Chapter 9: Rice dumplings

Qi Zhen eats very gently, chewing slowly, and can chew more than ten times in one bite of rice, which can not only protect a mouthful of shell teeth, but also play a role in health preservation, making the figure slim.

But Qi Zhen was not like this before, after all, the Lian family was poor, and there were naturally not many big fish and meat, and every time there was a new dish, Qi Zhen didn't say gobbling it up, and it was almost gone, and now it has changed so much that Lian Su can't help but have some doubts in his heart.

After dinner, Qi Zhen was not idle, and planned to start making 'introductions'.

The men of the Lian family would not stay in the kitchen except for eating, so Qi Zhen was given room to move.

Scoop out a scoop of polished rice from the rice tank, wash it carefully, and grind the polished rice into rice flour with a stone mill.

The Xu family's rice was peeled very cleanly, with few shell particles, and it was ground again and again with a stone mill, and the rice milk of the white flowers flowed down the cracks of the stone and put it into the pot.

After grinding half a basin of rice milk, Qi Zhen strained the rice milk several times with a muslin cloth, leaving snow-white rice noodles on the cotton cloth.

Qi Zhen picked a lot of spicy knotweed by the river before, and she was not idle at the moment, using a wooden pound to mash the spicy knotweed out the juice, mixing it with rice noodles, and kneading it into dumplings the size of rice balls.

Put the dumplings on the bamboo mat, and then carefully cover them with a layer of grass, and then Qi Zhen moved these rice dumplings to her room, if the province was trampled by Lian Boyuan or Lian Zhongqi, she was afraid that she would die of distress.

At this moment, Qi Zhen's introduction has been done, and when the time comes, as long as the introduction is mixed with a grease made of lard and osmanthus, she can use osmanthus cream to even out her face, and her dark skin can also be improved.

Thinking of the little face as white as porcelain maintained in her previous life, Qi Zhenxing's eyes were full of brilliance, the so-called white covers a hundred ugliness, as long as a woman's skin is white and tender, even if her facial features are not outstanding, she looks beautiful and lovely.

On the contrary, even if the facial features are well-born, the complexion is sallow and rough, and it does not look so outstanding.

Daye Dynasty has always regarded white as beauty, and Qi Zhen is a pretty daughter, even more so.

After tossing a lot, Qi Zhen was sweating all over, she used a wooden bucket to bring some water up from the well, and she didn't have the strength to boil the water at all, so she directly poured the cold well water into the wooden basin of the clean face, and then closed the wooden door, and slowly faded the clothes on her body.

At this moment, the night is deep, and the sky is full of bright stars, twinkling slightly.

The evening breeze was slightly cool, because Qi Hao had been tossing in the kitchen, and the old house was not soundproof, so Lian Su was disturbed and couldn't sleep.

Putting on a coat, Lian Su leaned against the wall and slowly walked towards the room where Qi Zhen was.

The man's brows tightened, he wanted to see what the woman of the Qi family had come up with, was she calculating their Lian family again?

The so-called once bitten by a snake for ten years is afraid of the well rope, even if Qi Zhen treats the Lian family sincerely, it is not easy to let down the guard of Lian Su, who is extremely suspicious.

Qi Hao didn't notice that Lian Su was coming to her at all, and now she only had a thin belly pocket and bloomers on her lower body.

The belly pocket is made of bright red silk, which is still the pocket when Qi Zhen and Lian Jun got married, and the pattern of two mandarin ducks playing in the water is embroidered on it, which looks tight.

The skin and flesh on Qi Zhen's body have not been exposed to the sun, and they are naturally very fair, although they are not very smooth to the touch, and even a little skinny, but when they look at it from a distance, it really looks like a piece of white jade.

Lian Su stood in front of the door, because the wooden door was not closed tightly, leaving a small gap, and he happened to take in the fragrant scene in the room.

The man was struck by lightning, and the whole person was stunned, and he forgot to move for a while.

It just so happened that Qi Hao took off the water-red belly pocket on her body, and the two soft and delicate balls jumped out directly as if they were off the rabbit, trembling, like tender tofu.

The man's Adam's apple slid up and down a few times, and his mouth was dry, as if a fire was burning in his body, and his face turned red from the heat.

But Lian Su's movements were very steady, leaning against the wall, and returned to his room step by step.

Qi Zhen dipped a cotton cloth into water on her body and scrubbed all the sweat on her body.

The well water was cold, and she shivered when it was cold, and even the two groups trembled violently.

It's also strange to say, she doesn't have much meat on her dry body, but the two balls on her chest are very good, but it's a pity that Lian Jun's tuberculosis ghost is not blessed, and he didn't even touch it, so he went straight to the west.

After the scrubbing was finished, the heat of the day had faded, Qi Zhen put on his dirty clothes, covered his head with a quilt, and fell asleep grogily.

In the past few days, Qi Hao has been watching the 'introduction', and after a layer of white hair has grown on the rice ball, she has picked up all the grass covered with her head and slowly dried it in the shade.

