Aunt Chen and Second Sister Chen must have prepared for a long time, as the table was full.
Song Jin had never seen many of the dishes before, so she just listened to Chen Liang picking up dishes for her and introducing them to her.
"This is braised Hericium erinaceus. It's made with fresh Hericium erinaceus, pork, and hot peppers. It's rosy red in color, delicious and flavorful, even more satisfying than meat. Hericium erinaceus is a type of fungus, a famous edible mushroom. It's known as "hericium erinaceus, a mountain delicacy, and shark's fin, a seafood delicacy." Because it looks like a furry hericium, it's commonly called hericium erinaceus."
Song Jin...there's no need to be so detailed.
Chen Liang did not end there.
"This is salt and pepper silkworm pupae. Silkworm pupae can be boiled, deep-fried, stir-fried, or stir-fried. This time, we deep-fry them. First, boil the silkworm pupae, cut them in half, coat them with dry starch, and deep-fry them. After frying, stir-fry them with chopped green and red bell peppers, salt and pepper. They become golden, crispy, and have a strong peppery flavor. This is a very famous dish here that goes well with wine."
At this point, he seemed to remember something and started yelling at his mother to take out the fruit wine from home.
After ordering my mother around, he continued
“You must know this dish, chicken stewed with mushrooms.
This is a home-cooked stew from Northeast China, made with chicken, hazel mushrooms, and vermicelli noodles. This dish is usually the main course for festivals here, and wild hazel mushrooms are one of the unique delicacies of Northeast China.
Song Jin knew that, as far as she knew, hazel mushroom was one of the few wild mushrooms that was known to people but still could not be cultivated artificially.
Hazel mushrooms contain multiple amino acids and vitamins necessary for the human body, and hazel mushrooms themselves are rich in oil, making the fat-soluble vitamins they contain easier to be absorbed by the human body.
The remaining dishes were all home-cooked vegetarian dishes. Chen Liang did not introduce them one by one, but just kept picking up the dishes. Song Jin's bowl was never empty, which made Liu Meili roll her eyes.
After eating for a while, Aunt Chen brought out two large plates of white flour dumplings. Song Jin could feel that Aunt Chen really took out all the good things, and she felt warm in her heart to be valued like this.
After dinner, everyone sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air. Song Jin listened silently to the chat between the team leader and Aunt Chen, and Chen Liang also interrupted from time to time.
Song Jin gestured for him to take out the mooncakes and grapes he had brought and share them with everyone to taste.
Aunt Chen sighed while eating the mooncake, saying that it was the first time she had eaten mooncakes with fruit filling.
Then she recounted the lively Mid-Autumn Festival memories of her childhood. The captain and the others would chime in, and Song Jin listened with fascination.
Northeast China is the birthplace of the Manchu people, and therefore a regional culture has been formed there that is both similar to and different from that in other parts of the country.
The Manchu Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the "August Festival", which is called "Zha Gong Biya Ye Neng Ye" in Manchu. It is a traditional annual festival of the Manchu people.
The ancestors of the Manchus had the custom of offering sacrifices to the sun, the moon, and the stars. Due to the long-term coexistence of Manchus and Han people, especially after the Manchus entered the Pass, the two ethnic groups influenced and integrated with each other in cultural customs.
The Manchu moon-worshipping activities gradually merged with the Han people's moon-appreciating customs. Some Manchu people in Northeast China do not call the Mid-Autumn Festival "moon-appreciating" but "moon-offering", which is obviously a legacy of the moon-worshipping custom.
In Northeast China, many families retain the custom of burning incense to their ancestors during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
There are also some rules for placing the fruit offerings. Different fruits placed together have different meanings. Peaches and pomegranates placed together symbolize longevity and good fortune.
Persimmons and apples are offered in pairs, symbolizing peace and prosperity in everything.
Sprinkle a handful of longan, which means "reunion is the most important thing".
In addition to mooncakes, people also eat dumplings and steamed taro during the Mid-Autumn Festival. They also eat Northeastern specialties such as the pig-killing dish, chicken stewed with mushrooms, sauerkraut stewed with blood sausage, sweet and sour pork, and three fresh delicacies.
In addition, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, many places in Northeast China will hold colorful temple fairs, and visiting temple fairs is also an indispensable activity for local people to celebrate the festival.
But nowadays, things like burning incense and temple fairs are absolutely forbidden, not even to be mentioned.
Talking about the past, although life was hard, everyone still missed it very much. When Aunt Chen's voice fell, the yard was very quiet for a while.
Not long after, Song Jin said goodbye to everyone, and Chen Liang insisted on taking her home.
He shamelessly went to Song Jin's house and sat there for an hour, under the pretext of accompanying his partner to appreciate the moon.
The two of them stayed in the village for several days, almost inseparable except for sleeping time, and of course the rumors in the village reached her ears.
However, Aunt Chen didn't cause her too much trouble.
After Aunt Chen and Aunt Hua walked around the village together, the rumors about them disappeared in the village in an instant.
Now when villagers meet them on the street, they no longer point fingers at them. Instead, they come up to them to congratulate them and ask when their wedding will be.
The beautiful Chen Liang wanted to go out and walk around the village twice every day, but unfortunately the other protagonist did not cooperate. She did not want to be watched like a monkey.
Three days later, Song Jin returned to the county town. Her vacation time was insufficient, and Chen Liang also returned to the transport team.
This time Chen Liang did not ride a bicycle. The bicycle at home had to be reserved for the team leader to use when he went to the commune for meetings. He did not need it for his normal outings, so he rode Song Jin's bicycle and took her back to the city.
He first sent Song Jin to the dormitory, and he followed her to the door under the pretext of getting familiar with the house.
Only after confirming that the place was safe did we reluctantly return to the transport team.
Song Jin also quickly packed up and went to report to the factory. As soon as he entered the factory office, he was invited into the factory director's office.
Yes, please.
Today's Song Jin is no longer the Song Jin of a year ago. This is the main person involved in the research of major projects in Beijing.
She also rejected a job offer from a large company. I heard that they offered her the salary of a level 6 worker but still couldn't keep her.
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