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Chapter Thirty-Eight: Black Rice

"Hehe, Xiaobao, this pond is good." Lin Lao carried a fishing rod, a long crucian carp, and shook it vigorously, but unfortunately he was greedy, and he couldn't escape.

"Limber, where will I serve, the main pond has a thick bottom to raise fish." Li Feng helped take the fish down, Lin Chengdong didn't come alone this time, with a few old people with him.

This matter started when Lin Chengdong returned to Beijing, and after more than half a month in Lijiagang, the old man became more and more healthy. His face was ruddy, and his spirit was much better than before, and many old guys would find out what health products they had eaten during the morning exercise. Lin Chengdong smiled and said that after staying in the mountains for a few days, people thought they were joking. Not to mention these old people, Liu Yue, who used to accompany her, looked at the old man and looked like a change, and she was still not at ease, and her physical indicators were better than the average old man, which was still the old man who was sick before.

Lin Lao's children were originally afraid that their father was in the countryside and was not used to it, and there would be any problems with their bodies, but now they look at it, don't talk about the problem, it's just great.

Lin Chengdong himself felt that he was dancing when he heard the chickens in Lijiagang, went to bed early and got up early, usually fed the chickens and ducks, walked around the big river, played a set of Tai Chi in the peach forest, fished in the morning, and played chess in the afternoon. Eating fresh and pollution-free vegetables that have just been picked, looking fresh when you have nothing to do, or helping Li Shan weed, serving melons, fruits and vegetables, busy and fulfilling. The mountain village is quiet, no noise, faint birds chirping and insects chirping, quite a natural sound.

The people's hearts are calm, and the body is naturally better, this is not a matter of living in the city, Lin Chengdong followed a few old buddies to discuss and come over collectively. Li Feng thought that a few people were still running away from home like children at a young age, which was quite interesting.

"Lao Lin said well, the pond is cleaned up well, not only the fish is fat, look at the lotus leaves, lotus, willows, reeds, pull a chair and gently shake the fan, poetry and painting can be, it is the ancient willow weeping embankment wind faint, the new lotus swamp leaf field. Bai Yu frequently waved and sat idle, and the black yarn was half drunk and slept. Although there are some differences, they are not far off. Li Feng looked at this old man, full of admiration, he is an expert in bridge construction, and he didn't want to come out casually, not to mention that he really echoed this situation.

"Hehe, Cheng Lao, you always laugh, where did I get the poetic feeling, but I was thinking about an article in high school, and I felt that planting some lotus flowers was not only beautiful, but also more lotus roots to eat, where is there such a poetic elegance as you said." Li Feng felt that these three old men were quite literati, what kind of engineers were there, and they had more background than ordinary university professors, which was also not clear to Li Feng, these people had a good family background and received a traditional education, although they were born in science, the literati background existed. Now that I'm retired, it's okay, I read a book, write a few strokes, and I'm quite comfortable.

"Vulgarity is elegant, hehe, eating vegetables and eating a scene, how can it not be said to be elegant, I think this is the appreciation of elegance and vulgarity." On the side, Wang Lao's personality is quite bold, but his body is the worst among several people, which is also the reason why Lin Chengdong encouraged Lao Wang to come over. Cheng Lao and Wang Lao and Lin Lao work is similar in nature, in the past, whether it was a dam, a bridge, an engineer, or a lot of field time is the hardest, when you are young, you don't realize that people are full of problems.

Lin Chengdong's body was originally inferior to these two, but now it is a heaven and an underground, the contrast is obvious, otherwise Lin Chengdong will not come back no matter how much he instigates others, mainly because he sees Lin Chengdong's body change so much. The most important thing is the old person's body, and I don't care much about anything else, and there is not much difference between the city and the countryside.

However, a few people are quite curious about Li Feng, you say that you are young, educated, and don't wander outside, and it is rare to go home to farm.

Li Feng didn't realize that the house he lived outside was not as good as his family, he was free at home, and he earned more money outside, but life was not just about looking at more money and less money, but in the end it was comfortable.

"Thank you for the time being, the lead Hua health machine once the spring rain is full of blue ponds." Li Feng casually said a poem, but he was also a little emotional, the flowers are like a brocade of people's past, the most simple is just three or two rice, half a catty of meat, a pot of light wine, but it is comfortable, especially lying in the hospital no one cares, faint and lonely, maybe only the landscape can understand the mind.

"Hey, I'm also hooked here, here, hehe, Xiaobao, quickly get the net pocket." Without waiting for Li Feng to sigh, Wang Lao had already screamed loudly, a red tail shook in the water, looking extremely pleasing, red carp always gave people a different feeling, Li Feng watched Wang Lao carefully remove the hook and put it into the pond, several people always catch fish, or in this hot afternoon, under the willow tree, stretch out a green bamboo pole, a faint tea fragrance, floating on the lotus, melt together into a dust fragrance.

In the afternoon, several old people were quite energetic, or the air in the peach forest was fresh, or they looked at the green mountains and green waters, and the peach fragrance was fragrant. Li Feng watched a few people talk, turned around and entered the house Those peaches, these are the fruits of a few peach trees in the space, all of them are big fists, half of them are red, Li Feng picked up a few soft and put them on the plate, not to mention the meaning of peaches.

"This peach is good." Lin Chengdong looked at the red peaches and picked up one, took a bite of the fragrant and sweet juice and gushed out, not to mention how beautiful the taste was, he had eaten a lot of peaches, and it was really rare to see such a delicious taste. "Lao Wang, Lao Cheng, taste it, this peach is soft, not bad."

