Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 78 Almond Tea

Halfway through the meal, I finally started a new topic.

Mrs. Zhang looked at Bai Lianhua and smiled, "This little face is really a sign, no wonder people have come to propose marriage."

Bai Lianhua immediately blushed, lowered her head and dared not speak.

Cui said with a smile, "Our family's Lianhua is still young, but only 12 years old, where is it necessary to talk about kissing, eldest sister, don't make fun of her, she is very scary and shy."

"After this year, I will be thirteen. I think I was married at this age back then. What's so small?" Mrs. Zhang disagrees, "It can be settled down, I think the youngest son of the Huang family is not bad. , with a good skill, there are people in the county desperate to find a custom-made carriage, and I heard that a shop will be opened soon, and the business will definitely be booming by then."

Cui only perfunctory, "It's still early, don't be in a hurry."

Zhang's eyes rolled, and she took Zhao's hand and said, "Then you have heard of the Huang family, right? After passing this village, there will be no such shop. You should persuade her not to have too high a vision!" As long as the family has a few acres of land and no craftsmanship, it is not as profitable as a craftsman and carpenter. If you want to talk about the future, you have to see it, right?"

Before Mrs. Zhao could react, Mrs. Cui hurriedly waved her chopsticks and said, "Why are you mentioning all these things? Sister Zhang, you are too. The lotus is still there, so it doesn't make her panic. Come, come, eat quickly, It's all cold. Her father, please warm up the wine."

Bai Lianhua's face became more and more red, and when she raised her head, her eyes were watery. She glanced at Du Wenyuan first, then stood up and said goodbye, saying that she was going to deliver some food to her second brother.

"The relationship between brother and sister is really good," Mrs. Zhang considered her words, "Is he in better health? Last time I saw him walking out to bask in the sun."

In the past, as long as this son was mentioned, Cui would inevitably feel bored, but now she showed a look of relief, "It's really better, thanks to my cousin who sent a prescription, now I can walk around, ask the doctor to see, say It is very useful."

This is a happy event, and everyone is happy for their family.

Although Du Xiaoyu didn't like Du Huanghua's involvement with Na Bai Yushi, he was happy to know that his condition had improved. After all, he knew someone, so he still hoped that others would be ill.

Mrs. Zhang left after eating, and asked Du Xian and his wife to sign a contract with them in two days.

Mrs. Cui left Mrs. Zhao to sit for a while, while Bai Shiying and Du Xian were talking about fishing. Du Xiaoyu remembered the incident of the dog biting someone, so he ran to visit Xiaolang's mother, only to find that one of his legs was really injured. , walking with a limp, felt a little uncomfortable, and sneaked to the kitchen to take out the remaining pieces of meat to feed it.

After watching for a while, I went back to the main room, but saw Bai Lianhua also came out, asking Du Wenyuan for advice.

"Brother Du, show me," she pointed at the rice paper with her slender fingers, "I don't think it's very good at all, don't worry about it, I saw your lower script in your study, and it's tall and straight. It’s neat and tidy, how did you write it?”

Du Wenyuan also pointed out seriously, saying where there was no balance of force, and where the writing was too hasty, and told her to have a correct posture and practice more frequently.

Bai Lianhua nodded again and again, as if humbly receptive.

Normally, she would never pester Du Wenyuan when she came to the house, but today she was uncharacteristically, Du Xiaoyu leaned over to have a look, although the calligraphy was not pretty, but it was extremely correct, it was written with hard work, and there was no perfunctory.

"Brother Du, how does my handwriting compare with that of Sister Xiaoyu?" Bai Lianhua smiled slightly.

Du Wenyuan looked at Du Xiaoyu, but couldn't answer for a while, because he suddenly realized that it seemed that he hadn't seen Du Xiaoyu practicing calligraphy for a long, long time.

It was embarrassing for Du Xiaoyu to be there too. She started writing with Du Wenyuan, and later he had to take the college entrance examination, and then went to the county academy to enroll. Where would she have time to supervise her, and she was a lazy person in this regard, He spends all day reading agricultural books, digging herbs in the mountains, or busying himself in the fields. His current writing is probably like a dog crawling.

"What's wrong?" Bai Lianhua asked strangely.

"How can I compare to Sister Lianhua!" Du Xiaoyu blinked, "It takes a lot of effort to practice calligraphy. I'm far behind Sister Lianhua."

Bai Lianhua said modestly, "Where is it? You are not bad at all when it comes to hard work. Brother Du also said that you need to practice hard. I will write with you in the future."

Take the opportunity to come to their house?It's really easy to calculate, Du Xiaoyu pursed his lips and remained silent.

On the other hand, Mrs. Zhao said with a smile when she heard the words, "Lianhua can also do some needlework. I will teach Xiaoyu when the time comes. If Huanghua is not here, you two little sisters should come and go more often."

He actually changed his mind, Cui's move was good for what he wanted, but her mother was too easy to be bribed, right?Du Xiaoyu remained silent.

Bai Lianhua just smiled gently, and occasionally asked about Du Wenyuan's academy, her words and deeds were very measured.

When he was about to leave, Bai Yushi came out and showed his face. Sure enough, he looked more energetic than last time, and his cheeks were bloody, and he was polite, so Du Xian sighed secretly. On the way back, he said that it was a pity for this young man , I hope to recover or something like that.

