The leisurely life of rebirth.

The steamed buns made of cornmeal have the same shape as the name, with a conical bottom with an indented mouth.Steamed in a steamer, soon the air is filled with a sweet but not greasy fragrance.

"It smells so good!" Everyone on the farm sniffed, "It smells so good." They were all wondering what delicious food they had made.

"Don't tell me, smelling the smell of corn makes me really hungry." Grandma sniffed her nose, "The smell of freshly harvested corn is rich and pleasant, and it is very fragrant."

Breakfast is porridge and side dishes, served with golden, yellow and orange steamed buns.

"Ah! It smells so fragrant. I thought it was some kind of exquisite food, but let us eat steamed buns." Huang Yilin muttered dissatisfiedly.

"Wowotou, I haven't eaten it for a long time. I thought I would 'hate' it, but I really miss it." Grandma Lin broke open a bite, put it in her mouth and chewed slowly.His eyes lit up instantly, "Old man, try it, it tastes great!"

"Mmm! It's delicious, fragrant and sweet." Guan Dashan picked up the second after eating one.

"Master, you won't mix ripe persimmons with cornmeal, right?" Chang Jiuchun smacked his mouth, savoring the taste.

"Yes! How delicious is it!" Fang Monan laughed. "Absolutely pure natural whole grains."[

"It tastes alright!" Although Huang Yilin said so, she still had a lot of food in her hand, and she ate it fast enough.

"The staple food of the common people in the past is not common now. They are steamed buns made of white flour. I remember eating black rice buns, sorghum buns, sweet potato buns, mung bean buns, and glutinous rice buns. But the buns at that time It's hard, dry and throaty, not as soft and sweet as it is now." Mr. Lin said, he was not slow to eat, and even Grandma Lin deliberately put another one on his plate.

"It's been so many years that I never thought I could still eat steamed buns." Grandma Lin ate two in a row. "Eating coarse grains is advocated abroad, which is good for health."

"Yes! Today's Wowotou is a green, delicious, nutritious and healthy delicacy." Fang Monan said with a smile, "This is also reincarnation. It's really 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi."

"Our northern miscellaneous grains are mainly corn, and corn flour is called cob noodles, also known as miscellaneous noodles. Because corn is commonly known as cob, it is named this way. Southerners don't understand, so there is a misunderstanding. In previous novels, it was said that poor women were exiled. With tears in his eyes, he put cornmeal into his mouth one by one. Cornmeal is mixed with bean flour, so it is called mixed. In fact, it is mixed with Sanqi in a proportion, which makes it particularly sweet, so it is not considered a coarse grain. But do Cheng Wowotou, like black bread, is generally used as food for the poor." Mr. Lin continued, "Wowotou was originally the main food for the poor in the imperial capital in the past. It was made of cornmeal or mixed flour. Big Some weigh half a catty, and small ones weigh two to three liang.

In order to make it easy to cook when steamed, there is a common saying in the imperial capital called Wowoer, and because it is the same staple food as steamed buns, people in the imperial capital call this food Wowotou. "

Grandma Lin smiled. "In the past, when describing a person's fate, he often said: 'He. He has been hungry and toiled all his life, eating the head of corn bread.' When the nest is turned upside down, it shows a big round eye (that is, a round hole), which is used as a metaphor for being in the limelight, but instead of being ugly, it often has a contemptuous and ironic meaning." She turned the nest head upside down to show her big eyes. !

"There is also a kind of steamed corn bread eaten in the detention center. That is the authentic steamed corn bread. Although the shape is long, it resembles a cake. But the ingredients are absolutely authentic. It is steamed with cornmeal, crushed corn leaves and corn cobs. It’s called authentic Wowotou. In the old society, all the Wowotou referred to were made in this way.”

As soon as Fang Monan said it, his grandma agreed, "Nan Nan is right, we ate that kind of steamed bread when we were young."

"Hey! That's so astringent! No wonder you're pulling your throat." Huang Yilin curled her lips in disgust when she thought about it, even in the years when she couldn't get enough to eat, she had never been wronged.

As a result, while eating and chatting, everyone ate up Fang Monan's steamed buns all morning.

At noon, there is still a big meal of persimmons, persimmon cakes, egg persimmons, persimmon jelly, stewed persimmons with beef and potatoes, and Mushu persimmons.

In addition to fresh persimmons, persimmons can be made into dried persimmons.There is a layer of white powder on the outside of persimmons, which is called persimmon frost.Persimmon frost is not starch, it is mainly composed of crystals condensed from the glucose oozing out of the inside.These crystals do not readily bind to moisture in the air, so the surface of persimmons usually remains dry.This is also conducive to the preservation of persimmons.

Dried persimmons are off-white in color, golden translucent in cross-section, soft and sweet, sweet in nature and damp in nature, nourishing the heart and lungs, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, clearing heat and quenching thirst, strengthening the spleen and astringent intestines.

The sun-dried persimmons can be completely preserved for the New Year. Throughout the autumn and winter seasons, you can see red persimmons strung together on the farm and dried, and finally turned into dried persimmons. [

The homemade persimmon cakes are covered with thick hoarfrost. When you take a bite, the flesh inside is still golden red, very sweet and silky, and the taste is firmer than those bought outside.It is advisable to eat this thing after a meal.

