Chapter 44 Colorful Ingot Dumplings
The sun hit the boy's face, warm.
Jiang Xiaoman slowly opened his eyes, yawned, and stretched out his hand to rub his forehead.
Originally, I couldn't sleep, but I didn't expect to fall asleep in the middle of the night.
This dream is to achieve the dawn of the day, the sun is three poles.
I vaguely remember that Ji Xiaoyue's girl ran in front of her in the morning, and seemed to poke her eyebrows with some cold fingers.
The boy shook his head, didn't he dream last night and frown again?
During this time, whenever he frowned, as long as Ji Xiaoyue was by his side, he would always poke his eyebrows with his fingers and help Jiang Xiaoman smooth out the twisted eyebrows.
The little girl is always happy about this.
It was not early, Jiang Xiaoman looked around and didn't see Ji Xiaoyue, and he didn't know where the little girl had run in the morning.
At this moment, a fragrant aroma wafted from the kitchen.
This taste is somewhat like the osmanthus cake that every household in Vermilion Bird City will make before and after the Spring Festival every year, but it is more elegant than the osmanthus cake.
Jiang Xiaoman sniffed his nose and couldn't help but smile, Ji Xiaoyue, this girl still has a good conscience, knowing that she is leaving today, she must be thinking of making something delicious to bring to herself to eat on the road.
As the young man thought, when Jiang Xiaoman trotted to the kitchen, he saw Ji Xiaoyue squatting in front of the stove humming a song, holding a big fan to fan the fire.
On the stove, there is a steaming drawer on the big iron pot at the moment, and the fragrance that I smelled just now is wafting out of this steaming drawer.
"Hmm, what did Ji Xiaoyue cook?" Jiang Xiaoman poked his head out, stared at the cage drawer and asked at the smaller figure in front of him.
"Damn you!" scare me, how can you walk without making a sound!" The little girl turned around and patted her chest, rolled her eyes, and then said happily: "Pear cake cake, didn't you finish the osmanthus cake that your mother brought to you a few days ago, I thought about steaming some pear cake according to the method of osmanthus cake and bringing it to you to eat on the road." ”
"It smells so good!" Jiang Xiaoman grinned, looked Ji Xiaoyue up and down carefully, and was about to stare at the little girl embarrassed, and then let out a tsk: "I can't see it, the first female snitch in Fancheng still has this skill! I said, Ji Xiaoyue, it's a pity that you don't go to be a cook, why do you want to be the snitch who walks on the eaves and walks the wall for people to chase?"
"I hate it!" Ji Xiaoyue kicked at the young man in front of him, Jiang Xiaoman laughed and dodged away.
Seeing that she wasn't kicking, the little girl couldn't help but stomp her feet in annoyance, simply ignored Jiang Xiaoman, turned around and squatted on the ground to fan the fire, and said to the young man who was quietly squatting behind her and didn't know what she was thinking: "Jiang Xiaoworm, you go and set up the dishes and chopsticks, I also made some steamed dumplings, go out and enter the store, let's eat some steamed dumplings at noon, solid and full, you should hurry early." ”
"Okay, let's go now!" Jiang Xiaoman nodded, obediently went to the cupboard to get the dishes, chopsticks and plates, and then carefully walked towards the stone table outside the house.
It's very strange, I was originally very repulsed by this name that was deliberately called by the little girl, but gradually I also felt that the little worm, the little worm, it was pleasant to listen to.
I'm afraid that no one will call themselves that for a long time in the future, and I am more or less unaccustomed to it.
Jiang Xiaoman set up the dishes and chopsticks, sat on the stone bench in a daze, his chin slammed on the table, a little bored.
Today, the little donkey that is a little annoying doesn't know where it went, it seems that Jiang Xiaoman and this little gray gray who looks like a thief, a man and a beast hit a crime, and they just don't look at each other.
According to Ji Xiaoyue's words, Jiang Xiaoworm, why do you always have to get along with a little donkey, it's really not as good as a beast.
This is a joke, of course, but the gray and white donkey is a little strange, and seems to be quite intelligent, not much worse than a human.
Otherwise, you won't always be able to jump to your feet in a boyish way.
"Yikes!"
Jiang Xiaoman was wandering too empty, and suddenly heard a coquettish voice coming from the kitchen, and couldn't help but be startled, jumped up from the table like a gust of wind, and ran to the kitchen in an instant.
