Chapter 408 Eat Zongzi, Happy Dragon Boat Festival!
When they heard Chen Dazhuang's words, the two people outside the house suddenly became nervous.
Chu Yue hurriedly looked up at Chen Dazhuang, especially Pei Mingzhu, who stood up directly from the chair, frowned, and walked quickly towards Pei Tianci, wanting to keep this huge secret.
Pei Tianci was also very nervous. This was the first time someone called him "little sister" in front of him.
Has his secret been discovered?
The round apple face suddenly turned pale.
Among the few people, the one who reacted the fastest was the injured Lu Yuanbao.
Lu Yuanbao didn't panic, but seriously refuted what Chen Dazhuang said, "Dazhuang, Tianci is not a little sister, he is a boy. Look at the clothes and pants he is wearing, they are only worn by little boys."
After being reminded by Lu Yuanbao, Chen Dazhuang tilted his head and looked at Pei Tianci carefully. He was no longer looking at his face, but at the small clothes on Pei Tianci.
A small white shirt and small suit shorts, it is definitely a boy's outfit.
Chen Dazhuang nodded in sudden realization, "So it's my little brother. You're so pretty, just like Rourou, that's why I made a mistake. Don't be angry, let's be friends."
As he spoke, Chen Dazhuang extended his hand towards Pei Tianci.
He didn't doubt what Lu Yuanbao said at all and believed it.
Pei Mingzhu, who had already walked behind Chen Dazhuang, looked incredulous. Are children nowadays so gullible?
Chu Yue was used to Chen Dazhuang's natural innocence and simplicity, and his straightforward and thick-skinned nature. Because Pei Tianci was pretty, he called her "little sister." And because Lu Yuanbao said it was a boy, she naturally believed it.
Because what Lu Yuanbao said always made sense and there was nothing to doubt.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The only one who was still a little nervous was Pei Tianci. He reached out and touched the little bun on his head. Could it be that it was because of this little bun that people could tell that he was a girl?
So shouldn't he get the shot?
But this was the tattoo Lu Yuanbao gave her, and he was a little reluctant to do it.
Pei Tianci touched around hesitantly, and Chen Dazhuang's enthusiastic voice came from the side.
"Tianci, your name is Tianci, right? You look so small, so I'm the older brother and you're the younger one. I'll take care of you like I took care of Yuanbao. Let's play games together. I'll let you win."
With the addition of Chen Dazhuang, the three children's play became more fun.
Pei Tianci quickly forgot his fear of having his true gender revealed, and ran around excitedly with his little tufts of hair that looked like little shuttlecocks.
Pei Mingzhu watched this scene, gradually felt relieved, and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
At this time, Pei Hanchuan finally broke free from the "siege" of the little chickens and walked into the house just in time to see this scene. He could feel the lingering subtle atmosphere in the air, but he didn't know what exactly had happened. In the end, he could only look confused.
What happened while he was away?
This day is close to the Dragon Boat Festival.
Chu Yue originally planned to make rice dumplings at home. She had soaked the glutinous rice early in the morning. Since Pei Mingzhu and Pei Hanchuan were here, they might as well make rice dumplings together as a way to celebrate the festival in advance.
In the yard under the bright sunshine, a group of people gathered around a basin of glutinous rice.
After being soaked for a long time, the glutinous rice absorbs moisture and becomes white and plump.
Chu Yue is from the south and likes to eat alkaline water rice dumplings, so she added some alkaline water to the glutinous rice.
After adding alkaline water, the rice dumplings will be more firm and more crystal clear when cooked.
In addition to glutinous rice, there are also washed bamboo leaves and cotton ropes of different colors.
The red ones are candied date rice dumplings, which are sweet.
The blue ones are pickled pork belly dumplings, which are salty.
Ordinary rice dumplings do not have white ropes or anything else added to them. You can eat them with white sugar, and they taste really good.
This way you don’t have to fight over sweet or salty, there are three flavors, you can eat whatever you want.
For Pei Mingzhu and Pei Hanchuan, it was the first time for them to make rice dumplings by themselves. After all, the servants at home used to prepare them during the Dragon Boat Festival, so they just had to ask for whatever flavor they wanted.
Pei Tianci stood between the two of them, looking at the beautiful rice dumplings made by Chu Yue with great interest, and was particularly happy.
In order not to spoil the children's fun, Pei Mingzhu and Pei Hanchuan "condescended" to sit on a small stool.
They held the bamboo leaves in one hand and imitated Chu Yue. They first rotated the bamboo leaves and twisted them into a cone shape, then added glutinous rice in the middle and pressed it tightly. Then they folded the grown bamboo leaves back, pinched them into a triangle, covered them, and tied them with ropes of corresponding colors.
However, making rice dumplings looks simple but is difficult to do.
"ah--"
The bamboo leaves tossed around in Pei Hanchuan's hands, and finally suddenly fell apart, and the glutinous rice that had been put in them fell out.
Fortunately, there was a basin underneath. If such precious glutinous rice fell to the ground, it would have been heartbreaking.
"My little uncle is stupid."
Pei Tianci looked at Pei Hanchuan's frustrated expression and the torn bamboo leaves in his hands, and finally summarized.
After looking at Pei Hanchuan, he turned to look at Pei Mingzhu.
Pei Mingzhu's slender, white and moist hands holding the emerald green bamboo leaves look particularly beautiful, as bright and smooth as jade.
She was more careful and thorough than Pei Hanchuan, taking her time, bit by bit. As long as she was a little slower, the dumplings she made might not look good, but it wouldn't be a complete failure.
"ah--"
This time, the person who made the sound of regret was Pei Tianci.
He watched helplessly as the almost formed rice dumpling in Pei Mingzhu's hand broke into pieces, leaving glutinous rice as glutinous rice and bamboo leaves as bamboo leaves.
Pei Mingzhu froze in place awkwardly, looking quite embarrassed.
Pei Tianci gently patted Pei Mingzhu's shoulder and said, "Mom, it's okay. Let's try again. We will definitely make it beautifully next time."
He did not hide his two attitudes towards Pei Mingzhu and Pei Hanchuan at all.
Pei Hanchuan was so angry that he threw down the bamboo leaf in his hand and said angrily, "Pei Tianci, you little bastard, you really don't care about your uncle at all. Your uncle will never buy you toys again."
Everyone thought Pei Tianci was soft and well-behaved, and after Pei Hanchuan pretended to be angry, he would definitely comfort Pei Hanchuan in a soft voice.
Who knew that Pei Tianci turned his head and made a face at Pei Hanchuan, then happily went to watch Lu Yuanbao making rice dumplings.
But Pei Hanchuan was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, saying that all his feelings for so many years were wasted.
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