Chapter 211 Rice Wine
Shu Hong sneered and said disdainfully, "What a bunch of money! Li Laosan can't control Li Zhaodi, and the family can hardly have enough food all year round. Their lives are actually very difficult, and they don't have enough money to support the whole family, but they always act like they are rich to bully the weak."
"But both mother and son think it's easy for their family to find a daughter-in-law. They seem to think they can marry anyone they want, without considering the opinions of other families at all."
Zhao Chunhua thought, where exactly the confidence of this mother and son came from is really puzzling.
"So the young wife just left like that?"
Zhao Chunhua tried hard to recall the story.
"Is it the girl named Zhao Anan? I remember that her parents died early, and she only had one brother, Zhao Ping. But after he got married, all the power in the family was given to his sister-in-law, and this sister-in-law didn't care much about her sister."
At this point, Shu Hong sighed: "What else can I do if I don't leave? If I choose to leave, although life will become a little more difficult, at least I can save my life; but if I don't leave, God knows when I will suddenly die."
Zhao Anan also made her decision based on this idea. Although she told the outside world that she had forgotten everything, the wound on her forehead was real evidence.
She was treated unfairly in her husband's family, which forced her to run away.
At the beginning, Zhao Anan had planned to use the reason of separation to continue staying in the original place, because at least she could rely on a male relative to get some support and help.
From Zhao Anan's perspective now, her ex-husband is nothing more than a tool with labor value. Apart from this, there seems to be nothing special about him.
However, Li Zhaodi did not give Zhao Anan such an opportunity. She firmly disagreed to divide the house into two parts and wanted to expel Zhao Anan completely.
Faced with such a result, Zhao Anan felt somewhat regretful. After all, a problem that could have been solved without much effort on her part now required her to undertake more work alone.
"So what new plans does she have now?"
Someone asked if you were ready to return to your brother's home.
But on second thought, I'm afraid doing so will only create a situation that may be even more unfavorable.
"I heard that the village chief felt sympathy for her after seeing her plight, so he gave her a simple thatched house at the end of the village to live in."
In fact, the house consisted of only one room and had previously belonged to an elderly villager who lived alone in the village.
The old man had passed away more than a year earlier, but the house was still in a condition that allowed for basic living conditions, and only needed a minor repair to the roof before it could be used again.
Hearing this, Zhao Chunhua nodded slightly in approval.
In any case, it’s always a good thing to have a place to live!
Regardless of whether Zhao Anan is a human being from another world as rumored by the outside world, as a female compatriot, Zhao Chunhua will naturally feel a little uneasy and worried about the other party's lack of a stable environment.
However, this kind of concern was just out of politeness. When the conversation between each other was finished, it came to an end and was not mentioned again.
After the chat, Shu Hong did not delay any longer, because she suddenly remembered that she had a daughter at home who was about to get married and there were many things waiting for her to go back and deal with.
This child named Shu Ziying is the eldest daughter currently raised by Shu Hong and her husband.
From the titles used in their conversations, it can be inferred that Shu Hong's real age should be almost the same as Zhao Chunhua's, or even slightly older.
Before Shu Ziying, Shu Hong had two sons.
These two sons should have been the hope and joy of her life, but they both passed away early.
Unfortunately, one of them died of illness. The young life was gone before it had a chance to blossom. The pain in the heart of its mother Shu Hong was beyond words.
The other son was forced to perform labor, but he was too exhausted to survive and died prematurely in that harsh environment.
This experience deeply affected Shu Hong and made her cherish life more.
Therefore, whenever Shu Hong saw Zhao Chunhua and her children living healthy and happy lives, she couldn't help but feel envious.
After all, the Shu family had a certain social status and fame, which enabled them to be exempted from the suffering of heavy labor.
This made her more aware of the important influence of one's background on one's destiny.
By noon, the sky actually turned a little brighter from gray, and the sun finally broke through the clouds and showed its face. Although the sunlight was not particularly warm on people, compared to the previous gloomy day, such a sunny day still made people feel happy.
I don’t know what other people do to relax or celebrate when the weather gets better or when they are in high spirits, but for Zhao Chunhua, who is gentle and good at cooking, when she is happy, she always likes to make some delicious food for herself and her family to celebrate.
Today was no exception. It happened that the little baby Shitou was sleeping soundly in the room, so Zhao Chunhua decided to take this opportunity to make a pot of rice wine - this is her habitual name for this traditional drink made from glutinous rice.
According to traditional brewing techniques, to make this flavorful and time-honored home-made rice wine (commonly known as laozao), you first need to soak the selected high-quality glutinous rice in warm and suitable water for about two to three hours, allowing it to slowly absorb enough water and swell up, so that the subsequent fermentation process can proceed more smoothly.
However, considering the unique taste that she expected in the final product, which was distinct particles but not too soft, Zhao Chunhua decided to skip this step after careful consideration.
The washed white glutinous rice is crystal clear. Add appropriate amount of water to the pot and start steaming over high heat.
When the rice balls are fully cooked, in order to dissipate heat and cool down as quickly as possible for subsequent processing, the thoughtful and considerate hostess specially prepares clean, clear, pollution-free and safe boiled water in advance, and sprinkles it evenly on the steaming rice grains just out of the oven, and uses external force to quickly stir them evenly to accelerate the cooling rate.
At the same time, prepare a small portion of special yeast that has just been dried and preserved a few days ago, and grind it into fine powder with a stone mortar for later use; at the same time, find a clean container at home that is specifically used to store food materials and ensure that there is absolutely no oil residue inside.
Since a sufficient amount of clean water has been added and stirred and diluted in time during the initial cooking process of the glutinous rice, there is no need to add additional water in the current step. All you need to do is pour all the ingredients into the designated container and mix them well.
Next, you need to wait for the subtle moment when natural transformation occurs.
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