After the salted fish is married

70. Rice dumplings and salted duck eggs

As soon as the stewed rice is in the mouth, the first thing you feel is the mellow meat aroma.After stewing, the aroma in the ribs is fully stimulated.The pork ribs that Yan Xining chooses are from piglets, which are fresh and tender in the mouth, without any fishy smell.

The rice cooked with the meat is soft and glutinous, and the peas dotted in the rice grains are green in color. When you bite the peas, they shatter and become a puddle of umami-flavored bean paste.

The most amazing thing is the potato in the rice. The round potato melts when you sip it, and the powder is fresh and delicious.Potatoes boiled with the broth fully absorb the broth and taste even better than meat.

After taking a bite, Ji Liu opened his eyes wide in surprise: "It's really good."

The rice is obviously cooked in a large pot, but it tastes more delicious than the meal stewed by Yushanfangjing.It can be said that even without vegetables, he can eat two bowls of this kind of rice.

Ji Tan ate the rice with big mouthfuls, and the rice grains stuck to his cheeks, even so, he didn't put down the bowl in his hand.He ate very seriously. He carefully picked the rice grains at the bottom of the bowl into his mouth. After finishing a bowl of rice, he hugged the bowl with unsatisfied desire: "Sister-in-law San, can I have some more?"

Before Yan Xining had time to say anything, there was an extra piece of pork ribs with brittle bones in the bowl.He looked up in surprise and saw Ji Song retracting his chopsticks, he was a little puzzled, how did Ji Song know that he likes ribs with crispy bones?

As if nothing had happened, Ji Song picked up a chopstick and put the stir-fried peas in the bowl. He said to Ji Tan unhurriedly, "Don't overeat." The bowl in Ji Tan's hand was a big one, and he had already eaten a big one. I have added vegetables to the meal, so if I continue to eat, I am afraid that I will spoil my stomach.

Ji Tan felt aggrieved: "But third brother, I feel like I'm not full yet."

Ji Song was unmoved: "It's just because the stewed rice is delicious, you don't feel full, but your body is already full."

Ji Liu smiled and said: "In the past, I often saw the noble concubine Xian holding a bowl and begging you to eat more. If she knew that you could eat so well in the third emperor's house, she would be very happy."

Ji Tan stared at Ji Liu accusingly: "This is different. Today's rice contains peas that I peeled myself. And I didn't eat breakfast today, so I can eat more at noon."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Yan Xining pitifully: "Sister-in-law three..." He knew it was useless to beg his two imperial brothers, so he could only speak kindly to the soft-hearted third sister-in-law at this time.

Seeing Ji Tan's eyes full of longing, Yan Xining reached out and touched Ji Tan's stomach, which was already distended under his clothes.After thinking for a while, Yan Xining said: "Xiao Qi has already eaten a lot of rice, so I can't add more rice. But I can treat Xiao Qi to eat something different."

Ji Tan's eyes were sharp: "What's delicious?"

Yan Xining waved to him: "Come, follow me."

Ji Tan followed Yan Xining like a puppy, this scene made Ji Liang feel extremely sad: "My brother and sister really have a way, Xiao Qi was trained to be obedient by him."

After saying this, he subconsciously glanced at Ji Song, and almost blurted out a sentence in his mind: Of course, the third brother was trained to be more obedient.

But he didn't dare to say it, he was afraid that after saying this, Ji Song would take out his longbow and shoot him an arrow.

After uncovering the lid of the stewed rice pot, Yan Xining pushed the loose rice aside to reveal the scorched rice at the bottom of the pot.He swiped the shovel along the edge of the iron pan twice, and the crispy rice slid off the iron pan.

Ji Tan was holding the edge of the stove with both hands, he couldn't see what Yan Xining was doing, but based on his feeling, he felt that the third sister-in-law would definitely give him something good.Sure enough, after a while, Yan Xining handed him something the size of a slap.

After Ji Tan took it, he thanked him happily, and then his question came: "Sister-in-law, what is this?"

Yan Xining smiled and said, "Crispy rice, hasn't Xiao Qi ever eaten rice cracker?"

Ji Tan shook his head: "No, is this rice crust? Do you just eat it like this?"

The rice crust in my hand is golden on both sides and feels hard to the touch.Yan Xining folded the two rice crusts in half, so some loose rice grains were sandwiched between them.The rice grains of the stewed rice are stained with soy sauce color, and the color of the cooked rice crust is also darker than ordinary rice crust.

