Chapter 221: Busy and Busy Spending the Festive Season
The tofu brain first made three small bowls to feed one big and two small belly, Li Han patted some peanuts and walnut kernels, the fragrance was overflowing, and the leftover sauce in the refrigerator was scooped with water temperature, sprinkled with a handful of coriander, and the mustard was alive. Li Han stood on one side of a little guy, Dudu and the baby's two little bellies were bulging, leaning their feet, and staring at them. "Dad, are you alright?"
Li Han pinched his fleshy face. "Okay, you can't eat more than one small bowl per person, and you will need a lot of delicious food later. "Hmm. The two little ones happily ran back to the living room with a small bowl and sat on the sofa, eating tofu brains while watching TV.
The two little guys were busy for a while, and finally ate the fragrant tofu brain, shaking their calves, humming cheerful notes in their mouths, eating delicious tofu brains spoonful by spoon, let's have a small mouth. Li Han saw Yile, Li Han put a small bowl into his belly in one breath, tofu, his mother made it, and Li Han was kicked out of the kitchen. "Xiaohan, leave it to me and your Aunt Xu here, you go buy some vegetables. ”
Seeing that he couldn't intervene, Li Han returned to the living room, thinking that the festival would be lively at night, so he took the phone and called Kaidi Weili to ask if he had time at night. These friends are not like Ronald's elders, who need to be invited in advance, not too particular, Cady, Willy, Bill, Cynthia and others are very interested in traditional Chinese festivals, especially Dolores, this little girl is very interested in Chinese culture, and she will come with Michelle after a while.
As soon as Lisi arrived, the living room was lively, Dudu and the baby, Michelle and the three little guys chased and played, and Lisi pestered Li Han to tell the story of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Li Han directly caught the baby and said to the two little guys. "Baby. Dudu, Sister Lisi wants to hear the story, you tell her the story of Chang'e running to the moon, Houyi shooting the sun, Wu Gang cutting Gui, and Jade Rabbit pounding medicine, and Dad told you about it last time. ”
Lisi puffed, pouted unhappily, snorted, reached out and pinched Dudu and the baby's fleshy little face, causing the two little girls to bulge with their mouths. "Daddy, Sister Lisy hurts. Don't talk about it. ”
"Han. What does Pandora say? Lisi blinked a little dazedly, Lisi was still a little unfamiliar with Chinese, and could only say a few words. Delicious. Hello. Something like that, Dudu muttered quietly, where do you know what it means.
"Liz. If you want to hear the story, sit down and talk first. Li Han rubbed Dudu's little head and told Dudu that Dad was going to buy vegetables and make it delicious. "Well, Dudu is going to talk about it. As soon as Dudu started to speak, Michelle sat down obediently and listened to Pandora sister tell the story, Lisi was a little unwilling, but after a while, Lisi was attracted by Pandora story, and listened attentively, Li Han left without paying attention.
Li Han drove the farmer's car to the town supermarket, walked around to buy some needed ingredients and fruits, and returned to the small farm, where the baby was still telling and storytelling. Li Han's ingredients were put in the kitchen and he began to get busy with the mooncake fillings, which his mother and Aunt Xu had prepared a few days earlier. Li Han has the impression that the mooncakes are filled with green and red silk and rock sugar, and every bite of rock candy is a surprise. Green and red silk, my mother and Aunt Xu spent a few days to make a good job, green and red silk mostly use radish, mustard greens, orange peel, winter melon, watermelon peel and other raw materials.
When Li Han saw his mother when he was a child, he first cleaned the raw materials such as radish and mustard greens, cut them into thin filaments, and soaked them in salted lime water for two or three days to make the silk hard and non-perishable, and at the same time remove the original taste of the silk. After drying, it is dyed with red and green colors to make a semi-finished product of green and red silk. After the most slush, stir with sugar, and the green and red silk is ready.
