Chapter 355: Roasting Sesame to Make Glutinous Rice Balls
Jiang Wanwan once thought about giving birth to Shen Xingjiang's children. She was curious about what they would look like and whether they would call dad or mom first.
Xiao Nuonuo looks a bit like Shen Xingjiang, which makes her even more envious.
But... having a baby is similar to buying a lottery ticket, both rely on gambling, and the seeds you plant may not sprout in the spring or bear fruit in the fall, everything depends on God's will.
Jiang Wanwan didn’t know when God’s will would fall on her, but she knew that Shen Xingjiang was a hardworking farmer.
After his period ended, he has been farming.
Jiang Wanwan is countless times more diligent than when she was married. She appreciates Shen Xingjiang's efforts, but is also afraid of his efforts.
The fifteenth day is the day after the Chinese New Year. The moon is full and shining brightly in the sky.
I didn’t spend the New Year with the Shen family, so the Lantern Festival on the 15th naturally passed.
Jiang Wanwan took ten sausages and a bag of wedding candies, which were also mailed by Xu Mingming. They were placed underneath and Jiang Wanwan only discovered them later.
Tangyuan is indispensable on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Jiang Wanwan carried her things and took the train to the farm. On the way, she passed by the military training ground. There were two sets of firecrackers placed on the open space of the training ground. Gao Lei squatted down to light them. When he saw Jiang Wanwan smiling with her big white teeth bared, he motioned for her to stay away.
Jiang Wanwan took a few quick steps with her things in her hand. Gao Lei lit the firecrackers, and the firecrackers exploded with a crackling sound. The red firecracker skin broke into pieces, and the air was filled with white eyes. The smell was not pleasant, but it was not unpleasant.
In later generations, setting off firecrackers was prohibited, so it was better now. Jiang Wanwan watched the firecrackers finish setting off, then hurriedly packed her things and caught the train to the Shen family.
In the morning, the men of the Shen family went to the chicken coop to help, and occasionally went to the goose factory to clean up the dust.
The old lady saw that everyone was there and prepared to make dumplings.
The family kept last year's sesame seeds, which were black and plump. After washing the sesame seeds in water, Old Lady Shen looked back at the stove and said, "Light up the fire and fry the sesame seeds."
Xu Lan teased Jiang Wanwan: "Grandma, you should ask the fourth son's wife to come. You may not know that the fourth son's wife does nothing at home except cooking. The fourth son is afraid that Wanwan will fall in the house or fall into the river when she goes out, so he always keeps her in front of him and can't let her out of his eyes at all."
She said this, originally intending to tease Shen Xingjiang for treating Jiang Wanwan as his eyeballs, not wanting her to work, and even watching her.
Jiang Wanwan and Shen Xingjiang have been clapping every night recently. When they were at their thinnest, they heard Xu Lan talking about the fire-making girl, stomped their feet, put down the sausages, and went into the house to teach the children to read comic books.
Xu Lan was so angry that she ran away and laughed heartlessly.
The naughty kids in the family used to play hopscotch, skipping rubber rope, or playing with sandbags during holidays, and they were covered in dust every day. But ever since Jiang Wanwan brought back the comic books, these kids have been like lost souls, staying in the room reading them every day, reading them over and over again.
Chen Tian was the youngest and knew few words, so he took a pen and used a small space at the back of the notebook to draw little people. His pen power was not strong enough, but the details were still there.
Guoguo was lying on the kang like a frog, practicing writing calligraphy; Sui Sui was imitating the people in the painting, imagining things; and Chen Tang was doing exercises.
The four children of the Shen family stayed neatly in the room, looking energetic and studying very seriously.
Jiang Wanwan came in, and Guoguo immediately threw down his pen and notebook: "Fourth Aunt!"
The other children were not as clingy as her. They also happily called her "Auntie Four" and continued to do their own things.
Jiang Wanwan saw the painting drawn by Shen Tian: "Tiantian's painting is great, did the teacher teach you?"
