Red apricots make spring

Chapter 156 Burning incense in the temple
Speaking of it, the lotus is full of treasures. The lotus root and lotus seeds are the parts that people often eat, and they can be eaten raw or cooked. The lotus leaves are often used to make soup, tea or wrap food for a little fragrance.On the other hand, lotus, except for making tea and decorating food plates, is rarely eaten directly by people. Rourou wants to make a special lotus dish tonight to try something new.

Fried lotus root box, braised pork knuckle with lotus root, spicy fried assorted diced lotus root, diced lotus seed chicken, braised shrimp in lotus leaf, shredded fish with lotus flower, these are side dishes to accompany the meal.Boil the rice and let it cool, mix well the fried diced pork, diced duck and shredded winter rut, then wrap it in fresh lotus leaves, and serve it with steamed lotus leaf rice. This is the staple food.If you think lotus leaf rice is greasy, you can choose to eat lotus porridge.The lotus root pork ribs soup and the bamboo fungus and lotus seed loofah soup are thirst-quenching soups.Dessert after the meal also has two flavors, glutinous rice lotus root in honey sauce and silk lotus seed.As for raw lotus root slices and freshly peeled lotus seeds, there is no need to process them at all, and they are good after-dinner fruits.

The dishes were brought to the table one by one, Mei Xiang's eyes widened as she watched, and finally said with a smile: "This is a lotus feast."

"Wen Gang has no good food." Xiaohuan also said with a smile: "Recently he always complains that he has to eat with Mr. Pei, and he hasn't tasted sister's cooking for a long time."

"Who said that?" Mother Wen answered from the side: "A few days ago, Mr. Lu came to the door, and he was the one who ate the most of the dishes that Rou'er cooked!"

One sentence made everyone laugh. Xiaohuan still remembers that day when Wen Gang gnawed on Dongpo's elbow until his mouth was dripping with oil, and he had no image. Looking back now, he laughed so hard that he couldn't stand still, leaning on Mei Xiang's body. went.Just at this time, Rourou and Caiyun each brought in a large plate of fried lotus rolls, and when they heard them laughing, they asked, "What are you arranging for me again?"

"We are talking about eating my sister's cooking every day, and one day I will be so fat that I can't walk!" Xiaohuan frowned, shaking her clothes at her waist, and pretended to complain to Mei Xiang: "Look, My clothes are just on my upper body, and within a few days, my waist feels tight again."

Wenrou couldn't laugh or cry when she heard the words, she just turned her head to let Caiyun call Lu Ce to eat, and pointed to the two big plates of fried lotus rolls and said: "This is fried with a thin layer of egg white and batter, there are two kinds of salty and sweet, salty It's wrapped in meat sauce, and the sweet one is wrapped in bean paste, I don't know if it tastes good or not, you can eat whatever you like."

When a chef has reached a certain level of cooking skills, he will often come up with some novel ideas, either by changing the traditional dishes and creating innovative dishes, or by trying some special cooking techniques or novel ingredient combinations.Ruan didn't know if anyone had cooked lotus like this before, but it was the first time she made it herself, so she really didn't know how it tasted. Fortunately, when Lu Ce served it, everyone tasted it and said it was crispy but not too greasy , the taste is very special, so she was relieved, and asked someone to pick up some, and brought it to Wen Gang to taste.

After eating, the tea served by the maid was made from mint lotus leaves. Before I drank it, I felt a breath of fresh air rushing towards my face. Even Lu Ce smiled slightly and said, "Even the tea is made from lotus leaves. The real tea is made from lotus leaves." seats."

"It's just something new and interesting to eat." Wenrou said, took a small spoon to scoop two pieces of rock sugar into the tea from the porcelain plate in front of her, and then asked Lu Ce if he wanted to add it.

Lu Ce shook his head, looked up and saw Xiaohuan was about to go out with Mother Wen and Mei Xiang, and said, "Xiaohuan, wait."

"Me?" Xiaohuan turned her head in surprise, not knowing why Lu Ce called her.

Wen Rou's heart skipped a beat, and she secretly guessed, could there be hope for Mrs. Liu's affairs?She has never told Xiaohuan about this, because she knows that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment if things don't work out, so she wanted to wait for the result before telling her in detail and give her a real surprise.

Mother Wen only thought that Lu Ce called Xiaohuan to discuss with her about the shop, and after a short pause, she left with Mei Xiang without any curiosity.

Lu Ce looked at the lotus leaves floating in the teacup, and said calmly, "On the day of the Reunion Festival, I want to take your sister to the temple to burn incense. How about you go with her?"

That's it?Wen Wen was disappointed when she heard the words, and asked Lu Ce what he meant with his eyes. Why did he suddenly mention going to the temple to burn incense without discussing it with her beforehand.It's a pity that Lu Ce was only looking at Xiaohuan at the moment, not her, and her questioning was in vain.

