Chapter 473: Delicious Rice Balls
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Tangyuan began in the Song Dynasty, when it first came out, it was called "floating yuanzi", which was the predecessor of tangyuan, which was invented by Ningbo people, and was made of sesame and lard glutinous rice, but now it is not, at least Li Qi has not heard anyone say about this floating yuanzi.
Li Qi had long thought of launching tangyuan on the Lantern Festival to let this tradition come early, but unfortunately, he forgot about it. But this can't be blamed on him, he has been busy these days, and he has been thinking about the unparalleled matters in the world, and he has long thrown aside what rice balls, and now it is too late to launch them.
After being in the house with Bai Qiannuo for a while, Li Qi went to the kitchen, and by the way, he also called Lu Meimei and Zhang Run'er, and handed them over the preparation method of the rice balls.
In the back hall, Mrs. Qin, Bai Qiannuo, Ji Hongnu, Feng Yinu, and Wu Furong sat around the round table, waiting for Li Qi's rice balls to be served.
After a while, I saw Li Qi leading a few subordinates in.
When those subordinates put down the rice balls, the eyes of the four women lit up.
But I saw that there were more than 20 small red, red, green and green balls in the wooden plate in the middle, and the outside seemed to be wrapped in a layer of sand-like particles, which looked like small pompoms, colorful and beautiful. In addition, there was a small bowl of rice balls in front of each of them, which was also white and smooth.
Ji Hongnu pursed his mouth, staring at the plate of rice balls in the middle, and said in surprise: "Big brother, is this the rice balls?" ”
Li Qi sat next to Bai Qiannuo and said with a smile: "Yes, this is Tangyuan, its meaning is very simple, it is reunion, which I specially prepared for the Lantern Festival, but unfortunately I didn't let the guests taste it." ”
Wu Furong sighed: "It's a pity, otherwise our business in Drunken Immortal Residence will double today." ”
Mrs. Qin smiled and said, "Uncle Wu, you are talking more and more like Li Qi now, you didn't know how to say this before." ”
Wu Furong was stunned for a moment, smiled, and said, "The old decay is still far from Master Li.
Li Qi frowned and said depressedly: "Uncle Wu, are you praising me or hurting me?" ”
Mrs. Qin shook her head with a smile, and suddenly glanced up and said, "Li Qi, since it's a reunion, why don't you call Shang Run'er, Lu Meimei, and Ma Qiao to eat together." ”
Li Qi said with a smile: "Run'er is going to eat with her Weng Weng, as for Ma Qiao and Lu Meimei, I think it is more suitable for the two of them to eat together." ”
When everyone heard this, they all understood that Ma Qiao's infatuation with Lu Meimei and the Qin Mansion were known from top to bottom, so everyone didn't say much.
Li Qi beckoned: "Hurry up and eat, it's not good to eat cold." ”
Except for Wu Furong, the four women all ignored the rice balls in the bowl and stretched the soup spoon to the rice balls in the middle plate, after all, this rice balls are too beautiful and too cute.
Mrs. Qin took a bite and said, "It turns out that this layer outside is red beans... ”
Feng Yinu said: "This one of mine is made of mung beans, and I seem to have tasted a smell of sweet wine." ”
Li Qi said with a smile: "The two of you are right, I first grind the red beans, mung beans, soybeans, sesame paste and other materials into a powdered 'fragrant sand', and then when the rice balls are cooked, put in the sweet sake lees, and after the rice balls are cooked, they are scooped up and rolled on the 'fragrant sand, and it becomes like this, and the name of this rice ball is called the sand rice ball." ”
"I see." Mrs. Qin nodded and said, "The fragrance of red bean paste, the sweetness and sourness of the sweet wine, the oiliness and softness of the glutinous rice, and the sweetness of the jujube paste filling inside, are really delicious together." ”
Bai Qiannuo smiled sweetly: "This tangyuan wine has a strong flavor, sweet and sour, and the fragrance is attractive, it is really delicious, but it is a pity that my father and they can't eat it." ”
Li Qi smiled: "Don't worry, I have already asked someone to send it." ”
Bai Qian Norden raised his eyebrows and said, "Thank you, big brother." ”
Wu Furong suddenly said: "How can there be pulp in this soup?" ”
When the four girls heard this, they hurriedly took the spoon and dialed it in the small bowl in front of them, but saw that there were a total of four rice balls in the bowl, and there were also some small dices cut from jackfruit and loquat.
Li Qi introduced: "This is called four-style glutinous rice balls, and the fillings in each glutinous rice balls are different, which are four kinds of sweet fillings made of mung beans, red beans, candied winter melon, taro, and seasonings such as sugar, sesame, and cooked lard. I also added some fruit to it, hoping to make the rice balls more sweet and fragrant, these flesh is cooked before being put in, very fresh, but you have to eat as much as you can, otherwise the taste will be much worse. ”
The recipe for this glutinous rice ball is really complicated.
Everyone stopped talking, buried their heads and ate it, only to feel that this soup ball was soft and delicate, and because of the sweetness of the pulp, it was more refreshing but not greasy, and the other four flavors had their own characteristics, so that everyone feasted on their mouths.
Li Qi didn't care so much, and threw them into his mouth one by one.
Just as he was getting carried away from eating, Bai Qiannuo on the side suddenly leaned over and whispered: "Big brother, Sister Wang is unwilling to go to the lantern viewing conference with us, you can help me persuade her." ”
I don't really want to go. Richie gave her an embarrassed look, and the latter immediately made a pleading face. Li Qi glanced at Mrs. Qin again, and saw that she was concentrating on tasting the rice balls, and his heart moved, and he said to Wu Furong: "Uncle Wu, will you go to the lantern viewing conference later?" ”
Bai Qiannuo's face was stunned, didn't the eldest brother hear clearly, I asked him to persuade Sister Wang, why did he call Uncle Wu instead.
