Yipin Village Girl: Pick up an emperor to farm

Chapter 304 Making Rice Balls

Xiao Shunzi couldn't do it well at first, but it's actually the easiest way to do it, so after he has done a few rounds, he can do it well.But it's just that the size is not as good as Lu Xuening's.

But fortunately, it is used for eating anyway, and the requirements don't need to be too high.Glue two black sesame seeds on the outside of the sesame seeds. Lu Xuening is too lazy to divide the bean paste and peanut ones. In fact, it can be made into other shapes.But it doesn't matter, just remember to separate them when cooking.Otherwise it would be too troublesome.

Chun Xing and a few young maids were watching, and found it very interesting, they all got along well, and Lu Xuening never put on airs, don't look at her being rude to Princess Taiping, it was because Taiping was rude to her first. Be polite, for those who treat her well, she will sincerely make friends with them.

Therefore, Chun Xing and the others also unceremoniously joined the camp of making glutinous rice balls. There were many people and strength, and they made a lot of them in a short time. Because they were afraid of sticking together, they were all placed flat. The round white balls are neatly arranged, which feels so spectacular!
"Is this enough? Can I eat it?" Chun Xing asked, the maids present were all as old as Lu Xuening, and they spoke very directly when they got used to it, of course it was in private.

"Well, you can't eat it if it's cooked."

"Then let's cook it quickly!" De Ning rubbed his hands and said expectantly, don't joke, little girl, it's normal to be greedy, and who wouldn't be curious to see such a rare and fresh food.

Xiao Shunzi swallowed her saliva, pointed to a slightly larger, not very attractive glutinous rice ball and said, "Keep this one for me, this is the first one I made, I want to be the first one to eat this!"

This is his first finished product. Because he couldn't wrap the stuffing before, the sticky rice was wrapped more than what he made later, so it looks a little fat.

"Okay, let's cook it now." Seeing everyone's expectant faces, Lu Xuening spoke, she reached out and wiped the rice noodles on Xiao Shunzi's face, but she also had some in her hands, but the more she rubbed, the bigger it became.

Xiao Shunzi realized Lu Xuening's expression of wanting to laugh, and knew it was wrong, so he said loudly, "Hmph! Sister, you bullied me!"

"No way! I'm helping you wipe your face...haha..." Looking at Xiao Shunzi's face as white as dough, Lu Xuening still laughed, and everyone laughed too.

In fact, Xiao Shunzi wasn't too angry, he just did it on purpose. "I don't care, sister, you are just bullying me, I want to eat more after making this!"

"Look at you little greedy cat, you see so much that you get tired of eating it! Be careful not to chew too much." She reached out and tapped his little nose again.

"Don't be afraid, what you say is slippery. You don't need to chew at all! Hee hee!" Xiao Shunzi said proudly.He thought beautifully in his heart that he would eat a little more later, and then he could go out to play after eating. He heard that there were beautiful fireworks to watch.There are also lanterns.

"Sister, what do the lanterns look like? Is it like the kind made by our village?" Xiao Shunzi asked. In fact, the kind of send-off lanterns made by the village are not called lanterns. Put some wax on the cotton swab, and use it to light the mendun lampstand or something.

The real lanterns refer to exquisite workmanship and beautiful ornamental lights.However, Lu Xuening has never seen what the lanterns in this world look like, so I don't know if they are the same as those staged in TV costume dramas.So she turned her head and said to Chun Xing who was packing up the glutinous rice balls.

"I haven't seen what a lantern looks like, Chun Xing, have you seen it?"

"Well, there are actually lanterns in the palace, haven't you noticed? The lanterns in front of me seem to have a lot of patterns! I saw it a few years ago. When I was at home, there were some on the street during the Chinese New Year. But I entered I haven't seen it since the Empress Dowager."

"Does it look good? What does it look like?" Xiao Shunzi turned her head away, stared at Chun Xing seriously and asked.

"Of course it's beautiful. It's made of flower paper, bamboo or wood frame, and there are candles inside. When lit, it's colorful and beautiful. Some of the better ones have flower pictures on them, which is even more beautiful. And the one made of silk looks even better!"

Chun Xing's family is from Kyoto, and she has seen quite a few lanterns.Thinking of Lu Xuening and Xiao Shunzi, they can go to the market to see lanterns with His Majesty tonight, it's really enviable to think about it!

"Are there flower-shaped ones and fish-shaped ones? There are so many patterns?" Lu Xuening asked, those are the ones she saw on TV, I don't know if there are any here, but what Chun Xing said should be similar.

"There should be. There are more patterns with good workmanship, but they are also more expensive, and there are still more ordinary ones. It's just that I haven't been out in the past few years, and I don't know what new patterns have come up." Speaking of this, Chun Xing was a little slightly It's a pity that they rarely have the opportunity to go home when they enter the palace. There are very few holidays every year. Instructions, although His Majesty is quite tolerant and generally agrees, but the number of times they go home can still be counted.

