Dayang Network News "Frying heaps, gold and silver full of houses", "oil horns bend, family wealth millions". There are still a few days to usher in the traditional Lunar New Year, on the 17th, Guangzhou Baiyun District Zhongluotan Town Longgang Village Elderly Association Volunteer Service Team and more than 80 volunteers from the town community home care service center gathered at the Zeng Ancestral Hall "oil wok", fried fried heaps, oil horns, sugar rings, egg scatter, sent to 46 families in the village with special difficulties of the elderly.
Frying heap "one sister" 46 seconds to pinch out a frying pile blank
"Fry the heap, you eat it, it's full of beautiful boys, hahahahaha..." Early that morning, the reporter came to the Zeng Ancestral Hall in Longgang, and before he entered the door, he heard a burst of joyful chatting and unrestrained laughter. The ancestral hall is divided into oil horns, egg scatter, sugar rings, fried piles, round boys and other production areas, Longgang villagers, volunteers of the community home care center seven or eight sitting around a pile, while chatting "whole horn boy" and "rubbing round boy", attracting many eighty or ninety-year-old elders to participate in a lively.
"The skin of the oil horn is made of flour, eggs, lard, and lard, and with lard, the skin is crispy, and the filling inside includes peanuts, sesame seeds, shredded coconut, and sugar." Chen Yuhuan, captain of the volunteer service team of the Longgang Village Elderly Association, picked up a wrapped oil horn and told reporters that the shape of the oil horn is like a 'purse' (that is, a wallet), wrapped with sweet and delicious filling, which means that the wallet is swollen, the days are sweet and rich, and the new year earns a full pot.
Many villages in Baiyun District have the tradition of "oil woking" at the end of the year and making "New Year products", many female villagers have followed their grandmothers and mothers since childhood, and they have mastered the good craft of frying and frying oil horns at the age of ten. Among the many New Year foods, the qiao women of Longgang Village unanimously believe that the technical content of making macaroni is the highest, and Li Cao, who is affectionately called "sister-in-law" by them, is the famous fried fried heap "first sister".
Only to see Li Cao's mother-in-law take a small lump from the reconciled glutinous rice dough, the left thumb and index finger fixed the dough, the right thumb to pinch the dough down thin, while quickly rotating the hollow dough, both hands with tacit understanding, quickly kneaded the dough into a hollow money bag shape. At this time, the money bag is placed in the palm of the left hand, and while rotating rapidly, the "money bag" is tightly sealed with the thumb and index finger of the right hand, and the excess dough is removed.
During the conversation, a chubby frying pile blank appeared in the hands of Li Cao's mother-in-law. This skillful craftsmanship stunned the onlookers. Several young citizens couldn't help but try their hands, but they either pinched them thickly or thinly, or they couldn't keep their mouths shut. There are also citizens who pick up the stopwatch, and Li Cao's mother-in-law makes a frying pile blank for only 46 seconds from taking the dough to closing the mouth. Asked about the secret, 76-year-old Li Cao laughed, "I don't know, just this feel."
"She will make fried heaps when she is a teenager, and has been doing them for more than sixty years, and is our master", "Our daughters who marry here will definitely make fried heaps for the man's family, which means that the newcomers are complete and happy, and many people are asking their sister-in-law to help make it"... Zeng Jinqian and other villagers worked while helping reporters "bottom up.". "I can make twenty-six or seven pounds of powder", and after a while, Li Cao pinched a plate full of fried pile blanks, each of which was evenly sized.
The oil pan on the side has been boiled, and with the phrase "frying heaps are full of gold and silver", Li Cao put down the oil pans with a dozen white fat frying pile blanks, and pushed the frying pile with a colander to rotate in circles, while taking turns to gently press the frying pile. "The heat is very important, the oil is too hot, and the frying pile can't be fried," another villager tacitly stood at the mouth of the stove to increase or decrease firewood.
The bigger the frying pile, the larger it is than before the pan, and the surface of the frying pile is gradually golden, and the fragrant smell fills the kitchen. Soon, Li Cao quickly fished out the fried heap, threw away the excess oil, and put it in a basin to dry. From time to time, the children of the village burrowed into the back kitchen and eagerly grabbed one and stuffed it into their mouths.
New Year's Festival food is sent to the elderly in special poverty, and filial piety and love are passed down from generation to generation in Longgang
Longgang Village, located in Zhongluotan Town on the outskirts of Guangzhou, has a history of more than 600 years, and the people of Zeng's village who live here claim to be descendants of the pre-Qin famous Ru Zengzi. Because Confucianism has the saying that "prudence will eventually pursue the far, and the people's virtue will return to the thick", the Zeng Ancestral Hall in Longgang is also called "Chasing The YuanTang".
"Filial piety and love for the elderly are the cultural traditions of our Longgang Zeng family." Chen Yuhuan said that since the establishment of the Longgang Elderly Association Volunteer Service Team in 2016, it has made fried heaps, oil horns, egg scatter and other New Year's food at the gate of the Zeng Ancestral Hall every year before the Spring Festival, and sent them to 46 families with special difficulties in the village, sharing the New Year's flavor with them and wishing them a happy New Year's life and good health.
Chen Yuhuan introduced that in 2017, the community home care service center entered Zhongluotan Town, bringing a new service concept to the volunteer service team of the elderly association, helping them improve their service level and making volunteer service sustainable. "The volunteer service team has become vibrant, and has attracted many service recipients to join as volunteers, and has now expanded from more than 30 people at the beginning of its establishment to more than 80 people," Chen Yuhuan said.
"For the elderly with special difficulties, material assistance is only a small aspect, more of a spiritual concern." Mo Youzheng, director of the Zhongluotan Town Community Home Care Service Center, said that they have gathered the human resources of the village and the community through the three-society linkage model to provide the most down-to-earth service projects for local villagers. For example, every year, the elderly with special difficulties will also be sent to the blessing bag, which has Spring Festival, window flowers, Li Isfeng and other Annual items, and help the elderly with mobility difficulties to decorate the room to add to the festive atmosphere of the festival.
Among the volunteers who made New Year's eve food that day, Aunt Zeng was an elderly person with special difficulties, and she told reporters that joining the volunteer team to serve everyone, usually talking and laughing together, her life felt full and meaningful.
Text: Guangzhou Daily all-media reporter Tang Nan correspondent Zeng Jiechang
Photo: Guangzhou Daily all-media reporters Li Bo and Tang Nan