The Wild Princess: The Space Farmer's Strong Counterattack

Chapter 4 June Sixth
Today is the sixth day of June, a traditional festival that has been passed down for a long time by the Zhuang people.It has been so long that people can no longer tell its origin, and there are many versions.

The more magical saying is Tiankuang Festival, June Bridge.Legend has it that the weather on Liuliu is very good, and it is the day when the Dragon King basks in the sun.

So people went to the bridge to offer sacrifices, praying to the Dragon King to bring rain to the dry places, and places with too much water had better pump away the excess water...

And I heard that for the Buyi people hundreds of miles away, Liuliu is as grand as New Year's Eve, and as important as March [-]rd of the Zhuang people.

Although Xue's family is Han Chinese, when they come to Zhuang Township, they naturally have to do as the Romans do.

Tofu balls are Liuliu's special snack. Every family will make tofu balls on this day to worship the deceased ancestors in the family. Of course, meat is also one of the essential offerings.

Festivals are the happiest thing for children, because meat is eaten during festivals.No matter how poor the family is, they must find ways to use meat to worship their ancestors, and the custom here is that the only meat offered is chicken and pork.

Today, everyone in Xiaoxue's family will stay at home to celebrate the festival together.Their family has three acres of land and four acres of land. Rice is planted in the field, and corn and soybeans are planted in the field.

There are still seven or eight days before the appearance gradually becomes mature, so so many people went to remove the last bit of grass in the field yesterday.It’s good to spend the festival easily, and the busy harvesting work will start after the festival.

Qian Wu was also very happy today, she could finally change her taste, and open her belly to eat. After passing this village, she would have to wait until the Seventh Ghost Festival in a month.

Today's food can be regarded as a tofu feast, not only tofu balls, tofu porridge, tofu nao, but also braised pork tofu!

"Yo ho ho ho ho... yo hello..." Qianwu yelled a folk song in a good mood...

"There's meat to eat! Hohohoho..." Qianyu and Qianshuang also sang a strange song just like Qianwu...

"Greedy baby." Qian Yu teased, she was naturally satisfied to see her family happy, and the work in her hands became smoother.

In fact, Qian Yu herself was also greedy, the last time she ate meat was during the Dragon Boat Festival.And there are not many. It must not be enjoyable to take care of the family to eat.

Of course, don't even think about chicken, it was only eaten during the Chinese New Year when their parents were still alive, and two or three years have passed before they knew it.

A few children stopped going out to play, and while swallowing their saliva, they kept walking around grandma and sister, not missing every moment of food production.

"Tofu tofu balls, white and tender, sweet and sweet, baby, come and eat!" Qianxue danced and sang wildly...

"Fatty, don't be sad, you have to sacrifice pigs to honor your ancestors. I am so grateful. When I learn my skills in the future, I will write a custom article to praise you." Qian Shuang stared at the pink piece of raw pork. hole wide open...

Seeing these two treasures, Qianwu couldn't help but be happy.But little dolls, it’s okay to talk about meat, but tofu balls were only made last year. At that time, you were only over one year old. Do you really know what tofu balls are? !
To make tofu balls, the first thing to do is tofu.Most of the tofu in the farmhouse is homemade, so it doesn't cost much money.

The material of the tofu is naturally soybeans, which were soaked in water last night, and there are about ten catties of beans.

Qian Fengqianyun and Qianyu got up early in the morning and prepared to carry the wooden barrels, and took the soaked soybeans to the Taigong's place to grind them into pulp.

I don't have a stone mill at home, so that thing is expensive.

Grandpa went to cut two catties of meat back early in the morning, but the good meat was sold out by others after the festival was late.

Glutinous rice is also a material for tofu balls, and it was soaked last night, but it is used to make the core, so only a few catties are enough.

This glutinous rice is new rice that was harvested just a few days ago, and it smells delicious even when it is raw.It has a red-haired skin, and it can mature ten days earlier than ordinary rice.

In this way, as soon as the glutinous rice is harvested, the field can be used to set rice seedlings for the second season.When the seedlings are long enough to be transplanted, the first season of rice will be harvested.

At that time, the second season of rice can be planted. The timing is just right. I have to say that the farmers are very good at farming.

Of course, if the fertility cannot keep up with the harvest, it is not high. It is not bad if the good field can harvest two to three hundred catties.

Like the fields of Qianwu's family, it would be good to harvest about two hundred catties per mu.A three-mu field can harvest more than 1000 catties in two seasons a year, but it is less than a thousand catties when the shells are turned into rice.

So the family only eats rice for Chinese food, and polenta is eaten in the morning and evening, because the corn harvest is higher.

Save as much as you can, save some food and sell some as a life-saving straw when you are in a hurry to use money.

Fortunately, after two seasons of fields, one season of winter wheat can be planted. Although the harvest is low, it can still be sold for one or two taels of silver.

Seeing that they are making money, most of the farmers' food and drink come from the field.But don't forget that Xue's family are all readers, and seven or eight people need to use pens, inks, papers and inkstones.This amount of money is really not enough to dry the gaps between teeth. If someone has another headache, well, the family will definitely run out of food.

It can be seen that Xiaoxue's family is not in a tight spot. Qianwu has also tried to improve it many times, and occasionally earns a little money, but it is still a drop in the bucket.She can't fill the Xue family's Dagulong, so she is planning to make a lot of money...

Glutinous rice was already steaming in the cauldron, and the fourth brother Qian Bing was very peaceful.While looking at the fire in the stove, he intoxicatedly smelled the glutinous fragrance wafting from the pot.Don't look at Qian Bing as a hot-tempered kid, he just loves to eat soft and glutinous rice...

Grandma He is chopping cooked pork belly, which is also used as the core of tofu balls.Seeing Qianxue and Qianshuang with rolling eyes, Grandma stuffed some minced meat into those two small mouths from time to time.Those who eat enjoy it, and those who watch it feel happy...

Seeing this scene, Qianwu smiled and frowned, she will definitely try her best to protect everything...

After Qianfeng and the others came back with soy milk, Grandma started to make tofu.

Grandma took out a white sackcloth bag and put it in a large clean tub.Qian Fengqianyun worked together to pour all the soy milk into the cloth bag, and then hung the cloth bag up.

After the water in the cloth bag is squeezed out, pour the filtered soybean milk into a pot and boil.The bean dregs in the bag can be used to cook porridge or make pancakes.

After the soy water boiled a lot of bubbles, Grandma began to order tofu with gypsum powder. Qianfeng helped to stir it evenly in the pot, and then boiled for a while, and the tofu brain slowly formed in the pot.

Grandma will scoop out a soup bowl, put some sugar in it, and a fragrant, tender and sweet tofu nao will come out of the oven.

After stopping the fire, scoop out the excess water in the old tofu, then pour the old tofu into a wooden Jiazi covered with a gauze bag, cover the wooden lid, and then put a big stone to press it down. The tofu block is considered complete.

After grandpa came back from patrolling the fields, everyone shared tofu brains.Use the water scooped out of the old tofu, some bean dregs, and some rice in the pot, and it will be a different kind of tofu porridge. Everyone is still looking forward to it.

　Modified 2018.1.27
　　
　
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