Wu Furong was also stunned, and then said with a wry smile: "The old man is old, and he still runs there to do something, don't go, don't go." ”
"If you don't go, Madame, she won't either."
Wu Furong was stunned and said, "What does this have to do with Madame?" ”
Mrs. Qin also looked at him with a frown. Li Qi coughed lightly and said, "Uncle Wu, don't look at Madame, she looks like a nineteen-year-old young girl. ”
"Ahem, ahem."
Halfway through this, Feng Yinu coughed heavily, and hurriedly covered his mouth with a silk scarf and said, "Leave me alone, you continue." I thought to myself, this man really dares to say anything.
Mrs. Qin frowned, and said sullenly, "What nonsense are you talking about?" ”
Li Qi spread his hands and said: "Am I wrong, madam, although you are young in appearance, your heart is like a seventy or eighty-year-old grandmother, not vigorous at all, and we young people basically have nothing to say, and we can talk to Uncle Wu for a few words, I am sure, Uncle Wu 'If you don't go, you will definitely not go." ”
Wu Furong hurriedly said: "How is this possible, Madame, she is young, she should be able to talk to you." ”
Li Qi snorted and said, "I Li Qi hasn't missed it, if you don't believe it, then you can ask Mrs. yourself." ”
Wu Furong looked at Mrs. Qin with an inquiring gaze.
Madam Qin glared at Li Qi angrily, and said, "Whether I go or not to have nothing to do with Uncle Wu, if you have something to say, why bother to play such a despicable trick." ”
Li Qi smiled and said: "Madame is really smart, in fact, I just want Madame to help me win lanterns." ”
Mrs. Qin was stunned for a moment, snorted, laughed, and said: "You are really unproductive, generally men help women win lanterns, how can there be a reason for women to help men win lanterns." ”
Li Qi said angrily: "Madam, it's usually women who help men cook, but don't I, a big man, always help you cook." ”
Mrs. Qin said: "You are a chef yourself, this is a matter of course, of course, I am also very grateful." ”
Li Qi said: "Then you are also a famous talented girl, you ask the cook to help the talented girl win the lantern, which makes sense, and the talented girl helps the cook win the lantern, which is also a matter of course." ”
"I didn't ask you to help me win."
"But I asked you to help me win, think about it, since I came to Qin Mansion, I have made you good food every day, and raised you to be white and fat, pearl and smooth, there is no merit and hard work, it is understandable for you to help me win a lantern, just give me a favor."
Mrs. Qin heard his mouth full of nonsense, and when she saw Feng Yinu and the others all bowing their heads and snickering, her face turned red, and she said, "This lantern viewing conference is a place of right and wrong, and I really don't want to participate in it." ”
Li Qi pretended to exaggerate his expression and said: "You are kidding, even if there is right and wrong, it will not be your turn, you will follow me later, and others will naturally ignore your save." ”
Feng Yinu pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "Sister Wang, it's rare once a year, I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of, you can go with us." ”
Bai Qiannuo said coquettishly: "Yes, Sister Wang, you can go with us, I haven't been with you since the Lantern Festival four years ago." ”
Wu Furong's old man also nodded and persuaded: "Madam, you can go with them, lest Master Li blame the old man again." ”
Mrs. Qin glared at Li Qi, hesitated for a while, and then nodded, "Okay, I'll go with you." ”
Bai Qiannuo clapped his hands and said happily: "Great." Let's hurry up and eat. ”
After a few people ate the rice balls, they called Lu Meimei and Ma Qiao to go to Xiangguo Temple together, so Wu Furong naturally did not follow.
At this time, the night has already fallen, the Xiangguo Temple is full of lights, the red lanterns are hung high, people come and go, the traffic is busy, and it is very lively.
"Wow! That's a lot of people. We also have a Lantern Festival in Yangzhou, but it is not so lively. When the hillbilly saw this scene, the hillbilly of Maqiao couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
When a group of them came to the temple, they immediately caused quite a commotion.
"The White Lady is here, the White Lady is here."
"There is also a Feng Niangzi, wow! It's so beautiful. ”
"Woo woo, since Feng Niangzi came to Feng Qin, I haven't seen her again, I didn't expect to meet here today, it's really an eye-opener."
"Who is the woman in the yellow dress, she is really like a fairy."
"That's Mrs. Qin of the Drunken Immortal Residence."
"You don't know, this Mrs. Qin was also a frequent visitor to the lantern viewing conference back then, but she was also a talented girl, at that time, she and Zheng Jiaerlang were really talented women, and many people came to them."
"Who is that man? It's so happy to be able to walk with so many fairies, and talk and laugh. ”
"Are you blind, just look at that short hair, and you also know that it is Master Li of the Drunken Immortal Residence."
Hehe, you can't envy it. Li Qi was very proud when he heard these words, and suddenly saw red banners hanging on the trees around him, and each banner hung this red lantern, some of which said pairs, and some of which were riddles. Curious: "Qi Niang, this red lantern is also ordinary, and there is nothing unusual about this pair, it is not as powerful as you said at all." ”
Bai Qiannuo said with a smile: "Big brother, these are called fate or fate fans, which are hung up by some unmarried women, hoping to find someone who is destined to be found, but they will not write their names on it, they will only observe nearby." ”
Li Qi smiled and said, "This is really interesting. I'm going to take a look and see if I can be a destined person. ”
Bai Qiannuo stomped his feet and blurted out, "You are not allowed to go." ”
Li Qi smiled, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a commotion behind him, and turned his head to look, only to see the girl screaming and running, after a burst of dust, seven or eight people came in front of him, it was the four little boys group.