delicious farm girl

Chapter 353 Pearl Ball
It was already the beginning of September when Qiu Wei came out of the list after the exam.Su Ran and the others stayed in the provincial capital for a few more days, made a marriage arrangement for the whole brother, and then got up and returned home. They stayed in Xianren County for half a month on the way. When they returned to the village, it was already ten month.

Grasping the last bit of time at the end of the year, Su Ran was looking for someone to build the house on the original foundation of their house, and at the same time was preparing the bride price for Miss Luo Qi.By the time the betrothal gift was ready to be sent to the provincial capital, it was already the twelfth lunar month.

In a blink of an eye, another year is over.

The new house for Brother Quan has just been half built, but at least the foundation has been laid.The Luo family had already sent someone over to measure the length and width of each room, and agreed the height of the house with the master who built the house, and then went back to prepare the wedding furniture for Miss Luo Qi.

In the town and the county seat, several families were fighting for the bit of property left by Mr. Chen's family, and there was no sign of letting up in the twelfth lunar month.Every day, whoever is tossing out tricks again, and cheating so-and-so again, this has become the favorite gossip of everyone in the village recently.Of course, Su Ran and the others listened more or less.

It was also from these people's mouths that Su Ran knew that Master Chen really came prepared this time.At least these days, he has always had the upper hand, and he has indeed reaped a lot of benefits for himself.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with them.

On the day of the new year, Su Ran and his family had already slaughtered pigs and sheep, and dug out all the fish and lotus root in the pond, preparing for the new year's goods in a lively manner.

This time, Su Ran specially asked someone to slaughter the fattest pig, and left a large piece of lean meat. She cut the lean meat into diced meat, and then handed it to Brother Zhuang, asking him to chop all the diced meat into pieces.Don't look at Brother Zhuang who is only six years old, but he has eaten a lot since he was a child, and his height is more than half a head taller than the children of the same age in the village.The arms and legs are also full of flesh, and they are very strong.Su Ran gave him this task, and he took the knife to chop it seriously, and within half an hour, the diced meat was chopped into pieces.

"My brother Zhuang is really capable!" After seeing the minced meat, Su Ran was very satisfied, and immediately praised her son loudly.

Brother Zhuang's face flushed, and he quickly turned around and ran to light the fire.

While his son was mincing the meat, Su Ran had already peeled a piece of ginger and a handful of shallots, washed them and chopped them into pieces.Now that everything is ready, she puts the minced meat, ginger and shallots in a large bowl, takes out an egg and breaks it into the bowl, adds a little sesame oil, light soy sauce, and salt, and stirs slowly.After stirring well, she started again, kneading the reconciled meat stuffing into small balls just like how she made radish balls at Luo's house before.

She had soaked three catties of glutinous rice last night.Now call Li Er to pour out the glutinous rice, drain the water, and spread it evenly on the clean dustpan.She squeezed out a small ball and threw it on the dustpan.As soon as the little ball rolled, the glutinous rice grains were immediately on the body.

But that's not enough.Brother Quan and the others were already standing aside. As soon as they saw the little ball being thrown over, they immediately pushed the little ball and rolled it all over, and the little ball was already covered with soft glutinous rice grains.Then squeeze it with your hands to make sure that the glutinous rice sticks firmly on the meatballs, and the shape of the meatballs is also pinched round, so they put the balls aside and continue to roll the glutinous rice for the next one.

This game is fun, Brother Zhuang watched it with great interest, and rolled up their sleeves to help.

Although Sister Xiao is small in stature, she has a big heart.Seeing that her brothers and uncles were all working here, she hurriedly dragged Sister Zao over.

Sister Hua took her daughter to live in their house. These days, Sister Hua has been reclusive and rarely comes out to meet people.Sister Zao is timid and doesn't like to talk, so she always stayed by her mother's side.But sister Xiao, this girl doesn't know what's going on, she just fell in love with sister Zao.So, these days, when she wakes up every morning, the first thing she does is to find Miss Zao, and she drags Miss Zao out without any explanation, and drags Miss Zao to run around.Sister Zao seemed to have become her little follower.

However, after running with Sister Xiao for a few days, Sister Zao's legs and feet have become more agile, and the little child's pale face has gradually turned a little bloody.When she is having a good time, there will be a happy look on her face.Although it passed away in a flash, it was much better than the dull look before.

Now, Sister Xiao took Sister Zao to pinch the balls again.

The two little girls are not tall, and the little hands are not long enough.As the eldest sister, Sister Juan saw it from the side, so she quickly moved two small stools over for them to step on.

Sister Xiao hurriedly stood on a small stool with Sister Zao, and now they were tall enough, and they immediately began to hold the balls in a similar manner.

