1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

The incense in the mountain temple is really popular, at least for now, it is more or less too popular.

For five consecutive days, no one comes here until after noon. The mountain temple is always filled with smoke.

Some people believe this, and I don’t know how they got the news. They rode bicycles to come here from a distance of nearly 40 miles.

And judging from this trend, it will take at least a few days.

Many incense sticks were moved to the elementary school by Chen Tiezhu, and there is no room in the mountain temple. When there is not enough there, we will make up for it.

"Dad, why are the zongzi so disobedient? I can’t tie it up?"

Doudou, who helped Chen Tiezhu wrap the zongzi, asked in frustration as he looked at the palm leaves scattered in his hands.

"Because Doudou's hands are still a little small, he can't make zongzi as big as his father's. Doudou can make smaller ones, or help his father wash eggs, and then boil them in the pot to eat, which is very delicious." Chen Tiezhu coaxed.

Although little people love to work, they have to do different things when it comes to work.

Making dumplings and pastries are no problem, but making zongzi is a little bit less interesting.

The palm leaves should be folded in order, pressed tightly, and tied with horseweed. This job is a bit complicated for Doudou. He has tried hard until now, but he has not made a decent zongzi.

Even if he managed to make it, it would be broken and exposed, and he had to redo it.

Little Doudou still listened to the advice. This job is really not easy to do, but it is fun to brush the eggs with a brush.

"Making zongzi is indeed a very technical job."

Zhou Fengxia said guiltily next to him.

"Then go get the sauce jar. You have to get it twice a day anyway. In another three or two days, you should be rich." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"We have to move to the second master's house later. We have to build a house. It's a bit of a hindrance to put it here. You have to learn these things slowly, otherwise where can you eat zongzi."

"Come to your house, put a few more candied dates, candied dates are so delicious." Zhou Fengxia said.

Chen Tiezhu rolled his eyes, "You have to live on your own in the future, right? How can you come to my house every day? Zhenwen, that kid, was also talking about it when I called last time."

"For the two of you, I really don't know what to say. You don't treat yourself as an outsider at all. I'm so worried, I'm a matchmaker."

"He's your brother-in-law, what can you do?" Zhou Fengxia said with a smile.

"But the medicinal wine you made has been here for a while. When can we drink it? I see it has changed color. Is it almost done?"

"We have to wait a little longer. Soak it for a few more days so that the medicinal properties can be soaked out. The color change now is because of the wolfberry inside. The other medicinal materials have not yet been soaked out." Chen Tiezhu said casually.

"Dad, Doudou still wants to make zongzi."

At this time, Doudou came over again.

"That must be no problem. Learn from Dad and let's wrap it slowly. After wrapping it, Dad will help Doudou tie the horseweed grass, okay?" Chen Tiezhu coaxed the little guy.

What can you do? The little guy just loves to work so much and will charge towards high difficulty.

"Yeah, Dad, tie it tighter."

The little guy responded happily and squeezed directly into his arms.

Basically, the big hand grabs the small hand and wraps it slowly. After the palm leaves are wrapped, Chen Tiezhu will tie the horseweed grass, and a delicate little zongzi is done.

Doudou looked at it with his big eyes, and happily put the small zongzi into the basin, feeling a sense of accomplishment.

"Brother Chen, well, I think we can wait for a while to do the raking of the sauce jar. How about I help Doudou make zongzi?"

Zhou Fengxia also saw the trick and wanted to continue to contribute to the business of making zongzi.

Chen Tiezhu didn't know what to say. Why was he like a child? He was still thinking about what others were doing.

"Hehehe, Doudou, come to Brother Zhou. Let dad make big zongzi, we will make small zongzi, and Brother Zhou will tie horseweed for you." Zhou Fengxia said happily.

"Brother Zhou, you have to tie it tightly." Doudou said.

"It must be." Zhou Fengxia agreed happily.

Not to mention, with the cooperation of one big and one small, the zongzi was also well made. Although the speed was a bit slower, it was at least made.

"Have you already started wrapping? I thought I had to wait a while."

At this time, Mr. Han and Mr. Er came over.

"Wrap it early, stew it early, and then you can make some other dishes. This one needs to be stewed for a while, otherwise it will become stale if you leave it alone." Chen Tiezhu said.

"The glutinous rice one is okay, but the yellow rice one isIt's really hard to put it in. "The second master nodded.

"Personally, I still like to eat glutinous rice, which is chewy and chewy. But since you're making them once, just make some of them. Eat whatever you like." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"But even if you two like eating zongzi, you have to eat less. This thing will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, and it's not so easy to digest."

"Then why do you make so many?" Old Man Han asked in confusion.

"Aren't you going to the provincial capital these two days? Let's bring some for my eldest brother and the others." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Even if they use a stove to boil them, the zongzi tastes better than ours. The big pot is fragrant when cooking, even if it's boiled zongzi. "

"Well, the big pot is fragrant when cooking, and stewed fish is even more fragrant. "Doudou said happily.

Since Chen Tiezhu learned the new method to stew big fish, Doudou liked it all of a sudden.

"You love delicious food the most, but we have eaten too much delicious food these days, so there won't be that many dishes today." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"You have to keep your little belly empty for two days. When we go to find Uncle Chu Liang, we can eat the delicious food there. We have to try what it tastes like."

"Dad, what do they eat?" Doudou asked curiously.

"Dad doesn't know about this either, I have to ask Brother Zhou." Chen Tiezhu said.

"The ham they make there is delicious, and there are all kinds of mushrooms, which are really good to eat. But some mushrooms are poisonous, so don't eat them randomly."

"Haha, try it when the time comes. Eat for a few days first, and then go to make money." Chen Tiezhu said happily.

"Eat for a few days. "

Doudou said happily, she liked this.

It was just because of distraction that the rice dumpling in her hand became disobedient and became toothy again.

The little girl was so worried, why was this job so difficult to do.

Looking at the little girl's sad face, Chen Tiezhu laughed unkindly. He showed off the rice dumpling in front of Doudou.