After lunch, unexpectedly, Wang Yunlin actually went home half a day in advance.

It turns out that this is because the cloth shoe factory where she works is a large group and the management is not so strict, not to mention that the old women occupy the majority of the employees. Everyone is thinking about their homes and coaxing them together at lunch. The factory director can't suppress them and can't help but lose face, so they have a holiday in advance.

So naturally, when the old lady was happy, she ran to the kindergarten to "liberate" her grandson in advance, and then brought her child home happily.

Needless to say, if this little one is added at home, it will be lively. What's more, the child's grandmother has issued another special order for the New Year, "Whatever you want!"

This means that the restraint of "station should be like standing, and sitting should be like sitting" was completely relieved, and Hong Junman could roll around the ground in dirty old cotton coats.

Hong Yanzheng and Xu Manli have not come back yet, and there is no parents present. The scene is conceivable. Hong Jun is simply a little crazy, jumping up and down, and struggling like a "Three Forks".

But he didn't take long to go crazy and got tired of it. As the saying goes, "A girl loves flowers, and a boy loves cannons." He stung Hong Yanwu and asked his third uncle to set off firecrackers together.

When Hong Yanwu saw that the snow was already thick outside, he gave him a better suggestion.

"Are you stupid? You can't even play. Such good snow, can't we build a snowman? What can we do?..."

Hong Jun was so happy that he jumped high, then happily accepted the suggestion and followed Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan to the white courtyard.

Soon, the Ding family's little granddaughter Ling'er was also picked up by Lao Ding. Seeing that they had already rolled a snowball to the top, they also joined in with great enthusiasm for this rare pleasure.

As for the East Courtyard, there are also busy content. The adults started to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner, and Bian Jiangong and Su Jin went to the street to watch movies, while Su Xiu and Hong Yanru, who were afraid of the cold, were cutting window flowers together in the house.

If you want to say that the two girls are really clever, there are no patterns of flowers, flowers, insects, fish, and birds, they don’t know what they can’t do.

In this way, two hours later, when Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan took two children to build two snowmen, one big and one small, and the two girls also cut out all the window flowers and pasted them all over the glass windows of the Hong family and the Su family. The rest were enough for the Bian family and the Ding family.

Coincidentally, at this moment, not only did Wang Yunlin's dumpling filling just mix, but Hong Yanwu's elder brother and sister-in-law also got off work early and entered the door at the same time.

For this, Wang Yunlin was very happy and couldn't say anything. Because this means that the Hong family gathered together, and the most important activity on New Year's Eve can be held early, and the "Five-up Dumplings" can be made.

Although making dumplings during the New Year is a common custom among northerners, everyone knows that "dumpling" and "jiao" are homophonic, "zi" is "zishi", and eating dumplings means "renewal Jiaozi". But in fact, few people further understand the evolution and attention of this traditional food, especially the dumplings in the New Year customs of Beijing.

For example, the "harmony" and the "dumplings" of the dough also have the meaning of gathering, so the dumplings also symbolize reunion. For example, because the dumplings are similar to ingots, they also have the auspicious meaning of "inviting wealth and treasures".

Moreover, when making dumplings, you must pinch them with your hands, and pay attention to the fact that you should not reveal the filling. This not only means that the "wealth" in the dumplings will be exposed and the "fortune" will be lost. There is another saying among the people, called "pinching the mouth of a villain", which is intended to avoid slander and prevent villain from being slandered.

In addition, in the old capital, due to the influence of the banner people, the official name of "boiled dumplings" has always been called "boiled dumplings", and it was gradually renamed "dumplings" after the Republic of China. Moreover, compared with the present, there was another biggest difference in the old days, that is, whether it is poor or rich in the capital, the dumplings on New Year's Eve must be eaten with vegetarian stuffing, without any meat or fish.

This is not for anything else, but because dumplings were used to worship gods and ancestors at that time, and were called "Dumplings for Gods". At the same time, this also means seeking "a whole year of purity and peace" and in order to reflect that it is necessary to self-discipline and purify the mind in the new year.

