The farce in the brigade had no effect on Lin Qingmei. She left the brigade and went to the breeding farm.
The breeding farm is still quieter here, she should try to go to the brigade headquarters as little as possible!
The New Year is coming soon, and the village is getting busy. Everyone starts grinding glutinous rice to make glutinous rice cakes, and the pigs in the village are also going to be slaughtered.
The experts' house has been built, but the toilet that was originally planned to be built on the farm can only be built next year because the construction workers have to go home for the New Year.
On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar year, Lin Qingmei took the soaked glutinous rice to the rice mill early in the morning. She was going to grind the glutinous rice into glutinous rice flour to make glutinous rice cakes. Since none of the three siblings had ever made glutinous rice cakes, they could only tell Lin's second grandmother in advance and ask her to come over to help.
When Lin Qingmei came back from the rice mill, Lin Qinglan and Lin Zheng had already cut the banana leaves and washed them.
Not long after Lin Qingmei arrived home, Second Grandma Lin came with the fillings.
"Second Grandma, what kind of stuffing did you make?" Lin Qinglan was curious about the stuffing that Grandma Lin brought over.
"It contains black fungus, bean curd sticks, pork, and minced garlic. If you like sweet food, we can use minced garlic and sugar as the filling."
Grandma Lin skillfully puts glutinous rice flour into a basin, then adds water to knead it into a ball. After kneading the dough, she pinches off a small ball and rolls it into a ball on the palm of her hand, flattens it, then puts a small amount of stuffing in it, kneads it into a ball, and places it on a clean banana leaf.
Lin Qingmei and her two siblings were all curious and tried to learn how to make the dumplings. At first, they could never wrap them properly and the stuffing leaked everywhere, making everyone laugh.
Lin Qingmei learned faster and soon made a decent glutinous rice cake.
"Lan Zi, look how many glutinous rice cakes I made! Lin Zheng, you can make those weird things and keep them for yourself." Lin Qingmei put the glutinous rice cakes made by Lin Zheng aside. She didn't want to eat those weird things with thick skin and little filling.
"Look, you're the best at making glutinous rice cakes. Aren't you just faster than me? What's there to be proud of? Once I make glutinous rice cakes a few more times, I'll definitely be better than you." Lin Qinglan rolled her eyes at Lin Qingmei. It's just that the glutinous rice cakes are more beautifully wrapped, look how good she is.
"Don't be so proud, I finally know how to make glutinous rice cakes. I'll make them for you whenever you want to eat them."
As everyone chatted and laughed, a pot of glutinous rice flour turned into white and plump glutinous rice cakes. Second Aunt Lin put the wrapped glutinous rice cakes into the steamer and started to steam them. Soon, the steamer came out of the steamer, and the whole room was filled with the aroma of glutinous rice cakes.
After the glutinous rice cakes were steamed, Second Grandma Lin gave one to each person to try.
Lin Qingmei took a bite, and the soft, sweet taste mixed with the rich flavor of the filling spread in her mouth
"Second Madam, this glutinous rice cake is really delicious. The fillings you prepared are too delicious!"
Lin Qinglan and Lin Zheng nodded desperately, their mouths were stuffed with glutinous rice cakes and they couldn't speak at all.
“Eat more if you want. I made so much today, it should be enough for you to eat for a few days. When the glutinous rice cakes are cold, you should hang them up in a basket to prevent them from being eaten by mice.” In the past, Second Grandma Lin had experienced glutinous rice cakes being eaten by mice, and several pieces of glutinous rice cakes were wasted in vain.
"Don't worry, Second Madam! I will keep my glutinous rice cakes and will never let mice eat them."
By the time all the glutinous rice cakes were made and it was getting dark, Second Grandma Lin said goodbye and went back.
The next day was New Year’s Eve. That day was the last day of the eighth year, and tomorrow would be the ninth year.
It has been three months since Lin Qingmei traveled through time. Last year's Chinese New Year was the first year she and Lin Qinglan spent in this time and space.
In Guangdong, eating chicken is a must during the Chinese New Year. Even the poorest families will kill a chicken to try the flavor.
Lin Qingmei's family raised two chickens, which she had eaten up a long time ago. Two days ago, she went to the next brigade to exchange them for two more to keep for the New Year.
Early in the morning on New Year's Eve, Lin Qingmei and Lin Qinglan began to kill chickens and fish. Although they were not allowed to worship gods during the "Four Olds" campaign, they could still post couplets.
The couplets at home were written by Lin Qingmei. The top line reads "May everything go smoothly every year", the bottom line reads "May everything go well and progress step by step", and the horizontal banner reads "May five blessings come to the door".
Although the couplets were very ordinary, Lin Qingmei's handwriting was pretty good, and they looked no worse than those bought by others.
“Dinner is ready!”
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