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Chapter 595 New Year and New Look
Chapter 595 New Year, New Atmosphere
"The rabbit invites the tiger to eat? Guess an idiom!" Hua Lei was confused again.
"Eat what you want in the future." Rong Jin replied.
A lantern was handed to Zhenzhu, and Hualei couldn't help but smile. When everyone left the lantern riddle guessing area, almost everyone was holding a lantern.
In addition to the lanterns, Zhenzhu also bought a variety of food. Jiang Yunqi helped to hold a lot of them. The pregnant Zhenzhu was even more greedy.
Before they knew it, they were at the big square in front of the county government office. In the middle of the square, someone was performing iron flower making. Hua Lei had seen similar performances before when she was in the capital.
I saw the master who was making iron flowers dipped his tool in metal juice, picked up the board, and hit it hard, causing the molten iron to rush into the sky and sparks to fly.
The dazzling light emitted by the iron flowers symbolizes wealth and good fortune, and also expresses people's longing and yearning for a better life in the future.
Moreover, these lights are like the colors of ripe wheat, so the iron flower performance also reflects the people's joy for the good harvest of crops.
In the prosperous times when there were no fireworks, the iron flower show was still quite entertaining, especially for children. However, it was also a very dangerous performance, so the people watched from afar, cheering from time to time.
After watching the iron flower making and juggling for a while and eating some snacks, everyone went home to stay up all night. This was the first New Year after Hua Lei and Rong Jin got married.
On the kang, Rong Jin placed a wooden box in front of Hua Lei and said with a smile, "Sister Hua, these are all my banknotes, I give them to you.
Originally, I wanted to make jewelry for you, but when I went to the town to look around, I found that both the quality and style were terrible, so I didn’t buy any.
I will give you the money when we get to Shangjing City. Part of this banknote is my salary, and part is the money given by the court before the New Year. It's all here, take it." Rong Jin opened the wooden box and pushed it to Hua Lei's hand.
Looking at the silver bills and ingots of various denominations in the wooden box, Hua Lei smiled and said, "My dear, you can keep this salary for yourself. It will be useful for you when you go out for social events in the future."
"No need. I don't have any social engagements in Mobei, and all my meals are at home. Even if I do have social engagements, you know I can just ask you for them if I need anything." Rong Jin took off his outer clothes and got on the kang.
"But I didn't prepare any gifts for you. I just tied a knot for you. Take a look. Do you like it? I'm not very good at housework, so I can't make any clothes.
I learned how to make this heart knot from Sister Cao Ya several times before I was able to make it like this. It is far inferior to the various knots Sister Cao Ya has made.”
Hua Lei took out the heart knot she had tied with red thread a few days ago from the kang box and handed it to Rong Jin. Rong Jin took it with surprise and said happily, "Wow, Sister Hua, your craftsmanship is great. I like it."
"But it's not worth much..." Hua Lei answered honestly.
"Sister Hua, I like the meaning of this heart knot and your love for me." Rong Jin hugged Hua Lei, very happy.
"Please tie a love knot for me every year from now on! One every year, okay?" Rong Jin asked, looking at the love knot in his hand.
"Okay, I'll make one for you every year from now on. When we return to the capital, I'll string a heart-shaped jade pendant on it for you." Hua Lei nodded in agreement.
"Okay! Let's be united every year and be happy every year!" Rong Jin hugged Hua Lei tightly and said.
The new year arrives as expected with the two of them loving each other.
The next few days were spent eating and drinking, occasionally reading a book and writing. Hualei has now become accustomed to life without mobile phone network, so life is very comfortable.
That day, Hualei, Zhenzhen and others followed Uncle Zhongsheng and Uncle Zhao to break ice to catch fish and shrimp. In the world of ice and snow, Hualei had never done such a thing, and she had never even seen it.
However, it seems to be very common in Mobei. Some of the smaller rivers and lakes here will be covered with a thick layer of ice in winter, so people can run without any problems even if they step on them.
Therefore, many people would use ice to catch fish and shrimp to improve their family's food. Uncle Zhongsheng said that the fish and shrimp caught in winter are usually very plump and popular among the people.
The most common method to catch small fish and shrimp is to use a ground trap, which is a catching tool similar to a fish basket. It can be placed at the bottom of frozen rivers and lakes or in shallow ditches to catch small fish, shrimp and other aquatic life.
Therefore, before the New Year, Uncle Zhongsheng and Uncle Zhao started to break ice and catch fish and shrimp from time to time. In order to catch fish and shrimp, Uncle Zhongsheng also asked Uncle Zhao to help make a lot of bamboo traps.
He chose a river that was not very big, saying that the river was not too turbulent and the water level was relatively low, so it would be easy to get a harvest.
After selecting the location for the trap, Uncle Zhao started to help. Because the ice layer was too thick to be broken directly, he poured some warm water on it. When he felt the ice layer became thinner, he carefully smashed a hole with a wooden hammer.
Then, bait made of mixed noodles and some food residues were placed in the ground trap. The fragrance of these baits can attract small fish and shrimps into the ground trap and increase the capture rate.
Tie stones of appropriate size at the two entrances and exits of the trap, so that the trap can be fixed on the riverbed.
After placing the ground trap along the direction of the water flow, connect the ground trap to the fishing line and fix the fishing line on the ice to prevent the ground trap from being washed away by the water flow.
The trap can be checked every 35 minutes to half an hour, and the captured small fish and shrimp can be taken out. If there is not enough flour bait and food residue in the trap, it needs to be added again to start a new round of waiting.
Because a lot of ground traps are prepared, the first ground trap can be put away after all the first round of ground traps are placed.
Hualei, Zhenzhu and others followed behind to join in the fun. Whenever Uncle Zhongsheng brought up a trap, Hualei and Zhenzhu would come over to have a sneak peek.
When you hear a rustling sound in the trap, you know you have a catch. If the sound is louder, it means you have caught something big. At the end of the day, you can fill two large buckets with fish and shrimp of all sizes.
By the evening, Uncle Zhongsheng and Uncle Zhao had placed all the traps before returning home, waiting for the harvest tomorrow morning.
After bringing the fish and shrimp home, Hua Lei roughly classified them and set aside the larger fresh live fish, preparing to send them to Pei Jingyang.
Clean the small fish and shrimp, drain the water, put oil in the pot, pour in the small fish and shrimp, stir-fry slowly over low heat until slightly yellow, then remove.