"What's wrong?" Seeing the little girl covering her hands, squatting on the ground, she hurriedly ran forward and grabbed Ji Xiaoyue's soft and boneless little hands and asked with concern.
"No... It's nothing, I didn't pay attention to it when I opened the steamer just now, and I accidentally burned my hand. Ji Xiaoyue blushed and retracted her hand from the young man in front of her, put it between her mouth and blew it gently, as thin as a mosquito.
This ginger worm, who said that men and women don't kiss each other, but now they take advantage of themselves openly!
"Why are you so careless!" Jiang Xiaoman naturally didn't have the ever-changing mind of his daughter's family, frowned and took Ji Xiaoyue's hand again, and took the vegetable oil from the stove to the water tank.
took a handful of water and gently poured it on Ji Xiaoyue's somewhat red and swollen fingers, and then poured a few drops of vegetable oil on his palm, slowly rubbed it and carefully wiped it between the little girl's fingers.
"Giggles, Jiang Xiaoworm can't see that you still have this skill, tsk, it's a pity not to be in the middle of the Langzhong!" Ji Xiaoyue's face flushed, and then she laughed happily, learning from Jiang Xiaoman's tone of ridicule and quipping.
"When I was a child, I was mischievous and accidentally burned myself, and that's how my mother helped me. Jiang Xiaoman carefully smeared it, and said to Ji Xiaoyue: "At that time, my hands were burned with a big bubble, but it didn't take long after applying two drops of vegetable oil to get better. ”
As he spoke, the young man picked up the little girl's hand and put it between his lips and blew lightly, then raised his head and asked with a smile, "It doesn't hurt, does it?"
Ji Xiaoyue nodded, a pair of big eyes flickered and looked at Jiang Xiaoman, and there was an inexplicable light flickering.
Seeing that Jiang Xiaoman was still pinching her fingers, the little girl's face turned even redder, and she couldn't help but secretly say that it was really an obscene embryo and hurriedly pulled her hand back.
"Uh... This hero didn't mean it!" Jiang Xiaoman also realized that something was wrong at this time, touched his head awkwardly and smiled, and explained to Ji Xiaoyue.
"Cut, is that deliberate?" Ji Xiaoyue rolled her eyes and said coquettishly.
The two of them made such a fuss, but it diluted some of the smell of parting.
After a while, the water boiled, and the faint fragrance seemed to be more intense, wafting in the air.
Jiang Xiaoman's stomach also growled, this age itself was a long body, and he only ate some vegetarian dishes and rice last night.
This stomach is naturally unbearable.
Hehe, Jiang Xiaoman looked at Ji Xiaoyue with a blank look, a little embarrassed.
"Wait!" Ji Xiaoyue threw away another big white eye, shook her head and said coquettishly, walked forward and lifted the cage drawer, took a pair of long bamboo chopsticks, and pinched the pieces of pale yellow that had already been soft and fragrant into flower-like small pastries, and took them out one by one, and put them on the top of the lotus leaves that had been prepared for the young man behind him who was about to drool.
"Eat, be careful of the burn!"
Watching the young man gobble up, Ji Xiaoyue couldn't help but hurriedly instruct.
"Well, it's not hot, it's not hot at all. Jiang Xiaoman ate three or four pieces abruptly in a row before he could stop his mouth.
The elegant aroma of pear blossoms lingers in the mouth, accompanied by a sweet and sour taste, Ji Xiaoyue added some green pear juice to the noodles.
Although the green pears that have just fruited are sour, they are vaguely sweet when squeezed into pear juice, so they are perfect for pairing with noodles.
"Well, it's really fragrant, Ji Xiaoyue, your skills are about to catch up with my mother's mother. Jiang Xiaoman pinched another piece and put it in his mouth, this time he didn't swallow it in a hurry, chewed it slowly, but felt more soft and delicious.
"Hehe..." Ji Xiaoyue was a little embarrassed, picked up a piece and took a bite lightly, and tasted it.
The first time I did it, it seemed to be quite successful, and the little girl nodded happily and satisfied.
Jiang Xiaoman didn't know that this pear blossom cake was specially learned from Lin Mei by Ji Xiaoyue after she knew that this county lord was Jiang Xiaoworm's mother when she saw Lin Mei.
At that time, Lin Mei also smiled and joked about her, whether she was going to give it to her own unconscious little barbarian, which made the little girl squirm.
Originally, I was going to make osmanthus cake, but the flowering season of osmanthus has long passed.