It is particularly worth noting that the traditional concepts of "meat" and "meat" are also different. "Fish" refers only to big fish and meat, while "meat" refers to irritating plants with the word "grass", so the green onions and garlic in the dumpling filling cannot be placed.

Speaking of this, we can know that the history of this custom can really eat meat-filled dumplings on New Year's Eve is far from the founding of the People's Republic of China. In the end, it can form a trend and promote the trend. The scarcity of materials in the disaster year and month and the mandatory "old-out and welcome new" movement should be the main reasons.

However, when it comes to traditional vegetarian dumpling fillings, they are actually not cheaper than meat fillings, and they are quite troublesome to make. Because even though they are vegetarian fillings, they also incorporate the concept of "eating fine food and fine meat" among the people in the capital. If it is a family of wealthy people, it will be even better than meat fillings.

For example, carrots should be rubbed into shreds with a mattress, then blanched in boiling water and then chopped to pieces. Chop the cabbage with a knife, add a little salt to kill the moisture, and then wrap it in a cloth to squeeze out the moisture.

Other dry goods such as mushrooms, yellow flowers, fungus, and vermicelli should be served first and then cut them finely. You can also add some finely chopped winter bamboo shoots, gluten, and dried white tofu.

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When these main ingredients are ready, you can use sesame seeds to roll them into sesame salt, add soy sauce and vegetarian oil, and stir to a salty, light and delicious, loose and moderately smooth and vegetarian dumpling filling.

In this case, the Hong family had enough meat and abundant supplies. Wang Yunlin considered that the New Year’s Eve dinner was full of big fish and meat, and it was too greasy to eat refreshing and relieve greasy vegetarian dumplings. So she chose to restore tradition and mixed a bowl of vegetarian stuffing according to Lao Ling'er.

Of course, when the filling was served on the table, it inevitably caused some confusion and criticism. Hong Yanzheng and Hong Yanwen both complained a little and said, "Mom, why are there no meat in the filling? Is this too vegetarian?"

Only Hong Yanwu was able to appreciate the wonderfulness of it. After reading it, he praised it and kept praising the vegetarian filling well, saying that this is in line with the principle of scientific diet and is definitely much better than meat filling.

Wang Yunlin was so happy that she praised the third brother for being knowledgeable and understanding his mother's heart. Then she told everyone about her intentions. However, this made Hong Yanzheng and Hong Yanwen a little bit tempted by their younger brother and complained a few words about "flattery".

Under Wang Yunlin's urging, the whole Hong family quickly washed their hands, stood or sat around the Eight Immortals table to start kneading, rolling the dough, and opening the bag.

In fact, there are only two different methods of making dumplings during the New Year than usual. One emphasizes that the dough is not used to use a knife and must be pulled with your hands. The other is a "specific program". When making dumplings, the coins and dates must be wrapped in the filling according to the head of the whole family.

This is a tradition in the capital. When eating dumplings, whoever bites money means that the year is full of wealth. If anyone bites the date, it means good luck. This content is both festive and entertaining. Even for this, everyone is willing to eat more dumplings.

It’s true that after spending the Spring Festival with his family for decades, Hong Yanwu is now very able to understand why his mother must gather her family together to make dumplings every year.

Because this step is so important. This not only reflects the unity and harmony of the whole family, but also the process of communication with everyone. No matter how big the knots are in the year, they have been solved halfway in this warm and happy atmosphere.

As for children, they are not bored. Although they can only help adults knead a few unqualified dumpling skins, and they can't sit still and will easily get tired of it after staying for a long time. Don't forget that the dough can act as a toy.

Like Hong Yanwu and Hong Yanru, they were like their mother coaxing themselves back then, and they were teaching Hong Jun and Ling'er to take noodles and pinch small animals, and then wait until they were ready to cook the drum, and then they helped them bake on the stove.

Therefore, the two children have been having fun, and none of them are noisy. When the dumplings are almost the same, they also have all kinds of rabbits, little hedgehogs, little ducks, snails, and turtles...
Chapter completed!