Back to 80s: It's not easy to be a group favorite

Chapter 107 Dried Sophora Blossom Buns

The old lady looked at her granddaughter, smiled and discussed with her granddaughter: "I know you are thinking about it! Grandma dried some pagoda flowers in the summer, why don't we bake pagoda flower cakes today?"

Li Shaoyun's eyes lit up, he turned over and sat up, "Sophora pagoda tree?" After thinking about it, dried products that have been dried?Is this stuff delicious?
She looked at the old lady suspiciously, "Grandma, is this dried Sophora japonica delicious? The dried ones are probably not very good!"

The old lady pointed her finger at her granddaughter, "You little ones don't understand this, right? Dried Sophora japonica has the taste of dried Sophora japonica, and it tastes delicious when it's done!"

"Really?" Li Shaoyun looked forward to it. Now that the winter is slack, the food that can be eaten in the field has become monotonous. Except for spinach, cabbage, celery, and red and white radishes, the rest are dry goods. There are really no more options. .

This dried Sophora japonica was said by grandma, it seems to be delicious?Shoutout~ My mouth is watering just thinking about it!

"Then how do you do it? Can you do it?"

"Why can't I?" The old lady couldn't help laughing, "I don't know how, how do I know it's delicious? This kid, you're all confused!"

Li Shaoyun smiled sheepishly, "Why don't we make buns? This one can make buns, right?"

She enthusiastically began to plan how to eat dried Sophora japonica.By the way, she has never eaten dried Sophora japonica flowers!
"Yes! You can do whatever you want!" The old lady replied dotingly.

The two of them usually have a little grandson, and the food is relatively simple. The population is small, and there is a little more leftovers!Although the little grandson can be considered edible, he is only a few years old when he can eat, and his stomach is so big.

He's a boy, he's not very interested in cooking, so it's okay to be a helper, but it's impossible for him to negotiate with his granddaughter like this!

Now that her granddaughter is back, Grandma Li suddenly feels her spirit has lifted!

At least when it comes to eating, my granddaughter is pretty good at cooking, and she also likes to ponder and toss!If you say that people still have to do something to be energetic, the old lady felt that the house was full of vitality as soon as her granddaughter came back.

Looking at her granddaughter lovingly in her eyes, the old lady was very happy from the bottom of her heart.

Seeing the old lady's joy, Li Shaoyun felt a little guilty.

They are usually in the town, and there are only the old couple and the younger brother at home in the village. The old and the young are really lonely.

They are unwilling to let them live in the town, and the current situation can only be done.

In a few years, they probably have nothing to do if they don't want to. After all, they are getting old, and it is better to be with their children, and it will be lively if someone takes care of them.

When people are old, they are afraid of loneliness and like to be lively.

It's just that things in the world are difficult to have both, not to mention the present, even the future generations, this problem has not been solved or even become more severe.

For too many people, life and survival can only be chosen between the two.

Otherwise, how did the left-behind children and the empty-nest elderly get here?

Li Shaoyun did it when he thought of it, and followed his grandma to the room where the sundries were stored to get the Sophora japonica flowers dried in summer.

The old lady is a neat person, and she packed the dried Sophora japonica flowers in a clean flour bag.

Tie a hole in the noodle pocket and hang it on the wall, for fear of being harmed by mice.

Li Shaoyun took the pocket from the wall and untied it.

The dried Sophora japonica flowers dried by Grandma Li are all unopened. They look similar to fresh ones, but the color is slightly dull and not bright enough.

The other is the smell, which is naturally far worse than the fresh one, almost no fragrance.

Li Shaoyun reached out and sniffed it under his nose, disappointed: "There is no fragrance!" She remembered the fragrance that filled the village when the Sophora japonica flowers bloomed.

Grandma Li nodded, "The dried ones are definitely not as good as the fresh ones! You can't find the fresh ones if you want them in winter!"

fresh?Li Shaoyun's eyes lit up, "Eh? You can have this!" There is a refrigerator at home in the town, so you can pick fresh ones and freeze them!
But thinking about this season, it’s too late this year. Next year, I can get some early and freeze them in the refrigerator. I don’t know what it tastes like in winter?Although it has been frozen, it should be better than dried Sophora japonica, right?

Li Shaoyun said enthusiastically: "We picked it in the freezer next year, so it's considered fresh, right? Don't forget to remind me, grandma! I'll pick it when I get home!"

Grandma Li watched her granddaughter's eyes light up when she talked about eating, and she couldn't help laughing, "You! Don't worry, the milk will be picked for you at that time! You don't need to come back specially!"

Grabbed a handful and put it in front of my eyes, rubbed the dried flowers, the old lady also nodded with satisfaction, "It's not bad, it's not damp!"

Then he said to his granddaughter: "The scent of jasmine is stronger than that of Sophora jasmine, don't we have it?"

Li Shaoyun was reminded by grandma, not to mention, besides making tea and soaking water for drinking, I don’t know if it’s okay to make pancakes directly?You can try it another day!
Put away the noodle pockets, tie up the pockets and hang them on the wall, the grandparents and grandchildren talked and laughed and went to the kitchen with dried Sophora japonica flowers.

After entering the kitchen, Grandma Li rolled up her sleeves first and wanted to do it. She was reluctant to let her granddaughter do it.

The old lady felt sorry for not being able to go home once in the past ten days and a half months. It was so easy to go on winter vacation and work as soon as she came back.

It was still Li Shaoyun who was being coquettish and cheating. The old lady saw that her granddaughter was helping out sincerely, so she didn't stop her.

Li Shaoyun first washed the dried Sophora japonica flowers with well water, and then soaked them in slightly hot water.

"The way to eat dried Sophora japonica is similar to that of fresh ones. You just need to soak it, let it stretch out, and absorb a little water, otherwise it will be dry and tasteless, and it will not taste good when you make it." Grandma Li is very experienced. Said to granddaughter.

Li Shaoyun nodded, this is indeed the truth.

She grabbed a handful just now and felt that it was quite dry in the sun. If she made the stuffing directly without soaking it, it might be out of the pot, and the Sophora japonica is still hard.

"This dried Sophora japonica is very chewy to eat, and it probably takes a lot of teeth." Li Shaoyun looked at the Sophora japonica in the pot and said.

"Well, let's soak for a while!" Grandma Li agreed with her granddaughter.

After soaking the Sophora japonica, knead the noodles again.

Li Shaoyun took the basin to scoop the noodles in the noodle tank, and remembered something, "Hey, where is my grandfather, why haven't I seen anyone?"

She remembered that she hadn't seen the old man when she came back just now. Was she practicing calligraphy?
"Your grandfather went out to play!" Grandma Li pouted her mouth outside, "I can't stay idle, I've gone to the village!"

It's cold, and it takes a long time to proof the dough, but it's still early, just put a fire in the pot, even if it can't proof, Li Shaoyun has a way, at worst, just make pancakes.

Grandma Li shook her head when she heard her granddaughter's plan, "You've got an idea right now, buns are buns, pancakes are pancakes, why don't you have an idea yet!"

Li Shaoyun shrugged his shoulders and said with a playful smile: "It's not because I'm afraid that the noodles won't rise! Anyway, as long as they are cooked, pancakes and steamed buns are the same! You don't need to divide them so finely."

Grandma Li was so teased by her granddaughter that she couldn't help laughing, and the smile on her face overflowed from her creases, "All right, all right, you can figure it out yourself! Grandma doesn't care about you!"

(End of this chapter)