At the end of May 1959, my grandfather's hometown in the northeast was Xingxingtun.
After the end of spring plowing, the Xingxingtun production team captured the red flag of the spring plowing production battle of Lushan People's Commune, and the commune rewarded the production team with a large fat pig of more than 300 kilograms.
In the year of famine, the production team wants to kill pigs to celebrate their achievements, the fathers and villagers of Xingtun smile with joy, and the children rush to tell each other.
During the Spring Ploughing Production Battle, Zou Jie, the young women's director of the commune, squatted at the Happy Tun and contributed to the good deeds of the horse widows Qin Xiaoyu and Qiao Wanfu.
Taking advantage of the good opportunity of the production team to kill pigs to celebrate their achievements, at the suggestion of Zou Jie, Xingxingtun wanted to hold a wedding for Qin Xiaoyu and Qiao Wanfu, which was set for the 12th day of the fourth lunar month.
The folk style of Xingtun has always been a family with help for everyone, and for many years, fathers and old folks have been relying on helping each other to tide over difficulties.
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In the blink of an eye, it was the big day when Qiao Wanfu and Qin Xiaoyu got married.
In the early morning, in the compound of the Xingxingtun production team, member Liu Yidao began to sharpen the knife Huo Huo, and Jiang Dana began to grind soy milk to make tofu with a donkey.
The old urchin Zhou Yunfa helped prepare the fine hemp rope and straw (sorghum stalks), and the four or five strong men who arrived began to carry water and chop firewood, the 18-seal cauldron was filled with water, and the wooden grapefruit on the stove began to make a fire.
Wooden boards, long tables, large basins, long shovels, hoes, and soldering irons were all prepared, and four members led by Liu Yidao jumped into the pigsty and began to catch pigs.
The big fat pig was locked up alone in a pigsty, and at this time, no matter how much he struggled and roared, he could not escape the fate of Zhu Zhuang being slaughtered.
In the blink of an eye, the big fat pig was knocked down by the strong men, its four hooves were bound together by hemp rope, and its wailing long mouth was also tied strong by thin hemp rope.
Four strong men used two logs to carry the fat pig to the "Fengshen Platform", and then the entire pig body was pressed on the long table by two logs, and the pig's head was pulled on the outside of the table.
Liu stabbed out, first slammed a blow at the pig's head, and then stabbed into the large artery of the neck ... The straw in the large basin is constantly stirring.
The four hooves of the fat pig were cut in turn, a long rod was inserted and pulled out, and the strong man began to puff in like a balloon from the opening, and when the fat pig was blown round and full, the opening was tied tightly with a thin hemp rope.
In the cauldron, the water has boiled to a boil, and two wooden boards have been set up on the pot.
The fat pig was carried to the board, and the strong men began to use a gourd scoop of boiling water to pour on the pig, and when it was watered, Liu Yidao instructed the group to scrape the pig's hair with a hoe board, and the hoe board passed, the pig hair was scattered, and the place that could not be scraped was finally used with a red-hot soldering iron.
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The fat pig that had finished shaving was placed on the long table again, and Liu Yidao shot again...
This Liu Yidao has a penchant, no matter who kills the pig, he will take out the piece of fat oil in the pig's chest and stuff it into his mouth, and eat it on the spot while it is hot.
Next, the intestines are removed, the intestines are poured, the intestines are turned over, the intestines are washed, the blood intestines are enemized, the fat pig is unloaded in eight pieces, and the pig's head and pig's trotter rack are roasted on fire...
Besides, Jiang Dana has already ground the soy milk and started filtering. The 100-seal large iron pot in the house has been hoisted above the cross wooden frame and tied to the tofu bun, the old urchin is responsible for adding the pulp and shaking the rack, and Jiang Dana is responsible for splint extrusion.
After filtering the soy milk, a fire was made in the stove under the cauldron, and dry firewood was set up to start boiling soy milk, and when the soy milk was boiled, the brine began to point tofu, soybean curd was put on the groove, dried tofu was flailed, and began to squeeze.
During this period, the team club was steaming, and the people who worked took a break, drank bowls of soy milk, and ate bowls of water and tofu as a reward for their hard work.
At dawn, young members planted colored flags on both sides of the road leading to the production team site and posted joy links on the door outside the production team site's auditorium.
Xingxingtun was a little older and some members who were married to their mother-in-law Flower Magpie came to the club early to wait.
He Yaozu, the eldest stubborn, put on a carriage, tied red silk on the head of the horse, and three mules also wore red flowers, and the board of the carriage was cleaned and ready to go.
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At this time, the home of the horse widow Qin Xiaoyu had been newly arranged. Some young men and women in Xingxingtun had already arrived, and posted Xi Lian on both sides of the inner and outer doors, and several big girls and little daughters-in-law were helping the bride Qin Xiaoyu to dress up.
On the auspicious day, the groom Qiao Wanfu, wearing new clothes and red silk, followed the flower magpie, the women's director of the commune, Zou Jie, the captain of the production team, the daughter of Captain Wang Kui, and Er Laizi to the club.
