Chapter 107: Osmanthus Rice Wine
"It's not a matter of the number of drinks." Uncle Wu thought that Jiang Cha had forgotten his previous words and began to wink at her.
Since his father's death, his mother's health has become worse and worse, and even his sense of taste has failed, many things smell good, but the taste is very bad, but because of filial piety and fear of hurting his mother's self-esteem, he is reluctant to say it.
Even opening Daoxiangzhai is to satisfy Granny Wu's long-standing wish, she originally wanted to make her own and sell it.
But Uncle Wu knows very well that the taste of the pastries in Granny Wu's hands has not returned to the past, and now the things sold in Daoxiangzhai have been secretly replaced by himself and the cooks he specially invited, and even Granny Wu is kept in the dark by him.
Unfortunately, Jiang Cha really forgot what Uncle Wu said before.
Granny Wu scooped another glass of rice wine and handed it to her, this time Uncle Wu didn't have the hand to grab it, and the ginger tea took it and drank it.
Then the moment the rice wine was in the stomach, a strange smell immediately filled the mouth, and then the ginger tea finally remembered the previous words in Uncle Wu's rather melancholy eyes.
"How?" It's a pity that Granny Wu didn't know, and she looked forward to ginger tea's evaluation with eager eyes.
Uncle Wu's heart was in his throat, lest Jiang Cha would tell the truth without paying attention.
Fortunately, Jiang Cha was smart and saw Uncle Wu's anxiety.
She tried to control her nausea and squeezed out a smile, commenting, "The osmanthus flavor is very strong, delicious!" ”
"It's great if you like it, I've been brewing this rice wine for a while, you sit down first, and I'll bring you something delicious later." Hearing others praise her for the deliciousness of her food, Granny Wu suddenly felt a little more energetic.
After she finished placing the ginger tea, she walked towards the back kitchen with her bulky body in her arms.
"Cha Cha, I'm sorry, I didn't warn you in advance." After seeing Granny Wu leave, Uncle Wu hurriedly brought a glass of water to rinse his mouth with ginger tea.
"It's fine." Ginger tea waved his hand.
It was also her own that she didn't understand Uncle Wu's meaning at the beginning, asking for hardship.
Having said that, Granny Wu's love of food touched her a little, and Jiang Cha said, "Granny Wu's physical condition is better than I imagined." ”
"When she's in good spirits, she likes to stay in the back kitchen." Uncle Wu said with a smile.
It's a pity that most of the things made can't be eaten, but the old people can only coax, to tell the truth, I'm afraid that my mental state will be worse.
"Haven't you thought of any other way to restore your sense of taste?" Jiang Cha asked.
"I've also been treated by someone, but it's a pity that my old lady seems to have been unwilling to admit that she has a taste problem, and feels that her illness is just a disease on her body, and I don't want to be stimulated." Uncle Wu let out a long sigh.
"It's not that I haven't said it before, but if it is not delicious, she will be angry with others like a child, and her physical condition will become worse and worse, and I dare not say it over time, so I can only hold it first."
Don't look at the current mental state, in fact, the doctor said that this is a return to the light.
Granny Wu is suffering from a serious disease, and she will go like this one day, and before the old mother dies, making Daoxiangzhai bigger and stronger is also the only new wish in Uncle Wu's heart.
"Don't worry, Uncle Wu, with me here, I will definitely help you!" Ginger Tea promised.
Granny Wu is a good person, and she doesn't want to see good people uncomfortable.
Soon, Granny Wu came up with her pastries again.
This time, it was actually the glutinous rice cake that Jiang Cha had in mind.
"Cha Cha, come and try this, this was the signboard of our Daoxiang Village before, and it was once famous in the capital." Granny Wu saw that Jiang Cha liked it as if she had seen her granddaughter, and carefully brought the plate containing glutinous rice cakes to her.
Before I tasted this glutinous rice cake, the ginger tea smelled a strong sesame aroma.
The appearance of the cake is good, it looks like it has been fried, the surface is golden and crispy, even if you don't eat it, you can imagine the crispy and glutinous texture of ginger tea and the smell of sesame seeds full of flowing hearts.
"Mother, Cha Cha just came here, I guess I've already eaten it, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it now." Uncle Wu was afraid that ginger tea would be tortured again, so he hurriedly stopped him.
"This ...... This is a snack that should not occupy the stomach. Granny Wu seemed a little helpless like a child who had done something wrong, Ne explained.
"But ......," Uncle Wu wanted to say something more.
Jiang Cha had already taken it, "It's okay Uncle Wu, since it was given by my mother-in-law, it is my mother-in-law's heart." ”
She felt that this glutinous rice cake might be a little different, but it was the ability to take care of the house at the beginning, and maybe she wouldn't do anything wrong.
Sure enough, when I bite down, the rich sesame flavor with the soft glutinous feeling of glutinous rice fills the whole mouth, sweet but not greasy, moderately salty, and the sesame seeds inside are ground into a delicate powder, and the taste is very rich.
"Delicious!" Jiang Cha did not hesitate to praise.
Seeing that Jiang Cha's appearance didn't look like it was pretending, Uncle Wu was stunned, "Huh? ”
"Uncle Wu, try it, it's really delicious!" Ginger tea was handed to Uncle Wu as well.
No wonder Sheng Nanqi has been obsessed with it for many years.
Uncle Wu tasted it with hesitation, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "It's really delicious." ”
It turned out that his mother didn't make the wrong taste of every pastry, and the memory left back then even if the sense of taste failed, and the body instinctively remembered that taste.
Seeing that they were all happy, Granny Wu's smile became bigger and bigger, and she said to Uncle Wu, "You loved to eat this when you were a child." ”
"Mother-in-law, can you teach me this glutinous rice cake method?" Jiang Cha asked sincerely.
The glutinous rice cakes she made were still far from this, although Sheng Nanqi praised her craftsmanship before, but after eating this, Jiang Cha realized that whether it was the proportion of glutinous rice flour mixed with water, or the delicate feeling of sesame seeds in it, she didn't care much about it.
She pays attention to the ingredients when making something delicious, and what she needs is the feel of kneading the dough and the configuration of the material formula.
"Absolutely." Granny Wu was familiar with ginger tea at first sight, and she was overjoyed to see that some people were willing to study her craft seriously, "You are better than Xiao Wu, no matter how he taught him, he was not willing to learn seriously." ”
Uncle Wu smiled awkwardly beside him.
Compared with the pastry shop, his money-making methods and hobbies are elsewhere, and it is only because his mother likes it that he has to focus on pastries.
One is willing to learn and the other is willing to teach, Uncle Wu naturally became the character who cleaned up the kitchen.
The three of them went to the back kitchen, and Granny Wu pulled out a pamphlet from a jar that looked quite old.
"Cha Cha, this is our ancestral secret recipe, there are not only glutinous rice cakes in it, but also other things, you see."
"That's embarrassing." Jiang Cha hurriedly waved his hand and refused.
It is her honor to learn a glutinous rice cake, this is people's housekeeping skills, she has learned it all, how to sell it again in the future.
"It's okay, my Xiao Wu hasn't brought anyone here for so long, and I don't see him make any progress in this area, I often hear you mentioned, you should be a good boy, after you learn, our family's craft is not in decline."
When she mentioned the back, Granny Wu's expression was slightly sad, as if she remembered something from the past.