Chapter 471 Apricot Blossom
The river blooms in seven and nine, and the swallows come in eight and nine.
There is gradually warmth in the wind. The wheat seedlings in the fields have lost their withered and yellow appearance in winter. They grow in the wind and appear a lush green.
A variety of wild vegetables grow in the long rooms and fields of this large wheat field.
Shepherd's purse, Maonicai, mother-in-law Ding...
Each one is crispy and green. They are dug from the fields, removed from the roots and washed, or blanched and mixed with fresh almonds to serve as a cold dish. They taste crisp and refreshing, and are delicious and soothing.
Or you can put it on the steamer with flour to make steamed vegetables, and eat it with garlic sauce to satisfy your craving. The leftover steamed vegetables can be stir-fried with chili to make the taste even more fragrant. tasty.
Or steam it into vegetable steamed buns to enjoy the unique fragrance of spring.
The most delicious thing is to blanch the wild vegetables and chop them into pieces and mix them with pork stuffing, or make dumplings, cook wontons, or steam the dough into steamed buns and eat them in one bite , the mouthful is filled with the wonderful taste of wild vegetables and gravy mixed together.
Wild vegetables are delicious, especially because this period of time is a period of drought, and wild vegetables grow luxuriantly, making them a very important food ration at the moment.
Ordinary farmers will dig up a lot of wild vegetables to solve the problem of vegetable shortage at home and save some food.
As the number of refugees increases after the New Year, the vinegar in the vinegar making workshop will take some time to be completely brewed. At this time, there is no profit. A large number of wild vegetables can be regarded as solving the hunger of many refugees in a short time. Abdominal problems.
March in the world is full of beauty as far as the eye can see.
Even the apricot trees in the yard are in full bloom at this time.
The aroma of apricot blossom is subtle, but it is mild and refreshing, which makes people feel very comfortable.
Looking up at the trees full of flowers, Xia Mingyue suddenly thought about the scene when she first arrived here.
At that time, this tree was in full bloom, but due to a spring rain and a cold spring, it fell all over the ground. The scene was very beautiful.
It’s just that when she first arrived here, she suddenly became someone else’s wife and was frightened and uneasy. She was uneasy and had no intention of appreciating it...
After careful calculation, she had already arrived here. It lasted two years.
The marriage, which she had some resistance to in her heart at first, is now seen by others as a matter of fact.
As the saying goes, flowers are similar every year, but people are different every year.
Nowadays, the flowers are still those flowers, but people have changed with time and are different. But the only thing that is the same is that Lu Qiyan is still in the army, and after returning to the army, he often cannot return home for a long time.
I don’t know...
Xia Mingyue’s thoughts suddenly drifted a little far away, but she quickly woke up and brought her thoughts back.
It’s life-threatening. Didn’t you say you didn’t want to do it? Why did it start again?
But after saying this, news of war kept coming. Today a battle was won and tomorrow a battle was lost. People were frightened and very uneasy.
But Lu Qiyan, An Yunji and Zhao Youcai never sent any letters back.
But then again, if there is no letter sent back, it is probably the best letter.
After all, after every war, the military would count the rosters and send news of death in action to the yamen where the household was registered. The local yamen would then distribute pension money based on the roster and the amount given by the military. There is no news at this time, which is indeed the best news.
Xia Mingyue let out a breath, shook her head, and tried her best to suppress all the random thoughts in her head, so that she could completely calm down.
After a long time, Xia Mingyue exhaled again, and then looked at the white apricot blossoms on the tree.
Hmph, it’s all your fault!
You must pay the price you deserve!
Thinking like this in her heart, Xia Mingyue immediately took action.
I picked all the apricot flowers that I could get, and put some of the whole flowers in a dry and ventilated place to dry, and made a sachet filled with the fragrance of apricot flowers from the green oranges, and hung it in the room or on the body.
The rest are made into different dishes.
To prepare apricot flowers for cold cooking, soak the unopened flower bones in salt water, drain the water and boil them for a cup of tea, then run them over with cold water and season with salt.
Xia Mingyue felt that eating cold apricot blossoms alone was a bit bland, so she added some blanched celery and lotus root dices. They all tasted crisp and delicious, while apricot blossoms tasted delicious. It has a slight bitter taste, but it is full of fragrance and has a unique flavor.
Apricot blossom cake is a mellow and soft pastry made from ground almond paste and glutinous rice flour. It is then decorated with pickled sugar-soaked apricot blossoms. It doesn’t taste as bitter as apricot blossoms. , on the contrary, the almond aroma is full and quite delicious...
Xia Mingyue was busy tinkering with apricot blossoms here, but at this time, there was a lot of noise in the army.
Jin Weiguo launched frequent attacks, but won more victories than lost. At this time, it had seized many villages and towns that originally belonged to the Great Zhou Kingdom.
Seeing that the border line continued to shrink, and Jin Weiguo's army was quite close to Changzhou City, Fan Honghui became increasingly restless.
The territory was reduced. What was externally damaged was the face of the Zhou Kingdom, but what was internally damaged was the emperor's trust in him.
Both of them are enough to make Fan Honghui blame himself extremely.
Seeing that Fan Honghui was ashamed and irritable at this time, An Leiting felt extremely happy in his heart.
Although Fan Honghui's father and grandfather were both military generals, because his grandfather and three uncles died early in the war, and his father became disabled because of fighting for the emperor, the emperor personally issued an order not to allow the two brothers of Fan Honghui to Go to the battlefield easily.
Thus, although Fan Honghui was very good at martial arts and was quite effective in studying tactics and military manuals, he had almost never actually commanded any battles, so he seemed to be a bit talkative.
Since Fan Honghui arrived in the army, An Leiting was very cooperative and valued Fan Honghui. He even gave up the power to command the troops with both hands, but just to let everyone open their eyes and take a look. .
Let’s see whether the deputy commander appointed by the emperor is more capable, or whether he, the battlefield-hardened commander, is more powerful.
And the current situation of successive defeats has confirmed its strength.
Oh, I want to crush him.
You are still a little greener!
An Leiting was happy in her heart, but on her face she was as sad as everyone else. She even asked Fan Honghui, "Jin Weiguo is very arrogant at the moment, and the morale of his troops has been greatly increased by winning successive battles. I'm afraid it won't happen soon." What should we do if we want to attack Changzhou Fucheng?"
Fan Honghui frowned, "Jin Wei is a small country, but with the strength of the whole country, it still has 50,000 elite soldiers, and it has the strength to fight against the Western Frontier Army. Yes, Changzhou Fucheng is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Jin Weiguo cannot easily succeed, but to be on the safe side, we still need to be well defensive.”
"This is natural." An Leiting nodded, "But it is our duty to guard Changzhou Fucheng, but if the war is really going to be carried out here, the rest and recuperation for more than a year will be in vain."
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