Global Farm King

Chapter 186 Chinese New Year (4200-[-] update)
February 2th is the New Year's Eve of the 15th year of the lunar calendar. Every family is full of joy, and Gu Chen's family is no exception.

But today Gu Chen slept late, and didn't get up until ten o'clock in the morning, and by this time, Gu Chen's parents had been busy for a long time.

Last night, Gu Chen and Shen Qingzhu spent their first Valentine's Day together and had a candlelight dinner.After that, Gu Chen bid farewell to his reluctant girlfriend, and drove back home alone.

Fortunately, Gu Chen's body has been modified by the low-level genetic optimization fluid, and the scratches from the first day are almost healed by the second day.Otherwise, it would be difficult for Gu Chen to drive for several hours back to his hometown.

However, Gu Chen also drove slowly, and at night, the speed would have been slower, so he didn't get home until one o'clock in the morning.Because I was too tired, I fell asleep after taking a bath, and I didn't get up until now.

Seeing Gu Chen coming down the stairs, Gu's mother said directly: "Gu Chen, wake up. Do you want to eat, and I'll heat it up for you?"

Gu Chen shook his head: "I don't want to eat, I'll just eat some pastries and drink some soy milk. By the way, mom, where's dad?"

At this time, Gu Ma was holding a rag and carefully wiping the glass. After hearing Gu Chen's words, she said without turning her head: "I went to the old Li's house in the village to buy fish. They fished in their fish pond this morning."

Gu Chen nodded, thinking to himself that he went to buy fish, no wonder he didn't see anyone.

In the countryside, because not every household raises fish, they will go to the homes of villagers who plan to fish on the morning of the 30th, wait for the fish to be caught, and then buy two to go back for the festival.

Ever since Gu Chen remembered, it was like this every year, and Gu Chen's family went to Old Uncle Li's house to buy fish every year.

When I was young, Gu's father took Gu Chen to go there. If he went early, he could see everyone fishing with nets in the fish pond. Gu Chen really liked watching this back then.

But if you go late, you don't have to watch it, you can only buy fish and come back.

The fish in the village is different from that in the city. The fish bought are very fresh, and they are alive and kicking even when they are brought home.

Of course, the price is also very cheap, much cheaper than the price of fish in the vegetable market in the city.

In Gu Chen's memory, Chinese New Year in the village is different from that in the city. Chicken, duck, and pork are all grown by his own family, and vegetables are also picked from his own vegetable field. At most, some condiments need to be purchased in the city.

It's not like in the city, where you have to go to the vegetable market to buy everything, and it's all instant stuff produced in the factory, and the taste is not very good.

Gu Chen also spent a year in the city before, except for a meal and then shopping, there was nothing else to do, it was really boring.Afterwards, Gu Chen was determined not to celebrate the New Year in the city, no matter whether he earned money or not, he had to go home.

And one thing that is better in the village than in the city is that setting off firecrackers is prohibited in the city, but there is no such thing in the countryside.Gu Chen sometimes always feels that the year without firecrackers, the taste of the year is getting weaker and weaker.

But as long as you are in the countryside, almost during the few days of Chinese New Year, the sound of firecrackers can be heard everywhere.

Especially from the night of New Year's Eve to the morning of the first day of the new year, there is an endless stream. People who are not used to it feel very noisy and can't sleep.

But for Gu Chen who grew up on a farm since he was a child, the familiar sound of firecrackers is really very old-fashioned.

In the past, Gu Chen and his parents would wake up early in the morning on New Year's Eve, and then they would get busy.

Gu Ma is responsible for cleaning the house. She uses a broom made of bamboo to clean up all the cobwebs in the house, then sweeps the ground, wipes the doors and windows, and makes the house look brand new.

Father Gu took out the blessing paper he bought during the market, wrote the names of the ancestors with a brush, and then used the paper wallet to pay.Finally, put a brazier in the main room, pile up the written blessing papers, and then light it up, implying to pay homage to the ancestors.

When Gu Chen was a child, he ran around with firecrackers, setting off firecrackers with his friends, throwing them into the water and mud, because he was injured more than a few times.

Although it hurts to death every time, I still enjoy it every year without fear.

But since I grew up, I set off less firecrackers, and I help my parents with some housework, such as posting couplets, lighting fires, and so on.

After eating some snacks, Gu Chen took the couplets and a bowl of rice soup and started posting couplets.

Yes, when I was young, I usually used rice soup or rice to post couplets at home. In Gu Chen's opinion, it was relatively solid, and there was no pollution at all.

Just as they were sticking together, Gu Chen saw Papa Gu returning with a bucket, his face was full of smiles.

"Dad, what fish are you eating today?"

