70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 165
"I also think my daughter is good, I just like my two girls, and you are only the first child, it's the same for boys and girls!" Li Suxin was afraid that Xiao Nian would feel uncomfortable, so she hurriedly smoothed things over.

"That's right, men and women are the same. Our family doesn't favor boys over girls. We like both boys and girls." Xu's mother also felt that she had made a slip of the tongue just now, and said hastily.

However, although Xu's mother didn't have any patriarchal thoughts, but the loyal army was so big, she still hoped that Xiao Nian's womb was a son, but of course she couldn't say it on the surface, save Xiao Nian to think too much, under pressure.

Then Xu's mother and sister-in-law changed the topic, and began to teach Xiao Nian the precautions during pregnancy and childcare. Although Xie Xiaonian knew a little bit, and the elder sister-in-law had also told her, they still listened carefully and did not miss anything. detail.

When Xie Xiaonian got home and just lit the kang, he saw snow particles falling from the sky again, and it was so dense that it hurts his hands when he hit it. It seems that the snow that is about to fall should be heavy snow.

The north wind was blowing, Xie Xiaonian saw that the temperature in the room hadn't risen yet, it was still very cold, Xie Xiaonian put the things in the side room, and hurried into the space, now she is in a special period, she can't catch a cold.

Xie Xiaonian heard before that there was a child in the village. Because the parents bought firecrackers for the Chinese New Year, he would not let go. He was afraid that the firecrackers would not be lit during the Chinese New Year, so he secretly put the firecrackers on the kang. Gao, it exploded directly on the kang. Fortunately, only a quilt was lost and no one was hurt.

Although Xie Xiaonian just listened to it as a joke at the time, the temperature in the house was still very high, so Xie Xiaonian decided to put the firecrackers in the side room all the time, and then take them out when she needed them. After all, she never kept them Firecrackers, it's better to be careful.

After entering the space, Xie Xiaonian remembered that she hadn't bought anything for her nephews and nieces yet, and it seemed that she would ask her sister-in-law to buy some small firecrackers and a few flowers for the next fair.

At that time, give the boys of the eldest brother and the second brother's family a 100-ring firecracker each, take them apart and put them one by one, and they can be kept for a long time, and the first flowers are given to a few nieces.

Although the head flowers sold by the supply and marketing cooperative are very rustic, just tie a big red flower made of cloth on a rubber band, but this is not something everyone can have, I believe a few nieces should like it.

In fact, what Xie Xiaonian didn't know was that no one had bought any flowers for orchids since they were young, and they would like them very much, after all, one flower costs a few cents.

Even the rustic head flowers can make them the envy of many little sisters.

And what Xie Xiaonian thinks is rustic, people here don't think so, after all, the aesthetics of each era is different.

When Xie Xiaonian got up the next day, she found that it was as expected yesterday, the snow was really heavy, it didn't stop all night, and now the snow in the yard was 10cm thick.

Xie Xiaonian didn't dare to go out, for fear of slipping and falling, so after breakfast, she could only burn the kang, while waiting for the orchids to arrive, while fiddling with the cotton cloth she bought earlier, she was about to start making small clothes and shoes for the children.

Because people have officially entered the New Year since the 23rd, Xie Xiaonian also decided to suspend classes from the 23rd to give Lanhua free time to study at home. After the 15th of the next year, she will continue to teach orchids to recognize medicinal materials.

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, according to the custom, there is a sacrifice to the stove. There are no specific regulations on the tribute to the stove. If the family kills pigs or sheep, they use pig heads and sheep heads. What to do as a tribute, stove sugar is absolutely necessary.

Because there is a saying that on the 23rd, God Stove will go to heaven to report the situation in the world to the Jade Emperor, so every household must offer candy to Lord Stove, so that God Stove will taste sweeter after eating, and give more food after going to heaven. Say something nice, the weather will be good in the coming year, and there will be a good harvest.

This morning, after Xie Xiaonian got up, she started to get busy.

First, steam the white flour steamed buns for sacrificial stoves, and then start to chop meat and make dumplings.

Because there were no vegetables in winter, Xie Xiaonian used the shepherd's purse and meat that had been dried before to make dumplings filled with shepherd's purse and pork. Of course, after the dumplings were made, they couldn't be eaten at noon. They could only be eaten after the afternoon sacrifice.

After making the dumplings, Xie Xiaonian took out two stick bones from the space, chopped them in half and put them in a small pot to stew, waiting for the dumplings in the afternoon.

Usually, Xie Xiaonian was afraid of being discovered by others, so he stewed the bones in the space every day. After all, Mother Xu and the others knew that Xie Xiaonian didn't buy big bones, and when they shared the meat, they got one.

But today is the day of offering sacrifices to the stove, no one will come to visit, and every household will cook delicious food, so Xie Xiaonian is not afraid that others will smell the fragrance of the house.

