Author: Next door Lao Huang 007

Over there, Aunt Li saw that the sun had risen and Yi Ren hadn't sent the dumplings over yet. She couldn't help but worry that something had happened. She didn't even bring the two children with her, so she hurried to the door.

"Auntie! You're here!" Yiren saw Auntie Li in a hurry and thought something was wrong.

"Hey! You're not going out to the cake stall today?" On a hot day, Aunt Li hurried over with a layer of sweat on her forehead. "I'm still wondering what happened!"

Yi Ren quickly poured a glass of water for Aunt Li and added some sugar. "What can happen to me? Auntie, please don't leave in such a hurry next time, or you'll catch the heat again!"

Aunt Li lowered her eyelids, picked up the glass of water on the table and drank it with concentration, saying: "As long as it's okay, it'll be okay!"

Yi Ren was thinking about making Ai Tuan and was completely unaware of Aunt Li's abnormality. She said excitedly: "Auntie, you came just in time. I'm making something new today, so you can try it for me!"

"Aren't you going to the restaurant to deliver mountain goods today?" Aunt Li asked doubtfully.

"I told Uncle Qing yesterday that he would take the goods and deliver them to me, and I would still pay him. This transaction has gone smoothly. I will go and settle the account once every few days. It's not a big problem." Yiren explained.

"That's it, there's Jin Bao looking after us at the other end of the restaurant, so nothing can go wrong!" Aunt Li was referring to the fear that someone would steal the business. Unexpectedly, Aunt Li's words became a prophecy. This is a story for later, so I won't leave it for now.

carry.

"Auntie, it's really inconvenient for me. Please help me cut two handfuls of grass in front of the yard!" Yi Ren is getting older, her belly is sticking out forward, and she really can't bend down.

"Hey! You can rest! I am not tired from cutting two handfuls of grass!" Aunt Li took the scimitar for digging wild vegetables, put the vegetable basket on her back and left.

"Hey, that's not right!" Just as Yiren was about to call her out, Aunt Li suddenly turned around. "You don't have any pigs or sheep at home, so why are you mowing the grass?"

"Auntie, you are really impatient!" Yiren grabbed Aunt Li and smiled as she walked: "I want this kind of sageweed. Does Auntie know about sageweed?"

It is highly drought-tolerant and is distributed in the north and south of modern my country. Because the plant is not tall, the stem is slender, and the leaves are a bit like mouse ears, it is named after the plant. Because it blooms yellow around the Qingming Festival It has small flowers, so it is also called Qingming dish.

Yi Ren searched in the memory of the original owner. Although she remembered that there was this kind of grass, she didn't know what it was called, so she could only tentatively tell Aunt Li.

"What this child said, I am a peasant woman, how can I know this?" Aunt Li glared at her and said strangely: "But what do you want this grass for? It smells so bad that I'm afraid it won't be edible!"

"Auntie, don't worry about it. Just cut some for me. As long as it's as thick as this, it's enough!" Yiren mysteriously gestured to the thick part of her leg with her hand.

"Okay, there are a lot of these things on the roadside. It smells weird and no one eats it. Animals don't like to chew it. You can cut such a thick bundle in just two strokes!"

Although Aunt Li was curious, she didn't ask too many questions. After all, judging from Yi Ren's past craftsmanship, it would definitely be worthwhile to trust her!

While Aunt Li was mowing the grass, Yi Ren placed the little dumpling in the shade at the door, got into the stove and started working.

She washed the black sesame seeds she ordered last time, heated up the pot, and fried them. After frying for a while, she reached out and picked up some sesame seeds. They were much plumper than raw sesame seeds, and they looked good. She crushed them with her hands.

It was also easy to crush. Yiren took out the black sesame seeds, put the peeled peanuts into the pot, and fried them until the skin was deep red.

The smell of fried and peeled peanuts is different from the shelled roasted peanuts. The peeled peanuts have a cooked aroma and the aroma is more intense.

Yiren scooped the peanuts out and put them in another earthenware bowl. After they cooled down a little, she rubbed the red coating off the outside several times with her hands. Wrap the black sesame seeds and peanuts in cloth, roll them out with a rolling pin, and stir-fry them.

