044 Gifts

Jiujiu and the green basket returned home, handed a large bag of osmanthus to Yulan, and asked Yulan to make some osmanthus cakes tomorrow, ready to send them to his uncle tomorrow.

Yulan wondered where Miss got so many osmanthus flowers, but she didn't ask much, she knew that Miss and Green Basket would occasionally go out.

She wanted to take the osmanthus to the kitchen, but first picked and chose it, leaving the fresh osmanthus flowers.

But Jiujiu also felt that he had nothing to do, so he wanted to pick and choose with Yulan in the house.

Originally, Yulan disagreed, but Jiujiu insisted, and Shiso happened to come in.

In the end, a few people sat around the small kang in the West House. Pick the osmanthus together.

There are also some melon seeds and peanuts and other snacks on the small table on the side, and a kettle is placed on the underground stove to make hot tea.

The house was filled with the fragrance of osmanthus flowers.

A few people talked and laughed, and picked osmanthus while eating.

Yulan opened her mouth and said: "Miss, these osmanthus flowers can not only be made into osmanthus cakes, but also some osmanthus cakes, osmanthus cakes or something." ”

"Hmm." Jiujiu nodded and smiled and said, "Yes, yes, everything is delicious." ”

"Magnolia's cooking is really delicious." Shiso also said with a smile.

Yulan smiled embarrassedly: "Miss, when will the slave maid make the osmanthus cake tomorrow?" ”

"I'll just do it tomorrow after school and put it in the food box." Jiujiu thought about it, he will go to school tomorrow, and he will send it to his uncle in the afternoon.

"Yes, miss." Magnolia responded softly.

On the second day, I went to the school refreshed, and Yulan was preparing to make osmanthus cakes in the kitchen.

She rinsed the osmanthus that had dried yesterday with clean water, picked it up again, and drained the water.

Add two spoonfuls of sugar and steam together for a quarter of an hour, stirring halfway. After it cools, put it in a clean sealed jar, and the sugar osmanthus is ready, and it will be left for a while to make osmanthus cakes.

She boiled the sugar in warm water, then added glutinous rice flour and rapeseed oil to mix well, and sprinkled some dried osmanthus flowers on top and steamed in a pot under cold water.

While steaming, she stirred the rapeseed oil, sugar, and osmanthus evenly, put a little powdered sugar, added flour and kneaded it into a smooth dough, and kneaded it well after adding the red dates and raisins that had been washed and chopped in advance.

Then divide the dough into small pieces, flatten them and put them in the oven.

Zhang's mother in the small kitchen in the wine yard did chores for her, and Peony helped her watch the fire, and the aroma came out after a while.

She began to mix the dough with warm water again, crushed the steamed pumpkin and kneaded it into a dough, and after waking up the dough, it was divided into small pieces.

Wrap the sugar osmanthus into it, wrap it into small cakes, press it with a mold, put it in the pot and cook it, and finally sprinkle a few sesame pumpkin osmanthus cakes in the middle and it's done.

Because of the addition of pumpkin, the golden color of each cake is particularly attractive, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sweet and delicious.

At this time, the steamed osmanthus cake in the pot was also cooked, she got out of the pot and put it on the plate, cut it into small pieces, and then poured the osmanthus nectar that she had made before, and the osmanthus cake was crystal clear, and the fragrant osmanthus cake was ready.

The small kitchen was full of aroma, and Peony swallowed as she looked at the osmanthus cake that had just come out of the pot.

Yulan pursed her lips and smiled when she saw it, and took an osmanthus cake and stuffed it into her hand: "Go eat it, this osmanthus cake is also good, I'll take it out." ”

Peony pushed embarrassedly: "Sister Yulan, I, I don't eat it." ”

"It's okay, how do you put it back after you take it, go eat it." Magnolia looked at her with a smile.

"Well, thank you, thank you, Sister Yulan." Peony smiled embarrassedly, but this cake really wants to be, Sister Yulan's craftsmanship is really good.

"You go eat, you're done." Magnolia smiled at her and waved her hand.

"Hmm." Peony sat down obediently and ate it.

Yulan put the roasted osmanthus cake on the plate, took out another plate and put two of them to Zhang's mother on the side: "Zhang's mother, how about you also taste my osmanthus crisp?" ”

"I won't taste it, can this magnolia girl make it delicious?" Zhang's mother said with a smile.

"Mother Zhang, don't make fun of me, I still learned this osmanthus cake from you." Magnolia smiled embarrassedly.

Mother Zhang listened to it and said with a smile: "Haha, I have taught the girl so many tricks, the preserved fruit and pumpkin added are all pondered by the girl herself, then I will taste it, the girl does this better than me." ”

"Well, try it, if it doesn't work, I'll redo it." Magnolia said with a smile.

"It's delicious." The peony on the side took a bite, although it was hot, but the delicious almost bit off her tongue, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and fragrant in her mouth, she looked at Yulan and couldn't help but speak.

"Look, this girl with peony says it's delicious." Zhang's mother said with a smile.

"Eat yours." Yulan took a piece of osmanthus cake and walked over and stuffed it into the peony with a smile.

Peony smiled obediently.

Yulan also felt a little pity in her heart, this child has been honest since she came back with the young lady, and she doesn't talk much, and she rarely sees her smile like this.

She gently touched her head: "Eat, I'm leaving you an osmanthus cake." ”

She went over and put it all in the food box separately, and left a small portion of it in the food box and put it in the food box.

She saw that the hour was almost up, so she carried it and prepared to deliver it.

As soon as she returned, she entered the house.

"Miss, this osmanthus pastry is ready." Magnolia spoke respectfully.