"Haven't seen it for several years? Why? Why don't we watch it together!" Xiao Shunzi asked curiously.

"Hehe...no way." Chun Xing declined politely, how could a child take her words seriously.Moreover, they all have to be employed, and those who return home today will have relatively longer working hours for the rest.

In fact, they lived quite well in the palace. Although the palace rules are very strict and they don’t seem to be at ease in their own homes, they can eat and drink here, and they can receive monthly money. OKAs long as you don't make mistakes you'll be fine.

Moreover, if you are homesick, you can apply to leave the palace after a certain number of years, and the palace will change new palace people to come in on time, and the old palace people will replace a batch of people when they are introduced. Some people are used to staying here and don't want to leave yet. !Of course, most girls can still get married after returning home. Although they were a bit older at that time, the law of Xifeng is relatively tolerant to those who have served in the palace. remarried.Some families are too poor to marry a daughter-in-law, so they like to marry a palace lady. Women who have stayed in the palace know a lot and have seen the world, so it is actually a good choice.

The maids of Xifeng Palace enter the palace at the age of twelve or thirteen, and can leave the palace after staying for ten years. Usually, they can leave the palace after the age of 20.

"Okay, let's cook and eat quickly! Aren't you in a hurry to eat?" Chun Xing said.

"Well, yes! I really want to eat it." As soon as Chun Xing said to eat, she immediately diverted Xiao Shunzi's attention.Don't worry about getting out of the palace anymore.

After the glutinous rice balls were cooked, Lu Xuening found Feng Xingyun with a porcelain bowl, and this guy was again approving papers in the imperial study, I really don't know where he got so many papers to approve.

"I said, can't you manage the papers in batches? For the less important ones, you can directly ask the superiors to take care of them, and then slowly select the important ones to report to the higher authorities, so that you can approve less! You can easily Order." Lu Xuening said as she brought the steaming soup bowl in front of him.

"You're right, it's a good idea, but if the place can be handled by itself, it won't be handed over to me. It's probably an important document." Feng Xingyun didn't care. up.Today's approval is not the same day, some are a few days ahead, and the place handed it over, and it takes a few days to travel through the post station.

"Wow! This is the glutinous rice ball you mentioned? It smells so good!"

"Of course, eat it quickly! It won't taste good when it's cold, and you'll choke when the time comes," Lu Xuening reminded.

Feng Xingyun looked at the clear soup in the bowl with a few pearl-like jade dumplings, took a spoonful, and gave one to the mouth. It was smooth and soft, with a glutinous fragrance. Sweet bean paste filling.He smiled.

"Yeah! It's delicious, and it's worthy of Ah Ning's craftsmanship." But after a pause, he said, "Ah Ning, I asked someone about this, and they said it was a custom of the Xia Kingdom! What do you think?"

Feng Xingyun looked at her with deep eyes, looked at her calm and natural face, and didn't see anything.I still don't understand how she knows the customs of the Xia Kingdom.

It turns out that the westerly wind tends to the north, and as long as important festivals coincide, the folk custom is to eat dumplings. Since it is lively and delicious, it is also nutritious to eat.Xiaguo is to the south, and the climate is relatively warmer than the westerly wind. They prefer sweets, and one of them is to eat Lantern Festival during the Wuxiao Festival. The glutinous rice balls that Ah Ning mentioned are the Lantern Festival among the people of Xiaguo.

Looking at the round dumplings in the spoon, they really look like glutinous rice balls!No wonder he hadn't heard of it.

"What do you think? If it tastes good, eat more!" What is there to say, the history of eating glutinous rice balls dates back to the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!Did she want to explain to him who Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was?

"I mean, how do you know how to make Xia Guo's Lantern Festival?" Feng Xingyun asked her again.

"Well, this is a custom. There should be many places that make it. I'm just surprised that you haven't eaten it before, so I made it for you. Don't be in the blessing and don't know the blessing!" Lu Xuening expressed her It's a great favor to him.

"Well, I'm blessed." Seeing her pretending to be confused while pretending to understand, Feng Xingyun didn't ask her any more.

Picking up the bowl, he quickly ate up all the glutinous rice balls in the bowl, which were actually quite delicious. He commented: "Ah Ning, my favorite is the sesame stuffing with black dots!"

"You're the only one who can pick! I'll serve you some more later!" She patted him on the shoulder, because Feng Xingyun ate while sitting at the table, and Lu Xuening stood beside him and watched him eat.

"No, just eat a few to taste. You also said that if you eat too much, you will get tired." Men don't like sweets too much.But it's good to eat once in a while.

"If you don't eat it for a while, it will be gone. I'll let them eat it together. It's not easy for everyone to still be on duty in the palace after fifteen."

"Yes, you are really considerate." Feng Xingyun suddenly took her hand, turned her body upright, then stretched out his arms to hug her, and told her to sit on his lap.

"Don't make trouble, it's embarrassing for people to see." Lu Xuening said shamefully.She was not used to such intimate movements.The face began to blush again.

(End of this chapter)