Chapter 270 Playing Glutinous Rice Cake [Asking for Recommendation Votes]

[There is another chapter in the evening]

Twenty-eighth, hit the glutinous ba. Speaking of the origin of the rice cake, it can be traced back to the Warring States period. Wu Zixu, a courtier of the State of Chu, defected to the State of Wu in order to avenge his father, and wanted to borrow troops from the State of Wu to crusade against the State of Chu. He came to the state of Wu to help the king of Wu to sit firmly in the country and became a meritorious minister of the state of Wu. Soon, he realized his ambition and led the Wu soldiers to break through the capital of Yingdu, the capital of Chu, and dug up the tomb of the king of Chu to avenge his hatred. After that, Wu Zixu was enshrined in the land.

Once, King Wu ordered Wu Zixu to build the famous "Great City of Lulu" to prevent invasion. After the city was completed, King Wu was overjoyed, but Wu Zixu was depressed.

Wu Zixu knows that he has a lot of grievances, and he is afraid that someone will not be able to tolerate him in the future. After returning to the camp, he said to his cronies, "The king is happy and forgets his worries, and there will be no good end." After I die, if the country is in trouble and the people are hungry, dig three feet into the ground under the city of Xiangmen, and you can find food to satisfy your hunger. ”

After He Lu's son Fucha succeeded to the throne, he refused Wu Zixu's advice many times, and listened to slander, causing Wu Zixu to kill himself. As Wu Zixu expected, shortly after his death, Goujian of Yue took the opportunity to raise troops to attack Wu and surrounded the capital of Wu.

At that time, it was the end of the year, the weather was cold, the people in the city were fasting, starving all over the wilderness, and the country of Wu was really in danger. At this time of crisis, people remembered Wu Zixu's instructions before his death, so they secretly demolished the city wall and dug the ground, and people were surprised to find that the city foundation was made of bricks and stones made of cooked glutinous rice.

It turned out that this was the food that Wu Zixu stored as the cornerstone of the city wall after steaming and pressing a large amount of glutinous rice into bricks and letting it cool when he built the city.

People can't help but sigh that Wu Zixu is really prescient! Everyone picks up the glutinous rice bricks, crushes them, re-cooks them, and eats them.

Later, in the Chutian area, at the end of each harvest year, people would use glutinous rice to make glutinous rice like the "city bricks" of that year, in order to pay tribute to Wu Zixu. To this day, glutinous rice dumplings are still a must-do delicacy for people all over the south before the Spring Festival every year.

There is a saying here in Shanmen Town, "New Year's greetings, New Year's greetings, Baba comes forward." The implication is that glutinous rice is a must-have for visiting relatives during New Year's greetings. When others come to pay New Year's greetings, the host will usually give the guests some glutinous rice cakes before they leave. It can only be an even number, not an odd number, to show good luck. If you send 4 means the four seasons of fortune, send 6 means 6 or 6 Shun, send 8 means Lian Lian Dafa, and send 12 means the moon and the moon are red.

It is not a difficult thing to do, but it is a bit troublesome to prepare. Jiangbian didn't plan to make glutinous rice dumplings, and planned to divide a little after the villagers made it.

Unexpectedly, early in the morning of the 28th morning, Jiang Fengshi's cub came over and asked Jiangbian to come over to help make glutinous rice cakes, and asked Jiangbian to bring a few guests from the city with him.

In fact, although Jiang Fengshi's family does not have many people, he does not have to help Jiangbian to be able to make a glutinous meal. It is not a difficult thing to make glutinous rice cakes. Men and women in the family, young and old, can participate, maybe find a random child, and do better than the riverside.

Asking someone to help make glutinous rice dumplings is actually a good opportunity for neighbors to communicate. Jiang Fengshi was able to call Jiangbian to help, in fact, the most important thing is to show that their family attaches great importance to Jiangbian.

Glutinous rice dumplings are not a rare thing for Yan Yuan's few people who grew up in the city, but the production process of glutinous rice dumplings really makes them rare.

As soon as Yan Yuan heard about the dumplings, he was immediately elated, "Of course I'm going to go, I've grown so big, I've eaten a lot of dumplings, and I've never seen how dumplings are made." ”

Liu Ruxuan also smiled, "It's very interesting to play glutinous rice cakes!" When I used to play in the folk village, I played the glutinous rice cakes, which was very fun, and the taste of the freshly beaten glutinous rice cakes was much better than that cooked in the back. ”…,

Jiangbian smiled, Liu Ruxuan was right, Jiangbian also likes to eat freshly beaten glutinous rice cakes. It's very strange that the taste of the beaten glutinous rice is supposed to be similar to that of glutinous rice, but every time you eat it, you will always find that the taste of the freshly beaten glutinous rice is always different from that of glutinous rice, which is very unique.

Xiao Yalin was also very pleased, "I haven't seen it with my own eyes, it should be very interesting." ”

Jiang Fengshi's family steamed a large tube of glutinous rice.

