My whole family is dancing

Chapter 84

"Second sister, the fire is so big, the sugar is going to be pasty, and you will feel bitter in your mouth when you eat it."

"Second sister, the fire is small, it should be ugly later."

This time, I did a lot more than last time. Bai Guoer, who was in charge of burning the fire, blushed, sweat dripped down her forehead, and listened to Bai Fuer's instructions to adjust the temperature.

Madam Li and Baifuer exchanged stirring pots until the syrup in the pot gradually turned from off-white to red, and Baifuer kept stirring and instructed Baiguoer, "Second sister, make the fire more evenly. ."

Madam Li rubbed her sore hands and sighed: "My God, it's really not easy to eat chewing candy, and two big bundles of firewood have been burned."

It took almost two hours to get in.

"Ouch, I haven't made lunch yet."

This busyness turned out to be from morning to noon. Seeing that the cooking pot was also occupied, it was impossible to cook a dish at noon, so Mr. Zhang came in worrying, "Mother, I will bring out the lunch when I am steaming the rice. Now, just make a dish."

"I bought three pieces of tofu, and I cooked a tofu soup to deal with it."

The yard was full of candy, and she was hungry.

Madam Li nodded, "Okay, just boil a large pot of vegetables and get a dipping sauce."

The person in charge of the fire was replaced by Mr. Wen, the one who cooked the dishes was Mrs. Li, and Momofuku was still stirring her syrup, and when the vegetables were cooked, the syrup in the pot was bubbling.

Mrs. Li dipped a little with chopsticks and tasted it, and she felt that the taste was too good, "Fu'er, is it alright?"

Baifu'er's arms were sore, "Mother, come on, we're going to fry the sugar next. It's good to fry it for about half an hour. It's like frying vegetables, and you have to keep frying it."

"What?"

Madam Li felt a little dizzy, and felt that the candy was no longer fragrant in an instant. Why did it take so much effort?

"Fu'er, is this the right way for you? Grandma looks good at this candy, it's quite sweet."

Momofuku wiped away his sweat, "It's sweeter and more fragrant when it's fried."

Then he said nonsense: "I heard about this method when I was in the Wei family. It should be right. Isn't this candy getting better and better now?"

"Take turns eating."

Granny Li shook her head tsk tsk, "Isn't this candy worth a tael of silver per pound to spend so much effort?"

It's more troublesome than boiling brown sugar. That's just a squeeze, a boil, and a dozen steps before and after.

The family took turns to go into battle. Finally, when the cicadas reached the peak of the day, Baifuer announced that the fire could be turned off. At this time, the entire yard of Baijia was filled with the scent of maltose.

At this time, the sun is the most poisonous, even the most industrious people in the village will not go out to work, and the children are even detained at home to take a nap, otherwise the yard of Baijia will only be full of children.

In the early morning, the clean and oiled wooden basin appeared, and all the syrup in the pot was scooped into the wooden basin. After carefully scraping the pot clean, it was officially announced, "There is only one last step left, I have to wait for my father. Come on, we can't do it."

Momofuku felt that she was exhausted.

And she never wanted to make a second maltose, she would rather not eat it.

Bai Yegen held a handful of cleaned bamboo sticks, "Third sister, can you stir some sugar?"

"Wait until it cools down and stir again."

"Go to take a nap, it'll be cold when you wake up."

Baiyegen was drooling with greed, and Baifuer smiled and gave him the wooden shovel, "Lick it."

Seeing that there was still a lot of sugar hanging on the shovel, the louver root did not dislike it, and happily took it and scraped it off with a small bamboo stick and put it in his mouth, eating with a happy face.

"Father, your stick is a bit lively. If you want to make it in the future, you must make it strong."

"Father, pay attention to the strength and pull it evenly."

"Dad, you can pull it longer, it's alright, just throw it back and come back."

In the afternoon, in the side yard of Baijia, Bai Changfu was pulling sugar under the command of her little girl. He had been going to the ground all the year round with great strength.

"Dad, take a few steps back and stretch it a little longer."

Bai Changfu was full of sweat, and at the moment agreed with her mother's thoughts, it was really hard to eat this candy.

Momofuku smelled the aroma of peanuts and ran out again, "Grandma, hurry up, it's almost done."

"What's up?"

A few people who finished white affairs in the city came back in the old mule cart, "Is there no bamboo strips in the thatched hut?"

Momofuku's expression is very strange, I'm afraid this candy can't be eaten, it's either mouse shit or shit, she can smell it.

Bai Guo'er came out with the fried peanuts, "Grandpa, uncle, father, elder brother and second brother, we made candy at home, and second uncle is pulling candy."

A few people went to the side yard curiously, and saw that Bai Changfu was pulling a long white stick and threw it back to the wooden stick. Both are.

Bai Guo’er came with the peeled peanuts. Mrs Wen and Mrs Zhang walked behind with the large square table, set the table, put a rice sieve on it, and spread it with a clean cloth. Let his father take the pulled candy and put it on the table and cut it into two pieces, one for the original flavor and one for the peanut flavor.

Peanuts were kneaded into maltose, and the yard was full of fragrance. Bailihui and his son were not in a hurry to rest, and just stood in the yard and watched how many people were busy.

Finally, Po Li poured the glutinous rice flour into it, ready to complete the last step.

The maltose that has been kneaded into thin strips is gently stretched with a rope, and a piece of maltose is rolled into the glutinous rice flour, and you are done.

Mrs. Li brought three of her wives in groups of two. The pieces of maltose were soon piled up like hills. Bai Fuer stepped forward and took a piece of it and put it in her mouth. Sprint in the mouth.

Hundred-leaf roots are greedy and want to stuff one at a time. His mother, Mrs. Zhang, saw it, and warned: "Maltose is sticky, so you have to take a small bite and chew it slowly, otherwise it will stick to your teeth."

Only then did the louver take a small bite, and sighed happily, "It's delicious."

Bailihui and others took a piece, and they frequently praised the taste. When they learned that it was a new method that Baifuer found from the Wei family, they all felt that Fuer had a brain.

After all the strings were used, Madam Li picked up a piece to taste and sighed, "It's not easy, I finally got it."

"Old man, can you estimate how much this pile can be sold for?"

Bailihui looked at it, "The merchant picks up the maltose for [-] to [-] cents. According to the size of our family, there are about [-] or [-] in three to four."

Madam Li added: "These sugars use ten kilograms of wheat and ten kilograms of rice. The firewood is burned from morning to afternoon, and the whole family is dispatched. Can you get half of the profit?"

Bailihui pondered for a while, "It's half way."

Half of the profit is already a lot, but this is a small business, too tired and can't make much money. Li Po is a little lacking in interest, mainly because it takes too much effort.

(End of this chapter)