novelaction Chapter 201 Fresh Taste
Chapter 201 Fresh Taste
These baskets must also be stored separately to prevent the flavors of the dumplings from mixing.
Put the wrapped rice dumplings into a pot with cold water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over medium or low heat for two hours. Start cooking on several stoves at the same time so that each pot has a different flavor.
The aroma of rice dumplings began to spread in the workshop.
"I know it's a zongzi just by smelling it."
After the rice dumplings were cooked, Su Mu took a few bowls home and let everyone taste them first.
"Little sister, the rice dumplings are cooked!"
"Come and try it." Su Mu put the rice dumplings on the table.
Su Mu first peeled a purple rice dumpling and ate it. It was soft and sticky, very delicious! The more you chew, the more fragrant it is.
"Little sister, this meat dumpling is actually very good!" said the third brother in surprise.
In the past, you could not eat meat in the rice dumplings, and even the white rice dumplings rarely had sugar in them, so the rice dumpling’s original flavor was preserved.
"There are many flavors here, you can peel them and try them."
Su Mu tried other rice dumplings, and each one tasted very good. There were also a few white rice dumplings that had no fillings in them and were also particularly delicious!
"Third brother, please deliver the rice dumplings to the teachers."
At present, these teachers are already living here. Otherwise, it would be too troublesome to run back and forth every day. I originally wanted to build a small wooden house, but the new school has built many living quarters for teachers and students, so I gave up this idea.
"Okay!" Su An swallowed the rest of the rice dumpling in one gulp and went out holding the rice dumpling.
Su Mu also packed some rice dumplings and sent them to the emperor.
"Grandpa Ji."
When I entered the courtyard, I didn't see the emperor, but Ji Shiyan instead.
Ji Shiyan was very flustered when he saw Su Mu coming in. He stuffed something he didn't know what it was into his sleeve. Qingfeng was also hurriedly packing something.
Su Mu vaguely saw what seemed to be several ropes?
"What are you doing?" Su Mu asked, putting down the rice dumplings.
"No, no, we didn't do anything." Ji Shiyan still stuttered.
Qingfeng also vehemently denied it.
Seeing that they were not prepared to say anything, Su Mu did not force them.
"Here are the freshly wrapped rice dumplings, in all kinds of flavors. This basket has sweet rice dumplings, and this basket has salty rice dumplings. Keep them for yourself."
"Thank you, Mumu."
"Where's Grandpa Ji?" Usually when the emperor heard there was food, he was very excited.
"The emperor's grandfather is looking after the watermelons in the backyard." The emperor also planted one or two watermelons. Now the fruits have grown very big, and he must go to the yard several times every day.
Sure enough, after waiting for a while, the emperor came back with mud on his feet.
"Mumu, are you here to deliver delicious food again?" The emperor approached and took a look. "It's zongzi. The Dragon Boat Festival is almost here."
The emperor took a zongzi and peeled it off. It was a mixed bean zongzi with a mixture of many kinds of beans. "This tastes good."
The aroma of the beans is perfectly blended and has a unique taste of grains.
Ji Shiyan also peeled one, and Su Mu was delighted, "This is a purple rice dumpling, my favorite!"
"Really?" The first thing I ate was also what Mumu liked. I wrote it down in my little notebook that Mumu liked to eat purple rice dumplings.
"Is this purple rice?" I seemed to have never seen this kind of rice before. It tasted like glutinous rice and was delicious.
"A new variety of glutinous rice." Su Mu said.
"This purple rice is delicious." Ji Shiyan lowered his head and ate the rice dumplings elegantly.
He could actually eat zongzi so elegantly without getting his hands sticky! Su Mu thought about the scene of himself eating. Zongzi was just peeled open by hand and eaten directly!
"Mumu." Ji Shiyan spoke after finishing a rice dumpling.
"Hmm?" Su Mu leaned on the backrest, relaxed, and looked into Ji Shiyan's eyes.
"Do you have any plans for the Dragon Boat Festival?" Ji Shiyan was still a little nervous, his fingers clenched tightly.
"Arrangements?" He didn't seem to have any plans. If he had to make any plans, it would only be selling rice dumplings in the shop.
"No."
"Then let's go watch the dragon boat race together on Dragon Boat Festival?" Ji Shiyan was still nervous.
"Great!" She had never seen a dragon boat race before.
"Who are they?" Su Mu was very interested. "Zhou Ziyu, are the emperor and his family going?"
Su Mu thought this was a group activity, but he didn't know that it was just Ji Shiyan's personal invitation.
"They're not going with us. They don't have time." Please forgive him for lying. He doesn't want anyone to disturb the two of them. As for them, he will make proper arrangements.
"The two of us can do it too." Many thoughts flashed through Su Mu's mind but he couldn't grasp them.
"It's agreed upon." Ji Shiyan smiled evilly.
After leaving the emperor's villa, Su Mu went to the capital.
Generally, food eaten during festivals will be sold a few days before the festival, and Sujia Food Store is no exception.
"Brother, these are the rice dumplings sold these days." The rice dumplings were kept in the space, and when they were taken out they looked exactly like they had just been wrapped.
"Leave some for you and sister-in-law first, and I'll sell the rest."
"I'll make a list and see how to sell it."
She was very confident in her elder brother's work, so she left the rice dumplings here and her elder brother would take care of everything afterwards.
Su Mu returned to the Xiangjun Mansion and gave the rice dumplings to Steward Lin.
Butler Lin is an all-round person. He can not only manage various affairs in the house, but also the interpersonal relationships, various etiquette rules, and even the accounts and shops.
"Butler Lin, please arrange these dumplings and decide who needs to give them to. You can also distribute some to the servants in the mansion."
"The shop assistants should also share some." The shop assistants also knew that Steward Lin was the steward of the Xiangjun Mansion.
"Yes, ma'am."
When Su Mu left and strolled on the street, he found that many people had already started selling various Dragon Boat Festival items.
Su Mu was very fond of those exquisite and small sachets. When he learned that the more he bought, the cheaper it would be, Su Mu clearly knew that this was to stimulate customers to buy and consume, but he couldn't help but buy a lot of particularly beautiful ones.
There were those with tassels, those with small bell pendants, and those with jade pendants, and I wanted to take every one of them.
The sachet is a good one, with stunning embroidery and fine workmanship, but the medicinal materials inside are all broken into pieces.
She went to the pharmacy and prepared a few sets of medicinal materials for the Dragon Boat Festival sachets. The proportions of the medicinal materials required were quite a few types, and their general effects were to repel mosquitoes and insects, provide a refreshing fragrance, and also have some effects in preventing plague and disease.
The medicinal materials you get yourself are all very good, and their efficacy is much better than those broken pieces. You can replace all the medicinal materials yourself.
The smell of the sachet felt different instantly, it had a warm and pleasant fragrance that made one feel peaceful and calm.
Su Mu picked out a sachet with a very versatile style that could be matched with clothes and hung around her waist. The long decorative tassels, strings and beads added a different flavor to the sachet.