Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 98
Chapter 100 The girl who fell into the eyes of money
After Laba, Jin Xi and the others made another batch of pancreas, brushes, gloves, etc., and sent them to Sun Ji, and discussed with shopkeeper Zhang. From the 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the second day of the first lunar month, Sun Ji will be temporarily handed over to Sun Ji The shopkeeper looks after.

After the second day of the first lunar month, Sun Yubao will return to the shop.Of course, during the Chinese New Year, shopkeeper Zhang will get a generous red envelope for guarding the shop.

In a blink of an eye, it was already the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Under the real New Year's Eve, no matter the residents of the town or the villagers of Sunjiagou, the common people were busy preparing for the New Year.There are people coming and going on the streets, and people who buy new year's goods are crowded in all the streets and alleys.

In front of Sun Ji's shop, there is also a small stall, selling firecrackers, paper-cuts, window grilles, Korean paper for pasting windows, and small lanterns for children to play with during the New Year.

So far, Jin Xi and the others stopped going to Sun Ji within the year, and began to officially busy the year.

After listening to Liang Yuzhong and Sun's discussion, Jin Xi decides to return to Jinjishan Village before the New Year's Eve, which falls on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month.But Mrs. Sun did not allow them to do so.

"Long-term workers and short-term workers, full work on the 24th. You two take the children and go back to Lao Liang's house on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. You will pick up your ancestors in the afternoon of the 24th. You will not stay at the Lao Liang's house. This is not in line with the etiquette. Disrespect, if people in the same village know about it, they have to prove it.” Mrs. Sun said.

After thinking about it, Liang Yuzhong and Mrs. Sun also felt that it was reasonable, so they set the date of going back to be the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.Three days earlier than the original plan, Liang Yuzhong and the Sun family were even more busy in the past few days. Sun Yubao and Sun Erhu were going to stay in the shop until the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. The age is well managed in these few days.

This year's Chinese New Year, the Sun family's pork was pre-ordered with the butcher in the village. In previous years, it was weighed for three catties. This year, Liang Yuzhong weighed ten catties of pork, plus a pair of pig's feet.

The last time Jin Xi and the others came back from town, they had already brought back the fish for the New Year.Two grass carp weighing three catties are used to dry the fish in the sun. They are well preserved and can be eaten until the Grain Rain next year.

The fish eaten on New Year's Eve was brought back from town by Sun Yubao and the others on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

Sun Yuxia caught two of the chickens and ducks in the backyard, killed them, waxed them, and hung them in the yard to dry. Apart from that, Jin Xi took some dry goods directly from the shop.

On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, Sun Yuxia's family made tofu.The soybeans are home-grown, soaked in water overnight, sent to the mill in the village to be ground into soybean milk, and poured into a large pot to boil at home.

"People in the mill, when they saw us grinding beans, they all knew that our family was going to make two kinds of tofu this year, and they were all envious! They all asked how our family can eat so much? Why don't we treat that tofu as a meal? ?" Sun Yuxia excitedly said while boiling soybean milk in the kitchen.

Mrs. Sun also smiled: "Tofu is a good thing, and people in the village can't usually eat it. During the Chinese New Year, a few families take one subject together, and it's addictive. We take two subjects, it's not for us to eat Yes, Xi'er's shop needs to be used!"

"Xi'er, you want us to make so much tofu, what do you plan to make and sell in the shop?" Sun Yuxia asked Jinxi who was standing next to the pot.

Jin Xi snapped her fingers, and said: "Tou Yi Ke took some to make salted tofu, and the rest was used to fry tofu. The stuff is soaked in oil and can be preserved for a long time. We will use it for hot pot during the Chinese New Year Eat, fried with meat is also good, my aunt gets married on the sixth day of the first lunar month, and the family has to hold a few banquets, which is just in handy!"

Sun Yuxia blushed: "Then there is another subject? What are you doing?"

"There is another subject, let's use it to make fermented bean curd. With the spicy chili paste at home, the fermented bean curd made will definitely be salty and spicy. At that time, I will seal it with a small jar as tall as my palm, and keep two at home. bottles, and the rest are sent to the shop for sale, but it’s an appetizing side dish!”

"I just heard you say that, and I'm a little greedy!" Sun Yuxia giggled and said, "Xi'er, you little devil, you have a lot of ideas when it comes to eating!"

"Hey, it's a pity that we are in this remote mountain village. If we were in the town, our tofu brains could be sold for money. By the way, auntie, you use beans to grind ginger. What about the leftover tofu residue?"

"In the barrel over there, what's the matter?"

"Auntie, I love to eat that tofu residue. At lunch time, wash two Chinese cabbages and fry them together with the tofu residue, okay?"

