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Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, so He Zhengping gave the family workers a holiday, and even paid out their wages for the past few days, and asked them to go back and buy a few catties of meat and some wine to enjoy the holiday.

In Pingcheng, there are many customs of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival, such as making zongzi, hanging mugwort leaves and calamus, and boiling tea eggs. The two brothers Gu Qiu and Lin Yuer got together and decided to have a grand festival.After all, it is not easy to be so lively at home.

When they woke up this morning, Lin Yuer put a purse on Xiaotian, and tied five-color silk threads around the child's wrists, ankles and neck.The purse was made by Lin Yuer yesterday, and it was embroidered with a vivid little rooster, Xiaotian is a chicken.

In the past, I had no children, and no one would wear a purse if I embroidered it. Now I have a lovely child. Seeing Xiaotian curiously picking at the purse, Lin Yuer felt very happy.

After breakfast, Lin Dashan was sent out to pick fresh mugwort, and the two brothers started to work.

Tea eggs need to be boiled for a long time to taste, so cook this first.

The hens at home eat well and lay plenty of eggs. Considering that tea eggs are boiled for the Dragon Boat Festival, apart from steaming egg custard for Xiaotian, Gu Qiu kept all the remaining eggs and did not sell them. Now there are more than 20 eggs.

Lin Yu'er is responsible for washing these fragile eggs, and then they will cook them with dried fragrant and kelp. If they don't wash them well, they won't dare to eat them.

Gu Qiu is in charge of mixing spices.The last time Gu Qiu went to sell pan-fried buns in the county town during the Lantern Festival, Jiang Tao also brought some tea eggs to buy. He ate one and thought it tasted very good, very fragrant, and very deep in flavor, even the egg yolk had flavor.

Later, Gu Qiu specifically asked Jin Yun for advice, and Jin Yun didn't hide his secrets, and told him the formula openly.Today Gu Qiu planned to come and try it out.

Mix the spices as taught by Jin Yun.Gu Qiu boiled another pot of boiling water, put Lin Yuer's washed eggs into it and boiled for a while, waited until the egg whites were almost solidified, then took them out, cracked the shells, so that they could taste better.

Cracking the shell was actually quite interesting. Gu Qiu and Lin Yu'er held an egg in each hand and bumped into each other. It was a childlike experience, and it attracted Gu Dong who was playing on the side.Today's Dragon Boat Festival, Dr. He also gave Gu Dong a day off.

Several people were beating the eggs, and Lin Dashan came back with two large baskets full of mugwort.

"There are too many people picking mugwort on the mountain today. I don't know how many people I met along the way." Lin Dashan sighed.

"Then why did you pick so many?" Gu Qiu asked while looking at the basket in Lin Dashan's hand.

"I didn't see Taozi, I don't know if he has it, I'll give it to him." Lin Dashan put down one basket and went to Jiang Tao's house with another basket.When she came back, Mugwort didn't give it away, but she even brought back a few tea eggs.

It turned out that Jiang Tao had already gone to pick them in the morning, but the two of them didn't meet each other.

"Taozi asked me to bring some tea eggs back. I ate one on the way and it was delicious. You guys should try it."

"Why did they cook it so early in the morning?" Lin Yu'er wondered how it could be done before they started cooking.

"Oh, they were cooked last night."

"If I had known we would have cooked it last night, it would definitely taste delicious in one night." Gu Qiu felt a little regretful that he did it today.

Gu Dong took one and liked it very much after eating it, so he pestered Gu Qiu and asked, "Brother, didn't you learn the recipe? Is our home cooking so delicious?"

Gu Qiu talked about him from left to right, and sent Gu Dong to get some food, and he found it a little difficult to cook it to the same level as Jin Yun.

Gu Qiu put the eggs into a pot filled with spices, and then put some dried, skewered kelp and cut meat into pieces, boiled and cooked slowly over low heat to taste.

The finale of the Dragon Boat Festival is the zongzi.

After consulting everyone's opinions, I found that everyone prefers salty meat dumplings, so Gu Qiulin Yu'er decided to make more meat dumplings, and less sweet candied dates.

Prepare glutinous rice, reed leaves, candied dates, diced bacon and other things, and start making zongzi.Except for He Zhengping who had to take care of Xiaotian, Dr. He, Lin Dashan, and Gu Dong were all dragged into the zongzi-making team.

Dr. He is fine, but Lin Dashan and Gu Dong are completely incompetent.The skilled Gu Qiu taught them while making the bag himself: "First put the reed leaves in the shape of a funnel like mine, yes, then put some glutinous rice, then put bacon, then put some glutinous rice to cover the meat stuffing, and then put more glutinous rice on top. Cover the leaves that come out and tie them with rope."

Gu Qiu said it easily, but those two were not so easy to do.

Lin Dashan's hands can't do such a delicate job, and every time it comes to tying the rope, he always falls short. As for Gu Dong, the dumplings are always leaking, and the meat is always more than rice. After countless attempts and failures, He Zhengping, who was watching from the side with the child in his arms, finally couldn't stand it any longer.

