MTL - I Became the Prime Minister’s Adored Wife after Transmigrating-Chapter 289 jade belt cake

  Chapter 289 Jade Belt Cake

  In addition to Bo Bo Chicken, Ji Zhao made another dessert.

  Mash the boiled mung beans and add crushed ice to make a mung bean smoothie.

  It is now mid-June, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Eating more mung beans can clear away heat and detoxify, which is good for health.

  Ji Zhao thought about it, and prepared to steam some jade belt cakes.

   "Jade Dai Cake?" Second Aunt Shen's eyes lit up, she wrapped her arms around Ji Zhao hurriedly, and asked anxiously, "A Tao, is the Jade Belt Cake you're talking about from Suzhou?"

   "Yes." Ji Zhao was also a little surprised, "Second sister-in-law has eaten jade belt cake?"

"Well, I have tasted it." Second Aunt Shen suddenly felt a soreness in her throat, "A childhood friend married far away and went to Suzhou. About five years ago, she asked someone to send a lot of things, among which There is this jade belt cake. But what she doesn't know is that in the second year of her marriage, her father and mother both died of illness..."

   "Parent and mother died of illness, why didn't she come back as a child?"

   "Because her father and mother are just her adoptive parents..." Second Aunt Shen shook her head, unwilling to talk about this topic again, "But A Tao, can you really make jade belt cake?"

   "Yes, yes." Ji Zhao smiled firmly.

  She is a descendant of the royal chef, and her cooking skills are top-notch in the 21st century! Not only has she won the gold medal in the World Cooking Competition, but she has also served as a judge of the cooking competition for three consecutive years...

"The making of jade belt cake is actually very simple. The most important thing is to grasp the amount of glutinous flour." Ji Zhao took a bag of glutinous rice flour and explained softly, "Use pure glutinous rice flour to make the cake; one layer of flour, one layer After the lard and sugar are sandwiched together, put them into the steamer and steam them. The heat should be high first and then low. After steaming, cut the jade belt cake and it’s done.”

   "Sweet and soft, it's really delicious!" After tasting a piece of jade belt cake, Second Aunt Shen immediately praised, "A Tao, you are amazing!"

   "Second sister-in-law likes it, so eat more~"

   For Ji Zhao, the happiest thing is watching everyone eat up the delicious food she made!

  Bobo chicken, mung bean sorbet and mung bean cake, filled the stomachs of everyone in the Shen family.

  After lunch, Shen Dashan took Shen Dalang and Shen Erlang to his own field.

  Shen Yao didn't go, but went to the study instead.

   "What are you looking for?" When Ji Zhao walked in, Shen Yao was standing in front of the bookshelf, flipping through the books on top anxiously.

   "I found it." Shen Yao caught a glimpse of the old book that had turned yellow, and then looked solemnly at Ji Zhao behind him.

"What's wrong?"

   "Zhao Zhao, I'm worried about one thing."

  Shen Yao said with heavy eyes, "There must be locusts after a long drought."

   "You mean...?" Hearing these words, Ji Zhao couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.

"In the early summer of last year, the entire Dajing Dynasty has been in drought for three consecutive years. Although it finally rained, the crops in the fields are not growing well; this year it has started to be dry again..." Shen Yao's tone became more serious, and he Raising the book in Yang's hand, he said in a deep voice, "This book records many natural disasters, including the locust plague thirty years ago."

   "When locusts cross the border, there will be no grass." Ji Zhao also realized the seriousness of the matter, and asked with some concern, "Shen Yao, should we take precautions before they happen?"

"Prevention before it happens?" Hearing this sentence, Shen Yao was thoughtful, then shook his head with a wry smile, "Although the current drought is a bit serious, locust plagues are rare, if we really let this word out , I am afraid it will attract some unnecessary criticism.”

"Then we can't just watch the crops in the field being eaten up by locusts, can we?" Ji Zhao said anxiously, "Why don't we go to the village chief first? First find a way to get everyone to harvest the crops in the field Get up and talk again?"

   In the face of nature, human beings are really small.

  So Ji Zhao feels that what they can do now is to find ways to reduce losses.

"it is good."

  At this moment, Shen Menghu is offering incense in the Earth Temple.

  Since the Dragon Boat Festival, the day has not only become hotter and hotter, but there is not even a thunderstorm.

  Most of the fields in Shanghe Village are near the tributaries of the Qinghe River, so the crops in the fields are still standing upright; but when Shen Menghu went to the county a few days ago, he heard that in several other nearby villages, many fields had cracks.

  Shen Menghu, who is an old farmer, feels that this situation is not very good.

   This year, I am afraid it will be another drought year.

  With a devout heart, Shen Menghu withdrew the thoughts in his mind, and inserted the stick of incense in his hand into the hollow three-legged small incense burner.

  Just as he turned around to leave, he happened to be greeted by Shen Yao and his wife who were about to walk in.

  After a quarter of an hour, after listening to the words of these two young people, Shen Menghu was thoughtful.

"Village chief, according to the records in this "Da Jing Zhi", abnormal weather is an early warning. There must be locusts in the long drought. Although the crops in the field are not yet fully mature, if they are harvested now, at least they can be harvested." The harvest is 60%." Shen Yao pursed his lips and explained with serious eyes, "Once the locusts cross the border, we in Shanghe Village may have nothing to harvest."

  Shen Menghu didn't respond in a hurry, but squinted his eyes and looked at Shen Yao for a while, and finally said slowly, "Shen Yao, can you ensure that the locusts will definitely appear?"

  Shen Yao was silent.

   Yes, he can't guarantee that.

"But the village chief, even if there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance of such a terrible disaster like the locust plague, we should prepare in advance, right?" Ji Zhao hurriedly explained, "I admit that Shen Yao and I can't guarantee that the locust plague will be certain now." It will appear, but what if?"

   "Let me think about it."

  Shen Menghu did not directly adopt their suggestions, but decided to hold a village meeting to ask everyone for their ideas.

  As dusk approaches, the low sky in the distance is filled with brilliant sunset glow, which shrouds the entire Shanghe Village in auspicious light.

  Ji Zhao rested his chin on both hands, sitting on the steps outside the gate of the Shen family's compound, looking at the beautiful scenery at dusk, his calm eyes were stained with a layer of melancholy.

  Shen Yao brought the water melon cut into pieces in front of her, picked up a toothpick and poked a piece, and handed it to her lips.

  The sweet scent of water melon immediately brought Ji Zhao back to his senses.

   "At noon, the water melons that Mother picked from the vegetable garden were left in the well for two hours." Shen Yao smiled softly at her, "Eat quickly."

  Ji Zhao smiled and took a bite, narrowing his eyes comfortably.

   "It's so sweet."

"eat more."

  Shen Yao continued to love and feed. He likes to watch Ji Zhao eat, because when Ji Zhao eats, his cheeks are bulging, like a cute little puffer fish, which makes people want to reach out and pinch.

  He thought so in his heart, so he did it.

   "Hmm!" Ji Zhao, who was caught off guard and pinched his face, blinked his eyes in a daze, with innocent and cute eyes.

  (end of this chapter)