I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 275

"That's true." Hongmei smiled, looked at the young man squatting in the room, and shouted with a smile: "Are you guys still sitting still? Hurry up and finish your meal, it's your turn to work."

The three brothers hurriedly put down their things and ran out one after another, "Coming, coming."

Zhou Chenyu also put down the peanuts in his hand, "Sister-in-law Hongmei, then I'll go home and call Baoyu."

Hongmei smiled and said, "Okay."

After receiving a response, Zhou Chenyu immediately took Wan Qiu and ran back home. Unexpectedly, he bumped into Chen Tongsheng and Baoyu who had just gone out to look for them.

Zhou Chenyu hit Chen Tongsheng on the chin with his head. He grimaced in pain and covered his forehead. Chen Tongsheng also felt pain and touched his chin.

Just by listening to the sound, Wan Qiu knew that the collision was serious. She became anxious and said, "Sister, Brother Chen, are you two okay?"

Baoyu knew that he shouldn't laugh at this time, but he couldn't hold it back, "Brother Tongsheng, sister, you two are serious, why are you so anxious? Don't knock your teeth during the New Year."

Li Xiuju hurriedly walked out of the house and saw them all covering their faces. She really didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Tong Sheng, Chen Yu, you two are not in pain, are you?"

Zhou Chenyu touched his bulging forehead and looked at Chen Tongsheng sadly, "Why are you here?"

Chen Tongsheng glanced at the late autumn with his peripheral vision and looked at her sheepishly, "Chen Yu, don't I have a good harvest of grapefruits and persimmons this year, and I want to send you some to celebrate the new year?"

Zhou Chenyu could clearly see the little movements in his eyes. He pretended to be aggrieved and touched his forehead, innocently saying: "Brother Chen, please stop fooling me? Are you giving this to us? You are obviously... …”

When Li Xiuju heard Zhou Chenyu's deliberately difficult words, she wanted to reprimand her, but at the end of her hearing, she followed her gaze and caught a glimpse of the blushing Wan Qiu and the silly Chen Tongsheng, and she suddenly understood everything.

Li Xiuju smiled happily, "You guys came back in a hurry, but are you going to start making glutinous rice cakes over there?"

Baoyu heard the sound of pounding glutinous rice in the distance, "Mom, it must be it, I heard the sound. I'll go over and show off my skills!"

"Hey, wait a minute." Li Xiuju grabbed Baoyu's hand, picked up the broken grapefruits on the ground, re-entered the room, and picked three big good grapefruits and stuffed them with them, "You go over and help first, mother. Look at the fire here, and it will come later.”

"okay."

Afterwards, the four of them rushed to Shuqing's house together. When they arrived, work had already begun there.

Zhou Shuqing and Zhou Huilan's eldest son each held a wooden hammer and pushed the steaming glutinous rice into the groove.

Hongmei saw Chen Tongsheng and hurriedly came up to greet him, "Tongsheng, are you here too?"

Chen Tongsheng handed over a few grapefruits, said hello to Grandma Wang and Zhou Huilan, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I heard that you are making glutinous rice cakes here. I came over to take a look and see if I can have a bite or two."

Hongmei knew that he was speaking politely, so she greeted him with a smile: "You came just when you said you would come. What kind of fruit did you bring?"

Zhou Huilan saw that he was as strong as an ox and must have endless strength, "Great, there are more people here, it will be easier for you guys to pound glutinous rice."

Zhou Shuqing and Chen Tongsheng met each other, and Shuqing smiled cheerfully and said, "Anyway, don't worry, I have enough glutinous rice cakes today, I'm afraid you won't be able to finish them."

"Then I won't be polite." Chen Tongsheng smiled, quickly put down the grapefruit, took off the outermost layer of his thick coat, and walked over confidently, "Shuqing, let me help you." Zhou Shuqing saw him, as if Seeing the savior, he said, "Come on, come on, you're here at the right time. The boss is strong but inexperienced. Come and demonstrate to them and set an example."

