So what if you flee from famine? Start all over again and live a good life every day

However, according to Suihe, stomach discomfort should be caused by a cold stomach. The heat from wormwood is equivalent to a hot compress on the stomach.

The stomach is warm, and the pain is gone.

Making moxa balls is secondary. She wants to make moxa strips, which require more moxa. Moreover, the ones she makes are much longer, so they require more.

"Second sister, can this really drive away mosquitoes?" An Zhi asked Sui He while rubbing the moxa leaves.

"It should be possible. Actually, I don't know either." Sui He really didn't know. She used to light mosquito coils or electric mosquito coil liquid in the summer.

She really didn't know if this primitive velvet strip would work, but she didn't know how to make mosquito coils.

"Why go through so much trouble? Just roll this up, light it and throw it into the room. The mosquitoes will run away in a moment." Grandma also sat aside, rubbing the wool strips in her hands

The method grandma mentioned is the most commonly used method here. Before going to bed at night, use dry wormwood to fumigate the room in advance to drive away mosquitoes. This method is also feasible, but it only works for a while. After the smell in the room dissipates, the mosquitoes will come in again.

It's OK for those who have mosquito nets, but the poor ones who can't afford mosquito nets can only endure the pain of being bitten by mosquitoes, or get up in the middle of the night to fumigate again. People tend to feel sleepy in summer, and if they get up frequently at night, they won't be energetic the next day.

Grandpa didn't say anything, just rubbed the wormwood leaves in his hands silently.

"Grandma, the method you mentioned is only temporary. The mosquitoes will come back soon. It's so annoying," Sui He said.

"Second sister, is mugwort the only way to repel mosquitoes? Are there any other ways?" An Zhi put down the things in her hands. She had been rubbing for a long time but only rubbed a little. Mosquitoes can last for several months in summer. How long will it take to get rid of them?

"And mint." Sui He thought for a moment. There are many things that repel mosquitoes in the mountains, mint is one of them, and there are also camphor tree leaves.

The mothballs used to prevent insects in the closet were made from camphor trees, but the camphor trees were too tall for her to reach. She made some mint and wormwood sachets and hung them at the head of the bed to repel mosquitoes.

This kind of sachet needs to be replaced frequently to remain effective

"Hey, rub it quickly, and then we'll go find mint." Sui He urged, "You don't want to be bitten by mosquitoes at night, do you?"

"I don't want to." Thinking of the scene of being bitten by mosquitoes before, An Zhi shuddered and his hands moved faster.

After all the moxa was rubbed, Sui He took a large circle of straw paper and wrapped it all up, wrapping it tightly into long strips, and then sealed it with glue.

The velvet strips must be wrapped tightly, otherwise they will easily fall apart when used.

After experiments, Suihe made several half-meter-long moxa columns, which could be used in three rooms for half a month.

"Second sister, let me try it." An Zhi took a stick and put it in the room, lighting one end with fire.

Gradually, the smell of wormwood wafts out. Some people find this smell very fragrant, but those who don’t like it will find it unpleasant.

"It smells pretty good." Grandma smelled the scent of wormwood. They were used to it.

This velvet strip burns quickly, but it is long enough. Once it is lit, and paired with a mosquito net, they no longer have to endure the torture of mosquitoes.

There are also several sachets hanging on Suihe's bedside, which contain dried mint, wormwood and other medicinal herbs that can repel mosquitoes.

This sachet not only repels mosquitoes, but also has a certain calming effect

When talking about the Dragon Boat Festival, we have to think of zongzi

To make zongzi, you need reed leaves from the river. The leaves are wide and long. I saw some when I was picking mint last time. I picked some and dried them.

Hearing that they were going to make something delicious, Anzhi was more enthusiastic than anyone else. He bought glutinous rice the day before and soaked it in water.

She plans to make two kinds of rice dumplings. One is white rice dumplings, which are made of glutinous rice. After steaming, this kind of rice dumplings is suitable for dipping in sugar.

Another kind is bacon dumplings

There is a lot of bacon at home. Take the bacon, wash it, cut it into pieces and mix it evenly with glutinous rice.

The materials are ready, but it becomes troublesome to wrap them.

Suihe can do it, but grandma and Anzhi can't. The key is that they saw Suihe doing it and they wanted to try it too.

"Second sister, look at how I can't hide the glutinous rice." An Zhi came to Sui He holding a half-finished zongzi and said, "Second sister, hurry up, hurry up, the rice is coming out."

Sui He took the rice dumpling, wrapped it with leaves and then tied it up with a rope: "Why don't you stop wrapping it, I'll do it myself"

Sui He is a bit of a headache. He can't learn it even after a long time. If the rice dumplings leak when cooking, they will become glutinous rice porridge.

"Let me try again." An Zhi picked up another leaf, twisted it, put glutinous rice on it and tried to wrap it up.

Grandma's movements are faster, and she wraps better. She's always on the stove, so she learns it once she sees it.

While Anzhi was still struggling with one zongzi, Suihe had already wrapped several.

"Don't waste your energy, this also depends on talent." Sui He took the semi-finished product from An Zhi's hand and said, "I admit that I am not as good as you in making Tongcao, but you can't do this. Go and light the fire."

"Oh" An Zhi reluctantly walked to the stove.

There was water in the pot. Sui He took a look and left the kitchen.

She forgot one thing. When cooking rice dumplings, add some fresh yellow broom leaves to enhance the flavor.

Huangjing leaves are good things, they can be eaten and used

The thorn in "Carrying a thorn to plead guilty" is him. He will whip you and make you cry out in pain.

There are many kinds of Huangjingye at the foot of the mountain. Pick a bunch of them, wash them and throw them into the pot. When the pot is boiled, put the zongzi in.

Put another steamer and steam the remaining glutinous rice.

Zongzi takes a long time to cook, glutinous rice needs to cook faster

Sui He took out all the glutinous rice, put it in a wooden basin, washed the rolling pin, dipped one end in water, and started pounding it vigorously.

How can we have rice dumplings without glutinous rice balls?

But pounding glutinous rice balls is not an easy task. You have to pound the glutinous rice up and down hundreds of times to break it up while it is still hot. In addition, you have to keep dipping the rolling pin in cold water to prevent it from sticking.

There is too much glutinous rice. Pound the rice in batches. This will make it faster.

"Grandma, Anzhi, come and have a taste." Suihe plucked a piece of pounded glutinous rice cake and dipped it in soybean powder, which was filled with crushed sugar powder.

"Okay!" Upon hearing that there was something delicious, An Zhi put down the firewood in his hand and ran over. After washing his hands, he took a piece of glutinous rice cake covered with soybean powder and put it into his mouth.

After pounding the glutinous rice balls for half a day, the temperature is just right, not too hot or too cold, but warm and soft.

"So delicious, so sweet." Sui He picked the small ones, and An Zhi ate them one by one: "Second sister, let me try."

Seeing Sui He pounding hard, An Zhi also wanted to try

Seeing that she was interested, Sui He also wanted to take a break, so he handed the rolling pin to An, then stood aside with a bowl of glutinous rice cakes and started eating.

The rice dumplings are not ready yet, let's eat this to fill our stomachs