Ruan Shuangjiang went to the kitchen to busy herself, Ruan Xiaoxue also went to help, and Ruan Qiqi went to the fire pit to warm herself by the fire and bake some glutinous rice cakes.

She took out five glutinous rice cakes from the jar, placed them on the fire with tongs, and arranged them in order, turning them over from time to time. After baking for a while, a big bubble appeared on the surface of the glutinous rice cake, and it got bigger and bigger like blowing bubble gum.

With a "pop" sound.

The firecrackers exploded, and snow-white glutinous rice flowed out like paste, filling the air with a rich rice aroma.

Baked glutinous rice cake is delicious

There are many ways to eat glutinous rice cake, such as frying, deep-frying, baking, boiling and steaming, but Ruan Qiqi likes to eat baked ones the most, especially those baked until both sides are golden brown. They make a crunchy sound when you bite them, but the middle is soft, sticky and sweet, and tastes amazing.

"Niannian, Panpan, eat glutinous rice cakes!"

Ruan Qiqi waved to the two children and quickly took two baked glutinous rice cakes from the tongs. However, they were too hot and she did not hold them firmly. The glutinous rice cakes fell to the ground, and her fingertips were almost burned.

She put her hands on her earlobes to cool them down. She had been using this method since she was a child and it was quite effective.

"Second Aunt, eat."

Ruan Nian picked up the glutinous rice cake from the ground, puffed up his cheeks to blew off the dust on the surface, and handed it to Ruan Qiqi with both hands.

"Give it to your mother and aunt, there's more!"

Ruan Qiqi continued to turn over the remaining three glutinous rice cakes. There were not many glutinous rice cakes left in the jar, so she turned around and asked a few strong laborers to make more.

Although Ruan Nian was only four years old, she was very steady. She carried two glutinous rice cakes and trotted to the kitchen, then ran back and squatted by the fire to watch Ruan Qiqi turn them over.

Two-year-old Ruan Pan was also squatting, staring at the glutinous rice cake with his big eyes without blinking, and swallowing his saliva.

"Eat it."

When the three glutinous rice cakes were all baked, Ruan Qiqi first gave them to the children and then started eating them herself.

The baked glutinous rice cake is crispy, fragrant and soft. Apart from causing indigestion, there is nothing wrong with it.

After eating a roasted glutinous rice cake, Ruan Qiqi was still not satisfied and wanted to roast a few more, but she also wanted to save some space for the snowflake meatballs and steamed chicken with millet rice cake. These two dishes were famous dishes from her original hometown. She had eaten them in her previous life and they tasted really good.

The meat and chicken are more authentic now, and the dishes made will probably taste better. Ruan Qiqi couldn't help swallowing and ran to the kitchen to take a look.

Ruan Xiaoxue is chopping the meat filling. Snowflake meatballs are actually meatballs wrapped in a layer of glutinous rice. After being steamed, the glutinous rice is crystal clear and the meatballs are fresh and delicious. Not only does it look good, it tastes good too. This dish is always served at banquets.

Snowflake Meatballs

Ruan Shuangjiang is making millet cake. She has last year's millet at home, which she has just ground into powder. The millet powder has a very coarse texture. There is a local saying that goes like this: You don't know the flat land until you have walked through the mountains, and you don't know the coarseness of the millet cake until you have eaten it. It means that millet tastes particularly coarse.

Therefore, local people will add glutinous rice flour to it to neutralize the coarseness of the millet flour and make it into millet cake to eat.

Millet, I don't know what the scientific name is

"Hungry?"

Ruan Shuangjiang turned around and asked with a smile.

"Fortunately, I just ate some glutinous rice cake."

Ruan Qiqi touched her stomach and found that she was not hungry, but her teeth were itchy and she wanted to chew something.

"Second sister, there are sweet potato scrapers in the cabinet in my room."

Ruan Xiaoxue said with a smile.

Ruan Qiqi's eyes lit up and she ran to rummage through the cupboard. She soon found a pack of scrapers, about one pound in weight, that were dried by Ruan Xiaoxue.

She took a slice and ran to the fire to roast it. After the slices were roasted soft, they were particularly sweet and easy to chew.

Ruan Qiqi didn't eat alone. She gave half to her niece and ate the other half herself. After finishing the shaved meat, her teeth were still itching, so she sat in the chair and thought about Lu Ye in a daze.

I had the same dream again last night. She tore Lu Ye's clothes and did many things that were inappropriate for children.

