Chapter 41 Dragon Boat Festival
The fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Dragon Boat Festival. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
On this day, Wang Jinmao got up, dressed Wang Tang, who was still confused, washed her face, and saw that her little eyes still couldn't open, so he pinched her face and teased her: "Tang'er still wants to sleep there, but you promised to help the eldest sister make zongzi." Today, the eldest sister specially prepared your favorite bean paste dumplings! ā
As soon as he heard the bean paste dumplings, Wang Tang immediately sat up straight, his eyes widened, and he said excitedly: "Sister, is there really a bean paste dumpling?" Tang'er hasn't eaten bean paste dumplings for a long time! ā
Wang Jian scratched her little nose and said angrily: "You little gluttonous cat, when it comes to eating, you have spirits." Let's go, help the eldest sister make zongzi, and if you wrap it well, you will have bean paste dumplings to eat! ā
Wang Tang nodded again and again, took Wang Jin's hand and went to the backyard kitchen.
Take out the glutinous rice, red beans, and eyebrow peas that were soaked last night, and then bring out the pickled pork belly, as well as the prepared rice dumpling leaves, dates, peanuts, salted duck eggs and other raw materials, all of which are placed on a large table set up in the open space, which is full and very rich. Wang Jian saw that the materials on the table were ready, so he went to the stove to make breakfast first.
Just as she was about to put the rice in the pot, she suddenly remembered the big bowl of goat's milk she had specially begged for yesterday in the cupboard. Hmm, so much goat milk, you can't use it to make red bean paste, or make a milk tea. If you want to be the main food, you can make a sauce cake, so it's not bad to match. She squinted and smiled, turned her head to Wang Tang, who was a little clumsy and fished out dumpling leaves, and said, "Tang'er, let's change the tricks for breakfast today, okay?" ā
Wang Tang raised his little face and said happily: "Okay! The eldest sister made the most delicious! ā
"Oh? Really, the eldest sister hasn't made it before, so what if it doesn't taste good? Will Tang'er dislike it? Wang Jin said deliberately.
"No, Tang'er will definitely eat it all!" Wang Tang assured very seriously.
Wang Jin fell in love with her cute appearance like a greedy eater, leaned in and kissed her, and said, "Then Tang'er is waiting to eat something delicious!" She took out the big bowl in the cupboard, a pot of goat's milk to be exact, and put it by the stove. Two days ago, I heard that she wanted to get some goat milk, Uncle Xu patted his chest and said that his mother's family had several sheep and was producing milk, so he would go back and get some to send to her. As a result, yesterday he came with such a big pot, which scared her. Uncle Xu said that this goat's milk was panicked, and no one liked to drink it, so since she could get it, he squeezed it for her and sent it over. Wang Jin thinks about it, although this goat milk is nutritious and good for the body, it tastes so strong that even poor people will not go out of their way to drink it. Let her give it a try today.
She first went back to the room and rummaged through Wang Tang's snack box, and sure enough, she found a small handful of almonds and a handful of red dates, wrapped some black tea, and then returned to the stove, started a fire and slowly boiled goat's milk in a casserole.
While there was still no movement in the pot, she quickly crushed the almonds, cut the red dates into small cubes, and wrapped the black tea in clean fine gauze. Seeing that the goat's milk was slightly boiling, he turned down the heat, put in almonds, red dates and tea bags, sprinkled two tablespoons of sugar, and stirred gently. While the milk tea was still boiling, she hurried to scoop a few spoonfuls of flour, added crushed peppercorns, her homemade five-spice powder, and sesame oil, and kneaded it with water, and then prepared to mix the sauce. At this time, Chen and Wang Mu Wang Shi came to the backyard and were very curious when they smelled a strange smell. It's just that Wang Jin won't have time to explain, so let them all come over and help. She adjusted the sauce and went to see how the milk tea was boiled, and saw that the color was slightly brown, and the anger was much lighter, so she tasted it a little, and felt that the taste was almost there, so she asked Wang Shi to extinguish the fire.
