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Chapter 470 Steamed Corn Cake

At this time, most of the corn has been harvested, and they are hung in large strings to dry under the eaves. Song Haonian and the others have seen such a scene along the canal all the way.

However, there are still some tender and raw corn left on the Huangzhuang, which was delivered today, and Princess Xin asked someone to cook and eat: "I just want this fresh and sweet!"

The corn cobs just came off, the tassels were still covered with glistening dew, and the juice was splashed when the nails were pinched, and cooked in the pot, without adding anything else, it was sweet and glutinous, and it was delicious to chew.

Tender corn on the cob is good in everything, except that it is not easy to restrain. Children's teeth are often hard to bite, so Princess Zhou recruited Lily to go: "You often have some ingenuity in eating. These tender corn are all for you, you Think about it slowly."

Lily bowed her head for a moment, then said with a smile: "You don't need to think too much, we country people often steam corn cakes to eat, mother and concubine just wait, I can't lose them."

In fact, the dining room in the mansion is exquisite in craftsmanship, what kind of food can't be cooked?However, for this homely taste, Lily Suxi puts effort into eating. Princess Zhou asked her to do this job, half of it is for the children, and the other half is to connect with Lily.

There is a small kitchen in the courtyard of the princess, where a large pile of green corn is piled up, Lily does not need to do it herself, ask someone to tear off the old skin, and then cut off the light green skin neatly, and rinse it in the water .

The corn kernels are peeled off, ground into a slurry by stone grinding, and nothing else is used. Just add a handful of white sugar, stir well, put it on the leaves, wrap the leaves into a flat triangle, and steam in a steamer for a little more than a quarter of an hour.

In the past few years, there have been more and more corn in the countryside, and the way of eating has also been refurbished. Every household will steam corn cakes. It is delicious and easy to make. It is not good to make dim sum in Xinwang Mansion, but it is very good in the farm. eat.

Baba is as sweet as light and monotonous after all, even the peasants of a well-off family would not be so simple, and Lily asked people to peel some fresh shrimps, chop them into fine paste, add corn syrup, add a little flour, add chopped green onion and salt, and wrap them in the same way. Put in the tender leaves of corn and steam it, it is the same corn and shrimp cake, which is salty and delicious.

Salty food is more suitable for frying. Put a little oil in the bottom of the pan, put a spoonful of corn syrup in it, and fry it into a browned pancake on both sides, which is fragrant and crispy.

So today the children in Prince Xin's mansion had sweet and salty corn cakes to eat, and even Ruchun got one.

Corn is inherently sweet, coupled with fresh young leaves, although this food is crude, children love it very much.

Song Haonian and Zhaoren ate the fried pancakes separately, they all praised it as crispy, crispy and delicious, and they will eat it again in two days.Lily smiled and said: "Seeing that the tender corn is not in season, I'm afraid we won't be able to eat it in the future. When it's cold, let's mix it with corn flour and eat it."

The cornmeal batter is hot and full, garlic sprouts are served with salted radish shreds and fried with spicy oil. According to the way of eating in the farmhouse, the whole family must gather around the firepit. The pot is placed on the triangle iron, and the thick golden The corn paste is accompanied by crispy potatoes with bubbling bubbles. Hold the chopsticks and pick up the chopsticks. Stir a few times, so that the jade batter is evenly coated on the shredded radish. Take it in while it is hot, and the fragrance will linger in your heart all the way.

But this way of eating is really not on the table, even in Song Haonian's house, it is rare, and Xinwang's mansion really wants to eat it, I am afraid it has to be served with exquisite silver shredded rice, and each person eats it separately, no matter how hard it is Waiting for the sweetness to eat.

But it is said that the old couple of Li Meijiang lived in the other courtyard of Xinwang Mansion, and a large group of people followed them to serve them. They really enjoyed the life of the old man and the old lady.

Carpenter Li saw Ruzhen love gourds earlier, so he begged for some from Qingsong, cut open the mouth of the gourd, cleaned out the seeds, polished the surface so that it would not stick to hands, and carved some festive patterns to send to his grandson.

Yueniang also made a big red tassel for the gourd, which looks very beautiful when hung on it. Not only Ruzhen and Ruchun brothers have it, but the stripper Li specially sent a message to Ruzhen, "I will send you a box of gourds. Those brothers and sisters of yours , but if you want something, you share it with them.”

Ruzhen is generous by nature, and when he got this box of gourds, he was so happy that he didn't want to take it away, and gave it away everywhere, even King Xin got one.He was a child, but it was fun to look at the gourd. The world saw that the sound of the gourd sounded like "Fu Lu", and felt that he was born to bring blessings.

A few days later, the emperor's grandsons had a very beautifully carved gourd in their hands, and they played with it in their hands. This could not be hidden from the eyes of the emperor. The emperor saw a small gourd the size of half a palm hanging on King Xin's waist. He also asked: "Where are the new skilled craftsmen, why are you all playing?"

"Brother Xuan's father-in-law made it to amuse Brother Zhen, and Brother Zhen will give it to anyone who sees him, and he is not allowed to wear it." King Xin laughed.

Later, when the emperor saw Ruzhen, the two of them stared wide-eyed for a while, Ruzhen was still in a daze, the emperor said: "Everyone has a gourd, but I don't."

Ruzhen was taken aback for a moment, he remembered his grandfather and others that he could see every day, and although he couldn't see brother He Zhen, he had a good time with him, and he didn't forget.

But emperors are rare after all, and his little family didn't even think about leaving one for the emperor.

Seeing Ruzhen's ignorant eyes, the emperor couldn't help laughing: "I'm just kidding you."

