The happy little days of the Ye family

Because Ye's father wanted to take Ye Donglin to the town to watch the dragon boat race, Ye's mother didn't give Ye's father a good look the whole night.

Ye's father promised many times that he would take good care of Ye Donglin. He said all kinds of good things and coaxed Ye's mother for half a night before being allowed to go back to the house to rest.

Early the next morning, Mother Ye gave her many warnings not to go to crowded places. The father and son repeatedly promised to be careful before they were allowed to go out.

In addition to eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival, you also eat moxa balls.

Ai Tuan is made by mixing mugwort juice into glutinous rice flour and then wrapping it in bean paste filling or date paste. It is glutinous, soft, sweet and delicate.

After breakfast, Mrs. Ye and her daughter Ye Qingqing were making moxa balls in the kitchen.

Mrs. Ye chopped the fresh mugwort leaves into puree, and then squeezed out the emerald-green mugwort juice with clean gauze.

Ye Qingqing and Ye Mu were cooking the filling for moxa dumplings on the stove. The Ye family's moxa dumplings are usually filled with jujube paste and red bean paste.

Ye Mu poured the washed red beans into the pot, added an appropriate amount of water, and let Ye Qingqing start the fire.

Cook until the red beans become soft and bloom, then add the pitted red dates and sugar and continue cooking.

At this time, the red beans in the pot are sandy and the water is almost dry. The leaf mother needs to be stir-fried on the stove, otherwise it will easily burn the pot.

Mrs. Ye poured half of the moxa juice into the snow-white glutinous rice flour, and while kneading it, she slowly added the other half of the moxa juice into the glutinous rice flour until the glutinous rice flour was kneaded into a slightly sticky state.

Ye Qingqing rolled the cooked date paste and red bean filling into small dark red balls.

Mrs. Ye and Mother Ye first rolled the green glutinous rice into a ball that was slightly larger than the filling, then pressed the glutinous rice ball into a thin round pancake, and then wrapped the filling in it, forming a round cake. The group is ready.

Mrs. Ye put the washed banana leaves in the short basket, and placed the prepared moxa balls on top of the banana leaves.

The three of them moved very quickly and finished a basket of moxa balls in less than a moment.

Mrs. Ye put the short basket into the pot and steamed it.

After the three of them prepared the remaining moxa balls, the moxa balls in the pot were also steamed. As soon as Ye Mu opened the lid of the pot, the room was filled with sweetness and fragrance.

Ye Mu took out the steamed moxa balls and put some more moxa balls into the pot to steam.

After the moxa balls are steamed, use a brush to brush the cooked vegetable oil evenly on the surface of the moxa balls, otherwise the moxa balls will easily stick together.

Ye Mu brushed the surface of the green dough with vegetable oil, and Ye Qingqing had already eaten it.

"It's delicious, sizzling, so hot~" Ye Qingqing stuck out her burned tongue while eating.

"Slow down, slow down, no one is competing with you, so why worry." Ye Mu angrily brought a bowl of cold boiled water to Ye Qingqing.

"Little girl, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." Mrs. Ye broke open the moxa ball in her hand and handed half of it to Ye's mother.

The outer layer of glutinous rice is soft and glutinous, with the fragrance of mugwort, and the jujube paste and red bean filling inside is sweet and delicate. This moxa dumpling is quite successful.

Ye Mu packed two small plates and asked Ye Qingqing to send them to the Tang family and Qingmei family respectively.

Ye's mother carried a basket and went to deliver moxa balls to her parents' family.

Grandma Ye was carrying a small basket and was about to go out. "You came just in time. I just wanted to send it to you."

"It smells so good. What's being cooked here?"

The basket was covered with a piece of blue gauze, and just by smelling the leaves, you knew it must be very delicious.

Grandma Ye opened the gauze covering the basket, revealing the oily teal stewed dried bamboo shoots inside.

"Don't we raise a few ducks at home, so we can make duck stewed with bamboo shoots."

Thinking of his daughter's family buying Xiaohoushan, he added: "Raising ducks is less troublesome than raising chickens. You can rush to the creek at dawn and drive it back after dark. Then you will find something to eat in the creek and come back at night." Just feed them once, it saves trouble and food, do you want to raise some?"

"I'll go back and ask my mother-in-law." There is both a stream and a large puddle at the foot of Xiaohou Mountain, which is really good for raising ducks.

