Accompany by A Fool to do Farming

Chapter 72 New Year’s Eve

On the New Year’s Eve, before the sky was up, the sound of firecrackers sounded outside, making Zhong Ziqi so irritable that she could not fall asleep over and over again.

Zhao Zhengan had no choice but to reassure him: “It’s fine for a while, just for a while.”

Zhong Ziqi may have a bad appetite these days, and his temper has become a bit irritable, but he can restrain himself from venting his emotions to Zhao Zhengan. He understands in his heart that he is not well, how can Zhao Zhengan be better?

He did all the work of washing, cooking, and cleaning up the room every day. Although he felt that there would be no problem in taking over, he couldn’t stand Zhao Zhengan’s surprise. For fear of how he might look like it, Zhong Ziqi was speechless and let him go. To toss, the key is that Zhao Zhengan has to go to town to do business affairs after tossing at home. Zhong Ziqi discovered that Zhao Zhengan has actually lost a lot of weight, but he has strong muscles all over his body, so the feeling is not obvious, but He is the person next to his pillow, the person who knows him best, how can he not feel it, so it is impossible for him to do such unreasonable things.

After a while, the sound of firecrackers outside really went out, Zhong Ziqi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhao Zhengan lay down again to sleep.

When it first broke, there was another sound of firecrackers, and Zhong Ziqi was speechless, and simply planned to bed with Zhao Zhengan.

“You are lying down for a while, and you will get up again when I prepare the food.” Zhao Zhengan said softly, and then got up to go to bed with clothes.

“I’ll get up too, I can’t sleep either.”

Zhao Zhengan shook his head while fastening the buttons: “Cold, wait until I warm up the room and you will get up again.”

After a night, the temperature in the room had already dropped, and people shivered from the cold. If possible, no one wanted to leave the warm bed.

“okay then.”

Zhong Ziqi nodded, he couldn’t do anything when he got up, so let’s continue lying down, Zhong Ziqi thought lazily.

Zhao Zhengan got dressed and went out. The cold temperature forced him to shiver. He walked hurriedly all the way into the kitchen. Today is New Year’s Eve and is going to eat four meals, so this morning meal can be improvised. .

Zhao Zhengan turned on the stove, heated a pot of hot water and washed his face before starting to cook. In the morning, he didn’t have any appetite. After thinking about it, Zhao Zhengan made a pot of gruel and put a few eggs to cook together.

When the meal was finished, Zhao Zhengan went to ask Zhong Ziqi to get up. Zhong Ziqi stretched out to wash, deeply felt that this kind of rice worm’s life would make people more and more lazy.

After eating, Zhao Zhengan began to get busy. He first made a pot of paste, took out the couplets, door gods, and window grilles he bought. Zhong Ziqi was responsible for brushing the paste, and Zhao Zhengan was responsible for putting the couplets together.

There are also two big red lanterns. Their family lives in this remote place, there is no light around, and it looks dead and silent, so he bought two lanterns.

“Hey, point to the left… and point to the right…” Zhong Ziqi directed Zhao Zhengan to hang the lantern.

“Alright?” Zhao Zhengan asked, standing on the stool.

“Go up a little bit.”

Zhao Zhengan moved up according to words. “How’s it going?”

Zhong Ziqi looked and nodded: “Okay, hang it up.”

Zhao Zhengan immediately hung up the lantern when he heard the words, then stepped down from the stool, and stood beside Zhong Ziqi and nodded: “Yes, it’s pretty.” With the door **** and couplet on the door, he was full of joy.

“Okay, let’s go in, don’t freeze.” Zhao Zhengan touched Zhong Ziqi’s cold hand. Pull it back into the house quickly.

“I’m going to cook lunch. You can sit here and eat sunflower seeds.”

Zhong Ziqi sat on the kang rather uneasy and said, “I’ll do it with you. You haven’t cooked so many dishes, and you can’t be too busy.”

Zhao Zhengan waved his hand: “No, didn’t you tell me the steps yesterday, if I don’t, I will ask you again, you don’t need to go out.”

Zhong Ziqi: “Is it really possible?”

“Really, don’t worry.” Zhao Zhengan finished his guarantee in front of Zhong Ziqi, and started to play drums when he went out. After all, the dishes he cooked are different from the ones he practiced a few days ago. They are all complicated dishes, such as stewed ribs and stewed fish. Stewed chicken, other small stir-fries, soup dishes, he is really not so confident that he can do it well.

Zhong Ziqi sat on the kang and knocked the seeds absently, listening to the sound of cutting vegetables and meat from time to time in the kitchen. After a while, he still got down to the ground and walked slowly towards the kitchen.

There was too much fumes in the kitchen, so there was a slap-sized gap. Zhong Ziqi walked over and saw Zhao Zhengan wearing an apron, stewing fish. After putting oil in the pot, maybe the water was not cleaned up, and the oil began to crackle. Splashing around, Zhao Zhengan put the fish in the pot. With a sound of “stabbing”, a burst of oily fume burst out of the pot, Zhao Zhengan jumped far away immediately, waited until the oily fume dissipated and ran to the side of the pot to continue frying the fish, occasionally being splashed by the oil, he would grin and grin. , I think the way he cooks is more interesting than watching TV, but when the taste gradually spreads out, Zhong Ziqi has to leave the kitchen regretfully.