The crispy rice has a firm taste, which is easier to give people a feeling of fullness than eating rice.Moreover, the crispy crispy rice crust can quickly divert Ji Tan's attention.

Take a bite while it's hot, and the crispy crispy rice crackles between your teeth.Ji Tan really fell in love with this unique taste: "Sister-in-law San, the crispy rice is delicious. How did you make it?"

It’s so amazing, isn’t the rice stewed in the pot?He only saw the third sister-in-law use the spatula to shovel it twice, and the rice cake appeared, and Ji Tan's curiosity reached its peak for a while.

Hearing Ji Tan's question, Yan Xining bent down and picked him up so that he could look into the pot.After removing the rice on the surface, the rice crust revealed its true face.Yan Xining explained: "The place where the rice grains are in contact with the iron pan is very hot, so the rice grains that are closest to the iron pan will be baked until crispy. This is the rice crust."

Ji Tan understood, and he took small bites of the crispy rice: "So as long as you cook, you will have crispy rice? Then why have I never eaten it?"

Yan Xining smiled without saying a word, if the imperial chef let the master in the palace eat crispy rice, he might not want his head.

Seeing Ji Tan eating the crispy rice, Ji Song stripped away the rice in the bowl, he glanced at Yan Xining: "Ah Ning, do you still have the crispy rice?"

Yan Xining put down Ji Tan: "Yes, just wait a moment."

After a while, a large piece of rice crust appeared in Ji Song's bowl near the bottom of the pot. The two brothers ate the rice crust with sullen heads, and their movements were very similar.Ji Tan was holding the crispy rice, unknowingly thinking that it was some kind of rare treasure in his hand.

This scene made Ji Liu want to laugh: "The assorted fried rice in the Yingke Building is a must. The last time I invited you to eat it for my brother, you dismissed it. Now you know what delicacy you missed, don't you?"

Ji Tan swallowed the crispy rice in his mouth, he groaned: "At that time, Xiao Qi didn't know that rice crackers were such a delicious thing, but now he knows, so when will you be free, Brother Erhuang, to take Xiao Qi to eat assorted rice crackers? "

Ji Liu chuckled: "That depends on when Xiao Qi will be able to leave the palace. I heard that someone provoked the Grand Tutor, and he will have to recite fifty ancient poems when he returns."

Ji Tan's body froze, and then withered like an eggplant beaten by frost: "Don't talk about Tai Tu, we are still good brothers."

Yan Xining smiled so much that he showed his white teeth, and he sighed, "Assorted crispy rice must be delicious." Otherwise, why would Ji Liu not even look at stewed rice crispy rice?

Ji Song paused for a moment while chewing, and the emotion in his eyes flashed, but after a while, he continued to gnaw on the rice crust.

After lunch, Ji Liang threw Ji Tan to Yan Xining and the others very shamelessly.He had to go to a nearby hot spring, and if Emperor Pingyuan knew that he took his young brother to and from the Fengyue place, he would definitely be reprimanded after returning.

Ji Liu's carriage drove away in the dust, and after a while, it disappeared.Ji Tan was not troubled by being left behind. He wore a straw hat on his head and held a bamboo pole tied with chicken intestines to fish for crayfish on the field ridge: "Sister-in-law San, come quickly! There are a lot of crayfish here!"

Even though it's just arrived in May, the afternoon sun actually feels tingling on the body.Yan Xining was afraid of the sun, and when he saw the sun in summer, he became lazy and just wanted to find a shady place to lie down.In fact, he did the same thing. He put a deck chair under the fruit tree outside Zhuangzi, and at the moment he was squinting his eyes and smelling the fruit fragrance leisurely.

Hearing Ji Tan calling him, Yan Xining turned over in pain.Even if Ji Tan caught a big lobster in the sea, he didn't want to leave the shade.

Ji Song's voice came from one side: "Your third sister-in-law wants to take a lunch break, so don't make trouble with him."

Ji Song is quite majestic, Ji Tan dare not act presumptuously in front of him.As soon as the words fell, Ji Tan responded: "Okay."

Yan Xining glanced at Ji Song gratefully: "Thank you Songsong."

There was a glimmer of light in Ji Song's dark eyes: "You're welcome, let's rest for a while." Under the shadow of the tree, Yan Xining lay lazily, but Ji Song thought it was very good of him.

The wind felt warm on her body, and Yan Xining felt drowsy: "The weather is going to be hot..."

Ji Song said casually, "Are you afraid of heat?"

Yan Xining replied: "Well, I don't like summer."

