Super Orchard

Chapter 166

After finishing the two greenhouses, the time soon came to June.

In early summer, there is a thick green between the sky and the earth, the weather is slightly hot but not unbearable, and the breeze is very comfortable.

Since Shen Yangguang and Xia Yunxuan confirmed their relationship last year, the two have been in contact more frequently. Xia Yunxuan, who works as a teacher in Jinquan Primary School, will come to Shen Yangguang's house to cook together when she is free, and Shen Yangguang will often go to school to deliver some food. use.

It's just that Shen Yangguang has been busy planting custard apples and avocados some time ago, and the two haven't seen each other for a long time, so when the orchard is done, Shen Yangguang wants Xia Yunxuan to come to his house again, and the two of them can do it by themselves. Lived in the world of two people.

Today happened to be Saturday, Xia Yunxuan didn't go home as usual, but came to Shen Yangguang's house early in the morning, wearing a light green dress that looked very pretty.

Before Shen Yangguang could praise her, Xia Yunxuan asked, "What do you think will be in a few days?"

Shen Yangguang thought about it and didn't come up with a reason. Seeing that Xia Yunxuan was dressed so beautifully, he had a flash of inspiration and tried to say: "In a few days, it will be the eighth month of your becoming my girlfriend?"

Xia Yunxuan rolled her eyes a hundred times, and said with a smile: "What do you think about every day? To be your girlfriend, you have to talk about it every day? Are you so busy these days that you even forgot the Dragon Boat Festival?"

Only then did Shen Yangguang remember that the annual Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon. Whether he used to go to school at home or in the provincial capital, the Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival that he attaches great importance to, and every time it will be simple or complicated. to celebrate.

But after returning to his hometown, because there were many things to do in the orchard, and Shen Yangguang was always at home alone, so he didn't celebrate this festival in a serious way in the past few years.

Although Zheng Hao would come to ask Shen Yangguang to come to his house to celebrate the festival together during the Dragon Boat Festival, but Shen Yangguang considered that this was a time for the family to get together, so he refused, and only accepted the ones brought by Zheng Hao every time. My mother personally wrapped the rice dumplings, and I ate them by myself.

Now that he has a girlfriend, Shen Yangguang is no longer indifferent to festivals like before, so he said: "Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, I will make you whatever you want to eat."

Xia Yunxuan shook her head and said, "I can eat whatever I want, and I don't have anything special to eat, but since it's the Dragon Boat Festival, eating zongzi is a must, so we're fine, or we can make zongzi ourselves ?”

After hearing this, Shen Yangguang nodded and agreed immediately.

Xia Yunxuan continued: "But I haven't made zongzi yet. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, my parents buy zongzi from the market. Do you know how to make zongzi?"

"Of course I will, I will teach you how to wrap it later!"

Speaking of making zongzi, Shen Yangguang is pretty good at it. When he was at home, his mother would make zongzi by herself every Dragon Boat Festival. Shen Yangguang is more interested in this delicious food, and he learned how to operate it after watching it for a long time , and later personally wrapped it up, so this matter can't trouble him at all.

After the two had a simple breakfast, Shen Yangguang drove the Grand Cherokee with Xia Yunxuan and Dumb Agua's family of four to the small river in the east of the village.

Therefore, the economy here in Jinquan Village is relatively backward, so the small river at the entrance of the village is still very clean and has not suffered any industrial pollution.

Reed leaves are the best choice for making zongzi. At this time, the reeds are still relatively young, and the leaves have been grown for a while, so the size is suitable and they will not be too old.

After stopping the car, Shen Yangguang carried the basket and Xia Yunxuan walked to the river, without bothering the two followers of Duan and Agua, he found a suitable place to set foot, dragged a reed, pointed to the leaves on it and said : "To choose this kind of leaves that have grown up, and the color must be a little yellow-green, and dark green leaves cannot be picked."

Xia Yunxuan also followed Shen Yangguang's example and began to pick reed leaves, and asked while picking, "Is it because the yellow-green leaves are relatively tender?"

Shen Yangguang nodded, and kept saying in his hands: "Yes, it is easier to make zongzi with young leaves, and the fresh and fragrant taste can easily enter into the zongzi. If the dark green leaves are too old, the flexible leaves If the temperature is not enough, it is easy to be damaged when wrapped, and the rice dumplings have no taste when cooked."

Half an hour later, the two of them picked two full baskets of fresh reed leaves and started to go home to make zongzi.

Glutinous rice is needed to make zongzi. Shen Yangguang’s family does not have glutinous rice now, so when passing by Zheng Hao’s house on the way home, it was like Zheng Hao’s mother asked for a few catties of glutinous rice to take home.

There are many types of zongzi, such as candied date zongzi, meat zongzi, etc. Jinquan Village is used to eating candied date zongzi, so Shen Yangguang also plans to make this kind of zongzi.

Just like glutinous rice, there is no candied dates in Shenyang's family now, but fortunately, I gave Xia Yunxuan a lot before, but she didn't eat much, and most of them stayed in the dormitory.

So Shen Yangguang drove around to the school again, and after getting candied dates in Xia Yunxuan's dormitory, he went home and started to get busy.

The first is to pour the glutinous rice into the basin and wash it, and then put it in the basin to continue soaking.

Then I started to wash the reed leaves. After washing all the two baskets of reed leaves, I also put them in the basin for later use.

Then it was time to officially start making zongzi, which was also the most difficult part. Shen Yangguang held a few reed leaves and said while gesturing: "Fold these reed leaves sideways like me, and leave each leaf Make such a wide width, and then roll up the reed leaves from the bottom, like a small hourglass."

Xia Yunxuan stared carefully at the movements in Shen Yangguang's hands, imitating them well.

Shen Yangguang grabbed some glutinous rice and put it into the small hourglass made of reed leaves, saying: "First put a small handful of glutinous rice, about half the height, and then put in the candied dates, and cover the top with a layer of glutinous rice, so that the candied dates are just right Right in the middle of the zongzi."

The last step was even more difficult. Shen Yangguang slowed down his movements and said, "Like me, separate the ends of these reed leaves, go around them from the side, and then tie the tops together like shoelaces."

In this way, making zongzi can be done only by reed leaves, without the need for binding with strings.

Seeing Xia Yunxuan in a hurry, Shen Yangguang put down a wrapped rice dumpling, held Xia Yunxuan's slender hand with a wide palm, and began to teach her.

It was almost noon when the two of them wrapped all the dumplings, and the next thing was to cook them.

Because when cooking zongzi, not only the glutinous rice must be boiled, but also the glutinous rice must be boiled, so it needs strong firepower to cook for a long time. The most suitable pot is the most common large earthen stove in the past. The rice dumplings produced are much more delicious than those made in a pressure cooker.

Shen Yangguang's kitchen has such a large earthen stove, but it has not been used in the past few years.

After deep cleaning, Shen Yangguang put the zongzi, eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, etc. into the big pot, added water and covered the pot, then found firewood, put them into the pot hole and started cooking.

This kind of firewood is relatively strong and can be burned for a long time. It can be burned from noon to night. By that time, the big pot of rice dumplings will be cooked.

(End of this chapter)