Chapter 141 Fresh Lotus Blossom and Water Chestnut

The following should be Liu's explanation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Liu: "Mother, how can this be." Although we proposed it at the beginning, weren't we blinded by lard? Now I understand that we still want to serve by my father's side. It's the name of the text, and when you become an official in the future, you have to have a brother to run errands with you, isn't it? [It really corresponds to the rap in the song: Although I wanted to separate at the beginning, I later understood, and now I use my true love to coax you back, I understand that I am wrong Love is like you said, it is not a sale, even if you buy it, it will not be sold]

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Regardless of the wit between the Liu family and the Qin family, it was not good for the Zheng family and a few people to watch it all the time, so they said hello to Old Man Luo and went home.

"There are a lot of dishes left on the table this time, don't fire them these days, just eat here." Old Man Luo greeted Luo Youli and said. Today's banquet went relatively smoothly, and the prepared tables were full. During the feast, those people did not lack the old man Luo and his name, and the old man Luo felt that there was light on his face, so he was in a very good mood.

The Qin family, who was arguing with the Liu family, heard this and said, "That's all there is left." Eat again tomorrow morning, and there's nothing left. ”

When Luo Youli heard this, he was not as embarrassed as before, and said directly: "Daddy, no, there are still vegetables at home." ”

Looking at the backs of Luo Youli and the others, Old Man Luo sighed.

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Changgong Chen Liuguang's daughter-in-law Wei sent a basket of tender eggplant and a basket of edamame, and this evening Zheng made steamed eggplant mixed with garlic and boiled edamame.

Choose a tender green eggplant and cut it into strips. When cooking, add a curtain drawer to the iron pot, spread the curtain cloth, and then spread the eggplant strips on the curtain cloth and steam it over the fire.

After steaming, put salt and other seasonings while hot, let it dry for a while, and mix it with garlic, which is very delicious.

This is a simple method, and another way is to steam the whole eggplant without cutting it into strips.

When the eggplant is steamed in this way, the color of the skin will become very light, and when you tear it open, you can see that the inside is already soft. The steamed eggplant is pureed with a spoon, poured with garlic juice, and dipped in the soy sauce sauce, which is quite delicious.

There is also eggplant marinated in garlic. The same is to wash the eggplant and steam it in the pot, but it can't be so bad, just cook it. Then the eggplant is broken, the eggplant is smeared with garlic and fine salt, and then put it in a jar of pickles, spread it layer by layer, and place it in a cool place to pickle. It doesn't take long to marinate and is even more delicious than the first two.

Edamame is picked in the orchards, and some of the early-ripening ones are now ready to be cooked.

In this way, I picked the green young edamame and ate it. Beans are not cheap in the crops, more expensive than rice, and the average farmer is reluctant to pick immature edamame to eat, which in their opinion is a waste of crops and do not cherish food, only those who love children will pick a little bit for their children to taste.

Originally, this edamame was planted in the fruit grove, and Luo Ran planned to sell green edamame to make money. Now I send one or two hundred catties of edamame to the shop every day, and the sales are not bad. Not only in the shop, but also in the Juxianglou restaurant.

The recipe for edamame is very simple, you can pick it and cook it directly, or peel the beans and mix them with seasonings after cooking. Like vinegared peanuts, they are the most suitable for sake.

Eggplant and edamame Luo Ran loves to eat it very much, plus he didn't eat much at noon. Luo Ran ate a lot at night. In order to eliminate food, Luo Ran held his stomach and walked around the Zhuangzi. Walk around the lotus pond and close the lotus leaves that are densely packed in the lotus pond, or the lotus flowers that are in full bloom or budding. And the clear night of the full moon is the most beautiful time for the lotus pond. The lotus leaves and lotus flowers in the moonlight, adding a hazy beauty that is not available during the day, the face is full of water vapor and the light fragrance of lotus flowers, the ears are the sound of frogs, and the heat of the day is swept away. It is really a beautiful moonlight on the lotus pond.

Back at home, Luo Ran lay on the bed, thinking that he really couldn't control his stomach more and more, did he have gained a lot of weight recently. Then he fell asleep in a daze.

Day 2......

"Sister, there is a lotus pod in our pond, let's go and have a look." Luo Wensheng rested this day, and hurriedly ran over to grab Luo Ran.

"Wait, just a while." Luo Ran actually knew it for a long time and had seen it. A few days ago, Luo Youli also asked the Fucheng shop to customize two small boats, but they have not been sent yet. Luo Ran is putting these in the account. I really want the boat to be completed and sent over, and I can pick lotus seeds when the time comes. Even digging lotus root seeds can also be used.

"Let's go."

Luo Ran stood on the bank of the pond, looking at the lotus flowers in the pond, and there were lotus canopies hidden in the middle. There are still some small lotus pods, and most of them are not ripe. Only the early part of the lotus, the size of a palm, can now be picked and eaten.

"Dad, Dad, I want to eat lotus seeds." Wen Sheng said coquettishly when he saw Luo Youli.

Luo Youli and Zhao Laohan were planning to put the bamboo raft in the fish pond, planning to put down a few nets to see how the fish looked.

Now the Luo family uses a bamboo raft, which is a kind of raft, that is, a wooden raft tied with long wood, which is a simple means of water transportation. The material is mostly the branches of tall trees. Of course, the raft is made of bamboo rafts tied together with multiple bamboo poles, and you can grasp the direction with a long bamboo pole.

However, bamboo rafts require more skill and strength than small boats, and there are no boat gangs on them, so Luo Youli and Zheng will not easily let a few children get on the bamboo raft.

Luo Youli knew that a few children were hungry for lotus seeds, and said with a smile: "I'll help you pick a basket of seeds in a while." ”

The bamboo raft is square in shape, and it was made for fishing or planting lotus roots. Now the lotus root in the lotus pond is relatively dense, so the bamboo raft cannot enter, and can only be entered by boat.

But the fish pond is different, the shallow water around the fish pond is planted with sparse lotus roots, and Luo Youli can hold the bamboo raft to pick some after casting the net.

"Dad, let's pick more and sell them in the shop."

Luo Wensheng: "Dad, there are also water chestnuts, pick more." ”

"Well, after picking it for a while, let people send it to Juxianglou and the shop, sell it first and try it, and tomorrow when the boat is ready, you can pick it up in the lotus pond."

Fresh lotus pods and water chestnuts are still rare, and their main customers are people in the city.

If those rich families have ponds at home, the maids and servants just pick the lotus pods. However, how many people have ponds at home only account for a very small part of the city. The wealthy and petty bourgeois families in Fucheng could eat dried lotus seeds brought from the south, but there were not many fresh lotus flowers. So it's relatively marketable. (To be continued.) )