On the other hand, Xiaohuan, after being stunned for a moment, readily agreed: "Okay!" The reunion festival here is indeed a custom of going to the temple early in the morning to burn incense and pray for gods and Buddhas to bless the family, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with it. At the unexpected place, after waiting for a while, seeing that Lu Ce had nothing to say, he asked, "Brother-in-law, do you have anything else to say?"

Lu Ce shook his head and said, "It's okay, you should go back to your room and rest early."

Only then did Xiaohuan nod, turn around and walk out, watching her back disappear gently, and immediately asked impatiently: "Why do you want to burn incense?"

"I remember that you haven't left the house for a long time, so I can take this opportunity to go out to get some air." Lu Ce smiled slightly, took a sip of tea, put down his cup, got up and went to the study.

Rourou sat there alone in a daze, no matter how I thought about it, I felt that the reason Lu Ce gave was far-fetched!Even if she carefully found that she was bored, she could find someone to accompany her and go out of the house by herself, there is no need to go with her, right?What's more, she went to the temple, no matter how she looked at it, she didn't think Lu Ce seemed like a person who worshiped gods and Buddhas, but she couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in his gourd. I'm afraid it would only be revealed after the experience that day.However, she still hoped that this matter could have something to do with Mrs. Liu.

The days were slow, slipping through the fingers little by little, and finally arrived on August [-]th.

Before it was clear, Wen Rou woke up, because she was going to burn incense in the temple, she was dressed very plainly, only wearing a frost-colored robe, and tied up her hair with the white jade hairpin that Lu Ce gave her, and Lu Chenzhou was still hanging on her wrist Apart from the jadeite bracelet that was given to her, she couldn't find a single accessory all over her body.

Walking to the hall, Xiaohuan was already waiting there, Lu Ce ordered the coachman to harness the cart, and then came in with Xizhu, the four of them had a quick breakfast, and then rushed to the Tianfo Temple outside the city to burn incense.

"How long will it take us to get to Tianfo Temple?" Sitting on the carriage, the slight bumps made Wen Rou a little sleepy. In order to avoid falling asleep, she had no choice but to find something to say.

"It's been about an hour," Lu Ce replied.

"That's too late." Xiaohuan said with a smile: "I heard that someone stayed in the temple last night to burn incense sticks, and got up at midnight to wait. When we go, a group of people has been designated in front of the temple .”

Wen Rou only smiled slightly when she heard the words, but she still felt incomprehensible in her heart. In modern times, she was a person who would never worship in a temple. Even if she had traveled through time and knew that there was a soul, she did not have such a devout mind.

When we arrived at Tianfo Temple, it was already crowded with people. In addition to the incense burners, there were also many hawkers selling food in front of the temple gate. Let alone burning incense, it would be very difficult to squeeze into the temple gate.Ruan Rou looked at Lu Ce in a blink of an eye, and couldn't understand why he came here to join in the fun. Is it really for burning incense?

Unexpectedly, after getting off the carriage, Lu Ce didn't take them to squeeze through the temple gate, but just took a detour and walked to a small road. After walking not far, he saw a little novice waiting there, seeing them coming, his eyes were filled with joy. , folded his hands together and said: "Benefactor."

Lu Ce returned the salute, the little novice didn't say much, just turned around and led them to continue walking until they reached the back gate of the temple, then raised his hand and pointed to a pavilion halfway up the mountain and said, "The abbot is already waiting there." , he stood aside with his hands clasped again, not intending to lead the way and follow.

Gentle and sharp-eyed, he had already caught sight of two people sitting and playing chess in the gazebo, one of them was a monk, he must be the abbot that the little novice said, as for the other man in royal blue clothes, his face was sideways, and he was far away, She really couldn't see clearly, but she was a little disappointed. It turned out that Lu Ce brought them here because he had something to do. It seemed that this trip had nothing to do with Mrs. Liu.

Lu Ce stopped, looked at the gazebo, then turned around, and said to the little novice, "Master, please take the female family members of my family to rest their legs and burn incense sticks."

The little novice nodded, and said to Rou Wen and Xiao Huan: "The two female benefactors, please come with me."

I don't know what confidential matter Lu Ce wanted to talk about, so he wanted to dismiss them in advance, but Ruan Ruan didn't want to know, so he and Xiaohuan followed the little novice.First they drank a cup of tea in the quiet room, and then some monks took them to burn incense in various halls. When they saw the lottery tube, Xiaohuan hesitated and tugged at his gentle sleeve twice, saying: "Let's draw a lottery?"

Looking at the look on this girl's face, she knew that she wanted to ask about Mrs. Liu's safety, so she said softly and happily: "Okay!" Xiaohuan Dan took out a copper coin from his sleeve, put his hands on his forehead and prayed devoutly for a while, then threw the copper coin into the merit box next to the lottery tube, and picked up the lottery tube to shake the lottery.
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