Chapter Fifty-Nine: Sweet and Refreshing and Beautiful Acacia Flower Cake 1
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Early the next morning, Zhou Yu was called out of the bed by his father, because several lonely grandfathers and grandfathers did not come to eat yesterday, his mother Wang Guilan had already prepared some cooked venison and wild boar yellow mutton and other dishes in pots and bowls, and wanted her son to send them to several old people as soon as possible, so that these old people could also try it.
Zhou Yu naturally wouldn't shirk such a thing, so he washed his face and sent these things from house to house.
For people under the age of 60 in Zhoujia Village, these old people almost watched them grow up, and in their eyes, these old people who have no one to take care of are their relatives, so once the village makes some delicious food, they will generally send some.
After doing this, Zhou Yu returned home and had breakfast, originally wanted to go to the town today to see if there were any fish fry for sale, you must know that the two big ponds in Pheasant Ridge are still empty, with the help of space water and space liquid, I believe that as long as the fish fry are put into the pond, the fish will never grow bad. But when he thought of riding a bicycle to the town on this hot day, Zhou Yu was stunned, it seemed that he should also buy a cheaper second-hand car to drive, and he would have to run to the town and the county seat in the future, and this means of transportation could not be missing. But I didn't know anything about this, so I thought of my good friend Zhang Qiang.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yu picked up the mobile phone that he hadn't used for five or six days, and dialed Zhang Qiang's number, "Hey, Qiangzi, how are you doing lately?" ”
The other end of the phone complained: "Oh my boss, you finally called me?" You said I was too busy to call you all day, but why can't you call me more when you're at home? If you don't call again, I thought you were back in Pearl City. After Zhang Qiang answered the phone, he complained.
Zhou Yu knew that he didn't refute it, and let this guy nag for three minutes. In the end, Zhang Qiang also felt bored, so he said helplessly: "Boss, you are really, can't you cooperate with me to make me happy?" It's just unjust. Okay, the prelude is almost over, tell me what you're looking for me? ”
Zhou Yu told Zhang Qiang about the idea of buying a second-hand car and preparing to pull goods in the future, and the kid agreed without saying a word after listening: "Boss, aren't you burying me?" I have several such cars at home, so why don't I tell my dad that you can just drive one? Why do you need to go through all the trouble? ”
Zhou Yu resolutely refused, what are you kidding, friends are friends, money is money, these two aspects are best not to be confused. Later, at Zhou Yu's insistence, he bought a medium-sized truck from Zhang Qiang at a price of 40,000 yuan, which is said to have been used for more than two years. However, Zhang Qiang has been very busy in the past two days and has no time to send it to Zhou Yu, so he wants Zhou Yu to come to the county seat tomorrow to pick it up.
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yu, who had nothing to do, suddenly remembered the locust flowers he saw when he came home in the evening yesterday, and the corners of his mouth suddenly became moist, so he missed the locust cake made by his mother!
I remember when I was a child, my family was in difficulty, and there was not much left of the little food laid down all year round except for the public grain, so that the family had no last meal. However, the hard-working people of Zhoujia Village were not frightened by these temporary difficulties, but took advantage of the advantage of being backed by the mountains to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms to satisfy their hunger and improve their lives, especially at the turn of spring and summer, when a large number of elm money and acacia flowers were collected and returned home to make elm money cakes and acacia cakes.
The locust flowers bloom in the season when the green and yellow are not received, the grain and vegetables are not enough, and in the days when the bark and grass roots can be spent all year round, the locust flower cake is a rare belly wrapping good. Although the flowering period of acacia flowers is only eight or nine days, and there is not much time to make acacia cakes, it is these few days that make Zhou Yu's childhood more colorful.
Huaihua cake is Zhou Yu's favorite, Zhou Yu always impatiently lifted the lid after his mother made Huaihua cake, and suddenly the fragrance of Huaihua with a rich wheat fragrance wafted out, overflowing the entire outhouse, and could not be dispersed for a long time. At this time, break a piece and put it in your mouth to chew it slightly, the smooth and warm, sweet and beautiful taste is really unforgettable, fascinating.
