Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

"Mom." Yu Dongqing called out and quickly quickened her pace. Liu Fenglan also saw her son and came up to him with a smile.

"Mom, it's such a cold day, don't catch a cold while standing." Yu Dongqing said.

"Haha, it's okay." Liu Fenglan looked at her son with loving eyes, then turned to her little granddaughter standing aside.

"Is this Tongtong? She hasn't grown so big in a few years."

"Tongtong, call grandma quickly." Yu Dongqing urged.

"Grandma." The little girl looked at the unfamiliar old man in front of her and called out in a crisp voice.

"Hey." Liu Fenglan's wrinkled face suddenly opened up and she took Tongtong's little hand: "Let's go home. Grandma will cook delicious food for you."

Yu Dongqing carried the luggage and the three of them entered the village.

After the construction of new rural areas, the appearance of the current countryside has been greatly improved. There is a straight cement road, the walls on both sides are white, and there are some traditional Chinese paintings such as plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, and the houses have also been completely brand new.

But what hasn’t changed is the style of the house, which is still the traditional “half-sided” house in the Guanzhong area.

The three of them entered a courtyard in the village, which is a very common farmhouse in the countryside.

The red-painted door has five words inlaid with colorful bricks: "Home and everything will be prosperous." After entering, there are four blue brick houses with bright and clean windows, with side rooms on both sides. The small yard is very clean, and the only thing that is not What has changed is that there are two jujube trees planted against the wall.

Yu Dongqing remembers that when she was a child, these two jujube trees had grown up. She often secretly knocked the jujubes with a broom and ate them before the jujubes were ripe, and was often scolded by her mother.

Although the jujube trees now have no leaves in winter, they are still lush.

This reminded Yu Dongqing of Lu Xun's famous saying: "In my back garden, you can see two trees outside the wall, one is a jujube tree, and the other is also a jujube tree."

After Yu Dongqing put down her luggage, Liu Fenglan greeted her enthusiastically: "Are you hungry? I cooked your favorite "big knife noodles" when you were a child."

Yu Dongqing almost drooled when he heard this. In Yanjing, he ate all the fried noodles and saozi noodles from the Guanzhong area of ​​Qin Province, even the popular bangbang noodles and glutinous rice noodles in the southern part of Qin Province, and the popular mutton noodles in the north. I have, but I have never eaten broad-sword noodles.

"Tongtong, go with dad to eat the big noodles made by grandma!"

Yu Dongqing said to her daughter with a smile.

Dadao Noodles is one of the traditional delicacies in the Huayin area, with a long history and rich cultural connotations. It is rolled with a pair of sticks and cut with a guillotine (blade), hence the name.

In Huayin, there is a saying that "the noodle shop in front of the government office" means that this big knife noodle restaurant once opened in front of the government office, which also shows the long history of big knife noodles.

The reason why it is called "big knife noodles" is because the knife used to cut the noodles is very large, almost like an original guillotine. Speaking of "guillotine", people over forty years old who have experienced rural life will understand that it was a knife originally used to cut fodder for livestock. Of course, the current guillotine is specially used for cutting noodles.

The handmade noodles are served with traditional saozi - stir-fry homemade soybean bean paste with warm oil to create a rich sauce aroma, add onion and ginger, add diced tofu, vermicelli segments, add soup, and stew over low heat. .

Yu Dongqing looked at the large porcelain bowl brought by her mother, which was bright red and golden in color. Overflowing with the aroma of sauce, her appetite suddenly whetted her appetite. She poured in balsamic vinegar and spicy oil, and the whole bowl of noodles was eaten in a few minutes. .

My stomach feels warm and comfortable.

Looking at my daughter, she was also sitting on a small stool eating noodles, sweating profusely.

"Where's my dad?" Yu Dongqing asked, still not seeing his father.

"He went to your uncle Honggang's house in the west of the village to help. His youngest son will get married tomorrow. Your second uncle and third uncle have both gone there." Liu Fenglan explained.