Fortunately, there are many pear trees in Fancheng, and it is the season when pear blossoms are in full bloom, so Ji Xiaoyue simply followed the practice of osmanthus cake and made a small innovation from local materials.
I have to admit that for cooking and cooking, compared with the cultivation and Huangqi technique, the little girl's talent is really extraordinary.
On the table, there is a large plate of steamed dumplings.
Compared with the steamed dumplings that are usually eaten, the biggest difference is that the skin of the steamed dumplings is colorful, red, green, yellow, green, purple, all kinds of colors.
Jiang Xiaoman saw the colorful steamed dumplings for the first time, and couldn't help but be curious: "Ji Xiaoyue, why are your dumplings different from what I usually eat?"
"This is called colorful ingots dumplings, which was taught by my master, and this is the only one!" The little girl squinted proudly with a pair of big eyes, she was very happy to see Jiang Xiaoworm's expression, thought about it and continued to explain to the young man: "The red one is with hawthorn as the skin, and the filling is sour horn with red beans." The green one is made with celery juice as the skin, and the filling is chopped bitter gourd with sesame seeds. The yellow one is pumpkin as the skin and jujube paste as the filling. The green one is wormwood mixed with ginger juice as the skin, and the filling is mung bean. The purple one is mulberry juice for the skin, and the duck egg yolk for the filling. ”
"My master said, these colorful ingots dumplings represent five tastes, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, just like people in this life, no matter rich or poor, but after all, they have to live, they must be like eating these colorful ingots dumplings, taste the cold and warm taste of the world, will be the real life..."
The little girl said as she picked up a round red dough ingot, handed it to Jiang Xiaoman, and said happily, "Taste it?"
Jiang Xiaoman opened his mouth and bit the steamed dumplings into his mouth, chewed them slowly, and as Ji Xiaoyue said, a sour but not astringent taste spread in his taste buds, and he couldn't help but make the young man's index finger move, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Well, yes, I didn't expect that there are so many exquisite, your master's cooking skills must be very, very good!" sour food is the most appetizing, although he has just eaten a lot of pear blossom cakes, but for Jiang Xiaoman, who has just entered the acquired period and is still growing his body, where will he feel full, while picking up a steamed dumpling with green dough, he did not forget to praise.
Just swallowed the green steamed dumplings in his mouth, his eyebrows were twisted together, and it should be said that his whole face was twisted together.
Bitter, really bitter, very bitter.
This is Jiang Xiaoman's true feeling at this moment, Ji Xiaoyue is smiling and gloating on the side.
"Giggles, who told you to eat so fast!" Suddenly, Ji Xiaoyue raised her eyebrows and said coquettishly: "Jiang Xiaoworm, don't spit it out!"
It turned out that the young man was holding the small plate in front of the table at this moment and wanted to spit out the dumpling filling that had just been swallowed in his mouth.
Shouted at by the little girl, he put the small plate back again, closed his eyes and swallowed the bitter green steamed dumplings into his stomach.
"That's good, after the valley rain is the beginning of summer, this summer is the hot weather is the most prone to heat stroke, so you have to suffer some bitterness, although this bitter gourd is bitter, it can best relieve the heat. Ji Xiaoyue stretched out a green onion white index finger and pointed at Jiang Xiaoman's twisted eyebrows, helped him rub his wrinkled brows apart, and said happily: "This steamed dumpling with bitter gourd filling, you have to take small sips and eat it, so it can be the most memorable, who taught you to eat it so fast." ”
"It's true, a small bite and a small bite, it really has a different taste. Jiang Xiaoman was skeptical, but he didn't want to ruin the little girl's interest, so he picked up a steamed dumpling with green dough again and took a small bite lightly, and praised softly.
Fang Cai was indeed a little anxious to eat, but he couldn't really taste the true taste of this bitter steamed dumpling.
Now I taste it again, although it is still bitter, but because of the sesame seeds added to the filling, this bitterness is mixed with a faint sweetness.
Ji Xiaoyue tilted her head with her head tilted, her big eyes blinked, watching Jiang Xiaoworm gobble up the wind and clouds, and she was very satisfied.
In fact, about this bitter dumpling, the little girl also deliberately omitted a sentence, which was said by her master, the peerless chef who was known as the chef god of Fancheng, when she taught her to make five-flavor steamed dumplings.
said that if you want to part with your beloved in the future, you must make him a meal of colorful ingots steamed dumplings, especially this bitter taste.
It doesn't hurt to be bitter in life, but it is good for a loved one.