Gu Chen put down the couplet and ran over directly, ready to look at the fish in the bucket.

Papa Gu smiled and said, "I bought a grass carp and a silver carp. Today we eat grass carp and save the silver carp to eat when we call your uncle and grandpa over in the second day of junior high."

Seeing the grass carp weighing four to five catties breathing slowly at the bottom of the bucket, Gu Chen laughed.

"This fish is really fat. With your dad's skill, it must be very delicious."

Gu's father is also very good at cooking. Although the fish at home does not have as many tricks as in the city, he just uses sauerkraut and watercress to braise it, but Gu Chen feels that it is not inferior to the dishes in the restaurants in the city.

When the fish came back, Papa Gu started to kill chickens and ducks. This troublesome thing is usually done by Papa Gu in Gu Chen's house.Although Gu Chen is so old, it seems a bit difficult for him to kill a chicken.

After Gu Chen posted the couplet, he also came to help Gu's father and Gu's mother get chickens and ducks.

Seeing that the duck hadn't been killed yet, Gu Chen became interested and said directly, "Dad, shall I kill this duck?"

At this time, Gu's father was working with Gu's mother on the chicken's fine hair, and he turned around and asked, "Can you do it?"

Gu Chen said with a smile: "Dad, how can you underestimate me. Just watch."

"Okay, then you go and kill." Hearing what Gu Chen said, Dad Gu didn't object, and agreed directly.

After watching it so many times, Gu Chen has long been familiar with the process of killing chickens, and his developed body and brain are not the same as before.

Killing a duck is just a matter of minutes, Gu Chen thinks.

Gu Chen grabbed the duck out from the back sling, then pinched the duck's neck and duck's head together, protruding a large piece of the duck's neck.

Then Gu Chen picked up the knife and cut the duck's neck artery fiercely. Almost at the moment when the duck's blood burst out, Gu Chen adjusted his position so that the duck's blood flowed into the bowl on the ground.

This duck blood can't be wasted, the pea tip duck blood soup made with this duck blood is very delicious.

After half a minute, the duck's blood was basically drained, and it was almost dead.

Then Gu Chen put the duck aside, took the bucket to the pot in the kitchen, scooped half of the bucket of boiling water out.

Farmer’s markets in the city use that kind of black rosin to prepare chickens and ducks, but in rural areas, they can only use hot boiled water.The difference is that it is very clean with rosin, but not with hot water.

Gu Chen put the bucket on the ground, then lifted the duck's legs, and put the duck head down into the scalding boiling water.And adjust the position at any time, so that the duck is completely soaked, especially the place with duck feathers.

After soaking for about ten or twenty seconds, Gu Chen lifted the duck out and put it on the stool next to it.

While it is still hot, quickly pull out the duck feathers with your hands, but be careful not to get burned at this time.

If the hair in some places cannot be pulled out, continue to put it in boiling water to scald it, then pick it up and continue to pull it out.

Finally, after all the excess hairs are plucked, the step of scalding and plucking the hairs with boiling water is completed.

The next step is to use small clips to pull out some fine hairs. This process takes the longest time, because there are many fine hairs that cannot be removed without careful cleaning.

If you want to eat clean, take your time and get all the fluff out of it.

But for everyone, if you don't particularly care about it, it's almost fine.

At this time, after Gu Ma cleaned up the chicken over there, she came over to help Gu Chen clean up the duck.

And Papa Gu started to butcher the chicken, took out the internal organs of the chicken, then cut the chicken into small pieces, and stewed the chicken vermicelli later.

Seeing that Gu Chen skillfully killed the duck, and now he started to pluck the fluff, Gu's father laughed: "Okay, Gu Chen. I haven't seen it for nothing for so many years, and I'm so proficient at killing a duck for the first time."

Gu Chen smiled and said, "That's right, you don't even know whose son it is. Haha..."

At this time, Gu Chen also noticed some changes in himself. He felt that after passing through the low-level gene optimization liquid, not only his physical fitness was greatly improved, but also his abilities in other aspects were greatly improved.

Especially the quality of heart, if it was before, if you want to kill yourself, you may still be a little flustered for the first time.

But today Gu Chen discovered that with the huge memories of his childhood, Gu Chen killed chickens in a smooth manner, without feeling jerky at all.

For this potential change, Gu Chen is a little delighted, is it because he will learn things by himself very quickly in the future?

Thinking of this, Gu Chen felt that when he was not busy in the future, he should learn more skills to enrich his life.

In fact, Gu Chen especially admires the Emperor of Lisboa from the neighboring country. It seems that there is nothing he can't do, such as driving a chariot, flying a fighter jet, diving... It's just a random skill, and he is very good at it.