She suspected that it was because she had been restrained in the mental hospital for too long in her previous life, and had abstained from sexual desire for ten years. It was her good fortune that she did not get sick from it. Now that she finally met a handsome and pleasing man, it was normal for her to be sexually unsatisfied.

She had to speed up and resolve the issues in Ruanjiawan, then she would go to the city to marry Lu Ye.

Ruan Qiqi yawned and remembered something. Why haven’t the military documents been sent yet?

She had been back for several days, and the efficiency of the post office was too slow. She thought about it, stood up and walked out.

"Let's go out and play!"

Ruan Qiqi went to take the two children with her. The little ones had to play happily and it would not work if they stayed at home all day.

Ruan Nian shook her head. She went to find a backpack and put it on her back skillfully. She also found a sickle and said like a little adult, "Aunt, I'm going to the mountain to get grass for the pigs and bring back some firewood."

She and her sister eat so much, they have to work harder, otherwise the family will be bankrupted by them.

"Sister, I...I'll go too."

Ruan Pan speaks in a baby voice. She is her sister's little follower, following her from morning to night.

Ruan Qiqi blinked, feeling inexplicably ashamed. Even the children were so diligent, and she, as an aunt, seemed to be a little lacking in diligence.

But it is impossible to ask her to change. It is absolutely impossible for her to work if she endures hardships all her life.

"Second Auntie is going to teach you a trick today, come on!"

Ruan Qiqi took the two children out and soon met some children playing. She took out a handful of fruit candies from her pocket. The children were so greedy that they couldn't help swallowing their saliva and stared at the candies in her hand eagerly.

"There's no firewood left at home, and there's nothing to eat for the pigs."

As soon as Ruan Qiqi finished speaking, a clever child took the initiative to say, "Sister Qiqi, I'll go get some firewood and pig grass for you!"

"good!"

Ruan Qiqi smiled in praise and stuffed three fruit candies into the boy's hands.

"I'll go fight right now!"

The boy ran away happily. Three candies. Sister Qiqi is so generous!

The other children followed suit and actively expressed that they would also collect firewood and pig grass. Ruan Qiqi also gave each of them three candies and warned: "Don't cut corners, otherwise there will be no candy next time!"

"No, don't worry, Sister Qiqi!"

Several children said in unison and ran away like the wind. Three candies in exchange for a bundle of firewood and a basket of pig grass was such a good deal. They were not fools and they knew how to have a full meal every day.

Ruan Qiqi lowered her head and said to the dumbfounded Ruan Nian, "You will be responsible for checking the quality of firewood and pig grass later to see if they have cut corners."

"knew."

Ruan Nian nodded. She hesitated for a few seconds, then mustered up the courage to say, "Aunt, three candies are too many. One is enough."

She felt that her second aunt was losing money and it was not worth it.

Ruan Qiqi smiled and patted her head. "When Second Aunt comes to town, you can set the rules. Now Second Aunt will only give you three candies."

After all, she is an adult, so she won't argue with a child over one or two candies.

Ruan Nian's eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously.

Ruan Qiqi didn't preach to her. No matter how much she said, it would be better to show her. The little girl was very smart and would definitely be able to learn it.

The roadside was full of wild roses with thick stems. Ruan Qiqi broke off a tender stem, peeled off the skin, revealing the tender and juicy flesh. It was a snack for rural children and Ruan Qiqi loved to eat it when she was a child. She took a bite and it tasted a little sweet and pretty good.

The pointed stems of wild roses are called thorn mosses.

Putting the prickly moss into her mouth and chewing it, Ruan Qiqi walked slowly towards the village entrance. There were many villagers working in the farmlands on the side of the road. When they saw Ruan Qiqi, they all took the initiative to greet her and were very polite.

He Jianjun's parents were also there. They looked angry but were actually very worried. They had gone to the commune yesterday to make a phone call but couldn't find their son. They had wasted a few dimes and were very heartbroken.

They were even more worried that their son had really been expelled from the army. They were very anxious and planned to go to Tanzhou City to find their son and ask him face to face.

"Captain Ruan, there is a letter!"

A green figure appeared at the entrance of the village. He was the postman who came to deliver mail once a week.

The captain walked out of the field, ran over barefoot, took the letter, and saw the words of Tanzhou Military Region on the envelope. His heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but think of what Ruan Qiqi said. Could He Jianjun really have been expelled from the army?

He excitedly opened the envelope, revealing a red-headed document. The captain was so excited that he quickly pulled out the document.

[There will be three more chapters after midnight. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be 6,000 chapters updated at midnight in the future.]