Qichichi fried noodles

In my hometown, life always follows the lunar calendar.

Grandparents always have a special piety and belief in crops and food.

Grandpa is in charge of what to plant in the field. I remember when I was very young, my grandfather taught us to recite solar term song. "The spring rain shakes the spring and the valley days, the mountains and rivers in summer are hot in summer, the autumn dew is frosty, and there is snow and ice in winter." Grandpa often said, "crops can grow in the ground, and God won't starve to death." Really, didn't Mencius say, "If you don't go against the farming season, the grain won't be threshed"?

Grandma is responsible for what she eats at home. During the Spring Festival, we eat jiaozi, fried beans on February 2nd, boiled eggs with zongzi on May 5th, and fried noodles with dragon clothes on June 6th.

Speaking of fried noodles, it is not the kind of fried noodles that we usually eat in snack bars, but a paste food made of fried flour with sugar or salt and boiling water.

I remember when I was a child, on June 6th every year, my grandmother got up early, scooped up a big ladle of white flour, put it in a big pot heated with corn stalks in the kitchen, and then slowly burned it with wheat bran. Grandma stood in front of the wok and kept stirring with a wooden shovel. She is so hot that her clothes are soaked, but she doesn't need any help. She only asked me to change some towels to sweat on her shoulders. Every time it drips, she sweats a lot. After a while, the fried noodles are fragrant. The smell of fried noodles wafted into our noses. We couldn't wait, so we ran around the pot and shouted happily for fried noodles! After the fried noodles are fried, let the pan cool for a while and pass it with a small gong. When cooking, it was covered with pimples. Roll it out and pass it on with a gong. Then put them in the bowl. Grandma put the red pond in the bowl. She scalded it with freshly boiled water and stirred it into a paste, which was sticky and thick. She scooped a spoonful with a small spoon and put it in her mouth. Suddenly she felt sweet, fragrant and soft. Very delicious. Three times and two times, a bowl will soon be finished. At that time, my grandparents ate fried noodles without sugar, sometimes with noodle soup and sometimes with salt. I thought they liked to eat like that, but they didn't want to.

When eating fried noodles, grandma said that the temperature of fried noodles is very important, and it should be done in one breath, and no substitution can be made in the middle. Stir-fried noodles come and go, no hurry or slow. If you are too anxious, it is easy to cook, and if you are too slow, you will not be able to make incense. When the flour turns black in the pot, the fragrance begins to come out. At this time, pay more attention. Seeing the flour turn golden yellow in the pot, the fried noodles are out of the pot.

Grandma said that eating fried noodles in dog days can cure diarrhea and abdominal pain, dispel damp heat and avoid suffering from summer heat. Remember to eat things that grow in the ground and eat things that are in season. This is a saying, but you can't eat it indiscriminately. This should be called "a gentleman loves to eat, and he has a good way to eat"!

In this constant stir-fry, grandma's hair turned white, wrinkles increased, her back hunched, and time slipped away. Sadness, bittersweet, experience and taste. Stir-fried noodles are like life, there are bitter and hot, and you have to cook them. Adding seasonings can make them soft and sweet. Grandma always treats food with awe and the impermanence of life. No matter whether she is happy or sad, she always accepts it calmly and maintains a calm piety.

Grandpa left peacefully when he was ninety years old. Grandma is 88 years old this year. Although she has experienced illness, she is still very philosophical. It is this quiet piety of the two old people that makes them live a quiet, intelligent and relaxed life. Still water flows deeply, and the surging waves are singing. Let yourself slowly become firm and calm!