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留在记忆中的年味

2022-04-06杨丛晓

走向世界 2022年9期
关键词:饽饽胶东年味

杨丛晓

我的家乡是一个小村镇,记忆中家乡人过年,是从喝完香甜糯软的腊八粥后开始的,年味浓了起来,人们也逐渐忙了起来……

年味首先弥漫在农村的赶大集中。腊月农村的大集,处处是摩肩接踵的人群,琳琅满目的年货,此起彼伏的叫卖声……辛苦忙碌了一年的庄户人家,此时的腰包是最鼓的,也是最慷慨最大方花钱置办年货的时候:鸡鸭鱼肉,一样也不能少;烟酒糖茶,待客的必需品;衣帽袜履,老少都要来一套。大人不忘到银行换一沓崭新的票子,好留作给孩子的压岁钱;女人一定要去趟理发店,将风吹了一年的乱蓬蓬的头发,洗护烫染一番;小孩子呢,除了买各种零食,烟花爆竹必不可少,而且多多益善。

置办完年货,接下来就要蒸红枣饽饽了。枣饽饽是胶东人过年最重要的也是必备的吃食之一。蒸红枣饽饽的过程就是一个幸福而又温馨的过程——天不亮,女人们就要早起,将醒发好的面团反复揉捏。揉面是个体力活,所以男人也常常加入进来,成为揉面的主力军,面被揉的时间越长,蒸出来的饽饽越松软越筋道,麦香味越浓郁,越好吃。所以,蒸红枣饽饽的场面是很壮观的:揉面的,做花样插红枣的,在灶间烧火的,一家人分工明确,配合得有条不紊,相得益彰。

过午以后,家家户户的房顶上就炊烟袅袅了。很快,院子的上空,就飘荡着浓郁的麦香味了,那是松软喷香的枣饽饽出锅了。淳朴善良的胶东人,把对新的一年美好生活的向往,都融进了这红枣饽饽里面,插满红枣的大饽饽就像戴着花儿的小姑娘一样白嫩漂亮,再在饽饽的顶面上盖上红红的梅花印,简直就是一件美丽的工艺品。

蒸完了枣饽饽,接下來的日子就是炖鸡做红烧肉和熏鱼。鸡一定是自家养的红毛大公鸡,这种鸡肉质特别鲜美;红烧肉最好是新鲜的猪头,加以各种调料,炖出来的就是色香味俱全的红烧肉;熏鱼最好是用新鲜的鲅鱼,微冻一下,然后切成厚薄均匀的片,提前一天煨好调料,下油锅炸出来之后,浓浓的鲜香味就氤氲在厨房里……

吃的喝的一切备齐了,年前还有一个重要的环节就是人情往来了。善良淳朴的庄稼人,到年底了,不会忘记平时邻里乡亲给予自己的帮助,这家给点年货,那家送箱酒,喜欢抽烟的送条烟,喜欢喝茶的就送两包好茶,礼品不在贵重,心意是无价的。每个人脸上都洋溢着笑容,大家都知道礼轻情意重的内涵:待春来,邻里乡亲还是要在这块土地上朝夕相伴,彼此之间依然需要这份相互守望的关怀来温暖彼此,这份乡情,千百年来就这样在一个又一个小山村沿袭了下来,伴随着愈来愈浓的年味,散发着独一无二的醇香。

伴随着蒸出来的麦香味,煮出来的鲜香味,走动出来的人情味,胶东半岛地区庄户人家的年,就在除夕这天,如约而至了!

My hometown is a small village. In my memory, our Spring Festival started with the sweet and glutinous Laba congee. As the flavor of the Spring Festival got increasingly stronger, people became busier.

To begin with, the flavor was prevalent in the rural fair. The rural fair in the 12th lunar month was full of crowded people, various goods for the Spring Festival, and cries of sellers here and there... For villagers who spent a whole year in working, they were the richest and most generous to purchase goods in this time of a year. Chicken, duck and fish were all needed; cigarettes, wine, candies and tea were necessities to receive guests; coats, hats, socks and shoes were all required for folks of all ages. Adults would remember to change a pile of brand-new bank notes in the bank as luck money for children; women would go to the barber’s shop to wash, care for, curl and dye their hair that was left unattended for a whole year; for the children, in addition to all kinds of snacks, fire crackers were must-haves and the more the better.

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