Chapter 48 Can I still eat it
Shen Yongan boasts that he is in his forties, and he thinks that he has never had any appetite. No matter what kind of food he faces, he only thinks about filling himself up. Just the belly.
But at this time...
Actually, the main reason is to understand clearly why two students with good conduct are competing for each other like this, and it is not because of anything else.
Shen Yongan comforted himself in this way, and after making up his mind, he peeled off the leaves of the rice dumpling cleanly.
This rice dumpling is made of candied dates, and its sweet smell instantly fills the air.
Shen Yongan put the rice dumpling into his mouth, and after a moment, he froze on the spot.
He can be regarded as a man who has a lot of knowledge and a lot of experience. At this moment, he doesn't know what words to use to describe the taste of this rice dumpling.
I only know that there is still a little aroma of glutinous rice and sweetness of candied dates in my mouth at this time, as well as the thought of "one more".
Uh...
Suddenly I wanted to ask Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang where these rice dumplings came from.
But he can't ask, absolutely can't ask.
But, can I still eat these rice dumplings in the future?
When Shen Yongan came out of the concierge, he looked a little wilted.
"Master Shen, what's going on?" Dai Changnian couldn't help but sigh when he saw Shen Yongan's appearance, "Master Shen must be worried about how to teach his students."
Dai Changnian was both a master at the county school, and he was older than Shen Yongan. The two had been Jinshi students in the same year, and now they were both studying at the county school, so they had a deep friendship.
Shen Yongan came back to his senses, his eyelids drooped a little to cover up the panic in his heart, and he only said, "Just now, two students were fighting for the rice dumplings to eat. I scolded them..."
Fighting for rice dumplings?
Hearing this, the anger on Dai Changnian's face was even heavier than that of Shen Yong'an just now, "It is so unbecoming and should indeed be punished! I often say that this kind of reading is very similar to the practice of monks. It cannot be said that it is like this. Monks generally have six pure roots and can see through things in the mortal world, but they should also do it Don’t be disturbed by many things in this world.”
“Especially the desire for food and drink, which is the most important thing to restrain. Disease enters through the mouth and disaster comes from the mouth. The desire for food and drink is the most important thing. You can't let people be driven by it, even for a rice dumpling..."
"It's so abominable! Not to mention that I don't know where Su Ri's book has gone. This person is also very hopeless. How delicious can a rice dumpling be? Do you need to think about it like this?"
Shen Yongan, "..."
Why does it feel like you are scolding him?
"Ahem!" Shen Yongan handed over his hand, "I haven't reviewed the essays written by the students yesterday, so I'll leave first."
"Master Shen, walk slowly." Dai Changnian watched Shen Yongan leave, He stretched out his hand to twist his beard and nodded several times in approval.
When it comes to concentrating on studying knowledge and teaching students, it has to be Master Shen. He is so tireless and admirable.
Moreover, Master Shen is just like him. He is most disgusted with students who do not know what to do because of their appetites. He deserves to be the one who passed the exam in the same year as him, and even more worthy of being a person like him who holds a post in the county school.
This is what is called a close friend.
Dai Changnian’s smile grew stronger when he thought of this.
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When Xia Mingyue arrived home with the receipt, Jiang Zhuguo and Lu were still busy.
The bamboos have been delivered by the descendants and piled in the yard.
Xia Mingyue inspected it carefully. The quality of the bamboo was good, and they were all freshly cut. They were very fresh, and the thickness and size were as she requested.
“The person who sent the bamboo said that if you think the bamboo is useful and want to use it again, you can go to the street to find him. He has been selling rice dumpling leaves there recently.”
Jiang Zhu Guo recounted Hou Sheng's original words and asked in surprise, "What did Sister Xia buy these bamboos for?"
"Make zongzi." Xia Mingyue replied with a smile.
Making rice dumplings?
At this time, not only Jiang Zhuguo, but even Mr. Lu was stunned for a moment, "Making rice dumplings? Use this bamboo?" In the past, I heard that some people used bamboo leaves to make rice dumplings, but the bamboo leaves were narrow and It's small, it takes a lot of effort to wrap, and it tastes just like that, so no one wraps it anymore.
Now Xia Mingyue wants to use bamboo to make rice dumplings?
But, how to make rice dumplings with this bamboo?
Is it possible to slice all the bamboo into bamboo strips, and then weave them into a zongzi-like shape like a basket and put the glutinous rice in them?
Would this be too much trouble...
But since Xia Mingyue wants to use bamboo to make rice dumplings, she probably has her own ideas and reasons, so they don’t have to think too much about it. Just do what you're told.
With this idea in mind, Jiang Zhuguo and Lu Shi began to collect the bamboos with Xia Mingyue.
The first step is to cut the bamboo along the edges.
For this purpose, Lu specially borrowed a wood saw used by carpenters.
Bamboo is hollow, so it is much easier to saw than solid wood. The three people took turns to do this job, and it did not take much effort to cut all the bamboos into small sections.
Theoretically, the sawn bamboo tubes can be cleaned directly.
But in order for the cooked rice dumplings to be released from the mold better and not stick, and for the bamboo tubes to be fully cleaned and reused in the future, Xia Mingyue split each small bamboo tube from the top to make the entire bamboo tube one point. For two.
Splitting a bamboo tube requires a certain amount of skill. The hatchet must be driven down steadily and firmly, and it must be cut just halfway.
This is much more troublesome and laborious than sawing bamboo tubes, and it is easy to split the bamboo tubes accidentally. Xia Mingyue and the other three broke several bamboo tubes in a row, and then they slowly mastered the technique and successfully split the remaining bamboo tubes.
Wash clean, steam and disinfect.
Soak the glutinous rice and prepare the accessories.
When she got up the next morning, Xia Mingyue began to tie up all the bamboo tubes with small cloth strips, poured all the soaked glutinous rice, cut candied dates or crushed bean paste into the bamboo tubes, and pressed them into the bamboo tubes. Solid, plug the sealing cork.
Just like making rice dumplings on a daily basis, put it in the pot and start cooking it over high heat.
Soon, the aroma and water vapor floated out from the stove and entered people's nostrils.
“The aroma of the rice dumplings is a little different from yesterday.” Zhao Dahu, who was lighting the fire, sighed while sniffing.
"What's the difference?" Xia Mingyue, who was making cakes on another stove, asked with a smile.
“I can’t tell, but I just feel it’s different.” Zhao Dahu grinned, “It seems to be more fragrant.”
Xia Mingyue also sniffed twice.
Indeed, the aroma of the rice dumplings is stronger than yesterday.
And the aroma of bamboo is longer than the fragrance of reed leaves, with a unique sweetness.
If the aroma is so good, it is enough to show that the taste of bamboo tube rice dumplings will be better than ordinary rice dumplings.
The taste of the bamboo tube rice dumplings after they were officially cooked also confirmed Xia Mingyue’s initial guess.
The rice dumplings are still soft, glutinous and sweet. After absorbing the bamboo aroma of the bamboo tube itself, the rice dumplings become more bamboo-like and add to the wonderful taste of the rice dumplings.
“It’s more delicious than yesterday’s rice dumplings.”
“Yes, after eating it, my mouth seems to be filled with the fragrance of bamboo.”
“This is me in the bamboo forest The aroma I smelled when I was running was exactly the same! ”
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