In fact, the summer of my childhood was pretty good. I could play in the water, run wildly, and eat endless fruits, but all this came to an end with my father's departure.Whenever the temperature began to rise, he began to fear in his heart, afraid of parting.

Eyelids became heavy, Yan Xining closed her eyes: "I'm a little sleepy~"

Ji Song's voice came faintly: "Go to sleep."

Yan Xining is fine if he doesn't take a nap, as long as he falls asleep, he will be gone for at least an hour after waking up.But when he opened his eyes, he was already in the carriage going back.

Ji Song's voice came from one side: "Are you awake?"

Yan Xining sat up suddenly, he lifted the thin blanket on his body with a confused face: "How long have I been asleep?"

Ji Song said: "It's not long, it's close to two hours." He has already seen Yan Xining's nap skills, and now he doesn't think it's unusual.

Yan Xining scratched her hair in distress: "Oh, I've been asleep for so long? By the way, where is Xiaoqi?"

Ji Song pointed outside: "It's in another car."

Yan Xining lifted the curtain and took a look, only to see a smaller carriage followed by their carriage.He called out, and Ji Tan also lifted the curtain in response: "Sister-in-law, I caught a lot of crayfish! There is such a big bucket, so big!"

Seeing Ji Tan stretch out his hands to make gestures, Yan Xining felt relieved.He sat back in the car: "It seems that Xiaoqi can have fun without our company."

The corners of Ji Song's lips curled up into a smile: "If it wasn't for his homework tomorrow morning, he wouldn't want to leave." A harem full of flowers is nice, but how can it compare to a field where you can run wild freely?

At this moment, the car stopped suddenly, and Yan Ke's voice came from outside the car: "Master, we've arrived at Lushu Lake."

Lushu Lake is a naturally formed lake outside the city, connected with the water system inside the city.There are dense reeds growing on the lakeside, and every season when the reeds are swaying, Lushu Lake becomes a famous scenic spot for literati and poets to recite poems and write poems.

At this time, the reeds have just emerged, and the reed flowers have not yet been bred, but the turquoise reeds are always in harmony with the golden sunset.Yan Xining opened the curtain and saw the blue green covering the sky and the sun and the lake surrounded by green.

Yan Ke's parking position was ingenious, the carriage stopped at the gate, and the reed circle just formed a gap here.From here, the golden sunset spreads across the lake, and it is the time when the birds and beasts return to their nests, and there are countless birds flying in the sky above the lake.The reeds are swaying in the wind, and it makes people feel comfortable just by looking at them.

Yan Xining leaned on the window and stared at the scenery outside the window for a long time, the golden sunlight fell on his pupils, and there seemed to be golden flames burning in his eyes.

Ji Song said: "If you are interested, you can go down for a walk."

As soon as the words fell, Yan Xining nodded happily: "Okay, okay."

71. Rice dumplings and salted duck eggs

Ordinary people appreciate the scenery and stand in a favorable position to have a panoramic view of the scenery.When I meet some talented people, I will stroke my beard and recite a poem.However, after Yan Xining got out of the car, he went straight to the reeds. He walked back and forth a few steps in front of the reeds.

Yan Ke was at a loss: "What is the princess doing? Can he see the scenery in the lake like this?"

Ji Song raised his hand: "Let him go."

After observing for a while, Yan Xining asked the first question: "Do these reeds have owners?"

There is a reason for him to ask this question. In modern times, mountains, rivers, lakes and seas will be contracted by the state to individuals for farming or breeding.Sometimes I think it is a barren mountain without an owner, but when I want to go up the mountain to pick some wild vegetables, the owner will suddenly appear.

After a while, Yan Xining got Ji Song's affirmative answer: "It's something born and raised by nature." There are no kings in the world, if it is necessary to find a master for the reed, it is only the royal family of Chu and Liao.

Yan Xining breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

When he first saw the reed, he noticed the slender, fragrant leaves.The reed leaves in this season are at the right time, and they can be picked at this time to wrap zongzi.

As soon as the words fell, he grabbed a reed in front of him, and then neatly pulled off the leaves in the middle of the reed.Seeing Yan Xining picking reed leaves, Yan Ke was startled: "Could it be that reed leaves can be eaten too?"

After this period of observation, the princess will always find some unexpected delicacies.Yan Ke turned his head and asked Bai Tao who was holding the dog: "Tell me quickly, did you eat reed leaves when you and your young master were at home?"

