Chapter 170 Eight Treasure Rice
Along the way, Lin Anan felt a little heavy.
Li Lu's emaciated appearance kept lingering in her mind, making her feel distressed.
A good person has become so haggard now. I wonder how much sadness is hidden behind this.
Chu Minglan and Chu Mingyu noticed that Lin Anan was in a bad mood, and they stopped jumping around like before and followed her quietly.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you? Is it because of the way that sister just looked..."
Lin Anan came back to her senses, looked at Chu Minglan's worried eyes, and forced a smile, "It's okay, Xiaolan, I just feel a little uncomfortable seeing Aunt Luo's sister like that."
Chu Mingyu also came over, looking innocent, "Sister-in-law, why is that sister so thin? Is she sick?"
Lin Anan gently touched Chu Mingyu's head. "Maybe she went through some bad things and suffered a lot. So, you should learn to cherish your current life and care more about the people around you."
Chu Mingyu nodded, not quite understanding.
Lin Anan naturally wouldn't tell the two children too much. These things were simply family disharmony at the superficial level and human nature at the deeper level.
When it comes to human nature, it is often the cruelest topic...
"Xiaoyu is so good. I'll make you Sucheng's eight-treasure rice for lunch. How about that?"
"Great, great!" Chu Mingyu's eyes lit up and he jumped a few times with excitement. "I've never eaten Eight Treasure Rice before. Are there eight treasures hidden in the rice?"
“Hahahaha~”
After returning home, Lin Anan began to prepare eight-treasure rice pudding.
Chu Minglan followed along and helped throughout the process, saying that she wanted to learn how to make Eight Treasure Rice Pudding.
In fact, the girl was reluctant to let her sister-in-law work, so she worked more and her sister-in-law worked less.
When Lin's mother left, she left behind a lot of local specialties, and Aunt Chu also bought a lot. After Lin Anan collected them, she found that the ingredients for making Eight Treasure Rice Pudding were quite complete, except for the lack of red bean paste, which could be replaced with brown sugar.
She soaked the glutinous rice first, then found red dates, lotus seeds, longans, melon seeds, raisins...
Placing the ingredients on the table one by one, Lin Anan estimated the amount in her mind and said, "Make more and share it with everyone later."
"Listen to my sister-in-law."
Chu Minglan was actually a little reluctant. The ingredients she took out were all of the best quality. Giving them away to others to eat...it made her feel sad just thinking about it.
But since her sister-in-law said so, she agreed. There must be a reason why her sister-in-law did so.
"Sister-in-law, let me peel the longan." Chu Minglan took the initiative to pick up the longan and peeled it carefully.
"good."
Lin Anan collected a lot of bowls, of different sizes, and used them all.
First, spread a layer of lard on the bowl, and then place various ingredients on the bottom of the bowl according to different patterns. There are red dates arranged in the shape of a plum blossom, and melon seeds made into small flowers, which look very beautiful.
Next, Lin Anan drained the soaked glutinous rice, spread it in the bowl with the ingredients, put brown sugar in the middle, and then spread another layer of glutinous rice and pressed it down.
"Xiao Lan, add some firewood. It will probably take more than half an hour to steam."
"Okay sister-in-law."
Finally, place the bowl in a steamer to steam.
While waiting, Lin Anan had nothing to do and started telling the story of Eight Treasure Rice Pudding.
The two little ones were confused!
"During the Song Dynasty, there was a scholar who was very talented, but unfortunately his family was poor and he could not even get enough food to eat.
When he went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, he encountered a landslide and was trapped in a dilapidated temple. When he was starving and cold, he found a lot of food in a rat's nest. There were eight kinds of food! In order to survive, he made a fire and cooked. It was this eight-treasure rice that kept him alive... "
Chu Minglan and Chu Mingyu frowned from time to time as they listened. They wanted to say something, but they felt uncomfortable. It was obviously a sweet eight-treasure rice pudding, so how could it be related to mice?
Lin Anan couldn't help laughing when she saw their little looks.
"Later, he survived thanks to this eight-treasure rice pudding, passed the imperial examinations, and was eventually appointed prime minister, serving the people and the country all his life.
Therefore, people think that this eight-treasure rice is a good omen, delicious and has good meaning, and gradually it has become a festive delicacy. "
Chu Mingyu scratched his head and said, "Sister-in-law, we didn't steal it from the rats, can it be delicious?"
Lin Anan:?
Lin Anan was obviously stunned, then burst into laughter.
"It's delicious, and eating it will make you smarter."
Finally, the steamer started to boil, bubbling with steam, and the sweet aroma of eight-treasure rice pudding filled the kitchen.
"It has to be simmered for half an hour so that it will be more flavorful."
Chu Mingyu looked forward to it...
When Chu Mingzhou returned home, he saw three people crowded in the kitchen, so he walked over.
Lin Anan was about to turn the bowl upside down on the plate, but was afraid of the heat, so she was looking around for a rag.
"I'll do it."
"Hey, when did you come back?"
"You just came back, why are you in the kitchen again?"
Lin Anan signaled him to stop talking too much, and asked him to help while talking and giving orders.
Chu Mingzhou followed her instructions, turned the bowl upside down, and poured out the eight-treasure rice.
The eight-treasure rice pudding was bright in color, with red dates, longans, raisins and other ingredients inlaid in it, giving off an attractive luster.
"Wow, so beautiful!" Chu Minglan and Chu Mingyu exclaimed in unison.
Lin Anan raised her eyebrows at them, "Of course, it's not only beautiful, but also delicious!"
He asked Chu Mingzhou to make two more copies and took them to the main hall.
Chu Mingyu couldn't wait even a minute. He scooped a big spoonful of it impatiently, blew on it twice, and put it in his mouth. His eyes lit up instantly, "It's delicious, sister-in-law, so delicious! It's sweet and sticky, and even better than I thought."
"Really? Sister-in-law didn't lie to you, did she?"
Chu Minglan also nodded repeatedly.
Chu Mingzhou looked at Lin Anan deeply, then picked up the spoon to try.
"How about it?"
“It’s delicious.”
"I made a lot. Most people like this flavor, suitable for all ages. When the time comes, give one to Zihuai, Sister Lihua, Instructor Lu, Pan Guoyang, Brother Zhuzi, Aunt Luo, Captain Xu..." Lin Anan counted a group of people on her fingers.
Chu Mingzhou was slightly stunned, "Don't do so much in the future, and don't bother them."
"ha?"
"What? No, you can't do that."
Lin Anan pursed her lips and spoke in a lower voice, "It's easier to do it, but you are so unreasonable..."
"Um."
"You! Reckless man!"
Chu Mingzhou was so angry that he laughed, but he didn't argue with her.
When Lin Anan finished her meal leisurely and was lying on the kang for a nap, Chu Mingzhou grabbed her and bit her mouth until it was swollen...
"Chu Mingzhou! Do you believe me? I can crush it and break it for you!"
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