Jiang Shuyao thought that after going out for a walk this time, she would spend a long time in Xie Guogong's house, but she did not expect that when she greeted her at Shouningtang a few days later, the old lady suddenly mentioned the Dragon Boat Festival in a few days.
The Dragon Boat Festival inherits the auspicious days of sacrifice to the dragon in ancient times. There will be dragon boat races in the capital. On this day, the people will come to the riverside to watch the excitement, and even the emperor will go out of the palace to watch the competition, and the winner will be rewarded.
Jiang Shuyao's eyes glowed when he heard it, so lively, it was very interesting to hear it.
Even Zhou Shi, who usually loves yin and yang weirdness, showed a smile from the heart, sighing that the years are passing by, and it is another year in the blink of an eye.
Xie Guogong's mansion naturally wouldn't crowd with the people on the shore to watch the excitement, and the restaurant had to choose the best one. The old lady and the Xu family discussed related matters, and the Xu family responded one by one.
Zhou shi listened attentively, while Jiang Shuyao couldn't sit still when she heard these boring arrangements. When she was still and moved, the contrast was obvious, and the old lady quickly turned her eyes on her.
Jiang Shuyao immediately lowered his head and pretended to be modest.
The old lady has always been strict. Jiang Shuyao thought she was going to reprimand her again, but she didn't want her to say: "What has the third daughter-in-law done recently?"
Jiang Shuyao was eating in her own yard, so the old lady would not discipline her too much, and when she and Xie Xun went out, Mrs. Xu helped to cover it up, so the old lady couldn't hear any rumors.
So from the old lady's point of view, Jiang Shuyao was very obedient after she got married. She didn't like to go out to play and play around like she did before. She stayed in the yard honestly all the time.
Jiang Shuyao bit his head and replied, "On weekdays, I read books in the house, do embroidery, and occasionally think about food."
The old lady nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, it is precisely to read more books and meditate."
This was a verbal compliment to her. Jiang Shuyao was confused. Just a few steps out of Shouning Hall, Zhou shi caught up with her.
She smiled and said without a smile: "Little brother and sister, didn't you go out to play with the third brother a few days ago?"
"Ah?" Jiang Shuyao was stunned and looked at Zhou Shi.
Zhou's wholeheartedly wanted to seize power with Xu's, and Xie Guogong's mansion arranged her own eyeliner, and she knew what Xu's helped Jiang Shuyao to conceal.
Anyone who evaluates Zhou Shi will say that he has a bad temper, and it can be seen from the fact that he has separated from Xu Shi for so many years.
Jiang Shuyao listened to her yin and yang tone, and thought she wanted to be highly secretive or threatened, but she didn't expect that she just asked: "Did the third brother take you out on the initiative?"
Jiang Shuyao couldn't figure out what she wanted to do, so she didn't answer.
Zhou shi glanced at her, frowned slightly, his tone was not as sharp as usual, and said to himself: "So it's really true."
After she finished saying this, she snorted coldly at Jiang Shuyao and left in a hurry.
Jiang Shuyao was confused, but it happened that Mrs. Xu also came out, so she told Mrs. Xu what happened just now.
Xu Shi was a little surprised: "She didn't say she wanted to tell the old lady?"
"No."
Xu Shi pondered for a moment and said, "That should be fine. She is just a bad-tempered person, and her nature is not bad."
Jiang Shuyao was relieved, went on the same road with the Xu family, asked some things about the Dragon Boat Festival, and returned to Tingzhuyuan.
There was no calendar in ancient times, and she lived her life casually, forgetting the arrival of the Dragon Boat Festival for a while.
She felt sorry for a while, put aside her messy thoughts, swept away her sadness, and rolled up her sleeves to prepare for work.
In any case, Zongzi is indispensable for the Dragon Boat Festival.
Not only the bean curd is sweet and salty, but also the zongzi. Sweet dumplings include bean paste dumplings, candied jujube dumplings, rose dumplings, melon kernel dumplings, etc.; savory dumplings include pork dumplings, ham dumplings, egg yolk meat dumplings, etc. There are many different flavors in different places.
In any case, the production steps are the same, such as soaking the glutinous rice, washing the zongzi leaves, and wrapping the zongzi. The process is not complicated, but it takes a little longer.
