Little wealth

One of the most indispensable delicacies of the Dragon Boat Festival is naturally zongzi.

One day in advance, they went to the foot of the mountain to pick the zong leaves and came back. The zong leaves they picked were soaked in water for a day.

After breakfast, before the sun was shining in the yard, they cut the meat on the table outside the yard. The fatty pork belly was cut into small cubes, and a large piece of pork belly was cut into half a pot.

The zongzi they make here is rice dumplings wrapped in rice and cooked without filling, but what Josh is going to make today is big meat zongzi.Zhao Amu had never eaten zongzi stuffed with meat, so she didn't know what the taste of meat zongzi was, so she asked a little doubtfully, "Are zongzi made with meat delicious?"

"Mum, the zongzi made by brother must be delicious." Before seeing the zongzi made by his brother, Zhao Hu blindly believed that the zongzi made by his brother must be delicious.

Zhao Amu glanced at her youngest son who had been thinking about food all day, smiled and shook her head.

"Don't worry, Ah Mu, it will definitely be fine." Josh replied with a smile.

The dried shiitake mushrooms a few days ago also came in handy today. The shiitake mushrooms were soaked early in the morning, and they were soaked all morning.He picked up the soaked shiitake mushrooms, squeezed out the water, and then passed the water again.

"The meat is cut." Zhao He cut up all the meat and asked Fu Lang what to do next.

"Oh, give it to me. You can also cut this mushroom into small cubes, which are slightly smaller than the meat." Josh handed over the freshly fished shiitake mushroom, took the cut meat, and stuffed it inside Add soy sauce, sugar and salt, and mix well with your hands. It needs to be marinated for a while before it tastes good.

Take out the soaked soybeans, pass the water to one side, take out the floating shells, wash them again, take them out, take the basin into the kitchen, and put the basin containing the soybeans on the counter.

A little follower came in from behind, but he didn't notice it, and almost missed the little follower when he turned around.

"Why are you following me? You don't make a sound, you want to scare me, don't you?" Josh stretched out his hand and pinched his son's little face, and followed his buttocks all day long without making a sound. What can I do if I step on it?

"Giggle~" Who knew that the little follower didn't repent at all, and thought he was playing with him, giggling happily.

"Aren't you thirsty, why don't you drink some water? Look at you, your head is sweating from running." Wiped the sweat off the child's forehead and touched his back. Fortunately, the back was not too wet, otherwise he would have to Take it back to the house and change clothes.

Fortunately, they bought cloth before and made a few more small clothes for the children. Otherwise, there would not be enough clothes at home to change several sets of clothes in one day.

He scooped out a large bowl of water from the pot with a spoon, drank more than half of it himself, and fed the remaining half to his son, "Okay, go out and play outside, don't run into it. "Their son is a little naughty ghost, and it's very unsafe to put it in the kitchen. Josh took his son out to play outside, and didn't let him stay here to make trouble for him.

When the cut shiitake mushrooms came and the fire in the stove was lit, he was ready to stew the stuffed meat.

"Am, lower the fire...well, okay, it's almost like this, don't put too much firewood in." Looking at the fire in the stove, when the pot was hot, Josh poured the marinated meat into it , Stir fry slowly with a shovel, more and more lard comes out from the bottom, take out the fried pork, and pour in the mushrooms.

It happened that there was oil in the pot, and the shiitake mushrooms poured in absorbed the oil and water, and the fried shiitake mushrooms were all oily and full of fragrance.

They fried minced meat in this kitchen, which can be said to be a pain for the people outside, because the smell is so delicious, it seduced the two people outside to run to the kitchen.

Zhao Hu followed the little nephew to the kitchen door, where one big and one small were looking in.

Zhao Hu stretched his neck to look into the pot, and asked, "Brother, what are you frying, it smells so good!"

"Hehe, I'm frying the stuffing for making zongzi for a while. It's hot here. Go out and play outside. Don't come near here." Josh knew that the fried food must be too fragrant, so he attracted these gluttons.The weather is too hot this day, the fire is burning in the kitchen, and the temperature is even higher. He is frying minced meat, and sweat is dripping down like rain.

Seeing the one big and one young at the door refusing to leave and still standing there, he could only shake his head in his heart and leave them alone.

Seeing that there was nothing to do at hand, Zhao He opened the door of the wooden house again, and went inside to get busy.

The flames in the stove were beating, and the minced meat fried in the pot exuded a strong aroma, which drifted several miles away. The neighbors could smell the smell of meat, and they knew that the next door was frying meat again.