Bai Tao shook his head stupidly: "No, can the reed leaves be eaten?" The reed leaves are so tough that they can't be chewed.

After a while, a stack of green reed leaves more than a foot long appeared in Yan Xining's hands. Ji Song looked puzzled, and he couldn't hold back when he watched Yan Xining pick and choose, "What are you doing?"

Yan Xining said, "I'll pick some reed leaves and wrap them in rice dumplings."

Chu Liao had zongzi, and everyone present had eaten zongzi, but they didn't know that zongzi could be made from the reed leaves in front of them.Hearing that Yan Xining wanted to wrap rice dumplings, Ji Tan got out of the carriage first: "Sister-in-law San, Xiao Qi will pick the leaves for you."

The reed leaves that can wrap rice dumplings need to be complete, without insects or other materials on them, not too old or too tender, and healthy and stretched leaves need to be selected.Under Yan Xining's guidance, everyone quickly gained experience.

In a short time, there were one or two hundred green leaves around Yan Xining, and a dozen or so leaves could be put together in a bunch, and every bunch of leaves was tied tightly.Seeing that there were more and more reed leaves on the ground, Yan Xining quickly stopped everyone: "Okay, okay, it's ready."

Just stopped the car for a while, and there was a small bundle of reed leaves in the compartment.Ji Song didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Your focus is different from others."

Others see mountains as mountains and water as water, but Yan Xining thinks of mountain treasures when he sees mountains, and aquatic products when he sees water.Even if he saw a reed marsh, he could still think of zongzi.This kind of foodie spirit often made Ji Song wonder whether his princess was always hungry when she was in Yan Shangshu's mansion.

Yan Xining smiled and scratched her cheeks: "If you happen to meet one, you can pick some. Sometimes you just look for it, but you may not be able to find the right one."

Ji Song nodded slightly: "It makes sense."

Not long after entering the capital, Ji Tan was about to return to the palace.Before returning to the palace, he took his lobster and turned his head three times at a step. The pitiful look made everyone want to laugh.

Until the shadow of the carriage could not be seen, Yan Xining smiled unkindly: "It seems that the Taifu's fifty essays are not easy to memorize."

The corners of Ji Song's lips rose slightly: "It's really not easy to memorize, maybe you won't see him for a while."

Yan Xining expressed deep sympathy: "It seems that we can only give him a few more rice dumplings."

It was already late yesterday when he came back, so Yan Xining put the reed leaves aside without any treatment. This morning he started to further clean up these leaves.Use scissors to carefully cut off the stalks where the reed leaves meet the poles to prevent the stalks from piercing the leaves.The trimmed leaves are soaked in clean water and washed several times, then put into a pot and boiled on high heat.After the water is boiled and then boiled for a stick of incense, the reed leaves turn from emerald green to dark green.

At this time, the leaves are considered to be treated properly, and the substances and residual insect eggs on the leaves are removed, and the fragrance becomes more pure.The cleaned leaves were kept in clean water by Yan Xining, and they will be ready to use immediately.

Zongzi is made of glutinous rice, and the glutinous rice that has been soaked for more than half an hour is plump.He is going to make zongzi with two flavors, one is sweet zongzi stuffed with candied dates.One is the salty rice dumpling with pieces of meat and peanuts inside.Both fillings have been prepared, and the rice on the side of the salty rice dumpling is stained with soy sauce, and the two fillings can be clearly distinguished at a glance on the small table.

Yan Xining made sweet rice dumplings first, and he took five reed leaves and stacked them together.The reed leaves are tightly arranged, and the width of the line is as wide as half a palm.He folded the front part of the zong leaf with both hands, forming a funnel shape in the middle of the zong leaf.After filling the funnel with glutinous rice and a grain of candied dates, Yan Xining folded the excess rice dumpling leaves to cover the upper end of the funnel.

The zong leaves were folded left and right in his hands, and after a while, a large triangular zongzi appeared in his palm.

At this time, only a small tail of Zongye was left exposed.If it was in modern times, Yan Xining would have tied up the entire zongzi with a rope.However, he searched around the palace, but couldn't find a thin thread of appropriate thickness.

Fortunately, Butler Leng helped him find a rice dumpling needle.The rice dumpling needles are made of brass, three inches long, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, and there is a big hole at the thick end.When the zongzi is wrapped at the end, just put the tail of the zongzi into the hole of the zongzi, and then pass the zongzi through the zongzi, and the zongzi will be substituted into the zongzi.With rice dumpling needles, there is no need for string binding.

