Chapter 168: Salt and Pepper Lobster The elderly couple helped out as well, taking on smaller tasks like soaking the glutinous rice. Before wrapping zongzi, the glutinous rice had to be soaked for a while. Soaking makes the zongzi firmer and the cooked rice softer and stickier. Once soaked, the rice absorbs water, swells, and increases friction between grains, preventing the zongzi from falling apart during cooking. Plenty of ingredients needed to be prepared too—fortunately, Zhou Yimin had abundant…