Eating persimmons on an empty stomach may cause "gastrolithiasis". Persimmons contain a lot of persimmon gum. When eating persimmons on an empty stomach, the persimmon gum will condense with the gastric acid secreted by the stomach to form hard lumps in the stomach; It may lead to abnormal discharge, which is called "stomach stone disease" in medicine.

Persimmon trees have strong adaptability and can grow in mountainous areas with poor conditions and poor growth of food crops.It is easy to manage and has a long yield period. There is a saying that "one year of planting can yield a hundred years of income".

The signature nutrients of persimmon are very rich. Compared with apples, except that the content of zinc and copper in apples is higher than that of persimmons, other ingredients are dominated by persimmons.As the saying goes, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." However, when it comes to preventing hardening of the heart arteries, persimmons are far more effective than apples, and they can be called the king of fruits that are good for heart health.So "an apple a day is not as good as a persimmon a day".

Fang Monan remembered that his deceased grandma’s house was rich in persimmons, and there were many persimmon trees there. In the past, every time my father came back from visiting the grave on October [-]st of the lunar calendar, he would always climb the persimmon tree by the roadside and pick some persimmons.However, with the development of urbanization, those persimmon trees have disappeared from memory and can never be found again.

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Christmas Eve

The Claridge Hotel in the United Kingdom, Victorian style, rich British style, luxury, atmosphere, gorgeous, marble floor and crystal chandeliers, and wool carpets on the wide marble stairs.Let every guest who walks here feel that he must be a very important person.

The hotel is located in the center of London's West End, in the Mayfair area, an upscale residential area.It takes a few minutes to walk from the hotel to the famous Bond Street, South Moulton Street and Oxford Street, and 10 minutes to Hyde Park.You know, all prominent hotels in the world have one characteristic: they must be located in the most expensive prime location in the city. Of course, for the most prestigious hotels, the history of the hotel is almost as important as the location.

It often receives dignitaries from various countries, and the former Prime Minister Churchill used to be a frequent visitor to the cigar bar here.

The banquet hall is arranged as a ballroom which is spacious and luxurious.The waiter carried a tray with 30s-style cocktails, shuttled among the crowd, and was polite.

Hundreds of people were noisy, but not crowded.

A Christmas tree, high to the ceiling, filled with sparkling presents.

"Snowflakes" are falling, one after another, falling on people's shoulders with nostalgia.

The ground was pure white.

Various Christmas props.Covered every corner.

Pirates, Spiderman, Vampires, Magic Princess, Snow White...

Exaggerated costumes, strange shapes.It's dizzying.

A Christmas masquerade party is being held here. Political and business celebrities from all over the world are gathered here, and those who can get invitations are not ordinary people.

Looking around, I found that the guests here are well-dressed and elegant in conversation.Holding all kinds of wine glasses in his hand, he took a sip while talking and laughing, showing satisfaction, enjoyment, and joy from the corners of his brows.

Although the September financial turmoil caused Britain to suffer huge losses.For the upper class, what should be enjoyed is still to be enjoyed, and they still enjoy the luxurious life.

"How long will you stay here?" Batman sat lazily in the next seat.Sipping his wine glass lightly, looking casually at the center of the dance floor, he asked with his spiritual sense.

"San'er, you're still so impatient." A playful voice sounded.

"Uh..." Batman suppressed the wine in his mouth in a daze. Even though he was choking heavily and his face was flushed red, he didn't embarrass himself in public.

"Tsk tsk... It's a good thing you're wearing a mask, otherwise you wouldn't let people see your monkey butt. It's Zoro who is calm! San'er still needs to practice!" Said the pirate Captain Hook.Captain Hook has long brown curly hair.Dressed very stylishly and elegantly, wearing a noble hat, wearing a fashionable dress, and very exaggerated makeup.

Batman looked around calmly, "It's three o'clock to your left." Zorro beside him said.

Batman looked in the direction of his three o'clock, and after seeing who was coming, he was so surprised that he couldn't speak fluently. "Xiaosi, you...you...why are you in England."

"Look at what this said, can't I come?" Captain Hook held the wine glass lightly with his long palm, shaking it carelessly.

"Little Si, I didn't mean that, wait a minute, you can also communicate with your consciousness." Batman was surprised again.

"It seems that our third son also has an adventure!" Captain Hook said with a smile.

Batman finally stabilized his emotions, looking at the two-meter-tall Russian man standing behind Captain Hook, with a huge tonnage, standing like a mountain.With a red turban, a full head of pigtails, exaggerated smoky eyes, moccasin boots, and ripped denim.

Just standing there, no strangers will enter, anyone who dares to approach.

"Xiao Si, who is the pirate standing behind you?" Batman asked, another one he knew was also a pirate, Hua Tengfei.

"Bear, my bodyguard." Captain Hook said lightly.

"The instructor of the Siberian training camp!" Zorro said.

"What?" Batman was surprised, and then he released his aura and observed, "It's really powerful!"

"Boss, you have good eyesight, and your skills have improved a lot." Captain Hook's eyes flickered slightly.

"To each other! To each other!" Zoro lifted his glass gracefully and took a sip. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (qn) to vote, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to mqn to read.)

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