The flower magpie wore a red flower on his chest for Zou Jie, who came early, and he also put a red flower on his head.
The four girls are also dressed up today, and Muzi and she were selected by the flower magpie as the best man and bridesmaid, which Muzi did not know in advance.
The four girls held two small pink flowers in their hands, and as soon as they came to the club, they happily looked for rice dumplings everywhere.
Muzi was giving Jiang Dana a hand, and was suddenly pulled aside by the four girls: "Brother Muzi, you come over, I'll put flowers on you, hehe!" ”
"What flowers for me, fool around!" The four girls were thrown away.
"Aunt Hua arranged, you are the best man, I am the bridesmaid, she asked me to put it on for you." The fourth girl added, "Aunt Hua said, today as far as she said, my father is not good, she can let whoever she wants to do anything, and no one can shirk." ”
At this time, the flower magpie came over with a head in charge: "Muzi, arrange a task for you, be the best man for the bride and groom, I didn't tell you beforehand, this matter is a good thing to show your face, I can't give it to others, just you, put the flowers on, take the carriage to follow me in a while, and pick up the relatives." ”
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"Aunt Hua, you let others be, I don't deserve." Muzi pushed out with great reluctance.
"No, usually I listen to you, today you have to listen to me." The flower magpie couldn't tell the difference, turned around and busied.
Muzi looked helpless, and knew in his heart that it was probably the ghost idea of the four girls.
The fourth girl was very proud, whether Muzi wanted to or not, pulled him and put a small pink flower on his chest.
The rooster chirped three times, the top of the east mountain glowed red, the sun had not yet emerged, the flower magpie arranged for the people to prepare two ribbed strips of pork, two green onions, and a handful of vermicelli, and hand-picked Qiao Wanfu, Zou Jie, Captain Wang Kui, Muzi, the four girls, and herself plus the big stubborn son to form a singular number of seven people and sat in the carriage, followed by Er Laizi and a group of members who beat gongs and trumpets and a group of children.
The big stubborn man threw the red tsued whip vigorously, and the welcoming procession set off from the Happiness Society. Erlaizi blew the trumpet hard, and the gong and drum also beat with it.
The people who remained in the compound of the production team had prepared firecrackers, and the young girls and young men all carried a handful of grains in their pockets.
The carriage that greeted the relatives came to the gate of Qin Xiaoyu's house, and the flower magpie pushed and shoved the groom Qiao Wanfu to walk ahead.
The door of the bride's house was deliberately closed, and the people inside shouted for red envelopes, and the flower magpie asked Qiao Wanfu to stuff two red envelopes containing two cents through the crack in the door, and the door opened, and the flower magpie led the groom and the relatives into the door.
The bride, Qin Xiaoyu, sat on the new futon on the kang, and an axe was placed under the futon. Someone has already cooked a bowl of noodles and poached eggs, and amid the giggling and laughter, the groom and the bride eat a bowl of noodles together, each grab the money, and then the relatives start rummaging through the bride's shoes...
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Moreover, after going through the greeting procedure, at the instigation of everyone, the groom carried the bride into the carriage. The bride and groom sat in the middle of the carriage, Muzi and the four girls sat on the left and right of the bride and groom, and Qin Xiaoyu's youngest son sat in the carriage.
The gong and drum sounded, the trumpet sounded, and the welcoming procession greeted the rising sun, and with a loud whip, walked towards the wedding hall of the Happiness Society.
A group of children had been following the greeting team, and when they were about to arrive at the production team site, they began to rush to report the message, and they did not want to miss the scene of setting off firecrackers.
"Coming, coming..."
The little ones cheered. The firecrackers lit, crackled ... Children gathered around, covering their ears. As soon as the firecrackers went off, they flew over and scrambled to pick up the firecrackers that didn't go off the ground.
At this time, the flower magpie quickly stepped forward and gave a red envelope to the child in the carriage, and the groom pulled the hooded bride out of the carriage, and Muzi and the four girls were guarded left and right as best men and bridesmaids.
On the short walk to the auditorium, men and women stood on either side, shouting, even if they were still thinking about the bride and groom, and surrounded the four girls, and almost all the grains in their hands fell on their heads.
This treatment is not the bride and groom, but like the bride and groom, the son suffers innocently, and the four girls are happy to have this calamity.
The bride and groom were hugged to the center of the auditorium, where the wedding ceremony began. Zou Jie witnessed the marriage of the two couples, and Captain Wang Kui organized a couple of newlyweds to worship, and after a round of applause, the bride and groom got into a carriage and were sent to the cave room.
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After the wedding ceremony, Jiang Dana in the happiness club led several women with rich kitchen experience to prepare lunch, and the other members did not delay the production team.
Because it was necessary to continue to make steel to support national construction, the production team had the task of handing over scrap steel, Muzi led a group of young people to dig up the two iron lions of the landlord's house that were thrown into the pond, and Captain Wang Kui led a group of people to continue to clean the river and repair the canal.
