Chapter 160 Qiqiao Festival
When Mrs. Cui heard this, she was struck by lightning. No wonder Li Wanyue was so stubborn last time and insisted on reporting to the police. It turned out that she knew the county magistrate.
So Young Master Zhu is the county magistrate’s son?
If Li Wanyue knew about this, wouldn’t she ruin Xiaohui’s marriage?
She had to go back and ask her daughter.
Mrs. Cui hurried back home and asked Gao Conghui, "Xiaohui, is Young Master Zhu the county magistrate's son?"
Gao Conghui shook her head: "No, he is the county magistrate's brother-in-law, what's wrong, mother?"
Mrs. Cui breathed a sigh of relief: "Nothing, I just heard at the entrance of the village that Li Wanyue knows the county magistrate, and I'm afraid she will know about you and Master Zhu, and say bad things about you behind your back, and ruin your marriage."
Gao Conghui gritted her teeth. That little bitch actually knew the county magistrate?
After a pause, he said, "Don't worry, mother. Li Wanyue is just a village girl. Even if she knows the county magistrate, can she influence the county magistrate's thoughts? In the eyes of the county magistrate, she is just a slave who helps do some things.
Not to mention that the county magistrate is only Master Zhu’s brother-in-law, and his marriage is not decided by the county magistrate.”
"That's good."
Mrs. Cui was relieved.
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After Xie Yan returned to the county government office, he went through the entire process.
Liu Zhaocai was beaten with twenty boards. Considering that it was his first offense and he had a good attitude of admitting his mistake, he was also willing to compensate Li Shuangshuang with five taels of silver.
It was changed to half a month's closure.
Although Ma Chong and another yamen runner did not take any money, they still used their power to suppress others, dismissed them from their positions, and beat them with twenty boards and sent them home.
When the time came, Mrs. Ma looked at her son's pale face and felt both distressed and angry. It was all caused by Li Shuangshuang and Widow Chen.
But she didn't dare to go to Li Shuangshuang, so she could only curse at him at home to vent her anger.
It’s different for Widow Chen. Widow Chen has no backing and is from her own village.
Mrs. Ma rushed to Widow Chen's house, grabbed her hair and slapped her several times.
Considering that she was pregnant with his own child, he dragged her home to take care of the second child.
Anyway, everyone in the village knows about this. We can’t let this little whore harm our family like this and still be able to live freely outside.
Widow Chen did not expect things to turn out like this. She originally thought of marrying Liu Zhaocai and making Li Shuangshuang a concubine to serve her, but she never expected it to turn out like this.
Not only did she have no one to take care of her, but she also had to take care of others, which made her feel very upset.
Mrs. Ma and the eldest daughter-in-law, Ma Xiu'e, disliked Widow Chen even more.
Even when Li Shuangshuang was pregnant, she still did a lot of housework. But when she came to Widow Chen, she relied on the fact that she was pregnant with a son and that Liu Zhaocai doted on her, so she hardly did any housework.
Even if you do it, it's just for show.
This often made Ma Pozi and Ma Xiu'e very angry.
Mrs. Ma thought viciously that it would be best if she was pregnant with a son, but if it was a girl, she would be punished.
Because the yamen runner's family was punished for helping Ma Chong lose his job, they went to Ma Po's parents' home and made a big fuss.
After all, he lost his job and was punished for helping Ma Chong.
In the end, Ma Chongniang had no choice but to pay five taels of silver.
The Ma family immediately went to the Liu family to ask for an explanation.
Ma Chong suffered such a terrible death for their family and had to pay five taels of silver as compensation. They could not swallow this humiliation.
After the commotion, the Liu family paid ten taels of silver to the Ma family.
As a result, the Liu family became even more displeased with Widow Chen, and as a result, they also disliked Liu Zhaocai.
He no longer cared about the baby in Widow Chen's belly.
This is his nemesis, causing chaos in the Liu family.
Without these two things messing around, would their family have lost so much money?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that for the sake of a little prostitute, he let Li Shuangshuang go, paid so much money in compensation, and caused Ma's nephew to lose his job. Now their family has no one in the yamen, and no one in the village will accommodate them.