Li Han didn't like to eat it very much when he was a child, and he always felt that the taste was not good, and his mother always said, "The green and red silk made by grandma is delicious, and the taste is good, but unfortunately grandma died early and didn't learn." Now seeing the green and red silk that has been prepared, Li Han still feels a little nostalgic, take a closer look, how beautiful it is.
Making moon cakes is not a simple matter, Li Han only looks at the portion, and is not very good at making it. However, Li Han will put the incense case, and Li Han will find the incense in the light, Li Han has spent a lot of effort, and he has searched around the supermarket, but he has not seen it after the most oblivion, only to buy some candles for birthdays.
"Dudu, baby, come over and help wash the fruit and set the fruit. The table on Li Han's terrace was moved to the lawn of the small courtyard, set up, and turned back to Dudu and the baby. "Han, I'll help too. "Xie Lu Xie, Lis, wash the fruit first, the baby goes to the kitchen to get a few plates, and says that the fruit is arranged." ”
"Hmm. "The baby stomped into the house, and Dudu and Lis, Michelle carried the fruit to the sink to wash, watermelon, melon, apple, orange, pomegranate, some seasonal fruit, washed and put in the basin.
Li Han took the plate that the baby brought over, placed it, and then put the fruit on the table, and after a while, the mooncakes and snacks were ready, and then put them on again. "Han, is this all right?" "No, there are moon cakes, reunion cakes, and dim sum. ”
Li Han burned incense and lit wax, and the custom of bowing to the moon god Chang'e was told to Lisi, Dudu, Baby, and Michelle. "It's so interesting, Han, what else. Liz was more eager than Doodoo and the baby, and the two little ones pouted at Lao Gao, and Michelle pulled Aunt Lalis.
"Now let's make the reunion cake. "The reunion cake is simple to make, Li Han has long planned to take a few little guys to make it together, the flour is reconciled, and Li Han comes out. A few little guys sat around Li Han.
The reunion cake is mostly symbolic, and the taste is not necessarily delicious, Li Han rolls the dough, Dudu and the baby, Michelle pinched the little rabbit, Lisi sulked and followed Dudu and the baby to learn to pinch the little rabbit and draw the rabbit. Li Han rolled out the dough and spread it out, smeared a layer of peanut oil on one layer of dough, added a layer of bean paste and honey, and Li Han made three layers for four pieces of dough.
The corners were compacted, and the excess dough was cut off with scissors, and Lisi forgot to pinch the little rabbit, and stared wide-eyed at Li Han's reunion cake and pinched out a beautiful lace. "Han, you're amazing, can you teach me?"
"No problem, it's easy. Li Han pinched it, pinched it again, and a lace came out, but in Lisi's hands, it was not the case at all, and it couldn't be pinched several times. "Sister Liz is so stupid. ”
Dudu said, but he didn't expect Michelle and the baby two little guys to nod their heads. But Michelle was so angry that she grabbed a few little guys and wiped the faces of the three little guys in her hands. "Hahaha. Lisy saw the white flour on the faces, noses, and foreheads of the three little ones, and she couldn't straighten her waist with joy.
Li Han's reunion cake was almost done, the lace was kneaded, he took a Coke glass bottle, and pulled away a few Lis. "Toot, baby. The little rabbit is ready to help Daddy make the granary and grain. ”
Sure enough, the little ones were interested in this. The warehouse nest is the easiest to make, pinch it with your hands, and a few small noodle balls, small corn cobs. Small pumpkin. The carved painting with bamboo strips is very good. A couple of little guys. But I was very happy to do it, the small warehouse and the grain were done, Li Han used a glass bottle to gently press out the big cakes one by one, it was very beautiful, and he rushed to say. "Dad. Doot Push. "Okay, don't push, gently. ”
Dudu nodded vigorously, took the glass bottle and climbed into the chair excitedly, holding the glass bottle and pressing the big circle. "Cluck, cluck, cluck. "Baby, too. "The baby scurried into the kitchen to find the bottle.
