On the roof of Chaimu's new home, everyone except Yu Niang was here, cracking melon seeds and asking him about the harvest and process of meeting Patriarch Xuantong this time.
As for Yu Niang... after returning from Ancestor Xuantong yesterday, she took the bus back to Xueshan Island early this morning.
Why did you leave so early this morning?
Um……
Ding Xiaoyi sat on the chair, silently touching his two pairs of waist with his hands.
I believe that after last night's battle involving billions of troops, it will take a long time for our treasury to make up for the losses.
Of course, the reason why Yu Niang wanted to leave was that she had experienced here what it means that there is a sky beyond the sky.
She is a strong woman who wants to take the initiative no matter what.
So here, after experiencing a lot of blows, plus using my privileges last night.
Yu Niang is very decisive to go back and improve her strength as soon as possible.
On the other hand, she needs to go back with her new little brother Miguai to replace the old crew members on the Demon.
What's more important is that she got a dragon corpse in the Paradise Dream this time. It doesn't take a guess to guess that she went back eagerly to strengthen her Demon battleship.
"Hey, heartless!!" Ding Xiaoyi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"So, that old dirty turtle's conspiracy succeeded?" After listening to Ding Xiaoyi talk about this experience in Ten Thousand Turtles' Nest.
Everyone was very interested to know what the scene was like at that time.
"Isn't that right? You haven't seen that movement. The entire Ten Thousand Turtles' Nest was about to be shaken over."
Ding Xiaoyi described it with an exaggerated expression.
But it can't be considered an exaggeration, after all, the movement was really loud.
If others make a lot of noise at night, they will harass the neighbors.
This is good for Patriarch Xuantong. The entire Ten Thousand Turtles Nest is afraid of knowing how shocking these two big guys are.
"Hmph, come on, you two had a hard time last night, and you were the only one who made me happy!"
Tutu cracked the melon seeds and glared at Ding Xiaoyi angrily.
Apparently he was disturbed by his ghostly cries and wolf howls.
As soon as he said this, everyone looked at Ding Xiaoyi with ambiguous expressions.
Especially Liao Qiu, who was sitting next to him, nudged him with his elbow, with a look that we all understand, which immediately made Ding Xiaoyi blush.
Immediately, he coughed twice, as if he didn't hear Tutu's complaint.
He took out the Five Elements Stone and placed it on the table.
At this time, even Zhao Wenhe and Empress Zhao who were sitting nearby couldn't help but open their eyelids.
As time goes by, the stones in the box change between the five elements at will, which is really beautiful.
In the meantime, Empress Zhao held the stone in her hand and played with it for a while before she said: "It's a pity that if you miss the opportunity, you can only become the day after tomorrow!"
"the day after tomorrow?"
Ding Xiaoyi's eyes widened, not understanding the professional terminology in the empress's mouth.
The narrator, Pangpang, explained: "All things are innate and acquired, just like people. Some diseases are congenital and some are acquired."
The formation of the Five Elements Stone itself is very demanding and requires a lot of opportunities, but if the opportunity comes, it may have the opportunity to become innate, then it is not called the Five Elements Stone, but a Five-Colored Stone.
If it becomes a multicolored stone, it will be a huge treasure.
But even so, with the recognition of these big guys, the value of this stone is finally worth the weight of the Paradise Fruit.
"Hmph, this old dirty turtle is very thief. A stone can be said to have blocked our mouths."
The bad old man was holding a cigarette pole, sitting aside and sneered.
"So what do you think I should do with this stone?"
Ding Xiaoyi asked while the iron was hot.
He has a lot of treasures and materials on hand, not to mention the treasures that the Second Soul collected from the lair of Master Lingchun this time.
There are so many treasures accumulated in the past.
For example, Liao Qiu gave him the gold from the sea of blood, the crape myrtle shells salvaged from the sea, the piece of sacred wood given to him by Patriarch Xuantong, and the Five Elements Stone in front of him, and he had a lot of top-notch materials at his disposal.
But he has never dared to start at will, precisely because these materials are too rare and valuable.
If you can't make a fine product for yourself, I'm really sorry for these materials.
At this time, while these big guys are here, it is natural to ask what can be done with this stone.
"Well..."
Everyone looked at each other and turned their attention to Zhao Wenhe. After all, the empress was here, how could they dare to monopolize power?
However, Empress Zhao is obviously not interested in this stone. This is not the main purpose of her coming here today.
Facing the looks from everyone, she turned away: "Don't ask me, I don't have any research on these."
Seeing that the empress was not going to speak, Bai Pangpang suggested that Ding Xiaoyi combine this thing with his power of the Five Elements.
As for how to combine, before Bai Pangpang could say anything, Old Man Zao interrupted: "This is your own business, we can't give you too much advice."
Seeing this, the others nodded.
Having reached their level, I know that there are some detours that must be walked through in person to truly experience them.
Just like those authors who write on the keyboard.
Even if you teach them step by step, without the accumulation of millions or even millions of words, they will still not be able to achieve any results.
There are many things here that can only be understood by yourself. No matter what others say, they can only be used as a reference and may not be useful to you.
Upon seeing this, Ding Xiaoyi stopped dwelling on this issue.