By the time I walked past the river, the steamer had already been untied.

"Jiangbian, you're here with your friend. Come on, come and eat sticky rice, hurry up and eat it while it's hot, the sticky rice at this time is the most fragrant. Jiang Fengshi said.

The glutinous rice used to make glutinous rice is first soaked in water and then steamed in a steamer. The taste of this steamed sticky rice is worlds apart from that of cooked sticky rice.

The texture and aroma of cooked glutinous rice are much worse than that of steamed rice.

Jiangbian pinched a ball of glutinous rice and handed it to Xiao Yalin, "Sister, you taste it, this steamed glutinous rice is sweet." ”

"Hey, Riverside, and us?" Yan Yuan said.

"So many are there, you don't know how to get them yourself?" Jiangbian grabbed a handful of himself, kneaded it into a ball, and ate it in a big gulp.

Yan Yuan really didn't quite understand the meaning of the word "sorry", so he walked forward and grabbed a large handful, pinched it into a ball, and then divided it into two parts.

"Hey, you guy, eat so much. If there are a few more like you, you don't have to fight this glutinous cake. Ebebe smiled.

"Eat, eat with confidence. I steamed a bucket of rice this time, and it was no problem to eat a little. If it's less, just steam it again in the afternoon. Anyway, there are still a few loads of glutinous rice at home. Jiang Fengshi said with a smile.

Everyone ate some before they started to prepare for the dumplings.

You have to beat the glutinous rice while it is hot, and if it is cold, it will not be cooked, and there will be a grain of glutinous rice in the glutinous rice in the glutinous rice in the future.

Jiang Fengshi pulled the glutinous rice chop into a rice basket, then brought it to the stone mortar and put the glutinous rice into the stone mortar.

Jiang Bian and Jiang Fengshi took a mallet and beat them one by one. This is not only a hard work, but also a technical work.

If the two of them cooperate well, it is very easy to get into a fight. But if two people can't cooperate, it becomes a chore.

The stickiness of glutinous rice is large, when it is not pounded at the beginning, it is not visible, once the glutinous rice is mashed, it immediately sticks into a ball, and a wood chases down, and the glutinous rice immediately sticks to the mallet, if there is no help from another person, it is difficult to lift the mallet again.

The two people go down with a mallet first, and they will immediately get into the glutinous rice dough, and the other person will follow the mallet down, just shaking out the mallet in front of them. After many backs and forths, all the glutinous rice in the stone mortar was rotted.

Although he rarely did farm work on the riverside, no one would ask him to make glutinous rice cakes in the past. But when I was a child, I watched other people's families make a lot of glutinous rice cakes. So after getting used to it for a while, I was able to cooperate well with Jiang Fengshi.

The two of them work well together, and it's like a beautiful melody when they play glutinous rice cakes.

"Jiangbian, looking at your posture, it's really not bad." Mrs. Jiang Fengshi said.

"The main thing is that the fifth brother is well bringed! After two or three hits, I knew how to use skill. Ebebe smiled.

Jiang Fengshi also invited Jiang Laoliu's family to come over to help.

Jiang Lao Liu looked at the posture of the riverside and also praised, "Hehe, I really didn't see it, there is still some strength in the hands of the riverside." I haven't seen the glutinous rice cake on the riverside, but this posture is like an old trick. ”

"Who is like you, a stupid donkey! As soon as people enter the city by the river, they can become chefs in big hotels, and they have also appeared on TV! Mrs. Jiang scolded with a smile.

Jiang Lao Liu's face was embarrassed, and everyone laughed. Jiang Lao Liu is a well-known fear of his wife in Banshan Village, and when everyone sees the two of them, they are afraid of kneeling on the washboard. …,

Yan Yuan watched from the side for a while, and then came to his senses, "Brother, let my brother try?" ”

"I'm going to try it too." Liu Ruxuan said.

"Okay, I'll take a break." Jiang Fengshi immediately vacated the space.

Jiangbian had no choice but to step aside and let Yan Yuan and Liu Ruxuan play.

This time there are two novices, and the results can be imagined.

It was only the first time that something went wrong.

Yan Yuan started first, smashed the mallet into the stone mortar, one end of the mallet fell deeply into the glutinous rice milk, Liu Ruxuan's hand was not small, but it did not make the right place, this mallet smashed on Yan Yuan's mallet, although Yan Yuan's mallet was bounced up, almost did not jump off, but the end of the glutinous rice pulp fell deeper, let alone out of the glutinous rice pulp.

The two of them panicked, and at the same time pulled up hard, and even pulled out the glutinous rice ball, if it weren't for the riverside's quick eyes, this glutinous rice ball would definitely fall to the ground.

Only then did the two perpetrators put down the gavel in a foolish manner.

Everyone laughed for a while, Jiang Lao Liu and Jiang Bian went on the field and continued to hammer. Jiang Feng actually prepared on the other side with his mother-in-law and a few women who came to help.

