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The Dragon Boat Festival in Taoyuan Village is very simple. There will be no dragon boat racing, and most of them are related to eating.In addition to the must-have zongzi, there are also salted duck eggs, tea eggs, boiled garlic cloves, etc.

In Taoyuan Village, sweet rice dumplings are usually made with fresh reed leaves, high-quality white glutinous rice, red dates and bean paste.After boiling in hot water, stick to white sugar and eat directly.The zongzi in Nantian Village is a bit different. They also tried making zongzi with bamboo leaves.

In addition to these foods, the custom of Taoyuan Village during the Dragon Boat Festival is to smoke wormwood and make sachets. The sachets used to be made by hand, but in recent years, they have been made less and less. Most people will choose to go far away. You can buy it directly from the supermarket in Shanshan.

They will also tie multicolored ropes or ropes for the children. From the woolen yarns at home, choose woolen yarns of different colors and twist them together to tie them on the wrists or ankles.When Tao Ran was a child, when the Dragon Boat Festival came, all the children in the village would have colorful ropes tied around their wrists, and they would compare whose colors matched better. In recent years, no one has done it.

It would be difficult to make zongzi for this Dragon Boat Festival, Tao Ran thought as he walked towards the meeting place.The taste of the zongzi and the glutinous rice are very important, and the glutinous rice in Taoyuan Village was harvested last year when there was no Shennong Spring, so the taste can only be said to be ordinary.

However, when steaming rice with Shennongquan, the taste is not bad.To make zongzi, you also need to soak the glutinous rice in water, and then use various fillings in it. The taste should not be too bad. You still have to try it.

Tao Ran did not expect that the village chief would let him take the lead in this meeting.It seems that the village head is about to retire, and before he retires, he needs to train his chosen successor, Tao Ran.

He had many meetings in his previous life, and sometimes he would share his research results in front of many people.With these experiences, Tao Ran didn't feel nervous at all when facing the dozen or so people in the village meeting.

This meeting is mainly about whether to sell rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival, and when Taoyuan Village will be opened.

Everyone thinks that they can try making zongzi first, even if they don’t sell them out, they still have to eat them during the Dragon Boat Festival in the village.In the past, sweet rice dumplings were made in the village. After discussing with them, they can develop more flavors, and salty rice dumplings can also be tried.

"I don't think there are too many varieties, and there is not much time for the Dragon Boat Festival here. We have to study how to make it more delicious." Tao Yue said while taking a pen to write something in the notebook, "Sweet and salty If you want to satisfy everyone’s taste, then maybe it will be another battle of sweet and salty.”

"Let's not talk about how many kinds to make, let's talk about what kind of zongzi can be made in the village." Tao Ran asked everyone to brainstorm.

"The sweet rice dumplings that our village used to eat were made of peanuts, jujubes and bean paste. This year's peanuts have not been planted for a long time. If we make peanut rice dumplings, we can only use last year's peanuts. Not to mention jujubes, which were bought in previous years. Dates. Bean paste is the most suitable, and the beans in our village are enough."

"Don't worry about the salty rice dumplings. Brother Tian Xu's pigs are big enough, and the ducks raised by Uncle Sheng Yang are laying eggs one after another. They have been marinated into salted duck eggs one after another. You can make a lot of them with just pork and salted egg yolks. Kind of salty rice dumplings."

Tao Shengyang lived in the lower reaches of the river in Taoyuan Village, and there were few people living there, so he surrounded it and raised ducks in it.The duck is also growing very fast, and it started laying eggs this week.

"There is also Nantian Village. There are a lot of bamboos there. This year their spring bamboo shoots have become delicious. The quality of these bamboos should be good. You can make bamboo tube zongzi."

"Okay, I've written it all down. I can prepare the ingredients in a few days. Let's make it and try the taste first." Tao Ran took a pen to write it down, then looked at the others and said, "I asked Tingzhou, he would like to Give everyone the zongzi formula he developed, it’s not enough, it’s not free, you need to exchange it with something.”

