Tomorrow is the festival of reunion, Wu Xingzhou ran to the town post station early in the morning, but unfortunately there is still no news of the family. Excited and defeated, and happy to describe Wu Xingzhou's mood is apt.

He put on a smile and pretended to be fine, carrying a bag of fried snails to the kitchen door of the thatched house, and before he entered, he heard the laughter inside, and suddenly the last trace of disappointment in his heart disappeared, and he shouted happily: "Nuan Nuan, look what delicious food my brother bought you!" As soon as he took a step, a white shadow covered his vision.

Wu Xingzhou wiped it with his sleeve, and after seeing what the white shadow in the palm of his hand was, his face turned black in an instant.

This is white noodles! That's dozens of pounds of white noodles!

"Wu, Xia, Solstice!"

"Brother Xingzhou, it's not me, it's Nuan Nuan!" Wu Xia Zhi hurriedly raised his hands to show his innocence.

The fire that rushed to the top of his head was suppressed all of a sudden, Wu Xingzhou was full of smiles again, bent his eyes to look at Nuan Nuan Nuan who was in his hands and his face was full of flour, and said happily: "Nuan Nuan, stop playing, the slimy little face of the dough is dirty, look at the delicious food that my brother brought you!" ”

In the face of this differential treatment, Wu Xia Zhi was extremely resentful, and Brother Xingzhou was eccentric!

Wu Qiuzhi covered his mouth and stole fun.

Wu Xingzhou glared at them and muttered in a low voice, "Nuan Nuan is small, you are also small!" Wipe the face off your face and eat! ”

Wu Xia Zhi and Wu Qiuzhi looked at each other and laughed evilly, and the batter in the palm of his hand slapped directly on Wu Xingzhou's face.

"Ahh You two bastards! Wu Xingzhou was angry and chased the two people running all over the grass house.

Wu Nuandong sat on the side and squinted his eyes with a smile, and continued to knead the glutinous rice dough under his hands.

She just learned from Wu Qiuzhi's mouth that there were no delicacies such as Lantern Festival and Tangyuan in the Tang Dynasty, and it was popular to eat noodles and cocoons and drink porridge.

Don't eat Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival? Anyway, Wu Nuandong is not adaptable.

Because the two brothers were looking forward to the news that Brother Xingzhou had come back from the town, they were nervous all morning, and Wu Nuandong simply pulled the two of them to make Lantern Festival together.

Now Wu Xingzhou is silent about his family, I am afraid that there is still no news. It's okay to make trouble like this, so that everyone doesn't feel uncomfortable.

"What are you doing?" Wu Xingzhou, who was in a hurry, washed his hands and face, and came to the pot table with interest.

"Make Lantern Festival!" Wu Xia Zhi washed the sweet potatoes and was peeling.

"What's in your hand?" Wu Xingzhou stared at the round thing with red skin and asked curiously. Wu Xia Zhi broke a piece of the peeled sweet potato and stuffed it into Wu Xingzhou's mouth.

"It's a sweet potato, which can be eaten raw, roasted, boiled, used as a staple food and cooked. It's sweet and crunchy. Wu Qiuzhi explained, stir-frying the black sesame seeds over low heat.

Although he didn't know what the Lantern Festival was, Wu Xingzhou, who was eating crispy sweet potatoes, was full of excitement, "Nuan Nuan, what should I do?" ”

"Brother Xingzhou, knead glutinous rice noodles!"

Wu Nuandong's cooking is average, he used to live with his best friend's fiancé, and he also cooks every day, his best friend's fiancé is a gourmand who doesn't rub sand in his eyes, and his elaborate meals really nourish Wu Nuandong's appetite.

"Okay!" Wu Xingzhou folded his sleeves and took the dough, kneading it in a decent way, "Nuan Nuan, eat some food in the oil paper bag first, it will be fishy when it is cold." ”

Wu Nuandong opened it and saw that it was a pack of fried screws.

This thing is ready, but it smells good. It's a pity that there is no chili, or the fishy smell can be completely removed.

Even if there is no chili, the fried screws are quite delicious, and the sauce is so fragrant that you can't stop eating it. Wu Nuandong ate it himself and didn't forget to feed his three elder brothers. The screws are fried enough, and the meat comes out as soon as you suck it with your mouth, which is very convenient.

