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Chapter 134 Steamed Glutinous Rice Wine

Lan Hua'er has always wanted to make wine by herself.

This time, because Gaihua said that the spicy womb was selling very well, when she made another spicy womb and sent it over there, she asked the person who helped deliver the goods to send a message to Gaihua to see if she could get it. Some wine koji and the like, brought home a few years ago, she wanted to try steaming some rice wine.

Although no one in the village knows how to make wine, Gaihua has always loved Amei very much. No matter what Lan Huaer wants, he will find a way to get it.

Lan Hua'er was not like other young ladies who would clamor for him to buy something.Even when she was ten years old, she didn't even have a hair tie, and she tied her hair with leftover cloth strips from making clothes at home.

During the Chinese New Year, he bought Lan Huaer a red-headed rope to take home, but Lan Huaer said he wasted it.He felt so sorry for his sister, he never bought her anything, and he didn't let her live happily like other people's little lady.

This time, Lan Huaer finally fell in love with something and asked him to bring it for him. Although the things to be brought are not very normal, and it seems that they are not things that ordinary girls would like, but Changhua is also very happy .

This shows that his younger sister still has something she likes, and now that the situation at home is getting better, she will think about bringing things back to the family.Therefore, Gaihua held back all her energy and wanted to get what Lan Huaer wanted back home.

It's really not easy to find distiller's yeast outside, Gaihua took advantage of his spare time to search for it in the town for a long time, but he didn't see anyone selling it at all.

Even if he came to ask, people would only say that this thing is only used after making it, and it would not be sold outside on weekdays.Because even if this thing was to be sold, no one would be willing to buy it.

There was really no way to change the flowers, and in the end I bought the things back from his boss.

Because I thought it was something Lan Huaer asked for by name, so after I bought it, I sent it back to the village early, thinking that Lan Huaer could see it earlier and be happy.

Orchid is indeed very happy.

Many of the things she wants to make use wine.Not only the soaked fruit wine, but also some small snacks or dishes with fishy smell, all need to use wine as ingredients to get rid of the fishy smell.Just like when Lanhua'er was making fish all the time, she didn't dare to cook it by steaming.

In the past, in modern times, because she was from the south, fish was often made by steaming.The fish made that way is actually better than braised or fried fish.Of course, this might just be Lan Huaer's own idea.But she is used to eating like that, and she always feels nostalgic, and she is always very unwilling if she can't eat it.

But the fish made in that way, if there is no cooking wine to counteract the smell, the fish will always be very fishy.Lan Huaer has also tried to cook steamed fish with only ginger and scallions, but the taste is always different from the ones he ate back then.

The fish is very fragrant and fresh, but because it is a river fish, it always has a muddy smell that cannot be escaped.

Lan Hua'er had no choice but to give up, thinking that before buying cooking wine, she would not be able to cook delicious steamed fish.

She doesn't know how to make rice wine, so naturally she can't make cooking wine.But if it's just rice wine or glutinous rice wine, since it's steamed, she's seen it made by someone before, so she's confident.

In order to make wine, she specially asked Zang Lang to chop new bamboo slices, cut them into thin strips, let them dry half-dry, and then weave them into new bamboo steamers.

She remembered that when she was a child watching rice wine steaming at home, the person in charge of steaming the wine once told her.It is said that before the wine is fermented, there must be no mildew or dirt on the steamer, otherwise it will go bad.But after the wine is fermented and finished, you can use water to stir the wine to dilute it.

The first wine steamed from rice wine is the best. She drank it when she was a child, and it is really very mellow.

It's just that when she grows up, she will never drink rice wine that tastes that way again.

Zang Lang is also a drinker. Hearing that Lan Huaer is going to make wine at home, he immediately prepared all the things Lan Huaer asked for, and then followed Lan Huaer back and forth to watch her work.

First, wash the prepared rice.

Lan Hua'er likes glutinous rice wine better, it has a sweet taste, and specially asked Gaihua to bring some glutinous rice home when she bought the wine koji.

After the rice is washed and dried, the glutinous rice has to be cooked and put in a warm place before it can be put in the steamer.

First of all, the glutinous rice and koji must be mixed together, and the steaming can only be started when they are almost fermented with each other.

It takes at least three or four days from washing to fully fermenting.Because it is already winter, in order to ensure the fermentation temperature, Lan Huaer specially put the glutinous rice next to the stove so that the glutinous rice and koji can ferment well.

Then before steaming, a layer of gauze must be spread on the steamer, and then the rice can be put on it.

