In fact, it is only a matter of time before the "qualified" candidates are screened to Chen Zhi's head.

Later, I found that only such a kid met the conditions, and the father and mother of the younger brother were really not very satisfied with Chen Zhi. Don't tell them that Chen Zhi is young and has such a marginal thing, the fact is that this young man became an orphan at a young age, and he was raised by his brother and sister-in-law, so he is naturally not as rich as the landlord and old man's family, so the "dowry" that can be produced is naturally not enough.

Of course, the half-grown old man of the family is not a dowry, but even if others only plan to take a concubine to play, the "dowry" that leaks from the fingers is much more prepared than Chen Zhicheng's sincerity.

But there is still Su Qingluan here.

In Su Qingluan's view, everything that can be done with money is not a big deal. What's more, Su Qingluan also gave a condition that his parents were completely unable to refuse:

"Eh, there are a lot of young men of the right age here in me, and there are not one or two who like to recruit brothers, but it is rare to see such a clever girl as a younger brother." Su Qingluan is completely in a posture of looking at his little cabbage as a shopkeeper, "If this thing is done, Brother Zhao has finally been by my side for two years, and he is regarded as the 'old man' here, who has accompanied me from the most difficult time, and I, the shopkeeper, can't say nothing." ”

Then he said that Chen Zhi is also a rare talent under her, and if double happiness comes to the door, she should be a double share of the money.

Although Su Qingluan understands that in the eyes of Zhaodi's parents, they have to find ways to get this "gift money" whether it is a man or a woman, but Su Qingluan is not afraid - this gift money is just a bait for her to hang this greedy couple.

Of course, at the moment, the big gift has not been completed, and everything cannot be too deadly talked.

However, with Su Qingluan's side about gifts, Zhao's parents' obsession with the old rich man's "dowry" has indeed diminished a lot.

Brother Zhao and Chen Zhi knew what Su Qingluan's "gift money" was for, and in no one's private occasion, the two couldn't help but be very upset.

Chen Zhi resolutely excused himself and said, "Shopkeeper, you have secretly helped a lot, and I can't ask for your money anymore." ”

Brother Zhao also nodded again and again: "Yes, shopkeeper, we have troubled you enough." ”

Su Qingluan half-jokingly said: "If you really thank me, go to the branch and work hard, and if you make more money, won't you earn back the gift money?" ”

Of course, this matter is still a later story, but Su Qingluan already knows that for the parents of recruiting younger brothers, the "dowry" is also for their son in the final analysis, so no matter what, nothing can go beyond their precious life.

It was because of this certainty that Su Qingluan was sure that his method could help Zhao Di and Chen Zhi.

But right now, she has another thing to do - prepare food for the Dragon Boat Festival.

To say that the biggest special food of the Dragon Boat Festival, the most widely spread, and even quite popular in later generations, is zongzi and eggs.

Although in Su Qingluan's impression in his previous life, there are many places where boiled eggs are popular, and even one egg per person is used for a "knock egg competition" to compare whose eggs are harder, but Su Qingluan himself still likes to eat tea eggs with rich flavors.

However, she plans to get some eggs for both kinds, anyway, there are a lot of people in the family, and she is not afraid that she will not be able to eat them.

Today, in order to prepare for the start of making zongzi, Su Qingluan deliberately left from Suji earlier - because it is now about to be the Dragon Boat Festival, and there are more raw materials for making zongzi such as Ma Lian, zongzi leaves, glutinous rice, etc. in the market these days.

Su Qingluan bought a large handful of air-dried Ma Lian and zongzi leaves, and bought ten catties of glutinous rice, as for the remaining fillings, they are always available at home, so there is no need to buy them separately.

Just passing by the tailor's shop, Su Qingluan, the Yang family and Su Guangfu informed them that they would go home first to prepare the things for making zongzi, and asked them to pick up Su Xueyan, so they went home first.

After returning home, Su Qingluan soaked the dried Ma Lian and Zongye in water, so that Ma Lian and Zongye could fully absorb the water and become more flexible, so that when the Zongzi were wrapped, they would not break so easily.

In the last few years of her life, because of her illness, Su Qingluan basically lost her relationship with zongzi, which is soft and sticky and difficult to digest, but in fact, when she was healthy, she still learned how to wrap zongzi with those female elders very seriously.

Now calculated, the year before last I crossed over and did not catch up with the Dragon Boat Festival, and last year I didn't catch up with the rice dumplings in person, this time I was finally able to really wrap the rice dumplings again, so I am still very emotional when I think about it.

Thinking so, Su Qingluan put the newly bought glutinous rice in a large basin.

This rice should be soaked for two or three days, and the water should be constantly changed in the middle to allow the rice to fully absorb the water while remaining non-rancid, otherwise it will become glutinous rice wine.

It's summer, and everything spoils quickly. Fortunately, the sun does not shine directly in the stove room, although it will be hot during the day, it is well ventilated. Su Qingluan soaked the glutinous rice with the newly drawn well water, and changed the water frequently, which would always ensure that the glutinous rice would not be sour.

When Yang and Su Guangfu came back, they saw Su Qingluan tossing and turning rice water in a basin, and asked, "Big girl, don't you use all this water?" ”

Su Qingluan looked at the rice washing water: "These have been soaked in glutinous rice on one side, and they can't be used anymore, but they also have other uses." ”

This kind of rice washing water can wash the face, so that the face can be white and soft; You can also wash the plate, and the rice milk can take away the grease on the tableware and make the tableware more polished; Even this rice washing water can be left slightly to ferment as an introduction to some fermented foods......

However, considering the last use, considering the issue of food safety, Su Qingluan was instigated and did not dare to say it.

But with the previous use, there is no need to be afraid of wasting rice water, and Su Guangfu and Yang are not too opposed to Su Qingluan's repeated washing of glutinous rice.

By the afternoon of the third day, it was only two days before the Dragon Boat Festival. Today's glutinous rice is completely different from the one that was dry and slightly elongated at the beginning. Today's glutinous rice is slightly rounded and ellipsoidal, and as long as the fingers are gently pinched and crushed, the glutinous rice grains will break up into a pair of white powders.

Obviously, this is only after the water has been fully absorbed. In this way, the zongzi will be more soft and delicious.

Su Qingluan saw that the time was almost up, so he moved Ma Lian and Zongye, who also seemed to be soaked.

After two days of soaking, Ma Lian and Zongye have become different from the initial white and dry appearance, but have become more dark green and yellow, and after soaking in water, they also appear more moist and shiny.

Su Qingluan took a horse lotus, bent it at will, tied a knot, and dismantled: there was no trace of breaking from the middle, this is the time to soak in water.

This zongzi can start wrapping.