Reborn Nongmen Merchant Concubine

Chapter 143
Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, a few days ago Mengyuan even told the elders in a bold manner, saying that the Dragon Boat Festival will give our family a big meal.Now it seems...the big meal is gone, but it doesn't affect their mood of making cold rice dumplings now.

"Mengya, look, isn't it right that mother has such a bag? I always think this bag is not very good-looking!"

Mengyuan taught Li Shi how to make cold rice dumplings today, but now she realizes that this decision was a wrong start!
"Mom, this is what we eat ourselves, and if we don't sell it, it doesn't matter if we look ugly!"

"But don't you often say that ugly things affect your appetite? This..."

Mengyuan looked at her mother holding a crookedly wrapped cold rice dumpling... To tell the truth, she really wanted to laugh, but she didn't dare.Her father was still staring at the tiger, but she didn't dare to pluck the hair on the tiger's head.

It's not that Mengxiong didn't miss Mengyuan's embarrassment.It's just that now Yunniang is the biggest girl, so he can only choose to stay behind.

However, he is quite conscientious, seeing that Mrs. Li has been sitting all morning, if she does not move around, her feet will start to swell again in the afternoon.Although the doctor said it was normal, the father and daughter were very careful.

"Huh~~ It's a good thing my parents took it away, otherwise she wouldn't know if the cold rice dumpling would still be in my stomach today!

The reason why the Dragon Boat Festival wraps cold rice dumplings is actually a custom, and it can also be said to be an inheritance of intangible cultural heritage.In modern times, most families basically do not make cold rice dumplings by themselves.

Modern large supermarkets have started to have cold rice dumplings before the Dragon Boat Festival, and some old women in the vegetable market will sell their own cold rice dumplings.

As time goes by, very few people will do it by themselves, unless it is a farmer in the suburbs or a remote mountainous area.

There are many ways to make cold rice dumplings, which also vary according to different regions and different ethnic groups, but it is undeniable that everyone will eat cold rice dumplings together as a family on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival. Big fish and big meat!

Mengyuan moved her hands and feet, came to the stove, boiled the water in the big pot, put the cold rice dumplings into the boiling water one by one, and started cooking the rice dumplings.

"Father, have you prepared everything I asked you to prepare yesterday?"

"Oh, ready, I'll take it for you!"

After Mengyuan was haunted by evil spirits last time, Mengxiong and his wife no longer allowed Mengyuan to go up the mountain again, and her feet were not fully healed, so she was not suitable for going up the mountain.

Therefore, the things needed for the Dragon Boat Festival can only be picked by Mengxiong himself.There is nothing else, but wormwood, realgar wine and red eggs are a must!
Not long after, Mengxiong took the wormwood and hung it on the top of his gate, and sprinkled realgar powder around the house. The realgar wine was reserved for the family to drink at night.

As time passed, the cold rice dumplings cooked in the big pot began to emit fragrance.The leaves of these cold rice dumplings were picked on the mountain before she was injured. After returning home, they were boiled in water, dried and stored in the well so that they were not damaged!
Lifting the lid of the pot, Meng Yuan took one out with chopsticks, and slowly peeled off the leaves of the cold rice dumplings with her hands, the aroma of the glutinous rice wrapped in the leaves became stronger.

The soft and glutinous taste makes Mengyuan really miss it.Although I have traveled through time, I still have the skill of making cold rice dumplings!
The rice dumplings were already cooked, after Mengyuan turned off the fire in the stove, she picked up a few more and put them on a big plate and brought them to the main room.

"Father, mother, come here quickly, the cold rice dumplings are cooked, they are delicious!"

Mengyuan peeled one for Li Shi, she is pregnant, she can't eat more, she would rather eat it tomorrow but can't eat all at once!

"Mother, here, try it!"

Mengyuan puts stewed meat in the cold rice dumplings, which is moderately salty and sweet, and with glutinous rice, she also buys the best fragrant glutinous rice. Therefore, no matter in terms of taste or appearance in the world, these cold rice dumplings are the ones that Mrs. Li has eaten before. The best ever.

Mengxiong returned to the main room, without saying anything, picked up a cold rice dumpling, peeled it off and stuffed it in his mouth.

But he ignored it, it was just picked up from the boiling water pot.Very hot.

"Oh, it's scalding to death, but it's really delicious! It's my Mengxiong's daughter who is capable, and the food made by that big restaurant is even more delicious!
"Look at you, if you stuff it in your mouth when it's so hot, you won't be afraid of getting blisters?"

After finishing one, Mrs. Li still wanted to eat, but her daughter refused, so she could only get angry at Mengxiong angrily.

"Mother, you are pregnant now, and glutinous rice is not easy to digest. You will feel uncomfortable if you eat too much. Mengyuan will heat it up for you tomorrow and then eat it. If you eat too much at one meal, you won't be able to sleep at night!"

Of course Li knew this truth, but... licking the corner of her mouth, she could still feel the aroma of the stewed meat wrapped in glutinous rice.