She first stir-fried the peppercorns and cinnamon bay leaves to bring out the fragrance, then took them out and skimmed them, and stir-fried the sesame seeds, chives, sweet noodle sauce, garlic, and spicy sauce together until fragrant, and made a sauce to serve for later use. Then roll out the kneaded dough into several thin slices, brush the bottom of the pot with oil, and then brush the sauce on both sides, cut it into pieces, put it on a plate, sprinkle it with green onions, and it's done. She moves her hands and feet very quickly, and seems to be able to do two things. Often, when Chen just wanted to step forward and hand her a dish of oil and salt, Wang Jian had already done it all by mixing the sauce and spreading the cake with one hand and sprinkling green onions and oil with the other.
I saw the red sauce, the green onions, the golden cakes, and the snow-white porcelain plates. This ordinary sauce cake was extremely pleasing to the eye, like a painting, and with the tempting aroma of burnt food, the four people standing on the side all felt their appetites. Just as everyone sat down to prepare for dinner, they heard the sound of someone knocking on the door. Wang Shi stopped Wang Jin, who was about to get up, and said, "Sister, sit down, I'll take a look." He quickly threw a slice of bread into his mouth, trotted all the way to the front and opened the door.
"Hey, Brother Qin, Brother Jiang, why did you come so early?" Wang Shi swallowed the cake in his mouth hard, looked at the two people in front of him and said in surprise.
"What? Don't welcome that, we came to your house to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, how many meals can be prepared? Qin Ziming said with a smile. In fact, he also felt that it was a little early, but the master had an order, and the guards had to obey.
"Why don't you welcome it, my mother is looking forward to you coming to my house every day. My family has rice, and today the eldest sister is ready to eat again, and I will make zongzi later! Wang Shi recalled the crispy and fragrant sauce cake, and said yearningly.
"Oh? That's a coincidence, you can take us in and try Miss Wang's craftsmanship. When Qin Ziming heard Wang Shi say this, he couldn't wait.
Wang Shi came to his senses at this time, and quickly led them to bring the carriage in and tie it up, and then went to the backyard.
Chen and Wang Jin were also surprised to see him. Although I had already said that I would come over today, it was just too early, and it would take almost an hour to get from Fucheng to her house even if it was a carriage. Although Chen also felt that it was early, he didn't pay attention to it. She warmly asked the two of them to sit down and asked, "Young Master Jiang, have you had breakfast?" Do you want to eat a little more, Jin'er made some fresh food today, it's quite delicious, why don't you try it together? Saying that, she saw that people were sitting a little crowded, so she asked Wang Mu to help move the food to the dining room.
"Don't bother, Aunt Wang, it's more lively to squeeze it like this. Besides, this bread is so fragrant, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until then and I'll have to eat it. Jiang Qingliu hurriedly asked Chen to sit down, and handed Wang Mu another color.
"Mother, Jiang Gongzi is not an outsider, don't be so polite, besides, we can eat this cake standing up, you don't have to sit!" Wang Mu immediately understood and helped.
"Yes, yes, auntie, let's just eat standing up, and feel more comfortable!" Qin Ziming didn't want to bother, he was already salivating over the steaming and fragrant cake.
Wang Jian finally couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.
Everyone turned their heads to look at her, and she immediately shut down and pretended to be nothing. It's just that the more I like this, the more I want to laugh, and in the end I can't hold it back, so I laugh out loud, and I can't control it, tears come out of my eyes, and I almost roll to the ground. Everyone was confused, and Qin Ziming even touched his head and didn't know what he said was so funny. When Wang Jin finally relieved her breath, she saw several pairs of eyes looking at her suspiciously, Wang Tang's eyes were full of curiosity, and Jiang Qingliu's eyes were even more playful, she blushed embarrassedly, coughed hard, cleared her throat, and sat down precariously and said: "Don't stand stupidly, let's eat, I also made milk tea, you can taste it too." I'll tell you a joke later. Only then did everyone come back to their senses, and Chen served a bowl of hot milk tea for each person, and said: "Just these two things, I will taste them, and then wrap the zongzi later, and then eat them with an open belly." ā
Seeing that everyone ate the cake and drank the milk tea, and they enjoyed it very much, Wang Jin breathed a sigh of relief, and took a sip of milk tea himself, thinking that he could mix it up now.
