Raising Babies in the 70s - Chapter 36

Qin Rou stared at the big steamed bun in her hand. The steamed bun was bigger than her face, and it seemed to be shaped into a flower shape, dyed a little red.

She looked left and right. There were four people in the room, all of them holding big steamed buns, and the steamed bun in her hand was the biggest.

A young child’s voice sounded, “Flower pastry.”

Xia Mingxi shouted with joy, “Grandma Wang said that you need to eat flower pastry when you get married!”

Qin Rou: “…”

So was it a local custom?

Then she would try it.

Qin Rou lowered her head and took a bite. After chewing it, she found that the steamed bun didn’t seem to contain sugar. Did Lu Yan forget to add sugar? It was tasteless, a bit dry after chewing a few bites.

But the big bun was really thick.

When she was biting the steamed bun, the other three pairs of eyes were on her. Lu Yan was holding a steamed bun in his hand and a basket of steamed buns on the side. He originally planned to make some ordinary steamed buns, but his little nephew ran to him and buzzed, “I want to give my little aunt a flower pastry, a big flower pastry…”

So he just kneaded a big one. If it weren’t for the current conditions, and the steamer was too small, he could have made a bigger one.

Qin Rou finished a mouthful, took a sip of the seaweed soup next to her, and stopped choking.

“It’s delicious, right?” Xia Mingxi happily nibbled at the steamed bun. He had to say that the steamed buns made by my uncle were very delicious.

Qin Rou glanced at her little nephew, Chen Jingyi who was also startled with the big bun.

Qin Rou: “…”

“Is there any stuffing?”

Lu Yan: “…Huh?”

Hearing the answer, it must be that there was no stuffing, it was a huge steamed bun.

“The bun is too big, I can’t finish it.”

“You can finish eating it for me.”

It was made by him anyway, so she must give some face, or at least eat a lot.

In addition to the big steamed buns, there was a lot of seafood on the table. For example, a large pot of steamed oysters in a really large pot. Of course, it was estimated that there was not much meat in the pot. Unshelled oysters were steamed directly on the pot with water, and most of them had opened their mouths at the moment.

Another bowl of boiled clams, also known as huajia, and four steamed sea crabs, plus a plate of steamed prawns.

Qin Rou: “…”

Boiled, or steamed directly, with just some green onion, ginger and garlic added to it. Seafood, the fresher it was, the more authentic it got. Lu Yan’s method was very authentic, the method of authentic seaside friends. The old fishermen ate like that, and they tasted the original flavor.

Lu Yan’s platter was exceptionally beautiful, and the shrimps were exceptionally neatly arranged.

There were also two stacks of dipping sauce in the middle. One plate was probably made of raw soy sauce, vinegar, onion, ginger, and minced garlic, and the other plate was the chili sauce that Qin Rou bought in Guangcheng.

Qin Rou peeled two oysters. The meat of the oysters is thick and sweet, and although it was a bit fishy, ​​it was not heavy. She could eat several oysters directly like that.

It tasted delicious even with some sauce, but Qin Rou ate steamed seafood, and generally didn’t like dipping, so eating it directly was the most delicious and full of sweetness.

It was the advantage of being at the seaside. The seafood was really fresh, and it was delicious when it was steamed directly. Adding more ingredients would cover up its own taste. The same was true when one went to the store. If the seafood was not fresh, people would not dare to just boil it.

Lu Yan was quite considerate. He had good technique. Holding a knife, he opened oysters for her and the two children, peeled the shrimps, broke a crab in half, tickled the meat into a bowl, and opened the orange meat.

Qin Rou took a piece of crab meat with some sauce and put it in her mouth. The taste buds seemed to explode in an instant. It was delicious!

The ultimate experience of eating seafood!

Of course, part of it was due to Lu Yan’s good steaming technique, part of it was his good way of peeling the shell, and then it was the texture and taste. The crab was slightly sticky and chewy.

Qin Rou pulled a large piece of fresh and sweet snow silk crab leg meat again.

Lu Yan was really good at peeling crabs. He didn’t need anything to eat them. He could separate the shell and meat by swiping the legs with a small knife.

She had never eaten crabs and shrimps in such a civilized way.

– Peeling shrimp? Peeling crabs?

The real foodies ate directly.

Qin Rou ate happily with the two children, and did not forget to feed Lu Yan. Anyway, she had already drunk coconut juice, so Qin Rou simply didn’t care. She tore off the big steamed bun in her hand, used her own chopsticks to fill it with crab meat, and then simply squeezed the dipping sauce with her hands and fed it to his mouth.

Lu Yan glanced at her with a smile, lowered his head to eat, and then continued to lower his eyes to peel off the shell.

It seemed that her finger was accidentally licked by the tip of his tongue, and the place where it was licked burned. Qin Rou quickly picked up an oyster and placed it in front of the two children.

Xia Mingxi, who was noisy at other times, was very quiet and serious when he ate, not to mention Chen Jingyi, who was beside him.

A light bulb hung above their heads, a bright yellow light bulb that casted dim yellow shadows, shrimps, white crab meat, and orange crab, the children under the lamp licked their fingers and ate. The man cut out a whole piece of snow-white crab meat with a knife…

The picture in front of her had a faint sense of warmth.

With the wind blowing in from the window, Qin Rou felt as if she had returned to her childhood, when her grandmother who grew up in a fishing village told her about the past, and that was exactly what happened.

The meal was quite satisfying.

But without some rice, Qin Rou always felt that something was missing.

Would they spend three hundred and sixty-five days a year eating buns everyday?