To use a saying on the Internet, it means "the life of cheating does not need to be explained".

Gu Chen secretly made up his mind that when he is not busy later, try guitar, go, diving, skiing, parachute, etc., maybe he will find more fun.

With the joint efforts of Gu Chen and Gu Ma, the duck was quickly cleaned up, and in Gu Chen's view, it had reached the level of cleanliness.

Then Gu Chen carried a handful of easily flammable straw from the woodshed, and took out a small handful and lit it.

After the flames ignited, Gu Chen held the duck's feet in one hand and the duck's head in the other, and put the whole body of the duck on the fire to roast.Of course, in order to avoid burning, it is necessary to turn it over after a while, mainly to roast the finer fluff on the duck to make the duck look cleaner.

After a short roast, the cleaning of the whole duck is done, and after that it's time to slice it.

Of course, this will be handed over to Gu Dad who is cutting the chicken, and Gu Chen will light the fire for Gu Ma.

The chicken and pork are all cut up, and the next step is to cook, which is usually done by Gu Mama.

Gu Chen lit the fire, Gu Ma cooked, everyone was busy, and it was twelve o'clock at noon.

The rice had already been cooked, and Gu Ma's fried dishes were also served on the square table, including stewed chicken and carrot vermicelli, beer duck, twice-cooked pork with cabbage, bacon, sausage, and braised fish with braised pickled cabbage that Gu Pa was about to prepare.

But it's not time to eat yet, so the elders need to eat first.

Gu Ma put eight bowls and chopsticks on the table, and put some rice in each bowl, and then said respectfully: "Elders, it's time to eat."

At this time, Gu Chen went to get a plate of firecrackers, hung them on the peach tree beside the Changba, and lit them directly.

"Crackling..."

The sound of firecrackers from Gu Chen's family and the sound of firecrackers in the village formed a string, and the sound of firecrackers from that family meant that the family had started to have a reunion dinner.

At this time, all the dishes were served, and Gu's father also poured wine, and the three of Gu Chen's family began to eat happily.

Unlike in the city, the New Year's Eve dinner here in Qingxi Village is at noon, not at night, which is a little different.

Gu Chen picked up the wine glass and said affectionately to his parents: "Mom and Dad, today is Chinese New Year. I wish you a happy New Year, good health and all the best."

Papa Gu smiled and said, "Okay. Happy New Year."

Gu Ma picked up the wine glass and said with a smile, "Happy New Year."

In the past, Gu Chen was not so proactive, toasting his parents and saying some blessings.

But Gu Chen felt that since it was the day of reunion, what should be said still had to be said.Perhaps because of this sentence, the parents are very happy and comforted.

Parents have raised me for so many years, they are getting older, and they have worked hard all their lives, but they have not enjoyed too many blessings.From Gu Chen's point of view, if you say this once, it will be one less time.

Gu Chen looked at his parents, thinking of the little things before, his eyes suddenly became a little wet.

Gu Chen realized that he hadn't had such a happy meal with his family for a long time, thinking that next year by this time, there would be a family of four, and Gu Chen became happier again.

There is nothing better than being with your parents.

Gu Chen took out his mobile phone, and then sent a video to Shen Qingzhu, planning to say some blessings to his elders.

"Qingzhu, are you eating?"

Shen Qingzhu said directly over there: "We are going to eat soon. Uncles and aunts, I wish you a happy new year and all the best."

Hearing the voice of the future daughter-in-law, Gu's father and Gu Ming all smiled and agreed.

"Qingzhu, I also wish you a happy new year."

"Qing Zhu, Happy New Year."

Then Gu Chen asked: "Qing Zhu, where are Uncle Shen and Auntie Shen?"

Then Shen Qingzhu turned the camera to his parents, and heard them say to Gu Chen, "Gu Chen, Happy New Year."

Gu Chen smiled and said, "Uncle and Auntie, I wish you a happy new year. Be healthy and happy in the new year."

Next, Gu Chen talked about the first few days of going to Rongcheng, and got the strong support of Gu Chen's parents.At the same time, Dad Gu also chatted with Shen Qingzhu's parents for a while. Everyone was looking forward to meeting in a few days, and the time was set on the fifth day of the lunar new year.

After eating, the most important New Year's Eve dinner for Gu Chen is over.

Then they played on their own, Gu's father went to the village to find other people, while Gu's mother and Gu Chen were frying stuffing at home, preparing to make pig cakes on the first day of tomorrow.

In the countryside, in the evening, after dinner, watching the Spring Festival Gala, and setting off fireworks, unlike in the city, there are many lantern festivals to watch.

The sound of firecrackers that Gu Chen was familiar with did not dissipate until the morning of the first day of the new year.

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