The time in the first month always flies very fast, half a month, the family is together, there is no need to do things, just chatter, eat some snacks, make some food, and occasionally there will be guests. This is the most leisurely day of the year in the ordinary farmer's house, and it is also the favorite time, but the better the day, the faster it passes, no, in a blink of an eye, it has reached the fifteenth day of the first month.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Huang family got up early in the morning and was busy with this and that, but she was not busy for the Lantern Festival, but for Dabao to go to the town tomorrow to be busy, and the food of the Lantern Festival Huang had been handed over to Lin He to take care of. Lin He thought that in his previous life, everyone ate rice balls, so he thought about making some rice balls for his family to taste.

At this time, there is no such uniform glutinous rice, but there is something called small yellow rice that is similar to glutinous rice, which is as sticky. Last time Lin He was in the county, he saw a big grain store, there were several different kinds of rice for sale, Lin He asked, only to know that the nature of this little yellow rice is somewhat similar to the glutinous rice in the previous life, so he bought some back and put it at home, originally planning to find a time to see if he could make some rice cakes to eat, but during this time the family was too busy, and he was not free, so he put it there and did not move.

Now it can be used, this small yellow rice also needs to be shelled and ground, and then steamed with water, the color is yellow, the stickiness is strong, and the taste is sweet. Lin He thought that there were sesame seeds and peanuts at home, so he made two flavors, peanut rice balls and sesame rice balls were delicious.

The Huang family helped Dabao get things, and Lin He asked Dabao and them to go to Aunt Xu's house to borrow the small mill, and first grind the little yellow rice out. Lin He put the sesame seeds and peanuts in the kitchen and fried them in the pot, and after they were fried, they were also ground into powder by Dabao, and then the ground sesame seeds. Add the lard and sugar and knead them together with your hands.

The rice noodles here are kneaded into a dough with moderate hardness and softness, then divided into small pieces, and then a small piece is flattened, wrapped in the processed sesame filling or peanut filling, and finally the mouth is rounded and the surface is smooth. Such a round rice ball came out. Xiaobao and Chen'er looked at this thing called tangyuan, they were very surprised, and asked Lin He: "Eldest sister." This thing is so beautiful, yellow and round, is it edible? ”

Lin He smiled and said, "Well, this thing is called tangyuan." You can't eat it yet. Wait for the eldest sister to put it in water and boil it, and you can eat it when it is cooked. ”

Originally, I was going to cook it out and eat it in the evening, but it was still early, and I thought that this Lantern Festival was not easy to digest, and I ate it too late, so I was afraid that the child's stomach would not be able to digest it, so I started to cook it, and I planned to cook some for the two little guys to eat first. If it tastes good, send some to Aunt Xu. and Daddy Qin's house.

After a while, Lin He boiled the rice balls, the surface of the rice balls exuded heat, round and chubby, and the appearance was very cute, Lin He asked Chen'er and Xiaobao to eat slowly, this thing is very hot inside, and when the sesame filling and peanut filling flow out, it will burn their mouths, let them eat carefully.

After the two little ones tasted the rice balls, they all said that they were delicious, fragrant and sweet, Lin He himself tasted them, and felt that the rice balls were a little too sweet, and if they ate too much, they would be a little tired, Lin He looked at Xiaobao and Chen'er and couldn't eat a few by themselves, saying that they were already full, and the rice balls were like this, too much stomach.

Lin He thought that if there were blueberries or strawberries at home, they would taste more refreshing and not so sweet, but at this time, there were no such fruits, so they could only use these.

In the evening, Lin He boiled the glutinous rice balls for Erniu and them to eat, they thought this thing was delicious, maybe Erniu's taste was heavier, the sugar at this time was a little expensive, and they didn't usually eat it often, so it must be very good to eat, of course, no matter what, it must be much better than the food at this time.

Originally, Huang said that today was a festival, and it was only a festival to eat dumplings, but everyone ate so many rice balls how could they still eat dumplings, and Huang didn't do it, and he was making clothes for Dabao.

When he was going to sleep at night, Huang helped Dabao pack up all the things he was going to bring, Lin He was taken aback, plus clothes and food, there were five big burdens, I really don't know what was in it, why there were so many, Huang said that one burden was clothes, one was shoes, and the other was some eggs and duck eggs, let Dabao take them to eat, and two of them were some bacon, preserved chicken, and baked some sausages for Dabao to bring.

Dabao said don't bring so much, Huang said that since Dabao brought something to eat, it doesn't seem to be so thin, so this time he will prepare more, and said that this time because it is the New Year, a lot of them have been given gifts, and next time I come back, I will do more, Lin He and Dabao have no choice, so he has to do it.

Early the next morning, Erniu drove the ox cart to the town with Dabao and big bags of things, and after sending Dabao away, he also had to go to the town to buy some food and the like, this is the first day of the long worker to start work, and it must be a good meal for the long worker to make a starting meal, most of the things at home are there, like chickens, ducks, fish or something, and the winter vegetables are also in the cellar at home, buy some meat and some rough women to go back.

When they returned home, a few long-term workers had already come, and Huang asked Father Qin to take them to the courtyard where they lived, saying that when all the long-term workers arrived, Erniu would also come back. When a few long-term workers came last time, this yard had not yet been built, and now they are very happy to see that the place where they live is so good, thinking that this owner is really good, there is a separate yard for them, not to mention, and everyone has a separate house to live in, which is definitely not so good in other people's homes.

When Erniu came back, the ten long-term workers invited that day came, Erniu walked to the yard, and told them something about the future, and said: "Our family invites long-term workers and other people's families are a little different, you each live in a small house in this yard, there are two days off a month, you can go back, if it is far away in the two days of the holiday, you can pick up your family to live for two days, we also pack the same meals, but they are the two days at the end of the month, but if you are busy with farming, there will be no holiday, But your family can still come. ”

Erniu told them some general situation, and asked them if they were dissatisfied, the long-term workers shook their heads, there are several long-term workers are basically far away from here, if you want to go back in a month, I am afraid that it will be delayed on the road for a day, and the next day will come again, it is a little hard, now the owner of this arrangement is much better, if the family wants to see them, they can leave in advance, and they will not delay time. Such a good owner, for their sake, it's too late to be happy, who will have any dissatisfaction. (To be continued.) )