Uncle Honggang's name is Yu Honggang. He is the grandson of Yu Dongqing's father, Yu Hongjun, and is relatively close to him.

In fact, half of the entire Beizhai Village has the surname Yu, and they are all related to each other. They go to help anyone's family with anything.

Yu Dongqing's father, Yu Hongjun, once worked as a chef, so every family in the village would ask him to come and help when there was a wedding or wedding.

When Yu Dongqing heard this, she became interested and said to her mother, "Should I go over to see my Uncle Honggang?"

"Go ahead, it's very lively there. Wait for me to clean up the house and I'll go there later."

Yu Dongqing took her daughter's little hand, walked out of the gate and walked towards the east of the village. Before she had walked a mile, she heard a man's high-pitched singing voice coming from a yard not far away.

Let the sea and the sky gather energy for me

to create the world

Go for my ideal

"Men should strengthen themselves"!

Third uncle’s voice!

Yu Dongqing quickened his pace.

In a courtyard at the east end of the village, the door was open, and figures were moving and laughing, just like celebrating the New Year. Yu Dongqing pulled her daughter over, and people she knew immediately greeted her.

"Holly, come back to celebrate the New Year?"

"Yeah, Uncle Jianguo, he's back for the New Year."

In fact, Yu Dongqing graduated from high school and went to college, and later worked in other places. She didn't have much time to come back. Many people were not familiar to her. She knew they were from the village but couldn't call them by their names, but they all greeted her warmly.

Entering the courtyard, the host immediately greeted him.

"Dongqing, you're back." The person who spoke was Yu Honggang, wearing a leather jacket, his face flushed and he handed Yu Dongqing a cigarette.

"Thanks, uncle, I don't smoke." Yu Dongqing declined: "Where is my dad?"

"He took people to the town to buy things. Find a place to sit. Don't go back at night. Let's eat."

In Huayin, a child's wedding is a big event. It usually takes three days to prepare in advance. Not only are there helpers, but some family members also come over, so it seems very lively.

Yu Dongqing said, Uncle Honggang, you go and do your work, I can just sit there, but Yu Honggang was not polite, he said a few more words and went about his own business.

There was a shed set up in the yard with tables placed inside. Yu Dongqing randomly found an empty seat and sat down, greeting the laugher next to him.

Even though it was winter, there were coal-burning braziers placed under each table so it didn't feel too cold.

Yu Dongqing saw his third uncle Yu Hongguang singing hard on a temporary stage set up in the west of the yard.

After singing the song "Men Should Strengthen Theirself", there was immediate cheers and applause. Yu Hongguang did not step down from the stage, but sang the Internet divine song:

Let’s learn to meow together

Meow meow meow meow together

Act like a baby in front of you

Ouch, meow, meow, meow, meow

Yu Dongqing was dumbfounded.

This is the first time I heard someone singing this squeaking song as Hong Zhong Da Lu. This is not a cat, but a tiger.

This reminded Yu Dongqing of Uncle Teng, who had bloodbathed the music world in time and space.

But he still won a round of applause, especially when a wrinkled peasant woman sitting next to Yu Dongqing slapped her hands very loudly, which attracted Yu Dongqing's attention.

"Who is she? I don't think I've seen her before?" Yu Dongqing asked the person next to her in a low voice.

"Hey Zhang Sulian, Widow Zhang, lives in the south of the village."

Is she Widow Zhang? !

She’s not very good looking, she’s not as good as my third mother, and makes my third uncle obsessed with me?

Yu Dongqing took a closer look at the smiling Widow Zhang, and suddenly understood the reason.

Because from the eyes of this plain-looking peasant woman, Yu Dongqing could see the look of admiration for the man on the stage.

Yu Hongguang got tired after singing several songs in a row and stepped off the stage to take a rest. Popular songs immediately started playing from the speakers temporarily hung in the yard.

It's very powerful and a bit noisy, but that's what happens in rural areas, it's lively.

When Yu Hongguang stepped down, Yu Dongqing quickly stood up and waved. When Yu Hongguang saw it, he walked over with a smile.

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