It’s a big loss.
After hearing about the Liu family's affairs, Li Shuangshuang's family felt happy and believed that the Liu family deserved it.
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A few days later, it was the Qiqiao Festival.
Xiao An Xiao Kang was on vacation and was also at home, so Li Wanyue decided to make some snacks.
She went to the kitchen and took out the prepared food.
Wang Guixiang asked: "Little sister, what are you going to do?"
"Today is the Qiqiao Festival, let's make some clever food. I'm going to make some glutinous rice noodles and cat ears as snacks."
"Food for fun? I've never made them before. Rice sticks, cat ears, what are those?"
"In the past, our family was not well off, and we only thought about working harder and saving more money. We didn't care about so many things. Now it's different. Let's be particular for once. These are just snacks. Let's make them for sister-in-law to try."
As I recall, in the past, during the Qiqiao Festival, the villagers would just paint their nails and pay respects to the Seventh Sister. They didn’t understand or care about anything else.
Wang Guixiang tied on an apron and said, "Little sister, you just talk over there and I'll do it."
"And me." Zhao Suying rolled up her sleeves.
Sun Xiuqin also came to help.
Li Wanyue prepared white sugar, boiling water, cooking oil, and glutinous rice flour in a small bowl and poured them into a basin, and asked Zhao Suying to knead the glutinous rice flour.
Add appropriate amount of boiling water and stir into dough, then add appropriate amount of cooking oil and dry glutinous rice flour and knead into dough.
Two bowls of boiling water were prepared, one with white sugar and the other with brown sugar. Flour was placed in two bowls respectively, one for Wang Guixiang and one for Sun Xiuqin.
Pour the sugar water while stirring with chopsticks until it becomes a thread-like shape. Add cooking oil, knead into a ball and set aside to rest.
After a quarter of an hour, knead the dough again and let it rest.
But glutinous rice noodles do not need to be rested.
Li Wanyue pinched a small piece of the dough and rolled it into long thin strips. Zhao Suying followed suit. After rolling a few long strips, they sprinkled dry flour on them to prevent sticking.
Cut into small pieces, pour oil into the pan, add cold oil, fry slowly over low heat, and after it floats, turn to medium heat and fry until the color turns golden yellow, then take it out.
The living dough fried a large pot of glutinous rice noodles,
In another pot, half a basin of water and a large bowl of white sugar were poured. The people's eyelids were twitching when they saw it. How could it not taste good with all the sugar and oil?
When the sugar water starts to bubble up, turn off the heat, pour in the fried glutinous rice strips, and stir-fry continuously until they are coated with icing sugar.
After the temperature drops, spread it out and serve it to your family to taste.
Zhao Suying picked up a piece first, took a bite, and praised: "It's delicious, crispy and sweet."
Wang Guixiang and Sun Xiuqin also nodded.
The children outside the window had already smelled the fragrance. Li Wanyue brought a plate to them, and the children ate happily.
"Don't eat too much, or you'll get sick of it. Eat a little every once in a while."
Several children nodded obediently.
At this time, the cat ear dough was ready. Wang Guixiang followed Li Wanyue's instructions and rolled both pieces of dough into sheets. She put some water on the white dough sheet, stacked the two sheets, rolled them again, put some water on the surface, and rolled them into a roll, making it tighter.
Freeze it in an ice bowl for a while to make it easier to cut.
When it is almost frozen, cut into thin slices, put into a pan when the oil temperature is 50% hot, fry on low heat until it changes color and then remove from the pan.
Li Wanyue picked up a piece and tasted it. It was crispy and sweet, with just the right sweetness. She was afraid it would be too sweet and greasy, so she put less sugar.
A total of three large pots were fried. Zhao Suying asked the three brothers to take them to the Li family's old house, and also gave some to Youtian, Tieniu and other families.
It was the first time for several families to eat such delicious food, and the adults were reluctant to eat it and saved it for the children.
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