In fact, in Liu Qingshan's view, there are many more relationships that need to be consolidated and deepened.

In a society of human relationships, when people move more and more, their feelings will naturally deepen.

So the next day, he took a prepared list and found the branch secretary and captain Zhang and discussed together.

"What? Giving gifts to county leaders is considered an unhealthy trend?"

The old branch secretary has always been steady and thinks this seems a bit inappropriate.

"It's just to send some vegetables and try them during the Chinese New Year. I would like to express our gratitude to our leaders for their strong support."

Liu Qingshan was not going to give away anything else: a large bundle of leeks, a large bundle of celery, and a few kilograms of cucumbers.

Captain Zhang nodded and expressed his support: "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, magistrate Wang, magistrate Zheng, and secretary Sun of the commune, have all visited our greenhouses and visited them to express their feelings. It is still necessary."

Well, it seems that the same is true for relatives and friends, who have to visit each other during the Chinese New Year, so the old branch secretary no longer stopped him and handed over the matter to Liu Qingshan and Captain Zhang for handling.

But I was not in a hurry. I had to pass the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month. The Chinese New Year is coming, so I will send the vegetables there.

If it is too early, it will be rotten before the Chinese New Year.

In the past few days, Liu Qingshan has followed the pigs to kill every day, and he didn't even throw away the pig blood. He froze it into blood lumps. When eating, he put it in a basin and melted it, so he can still eat it.

The so-called Heidao is a small bucket with a thin bottom and a thick top.

The reason why it is called this name is because it was passed from the Russians. It is actually a transliteration in Russian, just like the woodcut.

In addition to killing pigs, Liu Qingshan also slaughtered all the two strings of roosters in his family, a total of more than 200.

When someone comes to the car factory, they will take it away directly. Not to mention 200, even 20,000 can be digested.

The chickens that were slaughtered were plated into balls, with yellow skins and a scent of appetite at first glance.

On average, one is only more than three pounds, which can be worth about four yuan, more than two hundred yuan, and nearly one thousand yuan.

Removing costs can make more than 500 yuan, which makes the villagers envious.

Many people secretly made up their minds: they would start raising chickens next year.

But it is winter now, and Liu Jinfeng's laying hens have not reproduced. After the weather is warm, they will select twenty or thirty strong little hens to flock with the two breeding chickens.

All the eggs laid at this time are used to hatch chicks.

I killed so many chickens, kept a few for the New Year, and there were still a lot of chicken miscellaneous chickens left.

Including chicken heart, chicken liver and chicken gizzards, especially chicken gizzards, they are definitely good things. Whether it is fried or fried chicken gizzards, they are all first-class delicacies.

In a busy life, it is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. According to the custom here, this day is called Little New Year, which is second only to the grand day of the Spring Festival.

After the Little New Year, the New Year is in the countdown, and every household begins to be busy with the New Year.

When the little kids arrive, they will sing songs passed down from generation to generation:

Twenty-three, sugar melon sticks; Twenty-four, write the word "Fu".

Twenty-five, grind tofu; Twenty-six, stew pork.

Twenty-seven, slaughter the rooster; twenty-eight, slap the noodles.

Twenty-nine, steam buns; stay for a night at 30, and leave on the first day of the Lunar New Year...

As usual, Liu Qingshan got up early and went up the mountain. After exercising, he went home with his master to celebrate the Little New Year.

According to local customs, dumplings are made in the morning of the New Year. It is difficult for a whole family to mix, so it is still a two-fold filling, one is meat and one is vegetable.

The vegetarian stuffing is leeks and eggs, and then chop some vermicelli to pieces; the other is sauerkraut, plus the oil left over from boiling lard a few days ago.

Pickled cabbage and oil residue are a perfect match. Pickled cabbage likes oil, while oil residue is greasy and neutralizes it and tastes fragrant.

A whole family, plus Professor Wang and his old couple, were more than ten people, and they were busy together to make dumplings. One panel was not enough.

What to celebrate the Chinese New Year?

Liu Qingshan believes that the New Year is popular, and of course no one is not lively.

Just like during the Chinese New Year, when the family had two or three people, sometimes the children didn’t come back during the Chinese New Year, would it be lively?

After Liu Qingshan finished cooking the dumplings, he first used a lever to pick out a few, put them behind the pot, and then invited the kitchen prince who had been placed behind the bowl rack to come out.

He is the head of the family, so the matter of sacrificing the nominal head of the family belongs to him.

When the incident happened a few years ago, all these things were cleared out. In the past two years, there were people selling the Kitchen God again, just painted on paper, which was relatively simple.

Another plate of stove candy was placed on the stove, which was the Guandong candy I bought from the market a few days ago. Then, Liu Qingshan began to say:

They have a special set of kowtowers on their side: "The Kitchen God, whose original surname is Zhang, rides a white horse and has a silver spear... Go to heaven to tell good things, and return to the palace to surrender for good luck."

