Rebirth of the Poor Girl

After finalizing the list of festival gifts, Tian Minyan's family got busy, leaving aside the other list of gifts, even rice dumplings, they had to wrap more than [-] catties of rice.

Taking advantage of the time when Tian Minrui and the others didn't have to go to town for school and holidays, Tian Minyan and them went up the mountain to pick a whole basket of moso bamboo leaves. They washed them roughly with water, put them in a large pot and boiled them, and then took them out to use well water. Clean and wipe with a cloth one by one for later use.

When the family was separated, the food distributed to Sanfang also included glutinous rice. Tian Huairen went to the warehouse where the food was stored and weighed [-] catties of glutinous rice to wash it.As for the bean stuffing, the seeds wrapped in the past are mostly eyebrow beans and red beans. If there are some conditions, they will put some peanuts. If they are poor, even pork is not willing to put it, so just put a piece of pig skin.

Tian Minyan and the others are having a better life now, so they want to make zongzi with several kinds of fillings, mung bean paste filling, eyebrow bean peanut filling, and red bean paste. The meat is all streaky and fatty.

The Dragon Boat Festival was approaching, the rain was sufficient, and the crops in the field were growing very well. Before the summer harvest, Tian Minyan asked Tian Huairen to bring a few long-term laborers to plow the [-]-acre wasteland again, and it was only on this day that they stopped.Several long-term workers heard that the owner was going to wrap the rice dumplings, and even more that they also had a share, so they all happily volunteered to help.

Tian Minyan made a division of labor. The beans were boiled and pounded with a wooden mallet. The work was handed over to the long-term workers. The washing of the rice dumpling leaves was done by Tian Minrui and the others. Xing helped, while Tian Minyan led Xie Chengzhong to wash and cut the pork.

The pork was brought over by butcher Zhang who sells pork in the village. Tian Minyan and the others wanted more, so they paid thirteen cents a catty, and sent some pigs to the water.

The meat is streaky fat, the strips are very crystal clear, washed and cut into pieces, first fried in oil, then fried with southern milk sauce, sugar flower soy sauce and other seasonings, put in a large copper plate spare.

After all the preparations were done, the whole family and the long-term maids were busy unwrapping the rice dumplings in the courtyard.

Luo Shi is used to this kind of work, and his hands and feet are very nimble. I saw three zong leaves spread out in the palm of his hand. First put a layer of glutinous rice, then put stuffing on top, then sandwich the meat, and then put another layer of glutinous rice. Take a piece of rice dumpling leaf and cover it, fold it at both ends to form a rectangular rice dumpling, wrap it with bamboo strips cut from bamboo, and that's it.

Because there are several kinds of fillings, everyone wraps them separately, and puts the zongzi separately. Among the long-term workers, Zhou Gui's wraps the best, and the movement is also fast. It is still wrapped with triangular zongzi, which Tian Minyan likes. .

"In my family, my mother is the only one who does the work. I don't help out. She has to do it, so I can practice." Zhou Gui smiled honestly.

"So there is no one who can't do this job, only lazy ones, the key depends on whether you want to learn." Luo Shi chuckled and looked at Tian Minyan teasingly.

Because Tian Minyan is not good at wrapping rice dumplings, just wrapped one, either pierced the bamboo leaves, or the rice leaked out from the gaps in the bamboo leaves, even Xiaoxing wrapped it better than her, so she simply gave up. Be an overseer.

Tian Minyan blushed, stomped her feet and said, "Mother, I don't know how to wrap rice dumplings. I'm good at other things. No one is perfect, and Xiao Wu also doesn't know how to do it."

"Hee hee, sister, I'm still young, so I'm not bad at all." Xiao Wu giggled, and handed Luo a few bamboo leaves, and what he did today was to help pass the zong leaves.

"Xie Chengzhong won't either." Tian Minyan cast a glance at Xie Chengzhong.

"Well, Second Miss, I used to be a rascal who could only play tricks, how could I know how to do this." Xie Chengzhong scratched his head and smiled, then said again: "However, I know how to cook rice dumplings." The zongzi wrapped in the dustpan was taken to the kitchen.

Tian Minyan blushed even more embarrassingly, it was Zhou Gui who smiled when she saw her, and said: "Second girl is a big shot, so naturally what she does is a big deal, she doesn't know how to do these things, and she is afraid, anyway, there are servants."

"Well, you're right!" Tian Minyan thought deeply, pretending to be deep and said: "The boss will give you a salary increase in the coming year."

Luo Shi laughed when he heard this, and said: "You are poor, you can only deceive people."

"Grandma, I also think that the second girl is capable." Qian Sheng, who was puzzled and honest, said with a smile.

"Yes, which eleven- or twelve-year-old child knows so much? I saw the retting fat, and they are all in good shape, and they will definitely succeed." He Fu agreed with some excitement.

"Well, when you heard about the wage increase, your mouths were covered with honey, and you all kept silent like quails on weekdays, but now you are like magpies, only singing nice words to coax people." Tian Minyan spread his hands and said: " Well, girl, I am also happy to hear that, so I will give you two more rice dumplings."

"Brothers, I have to thank you very much. Girls are usually picky. After passing this village, there will be no more shops here." Xie Chengzhong came out of the kitchen, just in time to hear the sermon, and said with a smile.

"Thank you rascal, you will lose two zongzi." Tian Minyan raised his eyebrows, pretending to be angry and authentic.

"My dear girl, is it okay if the slave made a mistake?" Xie Chengzhong bowed cooperatively: "I will kowtow to you to admit my mistake."

"Well, seeing that you sincerely admit your mistake, then forget it."

When everyone saw them acting like this, they all burst into laughter, and Xiao Wu laughed so hard that he rolled his stomach on his hands, and the atmosphere became more active.

"I heard the bustle on your side before entering the door. What kind of joke is this. Hey, wrapping rice dumplings, why didn't you ask me to help."

Just as she was talking happily, another voice came from outside the courtyard door. Tian Minyan saw that it was Aunt Zhu and Zhu Yanyin who came. They didn't need to say hello. They just washed their hands with well water and started to help with zong leaves.

"There are people at home, and they are still busy, so I didn't call you." Luo Shi asked Tian Minyan to bring two small chairs for them to sit on, and said with a smile: "You guys came here uninvited. I'm lucky, so don't do anything today Clicked."

Aunt Zhu snorted, said a few words, and said that Cai'er was talking about the excitement, making her amused, so Luo Shi said.

After hearing this, Aunt Zhu sighed and said: "According to me, these brothers are very good, and our second girl is the first one in this village. She has a shrewd mind and a clever mind, which is a great fortune. "

"Don't join in the fun and praise her, besides, that tail will be up to the sky." Luo Shi chuckled, but that's not the case at all in his eyes, he was clearly very proud.

"Mom, you don't know, Aunt Zhu also came to trick us into eating zongzi." Tian Minyan wailed exaggeratedly, and said, "Father, hurry up and weigh another ten catties of rice, I'm afraid these zongzi are not enough."

As soon as her words came out, everyone laughed, and the laughter spread far away. People passing by guessed, what's the matter with the Tian family?