The black sesame seeds and peanuts are crushed. Crush the black sesame seeds and leave some peanut particles, which makes it taste better.

"Beautiful lady, is this the grass?" Aunt Li also came back at this time. Seeing the beautiful lady nodding, she scooped out water and washed the grass clean.

Yiren put the caramel and pork into the pot again, melted them over low heat, put out the fire and poured in the black sesame seeds and peanuts. Let them cool slightly and then spread them evenly without scalding your hands.

In fact, in modern times, soft white sugar is used to make moxa balls. White granulated sugar or other types of sugar will cause poor quicksand effect. But there is no such thing in this era. Yiren thought about it and thought that it might be possible to use malt sugar and lard.

Give it a try.

Yiren grabbed a handful of fillings and gently kneaded them together with her hands to form a ball! After kneading, the fillings were relatively moist.

"Success!" Yiren danced and danced.

Aunt Li had not dared to disturb her when she saw Yi Ren's frown, and just watched from the side. Xiaotuanzi was sitting on the threshold, drowsy in the summer shade, and was startled by her mother's cry.

She woke up with a start and ran over with short legs to see what her mother was doing. Aunt Li was afraid that the stove would be hot and the pot would get hot, so she boiled the dumplings and quickly hugged her to coax her.

"Can this be delicious?" Judging from past experience, although Aunt Li believed in Yi Ren, she could eat it if she mixed the sugar with lard, black sesame seeds and peanuts? Is it delicious?

"Ah?" Yiren was stunned for a moment, then laughed. "Auntie, it's not done yet!"

Yiren washed the pot, poured water into the pot, but not too much, put in the sage grass that Aunt Li had just cut, brought it to a boil over high heat, then lowered the heat and simmered slowly until the soup changed from colorless to light green.

, until the soup is dark green, and then the soup becomes slightly thicker, then Yi can put it into a pottery bowl.

Pour in the rice flour and glutinous rice flour while it's hot, scoop a bunch of lard into it, stir it into a fluffy shape with chopsticks, and then mix it with your hands. After mixing evenly, knead it, just like the meat noodles, knead it until it's shiny.

Basin light, hand light.

"Don't these green dumplings have a grassy smell?" Aunt Li seemed to know what Yi Ren was going to do, but she still asked doubtfully.

"You can try it when it's ready!" Yiren smiled mysteriously and didn't explain.

Yi Ren divides the dough into individual pieces, rolls them into balls and flattens them, then rolls the fillings into balls. Each piece of dough wraps a portion of the filling. She turns it around in her hand, seals it with a tiger's mouth, and wraps it up one by one.

Put the green dumplings into the steamer.

A total of 40 cups were made in this drawer. The lid was closed, cold water was poured into the pot, firewood was put in the stove, and the fire was brought to a boil. After the steam came up, Yiren took the time to steam another small cup of tea.

When it comes out of the pan, the original dark green dumplings become crystal clear. Although they are still green, they look soft and smooth, and the color has become lighter, which makes them look very nice.

Yiren put her hands on a clean white cloth and picked them out one by one and put them into the basket. The bottom of the basket was also covered with white cloth, and the white cloth was also covered with lotus leaves cut into pieces just big enough for one green dumpling. She took the lard jar and used

Dip the spoon into lard and smear it on the surface of the dumplings. The dumplings are still hot just after they are taken out of the pan, and the lard melts as soon as you apply them, turning into a smear of oil that adheres to the surface of the dumplings.

Yiren picked up a piece of lotus leaf and handed it to Aunt Li with the green dumpling on it. "Auntie, try it for me."

Aunt Li took a small bite of this small and oily dumpling. Because it had just been taken out of the pan, the filling inside was still a little hot, which made Aunt Li open her mouth and breathe.

"Auntie, be careful!" Yiren looked at the filling and saw that it was smooth after biting into it. She was half relieved, but she didn't know how it tasted, so she still looked at Aunt Li nervously.
Chapter completed!