When the rice dough was a little dry to the touch, she picked another good day and moved the whole bamboo mat to the courtyard to let the sun shine.

This sun was dried for three days.

The sky is beautiful, there has been no rain at all these days, so the rice balls are almost done, and they feel very dry and a little awkward.

By now, the 'introduction' was almost done, Qi Zhen put all the rice balls in an empty wine jar, then took out a rice ball and put it in a bowl, and returned to his room with it.

Took out the jar of lard from under the bed, a few days ago Qi Zhen spread a layer of osmanthus petals on the lard, at this moment the osmanthus has precipitated flower oil, very clear, with a faint yellow, floating on the upper layer, and the bottom is snow-white lard.

Sniffed slightly, and suddenly a fragrant sweet fragrance lingered in his nose, and Qi Zhen's little face showed a hint of intoxication, and he soon came to his senses again.

Pour the rice dumplings in the bowl into the porcelain jar, Qi Zhen smashed the rice dumplings with a wooden pound, fully mixed them with flower oil and lard, and then carefully covered the porcelain lid, sealed the jar, and pushed it down under the bed to shade.

In the past few days of doing the 'introduction', Qi Zhen has not been idle, she has made another batch of rouge water, but now that the osmanthus of the Lian family has run out, she wants to use osmanthus to spice up, I am afraid that she has to go to the mountains to find wild osmanthus trees.

Thinking like this, Qi Hao put the basket on her back and wrapped her face inside and out with a dark scarf, revealing only a pair of bright eyes.

Lian Su happened to walk into the courtyard, and when he saw Qi Zhen's appearance, he frowned and said:

"You're going to be a thief?"

Qi Hao rolled her eyes and said, "I'm afraid of the sun, look at how big the sun is today, if you don't cover it, I'm afraid you'll get sunburned." ”

In fact, today's weather is not as hot as Qi Zhen said, but if she wants to raise herself whiter now, she can't be exposed to the sun, otherwise even if she applies a good cream, it will be useless.

Since he saw some things that he didn't dare to look at that night, Lian Su always felt a little awkward when facing Qi Zhen, but he was a cold-faced person and would not show it, Qi Zhen was heartless, so he naturally didn't notice the difference in Lian Su.

Qi Zhen is like this now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to even breathe, Lian Su looked at it and asked:

"What are you going up the hill for?"

Qi Zhen's eyes rolled, and a pair of apricot eyes looked Lian Su up and down, looking at this sour scholar's body and bones much stronger than before, it shouldn't be difficult to go up the mountain to give her a hand.

"Take the bamboo pole and follow me up the mountain."

Because of the careful maintenance of his body, Lian Su's condition is almost better, and the Lian family's food is very good, so his foundation is also supplemented.

Now although Lian Su looks thin, his body is actually not bad.

Nodding, Lian Su didn't say anything, he directly took the bamboo pole and shovel, took another basket on his back, followed Qi Zhen, and went up the mountain.

When he arrived at the mountain, Qi Hao went straight to the laurel tree.

The air on the mountain is fresh, mixed with the sweet fragrance of osmanthus flowers, and it is not an exaggeration to call it refreshing.

The golden sunlight shone through the dappled shadows of the trees, and it was not scorching, but very warm.

Pointing to this luxuriant laurel tree, Qi Zhen rushed to Lian Su and said:

"Uncle Lao knocked down the osmanthus flowers on the laurel tree, I have some use."

Hearing this, Lian Su didn't ask Qi Zhen what the use of asking for osmanthus was, after all, this woman didn't know what strange things she made in the kitchen every day, and she actually made a lot of money, since she wanted osmanthus, she just helped herself.

Stretching out his hand to prop up the bamboo pole, Lian Su banged on the branches of the osmanthus tree, and the pale yellow osmanthus petals seemed to be snowing, puffing down.

Qi Zhen didn't dare to delay, squatted directly on the ground and picked up the osmanthus petals.

This laurel tree is not small, and the petals are much more than the laurel tree of the Lian family, and it is filled with a basket.

After all the osmanthus petals were picked up, Qi Zhen was tired and panting, but she had a towel around her face, her face was red from the heat, and the sweat wet the towel.

Rao is like this, Qi Hao didn't dare to take off the scarf, otherwise if she saw the light of day, her whole day's suffering would be in vain.

Lian Su was digging sweet potatoes in the ground, and now he filled his back basket, he looked at Qi Zhen who was paralyzed on the ground, his voice did not have a trace of ups and downs, and said:

"Are you leaving?"

Qi Hao nodded, slowly stood up with the branch of the laurel tree, and walked forward.

Because Lian Su is a scholar and has never been on the mountain before, he doesn't know the road at all, so he can only follow Qi Zhen.

The two walked one after the other, and Lian Su somehow stared at the woman's waist and abdomen, only to feel that the slender little waist that was not holding a hand was like a willow branch, swinging gently, indescribably hooking.

Lian Su was very embarrassed in his heart, and turned his head in embarrassment, Qi was his sister-in-law, he had such filthy thoughts in his head, he had read the sage books for so many years, he really read it in the stomach of a dog!