Chapter 192 Hydrangea Green Group
Wen Zhen felt pain just thinking about it: "Grandpa didn't let you give birth afterwards?"
Old Lady Wen smiled and nodded: "However long I was in pain, your grandfather stayed with me outside. After your father was born, he stopped letting me have children."
"Do grandma and the others agree?"
"I don't know what your grandfather said to them, but they never gave me a cold look." Old Mrs. Wen still felt very happy when she thought of that time.
"very nice."
Old Lady Wen smiled and touched her head: "I have lived a very happy life. I met your grandfather, and had such filial children like your father and your mother. Now I have such a capable granddaughter like you, and two sensible and well-behaved grandsons. I am content."
"Grandma, you will be happier in the future. I will build you a big house and hire some people to serve you so that you can enjoy the life of a wealthy old man and great-grandmother."
"Don't ask anyone to wait on us. It feels like we are almost useless."
The grandmother and grandson chatted and laughed in the yard for a while, and when they saw that it was getting late, they went back to their room to rest.
Cream couldn't sleep on the bed these two days, so we had to move its little nest to the table nearby. The little guy was not very happy at first.
But when it saw that there was indeed no place for it on the bed, it compromised and went to sleep obediently in its own nest.
The next day.
Everyone got up before dawn to prepare the tea and snacks to be delivered today.
Wen Zhen started making hydrangea green balls.
First, mix the glutinous rice flour and sugar with hot water to form a dough, then add sesame oil and mix them thoroughly.
Take out one-third of the dough and set the rest aside to rest.
She added the prepared vegetable juices into the dough, including carrot juice, purple potato juice, spinach juice, and white dough without adding anything.
Use the molds in the toolbox to shape the dough into petals and leaves.
She asked others to take out the dough that had been proofing on the side, divide it into small balls, flatten them, and then wrap them with a small ball of red bean paste and roll them into balls.
Here, she dipped the prepared petals and leaves in a little water and stuck them on the round ball to make beautiful hydrangeas, and placed leaves cut from lotus leaves underneath.
After it is done, put it aside, put it in the steamer, and steam it over high heat for the time it takes to make a cup of tea.
She handed the flower-dipping job to Zhu Tao and the others, and started making glutinous rice balls and Chunshuisheng.
She originally planned to make glutinous rice balls with red bean paste filling, but then she thought about it and realized that she already had one with red bean paste filling, so she simply steamed purple sweet potatoes and made glutinous rice balls with purple sweet potato filling.
Dissolve sugar in water, then add glutinous rice flour and oil, knead into a smooth dough, and divide the dough into small portions.
After rolling it into a round shape and flattening it, wrap it in purple sweet potato puree, roll it into a ball, and roll it in a plate with sesame seeds so that it is covered with sesame seeds.
"Aunt Dou, come and help me fry the glutinous rice balls."
"Right away."
Aunt Dou poured oil into the pot, and when it was half hot, she put in the dough wrapped in sesame seeds: "Yi Yi, how do I tell if this is done?"
"If you see it floating, it's cooked. Just scoop it up with a colander and drain the oil."
"good."
Wen Zhenyi started to prepare Chun Shuisheng again. It was not very difficult. She brought a lot of cups and used them as molds. However, there were no fresh fruits now, so she could only use candied bayberries instead.
The result was not as bad as she thought. Today's hot drink was lotus leaf tea.
She decided to use local materials and went to the lotus garden to make a hot drink of lotus leaf tea with the lotus leaves there.
Because of the curfew today, Shen Hanxing and Lin Jie had to wait until the city gates opened before they could arrive. By the time they arrived, they were almost ready.
Now all you have to do is put your stuff into the basket.
"Yi Yi, how should we arrange these snacks?" Old Mrs. Ma looked at these freshly baked snacks with some worries.
Wen Zhenyi came over and placed two hydrangeas in the middle, and then placed other snacks around them. Because the coconut milk cake was icy, it was finally placed together with the popsicles.
It will be placed in the pavilion, and guests who want to eat can go there to get it. However, this is not a limited supply, it is on a first-come, first-served basis.
After the preparations were completed, Lin Jie first delivered cartloads of baskets, followed by jars of lemon honey, popsicles, and coconut milk cakes.
Wen Zhenyi took the first bus to Heyuan and started making today's tea.
As soon as the cook saw her, she came over to help with a smile: "Miss Wen, what are we cooking today?"
"I need some lotus leaves."
“Do you only need lotus leaves?”
"Lotus leaves and clean water are enough."
"Please wait a moment. I'll send someone to get it."
Wen Zhenyi asked the servant to help him light a fire and boiled a lot of water in the pot. Some of the water was prepared to make lemon honey water, and some was prepared to make lotus leaf tea later.
The cook brought the lotus leaves and asked, "Miss Wen, what are these lotus leaves for?"
"I use it to make lotus leaf tea."
"Lotus leaf tea?"
"Yes, the snacks I've been making lately are quite oily. Lotus leaves are very good at removing grease, so they're suitable for women to maintain their figure."
"Is it still useful?"
"Well, if the flower viewing party is over, you can collect the lotus leaves, dry them in the sun, and boil them in water to make tea anytime."
"Miss Wen, you know so much. I'll go wash the lotus leaves now."
Lotus leaves can be paired with barley, hawthorn, roselle, tangerine peel, etc., but to save trouble, she just used lotus leaves here.
She cooled the boiling water with ice, poured lemon and honey into it, stirred it evenly, and asked the servant to bring it to the pavilion. This was today's tea.
Boil the lotus leaves until they become a soup, without adding anything else, filter out the leaves, and you're done.
Wen Zhenyi handed the tea-drinking matters over to the cook. The lemon honey water she brought today was enough, and she only needed to follow the steps to add more when it was not enough.
After doing all this, she said goodbye to the steward and others and left. There was still one day left tomorrow, and she had to continue her struggle.
As for Boss Wang’s refreshments today, Shen Hanxing had already delivered them to her personally, so she didn’t need to worry about it.
Ma Yinghe and the others saw her coming back and handed her a handkerchief, asking her to wipe her sweat: "Yiyi, wipe your sweat."
Wen Zhenyi took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Thank you, mother."
"Is everything going well?"
"It should go well. I'll come back after I finish my work and plan to think about what to do tomorrow."
"Tomorrow is the last day."
"Well, it's the last day, and I'm trying to figure out how to end it."
"Don't worry, think about it slowly. There's still time."
Wen Zhenyi hasn't figured out what to use yet: "Mom, I'm going to take a walk around the market." After saying that, he had already left the store.
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