"That's fine, just make up your mind. What did you bring?" Grandma Ye then noticed the basket in Mother Ye's hand.

"Mom, please try the newly made Ai Tuan. It's stuffed with jujube paste and red dates."

"No, your second brother and sister-in-law took their children to watch the dragon boat race. Let's eat together when we come back at noon. Fengsheng is now working as a salesman, is the business okay?"

Father Ye leaves early every day and returns late every day, and everyone in the village knows that he is a salesman. However, the village does not know about collecting mountain goods. The less people know about this matter, the better.

"It's not bad. We have a donkey cart at home. We can carry a lot of things without being tired. We can earn dozens of coins a day, which is much more than when we worked in the grocery store." Ye Mu said cheerfully.

"That's good. This kid, Fengsheng, has been smart since he was a child and has a quick mind."

Grandma Ye is very satisfied with Father Ye as her son-in-law. He treats his daughter well, is close to home, and his parents-in-law are also kind.

"It's not too early, you can go back and cook."

Grandma Ye picked up the moxa balls brought by Ye Mu, and put the stewed teal duck and dried bamboo shoots in her basket into Ye Mu's basket.

"Okay, I'll go back first." Ye Mu walked home happily carrying the fragrant teal stewed with dried bamboo shoots.

Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, the town holds a grand dragon boat race in Luohe River.

There are four teams in this year's dragon boat race. Three teams are formed from three wealthy villages on the outskirts of the town. The other team is formed voluntarily by children from wealthy families in the town.

The three villages are Yangjia Village, Fujia Village and Youxia Village. The three villages are all on the Luo River. The people there are proficient in water skills and participate in dragon boat competitions every year.

The team composed of children from rich families is called the Luoshen Team. This is the first time they have participated in the competition. In addition to a few rich kids, there were also a few able-bodied nurses who rowed the boat.

Father Ye took Ye Donglin and the two grandsons of the village chief's family to the bank of Luohe River. It was a sea of ​​people, with three floors inside and three floors outside filled with people who came to watch the dragon boat race.

"There are so many people, we can't squeeze in!" Ye Donglin stepped on his feet, but still could only see densely packed heads.

There were two tall trees about 20 meters away from the river. Father Ye's eyes lit up.

"Let's climb up the tree and take a look. There happen to be two big trees over there." Father Ye pointed at the big tree not far away and said.

As he spoke, Father Ye quickly climbed up the tree with the three teenagers. Father Ye and Ye Donglin climbed up the big tree on the left, while the two grandsons of the village chief's family were on the big tree on the right.

Climbing high and looking far, the place you can see from the trees is very vast, and you can almost see the second half of the stage.

"Dad, which team do you think will win?" Ye Donglin was very excited after not watching a dragon boat race for many years.

"Fujia Village, I heard that Fujia Village has been No. 1 for two consecutive years."

The contestants in Fujia Village are all physically strong and in good spirits. To be ranked No. 1 for two consecutive years must be very impressive.

"That's not necessarily true. I think the Luoshen team is pretty good. Even though it's the first time for those rich kids to participate in the competition, the nursing homes are very impressive at first glance." Ye Donglin was not convinced. He felt that the Luoshen team was better.

"Then let's make a bet. If I win, you will wash my clothes for a month. If you win, I will also wash your clothes for a month. How about it? Do you dare to bet?" Father Ye looked bad. said with a smile.

"Come on, whoever is afraid of you, just wait and wash my clothes." The simple young boy fell into Father Ye's trap all of a sudden.

In the end, the Fujia Village team won No.1, while the Luoshen team came in last.

"Remember to wash a month's worth of clothes," Father Ye teased his son with a playful smile.

"I'm willing to admit defeat, I won't default on my debt." Ye Donglin honestly washed Ye's father's clothes for a month.

After the dragon boat race ended, a large number of people walked in from the river. Father Ye asked the three teenagers to stay in the tree and not come down. After the people were almost gone, a few people came down from the tree.

Father Ye bought a few bunches of candied haws, which he planned to take home. Then he bought 4 skewers of candied haws, one for each of the four people.

A few people ate candied haws and went to buy roasted chicken. There were a lot of people in the town today, and more people came to buy roasted chicken than usual. The queue stretched to the street next door. Father Ye waited in line for a long time before he finally bought it. .