Chapter 66: 、 67

The New Year is getting closer, and in a blink of an eye there are only a dozen days left before the New Year. It's snowing outside, and it can't resist everyone's good mood for the New Year.
There is a jingle in Luoxia Village, telling about what the villagers will start to do from the 23rd year of the twelfth lunar month, "Twenty-three, sacrifice to the stove officer; twenty-four, house sweeping day; twenty-five, grinding tofu; two Sixteenth, cut off the new year meat; twenty-seven, slaughter a chicken; twenty-eight, send the noodles; twenty-nine, steam the buns; stay overnight on the 30th, twist and twist on the first day of the new year."
Because of the abundance of money in her hand, Lin Qingwan decided that she must have a good first year in the Daxi Dynasty. This is also a strange problem of Lin Qingwan's previous life, and she likes tossing around every year.
She asked Yang Tiegen to go to the pork vendor to buy pork in advance, and directly brought back two whole pigs that had been killed. The pig's head, trotters, ribs and the like were kept for the New Year to eat, and the others continued to be filled with fresh meat.
The restaurant in the town closed on the 27th and went home for the New Year, and would not open until the 15th of the first lunar month. Lin Qingwan didn't stop cooking fresh lapis because other people closed the door. She discussed with Yang's and Sanfang couple and planned to reserve more before the New Year, because there will not be a lot of pork on the market for a long time after the New Year.
For this, Lin Qingwan asked Yang Tiegen to buy a few hundred catties of pork back. She also asked him to talk to the butcher who ordered pork every time, and asked him to send it to the Yang family as soon as there was a pig after the Chinese New Year.
Therefore, several people have been very busy during this period. Yang's and Sanfang couples were busy preparing savoury flavor in advance, and even brought Yang's daughter-in-law, Zhou's. Lin Qingwan refused to let her interfere because she was pregnant, so she had to prepare something for the New Year at home.
Lin Qingwan was going to prepare some new year goods in advance as she did for the New Year in her previous life, so she marinated some of the unloaded ribs and made them into cured pork ribs. She also marinated a jar of bacon, and asked Yang Tiegen to buy some large grass carp and chicken The chicken came back and marinated the cured fish and chicken.
After everything was marinated, she hung them up with straw ropes and hung them on the beams of the house.
During this period, Yang Tiezhu didn't know why his daughter-in-law was doing these weird things, but he beat her a little bit by the side. Wanwan has a lot of spooky ideas, and she knows how to eat. Yang Tiezhu knows all of these in her heart, so he never asked her.
These are just eating at a glance, and he can just eat at that time.
When Yang's side rushed to make all the Lamei Xian, it was almost the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. A few people rested for a day, and then they began to be busy with New Year's things.
Twenty-three is to worship the Kitchen God. In the past, Yang Tiezhu and Yang Tiegen used to worship the Kitchen God together with the main house. This year they have separated their families and can only worship the Kitchen God themselves.
Before offering to the Kitchen God, Lin Qingwan would not do it. However, the Yao clan will make the cooking candies for the Yang Family to worship the Kitchen God every year.
Early in the morning on the 22nd, the Yao family brought the materials prepared in advance to the second room to make kitchen candies with Lin Qingwan.
To make kitchen sugar, you need to prepare the "enzyme" in advance. Lin Qingwan didn't know what an "enzyme" is, so Yao explained it to her. Just soak a few catties of millet (small yellow rice) in water to soak it thoroughly, and then pay attention to moisturizing and warmth to let it sprout. Because of the cold weather outside, Yao put the soaked millet in his house. After waiting for two days, the germinated millet grows about half an inch of white buds, and all the germinated millet with water and millet are ground. These broken millet with juice and water are the ‘enzymes’ for cooking sugar.
Yao's "Zhuzi" was made in advance, but he explained the production process to Lin Qingwan.
Lin Qingwan seemed to understand but not understand, but still remembered the production process.
While Yao Shi was talking to her, he steamed a big pot of mizu rice. After the battered rice is ready, let it sit aside and let it dry for a while. It doesn't feel hot to the touch, so put the "enzyme" in it, then start to stir, and set it aside evenly.
Yao said that cooking sugar can only be started after the battered rice has almost melted into thin syrup. Normally, it will be almost done after one or two hours.
After eating dinner at noon, Yao Shi went to look at the contents of the pot. The minced rice in the pot had turned into thin sugar juice.
She put the pot directly on the stove again, lit the fire, added some soil honey in, and let it boil. When the boil was not half dry and thick, Yao Shi brought the pot down.
After a while, when the sugar in the pot was almost dry, Yao started to rub the sugar on the chopping board into a strip.
Lin Qingwan was surprised when she was watching. This is exactly the ancient simple version of making sugar, but she didn't expect that this little yellow rice can also be made of sugar.
She wanted to touch one and taste it, but Yao refused to let her take it, saying that it would be delicious if it was left outside and frozen overnight. It is not delicious now.
Lin Qingwan looked at the two girls who looked at her eagerly, and then at Tang. I thought that a child could hold it back, and she could hold it too.
After the kitchen sugar had been frozen overnight, Lin Qingwan got up early the next morning and brought the kitchen sugar in. First touch one for yourself and taste it. One bite is crispy and sweet.
But to say that it is very delicious is also far-fetched, after all, in my previous life, I didn't eat less candy and chocolate. However, Lin Qingwan has hardly eaten candies since she walked in, so she ate a piece of it suddenly, which was quite good.
The two Niuniu liked them very much. Lin Qing Wansai gave them a piece, and the two girls were reluctant to eat it. They bite a bit and put them in their pockets. After a while, they took a bite out of their pockets.
Lin Qingwan was very sad, and praised the two girls to go to Haikou, so that they can eat hard, and the second aunt will make it for you if they don't have enough.
After the two little girls thanked the second aunt, they were still reluctant to bite the candies, so Lin Qingwan had no choice but to touch her nose.
Sacrifice to the Kitchen God will start after the evening. In the evening, the Yao family cooked dinner and took Lin Qingwan to the outside room, leaving only Yang Tiegen and Yang Tiezhu in the cubicle.
The cubicle has been used as a stove since the second and third rooms were divided into homes. This is also a stove. After all, the stove for cooking was built, but Yang Tiegen bought a kitchen to stick it on the wall of the cubicle. on.
Before, Lin Qingwan didn't understand why he had to post the statue of the Kitchen God, but now after listening to Yao's words, he understands. It turns out that not only offerings are needed to worship the kitchen god, but also the mouth of the kitchen to "seal" the kitchen god.
Lin Qingwan asked why she couldn't watch it, and she didn't understand why until Yao Shi explained to her. It turns out that there is a custom here, "Men do not worship the moon, and women do not worship the stove." Women cannot worship the stove god.
Lin Qingwan pouted her lips, thinking that this is obviously discriminating against working women!
After a while, Yang Tiezhu and Yang Tiegen came out. Yang Tiegen took out a newly bought portrait of the kitchen god, and pasted it to the place where the kitchen was posted in the cubicle.
Then, several people began to bring the food to the Kang table to prepare for dinner.