"Of course, in the past, these formulas were the capital of the family's survival. He gave it to us for free, and we can't just ask for it. We can't do things that take advantage of it." When it comes to formulas, The village head stood up and said earnestly.

The dim sum made on May Day last time was made so delicious because of the tricks Li Tingzhou gave to the villagers.He did not teach in vain, and obtained the qualification to buy a homestead in Taoyuan Village. Not only that, but after the dim sum was made, the village head also gave Li Tingzhou a lot of dim sum as a reward.

This time I'm going to make zongzi, and most of the people present today have thought about asking Li Tingzhou for help.But they also understood that even though Tao Ran had a good relationship with him, they couldn't let him teach for free. When they heard the education from the village chief, they all hurriedly agreed.

It is really useful to say that good cooking skills are really useful. There are also people in the village who are not good enough to learn cooking skills. They usually cook at home, and it is not bad to open a restaurant.But no one specializes in dim sum, let alone research out delicious recipes like Li Tingzhou.

Seeing that everyone agreed with his words without a hint of reluctance, the village head felt relieved. The villagers are not the kind of people who like to take advantage of small things.

"Did Brother Li say what kind of reward he wants?" Tao Yue continued to ask after the village head returned to his seat.Apart from the elders in the village, only Tao Ran would call Li Tingzhou by his name directly, and everyone else would call Brother Li directly, all because of everyone's respect for him.

"He hasn't thought about it yet, we'll talk about it when he thinks about it, but he promises he won't make any excessive demands."

"He is not afraid that we will not pay after we learn the formula, so we have nothing to be afraid of."

"Based on Li Ge's character, I don't think he can do something like a lion's mouth."

"Isn't Tingzhou's house under construction? You young people don't have anything to do, go over and see if there is anything you can do to help."

Listening to everyone's topic going farther and farther, Tao Ran couldn't help but bring the topic back: "We will talk about Zongzi after we have tasted it. Today's second question is whether to open the village, and if so, what is the regulation."

The original plan was to issue a limited number of quotas each time, and those who got the quota could live in Taoyuan Village for a period of time and enjoy life in Taoyuan Village.

"I think it can be opened up. Lu Liang has been playing in our village for the past few days. He doesn't even want to go out of the gate of our village." Tao Yue said, Lu Liang lives with him, how is staying here? He couldn't be more clear.

"You can try it first. There are many requests on the Internet. I heard Liang Liang from the village head's family say that every time he reads the comments on the Internet, he will miss such information." One of the village officials said. , What he said was completely teasing the old man.

Hearing his ridicule, the village chief didn't respond, but many people secretly laughed.Liangliang is the little grandson of the village chief. He has a task every day, which is to read the comments on the Internet for his grandfather who is not very good at surfing the Internet.

And in these comments, there is a request to sell more dim sum and open Taoyuan Village earlier.For the village head who regards Taoyuan Village as his own child, he wants to show Taoyuan Village to everyone, just like the parents who want to show off after their children become famous.

But the village head also knows that now is not the time to open up the village, so he can only suppress his own ideas.In order to avoid feeling uncomfortable, the village head asked the little grandson to skip those when reading the comments.There was nothing to keep this matter secret in the little grandson's heart, and soon the whole village knew about it.

"I'm just happy. I never thought of such a day before. Just last year, I thought that if everyone in our village could achieve a well-off life, I would feel at ease even if I left." The village chief recalled the village life a year ago. Long, this change is simply earth-shaking.

Everyone didn't expect to make the village head sentimental, and immediately ran around trying to comfort him.

"I'm just saying a few words, why are you so anxious. We are now discussing the opening of Taoyuan Village. If you have any ideas, please speak up." The village chief said sternly.Everyone looked carefully, and the village chief had come out of the emotion just now, and he was in high spirits.

