take a wife to support the family

Chapter 404 Black Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls

Li Baihe thought that her life would be over as a peasant woman in peace, but she didn't expect that in the middle of the day, she would pick up the errands of her previous life again, which made her feel a little funny.

She convinced Song Haonian that she was willing to set up a women's school in Taiping County, firstly to help the elder sisters-in-law and younger sister-in-law, and secondly to do some good deeds for the women in the world and give them more ways of life.

It is not an easy matter to run a school. The women's school in the capital is managed by Princess Changping. It was built when Zhaoren grew up, so Lily was a little worried, so she said to her when she had time: "It is easy for me to run the women's school." , but what kind of charter are you?"

Zhaoren is alone, even if he is a princess with great energy, it is useless if he can't use it.

Unexpectedly, Zhaoren was already prepared, and said with a smile: "When I left Beijing, my eldest sister had already recruited teachers in the capital, and she will definitely not play tricks on you. Now we just need to spread the word, first let everyone in the neighborhood know that we are going to set up a women's school, and then slow down It’s never too late to plan.”

Lily hadn't straightened her mind yet, so she picked the most important thing to ask her first: "Since I'm the big sister's preparatory teacher, I won't ask any more, but where is this female student? Where do the students come from? How do you arrange the female students who have completed the courses? County There is no way for women’s schools in Li to have the same rules and regulations as those in the capital, such as meals and accommodation for students, they have to find other ways.”

Zhaoren nodded: "I said you're good, and you didn't disappoint me." She walked into the room, and after a while she came out with a stack of papers, handed them to Lily and said, "Before we leave Beijing, my eldest sister and I will run a girls' school." List them all and write them down here, we just pick and think about what we can use, it’s almost enough.”

Princess Changping was raised by the emperor himself, she is as capable as a man, and she is no worse than the prince. She did it herself, and the questions listed on the paper are very clear and far-reaching than Lily's own thinking. Also more organized than Zhaoren.

Zhaoren said: "Don't look at me these days, eating and playing, I'm thinking about these problems in my dreams at night, and I can't stop losing my hair. Second sister-in-law, you have to think of a way for me to make my hair grow back."

Lily picked up a strand of Zhaoren's hair, it was black and shiny, and there was no flaw at all, but the sister-in-law acted like a baby, and the sister-in-law couldn't ignore it, she said: "Later, I will grind some black sesame seeds, and I will cook glutinous rice balls filled with sesame seeds for you." .”

This is not the time to eat glutinous rice balls, but only the palace eats according to the season. The folks are much more casual, as long as the family can afford it, they can eat whatever they want at any time.

Zhaoren grinned and said, "Thank you, Second Sister-in-law, then I'll wait to eat glutinous rice balls." After speaking, he frowned at the stack of papers and meditated, writing and drawing from time to time to outline the future.

This women's school in Taiping County is Zhaoren's first time running a women's school. As long as it can be well established, she will naturally learn a lot of experience and promote it elsewhere in the future, with twice the result with half the effort.

When she left Beijing, she boasted to Princess Changping that if the women's school could not be built later, not to mention that she would have no face to meet her eldest sister, even her grand plans would be affected. Therefore, Zhaoren was very cautious. These days, she was not only playing outside, but also Experience the local customs.

Sesame seeds are the most nourishing for hair and beauty. Lily beckoned to Hanai and Hanfang, asked her to peel peanuts, and taught them a riddle: "The hemp house, the red curtain, there is a fat white man living inside."

This riddle was inelegant, full of folk vulgarity, and the two little sisters couldn't help giggling. While peeling the peanuts, they poked the white and tender peanut kernels with their fingers, "Fatty white, haha!"

Their fingers are tender, and they will turn red and hot after peeling, so He Zhen went to help them finish peeling.

The barbarian girl and the two maids couldn't stop talking, and said in a low voice, "My lady has such a big heart. Such a noble person is really called housework."

She never expected Lily to hear it, and turned around and said: "Our children know everything, so what's the point of doing something? They can't grow up to be people who can't even recognize grains."

He Zhen couldn't help nodding: "It's easier to know than to do, I have to do these things with my own hands, so I know that farming is difficult."

The black sesame seeds are dusted with sand and gravel, washed and dried in a pot. Each child eats a small handful, chewing them deliciously.

Peanuts are also roasted in the pot, and they are more fragrant than sesame seeds when chewed. The two are mixed together and slowly ground on a small stone mill.

Others thought it was doing housework, and these emperors and grandsons were just playing, jokingly snatching the stone mill. Even Hanzhi had to grind it for a while. Her strength was weak, and the grains were coarse. If it was true, she was curious and wanted to play. Fortunately, Mrs. Chang Inviting Ruchun to take him away, Ru really thought that his younger brother was more fun than stone mills, so he hesitated and ran to play with his younger brother.

Grind the powder well, add snowflake sugar into it and mix well, then mix in the good snow white pork suet bit by bit.If you want quicksand for the filling of glutinous rice balls, you must have lard.

After the stuffing is mixed, it falls into the well and splashes, so that the lard will solidify and harden, making it easier to wrap.

Then knead the glutinous rice flour into a dough, which is white and soft. Yi An squeezes a glutinous rice dumpling and walks up to Ruchun to compare it, laughing loudly: "Brother Chun is really like a glutinous rice dumpling!"

