Chapter 334 Lantern Pole

They are an old married couple, and Yun Yingying blushed today because of Han Li's caring gesture and tone.

"Brother Li, I'm not that fragile. Let me tell you, we are at the commune today."

Han Li warmed Yun Yingying's ears with both hands, and she put her hands in his arms, half-held on Han Li's lap, and told him about what happened at the commune today.

Yun Jingjing and Qi Zhaodi started to boil water in the outer room to prepare for killing the chicken and scalding the feathers. Today's New Year's chicken must be slaughtered for the occasion.

In addition to the two old hens that He Mi exchanged for, Yun Jingjing also dug out a few pheasants from the snow pile.

Qi Zhaodi grabbed the two old hens with a kitchen knife and a basin. The five fingers of her left hand clearly divided the work to fix the old hens, and her right hand began to pluck the hair on the chicken's neck. After plucking the hair, she put the hen's neck on the top of the basin, picked up the kitchen knife and directly cut the hen's trachea and blood vessels. Finally, she held the hen until its blood was drained and threw it aside, and changed another hen to enjoy the process of Qi killing the chicken.

At this time, He Mi borrowed a large bundle of willow branches from the villagers' house. Yun Yingying got off Han Li's legs and ran to the yard to help after hearing the sound.

At this time, the water in the pot was almost boiled, and the four people worked together to remove the feathers and gut the chickens.

These chickens usually only leave the chicken heart and gizzards, but Qi Zhaodi took out all the chicken intestines and livers.

The three people looked at Qi Zhaodi's actions with some confusion, and Yun Jingjing couldn't help asking.

"Qi Xiaomei, what are you doing with these chicken intestines?"

"These chicken intestines can be fried with chicken hearts, chicken blood, chicken livers, and chicken gizzards. When I was at home, I could make three dishes with one chicken. Chicken can be fried with chestnuts, but this dish can only be eaten by useful people at home.

Chicken racks and chicken bones are used to make soup, but I didn't drink the first soup at that time. If grandma and uncle's family left some, I would add some water and salt to it and drink it. If there was no left, I would rinse the basin with hot water and rinse some oil to drink.

Even when I eat these chicken offal, I can only eat two bites of chicken intestines at most. I can't eat chicken hearts, chicken blood, and chicken gizzards. But chicken intestines are really delicious. You will know when I wash them and fry them later."

Qi Zhaodi's words made the others silent. Without knowing what to say, they stepped forward to help clean the chicken intestines together. However, cleaning the chicken intestines was not an ordinary trouble. Yun Jingjing, who loves cleanliness, also met them. The three of them washed for a long time before they were clean.

The daytime was too short, and they had gone to the commune today. By the time they finished all this, it was time for dinner. Qi Zhaodi personally cooked chicken offal.

She first sliced ​​the chicken heart, gizzard, and liver, cut the solidified chicken blood into pieces, cut the chicken intestines into sections, put them in the pot and rinsed them, then took them out and drained them for later use.

Chop the pepper, mince the ginger and garlic, cut the fat in the chicken stomach into pieces and use water to refine the oil, then use the oil to stir-fry the ingredients and add the chicken offal. Finally, Qi Zhaodi felt that it was a bit wasteful to eat like this, so she added a little pickled cabbage and stir-fried it slightly before removing it from the pot.

The whole outer room was filled with a sour and spicy aroma. The smell was very pungent at first, but it soon accelerated people's saliva secretion and made them feel hungry.

"Sister Qi, your cooking skills are so great that I'm a little hungry now. How about we start eating now?"

"Yes, the smell makes me feel hungry too."

"Then I'll call Brother Li back to eat."

Han Li came back and washed his hands and tasted the fried chicken offal. The chicken blood was soft, tender, the gizzards were chewy, and the chicken intestines were elastic. The taste was sour and spicy and very delicious. The fried chicken offal on the table was the first to be finished.

After dinner, Han Li took the dog and the lynx out for a walk. The four of them decided to make lanterns today.

They took the willow branches and sat on the kang and started to work. Although everyone had learned how to make willow branches from the sisters-in-law in the village, it was not easy to do it.

The shapes they made at the beginning were either big or small. The oval shape was good. Yun Yingying even made a lantern frame similar to a square, which made everyone laugh.

But when Han Li came back, He Mi was able to make a good shape.

Han Li looked at the strange lantern frames on the ground and wanted to laugh. He forced himself to speak in a calm tone.

"It's almost done. Why do so many?"

"Brother Li, we plan to make a string of them. Red lanterns and white snow look good."

"No need. Hanging lanterns here is different from ours. These willow branches are usually hung at the door, but most families will plant a lantern pole in the yard and hang wooden or iron lanterns high on it."

"Why?"

"I don't know much about this. It seems to be a habit left over from the time when I went to Guandong. Maybe it's to guide people who are still in the wild to go home for the New Year, and this lantern will be lit from New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

"Then should we plant a lantern pole in the yard?"

"If we want to plant it, we can plant it. Now we use electricity, so we don't have to worry about the lanterns catching fire. I can also make wooden lantern racks. You just need to paste them with red paper."