There are still a few days before the Dragon Boat Festival, Jiang Shuyao is not in a hurry, and slowly prepares several ingredients for the stuffing. Wait until the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, cook the zongye leaves, wash them with cold water when the color of the zongzi leaves becomes darker, and wrap them tightly with zongzi filling. These steps looked novel, and all the little girls in the yard came to fight.
It’s not difficult to make zongzi. Hold three or four straight and flat zongzi leaves in the palm of your hand, put in soaked glutinous rice, embed two or three candied dates, and then slowly wrap the long leaves, firmly tie them with Malian grass. , a dumpling blank is made.
She has bean paste stuffing, egg yolk stuffing, pork stuffing and candied dates stuffing, all of which are the most common flavors.
After wrapping a lot of angular zongzi, put them into the pot in batches and cook slowly over low heat. After a while, the fragrance of the zongzi leaves fills the whole yard.
Maybe it was because of the Dragon Boat Festival. Mrs. Xu was a little busy and didn't have time to take care of the two little guys. The day before, they went to Jiang Shuyao's yard to watch her make zongzi. Today, they came over excitedly to eat zongzi.
They came at the right time, and the sweet rice dumplings that Jiang Shuyao tested had just come out of the pot.
When the dumplings were a little cool, Jiang Shuyao handed one to each of them, and warned: "The glutinous rice is not digestible, so you can't eat too much."
Xie Zhao was quite sorry, but seeing that the dumplings were big enough for him to eat, he smiled again.
The outer skin of the zong leaf is slightly cool, but the inside is still hot to the touch. Peel the zong leaf layer by layer, and the inside is a little sticky. The last layer of the zong leaf that is tightly adhered to the glutinous rice is torn open, and the heat mixed with the sweet fragrance rushes out.
The glutinous rice is crystal white and moist, with a compact horn shape, and the fragrance is fragrant.
Xie Zhao took a big bite, the glutinous rice was sticking together, a little sticky to his teeth, and the temperature inside the mouth was slightly hot.
The plump glutinous rice has both the fragrance of rice and the fragrance of zong leaves. The bean paste inside is extremely sweet and soft, delicate and dense, and it melts in the mouth. The sweetness is strong and blends into the sticky glutinous rice.
The zongzi that just came out of the pot are the most delicious, Xie Zhao was angry, and took two or three mouthfuls to take half of it.
Jiang Shuyao naturally let him chew it carefully before swallowing it.
Xie Zhao responded on the surface, his speed was not reduced, and the fleshy face was covered with glutinous rice, which was extremely funny and cute.
Xie Yao is much more quiet and elegant than others. He got a high stool from somewhere, sits on it, and sips zongzi.
Jiang Shuyao looked at Xie Zhao, who was gobbling up, and Xie Yao, who was elegant, and always felt that by pinching their food, they became their third uncle Xie Xun.
Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived, just thinking of this, Xie Xun appeared at the door of the kitchen.
"Why did you pay so early today?"
Xie Xun walked in and replied casually: "Tomorrow is not the Dragon Boat Festival, anyway, there is nothing to do, everyone will leave early."
Then he couldn't wait to ask: "What do you do?" He glanced at the zongzi on the plate, "Jiao millet?"
Jiang Shuyao said while helping Xie Zhao wipe the sticky rice from his face, "Zongzi."
"Hmm." Xie Xun nodded, and since the two nephews were present, he was embarrassed and offered to try it.
He stood by with his hands behind his back, waiting for Jiang Shuyao to invite her to taste the dumplings, but she only cared about wiping Xie Zhao's face and completely ignored him.
Xie Xun'an quietly stood there and waited. When Jiang Shuyao finished wiping Xie Zhao's face, he thought that she should think of him, but she turned around and cared about Xie Yao: "Is the taste okay? Worry, eat less, you can eat more bean paste, and candied dates, you can also taste it.”
She turned around and helped Xie Yao get a candied jujube dumpling, opened it for him, picked up a chopstick and fed him the glutinous rice with candied dates, and Xie Yao thanked him sweetly.
Xie Xun was ignored, looking at this warm picture, neither interrupting nor standing.
After Jiang Shuyao finished feeding Xie Yao, he turned around and saw Xie Xunqi here, very puzzled: "Why are you standing here, is there anything wrong?"
Xie Xun:…
What's with this feeling of arrow in my heart
He glanced at the two most beloved nephews in the past, thinking silently, he must have children later in the future...