Du Xiaoyu focused on Bai Lianhua, squeezed between Du Xian and Mrs. Zhao and asked, "Mom, do you like Sister Lianhua again? I haven't asked her to play before."

Mrs. Zhao said lightly, "My daughter always needs one or two Jinlan friends. Huang Hua is not at home now. Is it not good to ask your sister Lianhua to come over? Don't get into money all day long, or you will get covered in mud. You want to see her." At this age, I am content with being so stable.”

Pretending not to be seen, Du Xiaoyu couldn't help but slapped herself on the forehead, "Who says I don't have any friends, I'll go find Zhou Zhouya tomorrow!"

"Don't go to Mrs. Hong's house." Mrs. Zhao raised her eyebrows and said, "Don't cause trouble and come back."

Seeing her tense face, Du Xiaoyu had no choice but to step back.

Seeing this, Du Xian whispered, "Xiaoyu is right. You used to look down on their lotus. You said it was stupid." He paused, "But today it looks really good. , their family can teach their daughter, it seems like a different person after such a little effort."

Mrs. Zhao sighed, "Sister Zhang's words really hit my heart." Their family only has a few acres of land, and they have no skills to rely on. It took more than ten years to take the exam, let alone some people with gray hair in the exam, you can't put everything on this path.

Du Xian didn't comprehend the meaning of her words, he was only thinking about which important words Mrs. Zhang said, why didn't he remember?
Du Xiaoyu walked slowly behind, and didn't try to test Du Wenyuan's mind, after all, he is still young, who knows what will change, come, come, anyway, anyway, when the water comes, the soldiers come to block.

The next day, Du Wenyuan left home and went to the academy.

During the day, when there was no one at home, Du Xiaoyu started pairing the rabbits again. He was busy all afternoon, and finally there was no accident of bruises.Youdao is a radish and a hole, there are crazy male rabbits and crazy female rabbits, she is watching a good show, and then she is looking forward to the arrival of the little rabbit.

The weather has been good recently, and she finally decided to deal with the almonds, but it took a lot of work just to get the kernels out of the shell.

In the past, I have tasted a lot of food related to almonds, including almond tofu, almond shrimp balls, almond yogurt egg yolk tart, almond chocolate biscuits, and almond fried snow peas. It is versatile and can be used for anything, but it is said that it should not be eaten too much. It may be used as medicine with some medicinal properties.

But what to do?
She ran to the kitchen and rummaged through the cabinets to find some home-grown things such as peanuts, rice, and sesame seeds. The varieties were not rich, and although there were vegetables in the ground, stir-fried vegetables were too ordinary, and it was no problem to make biscuits and cakes. Maybe, after much deliberation, I decided to try almond tea.

It is said that almond tea is a snack in Beijing, but it is not available in Feixian County. As for whether it is available in Beijing, she does not know. Anyway, it is made according to a method that I have seen before, and it may not necessarily have its own flavor.

She suddenly looked forward to it, so she got up quickly, took a gourd scoop, mixed a scoop of rice and glutinous rice, washed it, and then soaked it in cold water to process the almonds.

The almond kernels have been stored for a long time, and the kernels are slightly shriveled, but there is no serious problem. Soak them in warm water and rub off the outer yellow skin. After washing them, grind them with a stone mill together with rice and glutinous rice that have been soaked for about an hour. , and filter off the residue, the next step is to boil in a pot.

It was a bit troublesome to start the fire, but Du Huanghua was not at home, so she had to help Mrs. Zhao when cooking, so she was able to handle it with ease.

After cooking for almost a stick of incense, she took a large bowl and put the crushed sesame seeds, peanuts, red dates, etc. in it, added sugar, and then poured the thin paste into the bowl, and the almond tea was completed. .

I can't wait to eat it, it is smooth and warm to the stomach, it is much more delicious than buying ready-made almond flour.

It is better to be alone than to be happy alone, and the results naturally need to be shared with others. She found a food box, filled the almond tea, and took it to Aunt Wu's side.

Recently, my son's family of three lived here, and Mrs. Wu was helping to take care of the children most of the time. Seeing Du Xiaoyu coming, she put the little Tuwang in her arms on the kang, and covered it with a small quilt.

"Tuwang fell asleep?" Du Xiaoyu said softly, "I made almond tea, I want to give it to my aunt and sister Meizhen."

Lin Meizhen was embroidering something, and said with a smile, "Although you talk, you won't wake him up. This kid is just like his father when he falls asleep, and he won't budge."

Aunt Wu took two steps forward, "You girl, you know how to cook? It's called almond tea? It's the first time I've heard of it. Oh, yes, your mother said that you once brought back a lot of rotten apricots from the mountains. It turned out that he was looking for the benevolence inside." Turning back to Lin Meizhen, he said, "We little Tuwang will have to learn from this little Aunt Yu in the future, there are so many things in my head."

"Ms. Wu, stop laughing at me." Du Xiaoyu filled two bowls of almond tea and handed them over.

Aunt Wu looked down, and saw that the bowl was white and clear, and the peanuts and sesame seeds were bright and beautiful. Before eating, she smelled a strong almond fragrance, and she couldn't help but go to the bowl to drink.

(End of this chapter)