After reading this, the Kitchen God's statue was placed on a big rooster made of sorghum, stuffed it into the stove and burned it, and the Kitchen God went to the Jade Emperor to report.

When the New Year's Eve is over, the Kitchen God will be brought back and will continue to serve as the head of the family.

After the simple ceremony, the fourth and fifth brother set off two firecrackers outside, and everyone went into the house to eat dumplings. The two large tables were filled with laughter and joy, which was very lively.

"I want to eat wheat ear dumplings!"

The little old lady was whispering, and she picked up a wheat ear-shaped dumpling from the plate, put it in a mountain apricot bowl, and then picked up another one by himself and ate it happily.

These wheat ear dumplings are all made from Linzhi. She is skillful and wheat ear dumplings represent a good harvest.

In fact, whether it is the dumpling skin or the dumpling filling, it is the same, but children always think that such dumplings are more delicious.

"Then I will eat this zygomatic family, and the family is harmonious and beautiful."

Liu Qingshan put a zygote with two layers of skin in the middle of the filling. Usually this is wrapped until the end and used to rub the edge of the basin. There is no filling, but the meaning is very good.

After breakfast, the little brother and the little brother went out for a walk and came back to report: "Brother, the lantern poles of the branch secretary's grandfather's house are all up!"

Their customs here are that during the Chinese New Year, a wooden pole with lanterns tied up on top, and decorated with colorful paper.

It is somewhat similar to the foreign Christmas trees. I don’t know if it was passed from the Russians?

This lantern pole has a lot of origin and is widely circulated, and is related to Jiang Taigong.

After Jiang Ziya was appointed as the god, she found that she had forgotten to seal herself and had no choice but to squat on the lantern pole.

A more reliable saying was passed down from the Manchus. Nurhaci used a Solo pole to sacrifice to heaven. The people could not get the Solo pole, so they put up a simplified version, which gradually evolved into a lantern pole.

During the Chinese New Year, high lantern poles are erected and lanterns are hung, which is bright. Didn’t the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year be there all at once?

After listening to the report from two young people, Liu Qingshan also waved his hand: "Then let's hold up the lantern pole too!"

The two little guys immediately jumped up with joy. After Liu Qingshan said that, he also laughed: "When we do this, why do I feel a little foolish when I visit the neighbors during the New Year."

They wanted to erect lantern poles, and their second sister Liu Yinfeng started to erect lanterns.

My second sister is skillful and has her own job of tying lanterns every year. She first uses sorrow straw to skeletons, then paste white lantern paper, and finally decorate it with colored paper. She draws dragons and phoenixes, which looks very beautiful.

Liu Qingshan carried an axe and led two little ones to cut down the branches.

This is best to use the head of the pine tree, because the pine needles are green and paired with colored paper, which makes them look particularly vibrant.

However, a lantern pole destroys a small tree. Liu Qingshan would not do this. He also planned to lead everyone to plant trees in the beginning of spring.

After arriving at the house, I found two round elm branches, climbed onto the tree and cut them down. The two little guys each carried one and dragged it home.

His family and grandpa's house, so he made two tree branches.

As soon as I walked to the gate, I heard something moving behind me, and there was a low and thick yogurt.

Shan Xing didn't have to look back, and cheered: "It's Dalu Lu back!"

not good!

Liu Qingshan wanted to run, but he could not run than the four-legged sika deer.

He was still gently pushed his back, and he lay on the ground and said hello.

After getting up, Shan Xing and Cai Feng were already close to the sika deer there.

There are also a few deer boys born this year who come over, with big eyes and watery eyes, which look so tame and ignorant.

The deer's head was not as tall as Shan Xing's. She raised her head and just licked the little girl's face, making her giggle.

Behind it was a large army. These guys were not afraid of people now, and they all used their hooves to dig up the snow on the ground.

Looks like that, I'm anxious: Why don't you eat?

Since the beginning of winter, the deer herds have come in about half a month, and Liu Qingshan's corn has eaten hundreds of kilograms.

I will get the interest back sooner or later!

He muttered and went to harvest corn again. The fourth brother also made some big grains of salt.

While feeding the deer, Shanxing also said, "Today is the Little New Year. I'll give you more food and just treat it as the New Year."

This little girl is really kind.

The deer couple was so close to her, maybe she felt this kind of kindness?

Liu Qingshan took a few photos of them, some riding a big sika deer, some getting close to the deer, and then went into the house to tie a lantern.

Everyone can get started with this job. My elder sister cuts colorful paper into small pennant flags, and my elder brother-in-law is responsible for wiping paste.

After feeding the sika deer, the four phoenixes and five phoenixes also went back to the house to help hand over the small flags. Liu Qingshan and his mother were responsible for pasting the colorful flags onto the branches.
To be continued...