As Bai Pangpang said, combining it with the power of the Five Elements Rules is enough. You still have to figure out other things by yourself.
Just talking.
I saw Mr. Chen walking up from downstairs carrying a plate.
Before the plates were served, a unique fragrance hit their nostrils, making everyone's eyes brighten as they looked at the plate in Mr. Chen's hand with anticipation.
After the meal cover was opened, a puff of white steam filled the air in front of everyone.
Through this layer of fragrant steam, only triangular rice dumplings appeared in front of everyone.
Looking at it, the Dragon Boat Festival is only a few days away.
Every household began to prepare and cook rice dumplings.
Ding Xiaoyi remembers that as early as when he was a child, every Dragon Boat Festival, walking along the streets and alleys, he would see some old people sitting in front of the courtyard, making rice dumplings under the sun.
This is a special festival and one of the few festivals preserved by the Xia people.
As for the origin of the festival, no one remembers it for a long time, but the reason why it is preserved and even carried forward.
The reason is just that...
Well, the rice dumplings are delicious.
The green and fresh bamboo leaves and the glutinous rice wrapped in white flowers exude a unique freshness and sweet aroma of rice during cooking, which will whet your appetite.
Candied red dates, preserved meat floss, sweet or leisurely.
Zongzi, which symbolizes harvest and hard work, is no longer a battle between salty and sweet. Because of the various flavors, there is always one flavor that will leave a deep impression on your taste buds.
For example, durian rice dumplings...
"Everyone, try it. These are freshly baked rice dumplings. They are the most delicious."
The bad old man and Bai Pangpang on the side were not polite at all, and they held one in each hand.
Empress Zhao has been waiting for this pot of rice dumplings for a long time.
Picking up one, you gently lift the outer cotton rope with your fingers, and peel away the rice dumpling skin. You can see the crystal clear, slender and plump grains of glutinous rice inside.
Different from ordinary glutinous rice, these glutinous rice look like crystal at first glance.
Naturally, this glutinous rice is not an ordinary item, it is the auspicious rice brought by Empress Zhao herself.
Although it is similar to Fuze Duck, it is more precious than it. Of course, it is also the staple food of the "Five Lucky Pigs".
Usually it is only eaten on the birthday of the great emperor.
Now the empress has served her in a pot.
Old Man Zao and Bai Pangpang guessed that the emperor's bet must have failed to produce results and had offended the empress. In order to compensate the empress, they gave her such precious auspicious rice and took it away.
"Hehe!" The two of them looked at each other and smiled. Thinking of the emperor being sternly questioned by his empress, laughing at the cold wind, their expressions would definitely be wonderful.
The auspicious rice is crystal clear, making the whole rice dumpling look like a handicraft cut out of crystal.
You can even see directly through the rice dumpling what is wrapped inside.
For example, the rice dumpling on the empress's hand is wrapped with a dark red candy core.
This is brown sugar rice dumpling.
Don't think it's simple at first sight, the skills and processes tested here are also extremely complex.
Unlike ordinary brown sugar rice dumplings, just pour a layer of brown sugar on the outside of the rice dumplings and that's it.
That's called laziness.
The brown sugar core here is buried inside the rice dumplings, and the sugar balls are slowly sealed by Chen Lao using glutinous rice flour layer by layer, and then frozen into ice balls to slow down the melting of the sugar balls during cooking.
time.
The workmanship is very troublesome. If one step is not done right, the sugar balls will melt and the crystal-like rice dumplings will be dyed red, and the stunning effect will not be achieved.
I saw the empress using chopsticks to pick up the rice dumplings, and the warm soup inside immediately spread out from the rice dumplings, turning the plate in front of me red in the blink of an eye.
After taking a sip, the fragrance of glutinous rice and the fragrance of bamboo leaves are mixed together.
The unique flavor of rice dumplings blends into one, filling your lips and teeth.
Coupled with the thick brown sugar juice, as soon as I ate it in my mouth, the sweetness seemed to follow the taste buds and enter my heart.
If there is a medicine in this world that can improve your mood, then this medicine must be sweet.
Sure enough, after eating the freshly baked rice dumplings, the empress's cold expression suddenly improved a lot.
"The next pot of rice dumplings will be out soon, and I will put them in food boxes for everyone."
Mr. Chen said and went down to work.
In addition to brown sugar, there are also candied date rice dumplings, eight-treasure rice dumplings, fruit rice dumplings, pork belly, salted egg yolk, etc.
After Ding Xiaoyi picked up one and ate it, he couldn't help but sigh that Yu Niang ran too fast and didn't have time to enjoy such a delicious meal. He thought that he would pack a portion later and send it to Yu Niang by courier from his ancestors.
After eating two rice dumplings, Ding Xiaoyi found that his body started to glow with a little golden light. However, when he took a closer look, he found that the golden light on his body was different from his own.
"What's this??"
Ding Xiaoyi was startled, and when he looked back, he found that besides himself, only Brother Qiu was the same.
Tu Tu was eating an eight-treasure rice dumpling and explained: "Fool, just like the Fuze Duck, this is a sign of auspiciousness for you. Keep eating and see what auspiciousness you get!"