"Isn't it delicious?" Wu Xingzhou asked with a smile.

"Delicious!" Wu Nuandong nodded earnestly, his little mouth bulging and being oily, not to mention how cute he was.

Wu Xia Zhi chirped and said regretfully: "It's too little!" When you're free, the second brother will take you to pick up the screws, and we'll do it ourselves. ”

Wu Nuandong nodded again and again, when he was a child, he and his grandfather went down to the river beach to catch field frogs, and I miss it very much when I think about it.

Stir-fry the sesame seeds, spread them out on a cutting board and let them cool, then roll them out with a rolling pin and crush them into minced pieces.

Steam the sweet potatoes in a pot, stir them into a paste, add glutinous rice flour and mix well.

The sweet potatoes in the Jade Mansion are half arm long, the thighs are thick, and the watermelons are three times larger than the original, fortunately, the three elder brothers have never seen their original appearance, so Wu Nuandong is not a little weak when using them.

"Knead the glutinous rice flour with watermelon juice, right?" After getting the sesame seeds, Wu Qiuzhi began to squeeze the juice according to the steps and knead the glutinous rice dough.

Wu Nuandong prepared three kinds of Lantern Festival, original, sweet potato and fruit.

Wait until the glutinous rice skin is ready, and start making the filling.

Take the lard and peel off the fascia from the edges, then carefully tear off completely, then tear off the fascia on the other side as well, and cut the lard into small cubes.

Put the chopped black sesame seeds, diced lard and sugar into a large bowl and stir and grasp until the ingredients are fully integrated to form a single piece of lard with no separate pieces of pork fat. Then divide the filling into several portions by hand and knead it into small round balls for later use.

The remaining sesame seeds are crushed into a puree, and the watermelon is cut into small pieces and rolled in a circle in the sesame puree to form a circle for later use. (It is better to use bean paste instead of sesame puree)

Sweet potato puree directly into a ball, three kinds of fillings correspond to three kinds of glutinous rice balls, keep your hands dry, carefully knead the dough into a wine cup, stuff the filling, put away the edge of the dough to the upper end and wrap the filling, knead it into a ball, and dip some raw glutinous rice flour on the outside to maintain the shape so as not to stick. Because sweet potatoes and watermelons are produced by Yufu, the taste is naturally sweet, and there is no need to add extra sugar to destroy the clear original flavor.

Put an appropriate amount of spiritual water in the soup pot, boil the Lantern Festival over high heat, boil until the Lantern Festival gradually floats and the soup boils, then pour in a little spiritual spring water, and continue to cook over high heat until the Lantern Festival floats again.

The aroma of glutinous rice and stuffing filled the small thatched house, and when a bowl was served, Wu Xia Zhi quickly stuffed one into his mouth.

"Don't!" Wu Nuandong reminded that it was late, and the hot Wu Xia Zhi refused to spit out the Lantern Festival with his mouth open, and shouted while sucking, "It's delicious, it's delicious!" ”

The four children each served a bowl, and they didn't even let go of the soup, Wu Xiazhi sent a few bowls to the Cheng family and the old village chief, Cheng Zijing, Cheng Steward and the old village chief were full of praise, if it weren't for Wu Xiazhi's repeated reminders not to eat more for fear of sticky stomach, those bowls of the old village chief would almost be empty alone.

There are still a lot left, Wu Nuandong sent two bowls to the Song brothers and the three aunts who cooked, and the rest were distributed to the villagers who helped, the villagers ate such a fresh thing for the first time, and even the soup was so delicious that they almost swallowed their tongues into their stomachs.

"I didn't expect this Lantern Festival to be so popular!" Wu Xingzhou's eyes lit up.

Wu Qiuzhi nodded approvingly, "Brother Xingzhou, do you want to sell it at the Lantern Festival?" "The evening is the first day of the Lantern Festival, when the snacks of all ethnic groups gather, in comparison, the food of the Han nationality is more popular (the Han people account for half of the number of people here, and the more they eat, the more they naturally sell), not to mention that the Lantern Festival is sweet but not greasy and can be full, and the delicious food is not divided into ethnic groups.

Since the brothers have the desire to be self-reliant, Wu Nuandong will not attack at will, and accompany the excited brothers to the town in the afternoon to buy ingredients.

ps: It's called Lantern Festival in the north, and it's called tangyuan in the south, I love to eat it~