Her aunt really thinks highly of He Qingdong! But having said that, He Qingdong's mind does seem to be quite flexible? Otherwise, he wouldn't have tricked her?
Su Xue couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled secretly when she thought of this.
Zhao Hong touched her with her elbow. Su Xue raised her head and met Zhao Hong's teasing eyes again.
Su Xue:......
so awkward!
"Auntie, is the rice ready? It smells so good." If you're embarrassed, change the subject! Su Xue made up her mind and changed the topic to the glutinous rice steaming on the pot.
There is a custom of eating glutinous rice cakes on the beams of new houses in the village. These glutinous rice were bought by Su Xue and the people in the village. Originally, Zhang Meihua said that there were still several kilograms of glutinous rice at her home, and Zhao Hong also said that there were several kilograms of glutinous rice at her home.
Just buy less of Su Xue's food.
But Su Xue feels that buying one catty is also buying, and buying ten catties is also buying. Since you can buy it, you can't keep taking advantage of Zhang Meihua and Zhao Hong. Even if they say that new rice will be coming soon, it doesn't matter if last year's glutinous rice is not valuable.
.
They were good to her, but Su Xue couldn't take them for granted.
Zhang Meihua couldn't defeat her, so she had no choice but to compromise, and followed Su Xue to go door to door in person, asking who had sticky rice for sale...
After several hours of steaming, the glutinous rice in the pot is finally ready.
Zhao Hong and Su Xue spread the washed banana leaves in a large dustpan, and then Zhang Meihua and Zhao Hong lifted the steamer off the pot, turned the steamer upside down, patted the surroundings of the wooden steamer vigorously, and then
The steamer basket is ready to be picked up.
Because the steamer is also lined with banana leaves, the steamed glutinous rice does not stick to the wood.
"Xiaoxue, come and have a taste." Zhang Meihua pinched a piece of glutinous rice the size of an egg and gave it to Su Xue. Su Xue took it with both hands and put it in her mouth and took a bite. It was so delicious.
Zhang Meihua pinched another ball and gave it to Zhao Hong. She took a small bite herself to make sure the taste of the meal was good and then stopped eating.
After the glutinous rice had completely cooled down, Zhang Meihua put it into a large wooden bucket, covered it with a clean cloth, and greeted Zhao Hong and Su Xue.
"Come on, let's go make glutinous rice cakes."
To make glutinous rice cakes, you must pound the cooked glutinous rice. This twenty kilograms of glutinous rice will steam a lot of glutinous rice, and pounding it all into mud is a relatively large project, but fortunately there is a mill in the village.
A large stone pound and twenty kilograms of glutinous rice should be enough for an afternoon.
When Su Xue was a child, she saw people using a hammer to pound rice noodles at her grandparents' house, but she had never tried it herself.
First, her grandparents didn't allow it, and second, with her eldest and second brothers here, she had no chance of touching this thing.
Now under the leadership of Zhang Meihua, she was a little eager to try it when she saw the clean stone nest (stone mortar).
Zhao Hong pulled her aside and smiled: "Stepping on this is a technical job. It requires not only strong strength but also control of the rhythm. You watch from the side, and I will step on it to show you."
As she said that, she pulled Su Xue away and watched Zhang Meihua put the glutinous rice in. She stepped on the log with one foot and put the other on the ground to gain strength.
This pounding is really a technical job. If you know how to do it, it seems very simple. It is just a matter of moving your feet. But if you don't know it, for example, for someone with weak strength like Su Xue, then stepping on the pound will be very difficult.
Especially the glutinous rice in the stone mortar is extremely sticky, and the glutinous rice that is about to be mashed into mud is stuck to the stone mortar in front. The stickiness is not something someone like Su Xue can touch.
No, she saw that Zhao Hong was sweating on his forehead, so she asked Zhao Hong to come down to rest while she stepped on it.
As a result, well, the log and the stone in front did not move at all. It seemed to be mocking Su Xue, a little weakling, so she should not overestimate her own capabilities.
Su Xue:......
So angry!
She rolled up her sleeves, gritted her teeth, and stood up with her feet.
I can't believe I can't step on this mere piece of wood...
It turned out that she really couldn't step on it.
Zhao Hong and Zhang Meihua, who was squatting in front and adding water to the pot, held back their laughter. Su Xue also planned to pretend that nothing happened. But before the thought in her mind settled, a hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha with one’s
laughter.
Su Xue looked in search of the sound.
He Xiaojun, whom he hadn't seen for several days, was lying on the wall on one side, laughing very loudly. There was Sun Lihong beside him. However, Sun Lihong looked confused and did not laugh.
But He Xiaojun's smile is worth the weight of many.
"Hahahahaha, the monster can't step on the hammer, hahaha..."
Su Xue:!!!
Why does this little fat guy, even if he is her future brother-in-law, want to beat him up? She glanced at the glutinous rice on the side, raised her eyebrows slightly and said to He Xiaojun: "So you are very powerful?"
"I am very sure of that."
"Then you come and try?" Su Xue asked again?
"Humph, just give it a try, it depends on me."
When He Xiaojun spoke, he habitually wanted to slap his chest, but he forgot that he was still lying on the wall, holding on to the wall with both hands. When he let go and slapped his chest, he naturally fell down.
"Xiaojun..."
Fortunately, Sun Lihong on the side had quick eyes and strong hands, so she lifted He Xiaojun up with one hand and stabilized his body. He Xiaojun cheered: "Thank you, Sister Lihong."
Although the wall they climbed up was not high from the ground, if they fell down they would inevitably fall on their butts. This would be very damaging to He Xiaojun's image, so he definitely couldn't do it.
He Xiaojun, who recovered from the near-embarrassment, pulled Sun Lihong's hand down from the wall and walked around to Su Xue and the others inside the mill.
"Drive it, drive it, let me come."
He Xiaojun pushed Su Xue away, as if he was really a person who did big things? Su Xue twitched the corner of her mouth, not being as knowledgeable as this fat guy who likes to pretend to be an adult.
She turned around and asked Sun Lihong if she wanted to eat glutinous rice.
Since Sun Lihong fell into the river last time, Su Xue learned some things about Sun Lihong, and she felt a little sorry for this girl who had the same intelligence as a child.
(Ahem, although Sun Lihong is more than a year older than Su Xue, after all, her IQ is the same as that of a child, and she is not married, so it is appropriate to call her a girl.)
Sun Lihong glanced at the glutinous rice on the side, then shook her head.
"Grandma said, make glutinous rice cake, but don't eat it."
"Huh?" Su Xue was a little confused: "Grandma? Is it Grandma He? Did she tell you not to eat this glutinous rice?" Sun Lihong's grandfather and grandmother passed away early, and Sun Lihong only talked to He in the village.
Family relations are good.
So the grandma she was talking about, after thinking about it for a moment, she knew it could only be Mrs. He.
Su Xue then thought about it. Although not everyone in the village knew that their family was going to be beamed tomorrow, the families they were close to definitely knew about it. The old lady could not come in person to avoid suspicion, so she asked He Xiaojun and Sun Lihong
come and see?
She raised her eyes and glanced at He Xiaojun, who was stepping on the logs effortlessly, and she had a guess in her mind.