80s Taoism

On the night of the New Year's Eve, the sky suddenly cleared up, and in the deep sky, the sky was full of stars twinkling. This is the long-lost good weather. The sky is about to turn sunny, the ice and snow will melt, and the days when the mountains will be covered by heavy snow will not be too long. As long as the snow in the mountains melted, the big blue wolves would no longer rush out of the big green mountains in groups to look for food in the village. The sharp sword hanging in Meiziao will also be hidden again.

The New Year is just around the corner, and the day of parting is slowly approaching. But this night, Zhang Youping and Liu Qiaoye refrained from thinking about the farewell on the sixth day of the first lunar month.

"Zai Zai, go with Dad to move out our family's cannonballs." Liu Qiaoye was busy in the kitchen.

"Mother, you have to come together." Zhang Jiaohua was very happy.

"Where can mother go?" Liu Qiaoye said with a smile.

"Girl, pull out the fire first, and I will come to help later. Go and light the fireworks first. Come out and have a look, this is the authentic Liuyang fireworks." Zhang Youping walked outside with the big firework on his shoulders.

These days, few people in the countryside are willing to buy fireworks and come back to listen to them. Zhang Youping put the fireworks on the open space in the yard, then turned to Zhang Jiaohua and Liu Qiaoye and said, "Don't get too close."

Zhang Youping took a puff of cigarette, the sparks from the cigarette butt flickered, aiming at the fuse of the firework, only heard a creak, and a spark got into the firework.

"boom!"

A small ball of fire rushed out suddenly and flew straight into the brilliant starry sky.

Boom!

The small fire ball suddenly exploded, and a huge colorful flower suddenly bloomed in the sky.

"It's so beautiful!" Liu Qiaoye murmured.

Zhang Jiaohua was also a little dazed.

Jinhu and the others danced with excitement, it was the first time for them to see such beautiful fireworks.

The Diamond Mountain Leopard hurried back to the house and hid.

The huge roar of the fireworks attracted everyone in Meiziao out of the room.

"Wow! It's so beautiful. These are fireworks!" The dumb man rushed out of the room and shouted, pointing to the sky.

"Youping is really willing to give up this year. He actually spent tens of dollars to buy fireworks." Zhang Shicai said with a smile.

Standing in the yard, Zhang Dechun felt that Zhang Youping's family had stolen all the limelight this year, and secretly made up his mind that he would also buy a few fireworks for his family during the Chinese New Year next year.

Zhang Yuanbao shouted loudly, "Fireworks, Fireworks, that's my second uncle's house!"

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The huge roar broke the silence of the mountain village, and the colorful flowers indicated that the changes in the mountain village were about to kick off.

"Thirty yuan, is it gone?" Liu Qiaoye said in a low voice.

Father and son Zhang Youping and Zhang Jiaohua hurried back to the house to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

"Zhang Youping! Didn't you say you were helping me?" Liu Qiaoye's voice immediately rang out in the yard.

Farmhouses in the Meiziao area will fry some delicious food on the 30th night. Because frying has the connotation of hair. This hair, not only refers to getting rich, but also making people. That is to say, the people are prosperous and the financial resources are strong.

As a housewife, Liu Qiaoye has a heavy task. She has to fry a pot of tofu, a dozen rice crackers, a few blanched skins, and make crispy meat. The crispy meat is stewed together with the New Year's Day radish in the stove. There is also a wild boar leg in it. To make crispy meat, you must first stew the meat thoroughly, then take out the pork, coat it with a layer of sweet rice wine, and then fry it in an oil pan until the skin is browned, and finally put it in the stove to continue cooking. At this time, the epidermis will wrinkle.

Rice flower is a kind of glutinous rice food. In the clear weather in autumn, glutinous rice is steamed and made into round cakes, and red glutinous rice dyed with rice flower red is used to embellish various patterns on the top, like blooming flowers. Hence the name of rice flower.

The production of scalding skin is also relatively cumbersome. First, the soaked rice must be ground into rice milk with a stone mill, and then scalded in a pot to form thin skins. Store it after drying. During Chinese New Year and festivals, when holding weddings, deep-fry the hot skin, which is crispy and delicious, with a unique taste.

"Mother, let me help you light the fire." Zhang Jiaohua moved a small stool and sat in front of the stove.

"Don't come, mother is burning a big firewood today, don't worry about it. You watch TV. The oil will burn you when it splashes out. You go and call dad over. I know I'm sitting there like an old man, and I don't know how to come and help." Liu Qiaoye hastily rejected Zhang Jiaohua's offer.

On the evening of the thirtieth day and the morning of the first day of the new year, worship the gods and ancestors. There is a series of rituals to be performed. This kind of thing should naturally be presided over by the male master of the family. Zhang Jiaohua also wanted to pay homage to the patriarch and gods from all walks of life. The gods are worshiped every day, and when it is critical, they will show their spirits.

Everything in the gala made Zhang Jiaohua feel that the world was too far away from him. Looking at it, he wanted to doze off, so he fell asleep directly on the fire cabinet.

When Zhang Youping came over, he shook Zhang Jiaohua awake, "Zai Zai, Zai Zai, don't sleep yet. I have to kowtow to our ancestors. Let our ancestors bless our cubs to be healthy and safe in the coming year.

Zhang Jiaohua fell asleep in a daze, stood up and followed Zhang Youping to the main room.

Zhang Youping set off a string of firecrackers outside the house to drive away Zhang Jiaohua's drowsiness.

The Diamond Mountain Leopard was so frightened that it quickly hid in the room. It was completely frightened by today's movement. Mainly because I haven't experienced it.

"Biaohua, come and kowtow to our ancestors." Zhang Youping pulled Zhang Jiaohua to the shrine.

Originally, according to the custom, it was necessary to keep vigil at night, but this custom has gradually become a thing of the past. Zhang Jiaohua watched the gala with her parents, and fell asleep again. When I woke up, it was already a new year.

With the arrival of a new year, time seems to move fast. A few days passed in a blink of an eye. On the night of the fifth day, the atmosphere at home was already a little different.

Liu Qiaoye packed two snakeskin bags with the things she and the man were going to take to Guangdong. Put it in the center of the hall. Early in the morning on the sixth day of the sixth day, I hurried from home to the town station to take a bus. The ticket was already in Liu Qiaoye's purse.

Liu Qiaoye couldn't stop crying when she thought of leaving Zai Zai to go to a distant place early the next morning.

"Zai Zai, listen to your grandparents at home. Don't go outside. Don't take a bath in the pond. Do you understand? When you miss your parents, write to your parents. They will also write to you. In the future, when your parents earn money, they will buy you delicious food and toys." Liu Qiaoye hugged the child tightly in her arms. Zai Zai is so big, but he has never left his parents. Now I have to live alone. Why doesn't Liu Qiaoye feel distressed.

However, life always pushes people forward. Whether you are sad or happy.

Zhang Jiaohua was at a loss. How does he know what will happen tomorrow?