"The yard is the yard. We need eight lanterns to hang two on each of our two street doors and house doors. We must make these."

"Just be happy. You can also make some lanterns to decorate the yard."

After Han Li came back, everyone laughed and cleaned up the scene and then dispersed. They washed up, went to bed, and turned off the lights.

When he opened his eyes, it was the second day, the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. Han Li had just opened the street door when he saw Zhang Yaozu coming over.

"Brother Han, are you going up the mountain?"

"Go up the mountain? What are you going up the mountain for at this time?"

"I heard it yesterday when I was drinking at my uncle's house. During the New Year, people plant lantern poles and hang red lanterns. In the past, when people burned oil and lit candles, many people didn't want to do it, which made many families' lantern poles rot.

But today, the village has electricity, and many people in the village plan to hang lanterns high. Everyone said that they would go to the mountain to pick a similar tree to cut down and drag it back in the next two days. If we go late, we will have to walk a longer way."

"Then let's go. Wait for me to change clothes and bring tools."

"Then go and see if Yan Weimin and Xu Yongjian from the Youth Academy are going."

When Han Li returned home to change clothes, he told the two sisters about this, but then he thought of He Mi.

"Go ask Hao Hongmin and He Mi if they want to plant lantern poles. If they do, I want to get the law back together."

Not long after the two sisters went out, Zhang Yaozu came over when Han Li was sharpening knives and saws.

"Yan Weimin and Xu Yongjian are not going, so only the three of us will go into the mountains."

"After all, they live in the Youth League, so let them do whatever they want."

"Then I'll go back and see if Xiangjun has prepared his equipment."

"Well, I'll find you later."

After a while, the Yun sisters came in with a few girls, but they probably didn't want to plant lantern poles because they thought it was too troublesome.

Han Li took the knife and saw and led the dogs to meet up with Zhang Yaozu and the others, and then went up the mountain in the biting cold wind and thick snow.

It was better to walk on the road that everyone often went into the mountains, but it was a pain when we turned into the woods on the side.

Because the snow on the ground was already above the knees, every step was very strenuous.

In order to find a suitable tree trunk as soon as possible, Han Li and the other three slightly distanced themselves.

The tree used as a lantern pole cannot be too thick, otherwise it cannot be brought back, and it cannot be too thin, otherwise it will be easily broken by the wind. In addition, the straighter and higher the better.

The goal set by Han Li and the others was to make it about right, so there was no need to compare the height of the lantern pole with the villagers.

After finding the target, take out the saw and cut it down close to the root, then use a knife to trim the thinner tip and branches.

Finally, tie one end of the trunk with a rope and drag it home.

The trunks everyone chose were similar, but Zhang Xiangjun and Zhang Yaozu were far slower than Han Li in dragging the trunks.

Finally, Han Li tied the two trunks together, and the three of them pulled them back together.

Even so, when they dragged to the door of their house, the two of them leaned against the wall and panted like old cows.

The next step is to peel the bark of the tree, so that the lantern pole can last for a few more years.

The woman in Han Li's family has already chosen the location and dug the pit. He only needs to tie a rope and a hook on the trunk and stand it up, fix it with stones and soil, compact the ground with a thick wooden stick, and finally sprinkle some water to let the lantern pole freeze into one with the ground.

Han Li finished his work at home and went to Zhang Xiangjun's house to help them stand up the lantern pole.

Yun Yingying and the others had fermented the dough today, and placed the basin next to the stove so that the dough could ferment better in this cold weather.

After Han Li returned home, he sat on the kang and drank hot tea immediately.

Then they began to discuss how to write Spring Festival couplets. No, it should not be called Spring Festival couplets or couplets at this time. It should be a slogan and attitude, which is an extremely critical point.

You should know that although it has been much more relaxed in the past two years, every word still needs to be carefully considered to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Don't even think about auspicious words like "Three Yang Kaitai" and "Five Blessings Linmen". There are many, many words that cannot be used.

However, He Mi's literary reserves are really not exaggerated. While everyone was still thinking, she had already whispered the first couplet.

"Spring plowing, summer hoeing, autumn harvest, winter storage, bumper harvest, good weather, good rain, snow, good harvest, and peace in all seasons."

Han Li felt that this couplet was very good. The harvest and stability were very consistent with the current overall view, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Just as he was about to say yes, Yun Jingjing followed up with a couplet.

"The east wind is strong and the situation is infinitely good. The red flags are flying and the agricultural production is new."

Although Yun Jingjing's couplet is more straightforward, it is also flawless and more in line with the current overall view.

In fact, the two families and two courtyards can use these two couplets at the same time.

But they both looked at Han Li at the same time, as if waiting for him to give an excellent answer.

Although they didn't say anything, it made people more headache.

Fortunately, Hao Hongmin, Yang Xiuying, and Meng Zaihong came at this time. Looking at the packages in their hands, it goes without saying that they must contain clothes to change after taking a bath.

"What are you talking about?"

Yang Xiuying still talked as soon as she entered the room, but their arrival just solved Han Li's current problem.

"Nothing."

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