After a simple rebirth

Li Xingying was the first to come over and ask, "Fu Ying, your brother said you want us to have a barbecue together tomorrow night?"

Fu Ying nodded. "When I was in Guangdong Province, I saw other people having barbecues during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I also went to my friend's house to have barbecues. It was fun to eat and barbecue at the same time. It just so happened that we had a ready-made stove and charcoal, so it was very convenient and fun to do it."

Li Xingying was also looking forward to it and made an appointment to come over tomorrow to work on it together.

Fu Ying was preparing to wash clothes quickly because she didn't have time yesterday and was afraid that the clothes wouldn't be dry tomorrow. She remembered the washing machine but didn't know what to do, so she quickly ran to ask Fu's mother.

"You went to the street with me today and kept talking about buying barbecue ingredients. How could I remember asking about the washing machine!" Fu's mother turned the tables.

Fu Ying...Why didn’t you ask me last time we went to the market?

Mother Fu also felt guilty and had really forgotten about this matter. Seeing that it was still early, she went out to ask.

Fu Ying watched her back as she walked out, somewhat doubting that she would forget again. Fu's mother was the kind of mother often mentioned on the Internet: chatting with other people when passing by, chatting for a long time with acquaintances, and not doing anything she should do. She waited by the side until she began to doubt her life, and even got scolded when she urged Fu's mother to do it.

Fu Ying sat down resignedly and washed the clothes, preparing for the worst and washing by hand to be safer.

Fu Ying spent the rest of the time reviewing. She only had one day out of the three-day holiday to review. Although she had finished all her homework, learning is more than just homework.

Fu's mother came back at dinner time. The bad news was that there was no second-hand washing machine. The good news was that Fu's mother bought a new one and would deliver it in two days.

Fu Ying applauded inwardly. Fortunately, Fu's mother was willing to buy a washing machine, otherwise her resentment would continue to rise.

Lunch on the Mid-Autumn Festival is casual, as the focus of ancestor worship is in the evening. Because Fu Ying wanted to have a barbecue, Fu's mother only prepared simple dishes to ensure that there would be fresh three meals and three dishes in the evening.

The barbecue started at seven o'clock, and it would take a while to eat, so at three or four o'clock, Fu Ying planned to eat something to fill her stomach.

There is no custom of having afternoon tea here, but there will be desserts and snacks. There is no limit on the time to eat them. You can eat them whenever you want, and sometimes they will be served as a main meal.

Fu Ying asked Fu's mother if she could make sweet wine dumpling soup, which is considered a special dessert here.

Sweet wine is also called Laozao, which is also a kind of rice wine. The main raw material is glutinous rice, which has the taste of rice wine and the sweet and sour taste after fermentation. However, because it is very simple to make sweet wine, every household will make some sweet wine and put it in a jar.

To make sweet wine, soak the glutinous rice the night before. After steaming the glutinous rice, add the "wine trough", which is yeast. Then cover it with a clean cloth and wait for it to ferment. Place it next to a high-temperature stove or on a shelf above the stove. It can usually be eaten in three or four days.

Sweet wine can be directly boiled with water and then cooled to make a dessert. You can also add some starch dumplings into it and cook sweet wine dumpling soup, which is both refreshing and appetizing.

Fu Ying hadn’t eaten sweet wine dumpling soup for a long time. It was sour and sweet and very appetizing, and went well with barbecue.

Fu's mother wanted to eat it too, but she still said to Fu Ying, "You keep thinking about it every day. If you want to eat sweet wine, you can only go to your second aunt's house to get some. We don't have any at home."

Fu Ying asked Fu Ma only because she knew there was no money. She was just waiting for Fu Ma to go and borrow it.

Fu Ying boiled a pot of hot water while waiting for Fu's mother to come back, so that she could enjoy the delicious food faster.

"Your second aunt's house didn't have any either, so I went to your fourth aunt's house to borrow some, and I also brought some vermicelli." Aunt Fu said as she walked in, carrying some things.

Fu Ying nodded. She had forgotten what ingredients were used in the dumpling soup, so she didn't mention it. When she worked in the kindergarten, the cook used low-gluten flour to make tomato dumpling soup. Because the cook reported the items she needed, Fu Ying was responsible for purchasing and reporting the expenses, so she knew a little bit. But the dumpling soup in her hometown is different from that one, and she doesn't know what is used, but it feels different.

