Chapter 46 Zongzi
"Tomorrow I will make an appointment with Zhang Langjun and the others to write the receipt in the afternoon. My sister-in-law will buy them all for me." Xia Mingyue thought for a while and said, "Buy more garlic. , if you have a single head of garlic, it’s best.”
"Leave it to me." Mrs. Lu agreed, "My brothers and sisters are busy with business, and I'm afraid they won't have time to make sachets. I'll make a few more for you and Zhu Guo to wear."
< br>Mr. Lu is still very confident in her needlework workers.
"Then I'll trouble Sister-in-law Lu." Jiang Zhuguo didn't expect that Mrs. Lu was still thinking about her. She was flattered and thanked her repeatedly.
Boil red beans, make bean paste, wash glutinous rice, soak in cold water, remove candied dates, and cook rice dumpling leaves...
Early the next morning, Xia Mingyue wrapped the rice dumplings and ate them all. pot.
After being cooked, the rice dumplings are not taken out. They are just left to soak in the pot until the stall is closed in the afternoon, and then they are taken out.
At this time, the rice dumplings have been soaked for a long enough time, so they taste soft and glutinous, and the sweet aroma is more intense.
The bean paste is ground very finely and enough sugar is added. It tastes sweet and glutinous and has a full bean flavor.
Zongzi with candied dates. The candied dates are very finely chopped and fully mixed with the glutinous rice, so that the sweet taste is evenly distributed to every part of the zongzi. Every bite tastes full of jujube flavor without the stickiness of whole candied dates. shortcoming.
The rice dumplings that have been left for most of the day are a little cold. After eating a few on such a hot day, I just feel that they are both delicious and comfortable.
The rice dumplings made by Xia Mingyue were unanimously recognized by Jiang Zhuguo and others.
Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu even drank half the pot of water used to cook the rice dumplings.
The rice dumpling leaves are carefully washed and boiled before being made into the rice dumplings. The rice dumpling water cooked in this way has the sweetness of candied dates and bean paste slowly seeping out, the mellow aroma of glutinous rice, and the unique flavor of the rice dumpling leaves. Some of them have a refreshing fragrance and are kept cool enough. When you drink them, they just feel delicious and thirst-quenching.
If they weren't thinking that the remaining rice dumplings need to be soaked in water to taste delicious, the two of them really wanted to pour the remaining half of the pot of rice dumpling water into their stomachs.
Zongzi are used instead of rice dumplings at noon.
Even Wu Jin got two rice dumplings.
Although these rice dumplings are delicious, they are not very friendly to dogs. They are somewhat sticky to the teeth and mouth. So after Wujin swallowed two rice dumplings, he spent a long time licking his mouth and teeth crazily. .
The teeth in his mouth are all white, shining brightly under the sun.
In the afternoon, Xia Mingyue went to the county school at the time agreed with Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang. When leaving, she asked Jiang Zhuguo and Lu to receive the bamboo delivered in the afternoon, and took some rice dumplings with her.
We arrived at the county school all the way. The time was just right. Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang were already waiting in the concierge.
The two of them have already prepared paper, pen and ink. Each person writes one copy together, so that after writing, it will be in duplicate, saving time.
Seeing this, Xia Mingyue avoided unnecessary pleasantries and directly described the content.
In modern society, Xia Mingyue has been exposed to many standardized formal contracts. At this time, it is easy to write such a simple agreement document, and only states the various terms one by one in order.
Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang wrote one by one at the same time.
After about a meal, the two of them finished writing at the same time, blew off the ink stains on their heads, and then read it to Xia Mingyue again for checking.
Xia Mingyue listened carefully, and after confirming that what they wrote was exactly what she said just now, she nodded in approval, "It's word for word."
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. , but they also looked at each other, with some doubts in their eyes. Zhang Mingyi boldly asked tentatively, "Ms. Xia really hasn't read many books and doesn't know many words?"
"Exactly." Xia Mingyue responded.
She did not receive many memories from the original owner. Apart from her family, no one else had any impressions. Most of her other memories were vague, and there was very little book knowledge.
As for Xia Mingyue herself, she has indeed not read the books here, and she does not know many such complex ancient characters, so this answer should not be a lie.
Xia Mingyue comforted herself like this.
"Is there something wrong?" Xia Mingyue asked.
Fan Pingyang laughed and said, "Mrs. Xia, please forgive me, but we have written such documents to others before, but most of them were written by us after the others had said what they meant. It's hard for someone like Ms. Xia who has never read a book but is able to Madam Xia is still the first person to say all these words in a coherent manner, and the sentences are quite smooth and do not need to be polished, so we are a little curious and have no other meaning. "
Originally, they had prepared a lot of paper so that they could rewrite it if they needed to add sentences or make corrections, but now they have not used any of them except this one.
“My family also did a small business before, and my father often signed various documents with others. Although I didn’t know many words, I often heard my father mention it, and I knew a lot about it.”
< br>Xia Mingyue made up a random reason, "There was a private school near my home when I was a child. I often played nearby when I was a child, and I often listened to the Master and his students reading. I also benefited a lot."
" That's it." Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang suddenly realized.
In other words, Xia Mingyue is the kind of person who can speak and listen, but has limited ability to read and write.
But even so, it is already very remarkable.
At least it shows that she is a smart person.
But having said that, if you are not a smart person, how can you cook food so well and do business so well?
The two smiled again.
After writing the note, Xia Mingyue took out her money bag and said, "I don't know what the market is like outside. These are just my thoughts. Don't dislike it."
Pen, ink and paper were quite expensive at this time, Xia Mingyue Not being stingy, there were fifty or sixty copper coins prepared in the money bag.
“Ms. Madam’s opportunity is something we both can’t get enough of.”
“Don’t mention the money issue again, otherwise we will be laughed at by the people in the county school,” Zhang Mingyi emphasized, “Madam Xia is also considerate. Let’s take a look at the two of us.”
Xia Mingyue does not miss the extra bean paste cakes on weekdays.
Seeing that the two of them refused to accept the money, Xia Mingyue presented the prepared rice dumplings and said, "It's my favor. These are the new rice dumplings made today. There's nothing special about them. They're still edible. , I hope you two don’t dislike it.”
“Mrs. Xia is joking, the food made by Mrs. Xia must be very delicious, how can you say that you dislike it?”
It is simply a wish. Woolen cloth.
Fan Pingyang also nodded, "Yes, we are not polite to Madam Xia's kindness."
As he spoke and looked at the fragrant rice dumplings, Fan Pingyang immediately I have the urge to peel off the leaves of the rice dumpling and eat one directly.
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