If you really see Yi'an rolling a ball of glutinous rice in the palm of his hand, and rolling his younger brother on the kang, fortunately Ruchun has a good temper, and he didn't bully him and cry.

When it was time to make glutinous rice balls, Zhaoren from the top and Ruzhen from the bottom were clamoring to learn. Lily had no choice but to give them a ball of dumplings, squash them in the palm of their hand, scoop a ball of fillings on top, and take them. The glutinous rice skin is wrapped with sesame filling and rolled into a ball.

It’s easy to say, only Zhaoren, Yi’an, and Hezhen are made. The other few either have half-pulled fillings left on the outside, or rubbed too hard, breaking the glutinous rice skin and mixing it with the fillings.

Ruzhen, this brat refused to wash his hands properly and rubbed a white dumpling into a gray dumpling, he still giggled.

Lily reached out and tapped the tip of his nose, "Don't harm the glutinous rice balls, rub them as pure as you can."

Ruzhen invites brothers and sisters to rub Ruchun together, the younger brother is soft and soft, rubbing is fun!
The glutinous rice balls are boiled in a pot until they float, and the soup is put into a bowl, and topped with the sweet-scented osmanthus honey that was just pickled earlier, the aroma is tangy.There are only four children in a bowl, and a little more for adults, only six: glutinous rice is not easy to digest, and if you eat too much, you may feel uncomfortable in your stomach.

Children must be watched by adults when eating glutinous rice balls, so as not to burn them.Tell them to bite the skin carefully first, wait for the filling to flow out, and then take a small sip.

The glutinous rice skin is sweet and smooth, and it is wrapped with sweet fillings. The fillings are oily, hot and sweet, and the crushed peanuts add to the aroma. Eat while blowing. If the sweetness is too sweet, drink soup is just right.

This is not a serious meal, it's just a snack at noon, so it's okay to eat it later for dinner.

Lily was afraid that she would not be able to digest it, so she asked the barbarian girl to cook hawthorn and brown sugar water, and eat it for dinner, just to whet the appetite.

The women and children here eat delicious food, Song Haonian is not behind, he is recuperating from illness, Lily can't wait for him to eat five or six meals a day, and if the children have snacks, they will also give him some snacks.

Song Haonian often said with a smile: "You treat me like a child."

Lily snatched him away: "If you're not sick, I don't think there's anything you can do if you really take care of it."

Zhaoren watched from the sidelines, laughing so hard that her stomach ached. She had seen the emperor's uncle and aunt raised their eyebrows together, and they were very affectionate;

Although these couples have different identities, they get along very differently, but when the husband and wife look at each other, the sweet taste almost drowns others in it.

Zhaoren himself doesn't want to marry, but it's interesting to see his second elder brother and second sister-in-law like this.

Zhaoren complained about her hair loss before, but in the days to come, she never cut off black sesame and black beans. Fortunately, Lily made a lot of tricks and she didn't get tired of eating them.

When the news that Lily was going to set up a women's school with her sister-in-law in the capital reached the town, it was like pouring a spoonful of cold water into an oil pan and it would explode immediately.

Needless to say, being close to others, Myolie was the first to run and said, "Auntie, when the school is opened, I want to go to school too!"

Lily touched her hair and said, "You must be indispensable." Suddenly remembering that Xing'er's hair was always a little yellow, she urged her to eat a bowl of black sesame paste, "Go back and tell your mother, I will give you more of these things, Good hair care."

Although the relatives and friends nearby are not very optimistic about running a girls' school, they just pretend not to know if they don't want to make things difficult for Lily.

Who knows that among these people, Song Xiuxiu is the only one who is different. She brought Yuanyuan and asked, "Second sister-in-law, when will your girls' school be opened? Can I send Yuanyuan there? How much does it cost a year?" Shu Xiu is enough?"

She has planned to save a bunch of repair miles.

Lily is a little strange: "I only think that you hate scholars the most..."

Song Xiuxiu smiled and said: "I hate Liu Rulong, that bastard is true, but there are so many scholars in the world, not all of them are bad. I see, those who have studied are more sensible. I was so confused back then, if it weren't for you Dadu, how could Yuanyuan and I survive today?"

"Usually I send Yuanyuan to you to take advantage of you," Song Xiuxiu said embarrassedly, "I thought, if you want to run a school to be a teacher, I will send Yuanyuan to be a female student, not to talk about studying." You are quite capable, if you only learn to keep your eyebrows high and your eyes low, it is her luck."

Lily smiled and said, "Listen, this school has not been established yet, and I already have two female students!"

Zhaoren laughed: "We don't think there are too many people, we will have our own way when the time comes."

Song Xiuxiu was relieved only by Baihe's guarantee. There was not much work on the farm these days, so she relied on washing clothes and doing chores for others. Although she was poor, she still looked decent.

The rest of the people don't think so, even Mr. Liu came to find Song Haonian, and told him that women are short-sighted and not worthy of reading sage words.

Song Haonian said in his heart, Uncle Huang is happy for women to study, but you just say that they are not worthy, so I naturally believe in Uncle Huang. "I heard from my sister that there are special teaching materials in women's schools, not the words of saints."

Master Liu was even more surprised: "If it's not the words of a sage, how can you write a book about it?"

Song Haonian said: "You don't allow women to read the words of sages, and you don't allow women to read other books. According to you, women are so confused and ignorant of the truth? Such a woman marrying into the family is to prosper the family. Or do you want to be a housewife?"

(End of this chapter)