Chapter 109 Making Qingming Cake
Both of them had eaten cherries before, but neither had seen one so small.
"I'll pick some for you to try." Ni Ruoan rolled up his sleeves and went over to pick a handful. He washed them at the faucet used to water the ground behind the house and handed them to the two men.
Zhou Wanzhou tasted one and found it a little sour, with a big core and little flesh, but it had a strong cherry flavor.
Her affectionate eyes sparkled, "Delicious!"
"In addition to cherries, there are also wild cherries in the mountains this season. If we come across any on the road later, I'll pick some for you to taste."
Su Zi remembers that when he was in elementary school, one or two months before the Dragon Boat Festival, his favorite thing to do after school was to pick wild bubbles with his friends in the village.
None of them had ever lived in the countryside, and they were very interested in the wild bubbles that Su Zi mentioned.
After walking for a while, Su Zi saw white pomegranates growing on the edge of the field. "Look, this is a kind of wild pomegranate. We call it white pomegranate. It is very sweet and has a special fruity fragrance that the fruits we eat now do not have."
Su Zi has eaten so many fruits, but has never tasted the fruity aroma of wild bubble in any fruit.
Several people came over and imitated her in carefully picking the bubbles. Each person only picked a few, as the others were still green and could not be picked.
Later we found wild raspberries and prickly berries.
If you weren't worried about bugs crawling over and feeling sick, everyone would want to put these wild bubbles in their mouths and taste what they taste like.
They picked two leaves like Su Zi and put them in the basket, protecting them carefully.
"If you don't consider survival, life in the countryside is actually quite interesting," Zhou Wanzhou sighed.
She not only picked wild bubbles, but also picked some wild flowers she saw on the road.
I don’t feel tired from climbing the mountain and I am more interested than anyone else.
Qi Rong also said, "Yes, we work from sunrise to sunset and rest from sunset to sunrise. The only thing we need to worry about every day is three meals a day."
Zhou Wanzhou stopped and looked back at the endless mountains. He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. He felt much more refreshed.
"Found it!" Su Zi shouted in surprise.
Attracted everyone's attention.
"The last time Qian Youpeng and I came here to pick wild vegetables, I noticed that there were some unripe Artemisia selengensis here, and I was worried that someone might pick them."
"Everyone hurry up and dig the ones that are blooming. We will use them to make Qingming cakes when we go back."
Zhou Wanzhou looked at the fuzzy grass and felt that it was different from what she saw others picking online. "Aren't Qingming cakes usually made with mugwort? I saw that they all use mugwort online. Can this one be made as well?"
"I think they are all the same. They all use grass juice, and they are all green in color, but the grass flavor is different. There is also mugwort, and we can pick some to take back later. Let's make two kinds, one with Artemisia selengensis and one with mugwort."
Zhou Wanzhou curled the corners of his mouth and stared at Su Zi's profile as she worked seriously. Suddenly, he understood why Qi Rong liked these girls.
sincere.
With a light chuckle, she imitated the other girls and dug the Artemisia selengensis clumsily.
Even though her hands were covered in mud, she didn't show any disgust.
After going down the mountain, they took out the dug Artemisia selengensis and picked mugwort. Su Yuehe put the wild mushrooms picked by everyone into a bowl, washed them carefully and brought them out.
Everyone picked out what they were interested in, tasted it carefully after taking a bite, and their taste buds were instantly conquered by these wild bubbles.
"Aren't these fruits sold on the market?" Qi Rong asked unwillingly.
"It only grows for two months, the yield is small, and it is more fragile than strawberries. Some grandparents in the village will pick some when they have time and sell them at the market, but they can't get out of the mountains at all."
"What a pity, but the fruity fragrance they carry is really special, and we picked too few." Zhou Wanzhou smacked his lips with a hint of aftertaste, and they were gone before he could even enjoy them to his heart's content.
"It's hard to eat enough of this. There are a lot of tourists these days. Basically, the grandparents in the village sell out in a short time. If it was before when there were no tourists, we would have bought them all."
However, there will always be some regrets in the development process.
"Okay." Zhou Wanzhou said with some regret.
Qi Rong led us along the way here, and she also saw the situation at the foot of the mountain. There were indeed a lot of people, some coming to learn how to make lanterns, some taking photos, some buying bamboo handicrafts, and some eating all day in the snack street. There were people everywhere.
After a short rest, everyone followed Su Zi's instructions and got busy.
Since time is tight, Su Zi is not going to make sweet dishes, and will make them all salty this time.
Dice the bacon, dried tofu and bamboo shoots, and fry them in a pan.
Then add some baking soda to the Artemisia selengensis and blanch it in water to keep it green, then mash it, filter out the juice with gauze, and mix it together with glutinous rice flour and lard.
After kneading the dough into a smooth shape, cut it into small pieces and then use your hands to shape it into skins of appropriate thickness. Wrap the fried fillings in them and knead them like dumplings.
Just steam it in a pot for about ten minutes.
You can't just eat Qingming cake, Su Zi fried some fern that he had picked and frozen before, fried some spicy and sour potato shreds, fried some bacon with the remaining dried tofu, and blanched the gray vegetables he picked along the way and mixed them with water.
They bought a pig and asked the villagers to help smoke the bacon.
A table of seasonal farm dishes was placed on the table. Although they did not look exquisite enough, the smell was enough to whet one's appetite.
Suzi came out of the kitchen and saw everyone waiting for her, and immediately said with a smile, "Dinner is ready!"
Everyone then started to use their chopsticks, and everyone picked up a Qingming cake.
The texture is sticky and the filling is salty and fragrant.
"Suzi, your method is better than the qingtuan I bought online. The ones I ate were all made with salted egg yolk or red bean paste. I feel that the ones I ate today are richer."
"I made a lot, so I put mine in the refrigerator. Sister Wanzhou, if you like them, I'll bring them back for you when you go back tomorrow."
"Then I won't be polite to you."
"Mmm, this fern is delicious!"
“The wild vegetables are so tender too!”
"Qi Rong, why didn't you let me come earlier!"
After eating, Zhou Wanzhou seemed like a different person and became more talkative.
Su Yuehe and the others were a little surprised, but Qi Rong was used to it. "I told you to come here to relax, but you always made excuses like you were busy with work. It's not my fault."
Zhou Wanzhou paused for a moment. "I regret it now. I should have listened to you earlier. How many delicious foods have I missed?"
Su Zi smiled awkwardly, "Sister Wanzhou, I know how much I am worth, and it's all thanks to your support."
She knew that her cooking skills could not compare with those of famous chefs.
Zhou Wanzhou didn't say anything, but answered Su Zi with the action of eating.
After eating, everyone sat in a row in the yard with a basin of freshly picked cherries in front of them.
Qi Rong saw Zhou Wanzhou completely relaxed, and thinking about the purpose of today, she asked, "How is it, are you still upset now?"
"I'm not bored anymore. The leisure here is completely different from being idle at home. It's easy to let myself go by looking at the mountains in front of me. At home, I always have random thoughts."
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