Today, Xie Ling and his team walked about forty kilometers until the sun set and the night wind blew, and then leader Shen set up camp beside a river.
The evening wind was chilly. Sister Song and Ru stayed in the carriage, while Xie Ling took Qiuyue and Pei out of the carriage to get some food.
Not far away, the official came over and gave each person two steamed buns and half a taro.
Looking at the black brown rice steamed bread, Xie Ling could already imagine the feeling of having her throat pulled after eating it, so she put all of it into the small bag beside the carriage.
Gu Li picked up some dry firewood from a distance and the family started a fire.
Xie Ling noticed a bamboo forest not far away, took a sickle from the space, and walked over.
She picked out a wider bamboo, selected the best sections, processed them a bit, and then prepared to go back.
Just as she turned around, Xie Ling spotted a small patch of bamboo shoots not far away!
The winter bamboo shoots were short and plump, so she quickly ran over, broke off five or six and held them in her arms.
When other people saw Xie Ling coming out of the bamboo forest with a bunch of bamboo shoots, they were jealous and rushed over to grab the shoots, fearing that they would miss out if they were too late.
The bamboo forest was bustling with activity, with old ladies fighting and children crying.
As soon as they returned to the carriage, Yu Niang came over with a pottery jar in her hand and handed it to Xie Ling, "Miss Xie, this is the fish that Xu Xingzhi caught. I'm bringing one to you."
Xie Ling gladly accepted it and gave Yu Niang two bamboo shoots in return.
The fire was just right, so Xie Ling asked Gu Li to prepare the fish while she made bamboo tube rice.
First cut off a piece of the bamboo tube, then take out glutinous rice, sausage, peas, and corn from the space and put them into the bamboo sections in proportion, then add soy sauce, salt and other seasonings, and finally seal it with bamboo leaves.
Put all the bamboo tubes into a big iron pot and cook them.
Gu Li’s fish was also ready.
The fragrance of the bamboo tube rice wafted out, and Gu Li's stomach began to growl.
Xie Ling chuckled, took out a piece of cake from the space, and let him and Ru Jie'er eat it first.
Then he found a thin stone slab nearby, washed it clean, and planned to use it to fry the fish.
Her frying pan was neatly arranged and beautifully shaped. It would have scared these ancient people to death if she had taken it out.
Fry the big, plump fish until golden brown on both sides, add a spoonful of secret sauce, and simmer over low heat in a small clay pot.
The bamboo tube rice over there was also cooked, and the fragrance of bamboo leaves mixed with the fragrance of rice filled the entire camp.
Everyone looked around, trying to see where the fragrance came from.
Gu Li reached out to take it, but Xie Ling patted his hand and said, "You need to bake it."
Xie Ling thought about it and decided not to cook the bamboo shoots and save them for the next meal.
While everything here was arranged in an orderly manner, the second branch of the Gu family was in chaos.
Zhang twisted Liu's ear and said sternly, "You come from a farming family, how come you can't even cook? Look at what you have done to the good rice!"
In the clay pot, the white rice had become a mass of mushy paste. It looked pitch black and had a burnt smell.
Liu complained bitterly, "Mother-in-law, I haven't cooked since I married into the Gu family. I have long forgotten everything. Didn't you also come from a farming family?"
Zhang glared at him, "Am I the same as you? I am a princess."
Liu thought to herself, you were even worse than me before you were sold to the human traffickers!
At this moment, the aroma of cooking in the eldest room wafted over, making people feel itchy and their tongues constantly secrete saliva.
Gu Dong swallowed his saliva, hugged his concubine and slapped Zhang on the face, "Hurry up and continue cooking. If it's not delicious, I'll beat you up."
The second wife's grandson, Gu Zhaofeng, started crying when he smelled the fragrance. He angrily imitated Gu Dong and slapped Liu on the face, "I want to eat! Cook quickly!"
Liu Rouhan looked at the mess, walked over, picked up the pottery jar, and said, "I know a little bit about cooking, let me do it."
Liu was so moved that she burst into tears, thinking that her two biological daughters were not as good as her niece.
Liu Rouhan felt disgusted, but she was not doing this for Liu’s sake. She just didn’t want to eat burnt rice.
The situation with the side branch was okay. Gu Silang's wife was a good cook, and the whole family ate porridge.
As for those who don’t have extra money to buy ingredients, they can only eat dry steamed bread.
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s talk about the main branch of the Gu family.
Xie Ling used two wooden sticks to pick up all the bamboo tubes.
The outer shell of the bamboo was burnt black. When the bamboo leaves were opened, hot air mixed with the sweet fragrance of glutinous rice suddenly rushed out.
The glutinous rice inside is translucent and plump, with a refreshing fragrance.
I took a big bite and it tasted like rice and bamboo, soft, sticky and sticky.
Xie Ling took another bite of the fish that had been simmered over low heat for half an hour.
The fish bones are crispy, the fish meat is soft, tender and fresh, and the sauce is very flavorful. It is so delicious that you can’t help but want to swallow your tongue.
Qiuyue hurried to the carriage to call Song and Rujie.
After a few days of getting along, Song became more lively and said with a smile: "I'm really sorry to bother you, second sister-in-law. Make delicious food every day. I will help you after the baby is born."
Xie Ling handed Song a pill for nourishing the fetus and asked her to take it after dinner.
Then he took a bamboo tube, scooped up a spoonful of fish, lifted the curtain and entered the carriage.
Gu Wei was very familiar with Xie Ling's breath. He opened his bright peach blossom eyes and sat up.
Men usually lie down, but as soon as they sit up, they feel the oppression.
He has broad shoulders, long legs and is tall. Even simple clothes cannot hide his elegant demeanor.
Even though it was not the first time she saw this man's face, Xie Ling was still shocked.
The ancient saying that autumn water is the spirit and jade is the bones is just like this.
Gu Wei's narrow peach blossom eyes casually glanced at the wooden hairpin on Xie Ling's bun and said in a gentle voice, "Thank you."
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