In the end, Ao Muyang's aunt Jiang Meiyi couldn't stand it anymore. She said she wanted to cook and asked Qiu Lian to stay with her to eat together. Qiu Lian still had some eyesight, so she was determined and left with a gift.

When the door was closed, Jiang Meiyi came back and sighed, "You Aunt Qiu Lian, your mouth is so amazing. Xiao Lu, don't care about her words. My Xiaoyang and Hu Xiuxiu have nothing, just Qiu Lian introduced them to let them go on a blind date."

Lu Zhizi smiled sweetly and said, "It's okay, I know, this is nothing. Mu Yang and I were just ordinary friends at that time."

After hearing what she said, Jiang Meiyi suddenly became excited: "That's the case, then I'll feel relieved. I told me that Hu Xiuxiu's parents were really blinded. They still don't like Xiaoyang in my family? Ah? What kind of thing can they like and win the national leader?"

Ao Muyang, Lu Zhizi: "..."

A new round of public opinion storm is taking shape.

Yang Baokun patted his thigh and said, "Okay, stop talking. Didn't you say you want to cook? Go to the kitchen quickly."

He saw that Ao Muyang and the others didn't like this topic very much.

Before I could cook, Jiang Meiyi said, "I'll go pound rice cakes. Xiaoyang used to like eating rice cakes I pounded."

Ao Muyang smiled and said, "Okay, I haven't eaten rice cakes that my aunt has pounded for many years. I'll help."

Yang Baokun grabbed him and said, "You don't have to do it, wait and let your aunt do it."

Ao Muyang waved his hand and said, "It's okay, uncle, I'll take Xiao Zi with me. She probably hasn't seen the custom of making rice cakes here."

Hongyang is a place with sea and mountains, and there are different customs in ten miles. There are various New Year customs in various places. Among them, Suji Town where Yang Baokun is located likes to pound rice cakes, while Qiantan Town is more popular.

The local rice cake is also called sugar cake, which is very sweet. It is made of glutinous rice mixed with indica rice and a lot of brown sugar and old rock sugar.

When I was a child, my children liked to eat sweets. In the 1990s, the mountainous areas of China were still quite poor. Like Ao Muyang, he could only eat two pieces at his uncle's house during the Chinese New Year, which was like a tooth-beating ceremony.

Yang Baokun had steamed glutinous rice and indica rice before. He had a big stone mortar at home. Most families in Suji Town have this tool, which is specially used to make sugar cakes.

Jiang Yimei put the rice steamed in advance into the stone mortar, and Ao Muyang went to beat it.

Yang Baokun squatted beside him and watched him waving the mallet vigorously, then a trace of sadness appeared on his face.

He smoked and spit out the smoke. He said, "Oh, family planning, family planning, we should have a son at that time. You see, there is no male at home during the Chinese New Year."

Ao Muyang waved the hammer easily and asked, "How do I do my elder sister and brother-in-law? Do I go to the family for the New Year every year?"

Yang Baokun shook his head: "No, your brother-in-law has only one son. When they were in love, they said yes, your sister has to go there during the New Year."

Ao Muyang looked at the old couple and said, "That's it, you're really a little deserted here."

Lu Zhizi said: "In the future, I can let my elder sister and brother-in-law bring you old people together. There are many people and the New Year is still lively."

After hearing what she said, Yang Baokun shook his head: "They said that, but who would like to go to the city to celebrate the New Year? Or is it interesting to stay at home and be with the old neighbors. I heard that firecrackers are not allowed to be set off in the city during the New Year, so I can't grab the first ones, so I'm not going to celebrate the New Year?"

Jiang Yimei slapped him and said, "You are just stubborn, why are you staying in your hometown to grab a shot?"

Yang Baokun stubbornly stubbornly said, "Just to grab the first shot? It's mainly because of the New Year atmosphere. There is no New Year atmosphere in the city. Or is it more New Year atmosphere in our hometown? Look at this rice cake, do they have it in the city?"

Ao Muyang was strong and beaten the rice with a hard beat. At this time, Jiang Yimei put in the brown sugar and poured the heated melted sugar into it.

The local rice cakes are red in color, which is different from the traditional white rice cakes. This is a sign of prosperity. In Suji Town, white rice cakes are used for white weddings.

The mashed rice cake quickly mixed evenly with the sugar. Jiang Yimei put it into a rectangular box of tin foil box, put it in a pot and steam it.

This box is called a printing plate locally, and it has different shapes. It can press soft rice cakes into shapes such as peony, peach, Kuixing, God of Wealth, and the Principal.

Seeing that the printing plate that Jiang Yimei took out was very simple, Ao Muyang asked, "Auntie, don't you make some Qilin or Kuixing this year?"

Jiang Yimei smiled and said, "What are you doing? There is no child at home, so it's not interesting. Just print a few ingots and carp. Oh, by the way, do you want it? I'll make two for you and be a God of Wealth."

Ao Muyang waved his hand and said, "No, no..."

Yang Baokun grabbed his arm and said, "Let your aunt be busy. She is still happy to work hard. You are doing business now. It is a good sign to put on the God of Wealth rice cake during the Chinese New Year, and it is high every year."

I was busy until lunch, and the rice cakes were steamed.

The hot rice cake was out of the pot. Yang Baokun opened the printing plate and took two strips out. He cut it open and handed it to Lu Zhizi and said, "Little Deer, try the rice cake made by your aunt. Eat while it's hot, it tastes good."

Ao Muyang took a piece and took a bite. It was glutinous and sticky, sweet and fragrant when you put it in the mouth. It still tasted the same as before, but it didn't have the same feeling as before.

The last time he ate rice cakes, his parents were still eating with him.

This time, the people around him were replaced by Lu Zhizi.

He felt emotion in his heart, and he reached out and held Lu Zhizi's hand. Lu Zhizi didn't know what he meant, but turned his head and gave him a smile.

When he left, Ao Muyang not only took a rice cake with God of Wealth, but also several rice cakes with Yuanbao and Carp.

Yang Baokun said listlessly: "We can't eat a few pieces at home. You can take all of these. I'll make some at home."

Jiang Yimei asked tentatively: "Xiaoyang, there are not many family members in your family during the New Year. Do you want to come and have a drink with your uncle? We are also a family."

It means to have a New Year’s Eve dinner locally, and to have a family together on New Year’s Eve, or to invite friends and relatives to eat together and drink happily. This is called "Fen Year’s Eve wine".

Because New Year's Eve is the dividing line between the new and old year, eating the second year wine means that the new and old year will be separated from the night.

Ao Muyang shook his head and refused: "Uncle, come here again when I get my second day of the New Year. There are a few good guys in my village during the New Year. Let's have an appointment to have a drink of the New Year."

Yang Baokun patted his shoulder and said, "Okay, you have fun with your buddy, you must be happy during the Chinese New Year."

Before leaving, Ao Muyang thought for a while and said, "Uncle, why don't you raise a dog? If you raise a dog, it's better than a family than a family."

Judging from the old couple's appearance, it's really pitiful.
Chapter completed!