After going to the countryside, I can fish as much as I can

Chapter 39 is finally done!
Zhou Xiuhua washed her face and soaked her hands with iced well water, and then she felt a little better. The burning pain just now was really uncomfortable, and the pungent smell was too choking.

"Wash your hands with this soap and your hands won't hurt. Just like detoxification, it can detoxify the poison."

Zhang Youyou took out a piece of soap and joked,

"Oh, I didn't expect this thing to be so troublesome. Mainly, it's too spicy, so I'll suffer."

Zhou Xiuhua said with emotion while applying soap,

"It's good to get used to it. Anyway, I only do it once a year. If I make enough food for a year, it's very cost-effective."

Zhang Youyou said nonchalantly, her hands relaxed a little, and she started to prepare the doubanjiang with her left hand. She pretended to go to the kitchen and brought out a large wooden basin. In it was the prepared doubanjiang without adding the chili pepper.
Douban has it ready-made in her space. She has already made tea and fermented it, and is just waiting for the chili to come!

As soon as I opened the lid of the basin, a strong aroma of soy sauce hit my nostrils. If I smelled it carefully, there was also a trace of tea aroma inside.

Zhou Xiuhua stretched her head curiously and looked this way while washing her hands.

"Wow, what is this? What kind of sauce is it? It's so fragrant!"

"This is made from fermented bean paste. Fry the dried bean paste in a pot to make a paste. Then soak the bean paste in water. After the bean paste has swelled, peel off the bean paste and remove the skin.
Then wash the peeled watercress, drain the water, and mix evenly with flour. Don’t put too much.

Then put the closed watercress in a dustpan, spread it out evenly, cover it with washed old pumpkin leaves, and put it in a dry and warm place to ferment for a week, until it grows green hair. "

"Then it's different from when my mother makes soybean paste. You have to peel them out one by one! It's really troublesome."

"It's not troublesome. If you want to eat delicious food, how can you call it troublesome?"

"What I do is use cold tea water to wet the fermented watercress evenly and then expose it to the sun for a few times. It will give off the aroma of fermented tea.
When making bean paste, put the sun-dried bean paste in a large amount of cold tea water. If there is sunshine, it is best to bask in the sun for a few times to let it ferment.
Just two or three suns will be enough. Then put the chili sauce, ginger, salt, and peppercorns in one by one and mix well. You can eat it in two days. Isn’t it very convenient?If you have pepper noodles, thirteen spices or the like, you can add it. If not, just add some star anise, grass fruits and the like. Make it into noodles and add it to the inside to make it more fragrant. "

"Yes, it's convenient. It's more convenient than soybean paste. The soybean paste has to be kept for a long time and has to be poured several times in the process."

The next steps were very fast. As various things were poured into the big vat that had just been moved out, the bean paste was ready in a short while.
Zhang Youyou directly used a large 200-pound water tank to load it. Anyway, she can’t cook without doubanjiang.
And you can add pepper and other seasonings at any time. Zhou Xiuhua has been helping out after entering the yard today, and finally saw the results.
"Can you eat such a big tank by yourself?"

"This won't go bad if you keep it for ten years. If you have it this year, make more! What if you can't buy spicy food next year?"

Zhang Youyou said casually, filling a small jar with a volume of about five kilograms. After filling it, he put it on the table.

While Zhang Youyou was chatting with Zhou Xiuhua about some gossip in the village, she was making jealous spicy food. It was mainly Zhou Xiuhua who said it, but she also wanted to add her own opinions and opinions so that Zhang Youyou could also comment on what she said, right?
"You need so much vinegar, how sour does it have to be when you eat it?"

Zhou Xiuhua's teeth were a little sore when she watched her pouring vinegar into the glass jar. This bottle must have weighed two kilograms!
"It's okay to add a little more vinegar to the spicy chili. You can also soak some radishes in it after eating. Then the radishes will be sour and spicy." "Oh my god! You put so much sugar in it!"

Zhou Xiuhua's eyes almost popped out, Zhang Youyou said while putting rock candy,

"You must put some sugar in it so that the peppers and radishes are crispy. If you don't put it in for a long time, it will become soft and not very delicious. But if you and your family eat it as quickly as possible, it will be fine."

After that, I put the peppercorns, star anise, grass fruits, bay leaves, sliced ​​ginger and garlic slices, etc. inside, and poured some white wine inside before sealing the lid tightly.
"It will be ready to eat in about five or six days. Then I will get you a bowl to try. If you think it tastes good, you can make it yourself."

"Can it not be delicious? Why do you add so many things?"

Zhou Xiuhua said, "This doesn't taste good, it's totally unreasonable."

"I'll take it with me when I go back later so that my aunt can taste the specialties of my hometown. It will be ready to eat in two days. It can be used directly for porridge, steamed buns, stir-fry and stews, and I Put more salt, so when you cook, put less salt, and don’t put lard in this jar! It’s easy to break.”

Zhang Youyou pointed to the bottle of bean paste jar on the table and said,
"How can this be done? I'm still eating and taking food. I'm so embarrassed!"

Zhou Xiuhua's face turned red with embarrassment, her hands moved like a duck shaking its head, and she refused again and again.
"Hurry and put it away. I'll get angry later. It's a worthless thing. I made it easily. You have helped me so much. What if I can't finish it by myself today? I'll leave it here for you first. Let's go today. Just eat some noodles in the evening. The noodles will be ready in the morning. You can help me cook the pot."

Zhang Youyou couldn't help but pull her to the kitchen. After working hard all afternoon, she should be hungry by now.

"What? Why don't I go back first! It makes me so embarrassed to eat and take it all at once. I just ate a steamed bun, how can I eat it again?"

This time Zhou Xiuhua became even less calm. She quickly stepped back, looked around and saw the chili jar on the table. She hugged the jar with both hands and ran towards the door.
"Thanks for this, Miss You! I'm so shameless that I took this back. Tomorrow we go up the mountain together, and we have to pick it up for two days! You hurry up and cook! I'll go back first, and you'll have to take care of the rest." It’s tidied up.”

Zhou Xiuhua jumped three feet high and ran away without even closing the door, for fear of being caught by Zhang Youyou. She was really too embarrassed to eat anymore. If her mother wanted to know, she would have to beat her to death.

"Pfft hahaha~ Are you worried?"

hahahahahahahahahahaha!
Zhang Youyou didn't react for a moment, there was no one around, and she burst into laughter.

"If you don't want to eat, just don't eat. If you don't eat, you'll save a meal!"

Wash all the utensils, such as the basin, cutting board, kitchen knife, etc. that you just used, and then wipe them dry and put them away.
She put the big vat of bean paste into the space, returned to the kitchen and put it out again. Next to it was the kimchi vat. She was also going to get some small glass jars to make some sweet and sour garlic.

While thinking about it, I put the washed and drained young cowpeas, beans, and peppers into the pickle jar, sprinkled them with rock sugar, white wine and salt, and then closed the lid. It will be ready to eat in a week. Yes,
(End of this chapter)