Jiujiu walked over and lifted the lid of the food box, the aroma of osmanthus spread in the room, and he swallowed his saliva when he saw the white, tender and crystal clear osmanthus cake.

"Miss, the slave has two servings, do you want to taste them now?" Magnolia asked from the side.

"It smells so good!" The green basket said and walked over.

"Well, I'll try it first." The wine wine saw that there was a small portion, and I thought about the carefulness of Magnolia.

Yulan put out the small portions, and the wine took an osmanthus cake, which was soft and glutinous, and the aroma of rice and osmanthus spread in the mouth, and the osmanthus crisp, crispy and delicious.

She tasted a piece of the same, and let each of them eat some.

I thought about sending the food box to my uncle while it was hot. But it's time for lunch soon, and it's not good to pass now.

She thought for a while and said to the green basket: "Sister green basket, you go and send this food box to the little uncle now, so that he can eat it while it is hot." ”

Green Basket swallowed the osmanthus cake in her mouth and almost choked, she coughed: "Okay, good miss." ”

"By the way, take a small bottle of the osmanthus nectar that we have soaked in green plums before, and let my uncle make tea and drink it."

Yulan listened and brought the osmanthus nectar to the green basket, and the green basket went out with the food box.

She left two pieces of osmanthus cake from her own share, and asked Yulan to take a few pieces and send them to her mother.

Let Yulan and the others eat the rest.

I thought I didn't know if my uncle liked this osmanthus cake or not, and there was less food in the temple, so it could be eaten as a snack.

Abu went to fetch the fasting meal, Gu Chenghong didn't expect the osmanthus cake to be delivered at this time.

He heard a knock on the door and saw the green basket standing in the doorway, carrying the food box.

Midori felt that the person in front of her had invisibly given her a kind of pressure, and she didn't dare to look at him.

She bowed her head and said, "Forget, Master Wangchen, this is a pastry made of osmanthus that our young lady asked me to send, and there is also a bottle of osmanthus nectar stained with green plums for you to make tea and drink." ”

Green Luo felt that after saying these words, there was a thin layer of sweat on her body, it was too terrifying to be alone with this person, of course she didn't know that there were several pairs of eyes secretly watching it.

"Hmm." Forget Chen answered lightly and took the food box. "Tell Jiujiu that she is bothered, and I will eat it."

"Then the slave and maid went back." The green basket spoke.

"Hmm." Forget the dust answered lightly and closed the door and entered the house.

Leaving the green basket at the door, he sweated and turned away, thinking that he would never want to come by himself again.

Jiujiu heard the green basket come back and said that Gu Chenghong had accepted the food box and thanked him, and smiled happily.

Gu Chenghong put the food box on the table, he opened the food box, the aroma of osmanthus spread, and he saw that there were three layers, each layer was different.

I remembered that in the past, every year when the osmanthus tree bloomed at home, my mother would make osmanthus cake for herself, which seemed to be not as good as the one in the food box. But I haven't eaten it in years.

He picked up a piece of osmanthus cake, which was soft and glutinous and sweet, he hadn't eaten this taste for many years, and he missed it but was unwilling.

Just as Abu opened the door and came in. "It smells so good."

He walked over and saw the pastries on the table, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he knew that it should be sent by Miss Hong, so he put the food box in his hand on the table. "Young master, the food is back."

"Well, set the table." Gu Chenghong didn't look at him, but picked up another osmanthus cake.

Crispy and sweet, in fact, he usually doesn't like sweets, and he didn't think it was delicious when his mother made it, and he didn't know how much he missed it after eating it.

Abu looked at the osmanthus cake on the table, swallowed his saliva, and set the rice away, but it was a few plates of green vegetables and tofu.

Gu Chenghong ate a piece before picking up chopsticks and starting to eat: "Sit down and eat." He pushed the plate of osmanthus cake in front of Abu. Eat, the osmanthus you hit yesterday. ”

"Yes, young master." When Abu heard that he had eaten it, he happily reached out and took an osmanthus cake: "Well, it's delicious, it's delicious." ”

After eating a few bites, he took another osmanthus cake, sighed in his heart and took another osmanthus cake.

What he didn't notice was that every time he picked up a pastry, Gu Chenghong frowned slightly.

When he was about to reach out for a piece, he found Gu Chenghong looking at him expressionlessly.

He trembled and withdrew his hand. "Okay, delicious, subordinates have eaten, it's time to eat, it's time to eat."

As he spoke, he pushed the plate aside, picked up the chopsticks and took a big bite of the rice bowl.

Gu Chenghong withdrew his gaze and didn't look at him.

Abu sweated in his heart, and reluctantly glanced at the plate of pastries far away from him.

Feeling Gu Chenghong's gaze glancing over, he quickly withdrew his gaze and ate the rice and vegetable leaves in the bowl.

I thought, why is this master so deducted now, and he won't even let him eat a pastry, hey.

After dinner, Gu Chenghong came to take a walk under the tree.

Tomorrow is the little girl's birthday, Gu Chenghong has been thinking about what birthday gift to give her since she knew it yesterday, and promised the little girl to give her a gift.

He is now in this temple, and there is nothing around him that is suitable for a girl's home.

I suddenly remembered the uncarved piece of mutton fat jade I found in the early years.

When I was a child, I learned it from the master carver my father was looking for, but I haven't touched it for a long time, and I don't know if it's unfamiliar.

He thought about returning to the house, found the piece of jade and the carving tool, and thought about what to carve, and the red figure of Jiujiu came to his mind, with his bright almond eyes and red nose, which reminded him of the little fox.

The corners of his mouth rose slightly and a smile was raised, so carve a cute little fox.