After the shiitake mushrooms were fried, Josh poured in the soybeans and fried them again. After all the ingredients were fried separately, he poured all the excess ingredients into the pot to form a pot, put in an appropriate amount of salt and soy sauce, and then Use a large bowl to put the stuffing out.

At this time, the boiled eggs in the pot are also ready. The boiled eggs are washed in cold water, peeled off their shells, then cut into small pieces, and left for a while to make zongzi.

"It's such a big pot, it's really a lot. This is the first time I've seen people use so many things to make zongzi." Zhao Amu helped to set the fire inside, and was also sweating. The meat in the pot is too luxurious.In the past, they could only eat a bite of meat during the New Year's Eve, but now not only do they have meat every three days, but today they only need so much material to make a rice dumpling, and it hurts him seeing it.

"Hehe, there aren't many more. I'm afraid it won't be enough to make zongzi later."

Just now he went to soak another twenty catties of glutinous rice.A few days ago, they bought [-] catties of glutinous rice from the town and came back. At first, they thought that they would make [-] catties of rice dumplings, and leave the rest for another day when they wanted to eat rice dumplings.But now I decided to use all the glutinous rice to make zongzi, so naturally I have to prepare more fillings for making zongzi.

Fortunately, when they picked the zongzi leaves yesterday, they picked some more. The zongzi leaves can be stored for a long time after being dried. Originally, they wanted to make zongzi later, but it seems that they have to use them this time. .

Josh knew that his mother felt sorry for the meat again, the food is not just for eating, it will go bad after a long time, it would be a pity to throw it away, "It will be worth everything if one person eats a few more zongzi later. "

"Hehe, that's exactly what you said." Zhao Amu smiled, letting go of the pain in her heart.

"Xiaohu is here to help bring this pot of food back to the main room. Let's make zongzi in the main room. It's too hot here." There was another stove, and people would sweat even standing in it without working, let alone working in it. Josh raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and called his uncle to come over and help him get things.

"Hey, I'll come." Zhao Hu strode over without saying a word, picked up the minced meat steadily with both hands, bowed his head and took a deep breath, oh, it's so delicious!

Jo Xu half-jokingly said: "Hehe, don't drip your saliva, we still have to eat later."

It made everyone laugh.

"Hurry up, we're going to make zongzi with things here." Zhao Amu picked up the zongzi leaves and urged the son in front to leave quickly.Zhao Hu walked over with the minced meat with a smile on his face, and was not at all embarrassed by what his brother teased him.

Josh took the pot of cut eggs and went out, followed by their son.

Zhao He, who was at the wooden house, saw that everyone was preparing to make zongzi, so he put down his things and walked out.

Everyone moved the table to the door of the main room, put all the things for making zongzi on the table, and moved a few stools over, one for each person, and everyone sat down to make zongzi.

"Okay, let's make zongzi. Now wrap it up and cook it. Maybe soon we can have zongzi at noon. Mum, do you know how to make zongzi?" Josh picked up the leaves to make zongzi, and first put the zongzi Roll half of the leaf into a cone, fill half of it with rice, then add a small spoonful of filling, then fill with the other half of rice, cover the other end of the leaf, and slowly roll it up.

Then press the remaining little tail in, hold it down with your thumb, pull out a rope, and tie up the corners. Once tied, a zongzi is tied up, and it becomes a very beautiful four-cornered zongzi.

The zongzi leaves they picked were relatively large, and there was still a piece of zongzi wrapped in a zongzi, but the zongzi wrapped in this way was very tight, so there was no need to worry about it leaking out when cooking.

"Yes, I can, the eldest can, but the youngest... a little clumsy." Zhao Amu was also making zongzi with leaves in his hand, and he was not slow in making zongzi.Along with them is Zhao He. Zhao He is the eldest. He has helped his parents with work since he was a child. Basically, there is no work in the house that he can't do.

"..." Zhao Erhu, the only one who didn't know how, was watching from the sidelines, and suddenly realized that he was a bit useless, he couldn't even make zongzi!

Josh also noticed it, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you don't know how to pack, you can watch us pack and learn."

"But don't worry, my son has been clumsy since he was a child. I used to ask him to help make zongzi. They would fall apart after cooking." Zhao Amu hated her youngest son very much.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a small paw protruding from the side. Josh looked back and found that it was his son. The two looked at each other with big eyes, and the little boy blinked innocently at him .

Josh looked at his son with warning eyes, and the little boy took his little paw back.

Seeing his son's appearance, he seemed to have seen the two small ears on the top of a puppy's head drooping. He couldn't laugh or cry, so he softened his tone and said: "This is not cooked yet, let's wait a while." You can only eat rice dumplings after they are cooked."