RPAGF Chapter 383 Making Zongzi
Chapter 383 Making Zongzi
"Well, it's the smell of rotten meat. It's really disgusting. Ugh..." Uncle Luo couldn't help making retching sounds when he thought of the smell again.
After hearing the taste he described, Uncle Pan finally gave up his curiosity, but it also reminded him to pay attention to the nooks and crannies in the house.
Ever since Luo Xile heard that his grandfather was killed because of a duck egg, and that it was a duck egg placed in the utility room, his face became mixed with emotions and he felt a little ashamed. He stood aside at a loss as to what to do.
"Forget it. I'm not curious anymore. Lao Luo, I see you don't have anything else to do. I'll leave first."
"Have you eaten? Do you want to stay and have something to eat?" Grandpa Luo remembered that he seemed to have not eaten yet. The sky outside was still dark. Including the morning, it had been raining all day. It seemed endless.
"No need. We've already eaten. You should also eat quickly and have a good rest." Uncle Pan waved his hand, held up an umbrella, and walked out.
"Grandpa, I'm sorry." After Grandpa Pan left, Luo Xile grabbed the corner of his clothes, hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke.
"Kid, what do you have to feel sorry for?" Grandpa Luo asked puzzledly, looking at his little grandson who had a guilty face.
Even Grandma Luo looked at Luo Xile in confusion and gestured with her hand.
“…Grandpa, I laid that duck egg. At first, I wanted to try to hatch ducklings, but then I was busy catching crabs and I didn’t have time to think about it. I’m sorry, Grandpa, for making you smell the bad smell.” Luo Xile explained haltingly.
"You kid, oh, oh, forget it, just take it as a lesson. It means that the duck egg cannot hatch a duckling, but will only become a rotten egg. Well, don't bother next time. Go eat first." Grandpa Luo sighed helplessly. Looking at his grandson who admitted his mistake with a face full of shame, he still couldn't bear to scold him.
The rain dripped all night long until dawn.
Three days later, it was a sunny day. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival.
The village is very lively during festivals.
Uncle Pan had caught a big, fat duck a day in advance and gave it to Xu Yuan, and Liu Zhushan also sent over a fat hen.
Everyone wanted to make a wish for the four siblings to have good food during the festival, although what they could give was very limited.
But for the farmers, these were precious treasures. They raised the chickens and ducks, which they were reluctant to slaughter during the New Year, with great difficulty until they were so big, and gave them to her so easily. The feeling in her heart was extremely complicated. She was lucky that she met a good man who could exchange his sincerity with hers.
Xu Yuan did not kill them immediately. After all, she was going to have dinner at Village Chief Gu's house on the Dragon Boat Festival.
"Sister Xuyuan, you are finally here. If you hadn't come, I would have gone to your house to call you." Gu Qingming sat on the doorstep and waited eagerly.
"I promised to come, and I won't go back on my word." Xu Yuan chuckled.
"Brother Ming, I brought Lai Fu with me." Xuanyu walked forward, holding Lai Fu's hand. After several days of rest, Xuanyu's sprained ankle finally healed and he was as lively as before.
"Oh, Lai Fu, Lai Fu." Gu Qingming squatted down, rubbed Lai Fu's head with his little hands, and made a "beep, beep, beep" sound to tease Lai Fu.
"Qingming, what are you doing? Hurry up and bring your sister Xiaoyuan and the others in. Xiaoyuan, just treat this as your own home. Don't be polite, just come in." Xu Qing came out of the vegetable garden and shouted towards the door.
"Oh oh oh, ahem, Sister Xuyuan, Sister Xiaozhi, Brother Guozi, Xiaoduo, and Laifu, welcome to my humble home. Please come in." Gu Qingming immediately stood up, cleared his throat, and started talking like a waiter in a restaurant greeting customers. He even bent over and made a gesture of inviting people in.
"Hahaha, Brother A Ming, you've learned this set quite well. Please come in." Manyu grinned and greeted him, imitating Gu Qingming's manner.
"No, you go." Gu Qingming said modestly.
Guozi was stunned for a moment and then burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha, you two are so funny." Xu Zhi couldn't help laughing.
Xuyuan didn't know what to say for a moment and just laughed softly.
"Okay, stop being modest and let's go in together."
in the kitchen.
Village Chief Gu was squatting on the side, plucking chicken feathers.
Xu Qing was mixing glutinous rice, adding some red beans and some vegetable oil. The wooden basin on the table was already filled with indigo leaves and dried horseweed, which served as bandages.
"Xiaoyuan, why are you here so early? Have you had breakfast? Do you want to eat something?"
"No, Aunt Xu, we've already eaten. I heard from the village chief that you wanted to make rice dumplings, so why don't you come earlier and help?"
"That's really thoughtful." After hearing this, Xu Qing first glared at Village Chief Gu, and then smiled gently at Xu Yuan.
How did they pass the message? Shouldn't they have been invited to have a meal? How could they have asked Xiaoyuan and the others to come and help with the work?
Village Chief Gu knew that he had some selfish motives, but he thought that since they were making wishes as a family, wouldn’t it be nice for the family to happily make rice dumplings together?
Thinking of my eldest son who is traveling outside, what a pity.
Xu Yuan actually wanted to try how to make rice dumplings, but when he got the bamboo leaves in his hands, his mind was suddenly at a standstill as to what to do next.
"Sister, it has to be done like this." Xu Zhi gently bumped Xu Yuan's shoulder, whispered, and demonstrated from the side.
Xu Zhi thought that it had been too long since he made a wish and he had forgotten the steps. He reminded him that sometimes when he was busy, he would want to do something but forget it the moment he stood up. This was normal.
Xu Yuan took a look at Xu Zhi's demonstration and quickly became proficient. The filling on the table was fat and lean meat cut into strips, and garlic. Xu Yuan thought it would be better if he added that kind of sausage, which was a taste from a long time ago in his memory, but Xu Yuan still remembered it.
Xu Qing took out two bamboo sieves, put them aside, and placed the triangular dumplings on the table onto the sieves.
"Aunt Xu, I want to help too." Guozi's mind moved when he saw the triangular rice dumplings on the bamboo sieve.
"Come, let me teach you." Since she wanted to learn, Xu Qing would not refuse because she was too young or couldn't do the work. No matter whether it was a man or a woman, as long as they could master a skill, they would never starve to death.
"Okay." Guozi happily rolled up his sleeves, quickly ran to wash his hands, stood beside Xu Qing, and listened carefully to Xu Qing's instructions.
"Well, thank you, auntie. I know how to do it." Guozi replied happily.
Seeing this, Xu Yuan also slightly curled the corners of his lips.