Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 903

Chapter 903: Zongzi
Li Chenmo nodded when he heard his wife’s words and said, “We can celebrate by ourselves and it won’t be tiring.”

Lu Jueyu thought about what she had learned before in her previous life, during this period, the Dragon Boat Festival was not recognized as a public holiday by the government. It wasn’t until around 2008 that they recognized the festival as a public holiday.

Since it’s not a public holiday, they certainly can’t miss work. Fortunately, this work only started after the Dragon Boat Festival.

Thinking of this, Lu Jueyu nodded and said, “Then let’s send some realgar wine to your father and your brothers.”

Li Chenmo nodded and said, “Give some to your family too.”

“I know.”

After lunch, Dong Li accompanied Dong Huang to visit Feng Lin, while Lu Jueyu went to the underground warehouse.

She collected all the grains they received from the production team into her own space, and took out rice from her own space, filling half of the warehouse. After that, she closed the door of the warehouse and went to the kitchen.

Entering the kitchen, she took out the grains and piled the sacks in the corner of the room. Tonight, Xu Bohai and his people will come to collect the grains.

As for the grain belonging to Chen Anwen’s natal family, it has been moved to the Lu family’s warehouse. When Xu Bohai and his party came to visit tonight, Lu Han and Lu Cheng were the ones doing the deals.

Due to the huge amount of grain traded tonight, Lu Jueyu and her husband have filled the hidden warehouse in the mountains with coarse grains from her space.

Therefore, there is no problem for Xu Bohai and his people to conduct this exchange. The coarse grains obtained on the distribution day will be used to replenish the capital’s stores’ reserves.

After she was done, she came to the bedroom and saw her husband reading a book inside. Since the kids were out playing, she brought her husband into her space.

In space, Li Chenmo went to do his exercises, while Lu Jueyu made Cantonese-style Zongzi. Also known as pork Zongzi which taste savory and delicious.

Before starting, she picked some fresh bamboo leaves, washed them, cut off the two ends, and set them aside. Then, she went to get some kitchen twine and took out the stuffing she had prepared before from the fridge.

She placed salted duck egg yolks, shiitake mushrooms, braised pork, shelled mung beans soaked overnight, glutinous rice soaked in seasonings, chopped chinese sausages, and peeled roasted chestnuts on the kitchen table.

She sat on a chair, picked up two bamboo leaves, and overlapped two-thirds of them. She uses her hands to shape the leaves into conical shapes.

First, she stuffed some glutinous rice into the bottom. Then she added two more pieces of pork with some rice in between, two slices of shiitake mushrooms, a duck egg yolk, some chopped chinese sausage, and a piece of peeled roasted chestnut.

She then spreads a thin layer of shelled mung beans over the filling and adds more glutinous rice until the cone is almost filled.

When she filled the cone, she didn’t use too much force when she stuffed the rice and filling. So, the rice had room to expand. She then carefully folds the tail of the leaf to cover the top of the cone, then folds the tail of the leaf around the cone.

When the Zongzi formed a triangle and all the rice was wrapped in bamboo leaves, she tied the leaves with two pieces of kitchen twine.

She placed the wrapped Zongzi on the tray so that it could catch the marinade juice seeping out of the leaves.

Lu Jueyu is used to cooking and has dexterous hands. In less than a minute, she can finish tying a Zongzi. Just like that, five hours later, she finished making 300 Zongzi.

When she finished washing her hands, she found that her husband had finished exercising. He even cleaned the house, did the laundry, and tidied the house.

Li Chenmo entered the kitchen and saw the mountains of Zongzi. He looked at his wife and said, “Wife, you have made so much. Can we finish it?”

“I plan to give some to our family and friends,” Lu Jueyu said.

Since it is to be given away, it must be cooked outside. Zongzi should be cooked for at least three hours. There were sixty Zongzi in one pot, and she needed to cook on five stoves at the same time.

Using the water in the space and a pinch of spiritual powder herbs, Lu Jueyu was sure that her rice dumplings would taste delicious.

But because of the hot weather, she decided to cook just one pot outside and cook the rest in her own space. After cooking four pots of Zongzi, she took a bath and slept for a few hours before the two of them left the space.

Seeing that his wife was exhausted, Li Chenmo said, “Wife, go and rest. I will handle the fire. Don’t stay here too long.”

The stove was burning and the temperature in the kitchen was unbearable. Lu Jueyu was afraid that her husband would suffer from heatstroke, so she opened the doors and windows.

Then, she took out a few basins of ice cubes and placed them by the window. When the wind blows, the cool breeze can lower the temperature of the kitchen.

When Li Chenmo saw this, he smiled and urged, “Wife, be good. Go out and take a rest. I will be fine, don’t worry.”

Lu Jueyu hesitated for a moment before she nodded, “Okay.”

Although Lu Jueyu is not waiting in the kitchen, she will go to the kitchen to check on the ice basins. She will take out more ice cubes when the ice cubes have completely melted. She also took out several water bags and filled them with ice cubes to make an ice pack.