"Father, don't be in a hurry to eat, it's getting late, let's prepare dinner quickly!"

There is no big meal, but Mengyuan still made braised pork, so tonight's meal is very hearty.A large plate of stewed pork is enough, and then there are vegetables fried by Meng Yuan herself, and boiled rice.It's the same, it's a good meal in the farmers' house.

"Mom, what about today's food, you can just eat it, but you can't eat enough, or my brother will feel bad. Also, dad, let's each have a glass of realgar wine bought by our family, so we can't drink too much!"

The Dragon Boat Festival is here, and summer in the true sense has really arrived, and summer is also the season when snakes and insects are prevalent.Wormwood, realgar wine, and realgar powder all repel poisonous insects.Drink a glass of realgar wine on the Dragon Boat Festival, hang wormwood on the gate, and sprinkle realgar powder on the front and back of the house. Even if there are snakes or poisonous insects, they will not come near their house.

Mengyuan poured a small glass of realgar wine for everyone, and imitated the adults, holding up the small wine glasses.

"Father and mother, thank you for your selfless love for Mengya, and thank you for your kindness in nurturing Mengya. Today, taking advantage of the festival, Mengya will not say anything else, and here is a toast to your two elders. I hope that in the future During the years, father and mother can treat Mengya as well as before!"

"puff"

Mrs. Li couldn't help laughing when she saw her daughter's prudish appearance

"You girl, what are you doing at such a young age? You are a child of your parents. Naturally, your parents love you and love you, but you are the one who loves you. Don't piss us off again. It's too much trouble. Mother won't say anything else today, she just hopes that the girls in my family can be the same as other people's, just look like a girl."

"Oh, Mengya, your father and I are stupid, but father can give you a guarantee. Father will always love you just like your mother. Even if your younger brother is born, it will not replace your position in father's heart !"

What are relatives?Relatives mean that no matter how noisy you are, your family members will not speak ill of you.

"Thank you, Mom and Dad. After a busy day, my stomach is going to be hungry. Let's have dinner!"

The harmony of Mengyuan's family is harmonious, but looking back at the old house of Mengjia...
After the loss of Mengxiong and Li's two main labor force, the old house of Mengjia can be said that apart from Mengjie who can't go to school, even Mengqing, who was raised in vain at home before, can't escape the fate of going to the field.

"Mr. Ye, what time is it? Why isn't there dinner yet? Haven't you seen that the chimneys of other people's houses have stopped smoking? Look at you... you've been busy all afternoon, and you can't even get a decent dish." Come out, wait for your father and Mengda to come back, the food hasn't been cooked yet, you'll see it!"

Ye Hong wanted to refute, but she dared not speak when the words came to her lips.Meng Luo's ruthlessness is obvious to all. Li's fate was much worse than her back then, and she was just cooking a meal.

But... Meng Luoshi held on to the money tightly, and during the big festival, she only gave her thirty copper coins to go to Li Tuzi's place to cut a piece of pork belly.

When the whole family is adults and the children are growing up, how can this one piece of pork belly be enough to eat!Even so, she didn't dare to say it in front of Meng Luoshi.

"Mom, don't dawdle any longer, grandpa and dad will be back soon. When grandpa comes back, the meal hasn't been served yet, grandma is a person who will do what she says!"

After this period of tempering, Meng Qing is no longer the mentality that she thinks she is a high-ranking young lady.

Now, her skin is tanned to a wheat-colored complexion, and her slender and white jade hands are now no different from the hands of a village girl.

She has protested, but whenever she wants to protest, Monroe will use her marriage as an argument!Of course she knew that Meng Luoshi was just talking, but she knew what Meng Luoshi was like, so the resentment in her heart could be imagined.

"Damn girl, did you talk to your mother like that? Sigh~ Mother knows, whether it is going to work in the field or letting you do housework at home, these are all decided by grandma. Mother wants to help you, but your grandma ... She's used to being strong all her life, and your grandpa is still here, so I can't do anything to your mother!"

Hmph, this old woman, if the old man is not in good health, otherwise she would have a hundred ways to kill her.Of course, she won't say these things.

Even if she and Meng Luoshi are only on the surface of peace now, it has been said, it is on the surface.In fact, Meng Luoshi's dislike of Ye Hong is like a second Li Shi.

Meng Qing ignored her own mother, she is no longer the proud woman she used to be, heh~ what qualifications does she have to fight?
For her now, she only hopes that Meng Luoshi will not be too greedy, and that it would be good to just find her a third-rate and marry her off.Others, as long as you work hard, are you still worried about the sad days in the future?
Ye Hong's patience made Meng Luo's anger even higher.But she didn't dare to make trouble at this time. The old man has been very disappointed with her recently. This is the first time in the decades since she married Meng Guohua that she saw him get so angry with her.

All of this was caused by Dafang.Besides, when the whole family went to the big house, the old man agreed, and he went there in person, but in the end he was grounded!

(End of this chapter)