Golden Fishing Village

After returning from the market, Ao Muyang prepared to cook. Ao Fugui waved his hand and said, "What the hell are you cooking? Come to my house and start steaming the buns. Let's eat them while they're hot. They're so fragrant!"

Ao Muyang smiled and said, "Okay."

In the morning, Ao Fugui's parents built a steamer at home. The stove was stacked high, and a large steamer was placed on it. There were four layers in total.

The stove was assisted by a blower, and the fire was very strong. As the dry firewood was stuffed in, the flames kept licking out, and the faces of the people being roasted were red and hot.

When Ao Muyang and his friends went back, the first pot was almost done. The snow-white and dense steam rose into the air, straight up and down, and it looked like someone was cultivating immortals in the yard.

At this time, looking from the mountain, many yards in the village seemed to have people cultivating immortals. When there was no sea breeze, the billowing white air connected into pieces in the air, which was extremely spectacular.

At this time, the aroma of steamed buns was also very strong. The original wheat aroma was more attractive than any meat aroma, and it made people swallow their saliva.

The general was also swallowing his saliva. He took advantage of Ao Muyang's inattention and ran to the steamer and stood up, wanting to see what was steamed in the pot.

Ao Muyang saw it and quickly dragged it back. It refused to retreat and continued to push forward.

This made him very angry, so he simply pushed it into the stove: "Here, come in, just in time to eat roasted dog meat during the New Year."

The general was roasted in front of the dog, and the fire temperature was too high, so it was scared and shrank its tail and ran back again.

The steamer was opened, and thicker steam rolled up, and the more fragrant smell of steamed buns appeared in the yard...

A pot of steamed buns came out of the oven, and Ao Fugui put it on a plate and handed it to Ao Muyang, saying: "Come, Yangzi, big steamed buns for the New Year, they are so fragrant."

Because people from the county and Hongyang came to buy, many people in the village steamed buns in various ways, such as milk buns, soy milk buns, grain buns, cowpea buns, red bean buns, etc.

He blew on it, and when the buns were not so hot, he took a bite.

When steaming buns, pickles were also steamed. These were pickles soaked in lard, including radish strips, cabbage, pickled green vegetables, etc., sprinkled with pepper, ginger, star anise and other spices, and paired with buns, they were more delicious than meat.

Ao Xiaoniu's buns were also steamed here, and the pickles were prepared by Song Qiumin, and they were fragrant when they were served.

Ao Muyang dipped the hot white steamed buns in some oil soup, which was fragrant and spicy, and really appetizing!

At noon and at night that day, Ao Muyang ate two meals in a row, and he was so happy!

In addition to steamed buns, there were people in the village who were busy making other foods, such as sweet potato cakes.

Song Qiumin was making sweet potato cakes at home. As soon as Ao Muyang had dinner, Ao Xiaoniu brought him a box of freshly baked sweet potato cakes.

Seeing that it was getting late, Ao Muyang said, "Xiao Niu, I'll help your mother. Why is it so late?"

Ao Xiaoniu chewed the sweet potato cake slices and made a crunching sound: "Yeah, my mother made a lot this year, and I'll give them to you, so that you can share them with the villagers when the time comes."

Hearing this, Ao Muyang couldn't stand by and said, "Let's go, uncle will help."

Sweet potato cake is naturally made of sweet potatoes. First, peel the sweet potatoes and steam them. After they are mashed, mix them with sesame seeds, both white and black sesame seeds, and then stir them into sweet potato puree.

After Ao Muyang went there, he took the stone mortar and started pounding. He was strong, and the ten-pound stone mortar in his hand rotated like a windmill, and soon pounded out the sticky sweet potato puree.

Song Qiumin took a large bowl with wet gauze in it. She put the sweet potato puree in it and then turned it upside down on the bamboo slice mat. In this way, it was sweet potato chips, a bit like French fries.

In the past, it was made during the day and then dried in the sun for a few days. Now there are electric heaters, which can generate heat even better than the sun in winter.

After drying, Song Qiumin started to fry them. Sweet potato chips can be fried salty, that is, fried with salt, or sweet, that is, fried with clean sea sand, which retains the sweetness of the sweet potato itself.

After frying, Ao Muyang took a piece in his mouth. This is the folk version of potato chips, which is crunchy and tastes sweet.

After frying the last sweet potato cake, Song Qiumin packed it in a cardboard box and asked Ao Muyang to take it back. She also bought small paper boxes for packaging and asked him to share it with some people who have good relationships tomorrow.

Sharing sweet potato cakes is also a local tradition, that is, sharing sugar, but in the past, the conditions were not good, and people could not afford sugar cubes at home, so they used the equally sweet sweet potato cakes instead.

Now, this has become a tradition.

In addition to sweet potato cakes, there is also frozen rice candy, which Song Qiumin also prepared for Ao Muyang.

Unlike sweet potato cakes, frozen rice candy must be made in advance. This thing is made of glutinous rice. After washing the glutinous rice, put it in a large iron pot and steam it vigorously. When it is dried, start frying it. The cooked glutinous rice will expand, and finally pour a little sugar juice on it. After freezing it at night, it is fried frozen rice.

Soon, the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, New Year's Eve, arrived.

In the surrounding areas of Qiantan Town, people usually post Spring Festival couplets and hang hanging money on New Year's Eve.

The weather was warm in the morning, and fishermen came to the dock to post Spring Festival couplets and "Fu" characters on fishing boats.

Ao Muyang didn't have to do it, Ao Daguo helped him.

He prepared a lot of wedding couplets for ships. First, he hung a big Fu character that was two meters high on the bow, then posted "smooth sailing" on the cockpit door, and posted "full load" on the stern.

There are rules for posting wedding couplets on the boat. For example, the "Fu" character posted on the bow cannot be posted upside down like people on the shore. Posting upside down means "flipping", which is a taboo for boatmen.

The Dalongtou is a big ship, so there are many places to post wedding couplets, and door gods should be posted on the crew cabin doors. Colorful flags and lanterns should be erected on the bow to decorate the fishing boat.

After a busy day, Ao Daguo finally finished his work.

After checking that there was no problem, he patted the bow and sighed: "Man, happy New Year, I wish you a happy New Year first, you work hard next year, we will make a fortune, make a fortune together!"

Ao Muyang called Zhong Cang and asked: "Brother Cang, how is my sister-in-law?"

Zhong Cang smiled and said: "Okay, she was discharged from the hospital today, and she doesn't have to spend the New Year in the hospital."

Ao Muyang said: "Where are you going to spend the New Year?"

Zhong Cang said: "My friend rented a house in Hongyang, I want to spend the New Year with him."

Ao Muyang said: "Is your friend alone?"

Zhong Cang was silent for a while and said: "No, he has a family."

Ao Muyang smiled and said: "Then don't disturb the family reunion, you come to my place, I have many rooms and a good environment, let's spend the New Year together."

Zhong Cang said without hesitation: "Okay, Longtou, I will do whatever you ask me to do."

Execution is as strong as ever.

Ao Muyang drove a Mercedes to pick up the couple. Wang Xia had just finished surgery and was afraid to move. Zhong Cang carefully helped her get into the car, as if he was holding a national treasure.

After getting in the car, he drove himself. He drove the long mountain road smoothly and steadily, which was completely different from the feeling when Ao Muyang drove when they came.