The happy life of peasant woman Wan Xiaoliu

Chapter 68 Liu Mansion (4)
"It's really pretty!" Wan Xiaoliu also likes lotus.Squat down to the lotus pond and stretch out your hands to pour the water onto the lotus leaves. The water turns into a crystal mercury color, which is very beautiful.Large water droplets and small water droplets, each of which is irregular.

"You like lotus too?" Mrs. Liu asked.

"Yeah, the flowers are so beautiful now, and this lotus root is also very delicious. It is also very good to use the lotus leaves for cooking and porridge. The green lotus seeds can be eaten directly, and the old ones can be eaten with stewed white fungus. The lotus seed heart can be made into tea." Wan Xiaoliu really didn't see lotus in Wanjia Village. When he saw this lotus, besides being beautiful, the only thing he thought of was to eat it.

"Hehe, you little greedy cat. How do you make this lotus leaf rice?" Mrs. Liu asked Wan Xiaoliu as it was so funny, seeing Wan Xiaoliu's greedy look.

"There are two methods for this lotus leaf rice. One is to fry the rice with eggs, ham and various ingredients, and wrap it in the lotus leaf while it is hot, so that the fragrance of the lotus leaf can enter the rice. It’s delicious, it’s called lotus leaf rice; there’s another kind that soaks the rice, adds various ingredients, and steams it in a cage bed. This one is also quite delicious. Everyone’s taste is different, so I like it It's different." Wan Xiaoliu seems to have a real way of eating.

"What about the lotus leaf porridge?" Mrs. Liu asked.

"There are also two ways to eat lotus leaf porridge. One is to pick and wash the fresh lotus leaves and chop them into pieces. After the porridge is cooked, put it in for a while and then eat it from the pot; the other is to eat the lotus leaf porridge. The leaves are boiled into juice, and the juice is added to the porridge to make it. Generally, the first method is more common because it is very simple. But the taste is still better with the second method.” Wan Xiaoliu talked about eating, and he talked endlessly. .

Mrs. Liu looked at Wan Xiaoliu's youthful and vigorous face, she was in a good mood, thinking of her son who was always alone and refused to be seen thousands of miles away, she said to another maid beside her: "Let the kitchen make some lotus at noon. Ye Fan will satisfy our little gluttonous cat's hunger. In addition, cook some lotus leaf porridge and send it to the young master, saying that it is the method passed down by our little six girl."

"Yes, ma'am." The other maid also left.

Madam Liu put Wan Xiaoliu's shoulders lightly, and walked forward side by side.

"Son, have you been living hard all these years by yourself?" Mrs. Liu asked suddenly.

"Huh?" Wan Xiaoliu didn't react immediately.

"Son, in fact, we are very destined, and this fate is very deep." Mrs. Liu said gently but mysteriously.

"Mrs. Liu, I have never seen the world. This is the first time I have left Wanjia Village. If you have anything to say, just speak up. I don't understand what you say." Wan Xiaoliu scratched his forehead in embarrassment. Speak to Mrs. Liu.This Mrs. Liu is oblique and oblique, and she doesn't speak directly when she has something to say.

Madam Liu looked at Wan Xiaoliu, who was speaking straight to the point, she just smiled, and didn't say anything else, so the topic was just passed on.The two of them walked forward again, passing through the grape trellis, and the view was widened to all kinds of flowers and plants in the flower garden, which were very beautiful.

"Look, these peonies and peonies are all made by my family Xuan'er, and he is the one who takes care of all the flowers and plants in the house. Come on, let's sit under the tree in front." Mrs. Liu took Wan Xiaoliu's hand. With his hand in his hand, he walked quickly to the big tree. There was a stone table under the big tree, on which were placed fresh grapes and apples, as well as several plates of pastries.The maid who was picking grapes saw Madam Liu appear, so she came up to meet her.

"Ma'am." The servant girl seemed to have something to say.

"Xiao Liu is not an outsider, but it's okay to say." Mrs. Liu's frank eyes made Wan Xiaoliu feel no hypocrisy.

"Yes, ma'am. Butler Liu came to report to miss and went to the mountain again." The maid said in a low voice.

"Hey, this child... Okay, I got it, you can go down." Mrs. Liu was no longer surprised.He led Wan Xiaoliu to sit down.

"Come on, Xiaoliu, this is the fruit of happiness. Try it. Xuan'er said that this is the season to eat, and only those of this color can be eaten." Madam Liu said, and took one and handed it to Wan Wan. little six.Wan Xiaoliu didn't refuse, took it, peeled it and put it in his mouth, it was a fresh grape, just picked, it still had a green taste, sour plum, but it was still relatively sweet.

Mrs. Liu watched Wan Xiaoliu eating, and was a little surprised. This child must be eating this grape for the first time. Why does it seem like he has eaten this grape before? The movements are very skillful, and he is more skilled in eating than Xuan'er?
Wan Xiaoliu looked at Mrs. Liu looking at herself in surprise, and suddenly realized it, and quickly said with a smile: "Ma'am, don't laugh, this is the first time I have eaten a fruit of this color, and it is called happiness fruit, it is too rude , don't laugh at me."

Mrs. Liu thinks about it too, a child in a mountain village, how could he have eaten this, so he doesn't care, he only eats it like this because Wan Xiaoliu is too impatient.

"You child." Mrs. Liu reached out to touch Wan Xiaoliu's hair and said, "Eat as much as you like, there are not so many rules and particularities."

In Mrs. Liu's heart, this child is always cautious in doing things. Perhaps it is because he has no parents since he was a child, and he lives alone. Talking and acting are so worried now.

"Thank you Ma'am, you are very kind." Wan Xiaoliu flattered without losing the opportunity.

"Come on, eat more. You must be hungry too. This pastry is Xuan'er's favorite jujube cake. It is sweet but not greasy. This jujube is freshly picked from the jujube tree over there. It is blue now. After a while it will be red, this jujube cake looks good. Come, try it." The enthusiastic Mrs. Liu put a piece of jujube cake for Wan Xiaoliu on the plate in front of her.

"Thank you Ma'am." Wan Xiaoliu picked up the chopsticks to eat a bit embarrassedly, maybe this is in line with Wan Xiaoliu's identity.

"Son, don't be shy, treat this place like your own home, eat as much as you like, don't be shy. There are jujube cakes, take some back when you like to eat." Mrs. Liu moved Wan Xiaoliu a little, such a kind person , should be a good person!

Wan Xiaoliu ate two pieces. It was really delicious. It was sweet but not greasy. It also had a strong aroma of dates. It had an endless aftertaste.

"Madam, I don't know how to make this jujube cake, but it's really delicious." Wan Xiaoliu asked.

"Just eat it if you like it." Mrs. Liu asked the maid not far away: "Xiao Cui, who made this jujube cake?"

The servant girl whose name was called stepped forward, blessed Mrs. Liu and Wan Xiaoliu respectively, and said, "Return to Ma'am, the young master got up to make this in the middle of the night last night. The young master said that there are distinguished guests today, so he made a lot more. Early in the morning, Guanshi Li asked the servants to put up the places that each lady likes to go to."

Wan Xiaoliu thought, who is this young master, who would think of having a guest, and return the honored guest.VIP?Wan Xiaoliu looked at Mrs. Liu who was smiling and looking at him, and said with a look of doing something wrong: "Ah, Ma'am, this is Young Master Liu's entertaining guests. I ate it, but what should I do?" Wan Xiaoliu Liu Yi looked like he was about to cry.

(End of this chapter)