Chapter 93 New Year's Eve, Rice Wine and Glutinous Rice Balls

At this moment, Lu Zhanlin heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw Chu Yue who had just entered the room. The man's dark eyes flashed, and he looked at her puzzledly, as if there was accusation in his eyes.

Lu Zhanlin: His wife doesn't want to sleep with him anymore, urgent! Waiting online!

On the bed beside him, Lu Yuanbao was tucked into the warm quilt, with only his round little head and bright black eyes showing, staring straight at Chu Yue.

Lu Yuanbao: You made me sleep! I'm not leaving! I'm not leaving!

The father and son, one big and one small, both looked at Chu Yue. They had somewhat similar faces and almost identical eyes. They seemed to be a little competitive with each other, waiting for Chu Yue to decide who to listen to.

Chu Yue had just overheard their conversation, so she spoke naturally, "I put something in Yuanbao's bed. No one can sleep there for the time being, so I asked him to come and sleep with us. Is that okay?"

When she said the last three words, Chu Yue raised her eyes slightly, her eyes rippling slightly, and looked at Lu Zhanlin. The slightly rising tone of her voice floated into Lu Zhanlin's chest.

Lu Zhanlin felt itchy in his heart, but how could he say no? He said softly, "I'll do as you say."

Chu Yue smiled sweetly when she saw that her goal had been achieved.

This night ended up being the same as the night Lu Zhanlin came back before. Lu Yuanbao slept in the innermost position, Lu Zhanlin slept in the outermost position, and Chu Yue slept in the middle of the two men.

But after falling asleep, Chu Yue still subconsciously moved closer to Lu Zhanlin.

Unconsciously, as if it was just the body's instinct, after all, the temptation was too great.

After Lu Yuanbao fell asleep, he was still confusedly thinking that there was something in his bed. What was it? Why didn't he know about it? Could it be something delicious?

It's not hatching chicks, why would it hide in the quilt?

Regardless of whether it was delicious or not, he was very happy because this gave him the chance to sleep with Chu Yue.

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The things in Lu Yuanbao's quilt are indeed food, but whether they are delicious or not depends on the individual.

That afternoon, Chu Yue and Lu Yuanbao walked into his small room one after another. The quilt of the single bed was bulging, and there was a very big thing hidden inside.

Chu Yue lifted the thick quilt, revealing a round object that looked like a ball.

The ball is wrapped in a blanket. First, lift the blanket off. Under the blanket is a military coat. Then lift the coat off again. Under the coat is...

The genuine product has three layers inside and three layers outside.

Lu Yuanbao stood behind Chu Yue, tiptoed, stretched his neck, and looked hard. Finally, after opening layer by layer, he saw a washbasin at the innermost part.

He frowned, his little face full of confusion. Why was the washbasin placed in the quilt? Could a big washbasin give birth to a small washbasin?

Chu Yue carefully took out the washbasin, which was covered with a wooden lid. As the lid was opened, a sour and sweet smell wafted out.

A very strange smell, but... very fragrant.

What was even stranger was the stuff in the basin. It looked like rice, but it also looked like rotten rice, soaking wet in the water.

Lu Yuanbao had never seen this thing before. He blinked and asked curiously, "What is this?"

"It's wine lees, also called fermented rice in some places." Chu Yue moved closer, took a deep breath, smelled a sweet scent of alcohol, and smiled cautiously.

She started making this wine lees four days ago.

To make wine lees, you need to use glutinous rice, and steam it together with ordinary rice in a ratio of one to one.

After the glutinous rice is cooked, spread it out slightly to dissipate the heat. When it is warm, put it in a basin, press it tightly, and then dig a hole like a small bowl in the middle.

Then sprinkle a layer of fermentation yeast on the top, cover it with a lid and you're done.

If it is summer, just put it in a warm place with suitable temperature. After fermenting for a day, the rice will turn into lees, and there will be water accumulated in the small holes in the middle, which is rice wine.

But it is winter now, and the temperature in winter is too low, almost around zero degrees on the mountain, which is not suitable for the fermentation of koji. Therefore, it needs to be kept warm tightly, and the fermentation time also needs to be longer.

Chu Yue hid the washbasin in Lu Yuanbao's bed for three days and three nights without opening it once, for fear that the fermentation would fail.

But now it is obviously fermenting very successfully. (Picture)

After listening to Chu Yue's words, Lu Yuanbao silently chanted "lees, fermented rice" in his heart.

Chu Yue is a native southerner. During the Chinese New Year in her hometown, unlike the northerners, every family does not eat dumplings. Instead, they eat glutinous rice balls on New Year’s Eve.

The dish eaten with glutinous rice balls is fermented glutinous rice, commonly known as fermented glutinous rice balls.

Chu Yue lifted the basin and asked Lu Yuanbao to come closer and smell it. "Yuanbao, smell it. Does it smell good?"

Lu Yuanbao took another deep breath. As if he had been smelling it for a long time, he no longer felt that the fermented smell in the air was unpleasant. Instead, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

He nodded, "Smells good!"

"I'm glad you like it. Let's go on and do the reunion. We can be together as a family in the evening."

Then, the two of them walked into the kitchen again.

Making glutinous rice balls is much simpler than making dumplings. There is no need to knead the dough or chop the dumpling filling. You just need to add water to the glutinous rice flour until it becomes slightly moist but not sticky, and it will naturally form a ball.

The glutinous rice flour dough is snow-white, and a small ball is picked up from the big ball.

First roll the small ball into a ball, then flatten it, press it with the middle of your finger to make a small depression, then put the sesame filling prepared earlier on, wrap it up and roll it into a ball.

Lu Yuanbao watched Chu Yue do it a few times and learned it immediately. After washing his hands, he came to help and did it very well.

After seeing that he had figured it out, Chu Yue gave it all to Lu Yuanbao to make the dumplings while she was busy making spring rolls.

New Year’s Eve is the most important day of the year for Chinese people. Even if the day is a little tedious and tiring, we must eat and drink well and not miss anything.

While preparing the New Year's Eve dinner, Chu Yue looked outside several times. It was clearly the time Lu Zhanlin had agreed on yesterday, so why hadn't anyone come home yet?

It’s such a beautiful day, nothing will happen again, right?

Chu Yue didn't wait for Lu Zhanlin to appear, but instead waited for Chen Fengying to appear first.

Chen Fengying was holding a plate full of dumplings, fresh from the pot, still steaming. "Sister Chu, are you still making the New Year's Eve dinner? These are the dumplings I made myself, with pork and cabbage filling. They must be delicious. They're still hot. Would you like to try one first?"

Chu Yue had eaten the meat buns made by Chen Fengying before. The skin was thin and the meat was thick. The meat filling was juicy and tasted very good.

Chen Fengying is very good at making noodles.

She didn't use chopsticks, but directly reached out and grabbed a hot dumpling and put it in her mouth. She took a bite and the juice burst in her mouth.

That’s so delicious!

"Delicious! Sister Chen, the dumplings you make are so delicious! You can even sell them at a stall!"