"Xiaoyu, do you want to go to Pheasant Ridge today? Those little seedlings are really good, and it wouldn't be good if they were ruined by chickadees or something. ”
Mom's words interrupted Zhou Yu, who was immersed in his memory, and Zhou Yu quickly got up from the rattan chair and replied, "Mom, the seedlings are still young, so they won't attract, right?" I don't want to go today. By the way, Mom, when I came back from the field yesterday, I saw that the locust trees were blooming, why don't we steam a pot of locust cake at noon and try it? Our family hasn't made acacia cake since I was in high school, right? ”
Wang Guilan, who was fiddling with vegetables in the vegetable field in the yard, listened to her son's words, and her cheeks also showed a touch of warmth, and a warm memory flooded in her heart, and she said with a smile: "Okay, just listen to my son, our family will eat locust cake at noon today, you wait a while, and my mother will pick locust flowers after finishing serving the vegetable field." ”
Zhou Yu hurriedly said: "Mom, you are still busy with you, I will take care of the work of picking locust flowers, and you and my dad will grind some wheat at home and dry the noodles later, and when my locust flowers come back, we will start steaming." ”
After speaking, he excitedly took a wooden stick and a soil basket in the yard and walked out, Wang Guilan added another sentence later, "Xiaoyu, don't forget to pick some wild grapes!" After finishing speaking, he looked up and found that his son had long since disappeared, and after underestimating a few words of "stinky boy" in disgust, he continued to be busy with the vegetable patch.
In the early morning when the morning fog was full and the dew was dripping, Zhou Yu carried a wooden stick and a soil basket behind him, and walked towards the back mountain.
To say that the taste of this locust cake is mainly in this locust flower and wheat noodles. The people in the village divide the acacia flowers into several grades, picking them from the foot of the mountains, and the locust flowers by the Qingshui River are the top grades; Win glory and win, bully the small and bully the weak in the whole locust forest is the middle grade; In the wilderness, the single-branch wild plants that ignore the rain and dew are inferior.
The wheat noodles are also pushed and milled with a stone mill, and the fine basket is sifted layer by layer. The bran should not be thrown away, it is best to put it in a pot and steam it, and the sweet and cold atmosphere of the wheat bran is also integrated into the Huaihua cake, so that the Huaihua cake has a richer wheat aroma. If you sprinkle a layer of wild grape juice on top when steaming, then the locust flower cake is superb.
The best locust tree in Zhoujia Village grows on the edge of Xianyu Bay, which is now the Hero Lake, Xianyu Bay has unlimited scenery, rippling blue waves all year round, and is backed by Phoenix Mountain, so the locust flowers here bloom pure white as snow, fragrant and pleasant.
In the early morning, Xianyu Bay was shrouded in a misty mist, like a dream, and the shore was covered with stout locust trees, some of which even required two people to hug together. Strings of jade bell-like locust flowers hung upside down and covered the entire tree, white inside and out, as if the snow was thrown all over the sky on these trees, wrapping it.
When the mountain breeze blows, some of the young leaves that have just spit out young shoots peek out of the white flowers of the tree, and their sharp horns appear and disappear. At this time, the refreshing fragrance of acacia flowers gently drifts down with the wind, permeating the surroundings of Xianyu Bay, and even if you are far away, you can smell the fragrance full of wilderness.
Seeing the clusters of pure white flowers swaying in the wind with dewdrops, Zhou Yu didn't care about admiring the beauty of Xianyu Bay, and came to the largest big locust tree with a wooden stick and basket to start picking locust flowers.
The locust flowers on this tree are not necessarily just open, they may have bloomed for a few days, and the best way to make locust cake is the kind of locust flower that budded last night and bloomed this morning, and the taste of the acacia cake steamed out of this acacia flower cake is the most pure.
Since there are so many such good resources, Zhou Yu naturally picks the good ones vigorously. After hitting some with a wooden stick, he found that some of them were wilted by the wooden stick, so Zhou Yu simply abandoned the wooden stick and climbed the big locust tree, riding on the branch to pick it to his heart's content......