Chapter 43: Eating Dumplings
"Just based on these few pieces of coal, you can't easily conclude that there is a big coal mine, right?" Bai Mingchuan is also a branch secretary. He has gone out to meet and see the world, and knows what a big coal mine means to their village. If there is a big coal mine, the country will definitely Will develop, and then the young people in the village will have the opportunity to change from farmers to coal miners.
But after thinking about it for a while, he committed the old habit of looking forward and backward again. How much coal is this? Can you tell from there that there are large coal mines around? If you report it rashly, you will be criticized.
"I can't say that now, I'm not from the exploration team, but it's good news; the Jiazigou Coal Mine in the northeast was discovered from a piece of coal..." Shen Long told the story of the Jiazigou Coal Mine and the Huolinhe Coal Mine. Repeatedly, "The country has been attaching great importance to the exploration and development of coal mines in the past few years. If we report the news, they will definitely pay attention to it, and they will definitely need help from the village when the time comes."
"That's true." The exploration team is here, and Murakami is responsible for food and lodging. They will definitely not eat and live for nothing, and Murakami will also have a little more money to live on. No matter how you count it, Baidian Village will not lose money. Bai Mingchuan is tempted .
"In the 1920s, Professor Wang Zhuquan, a geologist, estimated 90.447 billion tons of coal in this area in the "China Geological Map Taiyuan Yulin Sheet", which shows that our coal is not without scientific basis." Zhengzhou Coal Geology Institute also After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the 186 Exploration Team also came to northern Shaanxi for exploration many times, but they never visited Baidian Village.
"That's it. Tomorrow, I'll bring someone to take a look with you, and then I'll walk around and see more, and prepare more things so that I can report to the village and county." Bai Mingchuan counted the time , "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, let's make preparations years ago and report as soon as the new year begins."
"Then, I'll go back first." This kind of thing can't be solved overnight. The Shenfu Dongsheng Coal Mine was discovered in 1980, and construction only started in 1984. Delaying the work for a few days is nothing.
A few days ago, Shen Long took Bai Mingchuan to run around the mountains and plains, looking for coal mining points to dig according to the memory of later generations. The coal mines in this place are not open-pit coal mines, and the coal seams are hidden 400 to 800 meters underground. There are not many coals on the surface, but with the hard work of the big guys, they still found a lot, and Shen Long's map also added more markings.
On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, everyone went back to the village to rest and prepare for the Chinese New Year. Although it is still difficult at the moment, the big guys took out the grain at the bottom of the box and prepared to make some delicious Chinese New Year food, except for 饸饹, bowls and so on. When eating in northern Shaanxi, dumplings are naturally indispensable during the Chinese New Year in the north.
For this reason, Bai Mingchuan specially gave Shen Long a few catties of flour and pork, "You guys came to our village and did a lot of good things for the village. This is a little bit of our village's kindness, so don't refuse. "
Shen Long took it and gave Bai Mingchuan back some candy and cigarettes he bought at the consignment point. There is nothing to spend money here. He still has a lot of savings brought from the capital, and he went there two days ago I went to Shichuan Village of Tucheng Commune and gave some to Zhong Yuemin and the others. By the way, I taught them how to identify and process wild vegetables. I hope they can last for a few more days.
On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, the big guys happily started making dumplings, and Shen Long showed them again that all kinds of flower dumplings were made very beautifully. Just looking at the shape, the educated youths were amazed, "Kui Yong!" , your skill is even better than that of the master with long hair!"
Defachang is a time-honored restaurant in Xi'an. It specializes in making dumplings. It is known as the best dumpling in the world. It is said that when Empress Dowager Cixi came to Xi'an for refuge, she couldn't eat anything, but Defachang's dumplings made her like it.
"Today, I will open your eyes completely. Don't make any trouble here. I made the dumplings by myself. You go to the fire. Let's make a batch of dumplings. Fried dumplings, steamed dumplings, boiled dumplings, baked dumplings Dumplings, baked dumplings... Various tricks are here for you to enjoy." Cooking is addictive, Shen Longkong has a good cooking skill,
I haven’t been able to get a chance to use it since I came here, and now I finally have some rich ingredients, so can I make a good table?
Cold shepherd's purse, garlic mixed with bitter vegetables, sauerkraut... Several cold dishes were prepared in three steps, and a thin layer of oil was applied to the bottom of the pot. The dumplings were fried until golden, and the educated youth's saliva flowed down.
"It's so delicious!" Hu Jianjun didn't care about the heat, and stuffed it into his mouth in one bite. He felt a little regretful after he finished feeling, "We have the delicious ones, and it's always unpleasant not to order wine for the Chinese New Year!"
"There is wine, so how can there be no wine!" As soon as the words finished, Bai Mingchuan came in with a snowflake on his head, holding a wine jar in his hand, "Oh, I'm really sorry, but I've prepared it for you a long time ago. I was busy two days ago and forgot."
"Happy Chinese New Year, Branch Secretary Bai, I would like to trouble you to make a special trip to sit down and eat some dumplings and drink a cup!" Shen Long pulled Bai Mingchuan to sit down, added a pair of bowls and chopsticks for him, and poured wine.
"Don't eat, don't eat, the family is still waiting for me to go back." He said so, but his eyes kept staring at the fried dumplings. The food in northern Shaanxi has always been rough. How has he seen such exquisite food? After a few words, Shen Long persuaded him to try it, and he couldn't stop talking after he tasted it. Not only the dumplings were delicious, but also the cold dishes were good, without the bitter taste of wild vegetables at all.
"Shen Long, how many things do you know? This skill is much better than that of the chefs in the canteen in our county. From now on, whoever does things in the village, you have to be the chef!" In these years, the emphasis is on thrift, but there are weddings and funerals in the village. It is still possible to set up two tables.
"It's easy to talk about." Don't talk about weddings and weddings in the village, even a state banquet is worthy of Shen Long.
After tasting a few dumplings, Bai Mingchuan left reluctantly. Firstly, his family had to wait for him to go back. Secondly, he also knew that these educated youths did not have enough food, so it was really hard to eat too much.
After leaving Bai Mingchuan, the educated youths felt much more at ease. They started to drink wine, and even the female educated youths took a few sips.
As the saying goes, the more you drink the dumplings, the more you drink. Once you drink the wine, it’s hard to stop. At the beginning, everyone was talking and laughing, but I don’t know who started it, talking about relatives far away, The atmosphere in the cave quickly became sad.
They are all young people who are only sixteen, seventeen, or less than twenty years old. This is the first time they have left their parents to spend the New Year outside, and they don't know how long it will take to go home. The future is even more bleak.
When will we be able to go home, and where is our way out? Thinking of this, Liu Ying, who is emotionally fragile, started to cry first, followed by all the female educated youths, and then Hu Jianjun and Jiang Shaoan's eye circles were also a little red.