Chapter 8: Elm Money Cake and Acacia Flower Cake

Lin Xiaomiao led her two younger brothers to stand behind the chaimen and watched Aunt Fang, until her shadow was really invisible, Lin Xiaomiao held the wooden basin in her hand and turned around.

"Sister, what are we going to eat at noon?"

Eating is always the top priority, and from early morning to now, Lin Xiaomiao has not been able to drink a sip of water. Being asked by Yun Chu, Lin Xiaomiao's stomach rumbled in hindsight.

The field outside the fence courtyard was covered with green lettuce, and the climbing rattans were covered with beans, but those were all planted by Yao. Now that she has drawn a clear line with the Yao family, even if the vegetables in the field can grow to the sky, it has nothing to do with her.

Fortunately, God didn't really want to play with her, Lin Xiaomiao's time traveled just after the spring, and there were always a lot of ingredients in the mountains and fields that could make a living.

The wooden basin in her hand Lin Xiaomiao didn't dare to leave it, this was the only ration for her and her two younger brothers, if they were given to the Yao family, they would not be able to live.

Turning around a few times between the ridges, Lin Xiaomiao stared at an elm tree with a crooked neck and an elderly locust tree, her eyes shining brightly.

The young leaves of the elm tree are chopped and boiled in water to make dumpling filling. As long as you dip some vinegar out of the pot, it will be more fragrant when you burn your mouth.

As for the locust tree, of course, the leaves are not edible, but the crystal fragrance of the locust flowers is not insects, and after washing, it is kneaded into the dough and then put on the steamer. In less than half an hour, the acacia cake out of the cage is sweet and soft, and there is no need to put sugar.

Thinking like this, Lin Xiaomiao's stomach once again let out a loud protest.

"Yun Camelina, Yun Le for Sister to climb up, how many can be picked down!" Lin Xiaomiao was like a commander commanding a battle, pointing to a tree and giving an order.

Qingping Township is a small village in the south of the Yangtze River, the location is a little off, but the land is very fertile.

These self-growing trees are not cared for on weekdays, with bunches of locust flowers and elm leaves, not to mention how well they grow.

After a while, Yun Camelina and Yun Le jumped down from the tree like nimble monkeys, and each of them picked a large handful in their arms.

"Sister is enough, not enough, I'll pick it again!" Yun Fang's eyebrows raised slightly, revealing two small tiger teeth. Somehow, he felt that Sister Ah had changed, and the previous Sister didn't dare to speak...... And now she smiles with indescribable vigor and courage.

It's like an inconspicuous spring grass, but it gradually blooms into dazzling buds.

"That's enough to eat a few meals. Let's go, Sister will show you a hand today! Lin Xiaomiao held her head high and kicked open the wooden kitchen door with two little dolls.

The kitchen was built by Yun Tian before he fell ill, and there was no reason why Yao should not use it for them.

Lin Xiaomiao boiled the pot, lifted the steamer, chopped the stuffing, and picked the stamens...... A person seems to have eight hands, and everything is done in an orderly manner.

The golden-winged rooster basking in the sun outside also seemed to smell the aroma and crowed at the top of his throat.

As soon as the steamer is opened, the distant and sweet aroma of acacia flowers is accompanied by moist steam, spreading in all directions.

"It smells so good! Who's cooking? In a field not far away, several peasant women stopped what they were doing.

"How can oil, salt, sauce and vinegar have this fragrance? I smell like acacia flowers. ”

"Sophora flowers are only heard to make honey, but only flowers and no leaves, who will eat that thing?" A few peasant women felt rare when they smelled the fragrance, and they kept talking about it.

For foodies like Lin Xiaomiao, eating is not only to fill their stomachs, but also to enjoy it. It's not enough to enjoy the taste buds, but also to enjoy the all-round enjoyment of the visual and olfactory senses.

Aunt Fang sent a lot of flour, Lin Xiaomiao divided it into two parts, one was kneaded into a flower shape to make pastries, and the other was thinly flattened and wrapped in elm leaves to make pot stickers.

