Chapter 137: Why is this sugar gourd black?
Bai Mo stood in the corner and watched silently.
During this period, Mrs. Li turned over and over the sachet and pointed to Bai Jinli and asked what the purple thing was, he wanted to say that the purple rice dumplings embroidered by his sister-in-law looked really delicious.
Fortunately, when he was about to speak, he was pulled aside by Bai Meng covering his mouth, otherwise his grandmother and sister-in-law would have scolded him.
But seeing that grandpa and grandma are rarely so happy, and they don't scold them anymore, Bai Mo is still very happy.
"Mo'er, this is the sachet I embroidered for you, do you like it?" Bai Meng handed the sachet she embroidered with an abacus to Bai Mo.
"Wow, sister, you embroidered this for me? Do you know how to embroider? It's so beautiful, but why is this sugar gourd black, and so many strings together? ”
Bai Mo deliberately pretended to recognize the wrong thing and looked at Bai Meng, and couldn't help but laugh out loud as soon as he finished speaking.
"Okay, Mo'er, you're skinny again, aren't you? Actually made fun of me! Bai Meng knew that he was intentional as soon as he saw Bai Mo's smile, and reached out and pretended to hit him.
"Okay, okay, sister, I'm just kidding you. Your abacus is so well embroidered, I like it very much, thank you sister. ”
Bai Mo hurriedly begged for mercy, and then tied this thing into his clothes as if it were a treasure.
Bai Meng instantly showed a good-looking smile.
Bai Meng's embroidery was learned from Zhang's family, and she was very talented, and she also took into account the practicality and made flexible treatment on the top of the sachet.
Even after the Dragon Boat Festival, this sachet can take out the contents and turn it into a small pocket that can be tied up with a few things.
It's very ingenious.
"The zongzi are cooked~" Soon, Niu's voice came from the kitchen with a little eagerness.
Hearing this, everyone really began to look at the kitchen in anticipation.
Because of Bai Jinli, this year's Dragon Boat Festival wrapped a lot of zongzi.
In previous years, a person could only get a maximum of one zongzi, but this year...... A person can eat at least two.
The pots and pans in their kitchen are made of earth and other materials, and they need to pull the bellows to burn the firewood.
The pot is very large, after opening the lid, after the heat of the shop dissipates, the zongzi inside appears in front of people, and there is a fresh fragrance coming to the nose.
At first glance, there are at least twenty or thirty zongzi this year, and they are larger than those in previous years.
After the rice dumplings were dried for a while, they were brought to the dinner table, because this year there are sweet rice dumplings and meat rice dumplings. So for the first time, everyone began to look carefully, wanting to see if there was any difference between that plate of zongzi.
Soon, Old Man Bai discovered that the knots used to knot the leaves on the two kinds of zongzi were different.
He decisively picked up the rice dumplings tied with two knots, blew them and began to peel them.
As soon as he bit it, he smiled, it was a meat dumpling.
In addition to the unique stickiness and fragrance of the rice dumplings, the meat moisture and fat oil in the meat dumplings are absorbed by the rice after boiling, so the meat tastes particularly good.
There is oil in the rice of the zongzi, and the taste is slightly salty, which is not the same as the sweet zongzi that you usually eat, but it is also very delicious, and the old man Bai is happy to eat it.
"Mother, which one do you like to eat? I'll get it for you! ”
"Girl, you don't have to worry about me, eat it yourself." Mrs. Li took a zongzi and handed it to Bai Jinli, and then took another one casually and began to peel it herself.
Bai Jinli's sweet zongzi contains red dates and red beans, and she deliberately peeled out the zongzi and put it in a bowl.
Then I poured the honey water I had prepared in advance and started to eat it, and it tasted really good.
They rarely eat sweet honey once a year, and the others are also a little nervous after seeing Bai Jinli's sweet zongzi eating method.
So after eating the meat dumplings, I learned Bai Jinli's method and tried a sweet dumpling.
Then everyone thinks: Wow, the dumplings of this year's Dragon Boat Festival are delicious, if only you could eat this every year during the Dragon Boat Festival in the future!
After eating the zongzi and simply eating the steamed buns and vegetables, Bai Bai Yi and Bai Bai Qi packed up and prepared to go to the ground.
Because Old Man Bai and his family want to go to the county, they naturally have to drive a donkey cart, so they can only use a plate cart to transport wheat to their homes today.
Fortunately, I ate zongzi today, and each person can still bring one when they go to the field for a while, so even if it is a board cart pulling wheat, the two of them have no opinion.
Before the two of them went to the field, Old Man Bai also asked them to bring four zongzi to Wang Tiezhu and Er Fat.
After they went to the field, Mrs. Li told Zhang's Niu with a straight face, and then sat on the paved donkey cart with Bai Jinli, and the old man Bai drove the car, and the three of them went to the county seat.
As soon as she entered the county, Bai Jinli felt the atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival.
There were obviously a lot more people on the street than before, and the voices of all kinds of vendors came and went, and all kinds of things were dazzling.
There are even jugglers, fire-breathers, and stilt walkers that I haven't usually seen.