Li Hanxian prepared red date paste and bean paste paste in a ball, wrapped them in multigrain powder, and dotted with some green and red silk, like colored balls, which was very beautiful. "The ball is so beautiful. "One by one, a small colored ball is placed in the middle of the circle.
Li Han casually rubbed out the noodles with flour on the side and pinched out a small flower, decorated with red hearts and yellow shredded radish, like a blooming chrysanthemum. "Daddy only had flowers and grain, no piglets and lambs. Dudu said, the whole reunion cake is really big, but the decoration is lace and flowers, food made of flour, and there are no small animals. "Sister Dudu, we want to draw the rabbit, not the pig and the lamb. The baby waved his hand.
Li Han smiled and touched Dudu's little head. "Sister Baby said yes, pinch the rabbit and draw it beautifully, and Dudu and the baby will wear Hanfu for a while. "Hmm. The two little guys nodded vigorously and drew the rabbit master, Li Han didn't spoil the dough when he was a child.
Li Han put the reunion cake in the oven, returned to the terrace, and brought Lis, Dudu, Baby, Michelle to draw the rabbit master, Weili and Cady, Bill came to see Li Han and the little ones draw rabbits for themselves. "Han, what are you doing here? ”
"Uncle Weili, Dudu is drawing a rabbit, pretty. Dudu raised his little head, smiled and raised his hand Rabbit, who kneaded it with dough and drew colorful rabbits with various colors of jam. Li Han didn't have a mold to make a good white rabbit to draw for a few little guys, so he could only use dough, pinch the rabbit, and draw it with jam, which was very fun.
Li Han said that the custom of painting rabbits, Power, Kaidi, and Bill were very interested, and Li Han couldn't cry or laugh. "Power, Kaidi, Bill, if you come, help me build a bonfire, and you will burn a bonfire during the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”
"Campfire party, Han, bonfire Caddy, Bill, we're in charge. "Power, Kedy, Bill, the three of them found a place, set up a shelf, carried the firewood in the backyard, set it up, all three of them are veterans and didn't have a little more effort, and the yard set up a campfire.
Li Han made a few small torches with firewood and handed them to Dudu, Baobao, Michelle, although the custom of making torches is not Anxi, it can be regarded as a Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival custom, and it is very fun. Lisi didn't hear the story of the torch, so she quit and pestered Li Han to make her a torch.
The torch is not difficult, Li Han made another one casually, who wants to be powerful, Kaidi, Bill learned to get one, and said that he would play with it for a while. The campfire was ready, and Lee, Willy, Bill, and Cady, prepared beer and drinks, brought up a few long tables from the basement, and laid out tablecloths.
It's done here, the dim sum in the kitchen is almost the same, the oil fragrance made by my mother, the oil flakes, the moon cakes, the reunion cake, the donkey rolling made by Aunt Xu, the bean paste bun, and the two cauldron helmets, Dudu has never seen it, curious, Li Han cut a piece and handed it to Dudu to taste.
"Daddy, it's not sweet. Dudu bit his little head and looked up with a puzzled face. "This is used as a meal, and it has to be added with vegetables, and the sides are very crispy and fragrant. Li Han pinched some corners and sent them to Dudu's mouth. "Uh-huh. "Alright, let's help bring it out and set it up." ”
Dudu, baby, Michelle was the same, Lis, Cynthia, Bella, and Belle all helped, and it was set up in a while.
Li Han took the food and placed it, moon cakes, fruits, dried fruits, and large reunion cakes were placed on the offering table, and candles were lit. "Let's try the mooncakes. After Li Han finished his work, he didn't forget to greet Cady, Bill, Willy, and Cynthia.
Everyone was eating all kinds of snacks, listening to Li Han talk about the legends and customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival, these foreigners were quite interested, especially Lisi squeezed around Li Han, Dudu and the baby couldn't get close, the two little guys pouted Lao Gao, and Sister Lisi was the worst. (To be continued......)