Everyone discussed the opening of Taoyuan Village enthusiastically, and finally decided to open the first batch of [-] places, and they can stay in Taoyuan Village for a month at most.The quota is directly drawn randomly, can be waived, and cannot be transferred, and the phenomenon of reselling quotas must be prevented.

The first batch will be 30 people. When the time comes, when they come to the village, they decide which house they want to live in. At that time, each person will be issued a personal card, and then he can enter and leave Taoyuan Village at will.But at that time, villagers in the village were needed to be guards to prevent them from bringing outsiders in.

"When is the time scheduled?" Tao Liu asked while taking notes quickly.

"After the Dragon Boat Festival, the villagers will be busy studying zongzi during this period, so there is not much time. Besides, it will take a little time until the lottery is confirmed." Tao Ran knocked on the table and said, "I will not be in the village by then, It is up to you to take charge of this.”

The fact that Tao Ran was going to Z City was not publicized, and most people here didn't know about it.Tao Yue was taken aback when he heard this, and raised his head and asked, "Brother Ran, where are you going? I feel a little guilty without you in the village."

"There's nothing to be guilty of. The village chief and the others are all in the village." Tao Ran explained, "I'm going back to school to attend the graduation defense and graduation ceremony."

Tao Yue slapped his head and laughed at himself for being stupid: "I forgot, brother Ran, you haven't graduated yet."

Here, Tao Ran is having a meeting here, while Li Tingzhou in Z City has just returned to Grandpa Li's house after finishing his work.

His return to Z City this time was mainly due to the excitement at his grandfather's house, and some people wanted to drag him into trouble even if their minds were twisted.Tao Ran will come over after a while, afraid that these people will focus on Tao Ran, Li Tingzhou will speed up these few days to get rid of these bad things.

As soon as he entered the house, Li Tingzhou found someone from the house.Before leaving at this time, Li Tingzhou took a look at the table in the living room, and the fruit platter on the table could be seen as Li Yuan's handwriting.

Every time Li Yuan comes here, he likes to make a fruit platter for Mr. Li.He also spent a lot of time learning how to carve fruits, swans, and rabbits, but the hand-carved ones always look different, but he is still unwilling to give up.So as long as you see this four-dimensional fruit carving on the table, you will know that Li Yuan has been here.

"Aunt Wang, Li Yuan is here?" Li Tingzhou asked when she saw Aunt Wang, the nanny, coming out of the kitchen.

"Xiaoyuan is upstairs with the old man. It seems that the old man asked him to see how the room is furnished." Aunt Wang replied with a smile.

Hearing Aunt Wang's answer, Li Tingzhou walked upstairs without stopping. Don't think too much, this room must be reserved for Tao Ran.

Ever since he knew that Ranran was coming, the old man was very excited. He cleaned up the house next to Li Tingzhou, and wanted to decorate it so that Tao Ran would like it at a glance.This time when Li Yuan came over, he was probably caught by the old man and taken upstairs.

As soon as Li Tingzhou walked outside the door, he heard Li Yuan's excited voice: "Why don't you tell me that Taozi is here to live? It's because the eldest brother went to Taoyuan Village to stay for so long. Tao Ran is my friend. Now the eldest brother is in Taozi. The position in my heart is more than mine."

Li Yuan complained to his grandfather, at this time the door was gently opened, Li Yuan looked out, and Li Tingzhou, whom he had just complained about, was standing at the door, he was completely stunned.Li Yuan, who kept praying in his heart that his elder brother didn't hear, didn't notice Grandpa Li's strange expression.

Grandpa Li was also a little surprised, he thought that Li Yuan knew about the relationship between Li Tingzhou and Tao Ran.He still couldn't believe it, and asked Li Tingzhou with his eyes.

After receiving a positive reply, Grandpa Li couldn't help but touch his forehead.My little grandson is a bit stupid. He has been going to Taoyuan Village to play for several days, but he didn't find out that his eldest brother has other relationships with his best friend.Just because your eldest brother has stayed in Taoyuan Village for so long, you don't feel anything wrong.