Because the Kitchen God can't go to the sky in the dark, the sacrifice to the Kitchen should be held in the middle of the afternoon.

So at around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Xie Xiaonian took out the specially bought meat with ribs, cleaned it, and put it in the pot to cook.

When it is about 7 years old and still bloodshot, take it out, stick two chopsticks vertically in the middle, and the meat becomes a tribute.

Xie Xiaonian also doesn't know why there must be a little bit of blood in the meat, it can't be cooked, and it can't be salted, anyway, this has always been the tradition.

And because during the Chinese New Year, the rules became more and more strict, so when Xie Xiaonian lit the fire, he kept his feet in order.

According to the people here, the side of the stove is the face of the stove master, and the bottom is the body of the stove master, so you can't use your feet to step on it.

Because Xie Xiaonian's family didn't have pig heads, and it was not easy to take them out in the space, so besides this piece of meat, he prepared 4 apples, a plate of homemade cane sugar, and 4 white flour steamed buns that were steamed in the morning.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Xie Xiaonian moved a small table and placed it facing north in the yard outside the main room, and then placed all the tributes on the table with an incense burner in the middle.

Because after burning the incense, you have to eat immediately, so after Xie Xiaonian arranged the things, she went to the kitchen and made a pot of dumplings with the bone broth.

She filled four bowls of dumplings, put one bowl on the table in the main room, which meant it was for God to eat, and put the other bowl on the small table in the yard, and gave it to Lao Zaoye together with the tribute.

As for the two bowls on the stove, one is from Xie Xiaonian and the other is from Xu Zhongjun. The rules here are like this, no matter whether people are at home or not, they have to keep a bowl of rice for the Chinese New Year.

After Xie Xiaonian arranged the bowls, she lit three sticks of incense in the main room and the incense burner in the courtyard, and burned a few twists of yellow paper that had been folded yesterday on the ground, so the sacrifice to the stove was over.

Although Xie Xiaonian was doing this independently for the first time, the original owner knew the process from childhood to adulthood.

That is, when Xie Xiaonian was burning paper, he would only say, "Please say more good things to the family after going to heaven, and I will give you more tributes and incense in the coming year." Such words are not like some old people who say the same thing of.

But Xie Xiaonian is very satisfied with this, anyway, the main points have been said.

Originally, Xie Xiaonian was an atheist, but since time travel, Xie Xiaonian also began to have a little reverence for ghosts and gods, I would rather believe it.

After offering sacrifices to the stove, Xie Xiaonian went to the stove house and started eating dumplings.

I don't know if it's because I only had breakfast since I got up in the morning, and I have been busy all the time, there is no reason to take a break, Xie Xiaonian feels that the dumplings made today, even if there is no space, are still very delicious.

When he was full, Xie Xiaonian saw that the incense had burned out, so he hurriedly put away the offerings and hid all the incense burners, even the traces of burnt paper were cleaned up, and he was determined not to leave any traces of sacrificial stoves.

After she was free, Xie Xiaonian also missed her relatives from her previous life.

She lived for more than 20 years in her previous life, and she never helped her family buy new year's goods, let alone worry about it, but now she can only do this and that by herself.

Xie Xiaonian knew that she was pregnant with a child now, so she couldn't be too sad, it would be bad for the child's development, so when she was feeling a little sad, Xie Xiaonian quickly stood up and began to clean up the pots and pans to divert her attention.

After 5 p.m., the doors of the villagers opened one by one, and the village returned to its usual lively scene.

And among the villagers, they secretly used whether they had eaten delicious food to ask other people if there was no sacrifice stove.

Clean the house on 24, grind tofu on 25, and steam steamed buns on 26. Since Xie Xiaonian is alone and doesn't need much, and his body is inconvenient, he plans to partner with his sister-in-law's family to prepare together.

Because there will be a gathering commonly known as "Hula Ji" on the 29th of the year, the 25th of the twelfth lunar month is considered the last official gathering, so on the 25th, every family must gather the things they need for the New Year at this gathering. Give it a complete set.

Otherwise, by 29:[-], some things might not be sold even if you want to buy them.

But because tofu still needs to be ground, the Xu family only allowed the father and mother to go to the market today, and the eldest brother and sister-in-law went to the mopan of the brigade early in the morning to make tofu.

Since Xie Xiaonian couldn't help much, she stayed at home to look after the child.

Xu Zhongjun, who was in the army, also received a letter from Xu Zhongming early in the morning.

When Xu Zhongjun saw that it was written by his elder brother, he was frightened for no reason.

Since he got married, his eldest brother has never sent him a letter. Now that he saw the envelope in his hand, he felt a little uneasy, afraid that something might happen to his wife.

(End of this chapter)