The rural life of a peasant girl

Chapter 26 Making a lot of money

Mother Su dried the soaked rice, soaked the red dates, boiled the zong leaves in warm water until soft, took them out, washed them, and dried them to make zongzi.

There are five types of zongzi made by Su Ling's family this year, those with red bean filling, mung bean filling, pork filling, salted duck egg filling and red date filling.

The zongzi made by Aunt Li is very handsome and has quick hands and feet. Of course, the one made by Mother Su is even better.

Soon, the first batch of zongzi came out, and Su Ling was going to make zongzi. Cooking zongzi is also a skill, and one must master the cooking time. Su's father was afraid that Su Ling would not be able to do it, so he took the initiative to pick up this task.Su's father didn't have the concept of a gentleman staying away from the kitchen at all. He loved Su's mother very much, and he did most of the work of making zongzi in the past.

It takes a long time to boil zongzi, and it will take about an hour and a half for this pot of zongzi.

Su Ho kept talking about when the rice dumplings were cooked. When she first started making them, she acted like a baby to Mother Su and asked Mother Su to make one for her. She said she wanted to try something new, but Mother Su couldn't persuade her, so she made it. Su Ho was still there. Su's mother left a mark on the zongzi she made, and ate the zongzi after they came out of the oven.

After the first batch of zongzi came out of the oven, Su He rushed over to find her zongzi. If it wasn't too hot, she would want to hug them all.

"Sister, the salted duck eggs are delicious, woohoo, the mung bean ones are also good, even though they burned their tongues, they still didn't stop."

"He'er, eat slowly, no one will grab you, be careful not to burn it." Seeing Su Ho like that, Su's mother was extremely worried. "Her aunt, Xiaocao, don't be so busy, try this zongzi."

Aunt Li is also a cool person, she has cooperated with Su Ling's family for the past six months, and has gotten to know them well, so she is not polite right now, she picks up the rice dumplings and eats them, Xiaocao eats them as soon as she sees her mother eats them.

"This zongzi is really good, very refreshing and not greasy." Aunt Li ate zongzi with mung bean filling. "I heard that Ling'er came up with the mung bean filling. This child has been smart since he was a child."

Mother Su is also happy when someone praises her child. The happiest thing for parents in the world is when someone praises your child, "The grass is also very good, quiet and quiet, not like Ling'er, like a monkey." Yes, it makes me worry." But that smile is still full, it's not dissatisfaction with Su Ling, it's clearly a modest statement!

Several people continued to make zongzi after eating the zongzi. Of course, Su Ho disappeared after eating the zongzi.

In the evening, all the zongzi were wrapped, but the last kind of red date stuffing hadn’t been boiled yet. The sun had already set, and Mother Su and Aunt Li had been busy all day. bone.

Seeing that Aunt Li's family was about to go back, Su Ling hurriedly took a basket of rice dumplings and brought them back for her to let Uncle Li and Li's elder brother try, and took five of each, except for the red date stuffing, which was still uncooked, and some There are 25 people, so I have to thank you for helping me for a day!

There is no money for the help from the neighbors of the farmers, and they include a meal, or give some fruits and vegetables.Now there are zongzi, of course zongzi has become the best thank you gift.

Aunt Li saw that Su Ling packed so many zongzi for her, she refused to take any. She also knew that some of these zongzi were for sale.

"I didn't help much, so let's keep this zongzi! I also made zongzi at home." Aunt Li refused to accept it.

"Her aunt, you just take it, and you should be polite with us. Yours belongs to yours, and we give you this is our heart." Su Mu said, stuffing the basket into Aunt Li's hand, and put them sent out the yard.

Seeing that she couldn't shirk, Aunt Li took the vegetable basket and walked out with Xiaocao.

This rice dumpling is ready, so it must be given as a gift. The Dragon Boat Festival is such a big festival, and Su's father has his parents here. If he doesn't send a gift back, he doesn't know what people will say behind his back!

"Her father, how should I give this gift back to the old house?" Su's mother also knew that this year was different from previous years. In previous years, the family was poor and couldn't afford to send anything good. Every time she gave a gift, she would be ridiculed.

"Let's just give zongzi! Five for the same, plus ten catties of white flour." This kind of gift can be regarded as extremely heavy. "Her grandfather's house also gave them the same five zongzi, ten catties of flour, and ten catties of round-grained rice."

Seeing that Su's father hadn't forgotten his natal family, Su's mother didn't say anything.

Su's father would send him off to the old house. Su's father originally wanted to take Su Ling to go with him, but Su Ling really didn't like the old house, so Su's father could only pretend to be pitiful to Su He. Finally, under the temptation of candied haws, Su Ho and Father Su went to the old house to give gifts together.

The gift from Su Ling's grandfather's house was brought back to the town by people from Wang's Village the next day.In ancient times, transportation was underdeveloped, and relatives and friends often used this method to send things and messages to each other, and many people were willing to help.

There are two more days until the Dragon Boat Festival, and the zongzi can be sold today.

In the early morning of the next day, Su borrowed an ox cart, packed the rice dumplings, and took Su Ling with him to the town.

Father Su's wish was to set up a small stall to sell rice dumplings, but Su Ling disagreed.She felt that it would be troublesome for her to find another place, so she simply sold it at Tianyue Restaurant!After the guests have eaten, they can also buy the zongzi back, and with the name of Tianyue Restaurant, the zongzi will definitely sell well.

She had greeted Shopkeeper Qian early on. Today, when she came to sell rice dumplings, Shopkeeper Qian specially set up a table for her on the side of the gate into Tianyue Restaurant to hold rice dumplings.

Of course, Su Ling was very satisfied with Shopkeeper Qian's move, and delivered the zongzi that was specially prepared for him in advance, and Treasurer Qian was very happy to receive the zongzi. He knew that the lessons from the two bosses were all good. thing.

Su Ling was also generous, giving zongzi to each of the dozen or so people who worked in Tianyue Restaurant, and everyone felt that the second owner's family was good, and he was not like other masters, who showed their faces all day long, yes Su Ling respected it even more.

Sure enough, it was right to choose to sell zongzi here. Su Ling unpacked one of each kind of zongzi, cut it into small pieces and put it on a plate. Soon the smell of brown rice permeated Tianyue Restaurant, and all the guests who came to eat were attracted. He didn't even care about eating, so he said he wanted to buy zongzi.

But when I heard that the zongzi cost [-] Wen a piece, I felt that it was too expensive. The usual zongzi cost only [-] Wen or [-] Wen a piece. No matter how delicious the zongzi was, they couldn’t be so expensive!

Su's father also felt that Su Ling's asking price was too high, so he hurriedly pulled Su Ling's clothes, Su Ling's eyes signaled Su's father not to worry.

"Everyone thinks my zongzi is expensive. I have cut up all of them. You can try it. After you taste it, you will find that you get what you pay for." Su Ling directly asked everyone to taste the zongzi.

"Girl, it doesn't cost money!" someone asked.

"Of course not, but I hope everyone can taste it." Su Ling replied.

Soon someone started trying.

"Well, that's right. These rice dumplings are soft and glutinous, and they don't taste greasy. They are really good! Little girl, give me two of each flavor."

(End of this chapter)