticks and laughed again.After waiting for the laughter to stop, Mrs. Zhuangzi sighed and said, "Good boy. I know you did this to make me happy. Since the piles are all gone, I live there alone in a deserted place. There is no one to talk to, and the food is not delicious. Could it be so lively today."

"Auntie, then you must eat better today. There are no other women in my family, and Chen Mo and grandpa don't understand anything. After this year, I will trouble you, Auntie." Zhou Xiaobai said this sincerely real meaning.She didn't know what to do for the new year, and Chen Mo and grandpa couldn't be relied on.In addition, she also thought that Mrs. Zhuangzi was alone and felt uncomfortable seeing everyone bustling around, so she wanted to find something for her.

Zhuangziniang looked at her family's situation and knew that Zhou Xiaobai was not cheating, so she happily agreed.

After eating, Chen Mo refused to ask Zhuang Ziniang to go back to work, and cleaned up the dishes and went to wash.Zhou Xiaobai took Zhuang Ziniang and listened to her talking, paying attention to the New Year.

"Xiaobai, listen up. Children, don't be greedy, after Laba is the new year. You can drink Laba porridge for a few days, and it will be la la la 23. 23, Tanggua sticky; 24, cleaning the house; 25, making tofu; 26, Fried mutton; 27, killing a rooster; 28, making noodles; 29, steaming steamed buns; playing all night at [-], twisting and twisting on the New Year's Eve." Zhuangzi Niang sat on the bed and sang.

The lyrics were catchy, and Zhou Xiaobai also sang along.Zhuang Ziniang clapped her hands approvingly, "Girl, that's how it is. This is a nursery rhyme we have here, and it's probably something that can be told during the Chinese New Year. You learn it, and I will talk to you slowly."

Zhou Xiaobai nodded repeatedly while listening.Hey, my grandfather really doesn't say anything. Although he doesn't go out to do fortune-telling all day long, he still keeps playing with those old grass in his hands, so he doesn't care about his solar terms.Hey, from Zhou Xiaobai's point of view, grandpa is completely insane.Chen Mo was young and naturally didn't know.

Some time ago, Mrs. Yan brought some porridge. At that time, she was busy with something at home, so she put down the bowl and left. Zhou Xiaobai didn't take it seriously. It was normal for the two of them to send some food.Where did I think that this is Laba porridge? I had never celebrated this festival in modern times before, and I had no idea that eating Laba porridge would start the year.

Seeing that Zhou Xiaobai had almost remembered, Zhuang Ziniang dragged Zhou Xiaobai to the kitchen, saying that she was going to start kneading noodles and eating dumplings at night. When she heard that there were dumplings to eat, Zhou Xiaobai was very happy. "You child, these dumplings are for Lord Stove, not for you."

Zhuang Ziniang's words directly knocked her small thoughts to the bottom of the valley, the Stove Lord eats dumplings?This is not pure waste ah!But then I heard again, "But the Stove Lord has finished eating, so we can eat again."

"Puchi." Zhou Xiaobai secretly laughed, waiting for him to finish eating.What else can he eat, isn't it just a show, and the rest is for himself to eat.

"Don't be insincere, there is a god if you look up three feet." Hearing Zhou Xiaobai's laughter, Zhuang Ziniang came up with a drum head.Zhou Xiaobai hurriedly put on a straight face, anyway, he had to put on a show.

After waking up, Zhuang Ziniang told Chen Mo, "Chen Mo, go to the grocery store in Murakami and buy something for worshiping the Stove King at night."

"Then what are you going to buy?" Chen Mo scratched his head, while Monk Zhang Er was puzzled.

"You go directly. When you go, you say that you want to buy something to sacrifice to the Stove King, and Aunt Zhou will give it to you." Zhuang Ziniang patted Chen Mo on the shoulder.Children have fast legs, so this kind of errand work is naturally called him.

It's true, despite Chen Mo's small stature, he can run really fast.Zhou Xiaobai felt that the stool hadn't been warmed up yet, and Chen Mo ran back with a "chuck".

"Ma'am, can you see it?" He said and took out a paper bag from his arms.

Zhou Xiaobai was very curious, so he went up to see what it was all about.A piece of rhubarb paper is hard and crepe to the touch.There is also a pair of couplets, the first couplet is "God speaks good things", the second couplet "returns to the palace to bring good luck", horizontally criticizes "the head of the family", and of course there is a portrait of the Stove Lord.There is also a small cannonball.

Chen Mo was attracted to this firecracker. Before, he always saw other people playing, but he didn't let it go. Now he can't wait to ignite it immediately.

Zhuang Zi Niang has already taken the yellow paper, found a pair of scissors, and cut out a pony.He greeted the two of them, "Come on, let's stick it on the Stove King first." He tidied up his things and dragged them to the stove.

Originally, the old Stove King statue had to be brought down first, but the Zhou family posted it up somewhere last year, so this step was abandoned.Zhuangziniang mixed some paste with flour, and asked Chen Mo to climb up and paste the Stove King statue and couplet on it, and then smoothed it with a broom.

The next step was simple, Zhuang Ziniang brought the dumpling stuffing that had been chopped at noon to the main room, and asked them to make dumplings together.Zhou Xiaobai is happy with this matter, in her opinion, it is just a matter of playing with dough.It's decent to learn, but the dumplings are made in a weird way.

Anyway, it's all eaten by my own family, and it's what I want. Zhou Xiaobai didn't care at all, and played happily.

Seeing that the package was almost ready, Zhuang Ziniang took it to the kitchen and cooked it.The sky is also getting dark, and it's time to start offering sacrifices to the gods.

(End of this chapter)