"I plan to feed those tofu dregs with wild vegetables to the pigs. If you want to eat it, just scoop out a bowl and prepare it for you!"

"My aunt said that!" Jin Xi sweated.

Sun Yuxia giggled, and poked Jin Xi's forehead: "Come on, let me cook a bowl for you, but let's talk about it first, don't blame me if you eat too much tofu dregs and walk like wrestling oh!"

"It's not strange, it's very useful to me!"

"We, Xi'er, love to eat, we are particular about food, and we can think of ways to make money while eating. This is a skill!" Mrs. Sun praised from the bottom of her heart.

"That's it!" Sun Yuxia also said: "By the way, Xi'er, you told me last time that you have to tell you earlier to boil the New Year's candy. Your parents said that our family will make New Year's tofu today. Boil the New Year's Candy tomorrow, what idea do you have, hurry up and say it now!"

New Year's candy?Jin Xi's eyes light up, and she rubs her hands excitedly.

People in this era are short of supplies, especially in such a small mountain village, basically there is nothing to eat all year round.Therefore, every twelfth lunar month, every household, more or less, does not make tofu, but also makes a pot of sugar for the children in the family.

This sugar is not sucrose, but maltose made of wheat. When it is shaped, it is a large circle of dumb yellow, like a thick and solid moon cake. It is very thick and hard, and a little sweet potato powder is sprinkled on it. Keep it dry, and when you want to eat it, take a small hammer and beat a corner, it is enough for children to lick it for a long time, it is sweet and delicious.

Families with better families will improve on this basis and make some popcorn candies for children to beat their teeth. When visiting relatives and friends during the first month, popcorn candies are also a delicious snack.

"Mother, auntie, you guys are busy first, I'm going to prepare the ingredients for making candy tomorrow!" After Jin Xi finished speaking, she turned around and left the kitchen.

It took Jin Xi half a day to prepare the ingredients for the candy.Popping millet, sifting sesame seeds, and peeling peanuts is a lot of work.

The next day, on the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, Liang Yuzhong and Mrs. Sun got up early in the morning to press wheat, and then poured the pressed mash into a large pot, and boiled it vigorously with a hard fire. The mash in the pot Boiling gurgling.

After a while, Mrs. Sun would fish out some of it and pour it into the small bowl filled with cold water on the pot table to see if the mash could be formed.

In this way, it was boiled repeatedly until the afternoon. In the cauldron inside, the bubbling bubbles were as big as a child's fist. It could no longer be called a liquid, but a very viscous semi Mushy stuff.

There was a special sweet smell wafting from the pot, mixed with a little burnt smell. At this time, Mrs. Sun fished out another flower and put it into a bowl of clear water. In an instant, the paste solidified into a yellow-brown lump. solid.

"It's time for the fire!" Sun said, and took a few more mushy flowers and threw them into the cold water, and took out the previous piece, accompanied by a crisp crunching sound, the piece of maltose shattered into two halves, and Sun gave one piece to it. Jinxi gave the other piece to Jinrou.

Tasting the sweet candy in her mouth, Jin Xi couldn't help sighing, this is the real pure natural, 100% maltose...

"Xi'er, it's time to mix sugar. What flavor do you want? It's your turn!" Sun Yuxia giggled, and together with Sun, scooped out half of the sugar paste from the big pot inside and poured it into the small pot. Ga Po is taking care of two pots by herself below.

"Okay, it's already ready!" Jin Xi replied, trotted out of the kitchen, and after a while brought the ingredients she had prepared.

"The big pot inside makes popcorn candies, and the small pot outside makes sesame and peanut candies!" Jin Xi said.

Sun and Sun Yuxia each took one kind and poured it into the big and small pots they took care of. Holding the wooden handles with both arms, they tried their best to stir the sugar paste and the sprinkled ingredients evenly.

"It's almost time to start the pot, right?" Liang Yuzhong and Sun Dahu walked into the kitchen with a smile, holding a brand new big wooden basin in their hands.

"Father, Uncle Dahu, have you washed your feet?" Jin Xi glanced at their feet and asked loudly.

Sun Dahu scratched his head in embarrassment, Liang Yuzhong smiled innocently, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, girl, I did everything according to your instructions. I washed my feet and changed my shoes and socks. There is no smell at all!"

Everyone in the kitchen laughed, and all of a sudden, the taste of the new year seemed to be more intense.

"Okay, start the pot!" Sun Yuxia yelled crisply, and together with Mrs. Sun, they shoveled all the contents of the large and small pots into two large wooden basins, steaming hot!

Liang Yuzhong and Sun Dahu took out the clean dry cloth they had prepared earlier, covered the steaming sugar paste with a layer of thicker clean old clothes, and then both of them took off their shoes , danced in the two big wooden basins, and danced in the basins like the African natives did, which made everyone in the kitchen happy.