"Okay, okay, I'll do the hard work, just leave it to me." Chen Tongsheng smiled and took the wooden hammer from the hand of Zhou Huilan's boss.

The first round of glutinous rice paste has not yet been pounded into shape, so everyone has idle hands.Zhou Chenyu and several girls gathered around the stone mortar and watched them pounding glutinous rice.

Chen Tongsheng stretched out his two strong arms, grasped the wooden hammer with force, and raised it outside the stone mortar, and the sticky glutinous rice paste was also pulled away.

"Good boy, Tong Sheng, you are so strong." Zhou Shuqing said with admiration, and quickly pressed the wooden hammer in his hand to prevent the glutinous rice paste from being pulled out. After losing its stickiness to the wooden hammer, it contracted like a spring. Form a group.

Immediately afterwards, the wooden hammer in Chen Tongsheng's hand pounded into the groove with force and hit the glutinous rice ball hard, "How can it not work? If this doesn't work, wouldn't the rice be eaten in vain?"

After he finished pounding, it was Zhou Shuqing's turn again. You pounded, and I pounded, and they took turns pounding the glutinous rice. After pounding for about two quarters of an hour, the glutinous rice grains soon lost their shape and became slimy. Not a single grain of rice was visible, and it was soft and glutinous, just like a springy version of mashed taro.

Zhou Shuqing looked at Zhou Huilan, "Auntie, is it possible to grind it like this?"

Zhou Huilan took a look and nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, okay, just beat it like this, it's just right."

Zhou Shuqing and Chen Tongsheng looked at each other and used wooden hammers to pound the glutinous rice paste onto the dustpan.

Zhou Huilan quickly washed her hands, applied grease on them, and peeled off every bit of the glutinous rice mud stuck to the wooden hammer with her bare hands.

Li Xiuju pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing this scene, she hurriedly came over to help, "Huilan, your glutinous rice is beautiful. Look at the white glutinous rice cake without any flaws at all."

Mrs. Wang held the warm glutinous rice dumplings in her hand and chewed them vigorously. "Yes, this white glutinous rice dumpling is delicious. It tastes very strong."

Zhou Huilan was in a good mood after listening to the two people's compliments. She broke off a glutinous rice dumpling and handed it to Li Xiuju, "The glutinous rice grown this year is of good quality. Come and try it."

After Li Xiuju tasted it, she called to other people in the yard, "You all come and try it."

Zhou Chenyu pulled Wan Qiu forward and they each took a small dumpling and tasted it. There was nothing else but the pure aroma of glutinous rice.

After Chen Tongsheng finished beating the rice, before the newly cooked glutinous rice was brought over, he found a seat to sit down and looked at everyone.

Seeing that he was reluctant to move his feet, Hongmei kneaded a glutinous rice ball and took it out. When Zhou Chenyu saw it, he quickly stopped her and said, "Sister Hongmei, you don't need to go."

"Ah?" Hongmei was confused, and Zhou Chenyu looked at Wanqiu, "Aren't you going to go?"

Hongmei looked at the blushing Wan Qiu, then glanced at Chen Tongsheng, turned around, her eyes widened in surprise, and burst into laughter, "It turns out that you, my stupid brains, can't see it at all."

Zhou Chenyu looked at Wan Qiu's rosy cheeks and pushed her, "Sister-in-law, stop teasing her. If you tease her again, she won't get over it."

"Sister Chen Yu." Wan Qiu said angrily, lowered his head shyly, holding the glutinous rice dumplings in his hands, and slowly walked up to Chen Tongsheng who was sitting quietly alone, "Brother Tongsheng, here."

Chen Tongsheng looked at the glutinous rice dumplings that were suddenly handed to him, and was stunned. When he saw that the visitor was Wan Qiu, a silly smile appeared on his blank face, "Thank you Wan Qiu."

(End of this chapter)