After breakfast, Zhou Ziwen took the two sisters to the production team.
"Ziwen, do you remember what day tomorrow is?"
On the way, Chen Shiying asked.
"Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, right?"
Zhou Ziwen thought for a moment and then answered.
He doesn't like to remember dates, and he doesn't even remember his birthday.
Usually the two sisters remind him.
However, everyone has been talking about the Dragon Boat Festival these days, and Zhou Ziwen also listened.
When Chen Shiying asked, Zhou Ziwen also confirmed the time.
“Well, tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival.”
Chen Shiying nodded.
Zhou Ziwen continued: "We have the custom of dragon boat racing and eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival. However, in the countryside, there may not be so many activities, but rice dumplings must be eaten."
Chen Qiaoyi excitedly interjected: "I like the Dragon Boat Festival the most because there are delicious rice dumplings. Moreover, I heard that taking a bath with mugwort can ward off evil spirits and ward off epidemics. Should we try it?"
Chen Shiying smiled and said, "That's a good idea. We can go pick some mugwort and come back and boil water to take a bath at night."
Zhou Ziwen nodded in agreement: "Okay, but there is no need to pick mugwort. We have it at home. ”
"I'll soak some glutinous rice that night and save it for making rice dumplings tomorrow."
Chen Shiying said.
The three of them were talking and had already arrived at the production team. The atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival made the villagers particularly happy. Everyone greeted each other and their faces were filled with festive joy.
During the conversations between Zhou Ziwen and the Chen sisters and the villagers, bursts of laughter could be heard from time to time.
They shared the Dragon Boat Festival customs in their respective hometowns, making this traditional festival full of warmth and intimacy in a foreign country.
"Ziwen, how are your family planning to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival?" a villager asked curiously.
Zhou Ziwen replied with a smile: "We plan to make rice dumplings ourselves, take a bath with mugwort, and have a simple life. What about you?"
"We are the same. We have a lot of people in the family, so we are going to make some big meat. Zongzi and boil some salted duck eggs,” the villager said happily.
Chen Qiaoyi listened to everyone's discussion, her eyes shining with anticipation: "It sounds like the food everyone prepared is so rich, I can't wait to try it."
Chen Shiying also joined the discussion with a smile: "Yes, you can eat a lot of delicious food every festival, which is the most anticipated."
As the sun rises, everyone ends their pleasant conversation and begins to get involved in the day's work.
Zhou Ziwen and the two sisters also came to the mushroom planting base to start today's work.
Zhou Ziwen walked around the planting base and saw that nothing happened, so he wandered away.
Now that the mushroom cultivation base is on the right track, there are not many things for him to worry about.
He only needs to control the general direction and then make some pointers in key places.
Just like the boss of a company, you don't have to do everything yourself, but you can't do it without him.
What's more, he taught the mushroom group the mushroom cultivation techniques.
Although he has no secret, it is not easy to learn.
Especially when something went wrong with the mushrooms, if he hadn't taken precautions in advance and asked the team members to make timely adjustments, it would not have been that simple to cultivate the mushrooms in the base smoothly.
It’s just that he is very skilled and prepared for a rainy day. He made timely adjustments before the mushroom problem even appeared.
Sometimes, even the members of the Mushroom Team don't know what's going on.
Smart methods are often so simple and unpretentious.
The members of the mushroom team only knew that the cultivation of mushrooms went very smoothly, but they did not know Zhou Ziwen’s efforts in it. Because their technology has not yet reached this level, they cannot understand it at all.
It can be said that if Zhou Ziwen leaves at this time, various problems will arise in the mushrooms in the base before long.
After coming out of the mushroom cultivation base, Zhou Ziwen returned home, tidied up a little, took his tools and went out.
Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, and he needs to prepare the rice dumpling leaves in advance.
There are many kinds of leaves for making rice dumplings, such as Ruo leaves, banana leaves, lotus leaves, banana leaves, etc.
But the most common ones are reed leaves.
Reed leaves are the leaves of the perennial herbaceous plant reed. They usually grow in shallow water. Their stems are hollow and can be used for papermaking, mat weaving, etc.
The shape of the reed leaves is narrow, and several leaves need to be stacked together when making rice dumplings. Generally, the rice dumplings are long conical, suitable for making red date rice dumplings, bean rice dumplings, etc. The cooked rice dumplings have the fragrance of reed leaves.
Zhou Ziwen is also preparing to make rice dumplings with reed leaves.
He remembered that there was a patch of reeds next to a small river outside the village.
Zhou Ziwen followed the familiar path to the river, where the reeds grew lushly, and the slender green leaves swayed gently in the breeze, making a rustling sound.
He knew that these reed leaves were exactly what he needed.
He carefully walked into the reeds and picked out the broad, undamaged leaves.
Zhou Ziwen's hands moved deftly through the reeds, and he collected enough reed leaves in a short time.
He gently folded the reed leaves and put them into the basket he brought, making sure that every leaf was intact.
After collecting the reed leaves, Zhou Ziwen did not rush home. Instead, he found a clean big stone by the river to sit down and admired the surrounding scenery.
The river is crystal clear, and occasionally a few small fish swim by, adding a bit of vitality to the tranquility.
He took a deep breath of fresh air and felt the tranquility and harmony of nature.
In such an environment, Zhou Ziwen felt relaxed physically and mentally, as if all his worries were gone with the wind.
After resting for a while, Zhou Ziwen stood up and prepared to go home.
He carefully put the reed leaves into his backpack and started on his way home.
The sun shone dappledly on him through the gaps in the leaves, warm and comfortable.
When he got home, it was still early, so he put the reed leaves away, then found the glutinous rice at home, washed it several times with water, and put it in a basin to soak.
The glutinous rice used to make Zongzi needs to be soaked one night in advance. After it is soaked, it will taste soft and glutinous.
After finishing this, he returned to the house and prepared to take a look at the two kittens at home.
In the house, Orange and Banban seem to be very curious about the new environment. At this moment, they are curiously exploring the house, sometimes chasing their tails, sometimes running to the nest and hooking it with their little paws. Have fun playing with old clothes.
Zhou Ziwen walked over gently, knelt down, stretched out his fingers and gently stroked the soft fur of the kittens.
They felt his touch, turned around immediately, rubbed their heads against his hand, and purred low and contentedly.
"It seems that you two little guys are adapting to your new home very well!" Zhou Ziwen said with a smile.
After teasing the two little guys for a while, Zhou Ziwen went back outside and started thinking about what rice dumplings to make tomorrow.
The first is the traditional red date and red bean filling, which is a classic combination of sweet rice dumplings, and Chen Qiaoyi particularly likes it.
Then there are salted egg yolks and bacon, which are common fillings for salty rice dumplings, which he and his two sisters love to eat.
Then he prepared other kinds of rice dumplings according to the tastes of the two sisters.
For example, pine nuts and wild mushroom rice dumplings, chestnut and walnut rice dumplings, and wolfberry and astragalus health rice dumplings.
He plans to make some of each type of rice dumpling, so that it can not only satisfy the tastes of the Chen sisters, but also allow everyone to try different flavors. (End of this chapter)