It's just that these two children were too young, and they didn't know how to handle them. As a result, the balls they squeezed out were crooked and placed in a row of round balls, which were particularly conspicuous.

Brother Quan saw it, and he couldn't help laughing in a low voice: "Sister Xiao, you make these meatballs yourself, and you will eat them later, do you understand? We don't eat such ugly meatballs!"

Sister Xiao immediately put on a serious face, she was not happy.

The little girl glanced at her uncle sadly, then turned her head and looked at her father with an aggrieved expression.

Li Er's heart immediately softened into a mess.He hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, daddy eats what sister Xiao made, and daddy will eat it up for you!"

Sister Xiao was satisfied with this.

Su Ran was unable to support his forehead. "Don't get too used to her!"

Li Er replied seriously: "It's all the same thing, it's just not so round now, but the taste is still the same, you can eat it."

Yes, yes, all of them can be eaten.Especially the food made by his precious girl must taste better in his mouth, of course he is eager to eat more!
Su Ran turned her head away, too lazy to talk nonsense with him.

It didn't take long for the meatballs to be squeezed, and as soon as they were thrown out, they were snatched by the hands surrounding the dustpan and rolled on the glutinous rice, and then turned into round glutinous rice balls, neatly placed aside.Su Ran cleaned the steamer, put dried lotus leaves on the bottom, and placed the meatballs one by one on the steamer.An appropriate distance should be left between every two meatballs to prevent the rice grains from expanding and sticking together when they are steamed.

After installing three layers in a row, I finally finished loading the meatballs.

Then put the three-layer steamer on the pot, cover it, and then turn on the stove below to start steaming.

After just a moment of steaming, a strong smell of meat has already filled the kitchen.When the stove was turned off, Su Ran lifted the lid of the steamer, and the smell of meat was even more tangy, mixed with a faint fragrance of rice grains, which made the gluttons in people's stomachs scramble to go out.

Take a closer look, after the balls are steamed in water, the glutinous rice grains have swelled a lot, and the rice grains have absorbed the water, and now they are cooked and become crystal clear, plump and round, and the meat stuffing is surrounded inside. Like little pearls, the appearance is also extraordinarily good-looking.

Su Ran quickly picked out a few with chopsticks and put them in a bowl, then handed them to Brother Quan: "You guys go eat!"

"Okay!"

Over the years, Brother Quan's appetite has already been fed by Su Ran.Especially during the Chinese New Year, they stretched their necks every day, hoping that Su Ran could make some delicious food for them to feast on.

Now that the pearl balls were finally made, they hurried outside with the bowls in their hands, each with a pair of chopsticks in their hands, picked up a ball and put it in their mouths.Unexpectedly, Brother Zhuang was so strong, the moment he hit his chopsticks, the ball broke into two pieces from the middle.The little guy was stunned. He held his chopsticks and stared at his meatballs for a long time, his eyes filled with disbelief.

puff!The whole brothers couldn't help laughing when they saw this.

Brother Zhuang blushed from the laughter, he suddenly threw the chopsticks, reached out and grabbed the balls and stuffed them into his mouth.

Brother Bian is young, so he is not yet good at using chopsticks.Sister Juan, Sister Xiao, and Zao, not to mention the little girls.They were also having a headache on how to put the delicious meatballs into their mouths, but now seeing Brother Zhuang taking the lead, the little dolls have also started to do it directly.

Although the meatballs were still very hot when they came out of the pan, when the food was put into the mouth, they really tasted the taste, and the children's faces showed joyful smiles.

Mr. Yuan can be regarded as the most refined person among them.However, after taking the first bite, he still couldn't help but swallowed the remaining half of the ball in one gulp.

After eating, he thought about it carefully for a long time before he closed his eyes and let out a long sigh: "It's really delicious again! It's delicate and delicious, with a pork flavor but not greasy, and a hint of egg flavor. It is tender and delicious, comparable to the fish cake we ate last year. Sister-in-law, your cooking skills are getting better and better!"

After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but ran into the kitchen again, grabbed a bowl by himself, and picked up several pearl balls in the bowl. "These are all mine!"

Like a child, Brother Zhuang and the others couldn't help but roll their eyes.

"Childish!" Brother Zhuang whispered.

Brother Bian nodded, followed his brother and said, "Childish!"

Mr. Yuan curled his lips when he heard this. "You two brothers, you have the same virtue as your father, and I don't have the same knowledge as you!"

If he was really uncommon, would he still say such things?
When Su Ran in the kitchen heard this, she almost wanted to laugh.Brother Zhuang is right, sometimes this Mr. Yuan is really naive.

The whole family was fighting together and eating happily, when a beaming voice suddenly came from outside: "Ah, what good things have you guys made again? Did you know that there are some distinguished guests coming to your door today? , so you specially prepared it for us?"

(End of this chapter)