sinovels Chapter 1497: Fried New Year's Goods: No Talk
Chapter 1497: Fried New Year's Goods: No Talk
Chapter 1497: Fried New Year's Goods: No Talking
Yong'an Village, outside the Jiang family compound.
The old lady, Wang Meilan, Jin Xiaomei, Zhang Yuanmin, Yang Yufeng, Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu, Li Ruhai, Li Xiaoqiao, Zhao Hong, Zhao Na, and Xiao Lingdang were lined up in order of age.
Xie Sun walked across the street, shaking hands with the people who came to see them off, giving them instructions and words of parting blessing.
At this time, Xie Chen was following Xie Sun closely, acting as his follower.
Not far away, Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong and Jie Zhong were smoking and watching the scene coldly.
"It's so cold, aren't you idle?" Zhao Youcai, who had just thrown his cigarette butt to the ground, complained, "If anyone sees this, they'll all laugh their heads off."
"That's right." Xie Zhong echoed, "My mother is useless!"
"It's not useless." Hearing this, Li Dayong stopped Li Zhong and said, "If you don't let your mother toss around enough, she won't be able to go home peacefully."
That’s right, no one is idle or mentally ill after all this trouble, but it is to allow Jie Sun to vent her sadness of separation as much as possible.
Finally, Xie Sun walked from the front of the team to the back. Seeing his mother let go of Xiao Lingdang's hand, Xie Chen took a step to the side.
Xie Sun, who was in a good mood, felt a figure flash beside her. She thought Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong were also willing to say goodbye to her, so she immediately extended her hands to Xie Chen.
But the moment he stretched out his hand, Xie Sun felt something was wrong.
Just as Xie Sun looked up, she saw Jie Chen raise his hands and clasp his fists, rushing to the people who came to see him off and saying, "Everyone, I've sent you a thousand miles away, but we will eventually part ways. We'll meet again."
"Hmm?" Just when Xie Sun felt that her old son's words were quite harsh, her arm was grabbed by Xie Chen.
"Mom, let's go quickly." Xie Chen said, "My sister-in-law and nephew are still waiting for us at home."
After saying this, Xie Chen and Xie Sun left.
After hearing Xie Chen's words, Xie Sun thought of her eldest daughter-in-law and grandson at home, and for a moment she couldn't help feeling homesick.
Seeing Xie Sun getting into the car, Xie Zhong hurried over.
"Dad!" Hearing Zhao Jun calling him, Zhao Youcai turned around and saw Zhao Jun waving his arms at him.
Zhao Youcai reacted instantly and ran towards the back of the Jiefang truck.
He had to take a ride to Yongshengtun to eat the pig-killing dish. Although the big Jiefang was not as good as the big jeep, it was better than walking.
As soon as Xie Sun sat in the passenger seat, she suddenly felt that she still had a thousand words to say to Wang Meilan and the old lady.
"Sister, auntie!" Xie Sun called out twice, but then she heard her eldest son say, "Mom, come in."
Immediately afterwards, Xie Zhong squeezed into the passenger seat and then slammed the door shut.
"Xiao Chen!" Zhao Jun chased to the cab and said to Jie Chen, "I'll load seven roe deer on the truck and give you four. After that, you can cross the bridge between the two provinces and drop off two for Brother Huang in the village."
"Okay, Jun brother." Xie Chen replied, "I'll remember it."
Just as Xie Chen finished speaking, he heard Zhao Youcai's voice coming from the trunk of the car: "Xiao Chen, tell me that I caught all those roe deer. I catch ten roe deer and a wild boar every day."
Hearing this, Zhao Jun curled his lips, quickly interrupted Zhao Youcai's words, and said to Jie Chen: "There is one more. If you want to take care of Aunt Zhou, give it to her."
After saying that, Zhao Jun slammed the car door shut, then waved at Jie Chen, signaling him to leave quickly.
At this time, Xie Sun, sitting in the passenger seat, opened the car window across from Xie Zhong, then waved at Wang Meilan and said, "Sister, you have to heat the kang in our two rooms every day."
As soon as Xie Sun finished her words, Xie Zhong pulled her back. At the moment when Xie Zhong closed the car window, Xie Chen drove away.
Outside the Jiang family compound, everyone watched the Liberation car disappear quickly, and then someone behind them said, "Is Sister Sun leaving?"
Everyone looked back and saw that it was Li Dazhi and his family of three.
"Mom, I told you to hurry up." At this time, Li Tongyun complained to Lin Xue in a low voice, "Didn't you see the excitement?"
When everyone heard this, even Xiao Lingling smiled bitterly, and Li Dazhi joked with everyone, saying, "You guys are sending someone off, but you didn't prepare any flowers?"
"What about the salute? Forget about the flowers." Li Dayong rolled his eyes at his sixth brother and said with a smile: "This is outrageous enough."
"Oh my." Lin Xue sighed and said with a smile, "People say that children can easily learn from watching TV, so why do adults also learn from it?"