"Sister, you haven't told a joke yet!" Wang Tang's sweet voice sitting next to him reminded everyone, feeling the expectation in everyone's eyes, Wang Jian sighed secretly in his heart and said, "Don't worry, I'll tell you." She put down the bowl, touched Wang Tang's little face, and said with a smile: "Once upon a time, there was a little daughter-in-law named Tang'er who had just married," Wang Tang immediately realized that the eldest sister was deliberately teasing her, and she was not angry, but waited quietly for Wang Jian to continue. "Once I ate fritters and soy milk for breakfast at home, this Tang'er had never eaten fritters, so he picked it up and took a bite. Her mother-in-law said, "This should be dipped and eaten." Tang'er thought to herself that she had been very diligent when she entered the door, so she didn't upset her mother-in-law, why did she want her to eat standing up. She looked at her husband, and he said, "Dip and eat!" Although Tang'er was aggrieved, she still stood up and ate. At this time, her mother-in-law said, "What are you doing standing, sit down and eat." She sat down to eat again.
"And then her mother-in-law let her dip and eat it again, right?" Wang Tang said.
"That's right, Tang'er is so smart!" Wang Jin touched her head.
"Eldest sister, although this Tang'er has the same name as me, she is much dumber than me. If you don't know how to eat fritters, just see how others eat them. Wang Tang said again, very dissatisfied with Tang'er in the story.
Everyone was surprised by Wang Tang's words. Jiang Qingliu said with a smile: "At most, others will only listen to the story as a joke, but Tang'er has such a thought," he turned his head to look at Wang Mu and Wang Shi and said, "You should also do the same when you read books on weekdays, swallowing dates, blindly listening to your followers, and copying rigid routines, even if you read all the books in the world, it is useless." ā
Wang Mu and Wang Shi both nodded solemnly, Chen was extremely pleased to see it, and he even added a little love to Jiang Qingliu.
Wang Tang, who was praised, was a little embarrassed at this time, so she drank a few sips of the milk tea brought by Wang Jin, and felt that it was extremely sweet, and she seemed to have tasted crushed red dates in her mouth. Her eyes lit up with excitement, and she said happily to Wang Jin: "Eldest sister, I have eaten jujube meat!" It's so sweet! ā
Her red little face looked satisfied, and Wang Shi on the side looked at her like this, sighed and said: "As soon as my little sister touches food, not only can her brain be opened, but even her luck is a few points better than others. ā
Everyone laughed when they heard this, but Wang Tang hurriedly comforted Wang Shi and said: "Second brother, don't worry, Tang'er will definitely leave you a copy if you have something delicious!" ā
At this time, Wang Shi became embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, little sister, you can eat it yourself, and the second brother will buy you a lot of delicious food in the future." ā
Wang Tang was extremely happy when he heard this, and said excitedly: "I want to give it to my mother, eldest sister, eldest brother, everyone wants to buy it!" ā
"Okay, buy everything!" Wang Shi sweated profusely and agreed.
"What if the second brother has no money and can only buy one?" Wang Jin deliberately teased her.
Wang Tang twisted his small body, frowned, and thought for a while: "Then just buy one, I'll make it for everyone after I taste it!" ā
At this time, everyone laughed again, and Chen scolded with a smile: "This little gluttonous cat, you know how to coax people to buy you food, and see if you grow into a little fat pig in the future!" ā
"No, I run and exercise with my eldest sister every day, and I won't gain weight, right, eldest sister?" Wang Tang raised his head and confirmed to Wang Jin.
Wang Jin pinched her nose and said, "Yes, eat more and exercise more, and then you will be left to the work at home!" ā
Wang Tang, who got a satisfactory answer, said happily: "It's okay, Tang'er loves to work!" ā
After everyone talked and laughed and finished breakfast, after Chen put away the dishes and chopsticks, he gathered over to prepare to make zongzi.