Chapter 503: Glutinous Rice Dumpling Competition
Before the start of the competition, Zhang Chengyuan suddenly asked Liu Zaishi: "Brother Shi, is there any reward for this competition?" β
Liu Zaishi felt slightly strange and asked rhetorically, "What reward do you want?" In the recording of "Family", he had never seen Zhang Chengyuan take the initiative to make any requests.
Zhang Chengyuan said: "I hope that the ranking of this competition can be used as the order of the beds tonight. β
Liu Zaishi smiled: "Are you so sure you can win?" Or are you afraid that when you get out of the competition for beds, you will lose to others and lose face? β
Zhang Chengyuan denied: "I just think that if there is no color head, the game is boring." β
Hearing this, everyone immediately chimed in: "There must indeed be a little reward, otherwise it will be less interesting, and everyone will not be very dedicated." β
Liu Zaishi thought for a while and said: "Then let's set a reward, well, the first place in this competition, you don't have to get up to make breakfast tomorrow, what do you think?" β
As soon as he said this, everyone immediately agreed, and they all got ready to go, and their spirits suddenly improved a lot, and they all seemed to want to fight for this first, only Zhang Chengyuan was a little depressed, because it was enough for him to sleep for three or four hours a day, and the reward of not having to get up to cook was dispensable for him. However, since everyone has this intention, he cannot disobey it. In addition, he also lamented Yoo Jae-seok's cunning, knowing that he always got up early, but he deliberately said such a reward, so that even if he became the first, he would not get any benefits, and it would not affect Kim Taeyeon, who was in the same group as him.
At this point, Jang Sung-won didn't talk about it, and immediately went to the next room with Kim Tae-yeon with dough, fillings and other things, while the other groups were also separated. Do so. This is to prevent the teams from interfering with each other or copying each other's ideas.
Sit down on the floor. Kim Taeyeon asked, "Brother Sung Won." What kind of glutinous rice dough are we going to knead? β
Zhang Chengyuan said casually: "What do you want to pinch?" β
Kim Taeyeon groaned, "I want to pinch a few small animals, but I'm afraid they won't look like it." β
Zhang Chengyuan immediately said: "It's simple, you say, I'll pinch it." Well, what do you want to pinch? "He's very good at carving, so it's no surprise to knead animal dough.
Kim Taeyeon thought about it again and said, "Our sisters have three phases, which are snakes, horses, and sheep. Brother Cheng Yuan, you just pinch these three, right? β
"Okay, no problem." Zhang Chengyuan agreed.
Kim Tae-yeon is now in charge of kneading the dough to make it more elastic and malleable, while Jang Sung-won is mainly responsible for kneading the dough into shape and making a carving knife at the tip of the spoon to make a fine carving on it. And while doing things, they don't forget to talk and chat.
Kim Taeyeon kneaded the dough and said casually: "Brother Sung Won, when I was a child, when I made glutinous rice balls, my mother told me. If you can wrap good-looking glutinous rice balls, you will have a beautiful daughter. Do you think that makes sense? β
Zhang Chengyuan smiled: "I don't know if it makes sense, but if it really makes sense, then your mother must be very good at making glutinous rice dumplings?" β
Kim Taeyeon was slightly stunned, and then understood that Jang Sung-won was praising her for her beauty, so she blushed slightly and said, "How beautiful am I, far worse than Sister Youli!" β
Zhang Chengyuan said: "Sister Youli is naturally beautiful, but you are not bad." Moreover, I am sure that you will definitely marry a good family in the future. Isn't there an old saying in the past that the more delicious a woman is that the better the glutinous rice dumplings, the easier it is to find a good husband? β
Kim Tae-yeon's face turned even redder and said, "How long ago was that, how can there be such a thing now?" β
Zhang Chengyuan said: "Even by today's standards, a beautiful and lovely girl like you is also the object of boys' pursuit. However, you have to keep in mind that most of today's boys are more frivolous and manic, and they only want to be quick and impatient in love, so you should choose carefully. β
Unconsciously, he put on the appearance of a brother and lectured to Kim Taeyeon, but he didn't want to think that he was almost the same type as the boy in his words, but with a little more patience.