Ruzhen took out her little gourd and gave it to the emperor: "Uncle, don't be sad, Brother Zhen has you in his heart."

Anyway, this gourd was given by his grandfather, and he would ask for it later, Ruzhen's calculation was very smart.

Unexpectedly, the emperor ordered people to find several treasure gourds from the storehouse: the gold and jade ones are fairly common, but the ones with silk embedded with treasures and pearls are the ones that people should take a closer look at.

The emperor smiled and said: "Brother Zhen gave my uncle a gift, and my uncle returned the same to you. You can choose which one you like."

Ruzhen didn't know how to be modest, and excitedly took them all away, the emperor couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "Do you want these?"

Ruzhen counted with him with his fingers: "Brother Chun, Brother Hezhen, Sister Hanzhi, Sister Yi'an..." He counted them all in one go, and these gourds were not enough.

The emperor was dumbfounded: "I only give it to you, but you are better off, take my things to please others."

Ruzhen seriously said: "If it's only for me, I won't take it. My parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters are not others, we are a family!"

After speaking, he squeezed his fist and nodded violently, as if this would make his words more powerful.

The emperor was really amused by this, and he simply gave him a plate of gourds: "Brother Zhen is right, we are a family, we must be filial, fraternal and friendly."

Ruzhen went to the palace to find Hezhen to play with, and came back after a circle, Mrs. Chang brought a lot of gold and jade gourds for him, and behind him was something bestowed by the emperor.

Even the king of Xin didn't know what this boy did to make the emperor so green. After hearing Mrs. Chang's explanation, he smiled and said, "Brother Huang is the best at pampering children."

Even his old man is used to the emperor, so Xin Wang will not feel that the emperor's actions are inappropriate.

Ruzhen gave the gourd to the brothers and sisters, danced and said to Song Haonian: "Father, am I generous?"

Song Haonian smiled and said: "You are very generous."

As for his posture of sending things out, thanks to the solid foundation of Wang Xin's mansion, if he wants to leave it in someone else's house, I'm afraid he is a prodigal son who spends a lot of money.

Ruzhen was very proud, and took the opportunity to make a condition: "Then I'm going to see Hongye tomorrow!"

Song Haonian was taken aback: "How do you know Hongye?"

If Zhen didn't grow up in Beijing, no matter how beautiful the red leaves are, he shouldn't know.Ruzhen sneaked up to him, hugged Song Haonian's neck and muttered, Song Haonian knew that the prince secretly took Hezhen to see the red leaves, and Hezhen never forgot, so he told Ruzhen quietly.

I don't want Ruzhen to be a big mouther, he has to tell his father everything, now the prince's secret can't be kept, so Song Haonian went to find the prince and asked him which red leaves look good.

The prince is a busy person, not as idle as Song Haonian, seeing his younger brother still has the heart to ask Hongye, he is very upset: "I took Hezhen out in my busy schedule, it would be my fault instead."

Song Haonian laughed, and promised to send a few pheasants to the East Palace in two days.

The prince raised his eyebrows: "Where did the pheasant come from?"

Song Haonian grinned: "After seeing the red leaves, let's go hunting. The pheasants in the mountains are the fattest at this time."

Prince: "..."

This year, the country is prosperous and the people are safe, and even the dandies in the capital are less troublesome. After all, the prince is looking for an opportunity to bring his children and the princess out to enjoy the red leaves and hunt.

A few of their brothers joined in the fun together, dragging their families with them, and took a group of yelling children to the outskirts of the city. Even the cool air in autumn was made lively by the children.

Yi'an led a few younger sisters to pick up beautiful leaves, boiled them in alkaline water on the way home, removed the mesophyll, dried them to make bookmarks, and put them in books for easy reading.

Mu San also came to join in the fun, he loves these little tricks the most, and chased after Yi'an to ask her where she learned it from.

Yi An couldn't be bothered, and said, "Grandmother taught me."

Isn't her grandmother the current empress?Mu San thought he had some fresh news, and turned around to talk to Mu Concubine, but Mu Concubine said: "You only know that Your Majesty taught Yi'an to make bookmarks, but you don't know that Your Majesty is from the Long Live Church."

Mu San was dumbfounded when he said that, never would have imagined that the wise and mighty Wansui not only knew how to fight and carpentry, but was also very good at these gadgets for women and children.

Mu San's brains were flexible, so people picked up many red leaves, made bookmarks according to the pattern, and faintly released the news, saying that it was a new style in the palace, made by the emperor himself, and it became popular in the capital for a while.

None of the prince's brothers knew that Mu San could do such a thing. One day when the prince went to the Imperial College, he saw that the scholars were holding a red leaf bookmark. After asking, they found out that the "Royal Red Leaf Bookmark" had become famous.

The prince couldn't laugh or cry, and reported the matter to the emperor. The emperor brought Mu San to him and asked him for the money he got from selling the bookmarks, only to find out that Mu San was a profiteer. Even if you made ten red leaf bookmarks, it cost less than a penny. However, under the banner of the emperor, he wanted to sell it for [-] yuan, and there were quite a few people who were willing to buy it.

Mu Sansaliva sneered and pleaded with the emperor: "It's not because I'm cunning, since I've played the banner of Long Live, if I sell it too cheaply, wouldn't I discredit Long Live?"

The emperor pretended to be angry and said: "Using my name to do such a low-level small business is already discrediting me, please stop talking sweet words."

But the younger generation of his family, the emperor will not be angry about this, seeing that Mu San is really busy, he asked him to go to the Ministry of Industry to build a ship. From then on, Mu San has no leisure time to live, and when he sees Qingsong, Zhaoren and other friends, he wants to complain. Everyone laughed.

(End of this chapter)