On the table, the wooden planks that had been washed and dried were placed and coated with a layer of oil.

"Fifth brother, are you ready? The mallet is almost complete, and it's not good to have a mallet that is too bad. Jiang Lao Liu said.

"Alright, alright." Jiang Fengshi should arrive.

"Riverside, will you get it, or will you change the old five?" Jiang Lao Liu said.

"No, I haven't eaten pork, and I haven't seen a pig run?" Ebebe laughed.

The two of them glued out the glutinous rice ball with a wooden mallet, and there was not a single bit left in the stone mortar.

The two of them carried the glutinous rice balls to the table over there. In fact, this process still requires a little skill. If you're not careful, you might drop the glutinous rice balls into place. This has happened.

It is very interesting to make glutinous rice dumplings, put them on the table, dip them in oil, and knead them into a large ball, so that the surface becomes smooth and not too sticky.

Experienced people, with their hands on the glutinous rice dough, will squeeze out a ball of glutinous rice dough, put it on the board to roll it, after rounding, put it aside, press it with a template, and a pattern will be printed on it. A little bit of red on top, embellishment.

This process may seem simple, but it also requires a bit of skill. People with good skills will pinch out glutinous rice balls of the same size, while one without any experience, like Yan Yuan, will pinch out one to top others two, and one will pinch out half of the smaller others. The shape is also odd.

Yan Yuan pinched a few, which was full of oil and glutinous rice milk. As embarrassed as you are, you can be as embarrassed as you are.

Although Liu Ruxuan has experience, the results are not much better than Yan Yuan.

However, although Xiao Yalin has no experience in pinching glutinous rice cakes, she is a chef, and the glutinous rice cakes she pinched are not much different from those of masters such as Jiang Fengshi's mother-in-law. Even after making a few of them, the pinched glutinous rice cakes are like being pressed out of a mold.

"This girl's hands are so skillful, she looks like a person who often makes glutinous rice cakes. You see, the glutinous rice cakes she made are all poured out of a mold. I've been making glutinous rice dumplings for decades, but I can't make such beautiful glutinous rice cakes. Mrs. Jiang Fengshi praised.

"My sister is a chef, and this dish is much more elaborate than this glutinous rice cake." Jiangbian also boasted.

"Don't listen to the nonsense of the riverside. I'm not as good at cooking as he is. Xiao Yalin smiled.

After making the glutinous rice cakes, Jiang Fengshi had to leave a few people to eat at home, and this time, Jiang Bian refused without hesitation.

Because of making glutinous rice cakes in the morning, Jiang Fengshi's house was a mess, and breakfast hadn't been prepared yet.

It takes a lot of places to spread out and dry the glutinous rice cakes, and Jiang Fengshi's family can put them in the places where they are placed. …,

"Jiangbian, why are you embarrassed to keep you busy all morning and not eat?" Jiang Fengshi said apologetically.

"Fifth brother, what are you talking about? Where we didn't eat breakfast, we ate glutinous rice and glutinous rice to the stomach. Kawabe said.

"Uncle Man, you take a few glutinous rice balls back first, those glutinous rice cakes haven't dried yet, it's very troublesome for you to take them back, and when they're dry, I'll ask your fifth brother to send you some more." We've got one for you this time. It's hard for you to get glutinous rice alone. Mrs. Jiang Fengshi took a red plastic bag with more than a dozen glutinous rice cakes, trotted over, and handed it to the riverside.

"What's the excuse then? It's enough to eat so much here, and you're embarrassed to move home? Kawabe said.

"If you can afford your fifth brother, you will arrive. If you look down on it, you go back empty-handed. "Jiangbian really can't refuse.

"Okay, I'll take it." Jiangbian hurriedly took it.

"That's right." Mrs. Jiang Fengshi smiled.

"By the river, I like to stay in the countryside more and more. People in the countryside are much simpler than people in the cities. People in the city live in the same building, live in it all their lives, and may not know the name of their neighbor across the wall. But in the countryside, you see everyone is like a family. Xiao Yalin said.

"Actually, we are a big family. If you have the same yard in the countryside, you must be a big family. Besides, even if they are not relatives, they have lived together for generations, so they will naturally have contact with each other. It's different in the city, everyone lives together temporarily, maybe in a few years, they will share their own things, but it's not that people are indifferent. Kawabe said.

"That's right. But I still think it's good to be in the middle of the village. Xiao Yalin smiled.

Jiang Bian said in his heart, "That's because you haven't met someone like Jiang Huahua." ”

The Spring Festival is getting closer and closer, and the atmosphere of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger.

The people in the village who were working in the city slowly returned home, and the village slowly became lively.

Li Qiulai finally arrived at home before the Chinese New Year, and Liu Huijun's winery finally had a holiday. But Liu Huijun couldn't come back. Although the winery is on holiday, it is really inseparable from people. The riverside guards itself there, taking care of everything.

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