However, Kim Taeyeon trusted him very much, and after hearing his words, he immediately nodded and agreed, "Oppa, I will remember." β
Next, the two talked about a few more topics at random, and after about half an hour, Zhang Chengyuan's three dough carvings of snakes, horses, and sheep were completed, all of which were small and lifelike, even if they were very subtle, such as the eyes and letters of the snake, the mane and tail of the horse, and the beard and hair of the sheep.
The more Kim Taeyeon looked at it, the more she liked it, and said, "Brother Sung Yuan, you carved them so beautifully, I'm afraid I'm afraid I won't be willing to eat them later." β
Zhang Chengyuan shook his head and said: "No matter how beautiful it is, it's just dough, and it will spoil after a long time, so it's a waste if you don't eat it." Moreover, if you don't eat it, you may be eaten by others. Okay, now that we're done, let's get out of the way. As he spoke, he put three of his creations on a plate and held them up, ready to get up and go out.
Kim Taeyeon suddenly said: "Brother Sung Won, don't be in a hurry to show everyone your work, wait until the official announcement of the results to take it out, it will definitely shock them." β
"Okay, listen to you." He took a clean cloth and lightly placed it on the plate containing the dough of the three animals, and stood up. Later, Kim Taeyeon also stood up and picked up a round plate of glutinous rice dumplings wrapped with sesame seeds, chestnuts, red beans, black beans, jujube paste and other fillings. This is an extra package that she has just done in her spare time.
The two returned to their original rooms, only to see that everyone had almost returned, and one by one, like Zhang Chengyuan, kept their works secret, covering them with cloth or covers. After a while, the people arrived. Then, we started to prepare the steamed glutinous rice dumplings. Before putting the glutinous rice dumplings in the steamer, you will not forget to spread a layer of previously picked pine leaves on the bottom, so that the elegant aroma of the pine leaves can warmly penetrate into the dumplings. Perhaps because of this, the steamed glutinous rice dumplings are also called muffins.
When steaming glutinous rice dumplings, the family members were not idle, and continued to wrap glutinous rice dumplings, of course, this time it was not a competition, but a special production for the village elders to taste tomorrow. Since I didn't have to think about creative fabrication of special shapes, the efficiency was much faster than just now, and it took about 40 minutes. More than two hundred were packed. Thinking to myself should be enough. He stopped.
At this time, the glutinous rice dumplings that were steamed in the pot before were also cooked. Since everyone had wrapped some ordinary glutinous rice dumplings before, and they had all been steamed in the pot just now, they tasted each other's crafts at this time. After eating, the evaluation of glutinous rice dumplings officially began.
The first to be revealed is the work of the "Sisters to Die or Alive" group Lee Hyo-ri and Park Ye-jin, which are three human-shaped glutinous rice dumplings with dough as their bodies and black beans as their eyes and mouths, and their names are "The Long-Aged Gang of Three to Welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival". As soon as you hear the name, you will know that these three glutinous rice dumplings symbolize the three eldest families of Yoon Jong-shin, Kim so-ro and Yoo Jae-seok. Moreover, these three humanoid glutinous rice balls are of different heights and sizes. It's easy to tell who they correspond to.
In addition, the mouth of the humanoid glutinous rice ball representing Yin Zhongxin is slightly protruding, and he is wearing heightened shoes made of black beans on his feet, which is obviously joking about Yin Zhongxin's teeth and height; The glutinous rice ball representing Yoo Jae-seok has a toothpick stuck in his buttocks, which seems to allude to the fact that he had been poked in the ass by Li Xiao with a stick before. Only the glutinous rice dumplings representing Jin Xiulu are treated the best, and the word "king" is engraved on his body, indicating that he is the king of games in the family.
