Chapter 188
"Hmm?" Ha'er sniffed. What did this look like it smelled delicious? Ha'er turned her head and looked in the direction where the fragrance came.
I happened to see Qin Qing walking towards me with a small basket made of bamboo, "Director Kong, Mr. Chen, oh, and Ha'er, come and try it. This is a bamboo leaf zongzi made of glutinous rice and bamboo produced on both sides of the Yunshui River. The Dragon Boat Festival is about to be celebrated. You can try it in advance to see what is the difference between it and the zongzi you ate in the past."
"I have seen bamboo leaf rice dumplings in Yuan Mei's "Suiyuan Food List": I took bamboo leaves and wrapped them with white glutinous rice and cooked them. The tip was as small as a newborn water chestnut. Well, it looked really small." Director Kong is indeed a cultural person, and it was an allusion to pick it up.
Eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is a Chinese folk custom, but the leaves of the rice dumplings that make zongzi are very different. In the south, bamboo leaves are mostly used in bamboo leaves, reed leaves in the north, and in the Central Plains, the leaves of the rice dumplings are mostly oak leaves, and in some places, rice dumplings are mostly used in some places, and in other places, osmanthus bamboo leaves, moon peach leaves, banana leaves, lotus leaves, and bamboo shoot shells.
However, although the name of the bamboo in the south also contains a bamboo, it actually belongs to the Lily family and is very different from bamboo. Therefore, this is the first time Director Kong has eaten real bamboo leaves to make rice dumplings.
Just thinking about it can be understood that ordinary bamboo leaves are too narrow, and it is probably not good to use them to make rice dumplings. However, there is a kind of bamboo with larger leaves produced on both sides of the Yunshui River. Although it is still not as big as bamboo leaves and reed leaves, it is enough for some skillful local residents to use to make small rice dumplings.
"Director Kong might as well try it out and see what's different from the rice dumplings you eat in other places. Mr. Chen, you can try it too. Is there anything that Ha'er can eat?" Qin Qing didn't dare to feed the rice dumplings to Dandan directly.
"I'll feed you." Chen Yibin took the rice dumpling from Qin Qing's hand and handed it to Ha'er's mouth, and he was still joking, "We're going to eat rice dumplings and peel them. You can eat them all together."
This kind of rice dumpling is much smaller than ordinary rice dumplings. Haer sticks out his tongue and rolls it into his mouth. The rice dumpling leaves are creaking and biting them without peeling them. It chews the leaves and rice dumplings together, which makes Chen Yibin slightly disappointed. If Haer only eats the bamboo leaves but not the glutinous rice inside, it will be fun. It is like eating dumplings but not the dumpling filling and only eating dumpling skin.
After eating the rice dumplings, he spit out the thread tied with rice dumpling leaves. Haer leaned over again. This guy seemed to like the taste. Director Kong laughed when he saw it, and quickly took one from the basket and handed it to Chen Yibin, "The taste of this rice dumpling is really good. Haer should eat a few more."
"What's the name of this zongzi? Is it just called bamboo leaf zongzi? It's not appropriate, it's too ordinary, it doesn't show any characteristics at all. In my opinion, since Ha'er likes it so much, it's better to call it Panda Zongzi. Panda likes to eat! It will definitely attract more tourists to taste it." Director Kong changed the name of the zongzi.
"Good idea, we can also ask Haer to endorse and shoot a few sets of advertisements." Qin Qing said as he looked at Chen Yibin. These were also well communicated before. Of course, for this kind of targeted promotion, the manufacturer of rice dumplings will have to pay extra money.
"It's easy to talk about it, let's find some time to talk about it in detail." Seeing that Ha'er likes to eat this kind of rice dumpling, Chen Yibin agreed. But I'm not good at negotiating things. Maybe Xu Ye will come to help me when signing the contract. He also asked lawyer Zhang Danxuan to help.
The bamboo leaf rice dumplings were just appetizers. They took the dragon boat down the water and stopped at the most beautiful place in the middle of the river. Then the chef on the dragon boat began to cook the fish that had just been fished out of the Yunshui River. While eating fresh river fish and drinking wine to enjoy the beautiful scenery on both sides, it was easy and free.
Seeing Ha'er holding a basin and eating fish, everyone was shocked again. Damn this must be a fake panda. Isn't a panda eaten bamboo? Chen Yibin also popularized it for them. Pandas are omnivorous animals, and the one I raised is really a bit special.
But he never dared to let Ha'er drink. This was on the boat. If he had drunk too much, he would feel so distressed. Even if he caught it in time, he would be at risk of catching a cold.
"We took a short rest at noon, then went down the river to climb the mountain downstream and visited the orchard. Although the oranges are not yet mature, we have also carried out small-scale off-season planting, so everyone can still taste fresh oranges." Qin Qing smiled and told Director Kong and Shen Yibin about the afternoon arrangements. They were very happy to see that they and Haer looked. I guess the filming of this promotional video will definitely go smoothly, right?
The dragon boat stopped on the shore, and the group came to the arranged hotel for a while. At two o'clock, they boarded the dragon boat and marched down the river, and then took an electric car to wind up along the mountain road. Soon, they arrived in a very wide orchard. It was just the season for orange flowers to bloom. The orange trees were already full of flowers, and the white flowers were hidden by the green leaves. The fragrance was coming, which made people feel refreshed.
The 100,000 acres of flowers made Director Kong stunned. Although Xiangjiang was prosperous, the area was narrow and lacked a little atmospheric. When did he ever call out such a spectacular scenery? Not only did he admire him, he took the camera from his assistant and took pictures without stopping, and kept saying that he wanted to use this place as the focus of the shooting.
Haer felt excited when she saw the tree. While Chen Yibin was not paying attention, she crawled onto the orange tree and sat on the tall branches and smelled the fragrance of flowers. Chen Yibin finally coaxed this guy down.
The group wandered in the sea of flowers and moved slowly. Soon, they arrived at the planting site for off-season oranges. This place was a different scene. Countless golden and plump oranges hung on the treetops, making everyone swallow their saliva.
"Yeah!" Haer saw that, without waiting for Chen Yibin to give orders, climbed up the tree branch in a few seconds, stretched out her claws and twisted an orange in her arms, and hesitated for a while, and finally handed it to Chen Yibin first, which made everyone envious.
Chen Yibin handed the orange to Director Kong, and then Ha'er turned into a fruit farmer, constantly picking oranges from the tree and handing them to Chen Yibin and others. It was not until after each hand that Ha'er peeled the orange and started eating it himself.
Alas, when others come out to play, you go out to eat, you go out to eat, Chen Yibin doesn’t know how to talk about this foodie.
Chapter completed!