"Oh, why haven't you two learned it yet? I think you know it. Dashan, why don't you hold Xiaotian for a while, and I'll take a look at it." He Zhengping looked at everyone and felt a little itchy.

After failing so many times, Lin Dashan didn't want to lose face in front of Gu Qiu for a long time. When he heard He Zhengping's words, he immediately stood up and gave way.

Now that Xiaotian has stayed at Lin's house for a long time, he is already familiar with Lin Dashan, and he is willing to be hugged occasionally.

He Zhengping was indeed much more talented than Lin Dashan. Relying on what he had learned from Gu Qiu and Lin Yuer before, he picked up the reed leaves and wrapped them up.

After a while, He Zhengping handed the zongzi in his hand to Lin Yu'er, "Look, how is my bag?", obviously a bit smug in his words.

Lin Yu'er held back her smile, took the zongzi, looked at it, and found that it was quite decent, although the shape was not perfect, but it was already a qualified zongzi, "Is this the first time you made it? Not bad." Lin Yu'er smiled and watched He Zhengping give a high score.

"It's much better than our big mountain bag." Gu Qiu also came over to take a look, and thought it was good.

When Lin Dashan heard Gu Qiu's words, he felt elated. Although Gu Qiu praised He Zhengping and belittled himself, hearing the words "Our Dashan" from Gu Qiu's mouth made him elated, and he licked Xiaotian's cheeks again and again. I kissed several times.

Dr. He smiled triumphantly when he saw his son's zongzi, thinking that the skillful hands were not all inherited from me.He Zhengping also didn't hear his father's complacent heart. After being praised by Gu Qiu and Lin Yu'er, he continued to sit down in the bag.

After cooking the tea eggs for about an hour, I turned off the heat. I took out the dried fragrant and kelp inside and ate them. Lin Dashan put the pot in a cool place and let the eggs and meat soak in the soup.

The four of them made zongzi together, and the efficiency was very fast. In one morning, they made about a hundred zongzi. The salty and sweet ones were steamed separately in two large pots.

At noon, everyone ate zongzi for lunch. Gu Qiu ate a sweet and salty one, both of which tasted good, but Gu Qiu also liked meat dumplings more than candied date dumplings, because there was a little fat in the meat dumplings, and after steaming through The oil melted and penetrated into the rice grains, making the whole zongzi more lively, while the candied dates were a little blander, but Yuer liked it very much.

There are so many zongzi that I can't finish eating at home, and more of them are to be given away.Lin Dashan and the others tied five zongzi into a string, and Gu Qiu and Lin Yuer went door-to-door to deliver zongzi to their neighbors, the Jiang family, the Lu family, and Zhang Xiaoyun, who they knew well.Of course, I also got a lot of gifts in return, such as rice dumplings and salted duck eggs.

In the afternoon, the tea shop made by myself is also available. Although it is still not as good as Jin Yun's, the taste is still very good, as can be seen from the eating behavior of several people in the family.

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The family spent a Dragon Boat Festival happily.After the Dragon Boat Festival, it is the season of harvesting wheat in June.Although Lin Dashan's family doesn't grow much, only two or three acres, it is also related to the important grain they harvest in one year. These wheats are almost the pasta for the Lin Dashan family in the next year, and the family attaches great importance to it.

When the wheat is harvested, they can quickly plant a seasonal vegetable in the field, such as corn, radish, cabbage and the like.Lin Dashan decided to plant a crop of summer corn after the wheat was harvested. Corn is the staple food, and it can only be used as vegetables like cabbage and radish, so planting corn is more reliable.Of course cabbages and radishes are also planted, but less.

During the wheat harvest season, what farmers are most afraid of is rain. If it rains, it will not only delay the harvest, but also the wheat is not easy to preserve when it is damp, and it is easy to mold.Therefore, Lin Dashan is always worried about the weather recently, and he has to come out sooner or later to look at the clouds in the sky, but he can't see anything.

"Don't worry Dashan, we'll have dinner later." Gu Qiu persuaded Lin Dashan standing at the door frowning.

"The weather will definitely be sunny by then, and our family has very little land. The three people in the family plus Gu Dong will definitely harvest quickly. Even if the weather is not sunny, there is no use worrying about it now. No one can stop it from raining. Yes, you have to do whatever you want. So don't worry about it now, eat more and recharge your batteries." Gu Qiu continued.

After hearing Gu Qiu's words, Lin Dashan also thought about it. It's useless to worry now, and it seems to be all right to work harder when the time comes.Lin Dashan found that Gu Qiu was very intelligent, he could always think about some things very openly, and he could also persuade him, and his eloquence was also very good.

Gu Qiu found that Lin Dashan didn't answer, and looked straight at him, his burning eyes made Gu Qiu feel embarrassed, "What are you thinking, I don't answer when I talk to you."

"It's nothing, I just think you are very smart, you can always think things through clearly, and your eloquence is also very good, you can always convince me." Lin Dashan took Gu Qiu's hand.

Standing at the gate of the yard, Gu Qiu felt very embarrassed, but he didn't want to let go of Lin Dashan's hand, so he took Lin Dashan to the backyard to pick peppers. Their peppers grew very well, and the whole plant was red. It's full.

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