"I said Xi'er, how did your brain come up with this way of making candy? Customers should know that the candy in their mouths was made by the two of them with their feet, and they don't know what to think! My brother-in-law dances really well, Dahu, you have to work harder too, ouch, I'm dying of laughter!"

Mrs. Sun also shook her head with a helpless smile, Gapo couldn't close her mouth happily, and the rushing Father Sun also looked at all this with wide eyes.

Jin Xi was very calm, she smiled and said nothing, in the place where she lived in her previous life, everyone used to make candy like this during the Chinese New Year, put several layers of cloth on them, and washed her feet, it was not dirty at all!

"Xi'er, why did the two of them step on it? We have big feet in this room, can't we all step on it? Could it be that the candy made by a man is more delicious?" Sun Yuxia asked puzzled.

"Because Dad and Uncle Duhu are stronger than us, so their strength is naturally greater. It's best for them to step on candy!" Jin Xi explained.

Feeling the novelty, Jin Rou wanted to take off her shoes and jump in, but was hugged by Jin Xi: "Father and Uncle Erhu are doing serious business, you just watch from the side, don't make any trouble, the sesame candy will be ready later, Sister will give you two handfuls, okay?"

"Okay!" Jinrou said obediently.

Jin Xi patted Jinrou's head, and told Liang Yuzhong and the others loudly: "Tamp it flat, firm it, it's almost done."

A corner of the kitchen room was tidied up, and a dismantled wooden door was placed on two high stools, which was also wiped clean.

Liang Yuzhong put the wooden basin mixed with popcorn upside down on the wooden door, and Father Sun, Sun Dahu, Sun Shi, and Sun Yuxia all took up kitchen knives and cut the popcorn candy into pieces according to a certain number of ways. It's the size of a palm, half the thickness of a little finger.

Mrs. Sun went over to pick up a few pieces, put one piece in the pot, where the Kitchen God was worshiped, and hurried out of the kitchen, muttering to herself, Jinxi knew at a glance that Gapo must be taking popcorn candies I went to give Gagong a taste.

"Mom, I want to eat too!" Jinrou shouted, drooling.

Mrs. Sun took two pieces and gave them to Jinruan and Jinxi, and then immersed herself in cutting the sugar. The sugar had to be cut while it was hot, but it would be difficult to cut the sugar when it cooled. The strong stickiness of the malt could rival that of reinforced concrete.

The next sesame peanut candy is also cut in the same way, but the size and thickness should be smaller and thinner.

Jin Xi uses black sesame seeds, and the sesame candies made are delicious, with peanuts inlaid in it, it looks delicious!
"Father, take some of these candies to eat at home during the Chinese New Year. It's also good to visit relatives and friends. Let's send the rest to the shop to sell, right? It's going to sell well around the New Year's Eve!" Jin Xi chewed. A piece of crispy sesame candy, after discussing with Liang Yuzhong, I didn't intend to go to the town at first, but Jin Xi figured out some new things, and I still couldn't help but want to sell them for money!

"This girl, she really fell into the eyes of money! She's too old for the Chinese New Year, so why don't you let your father rest for a while!" Sun Yuxia said intentionally.

Sun said with a smile: "Her father is also restless!"

Jin Xi curled her lips, and teased Sun Yuxia in front of Sun Dahu: "Let's earn more money, and when my aunt gets married, prepare a dowry. Why do you care about a lot of dowry?"

Sun Yuxia blushed greatly, and Sun Dahu also giggled.

"Sister, you have to take care of it, this girl is bullying me!" Sun Yuxia leaned on Sun's shoulder, covering her face.

Sun smiled helplessly, and said: "Who told you to talk about her first? Xi'er has more ideas than us now, so let's not provoke her! Look at the things in her head, we The two sisters combined can't be worth one her, so you still go to provoke her?"

"Sister, you're biased!"

"My sister is right on her mind!"

"Hey, I figured it out, this girl Xi'er doesn't look like you and brother-in-law at all! She is a monkey spirit who jumped out of the cracks in the rocks!"

Jin Xi curled her lips triumphantly: "Auntie, why don't you act good because you are always cheap! Your niece, I want to earn money out of my mind like this, and I still get teased by you. I won't argue with you now, and I will give it to you when the time comes. You add makeup, and when you are beautiful, you will talk about me!"

"Ah, ah, in front of so many people, you still say these things, Xi'er, you are really bad! Sister, brother-in-law, you have to make decisions for me!"

"Okay, okay, stop messing around, hurry up and find a jar to put sugar in!" Mrs. Sun was so entangled by the two of them, she hurriedly ordered loudly.

(End of this chapter)