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Chapter 67 The Allure of White Rice

"Hey, have you laughed enough?"

Li Chaosheng looked at Li Chaolong and Li Chaomeng who were sitting there giggling non-stop and asked, after hearing this Li Chaomeng nodded and said: "Enough laughing, enough laughing, but brother Chaosheng, are these all food for you?"

Li Chaosheng smiled and said, "Of course."

"The yellow ones, the big ones are also food?"

Li Chaomeng gestured to Li Chaosheng and Li Chaosheng smiled when he saw Li Chaomeng's gesture: "Yes, this thing is called corn. After it is ground into flour, it is good food for pasting pancakes, steaming buns, and making polenta. If it is fresh, it is fine." Cook and eat."

Li Chaosheng introduced to Li Chaomeng that in fact, corn had been introduced to China in the 30th year of Jiajing (1551). The earliest documented record is a county annals in Henan, "Xiangcheng County Chronicles".

However, although corn was introduced to the Ming Dynasty very early, there were not many people who planted it. The first is that the corn at this time was still very primitive. Planted on a corn cob, it looks like a few corn kernels are sparsely elongated.

The yield is not very outstanding, the kind that makes people's eyes shine, and it is recorded in Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica.

When he traveled from 1552 to 1578, he also discovered that corn was planted in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but the records in the book were rare.

It can be seen from this that corn was definitely not very popular at that time, and it did not become popular at all. As for the reason, it must be due to the seed problem and the yield was not high.

Just like the potatoes at the beginning, they were very small, and after continuous cultivation, excellent varieties emerged.

Therefore, although corn had been introduced to the Ming Dynasty at this time, people in Shaanxi did not know it at all.

Li Chaosheng explained to Li Chaomeng, and Li Chaolong on the side said: "Chaosheng, there is still rice in the grain you brought over?"

"Yes, I have!"

Li Chaosheng nodded, and after hearing this, Li Chaolong said: "This is a rare thing. We don't grow rice here, and there is a shortage of rice. Usually, we can't eat a bowl during the Chinese New Year. This can't be regarded as ordinary food and distributed to the big guys. It must be eaten. As a reward, it is rewarded for everyone to eat like meat."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "Yes, is this rice really rare?"

At this time Mengzi said: "It's very rare Brother Chaosheng, I have only eaten rice a dozen times in my life."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng said: "That's fine, in this way, rice is used as reward food, and corn is used as regular food, but this is the grinding of corn."

After hearing this, Li Chaolong said: "What's the matter? Our clan doesn't have much else, but there are plenty of millstones. When I have time, I will bring a set for grinding cornmeal."

"Okay, by the way, don't touch the millet, everyone. Use this as money. This rice is too expensive and easy to reveal your wealth. Corn is rare for others, so don't take it out. This millet can be used as wages and settled for everyone. Partner."

After listening to Li Chaosheng's words, Li Chaolong and Li Chaomeng nodded in unison, followed Li Chaomeng and said, "Don't worry Brother Chaosheng, it's absolutely fine. From today onwards, I, Dezhen and Debao, will lead people to guard outside day and night and never Let outsiders approach."

"Okay, the security here is handed over to you."

Li Chaosheng said, and then he found a small bag of rice and said to Li Chaolong: "Cousin, take this bag of rice home, make a big pot of rice, and satisfy the family's hunger. By the way, give some to the clan elders." , In addition, if there is any extra, I will give it to our brothers in the security team for supper."

"Row."

As Li Chaolong said, he took the rice and went home, and then asked his daughter-in-law to get up to cook in the middle of the night. The daughter-in-law was quite unhappy at first, but when she saw the white rice, her eyes lit up. Looking at Li Chaolong, he said: "The head of the house, where did you get it?"

Li Chaolong said with a smile at this time: "How else can I get it, Chaosheng gave it to me."

"My God, why are you giving so much rice? This rice is really white. Why don't you eat it today, and you can exchange this rice with Wang Laocai for millet tomorrow. One catty of rice can be exchanged for two and a half catties. What about Xiaomi?"

"Hey, what are you thinking about, you prodigal bitch? This rice was cooked for us by Chaosheng, and it was distributed to the big guys, not for our family to eat."

"Besides, this rice is so good, why go to Wang Laocai's house to change it, you don't want to eat rice?"

Li Chaolong looked at his daughter-in-law and said, the daughter-in-law nodded and said, "I want to, even in my dreams."

"Then what are you waiting for, get out of the pot."

"Success, I listen to you."

"Add a little less water and make the rice a little dry. Let's eat rice instead of porridge."

Li Chaolong said to his daughter-in-law, and the two of them started to work, washing rice and steaming it.

Half an hour later, the rice was ready, smelling the aroma Li Chaotun and Li Dezong couldn't take it anymore, they all ran over and stared at the pot without saying a word, Li Chaolong looked at the two little guys and said: "Don't worry, Brother Chaosheng (Uncle Chaosheng) ) said, leave a portion of this rice for our family, and after a while, you will all be able to eat hot white rice."

After hearing this, the two little guys swallowed.

The lid of the pot was opened, and a burst of white gas rose up, filling a large pot of rice with a layer of oil on top of the rice, which made the mouth water.

At this time, Li Chaolong said: "You first make me a bucket of rice, and I will take it to the barracks, and you can keep some of the rest with your family, and then ask dad to give some to some uncles, this is Chaosheng's order. "

After hearing this, the daughter-in-law said: "Success, I understand, go ahead, don't let the brothers in the security team go hungry."

After hearing this, Li Chaolong said: "Okay, I'll go first."

After saying this, Li Chaolong ran towards the barracks with a wooden bucket of rice and a handful of salt in his arms.

After Li Chaolong left, the daughter-in-law filled a pot for her family, and then divided five pots of rice for the clan elders, and then the daughter-in-law dipped her hands in the water and directly put her own rice balls Make rice balls, then wrap them in a drawer cloth with large grains of salt, and hammer them into powder with a mallet used for laundry at home.

At this moment, he took a rice ball and sprinkled some salt on it, handed it to Li Chaotun, and said, "This is yours, Chaotun."

"Dezong, this is yours."

One person shared a big rice ball, followed by the daughter-in-law to the house with the rest of the rice ball, and gave it to Li Jinli, and the mother-in-law each had a big rice ball. At this time, there were only two left in the basin, one big and one small. , the daughter-in-law took the small one and ate it, leaving the big one to Li Chaolong.

When I was called up in the middle of the night, my mother-in-law was just about to talk, but when she saw the white rice balls, her saliva came down, and she looked at her daughter-in-law and asked, "Where did you get the white rice?"

"Uncle Chaosheng gave it to you, father and mother, eat it quickly. Uncle also prepared rice for other clan elders, and I will trouble Dad to deliver it later."

Li Jinli was eating rice balls at this time and said: "Understood, I will go after eating."

The mother-in-law sighed from the side: "It's so nice to have a nephew. He always thinks of us if he has anything delicious. We can't forget this kindness."

(End of this chapter)