"I'll taste it, this peach looks like it looks absolutely nothing, smell it, the peach fragrance is overflowing, the meat is delicate, the peach juice is more, the sweetness is enough, it's good, it's really good." Cheng Lao began to take small sips and taste slowly, watching Lao Wang clean up one in a few bites, he was a little anxious, he didn't have many peaches on his plate, mainly because they were not too soft, and he didn't digest the peaches if he ate too much.

"Hehe, the last peach, mine." Lao Wang ate two, and didn't let go of the last one, which made Lao Cheng stare anxiously, this person, he only ate one.

"Lao Wang, you can take it easy, peaches are cold, and you have diarrhea after eating too much." Lin Chengdong looked at Lao Wang and was a little greedy, and couldn't help but joke.

"But no, your body is not as good as Lao Lin, I think it's better to be leisurely, otherwise wet the bed at night, that's a big joke, don't say it, and people are ashamed to wash the sheets." Lao Cheng washed his hands by the pond, looked at the red hearts in Lao Wang's hand, and was quite joking.

"You two can't eat grapes and say grapes are sour. I'm willing, Xiaobao, put the peaches in the fridge and I'll eat them tomorrow. Although Lao Wang didn't want to admit it, he was really a little afraid of making a stomach in his heart, so he didn't look at Li Feng looking at the sky with his eyes on the side, pretending to play soy sauce. Several elders look like such children, Li Feng doesn't want to participate.

"Lao Wang, forget it, Xiaobao, you go get busy, we old things are fine here." Lin Lao looked at Li Feng a little uncomfortable, and waved his hand with a smile.

"Okay, I'll pick some young leaves of black rice in the morning, and make some black rice in the evening to taste." Li Feng can't say he doesn't like fishing, but he sits hard for a long time, and his body is going to be moldy, and he thinks about picking black rice leaves in the morning, and today he wanted to dig a few bamboo shoots to eat, but he didn't want to see a black rice tree, it stands to reason that the leaves should be old at this time, and he didn't think that this leaf was tender, Li Feng didn't dig the bamboo shoots in the end, and picked most of the leaves.

Legend has it that there was a girl in the area of Wuyuan in Zhankeng, and after the death of her father, her stepmother not only did not give her her due property, but also abused her in every way. Later, when the girl got married, she stole the title deed that originally belonged to her, hid it in a bun, and brought it to her in-laws' house. The people in the village of her mother-in-law's family are very grateful to her for bringing good land. But when the stepmother knew about this incident, she sued the local county magistrate and arrested the girl pending trial. The village sent her prison meals, and every time she delivered them, she was secretly eaten by the jailers every time. So, the villagers picked a kind of leaf from the mountain, soaked it in water, and made it spit out the blue-black sap, and cooked rice with it, and the rice was black. They hid other side dishes under the black rice and sent them to the cell. When the jailer checked it, he mistakenly thought it was poisonous food and didn't dare to eat it secretly, so he sent it all to the girl.

Black rice is easy to make, it is good for the body to eat, although the taste is not delicious, but several old people are mainly physical, especially the old man Wang does not sleep well, black rice is symptomatic, but it does not hinder.

Besides, the black rice I make is different from others, and there are a lot of other ingredients added to the glutinous rice, and some of the dishes taste like rice. It is added with shrimp skin, fish, shredded vegetable melon, cucumber is too tender to be cooked, various seasonings red pepper spicy, fennel fragrant, made into rice meat and vegetarian matching, delicious. Although it doesn't look good, I definitely don't say anything about it.

"Black rice?" Cheng Lao was a little puzzled, did black rice make it? Black rice is very common, boiled millet porridge, eight-treasure porridge is available, some places grow black rice, but I didn't think about it, there are also people here who grow black rice.

"Hehe, you don't know this." Lin Lao still remembers the black rice vividly, and remembers that he ate at the villager's house again. As soon as I entered the door, I saw a large pot of black rice, mixed with green peas, old yellow fried tofu, dark red diced pork and bright red chili peppers. At first glance, the color is delicious, but this black rice is really daunting, and I can't help but think of the red rat medicine. I asked the fellow next to me, "Black rice." "Sure enough! But this is not the blood glutinous rice he usually sees or the black rice in Nanjing, but the ordinary glutinous rice that has been specially dyed. After taking the chopsticks handed over by the fellow, I saw that everyone didn't dare to move the chopsticks easily, and I thought, take the lead in following the customs, how can I say that the leader is not. So I picked up the wooden chopsticks and randomly picked some from the pot to taste the taste. Wow, I don't know if I don't taste it, it's really delicious, the rice grains have an inexplicable fragrance, the green beans are sweet and tender, the diced meat is delicious, and the spicy ones are refreshing.

"Hehe, Lin Bo has eaten it, now it's okay, I'm afraid that no one will dare to eat it when I make it at night." Li Feng didn't think that Lin Lao had eaten it, but it was nothing, people ran all over the country, and black rice was not mysterious, so it was strange if he hadn't eaten it.

"No, Lao Wang, you eat more at night, this thing is good for sleep." Lin Chengdong has specially checked some treatments after that time, and he knows a little about black rice.

"Okay, but it doesn't taste good, so I won't eat it." Lao Wang smiled and looked at the joke, and had a trace of expectation for black rice in his heart.

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