No, want a child? What kind of child do you want, want a child with Jiang's? Wait, wanting and wanting a child with the Jiang family... How could he have thought of these things!
His face turned red with a "swoosh", and the heat rushed to the top of his head, and he didn't want to be greedy anymore.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Shuyao thought of him at this time, and stopped him: "Have you tasted zongzi?"
Xie Xun paused, struggled for a few seconds, then turned around and walked back, pretending to be calm, "Well, let's try it." It seemed that he wasn't greedy at all.
Jiang Shuyao asked, "Sweet or salty?"
Xie Xun wanted to say "all come", but with two huge light bulbs present, Xie Xun didn't want to lose face, so he could only vaguely say: "Whatever."
Alas, I'm really uncomfortable, it's better to be alone with Jiang Shi.
Jiang Shuyao picked a flavor for him, and said, "Let's see which flavor you like."
Xie Xun took the plate and followed the two little guys to stand in a row in front of the long wooden table.
After elegantly peeling the zong leaves, the aroma is overflowing. Xie Xun looked at the eating patterns of his two nephews, and felt that it was naive to eat the zongzi, so he chose chopsticks to pick the zongzi to eat.
This is an egg yolk meat dumpling. When you open the soft, glutinous and smooth white glutinous rice, the stuffing inside is exposed. The egg yolk is ruddy and thick, and the yellow is clear. In sticky rice. The soft and tender pork belly is sandwiched around the egg yolk, smelling salty and sweet.
Generally, people who like sweet rice dumplings can't bear the sweet and salty taste of salty rice dumplings, but Xie Xun didn't have a big reaction. As long as it tastes delicious, he can do anything.
The pork belly seems to have been boiled, all the fat is soaked into the glutinous rice, and the aroma is firmly locked by the outer glutinous rice. The aroma of meat and rice are mixed together, fat but not greasy, fragrant and glutinous and fresh.
The egg yolk has a dense taste and a mellow salty fragrance. Together with the fragrance of the zong leaves, it covers the oily taste, which enhances the flavor of the glutinous rice and removes the greasy taste, making it more fresh and salty.
After eating a zongzi, Xie Xun gave up elegance and restraint, and followed the little nephews and directly held the zongzi with his hands to eat.
Jiang Shuyao told Xie Zhao and Xie Yao to chew slowly and swallow slowly, and only eat one, not greedy, so they eat very carefully and are very reluctant.
Xie Xun was different. He could eat as much as he wanted.
Bite into the bean paste dumpling, the bean paste is sweet and delicate, and there is a faint sweet bean fragrance of red beans, which will leave a full mouth after eating.
After eating candied jujube dumplings, the glutinous rice on the outer layer is relatively bland, with only a faint fragrance, until the candied dates wrapped in the inside are bitten. The candied dates are extremely soft and rotten, and the skin shatters when touched, and the candied jujube fragrance explodes in the mouth, replacing the previous dull fragrance in one fell swoop.
The palm leaves were too long, Xie Xun was afraid that it would get on the clothes, so he stretched his neck to eat carefully, one by one, he couldn't stop at all.
"Okay, eat too much food." Jiang Shuyao took care of the small ones, and then came to take care of the big ones.
Xie Xun stopped obediently, and when he put down the zongzi, the leaves swept across his cheeks, itchy, he wanted to rub his fingers, but his hands were sticky, so he could only pause in the air.
He was about to rub his sleeves when suddenly a gentle touch appeared on his face.
Jiang Shuyao wiped his face with a handkerchief, and said helplessly, "How old is he, how could he still eat his face like Ah Zhao?"
Xie Xun was so stiff that he didn't dare to move, let her wipe her face, and said weakly, "No, I didn't eat it, I accidentally rubbed it."
Jiang Shuyao took back the handkerchief and turned back to the stove to catch the zongzi.
Xie Xun stood there stupidly, the place she brushed was hot and numb, leaving him at a loss, and he didn't know how to react for a while.
The blush slowly climbed up his jade-like cheeks, the color gradually thickened, and finally it was so red that it was almost dripping blood.
Xie Zhao was so frightened that he couldn't care about the sticky hands, so he grabbed the corner of his shirt vigorously, and said in horror, "Third Uncle, what's wrong with you! Your face is burned?!"