"It's said that it's a zongzi, but it's just a façade. There was no glutinous rice in it, at most it was just the same shape. Shen Zhuru is also quite satisfied with the results this time.

To be exact, she was very glad to find Zhao An to help her, so she was able to get such high-quality sago, otherwise it would be really troublesome.

"The young lady's words are wrong, and no one stipulates that the zongzi must be made of glutinous rice, and if the zongzi made by the lady is taken out, who dares to say that it is not a zongzi. The same soft waxy, only more crystal clear, like a handicraft. I once saw a rich man who liked zongzi, and directly let the master polish a transparent spar into the shape of zongzi, and the texture and shape were no different, but crystal clear and eye-catching. If the rich man saw the rice dumplings made by the young lady, he would probably have to pay a lot of money and buy them and taste them. ”

Shen Zhuru chuckled, and never refuted Zhao An's statement.

It is not surprising that some people who really like something are indeed prone to do this kind of thing.

"Now the form of the rice dumplings made of sago is approved, but the taste needs to be tasted. Yumian, Yumian, Yueyang, Yueqin, you go and cut this zongzi with a small bamboo knife, take a part of each one and let me taste it, and by the way, you can also try it to see how it tastes. Don't be a useless thing, that's it. ”

"Yes, young lady."

The four maids worked together to cut the nine-colored crystal zongzi, and brought a small plate to Shen Zhuru for her to taste first.

After Shen Zhuru tried them one by one, he nodded with satisfaction, the taste is not bad, that is, the sago boiling time can be shortened a little, it is too soft, there is no very Q chew, and the taste of the filling inside needs to be a little more, the filling is kneaded into a finer one, and it is slowly wound like a spring, and the sago is added while wrapping it, so that the taste can be guaranteed to be uniform.

After putting forward the suggestions for improvement, I made a finished product again, and after tasting the taste, everyone nodded in admiration, indicating that they gave a full score to the second improved taste.

Now that the time and process of production have been determined, all that remains is to start making the stuffing and bandaging before dawn on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, and then if it is boiled, it will be sent to the riverside altar as a tribute at the time of the hour.

Only the zongzi at that time can ensure freshness and taste, and Shen Zhuru also decided that on the same day, the nine-color crystal zongzi of the Dragon Boat Festival will be given to the Mu family who needs to be friends, and in order not to make the other party feel that the Mu family is snubbing, Shen Zhuru has prepared a special wooden gift box when he learned that he could make crystal zongzi.

The center of this gift box is hollowed out, and a thin lid of transparent crystal polishing is placed as a glass, so that people can see at a glance the crystal dumplings that have been peeled off the leaves in the gift box.

And the number of these gift boxes is limited, in addition to the main sacrifice, for gifting, a family is two boxes, eighteen zongzi, and the individual is a box, which is rare and expensive.

Shen Zhuru was busy here, and in Jinghe Garden, Mu Liu Xinyue called Yicui to the living room.

"How is the young lady's preparation?" Mu Liu Xinyue didn't ask Shen Zhuru about the progress until today, she had also seen and eaten the three-color zongzi she made a few days ago, and it was also chic and delicious, and it was a little different from the usual zongzi in terms of taste, but the appearance was pleasing.

"The young lady only got three-color zongzi over there, which is far from the nine kinds that the lady requested. However, the slave maid heard that Master Zhao An in our county was invited to meet the young lady in the house, and she thought that Master Zhao still needed to take action to solve the problem in the end. ”

"Oh, is that Zhao An, who is very good at making zongzi?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Where is he now?"

"It is reported that I left the county seat and didn't know where to go, but just now the people in the house reported that they were back, and I think they found what they needed, the main sacrifice of the young lady, and it shouldn't go wrong."

"That's good. By the way, the Boxing Rites and the like can be sent over as I want? ”

"It's all sent according to Madame's wishes, but the young lady has also prepared some gift boxes, it should be remembered about the rituals, but it's a pity that the young lady is new to the city after all, and she doesn't understand the customs here, or Madame, you are kind-hearted and will send it in advance."

"Although I wanted to see what she was capable of and to see if she was really useless, I didn't think of making fun of Mufu's reputation." Mu Liu Xinyue said and narrowed her eyes and got up and walked out, Yicui knew what to do and wait.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, when the sky was bright, the aroma of zongzi in Fenghua Garden wafted in, and they all got into the bedroom, waking up Mu Fenghua in his sleep.

"Lady, it smells so fragrant." Mu Fenghua is usually after dinner, and then put back to Fenghua Garden by her mother-in-law to rest, she doesn't know about yesterday's events, and she doesn't know that the aroma is because of the aroma of crystal dumplings, and the air is mixed with a faint milky fragrance.

By chance, I learned that the Mu family raised a few cows in Zhuangzi outside the city, so I let people milk the cows before dawn and send them to the house to boil in a pot.

This is ready to be taken to the god of water, when the zongzi is torn off, it is used to dip and eat it for those respected old people in the county to taste it, so that the taste will be smoother and sweeter, of course, it is also for their own use.

"That's the aroma of boiling milk, the reason why it's sweet is because I made people add sugar, and when the zongzi comes out of the pot, you can try how the crystal zongzi I made taste."

"Great. I'm going to eat. Mu Fenghua nodded happily, got up, and ran out like a child happily, wearing a thin undershirt, and even wearing his shoes backwards.

Shen Zhuru couldn't cry or laugh, and also got up.

"Hey, the young master of the minion, why did you run out like this, the minion will immediately wait for you to change your clothes." Qibao stopped Mu Fenghua at the door and pushed the person back into the house, Yumian Yusu and the four people entered the house, Yumian Yuxu first waited for Shen Zhuru to change clothes, Yueyang Yueqin took Mu Fenghua's clothes out, and waited for Mu Fenghua to change clothes with Qibao.

After freshening up and eating breakfast, her mother-in-law Mu Liu Xinyue had already passed a message, and directly asked the two to meet at the door and go to the place where the dragon boat race was held by the river outside the city.

After leaving the city, when I arrived at the location, I saw that there was originally only one wharf as a mooring port by the river, and at this moment a bamboo platform had already been built along the river, and the largest bamboo platform was a square altar built for the main sacrifice, which seemed more spacious and taller.

The bamboo platform built on both sides of the altar is just a simple bamboo chair that can be placed on the top for people to sit, each bamboo platform is independent, and the flag hanging on the top is embroidered with the surname of the family to which it belongs, representing the power of one party.