MTL - Go Back To 1980 and Enjoy It-Chapter 156 Enjoy every day

Chapter 156 Enjoying happiness every day

Nine p.m.

 At this time, except for a few people in Naye Village, most people in Naye Village have closed their doors and are sleeping.

However, today every household makes ancient rice dumplings and stews them since noon, and it has been basically finished until now. Therefore, except for those little kids and the elderly, most people have not rested, just waiting to eat ancient rice dumplings!

 The most delicious time for ancient rice dumplings is when they have just come out of the pot and are still hot to the touch.

 Although it is just as delicious when it’s cold in the morning, the taste is still a little bit worse.

This thing is basically eaten once a year. Everyone is very greedy, so naturally they want to eat one as soon as possible.

In the kitchen, Deng Shirong is taking the ancient rice dumplings out of the pot into the basket. The finished product of the ancient rice dumplings is as shown below:

After picking up all the ancient rice dumplings, Deng Shirong said to his children and daughter-in-law: "Okay, you can eat it. Be careful not to burn it!"

Zhang Xiuping smiled and said: "That's true. Counting the days, you are about to give birth, right?"

Guan Yongying rolled his eyes and said: "Aunt Atai, how are you doing this? You should be enjoying happiness every day. Don't think I don't know. Now Jiu Gong is trying different tricks to get you food every day. Alan and I are almost envious of him!"

 After all, we are all pregnant women, so there are still a lot of things to communicate with.

 “Since you know this, what are you embarrassed about?”

Zhang Xiuping looked at the half-eaten ancient rice dumpling and asked, "Dad, I won't be tired of eating just one, right?"

 The Dragon Boat Festival is called the May Festival in Bobai County. In addition to offering sacrifices to Grandpa, every household also hangs mugwort leaves.

Zhang Xiuping looked at Guan Yongying's frighteningly big belly and asked, "Yongying, you are like this, can you still sleep lying down?"

Except for Deng Shirong’s family, almost all other families were eating ancient rice dumplings at this time.

The so-called hanging mugwort leaves means going up the mountain to pick fresh mugwort leaves and hang them on the door. This is used to ward off evil spirits and pestilence, and turn bad luck into good luck.

The children, who had been greedy for a long time, could not hold back. They chose semi-fat, lean or pure lean rice dumplings according to their own needs, and then peeled off the hot rice dumplings while blowing on them.

At the same time, the old woman is going to pick moxa leaves and dry them to make moxa sticks. Legend has it that the moxa sticks and moxa fire made on this day are particularly effective when used. Deng Shirong, who was born in 1936, believed in these things more than later generations. After he was reborn, he believed in these things even more firmly. Therefore, no matter whether the rules passed down by his ancestors were reasonable or not, he followed them meticulously.

Zhang Xiuping was not polite, took it and took a bite happily.

 The family ate sweet potatoes for lunch, while Guan Yongying, a pregnant woman, ate egg noodles.

 Deng Changfu’s family.

During this period, she and Dai Fanglan would come to Jiu Gong's house every now and then to chat with Aunt Atai, a pregnant woman.

 Under the longan tree, the two said hello and sat down to chat.

 The next day, the fourth day of May.

 “Yongying.”

Not only her, but several of Deng Shirong's children were also amazed by the taste of the ancient rice dumplings. They all didn't care about burning them and ate one bite after another, stopping from time to time to take a few breaths before biting into their mouths. The ancient rice dumplings were no longer hot, so I continued to chew them.

Since Guan Yongying became pregnant, her food has always been the only one in the family. Especially after she gave all the money her parents gave her to her mother-in-law, it goes without saying that her treatment at her mother-in-law's family has become even more important. What did the others eat? Anyway, her food was ranked among the best in the village.

 “Aunt Atai.”

 In this day and age, if you can have egg noodles for lunch, it is a very good meal.

Zhang Xiuping continued: "I have eaten such chewy ancient rice dumplings before, but the taste is far inferior to this!"

 In any case, if it is effective, it is the best. If it is not effective, it should be regarded as a kind of inheritance of folk customs. Anyway, he has nothing to lose.