Orchid failed once before, and it was only the second time that the right glutinous rice was fermented.So she put it carefully, not even wanting to let Zang Lang touch it.

"Go away," Lan Hua'er patted Zang Lang's hand, and said, "Haven't you heard that people who make tea and wine always choose young and beautiful girls as technicians, you stinky men, It will dirty all the raw materials. Hurry up and don’t get in the way of my work. Go as you go.”

Zang Lang scratched his head blankly at the side, then raised his hand to sniff his arm, and told Lan Huaer:

"Little lady, I don't smell bad."

The orchids are almost powerless.She had forgotten that you can't joke with Zang Lang, this guy is very serious, especially what Lan Huaer said, he completely believed it, he didn't think it was a joke at all, and he didn't have a sense of humor at all.

To put it in a good way, this person is serious and honest, and will seriously and honestly respond to your jokes or complaints.At worst, it is——

"You are so stupid."

Lan Hua'er glanced sideways at Zang Lang, wrinkled her little nose and snorted.

Zang Lang was taken aback, looked at Lan Hua'er, and became a little dazed again.Lanhua'er has a pair of long phoenix eyes, single eyelids, and the eyes are not very big.But slender and long, on that little oval face, it can be regarded as charming.Zang Lang was already used to Lan Hua'er's appearance on weekdays, but whenever Lan Hua'er stared at him with sideways eyes like this, he couldn't help but gulp.

I always feel... I always feel that his little lady... is getting more and more beautiful.

Especially at the moment when she is busy moving the dried glutinous rice into the steamer, her face is a little red, and she is pouring rice into the steamer with her feet on her feet, she is really charming-of course, Zang Although the wolf can write, he has never known how to use such delicate adjectives to describe the appearance of his little lady.

For some reason, he remembered when Lan Huaer dragged him to the backyard when he was at his house, gave him food, and then poured him water to drink.At that time, Lan Hua'er's hand was tugging on his sleeve.The hand is small, thin, and white.It looks a little weak, like the little rabbits he hunted on the back mountain, with cute paws.He never forgot the little lady's hand at that time.

He just thinks the little lady is pretty, very pretty.

Thinking that the little lady was about to reach the age of marriage, he suddenly felt a little unhappy again.

Although even he himself didn't know what he was upset about.

Lan Hua'er was busy on her own, Zang Lang watched and wanted to go up to help.But because Lan Hua'er was chasing him all the way, he could only stand by the side blankly.Seeing him like that, Lan Hua'er stood beside him like a pillar, and said:
"Go, go, what are you doing standing there like a hitch post? Seeing you standing up like a big piece makes me feel uncomfortable. If you're okay, go outside and turn the ground over One more time. If you want to watch me steam the wine here, go get a bench and sit next to it. It’s really getting in the way.”

Lan Hua'er didn't even realize that when she scolded Zang Lang, her words became softer and softer, and there was still a hint of coquettishness in her voice.Although she herself didn't mean to regard Zang Lang as an object, in her heart, Ah Lang has always been a good man, hardworking and able to work, and has a simple and honest temper.

She once promised Chu Jiangkai that she would treat Zang Lang like her elder brother and younger brother, so after Zang Lang arrived at Zhao's house, she tried her best to make delicious food for Zang Lang and make food for Zang Lang. Wearing clothes to make up Zang Lang's body... In this whole life, apart from herself and her elder brother and younger brother, Zang Lang is really the only one left.

But now her mind is not on Zang Lang.

After putting all the glutinous rice in the steamer, all you need to do is to pour the koji and a little water into the glutinous rice, boil it, and then put it on the stove for steaming.

In the past, when Lan Huaer watched rice wine steaming at home, there was a small leak on the side of the equipment.

She also asked Zang Lang to make one according to the gourd painting.He danced and talked for a long time, and finally had to draw a picture on the sand, and Zang Lang finally understood.

Steaming wine is a very long process. Watching the steam in the steamer trickle down the jars opened on the side of the steamer into the barrels prepared next to it, after burning for a long time, a thin layer has accumulated in the barrels , but the smell of wine was already wafting out of the room.

The fire under the stove cannot be stopped, so no matter how boring, the person who burns the fire can't leave for too long.

The orchids burned for a while, and when there was finally some wine in the barrel, they went to wash a bowl and poured the wine in the barrel to Zang Lang:

"Ah Lang, Ah Lang, this is the first song among the first songs. It is the most nourishing and delicious. You can drink it quickly. If I get bored later, I will replace you to burn firewood. How about you try it? .”

(End of this chapter)