Today's production team collective labor is not full of energy, in fact, it is grinding foreign workers, and the members are talking about how Qiao Wanfu and Qin Xiaoyu will spend candles in the house tonight, and they are even more worried about the fat pig feast at noon. There is such a good thing, there is no breakfast, everyone is hungry, and the gluttony in the stomach has long been aroused.
The four girls are the guides who dig the iron lion. Captain Wang Kui wanted to arrange this matter a long time ago, because the Spring Ploughing Battle had been delayed until now.
The abandoned pond was at the east end of Xingxingtun, next to the river, this small pond was once the place where hemp and manure were stained in the early years, because it was not far from the Tunzi house, it was often smelly, and a child was accidentally drowned, so it was buried by filling in the soil long ago, and the hemp and manure were changed to the side of the small river ditch in the back mountain.
The four girls claimed that they had encountered iron lions when playing in the pond, but now that time has changed, it is difficult to find references, and it is difficult for her to judge the location.
Anyway, if you can't find it, you will continue to look for it, and the longer you can spend with Brother Muzi, the better. The four girls delineated a large area based on their impressions, and everyone dug up helplessly.
Because of the best man bridesmaid in the morning, everyone dug and searched and joked with them.
Muzi is embarrassed, the four girls don't care, on the surface they chase and fight unobtrusively, but in their hearts they hope that the joke is as big as possible.
After digging thirteen times, the pit was not small, the iron lion was not found, the young people were together, they did not feel tired with some effort, but they were in a very good mood, but the stomach kept messing around.
I finally stayed up until noon.
Without notice, the old and young people of the whole tun have long prepared their own dishes and chopsticks, and they have come to the production team compound to wait. The only ones who did not come were Xiaomei's grandfather Gao Laotou and several elderly people who were sick in bed in Tunli.
Jiang Dana is worthy of being a big taker. This season, there are no edible greens other than freshly grown leeks and spring onions, Chinese cabbage, and spinach that can be dipped in. The sauerkraut, Chinese cabbage, and radishes stored by every household have long been eaten, and the rest is nothing more than potatoes and vermicelli strips that have been cut and planted, dried mushrooms, a little fungus and the like.
In the northeast, the lack of sauerkraut in pig-killing vegetables is the biggest regret. Even so, Jiang Dana still lived up to his mission and made hard dishes that were praised by the members and the masses.
Blood sausage, white meat, bone removal meat, red braised elbow, blood tofu, slippery meat segment, fat sausage, pork belly stewed mountain vegetables, stewed potatoes with ribs, sixi balls, dried tofu rolls, pork head, slip tenderloin, fried loin, sauced pork heart, stewed soybean curd, mountain wild vegetables big bones stewed into the water... The staple food is a large pot of sorghum rice stewed rice tube enough.
The big kang at the production team site and a row of wooden tables and stools on the ground from beginning to end, these tables and stools are the bottom of last year's "big pot of rice".
The seats were not divided into men, women, and children, and some people were sick in bed and could not be present, Captain Wang Kui ordered Jiang Da to set aside for them, take them home after the meal, and put the rest of the meal on the table, just waiting for an order.
Before the luncheon began, Qiao Wanfu and Qin Xiaoyu arrived, carrying a small waist basket containing sunflower seeds, peanuts and candy.
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The candy is given to the children first, each person is given one, and the rest of the peanuts and sunflower seeds are left to the group to snatch the small waist basket, you grab a handful of him, the wolf has more meat and less meat, and the small waist basket has been tortured and ravaged.
Captain Wang Kui personally went to the production brigade to pick up the leader of the brigade, and when everyone was seated, Captain Wang Kui made a round, ready to let the brigade Liu Zhishu say a few words, but the children on the table couldn't wait, and were wrenched by adults to cry several times.
Liu Zhishu stood up and said excitedly: "Fathers and fellow villagers of the Happy Tun Production Team, congratulations, you have worked hard!" Today is your big day, first of all, I wish a couple of newcomers a successful victory, white heads to old age, secondly, everyone continue to work hard, summon up full energy, strive for the upstream, how quickly to build socialism, finally, I wish everyone good food and drink, let's start, the children are in a hurry. ”
There should have been applause here, but only Zou Jie, Captain Wang Kui, the leader of the brigade, and a small group of people sounded a few applause, and the rest were the clashing and swallowing sounds of pots and chopsticks.
How fast and fast, almost instantly, the long table, whether it was in the basin, plate, or bowl, was swept away, and a large pot of stewed vegetable soup was scooped clean. Even the bones were smashed and sucked dry of the marrow.
All that could be heard in the auditorium was the sound of hiccups. All you can see is the unfinished eyes of adults and children.
The most civilized table of the cadres of the brigade, Zou Jie and Captain Wang Kui had a lot of food left, and several people were eating their meals while talking.
At this time, a poor group of children had gathered around them, looking at the delicious food on the table, and no one wanted to leave.
There is no way, the cadres can only eat it hastily, leaving the leftovers for this group of children who will come up and rob whenever someone speaks.
A good thing and a delicious meal are over, and Xingxingtun returns to its usual work and life. (Happiness Tun Story 80)