Travel through the farmhouse leisurely

Chapter 294: Township Examination (2)
Sure enough, just after Aunt Ping finished speaking, Lin Xiaoqiao smiled and said, "Aunt Ping, let Yaya stay, it's okay."

After hearing this, Aunt Ping said with a bit of embarrassment on her face: "This, this—this is not very good."

Yaya pouted and opened her small mouth, with clear eyes, she kept looking at Lin Xiaoqiao, sending out a 'help' signal.

Lin Xiaoqiao couldn't help snickering, bent down, tapped the little girl's nose lightly, and said with a smile: "Our girl is the best, so let's leave it for sister Xiaoqiao to help." .”

Yaya nodded her head hurriedly, and responded obediently: "Mmm, um—" Then she took advantage of the situation and hid behind Lin Xiaoqiao, poking out only half of her head to look at her mother.

Seeing this, Aunt Ping was a little helpless. This little girl was quite honest and well-behaved before, but since she came to the Lin Mansion, with the constant protection of the master, wife and ladies, she has become more and more lawless!
"Then the old servant will step back first, Yaya, don't make trouble!" Aunt Ping glared at her daughter, said with a smile, then turned and left.

Lin Xiaoqiao took Yaya's little hand, let her sit on a small stool beside her, and said, "Sit here obediently and don't move. When my sister cooks delicious food, you can help me taste it." .”

Yaya nodded obediently, and then, she really followed Lin Xiaoqiao's words and sat quietly.

After setting up the little girl, Lin Xiaoqiao thought about what to cook with it, and asked the green bamboo, "What should we cook?"

Without even thinking about it, Luzhu blurted out: "Let's make osmanthus cake, it's sweet and fragrant, how delicious it is."

"Delicious." Yaya Xiaonizi also booed.

Lin Xiaoqiao shook his head and said, "This sweet-scented osmanthus cake is so common that you can buy it anywhere on the street. Why do we bother with it? If you want to eat it, just go out and buy some. It's done. We have to cook something different and delicious today."

"Different and delicious ones?" Lvzhu expressed deep doubts about this question.

Out of the corner of Lin Xiaoqiao's eyes, Lin Xiaoqiao suddenly saw a small pile of lotus roots piled up in the corner of the kitchen, which was sent by the people in Zhuangzi some time ago.

It's just that Aunt Ping can only make a limited number of dishes with this lotus root. She can only make lotus root pork rib soup and fried lotus root slices, so there are a lot of leftovers, which are thrown in this corner.

Lin Xiaoqiao went over to pick up one, looked at it, and it seemed that there was no sign of damage, so she picked three big ones in a row, handed them to Luzhu and said: "Go and wash these, you have to wash them clean. Oh, if there is mud in it, poke it with chopsticks, but don't break it!"

Green Bamboo took a few lotus roots, found a wooden basin, took them outside, fetched water from the well, and washed them carefully.

Lin Xiaoqiao turned around by himself, and started pawing around in the kitchen, trying to find some glutinous rice.

"Sister Xiaoqiao, I can wash this for you." When Lin Xiaoqiao was busy, Yaya, who had been sitting on the bench, pulled her sleeve with one hand and pointed to the basket on the ground with the other.

Lin Xiaoqiao looked down, oops, I almost forgot to wash the sweet-scented osmanthus, so she smiled and said softly: "Okay, Yaya is the best, you take this to the well, and go with sister Luzhu Let's wash."

After Yaya got the order, she immediately stood up, happily, and ran out with a small basket.

After a while, both of them washed the lotus root and sweet-scented osmanthus. At this time, Lin Xiaoqiao also found the hiding place of the glutinous rice, scooped some out and cleaned it with water.

The materials are complete and the manpower is sufficient. Next, Lin Xiaoqiao will show off his skills and make a 'Osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root'.

She first cut off the tops of the three lotus roots one by one, and then asked Lvzhu and Yaya to stuff glutinous rice into each lotus root with her.

This job, although it doesn't look difficult, is the most tiring. Lin Xiaoqiao looked at Yaya Xiaonizi, and with a small hand, he clumsily made the movement of stuffing glutinous rice. Cute, can't help but find it quite funny.

After each of the three filled the lotus roots in their hands, their little arms were a little sore from exhaustion. Lin Xiaoqiao put the lotus roots filled with glutinous rice into the pot one by one, and then scooped water into the pot to cover the lotus roots.

When the fire boiled, Lin Xiaoqiao lifted the lid of the pot and looked at it, then told the green bamboo: "Then we have to light the fire."

Two quarters of an hour later, the lotus root was almost cooked, so Lin Xiaoqiao added sweet-scented osmanthus and syrup into the pot, covered the pot again, and let it simmer for a while.

When the lid of the pot was lifted again, there was already a sweet smell in the air, and Lin Xiaoqiao couldn't help smiling when he heard Yaya's incessant inhalation.

Picking up the cooked lotus root, Lin Xiaoqiao quickly cut a piece and stuffed it into Xiao Nizi's mouth to satisfy her greed.

Yaya chewed a few times, then swallowed, then looked at Lin Xiaoqiao eagerly: "Sister, I want more."

Lin Xiaoqiao quickly cut up the glutinous rice and lotus root, put them in small plates one by one, divided them into six plates in total, and poured sweet-scented osmanthus syrup on each plate.

After she finished these, the little greedy ghosts on both sides had already swallowed a lot of saliva, so Lin Xiaoqiao pointed to a few small plates on the table, and said to the two of them: "Hurry up and put them together." These sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus roots were given to my mother and sister, and Aunt Zheng’s house, each of them sent a plate. I’ll wait for you to come back here and share it with you.”

After saying that, the two little greedy ghosts had already moved very quickly, picked up the small plate on the table, and ran out in a hurry.

Then, after a cup of tea, the three little girls ate the leftover sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus root in the kitchen with relish.

Yaya Xiaonizi ate one after another, muttering from time to time: "Mmm, it's delicious."

Lin Xiaoqiao looked at her playful appearance, and teased with a smile: "Is it really that delicious? Is there your favorite sweet-scented osmanthus cake?"

After hearing this, Yaya immediately nodded and replied without thinking: "It's delicious, it's delicious, it's fragrant and sweet, it's delicious."

"However, it would be even better if I could have both this and the sweet osmanthus cake." Yaya added another sentence after complimenting her.

Lin Xiaoqiao was immediately amused by this little girl's greedy and funny appearance, she really resembled herself when she was a child, as long as it was something she liked, no matter how much she ate, she would never be too much of.

"Little greedy cat, don't be afraid to eat too much sweets and grow into a chubby girl." Lin Xiaoqiao pinched Yaya's little nose and said jokingly.

"Let's talk about it when the time comes." At this moment, Yaya Xiaonizi was only thinking about the food on the plate, and after hearing Lin Xiaoqiao's words, she replied disapprovingly.

(End of this chapter)