It is said that television has a multi-faceted impact on those born in the 80s, but at the moment, it seems that television has a significant impact on these eight families.
I was watching a documentary on TV the other day and there were touching scenes of young people in the capital welcoming Prince xhnk, so I asked them to learn from it.
After seeing off the three members of the Li family, the group split into three groups. Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin's family went back, because Zhao Jun promised Zhang Yuanmin that he would drive them to Yongfu to eat the pig-killing meal.
Wang Meilan and Li Dayong each led a team to Wang Qiang and Lin Xiangshun's homes respectively.
On the Liberation train, Xie Sun sighed deeply as she watched the familiar houses speeding away outside the window.
"Is it that serious?" Xie Zhong, who had been patient for a long time, couldn't help but say something to Sun.
"You don't understand." Xie Sun said, "You don't understand the relationship between me, your grandmother Jiang, and your aunt Wang."
Hearing her words, Xie Chen, who was driving, glanced over here.
"Forget it." Xie Zhong curled his lips and said, "Before my father passed away, you didn't howl like this."
Xie Sun was stunned, and then cursed: "You know nothing, your father is dead, how can I cry in front of you? If I cry, won't you cry too?"
After saying this, Xie Sun said aggrievedly, "A while ago, I ran behind the tofu shop and secretly wiped my tears without letting you see. What do you know?"
"What do you think I know?" Xie Zhong rolled his eyes at her and said unhappily, "When you go to the tofu shop, aren't you thinking about eating their tofu skin?"
"Fuck you!" Xie Sun was so angry that she hit Li Zhong with a stick.
Xie Chen drove fast all the way and suddenly heard a "bang bang" sound. Then he realized that he had been pulled past Zhao Youcai.
The Jiefang truck turned around and sent Zhao Youcai to Yongshengtun.
As soon as he entered Yongshengtun, Zhao Youcai knocked at the back, meaning that he could just leave here.
But Xie Sun, who was sitting in the passenger seat, insisted that Xie Chen send Zhao Youcai to Zhou's house.
This was not the first or second time that Xie Chen came to Zhou's house, and he took Zhao Youcai to the place with ease.
As soon as the car stopped, Zhou Chunming and Zhou Jianjun, who were watching people building a stove in the yard, came out to greet them.
Nowadays, families build stoves when they are doing something and tear them down when they are done. No one is like the Zhao family, who have two earthen stoves in the yard every day.
Seeing that Zhou's father and son had come out to greet them, Xie Zhong and Xie Chen hurriedly got out of the car.
Before getting off the car, Xie Zhong also told Xie Sun that she didn't need to get off.
Don't judge by appearances, but by appearances. Zhou Chunming and Zhou Jianjun both knew that Xie Chen was Zhao Jun's confidant. Not only did they give cigarettes to the Xie brothers, they also invited them to stay and eat the pig-killing meal.
Just then, the passenger door behind him opened and Xie Sun got out of the car.
"Oh, big sister." Zhou Chunming was very considerate and called Li Sun "big sister", and Zhou Jianjun also called her "auntie".
"His in-laws, Chun'er's family." Xie Sun's way of addressing Zhou's father and son was a little strange. Just when Zhou Chunming and Zhou Jianjun were stunned, Xie Sun suggested going into the house to see the child.
This scared Xie Zhong and Xie Chen, as they were afraid that Xie Sun would accept the Zhou family's invitation and stay for dinner.
But this time they underestimated their mother. Before and after Xie Sun entered the house, she declined the Zhou family's invitation to dinner four times. She only left 20 yuan for the child as a New Year's money after hugging Zhou Dao.
Then, Xie Sun called her two sons and left.
After sending the three members of the Xie family away, Zhao Youcai stayed at the Zhou family. But he was a distinguished guest, and even though he cooked delicious food, the Zhou family would not let him work.
Zhao Youcai hugged his little grandson and said a few sweet words to his daughter, feeling that such a day was simply so beautiful.
The Zhou family has very few relatives. Those who came to dinner today include the neighbors from Yongshengtun and the elderly people from the forest farm.
But no matter who it was, when talking to Zhao Youcai, they all praised him.
In the past, these people were polite to Zhao Youcai mostly because of the Zhou family. At that time, they looked up to Zhao Youcai at most, but never to the extent of now.
Today, the Zhao family is getting more and more prosperous. Who dares to say that they will not have to ask Zhao Youcai for help in the future?
The meal lasted until 2:30 in the afternoon. When the banquet was over and everyone was chatting in the house, a jeep stopped outside the yard.
Amid the envious gazes of the crowd, Zhao Youcai left in a big jeep.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Zhao Youcai was still feeling dizzy. It wasn't because of how much he drank, but because of the flattery he received from those people.
"How was your second brother's hospitality today?" Zhao Youcai said this, and then added, "I didn't go there either."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was stunned, feeling that what Zhao Youcai said sounded strange.