Zhao Zhengan spent the morning in the kitchen, and occasionally ran over to ask Zhong Ziqi when he was in doubt, and when he got the answer, he ran back to the kitchen to execute. After his own thinking and Zhong Ziqi’s guidance, he finally reluctantly at noon. Finished all the meals.

Zhao Zhengan put them into the house one end: “Wait a while, I’ll put some firecrackers, let’s eat again.”

Zhong Ziqi nodded.

“Cover your ears, don’t be surprised.” Zhao Zhengan walked out after speaking.

Zhong Ziqi covered her ears and soon heard a “boom”.

Zhao Zhengan put two and entered the house, took off his shoes and crossed his legs on the kang: “Eat.”

Zhong Ziqi took the chopsticks and looked at the ugly dishes on the table. He really didn’t have any appetite. He didn’t dislike Zhao Zhengan’s bad cooking. On the contrary, if it was before, he would eat immediately without saying anything. The key is now that he doesn’t eat. After smelling the smell, I feel my stomach is surging.

Zhao Zhengan knows that he is uncomfortable: “New Year, you eat less, as a celebration. I put a lot of vinegar on this fish, and this sauerkraut. I didn’t put much oil on it. It’s not greasy at all. Try it, if it’s true. If you can’t eat it, drink porridge.”

Zhong Ziqi gave a hum, took a bite of fish with his chopsticks, and as Zhao Zhengan said, he put a lot of vinegar and a lot of sugar. It tasted sweet and sour.

“How is it?” Zhao Zhengan asked expectantly.

“Not bad.” Zhong Ziqi said without conscience.

Zhao Zhengan nodded happily and started to eat. He usually doesn’t move those vegetables with a lot of vinegar. He really can’t eat the sour, so he doesn’t know how much water Zhong Ziqi said is good.

After dinner, it’s customary to make dumplings. On New Year’s Day, it’s a busy day, and I’ve been busy eating all day.

The dumpling filling is mixed by Zhong Ziqi, and the noodles are also mixed by Zhong Ziqi. The two of them were sitting on the hot kang, listening to the crackling firecrackers outside, chatting and making dumplings.

After making the dumplings, Zhao Zhengan asked Zhong Ziqi to wait for him at home, and he went out to the grave to invite ancestors.

Zhong Ziqi can’t help feeling that some customs are unavoidable whether they are modern or ancient.

Zhao Zhengan didn’t come back for a long time. Zhong Ziqi watched that it was getting dark, so she went into the kitchen and started boiling the dumplings. By the way, he heated up the fish left over at noon. Fish is indispensable for the Thirty Eve of the New Year. More than every year.

Zhong Ziqi heated up some other dishes, and sat at home waiting for Zhao Zhengan.

When Zhao Zhengan came back, it was completely dark. He didn’t rush into the house when he came back. Instead, he lit the two big lanterns at the door and watched them glow red before entering the house.

“Why is it so late? I thought what was wrong with you!” Zhong Ziqi said with a sigh of relief.

Zhao Zhengan sat next to the brazier on the kang and baked his red hands and said, “It’s nothing, but I met the clan elders and they said a few words, and I went to the graves of A-Daddy and A-mu again. before.”

Zhong Ziqi was startled when he heard the words, and tunnel nodded. Zhao Zhengan was also interested, he didn’t expect it.

“Okay, let’s eat.” Zhao Zhengan said.

“Yeah.” Zhong Ziqi replied, opening the plate holding the vegetables and dumplings. Eat with Zhao Zhengan.

After that, I was idle, Zhong Ziqi and Zhao Zhengan sat on the kang boringly and whispered.

“I heard that on the night of the New Year’s Eve, the rich man in the town will hire some jugglers to perform on stage. Ordinary people can go and watch it. However, we are too far away from the town. It is inconvenient to have no carriage. If the conditions are met, let’s go and have a look.” Zhao Zhengan said with his arms around Zhong Ziqi.

“Okay, I just haven’t seen it yet.” Zhong Ziqi was a little curious. There was too little entertainment in ancient times, which made him wonder at everything.

“The 15th temple fair is also very lively. I have seen it once. Men, women and children in the town came out to watch the lanterns and play, so it was so lively.” Zhao Zhengan vividly described to Zhong Ziqi the scenes he had seen.

Zhong Ziqi was tempted by what he said, how lively it is that ancient temple fairs are always played in TV dramas, he has actually been fascinated for a long time, but Zhong Ziqi has to wither when he thinks of his current body.

The two sat on the kang and held on until midnight, Zhao Zhengan went out to set off a string of firecrackers, and then entered the house grinning: “Daughter-in-law, happy new year.”

Zhong Ziqi also smiled happily: “Happy New Year.” This is his first New Year in this world, and he will never forget it.

The two of them ate their last meal and couldn’t hold back lying down to sleep anymore.