Dreaming back to the Qing Dynasty: Die Luo Chuchen

39 - Manual
On a new day, Yao Mansion became very lively, and the atmosphere was no less than the day when the master was welcomed home.Because it was a banquet attended by their own family, the girls looked much more lively. They ran to the garden early in the morning to chase and fight, and the crisp laughter was endless.The lady accompanied the old man to drink tea and chat with the old man in the pavilion.The invited theater troupe was busy setting up the stage, putting on make-up and other preparatory work in the open space in the middle of the courtyard.I was busy doing other things.

"Miss, what are you doing?" Xiaoqing asked confused when she saw that I was busy tinkering with things early in the morning.

"Do you know what are the uses of bamboo?" I sat in front of the stone table and asked while polishing the edges of the bamboo tube with angular stones.The surrounding ground is full of scattered leaves, and there are two bamboos of different thicknesses. I broke them into several sections and placed them on the table.

"Is it just for viewing? What else can it be used for?"

"You don't know that. It has many uses and can be made into many things. You will know in a while!" This is an idea I came up with last night, intending to surprise my family.I have seen others make fragrant bamboo rice on TV before, and it tastes good.It's a pity that the thickest bamboo here is only the size of a wrist, so it's impossible to make fragrant bamboo rice, but I can make rice dumplings in bamboo tubes.So, I broke the bamboo into a dozen knots and waited for a while to send it to the kitchen.Xiaoqing saw that I was cutting thin bamboo techniques again, and couldn't help asking: "What's the use of these? How long will you have to do it?"

"Don't worry, the work will be finished soon. These things are useful to keep." Just as I was working hard, I suddenly heard a burst of laughter from outside the wall.

"Hey, I don't see that Mulan still has the skill of being a carpenter. I don't know what to make."

"Mulan's hobbies are surprisingly great. She doesn't like female celebrities, doesn't like combing clothes, but likes playing with wooden knives..."

"There is still a banquet today, Mulan won't play with this one day, right?" Looking back, the girls were covering their mouths and giggling behind the rockery.I clapped my hands, glanced at their backs, and said to myself, "What's so ridiculous, I'll let you guys know what I've accomplished in a while. Please do it!" I asked Xiaoqing to find a basket, put the knotted bamboo tube Install them one by one. "Can I send it to the kitchen now?"

"I'll do the delivery to the kitchen. You help me out of the house to do something."

I explained the matter to Xiaoqing, sent her away, and then went to the kitchen of Yao Mansion with other things.The kitchen of Yao Mansion is in the southwest corner, and the cooks and handymen usually live in it and rarely go out to work, and people from outside rarely go in.So when I stepped into the small door, the head chef hurriedly greeted me and asked if I had any orders. He looked after me carefully, as if he was afraid of any mistakes in his work.I smiled slightly: "It's nothing, I want to make a meal with my own hands for everyone to try."

"How can it be done? How about the miss tell the little one how to do it and let the little one do it?"

Even if I wanted to do it myself, the head chef refused to let me do it, saying that he was afraid that the master would lose his job if he found out.No way, I had to sit by the side and direct them to do it.Put the rice and jujube in the bamboo tube, tie the two ends with a rope, and put them into a large pot of boiling water one by one.While they were doing these things, I was not idle, and weaved a few netted plate mats with the cut bamboo branches.Finally, tell them to wait for the rice to be cooked, and bring the sugar bowl and dish mat to the table.

(End of this chapter)