Bai Jinli watched it with relish, and Mrs. Li also thought that this excitement was very good-looking, and her eyes looked around.
Old Man Bai also wanted to see the excitement, but he was driving, so he had to stare at the road.
There are too many people today, and the donkey cart is really not easy to walk, so the old man Bai said to see if he could put the donkey cart somewhere first, and then they walked around the county, and then went to lead it when they went home.
Looking at this geographical location, it is quite close to the pharmacy, if she goes to find Du Ziteng, Du Ziteng will definitely agree to her request to stop the donkey cart.
But she didn't want to go......
What if I get to the pharmacy and is caught by Dr. Xue to explore pharmacology? She's here to have fun today!
And it wasn't far from where the donkey was sold, but she still didn't want to go.
Forget it, let's go to Zhongling Embroidery Workshop.
"Dad, I'll tell you the route, you walk, let's go park first."
"Okay." Old Man Bai nodded, and drove the donkey cart in the direction Bai Jinli said.
Not long after, Zhong Ling's embroidery workshop arrived, and Bai Jinli helped Mrs. Li to get out of the car, saying that she would let Old Man Bai wait outside for a while, and they would go in first to ask.
Seeing such a well-decorated store, Mrs. Li couldn't help but ask curiously: "Girl, how do you still know the people here?" ”
"Well, I bought the fragrant pancreas I gave you before at her house, and the shopkeeper here is easy to talk to, and it's easy to get along with." Bai Jinli said and walked in with Mrs. Li.
"White girl, are you here? Yo, this is an aunt, right? At first glance, he is a blessed person like the white girl, quick, sit inside. ”
Mrs. Zhong Ling saw Bai Jinli helping a rural woman in, and she didn't show any different colors, and greeted her with a signature smile on her face.
"You're the shopkeeper of this house? Good boy, awesome! My daughter said you were a good person, and that's true, hehe. ”
Mrs. Li also glanced at Mrs. Zhong Ling, and suddenly sighed a little.
Zhong Ling's lady is not very old, she is very charming, and she is dressed luxuriously, with a green bracelet on her hand and a golden hairpin on her head, which looks quite temperamental.
The point is that she is not only a good-looking woman, but also runs this embroidery shop by herself, which is really rare.
Mrs. Li was thinking there, if her daughter dressed up, she would definitely look much better than the lady in front of her.
It would be great if her daughter could also have a shop and be a shopkeeper.
Zhong Ling's mother smiled and invited the two to come and sit, Bai Jinli helped Mrs. Li to put it aside, and stood and talked to Zhong Ling's mother about her purpose.
"Do you want to park a donkey cart? Okay, no problem, I'll find someone to watch it for you later, and I'll come back when you're done. ”
"Then thank you Sister Zhong Ling. By the way, I have some snacks here for my sister to try. After Bai Jinli finished speaking, she took out a small packet of pork jerky she made and handed it over.
"What is this? It looks good, I'll taste it. After Zhong Ling took it, she picked up one and took a bite, and her face was full of surprise.
"It's called pork jerky, it's made from pork, how about it?"
"Eun, it's delicious, where did you buy this thing? How come I've never seen one? After a while, Zhong Ling's lady ate two.
"I made this myself, if my sister likes it, I'll bring it to you next time."
"What? Would you still do this? That's amazing. Zhong Ling's lady suddenly showed a look of worship.
"It's just a little skill. Sister Zhong Ling, my father is still sitting on the donkey cart and waiting outside, so let's go out first. ”
"Well, that's okay, you go shopping first, and then come back when you're done, I'll entertain my uncle and aunt." Zhong Lingniang opened her mouth very brightly.
"Don't bother."
"It's okay, where are you going?" Zhong Ling asked casually.
"I want to take my parents to watch the dragon boat race, and then take them to have a meal after watching it."
"Well, hehe, Sister Bai is really a filial girl, then you can go quickly."
After going out, there was really a man who looked like a small man took the donkey cart from the old man Bai and took it aside.
Not long after Bai Jinli and Mrs. Li and Old Man Bai left from Zhongling Embroidery Workshop, Yan Su, dressed in white and holding a folding fan, appeared with Yan Yi.
"Young Master, why are you here?"
"Well, there are a lot of people on the street, just slip around. What are you eating? Yan Su looked at Zhong Ling's bulging cheeks and asked casually.
"The white girl just came, she brought me some snacks, I taste good, young master, why don't you have one too?"
After speaking, Mrs. Zhong Ling symbolically handed the pork jerky in her hand to Yan Su.
Originally, she was just pretending, because their young master didn't like desserts and snacks very much.
At this moment, he really reached out and took a slice, looked at it, put it in his mouth and began to eat.
"What is this? Does it taste good? Inquire and buy more. ”
"Young master, this is made by the white girl herself, and she said that it is called pork jerky, which is made of pork."
"She still has this craft? Zhong Ling, have you ever eaten this before? Yan Su instantly became interested.
"No, I've never seen anything like this before, let alone in the county, not even in the capital."
"Great, what about the White Girl?" Yan Su was a businessman, and he soon saw new business opportunities and was very excited.