Shen Tian shook her head: "The teacher didn't teach me, I just drew it."
Jiang Wanwan took the notebook and read it again and again: "Tiantian has a talent for painting. When you take art classes in the future, study hard. You can become a painter or a designer in the future."
“These can make a lot of money.”
Chen Tian looked confused, and smiled with her small teeth showing when she heard about making a lot of money.
“I want to make a lot of money and buy delicious food!”
Guoguo didn’t know that painting could make money: “Sister Tiantian, when you make money in the future, don’t forget to buy me candy.”
She loves eating candy the most, but her fourth aunt said that if she eats too much, her teeth will decay and she will become a toothless old lady.
An old lady without teeth looks like a grandmother, right? Guoguo doesn’t want to turn into a little old lady, so he hasn’t eaten much sweets recently.
So greedy.
Shen Tian nodded: "Buy it for my sister!"
When Sui Sui heard this, her thoughts became active: "Brother likes Sun Wukong's golden cudgel, buy me two when the time comes."
Chen Tang: “…”
She sighed softly.
So stupid.
Jiang Wanwan was amused by the children's talk and couldn't stop laughing. After staying with the children for a while, she went back to the kitchen.
Since you don't help with anything all year round, it's only natural that you should busy yourself in the kitchen for a while.
Old lady Shen was frying sesame seeds. The pan was hot, so she put the sesame seeds in and started frying. Xu Lan wanted to learn how to make glutinous rice balls. Old lady Shen was stirring the pan with a spatula and teaching her: "Frying sesame seeds is the same as frying maoke (melon seeds). The most important thing is the heat. If you fry them lightly, they will be raw, and if you fry them heavily, they will be burnt."
The black sesame seeds popped while being heated in the pot, and the fragrant sesame aroma spread from the pot.
When Old Lady Shen saw Jiang Wanwan coming over, she smiled kindly, "On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, eat sesame-filled food. As sesame flowers bloom, they grow taller and taller. May our lives this year and in the future also get better and better, smooth and prosperous!"
Put the fried sesame seeds in a winnowing basket to cool. After cooling, use a mortar to mix the sesame seeds with white sugar and crush them. The black sesame seeds are mixed with frosty sugar, with black mixed with white. Those who love to eat can already imagine the taste by looking at the object.
After making the sesame filling, we then make the glutinous rice ball skin. The glutinous rice ball skin is made of glutinous rice flour. After making the skin, everyone comes over to make the glutinous rice balls.
Old Mrs. Shen kneaded the glutinous rice ball skin into cakes, put sesame filling on it, and wrapped it into small flour balls. She dipped the wrapped glutinous rice balls in glutinous rice flour and placed them in a sieve for later use.
During festivals in the north, dinner is the most important thing.
Shen Xingjiang came over in the evening, and the food was already prepared. Old Lady Shen started cooking the glutinous rice balls only after seeing him come back.
The steaming pot was boiling with water, and the white dumplings were put into the pot. They floated up after being boiled for a while.
The north also has Yuanxiao, which is fried in oil, so it is a bit oil-consuming to eat it at home. Boiled glutinous rice balls are also delicious. They are round and sticky, symbolizing reunion and joy.
Each person’s bowl was filled with five or six dumplings. Following the principle of original soup and original food, in addition to the dumplings, a bowl of soup was scooped in. The soup was a light milky white color, and you could taste the faint aroma of glutinous rice in a sip.
In addition to the rice dumplings, the frozen goods in the water tank must also be sold out before the beginning of spring. This is a big festival before the beginning of spring, and basically everything is done.
In the middle of the big table was a braised three-flowered carp, which was stewed until it was soft and tasty, and the fish body was still intact. In addition to the fish, there were of course sausages that Jiang Wanwan brought over. The sausages were cooked using the method that Shen Xingjiang had used, and most of them were fried with red peppers. They were spicy and oily, and were pure meat sausages. You could eat them one bite after another and never get tired of them.
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