The rest of the white rice and white noodles, Lin Xiaomiao looked left and right and couldn't find a place to hide, so she simply sealed it with a cloth bag and hid it in a wide old clothes, and hung it close to her body.

After the steam dissipated, the white acacia cake was revealed in front of the eyes of the two children.

Unlike the ordinary boxy acacia flower cake, Lin Xiaomiao skillfully pinched the cake into the shape of a pentagonal petal.

Yun Ma and Yun Le stared at the steamer dumbfounded, and the two of them swallowed saliva desperately, but they were reluctant to pick up a piece and taste it.

"It's beautiful!" Yun Le blurted out in a daze.

Yun Wei wrinkled her brows distressedly, "Sister, this ...... Can you really eat it? I really can't bear to eat it. ”

"It's not delicious when it's cold, Sister can still make more beautiful patterns, hurry up and eat it!" Lin Xiaomiao smiled and took out two pieces of pastry from the steamer, and divided some of the elm money cakes out of the pot.

Before the two children could swallow their stomachs, Yao followed the aroma and rushed over.

"Okay, just talked to me about separating the family, and in the future, I won't need a stitch or a thread, and I'll steal my kitchen in the blink of an eye! You're really ......" Yao scolded, his eyes nailed to the steamer.

"It's ...... What did you do? Yao swallowed unconsciously.

Lin Xiaomiao noticed her straight eyes, and quietly blocked the front of the two cauldrons, "Sister-in-law, I'm afraid I forgot, the kitchen was built by my brother, and the two pots were also made by my father and mother when they were alive, and even the firewood for the pot was picked up by the two younger brothers." How did these become sister-in-law's things, I can't use them? ”

Yao Shi retracted his gaze, and was so blocked by her that he couldn't speak for a while, and said in a weird manner for a while: "It's really a long skill!" It's only been a few days, and I'm getting sharper and sharper! No matter what you say, I'm also your sister-in-law. The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, you remember clearly! ”

Lin Xiaomiao clenched her palms, in this era, filial piety is better than everything. As long as Yao's identity moves out, she has nothing to do. Unless my brother can leave this wicked woman out of the Yun family......

"Where did you get the flour?" Yao's footsteps kept wandering around the kitchen, a pair of shrewd eyes looking around, trying to find the remaining white noodles, "Say! Did you steal it? ”

Lin Xiaomiao laughed angrily at her, and was too lazy to talk.

Yun Fang angrily blocked in front of Lin Xiaomiao, and said loudly: "Don't accuse Sister Lai, these flours were given by Aunt Fang!" Our family is poor and white, where is Sister going to steal? ”

Yao opened his mouth, his eyes turned around, and his voice widened, "Why did Aunt Fang give it to you?" You are a cheap girl, where did you come from with such a big face? ”

Lin Xiaomiao glanced at her, she really didn't want to entangle her too much, "What can be the reason?" It's just that I think our family is poor, and there is no one who can take care of the house, so take pity on us! ”

This sentence undoubtedly slapped Yao's face, isn't the Yun family in charge of her now?

Yao's face was gloomy, and he suddenly pointed at Lin Xiaomiao's nose and scolded: "You have noodles to make pastries, and I don't know how to send some to your eldest brother!" Pity your eldest brother who is paralyzed in the house, talking about your good every day. ”

"Yes, yes!" Yao patted his thigh and sighed twice, "I'm about to climb high branches and get married, how can I remember us people?" Your brother raised you so big, and he was tired of tuberculosis, and in the end he raised a brute that his relatives didn't recognize. ”

Lin Xiaomiao really can't listen to it anymore, what does Yuntian's tuberculosis have to do with her? It's just that Yao's life is unfortunate, and he wants to impose the cause of misfortune on others, so that he can feel more comfortable.

"Enough!" Lin Xiaomiao snorted.

Yao's shoulders shrugged, but he didn't expect Yun Tao, who was as timid as a rabbit before, to dare to yell at her like this.

"You ......" Before Yao's you finished, Lin Xiaomiao pulled up the smile on the corner of her lips again.

She stared at Yao Shi with a smile, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I will personally send the pastries in the steamer to my brother, and there are some things I want to talk to my brother about." ”