"It's going well, Dad." Zhao Jun thought for a moment and said, "There's no one else here, except for the people in their team and Brother Lin and his family."
"Ah..." At this time, Zhao Youcai closed his eyes and pretended to rest, and said, "How many tables do you want to set up?"
"Didn't we say that yesterday? Let's set up four tables." Zhao Jun said so. Zhao Youcai nodded and said nothing more.
Seeing the strange Zhao Youcai, Zhao Jun felt something was wrong and asked him, "Dad, what's wrong with you?"
"No." Zhao Youcai replied stiffly, "What is your mother doing at home?"
"What do you mean by what?" Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Youcai helplessly and said, "My mom is frying something at home. Dad, don't say anything when you get home."
"Get lost!" Zhao Youcai glared at Zhao Jun and said, "I'm not a child!"
Zhao Jun chuckled.
All over the country, there is a custom of frying New Year's goods before the New Year.
One is grilled, the other is fried, and many people love this for their entire lives.
Especially during those difficult years, the children were scared to death when they saw fried food.
The fried foods vary from place to place across the country, but there is one common custom: when frying New Year's food, no one else is allowed to talk nearby.
There are many different opinions as to the reasons behind this.
It is said that when frying New Year's goods, the Kitchen God is secretly eating them nearby, and it is easy to scare him if you speak.
Some people also say that the oil temperature for frying New Year’s goods is high and it can be dangerous if not handled properly.
For example, when someone is frying something and is about to take it out, or when he is picking up the fried food and turning it over, if someone nearby is talking, it will distract the person frying the food. His hand may tremble, and the fried food may fall into the pan. The splashing hot oil may easily injure someone.
Some people also say that when frying food, if someone nearby talks, their saliva will fly into the pan, which will also splash the hot oil.
That’s not the case. How much water can saliva contain?
Zhao Jun felt that what the old lady said was more reliable.
The old lady said that people’s lives were not easy in the past. They had to fry something secretly during the Chinese New Year, without making any noise or letting anyone hear. Otherwise, if a relative or neighbor with a big face came to bring his child, would you give him something?
If I don't give it to him, I will lose face. If I give it to him, it's only a few dollars, and my own children can't even afford it.
When Wang Meilan was frying New Year's goods, she didn't allow anyone to talk, but they were allowed to eat. She was busy frying, and everyone was busy eating in the house.
The jeep did not stop when passing Yong'antun, but drove all the way to Yongfu, and picked up Zhang Yuanmin's family at Yang Manshuang's home.
Zhang Yuanmin was drunk today. As soon as he got in the car, he started speaking in plain language to Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai, saying that no one at the banquet today called him "Big Pants Dangle". The younger generations all called him "Uncle" and the peers and elders also affectionately called him "Yuanmin".
Come to think of it, Zhang Yuanmin is now a millionaire.
Being a millionaire born in 88 is truly amazing!
Although the family conditions of forest workers are not bad, none of them are rich because of a stable job.
Now that Zhang Yuanmin is rich and powerful and has the support of the Zhao family, who would dare to treat him the same way as before?
Yang Yufeng didn't want to listen to Zhang Yuanmin's nonsense, so she asked Zhao Jun, "Brother, what is my aunt doing at home?"
"Frying New Year's goods." Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Should we be frying radish balls before this?"
"Fried meatballs are good." Zhang Yuanmin found a breakthrough point and quickly asked Zhao Jun: "Brother, let me take the malted milk can and study whether the meatball thing can work?"
"That's great, big brother." Zhao Jun acknowledged Zhang Yuanmin's intelligence and hands-on ability, but he was afraid that the old guy would not use these in the right place.
"Is your elder brother smart?" Zhang Yuanmin said with a smile, and without waiting for anyone to respond, he turned to Xiao Lingdang and said, "Daughter, Daddy is telling you something. People are afraid of being stupid and lazy. If you are not stupid or lazy, and you are like Daddy, you will have a bright future sooner or later."
Hearing Zhang Yuanmin's words, Xiao Lingdang's mouth twitched. It was because she saw that her father was drunk, and Xiao Lingdang didn't want to argue with him. Otherwise, the little girl would have to ask him again: "Dad, you are not stupid or lazy, so why did our family never have enough to eat?"
The jeep stopped outside the Zhao family's yard. When several people got out of the car, Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai keenly noticed something was wrong.
Usually when I come back, the dogs are all barking. Today, when I come back, the dogs in the yard don't seem very excited. They stand in front of their kennels, wagging their tails vigorously, but there is no barking and their movements are not big.
Seeing Zhao Youcai coming over, Erhei jumped twice happily and then whimpered softly.
When Zhao Jun came over to take a look, he saw that the Azure Dragon and the Black Dragon had bulging bellies and the dog's mouth was greasy.
This is obviously because he ate too much.
Suddenly, a foul smell came. Zhao Jun tightened his nose and thought: "This must be a big deal!"
(End of this chapter)