Everyone couldn't help but feel funny, only Yin Zhongxin and Liu Zaishi, who were ridiculed, were a little "unhappy". Then, to add some jokes. Lee Hyo-ri and Park Ye-jin also deliberately put on a fierce face and viciously ate "Yoon Jong-shin" and "Yoo Jae-seok". made Yoon Jong-shin and Yoo Jae-seok even more depressed.
The second to publish works is the "Big Brother and Old Young" group Yoon Jong-shin and Lee Hong-gi. Their work is "Money and Flowers". The intention of the creation is to hope that everyone can earn enough money in this year's economic year, and can have leisure to play flower cards during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
In addition, they also made a rabbit, but when they published their work, the two suddenly found that the rabbit had disappeared. At this time, Jang Sung-won suddenly saw a little unnatural smile on the faces of Lee Hyo-ri and Park Ye-jin, and guessed that the disappearance of the rabbit should be related to the two of them.
Next is the work of the "stepmother and Cinderella" group Kim so-ro and Lee Tian-hee, called "The Face of the Family", a total of ten face patterns, each corresponding to a family member, although not very vivid, but also have their own characteristics, if you look closely, you should be able to easily recognize who each face refers to. Overall, though, there's nothing too special.
Subsequently, the works of the "Dull Melon Brothers" Liu Jae-seok and Jiang Dacheng were released. The name is a bit nondescript, called "Dango Country". Among them, there is a villain named "Sesame Bean", a mobile phone used by Sesame Bean, a flying saucer for transportation when Sesame Bean travels, a pet tadpole raised by Sesame Bean, and a love peach used by Sesame Bean to express his love, a total of five kinds. Not only is the name far-fetched, but even the shape of the pinched out is not good. When everyone saw it, they all felt "disdainful" and felt naΓ―ve and ridiculous, so they counted a few words about Liu Zaishi. And Liu Zaishi naturally refuted unyieldingly.
After a while, it was the work of the "80 Brothers and Sisters" group Jang Sung-won and Kim Tae-yeon.
When the three dough carvings of snakes, horses, and sheep were presented in front of everyone, almost everyone was amazed and said, "Where is this glutinous rice dumpling?" It's clearly a work of art! "Not only is the form extremely realistic, but even the charm is very similar to the animal prototype, the calm and agile of the snake, the flying galloping of the horse, and the tame and lazy of the sheep are all fully exposed and visible at a glance.
Jin Xiulu was surprised and said: "Cheng Yuan, there are no tools here, how did you get it?" How ingenious is it? β
Jang Sung-won smiled slightly and didn't answer, Kim Tae-yeon immediately replied: "Brother Sung-won was carved out of a spoon." β
"With just a spoon, so powerful? Completely an engraving artist! Yin Zhongxin sighed.
Liu Zaishi patted his forehead and said: "How can I forget, Chengyuan carver is very good, two months ago when I got married, he also gave me a piece of jade carving made by him, alas, why didn't I remember it earlier?" I shouldn't have said that it looks better than anyone else, but that it tastes better than anyone else. Now it's cheap for nothing! The implication is that the first place in this competition is already Zhang Chengyuan's.
Hearing this, the others also nodded, obviously thinking that he was right.
Zhang Chengyuan said with some dissatisfaction: "In Brother Shi, how can I take advantage of anything?" You know that I am used to getting up early, and this reward of not having to get up to make breakfast doesn't mean much to me, but you deliberately set up this reward, which is clearly ill-intentioned and wants to pit me! β
Liu Zaishi didn't care, and said with a smile: "I'm still smarter, as soon as I heard you propose a reward, I took precautions in advance, otherwise I would really cheap you now." After a pause, he complained again: "Obviously there is an artist's level, but compared with us laymen, it is obviously a bully!" β
Zhang Chengyuan shook his head and did not open his mouth to refute, but the others all glanced at Liu Zaishi with disdain, as if to say: "Obviously, you were the first to propose such a competition!" (To be continued......)