Yan Xining felt the convenience of Zongzheng when he tried Zongzheng for the first time. He was full of praise: "It's really smart."

At this moment, Bai Tao leaned on the wall and entered the door with trembling voice: "Young Master, what do you mean by being smart?"

Yan Xining looked up, only to see that Bai Tao's clothes were soaked, his eyes were red and swollen, and he couldn't walk easily.He was taken aback: "Did the guards bully you?"

Yan Ke kept his word, he put aside his rhetoric, as long as he handed over the white pottery to them for practice, he would return the black pottery in a short time.No, early this morning, Bai Tao was asked to practice by the guards.

Bai Tao tried hard to hold back the tears in his eyes: "No, the guards are very kind to me. It's because I didn't live up to it. After practicing with them for a while, I couldn't do it anymore."

Yan Xining hurriedly helped Bai Tao to sit down: "Take a break and take a bath later."

Bai Tao wanted to cry, "I'm sorry, young master, I've shamed you." He really worked hard, but he couldn't keep up with the footsteps of the elder brother guard.They are right, how can such a self protect the young master?

Yan Xining rubbed Bai Tao's hair: "Don't say silly things, you're already fine."

Bai Tao showed a tearful smile: "Master, I'll clean myself up first, and I'll do things later." Saying that, Bai Tao staggered to his feet, and staggered towards the room.

Yan Xining felt that Bai Tao's progress was visible to the naked eye, and he would have been crying loudly in normal times.However, so far today, he has not shed a single tear.The way the guards drill is really good.

As soon as he finished thinking about this, Bai Tao's cry came from the room: "Master, I didn't cry, I really didn't cry, woo woo woo, I didn't shed a single tear, woo woo..."

Yan Xining: ...

It's so pitiful to see the child being embarrassed.

Yan Xining was fast, and it didn't take long for dark green triangular rice dumplings to appear in the wooden basin beside him.At this time, it is no longer possible to distinguish between the two kinds of fillings just by the appearance, but as a maker, he can tell the two kinds of fillings by smelling them.

There were not as many sweet rice dumplings as there were salty rice dumplings, so Yan Xining put the salty rice dumplings in a big pot.He put in the clear water that hadn't touched the rice dumplings, and just as he was about to boil them, he suddenly remembered the salted duck eggs he made a few days ago.Although the marinating time is not too long, the salty taste may not be obvious, but it should be just right to eat without a stutter.

After putting both kinds of zongzi in the pot, he lifted the urn by the wall.At this time, the salted duck eggs are no longer floating on the surface of the salt water as they were at the beginning. They are suspended in the salt water, and you can touch a round duck egg with your hand.

Yan Xining took out more than 20 duck eggs. After cleaning the salt water on the surface of the duck eggs, he put the salted duck eggs in the meat dumpling pot.The sweet rice dumpling pot was not idle either, he stuffed a lot of eggs in the gaps between the rice dumplings.

As the water in the pot boils, the fragrance of the zongzi permeates.

Yan Xining put firewood in the two pots, watching the firewood licking the bottom of the pot slowly, he couldn't help thinking of Ji Song.

Ji Song, that poor social animal, must be shedding hair in the Ministry of Industry now, right?Hey, he's different, he cooks good food at home.Ji Song worked hard, but he was at ease physically and mentally.

After Yan Xining laughed for a while, she felt a little lost. Why wasn't he as happy as he imagined?Didn't it mean that happiness needs to be compared? Could it be that his sense of happiness disappeared little by little every day when he was woken up by Ji Song?

No, Ji Song didn't wake him up this morning, and he didn't know when Ji Song left.It's strange, he is usually full of resentment when he is pushed awake, but why does he still feel something is wrong today?

At this moment, Wang Chunfa stood at the door of the kitchen and called out, "Princess, are you there?"

Yan Xining poked her head out from behind the stove: "Huh? I'm here."

Wang Chunfa was holding a food box in his hand, and he said with a naive smile, "The master bought you the assorted crispy rice from the Yingke Building, and my subordinates came in over the wall. The crispy rice has just come out of the pan, so eat it while it's hot."

Yan Xining was stunned for a moment: "Huh?" Why did Ji Song suddenly give him rice crust?Isn't this what Ji Tan wants to eat?

Wang Chunfa looked at the stove: "Is the princess cooking rice dumplings? It smells so good. The poor prince can't eat anything in the Ministry of Industry. If he can eat the rice dumplings made by the princess himself, he will be so happy."