 “Then I’ll just eat one!”

Zhang Xiuping couldn't help but laugh and said: "Looking at what you said, I know that your mother-in-law also gives you extra meals alone, and your food is not bad either!"

noon.

 “One that you won’t get tired of.”

Guan Yongying said: "It should be soon. I don't know the specific date of the birth. Anyway, my mother-in-law is always ready."

 When you eat the pork, bean sprouts and pork inside, the aroma goes straight to your forehead. The excellent texture and invincible taste are really delicious together.

After Deng Shirong’s reminder, all the children and daughter-in-law, except Deng Yunsong and Deng Yunhua, ate two, only ate one and stopped eating.

Mentioning this, Guan Yongying couldn't help but smile and nodded, and said, "That's true. My mother-in-law is really good to me. I hope I can give her a grandson this time, otherwise I will feel embarrassed myself."

 The first is that I am afraid of being tired, and the second is that it is getting late and I am afraid that it will be difficult to sleep after eating too much.

The surface layer of glutinous rice alone is already very delicious.

“Look at what you said, didn’t you hear what my father-in-law said to Granny Azhang?”

Deng Yuntai peeled off the ancient rice dumpling leaves, threaded the ancient rice dumplings with a pair of chopsticks, and handed them to his wife.

At this time, Deng Shirong had just peeled off a piece of ancient rice dumplings and took a bite. He was savoring it carefully. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "It's delicious. You should eat it leisurely. When the ancient rice dumplings are cold, you won't feel tired even if you eat them. But If you just take it out of the pot, don’t eat too much at once, otherwise you won’t feel tired when you eat it, and after eating it for a while, it will gradually become uncomfortable.”

It's already passed the Dragon Boat Festival, and the weather here in Bobai is already very hot, but sitting under the leafy longan tree and fanning yourself gently with a fan, it's still relatively cool.

For families with children, parents also have to pick eucalyptus leaves, peach leaves, mugwort leaves, red wormwood, roadside chrysanthemum and other herbs and boil water for the children to wash their bodies. It is said that doing so can remove dirt and prevent or reduce boils.

Guan Yongying said: "Okay, but no matter which position you are in, sleeping for a long time will be uncomfortable. You have to change positions from time to time to sleep more comfortably."

After having a full stomach, Guan Yongying said hello to his parents-in-law, and walked slowly towards Mr. Jiu's house with a big belly.

Guan Yongying said: "Actually, there is no obvious difference between the early and late stages of pregnancy. Our belly does not get bigger the first time."

Deng Yunzhu nodded while eating: "Yes, the taste is so delicious that it is indescribable. I have never eaten such delicious ancient rice dumplings!"

can not stop!

 Nearly ten hours of stewing has made the glutinous rice in the ancient rice dumplings completely fused together. It is full of chewy texture when eaten. And because the glutinous rice has been soaked in alkaline water, it has a very special fragrance.

Zhang Xiuping sighed and said: "After you give birth, Alan will probably be born soon, but I will have to wait for a few more months!"

 With Naye Village as the core, all the villagers with the surname Deng in the upper and lower villages began to offer sacrifices to Grandpa, and celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival in a serious manner.

Deng Yunsong was already peeling off the second one. He paused and said, "Then I can only eat two."

“I’ve heard about this, saying that it’s none of our women’s business to have a boy or a girl, it’s decided by men.”

Deng Yunsong ate the fastest. He finished one ancient rice dumpling in three strokes, five divided by two, and then picked up another one from the basket and said with full praise: "Dad, this ancient rice dumpling you made is really delicious." "

 It’s so delicious that you can’t stop eating it!

Zhang Xiuping swore that this was the most delicious ancient rice dumpling she had ever eaten.

Zhang Xiuping touched her belly, which was already showing her pregnancy, and said, "I thought that with a belly as big as yours, I wouldn't be able to lie down and sleep!"

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“That’s what I say, but if I give birth to a daughter, I will still feel embarrassed.”

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 (End of this chapter)