Chapter Seventy-Four: Bean Paste Filling and Braised Pork Dumplings
If it is in modern times, Gu Liuxi is busy going to work and taking a doctorate, and she doesn't even have the opportunity to travel, and she doesn't have time to go out to enjoy flowers and play on weekdays.
When he returned home, Song Yu cut a piece of bamboo, cut out a bamboo tube, and then took a pen and wrote a few words, the font looked quite vigorous and elegant, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Gu Liuxi wouldn't have known that he could write so well as a hunter.
After a simple cleaning, Gu Liuxi went to the well to scoop a few scoops of well water and pour it into the bamboo tube, and then carefully inserted a few begonias into it.
When Song Yu entered the house, Gu Liuxi was sitting on the edge of the table admiring the flower arrangement she had made, and when she saw Song Yu entering, she said embarrassedly: "Do you think I'm troublesome?" "It's a waste of time and energy to raise rabbits and pick flowers.
Song Yu shook his head slightly, looked at her and whispered, "It's beautiful." ”
was looked at intently and affectionately by the man, Gu Liuxi's face suddenly turned red.
This person is really, he looks at the flowers when he says the flowers are good-looking, and he looks at what she does, and there are no flowers on her face.
Song Yu went to the river to find a few pebbles, washed them and put them around the bamboo tube, so as to prevent the bamboo tube from tipping over and the well water from spilling.
What Song Yu did made Gu Liuxi grateful.
People are poor and think about these little girls' things all day long, either raising rabbits or arranging flowers, not close to life at all, if they are placed in other people's homes, I am afraid that they will be scolded early. Gu Liuxi is not a submissive person, she naturally has to scold her back when others scold her, which is not strange if it doesn't make the family jump.
But Song Yu will help her make a rabbit cage to catch hares, occasionally help dig weeds to feed rabbits, and will accompany her to enjoy flowers and pick flowers, and also cut bamboo tubes for her as vases, help her water and arrange, he always tolerates her, indulges her, and cares silently.
Gu Liuxi is more and more grateful to Song Yu, with him, she can do whatever she wants, he gave her enough care and respect, and also let her get freedom and never be restrained, such a man is too rare in this society where men are inferior to women.
Early the next morning, Gu Liuxi was busy making snacks with Aunt Song. Before, Daddy Song went to the town to buy white flour, white sugar and other ingredients and came back, and Gu Liuxi made a special trip to make snacks.
What she wants to do most is the zongzi and bean paste dim sum, you can put some braised meat in the zongzi and take it to Jiashan Building to sell, if you meet a guest who sells a lot of braised meat with rich money, the zongzi can be given away for free, and there is more favor.
As for the dim sum stuffed with bean paste, it is to be taken to Shuili Building, Gu Liuxi wants to establish a good trading relationship with that side, and she still has a plan in the future, which can only be realized by relying on Shuili Building.
Aunt Song will make dim sum, Gu Liuxi will leave this matter to her, and she will concentrate on making Yueji flower sauce, she also picked a lot of raspberries on the mountain yesterday, which can also make raspberry jam, which will be smeared on the pastry to have a more flavor.
Gu Liuxi made the moon flower sauce according to the previous method, and then prepared to clean the raspberries. Raspberries have a lot of dust and insect eggs, so they need to be cleaned with salt many times.
After washing the raspberries, Gu Liuxi smashed them and squeezed them into a puree, put in white sugar and stirred well, then put them in a pot and steamed them until they were paste, and finally mixed them with honey to make them.
At the end of a busy day, Song Yu and the Li brothers made braised pork, and Gu Liuxi and Aunt Song also made the zongzi and dim sum that they were going to sell in the town.
Li An circled around the table full of food, swallowed his saliva, and said, "Auntie, cousin, me, can I eat some first?" ”
Aunt Song felt funny when she saw his gluttonous cat appearance, and said: "Eat if you want, you are all tired recently, come back from the town tomorrow, buy something to eat, our family has not had a good life for many years." ”
Father Song was sitting in the courtyard, and when he heard this, he spit out a puff of smoke rings, and said in a deep voice: "Old woman, I can't stand you." ”
"What nonsense, in front of the children, there is no cover." Aunt Song glanced at her husband and went into the house to cook again.
Father Song sighed for a long time, smoking a dry cigarette and didn't know what he was thinking.
Early the next morning, except for Father Song and Aunt Song, everyone else in the family went to the town.
Shopkeeper Wang opened his door early to do business, today is the day when Gu Liuxi sends braised meat, and it is the Dragon Boat Festival, business will be more popular than usual, so you have to prepare in advance.
As soon as Gu Liuxi and the others arrived at Jiashan Tower, the shopkeeper Wang greeted him as if he was welcoming a distinguished guest, of course, what he wanted most was braised pork.
After instructing the men to carry the braised meat into the kitchen, the shopkeeper Wang gave Gu Liuxi the silver he had shared.
Gu Liuxi said: "Brother Wang, I also made some braised pork dumplings, whether they are sold or sent, you can do it, I won't mix it." ”
has been cooperating with Gu Liuxi for so long, and Shopkeeper Wang also knows that she is a cheerful person, so he smiled and said, "Okay, then I will accept it unceremoniously." ”
Gu Liuxi said again: "Last time, you said you were going to take me to see Shopkeeper Li, I don't know if you have time?" ”
Shopkeeper Wang glanced at her a few times, "Brother and sister got something delicious again?" ”
Gu Liuxi took out a copy of the finished dim sum, put it in front of the shopkeeper Wang with a smile, and said, "Since Brother Wang has spoken, please give me a comment to see if it can be done if you can get it to Shuili Building?" ”
This plate has mung bean cake and rice cake, which seem to be nothing special, but they are filled with mung bean paste and red bean paste respectively, which is particularly sweet and delicate. Shopkeeper Wang lowered his head and ate a plate of pastries silently, and then wiped his mouth and took Gu Liuxi to Shuili Building.
Early in the morning, before the Shuili Building opened, the shopkeeper Wang knocked on the door in the backyard, and the shopkeeper yawned and opened the door to let them in.
After a long time, Shopkeeper Li of Shuili Building shrunk his shoulders down, looking a little sleepy, and his eyes were not very open.
Without waiting for anyone to approach, the shopkeeper Wang said in a loud voice: "This is the Dragon Boat Festival, Brother Li is also so able to sleep, why don't you get up early to do business?" ”
Shopkeeper Li sat opposite the two of them, and said weakly: "It's not that our boss lady came in anger last night, and she called the big guys to chat for most of the night, scolding and yelling, and she didn't let people sleep." ”
Shopkeeper Wang said curiously: "I don't know what happened to make Brother Li's proprietress angry?" ”
Shopkeeper Li glared at him angrily, "It's not because of you!" ”
"Me?" Shopkeeper Wang pointed to his nose, "Brother Li, where did you start with this?" ”
Shopkeeper Li said indignantly: "It's not because the business of your restaurant is too good, so our proprietress is red-eyed, we have to ask us to make the business more popular, otherwise this teahouse will be closed!" ”