"Is vermicelli made from wheat or something else?" Fu Ying asked her mother. Fu Ying knew that wheat was grown in Gumang, but because the harvest was small and the farming was troublesome, few people grew it. Most people grew corn and potatoes.

"Fenzi noodles are glutinous rice noodles, not wheat. Wheat is used to make dumplings and cook noodles." Fu's mother answered her.

Fu Ying suddenly realized that she hadn't thought of glutinous rice flour for a moment. No wonder she always felt that it was not wheat.

Fu's mother asked Fu Ying if she would roll into the sweet wine, and Fu Ying shook her head.

Fu Ying knows that you should pour some noodles first, then add a little water, not too much, stir it properly to make the lumps smaller, then roll the glutinous rice flour to shape it, preferably pearl-sized, for the best taste. Put it in the pot and cook it, then you can eat it.

But Fu Ying didn't dare to try because she had no confidence.

With this kind of delicate work, she could easily fall into a vicious cycle of adding more water and more powder, and then adding more water. The more she added, the bigger the lumps became.

She had tried it in her previous life, but there was too much flour, the lumps were too big, it was cooked but not tasty, and the portion was too large and she couldn't finish it. So she didn't try it easily, and it was always Fu's father who did it.

Mother Fu didn't say anything. She looked at the water in the pot and saw that there was too much water, so she scooped out some and put it aside. It was just enough to make the dumplings.

She first scooped a spoonful of sweet wine into the pot, used chopsticks to break up the lees and continued to cook, and when the pot started to bubble a little, she made lumps. She took another large basin and poured the powder, poured hot water into it and started stirring with chopsticks, and when it was relatively even and small, she put it into the pot, asking Fu Ying to stir the bottom of the pot to prevent it from getting mushy.

Finally, all the lumps have floated up and are completely cooked, so they can be eaten.

Fu Ying took out two bowls of food and let them cool down. She asked Fu's mother if she had checked on Fu Zhe. Fu's mother said she saw him watching TV at Li Xingyun's house.

Fu Ying walked over and called Fu Zhe to come back for some sweet wine, and also asked Fourth Aunt if she wanted some. Fourth Aunt refused, and Li Xingying followed because Fu Ying said that she had eaten the barbecue too late and was getting hungry, so she wanted to have some sweet wine to fill her stomach first.

It is said that this sweet wine is good for girls' health. Fu Ying doesn't know if there is any scientific basis for this, but the locals believe in it very much.

Fu Ying heard from Fu Yu that when she was in confinement after giving birth, she had to drink sweet wine every day. It was either sweet wine or sweet wine eggs. Anyway, she had to drink more of this.

Fu Ying thinks that the main reason is that the sweet wine has a certain degree of alcohol, about two or three degrees, which can warm the body and promote blood circulation and metabolism, so it is suitable for people who are in confinement. However, different places have different requirements, depending on the climate and local products.

Therefore, if there are many female guests at home, a meal of sweet wine will be prepared for the guests, and the women will drink an extra bowl to give face.

Fu Ying also likes to drink this, it tastes sour and sweet. When you take a sip, you can taste the chewy toppings like taro balls and the cooked glutinous rice. It is almost like drinking milk tea.

Fu Ying had just taken a sip when Second Aunt Fu came over. When Fu Ying went to Fourth Aunt's house, Fu's mother went to call Second Aunt Fu. Fu Ying quickly took the bowl and served it to her.

"Fu Ying, you like to drink this. You should have told me earlier. I will give you more sweet wine next time. Just go and get some if you want. Mine ran out two days ago and I haven't given you any yet." Fu Ergu said while drinking.

"I just suddenly remembered to drink sweet wine. There's no need to drink too much. Second aunt, would you like to join us for barbecue tonight?" Fu Ying asked while drinking.

"I won't come. Your second uncle will scold people if he eats alone. Wang Yu and Wang Cong can come and play with you." Second Aunt Fu refused.

"I was thinking of asking them to come over as well. Barbecue is for fun. I'll go to your house later to get some corns and grill them together." Fu Ying casually stated her purpose. Whether the second aunt came or not was not the point. The point was to go to her house to get some ingredients.