I have become popular in modern times with food

Chapter 3 Licorice Fruit
In July, just after a heavy rain, the air was full of salty and wet smells.

Yu Jian walked under the eaves, took off her raincoat full of water droplets and hung it on the hook next to her, wiping the sweat from her forehead.

Rao Township is located in the Pearl River Delta Plain. It is affected by tropical cyclones from June to October every year. It often encounters typhoons and rainstorms.

Pushing open the door, the room was quiet. Grandma Yu should be taking a nap at this point.She eased her movements and tiptoed to her house.

"Who? Is it A Jian?"

The old man slept lightly and woke up with a sound.Yu Jian heard a sparse voice in her room, and hurriedly agreed: "It's me! Grandma, please sleep for a while."

After saying a few more words, the old man finally rested his mind and continued to make up for sleep.

Today is the last day of Yu Jian's second year of high school. After this summer, she will be a third year student.It has also been a full year since she was reborn.

During this year, she gradually forgot her life in the Tang Dynasty, her identity as Li Yuanxi, and adapted to modern life.Now, she is an ordinary little girl waiting for the college entrance examination.

Looking at my room, it's not big, but it's very warm.On the desk was the study materials that Grandma Yu had already helped her organize and neatly coded.On the wall, there are also certificates of awards that Yu Jian has won since childhood.

When I reached out and touched it, it was obvious that someone took care of it every day. Not only was there no dust, but even the corners were not curled up.

The corners of Yu Jian's lips rose slightly, clearly in a good mood.

Coming out of the bathroom, the hot bath washed away the sticky feeling on my body after being drenched in the rain, and the cold air from the air conditioner blew in, and I immediately felt comfortable all over my body.

Yu Jian wiped her wet hair. As soon as she sat on the chair, there was a knock on the door. Grandma Yu called out to her, "A Jian, I made licorice juice!"

"I know, I'll be here soon." Yu Jian responded with a faint smile and responded loudly.

Rao Township is very humid in summer, and people of the older generation will always make herbal tea to remove the dampness and maintain their health.Yu Jian has tasted it a few times, but is always persuaded by the complex flavors.Grandma Yu retreated and made some licorice fruit from time to time.Yu Jian couldn't refuse, and could only brag about it.

"Grandma, I'll just do it myself." Yu Jian took grandma's hand and entered the kitchen by herself.

The licorice juice was placed in a basin-sized porcelain jar. Yu Jian touched the wall of the jar. It was cool but not cold. It must have been grandma who had taken it out of the refrigerator ahead of time.

Grandma Yu's licorice juice uses a secret recipe, boiled with salty and sour plum and licorice, boiled until the fire boils, and then put in two crushed fresh hawthorn.The licorice juice boiled in this way is sweet and sour, with a fragrant fragrance.

Yu Jian picked up three starfruits from the basket, as well as mangoes, apples, and guava, washed them and put them on the chopping board. With the knife, they turned into beautiful shapes.

I took a glass bowl, put the fruit in the bowl first, then poured a spoonful of refrigerated licorice juice, and finally sprinkled with a pinch of galangal powder to make it appetizing.

Yu Jian forked a piece of apple soaked in the soup, the pulp was white and bright, and the bright yellow licorice juice dripped down, took a bite, the first thing was the crispness of the pulp, followed by the sweet and sour licorice juice, and finally a touch The spiciness of galangal.

The three flavors echoed in her mouth, and Yu Jian narrowed her eyes in satisfaction.

Three or two mouthfuls quickly finished the fruit in the bowl, and then drank the soup in one breath, fully satisfied.

Yu Jian picked out a few fruits that grandma liked, and made a bowl of licorice fruit. The old man had bad teeth, so Yu Jian tried his best to use soft and glutinous fruits.

"Grandma, I put more southern ginger, how about you try it?" Grandma Yu is very spicy and doesn't like sweetness.

The old man took the bowl with a smile, took a piece of mango meat with his chopsticks, nodded and gave a thumbs up: "Delicious! Our Jian's craftsmanship is really good, with the style of Lao Yu's family. If your grandfather is still there... "

When Grandpa Yu was mentioned, Grandma's tone lowered, her hand holding the bowl dropped slightly, and she sighed silently.

When Grandpa passed away, Yu Jian had not yet been born. I only heard that it was an accident. Grandpa Yu had a car accident on the Panshan Highway and died on the spot.

The old couple of the Yu family are juvenile husbands and wives. Grandma became the child bride of the Yu family at the age of twelve. After getting married, the two have a very good relationship.

After decades of ups and downs, when the news of Grandpa Yu's death came, grandma immediately fainted and almost died.

After Yu Jian was born, Grandma Yu regained her spirits a little.Father Yu originally wanted to take the old mother to the capital, but the old man refused.

She has guarded the fishing village for most of her life, and when she is getting old, she just wants to spend peacefully in her hometown.

Yu Jian has kissed her grandmother since she was a child, and insisted on staying in the village.Yu's father couldn't beat the two of them, so he could only send more money to the house every month. Yu Jian's life was pretty good.

"Grandma, Dad called yesterday and told me to go to the capital to play." Yu Jian hesitated for a long time, but still told her grandma.

The old man raised his head, surprise flashed on his face first, and then an encouraging smile appeared: "your father was talking about it a few days ago, and told you to go after your summer vacation. When you were a child, you always said that you were going to study in the capital city, just in time first. Go and see, you can also have a goal and work hard for a year."

This child usually doesn't talk much, but as long as she speaks, it shows that she already has an idea in her heart.

Yu Jian frowned slightly and turned her head sideways in thought.Grandma is getting old. If she travels rashly, she will not care about anything at home.But in her heart, she wanted to visit the capital.

After weighing it for a long time, she released her clenched fist: "The school will organize summer vacation activities in a few days. Let's talk about it when it's over."

After all, I still feel a little worried about Grandma Yu.

Grandma Yu clapped her hand and persuaded her: "Grandma can do it alone, and she will ask the villagers for help if she has anything. There is also Yuanyuan. I saw him last time and he seems to have gained weight again. You can go and see. Let him lose weight!"

When Yu Yuanyuan was mentioned, Yu Jian pursed her lips.This little fat man is only six years old this year. He is the second child born by Yu Jian's parents in Beijing, ten years younger than himself.

The little fat man really did not disgrace his name Yuanyuan. He was round and round all over his body. If he didn't look carefully, he thought it was a ball.

That day, Yu Jian didn't go to the school gate until after school, when the ball bounced like a cannonball and hugged her leg.

When she was still stunned, Xiaoqiu raised her face and shouted with big eyes, "Sister~"

Yu Jian lowered her head and looked at the facial features that looked like her own being squeezed into a ball by the fat, and she had mixed feelings.

She didn't come to her senses until she got on the boat holding Xiaoqiu's hand. Didn't her parents give birth to her? Where did this little meatball called her sister come from?

(End of this chapter)