70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 128 Sugar Making
Xie Xiaonian didn't care about eating at this time, and immediately got up and walked forward.

Thinking of that possibility, Xie Xiaonian couldn't help becoming excited. If it was true, then she would be able to make a lot of preserved fruit, canned food, and even brew all kinds of wine, as well as make all kinds of pastries.

Excited, Xie Xiaonian walked forward and found out that it was true. Although it was not yet ripe and the climate was not suitable for it, so the growth was a bit small, but it was undoubtedly sugarcane.

And it's not the green-skinned sugarcane that is common in the north, but the purple-red-skinned sugarcane in the south. This kind of sugarcane has a high juice yield and is the best raw material for making brown sugar.

Although this piece of sugarcane does not grow well, it is still enough to make some sugar for Xie Xiaonian, the others and Uncle Xie Xiaonian's family, after all, this piece of sugarcane forest is not small.

However, because it will take another month to mature, Xie Xiaonian didn't cut the sugar cane directly, but took out the shovel and prepared to dig some to plant in the space.

There is no such variety of sugarcane in her space, and after moving to the space, the sugarcane can grow better, and she can experiment with sugar production in advance.

After Xie Xiaonian only moved the sugarcane that could grow half an acre of land, he entered the space and started planting. Because he wanted to harvest early, Xie Xiaonian added some space well water into it when watering.

As for the sugar cane outside, Xie Xiaonian decided to let them grow freely, and then cut them when they matured in the future.

Because father Xie and Wu Lihua went up the mountain with the villagers today, when father Xie came back at night, he secretly brought back a bag of red dates and hawthorn.

The adults in the team who went up the mountain almost secretly brought snacks home for the children at home, and the cadres of the brigade also turned a blind eye to it, as long as it was not excessive, so Xiefu's behavior was not considered a mistake.

And Wu Lihua did not know where to get a big pomegranate, because pomegranates bear seeds, so there are very few pomegranates on their side, and it is difficult to find pomegranates on the mountain.

Xie Xiaonian has never seen a pomegranate on the mountain before, but there are many pomegranate trees on the mountain in her space, so this pomegranate is not too unusual for her.

But for Xie Xiaobao, it is indeed very rare.

"Mother, this pomegranate is so big, I want to eat it!" Xie Xiaobao said happily when he saw the big red pomegranate that Wu Lihua took out.

"Okay, let's eat after dinner!" Wu Lihua was also very happy that she could secretly bring back a pomegranate.

Because their village only picks at the foot of the mountain, when all the staff leave the cave, the sweeping of the mountain goods will be over in less than ten days, and then after drying and handing in, the remaining parts will be distributed to each family. up.

At this time, the sugarcane that Xie Xiaonian planted in the space has grown up and can be harvested.

The brown sugar that Xie Xiaonian has always wanted to make has also been put on the agenda, but Xie Xiaonian just knows the general process and has not really done it, so he has to experiment slowly.

Because there is no juicer machine, Xie Xiaonian first went to the field to cut a large bundle of sugar cane, and then chopped the sugar cane into sections.

Xie Xiaonian, who is a bit of a clean freak, first brought the sugarcane to the river to wash it, then peeled it, and then used the stone scoop I bought earlier to thresh the rice, crushed the sugarcane little by little, and wiped it with cotton cloth. Strain the cane juice.

Although Xie Xiaonian was very strong, he couldn't get out the sugarcane juice completely, so he cut down a large bundle of sugarcane and produced about 15 catties of sugarcane juice.

Just this first process, Xie Xiaonian was so tired that her hands were almost useless after finishing the sugarcane juice, but fortunately, she didn't need to exert too much effort in the next step.

After Xie Xiaonian brought the sugarcane juice in the basin to the kitchen, she was ready to start boiling sugar.

Because I have never done it before, Xie Xiaonian poured a little into the pot for the first time, planning to try it first.

It's a pity that the goddess of luck didn't take good care of her. The first time she didn't stir it, it was boiled directly; the second time she kept stirring, but because she didn't remove the foam, the boiled syrup looked very rough. , but also feel dirty.

After 3 or 4 experiments, Xie Xiaonian finally figured out the way.

Because there was no container, Xie Xiaonian put the boiled, reddish-brown syrup directly into plates, and after it cooled and solidified, the finished product came out.

Although the finished product was just a brown sugar cube, Xie Xiaonian broke a piece into his mouth and found that the taste was similar to brown sugar, but it was very sweet.

Although the candy made doesn't look very good, she can be regarded as making candy anyway, and finally she doesn't have to worry about candy in the future, and she can better show off her craftsmanship.

Xie Xiaonian used these sugarcane juices to make a total of about 1 catties of sugar.

Obviously this bit of sugar is not enough, but Xie Xiaonian is really tired, so she is going to stop and continue tomorrow. Recently, I have to make a few more catties, and give it to my uncle's family and the third grandma in the future some.

Xie Xiaonian plans to plant more sugarcane when she has time, but the sugarcane she planted is really not enough at this yield rate.

And here, after Li Zhenzhu and Liu Yifan stopped working, they started to make wild goods together with Xie Xiaonian.

Although Xie Xiaonian had picked all the previous ones, but now the pine nuts and walnuts are ripe, and the wild sweet potatoes, yams and potatoes on the mountain can also be dug, so they are busier than before.

Fortunately, the three of them are not greedy, and they will stop if they get enough food for them.

But even though they were busy, they didn't treat themselves badly. Even if they couldn't catch the prey, they would kill one of the pheasants and hares they raised to eat.

On the 9th day of September, several people were drinking delicious chicken soup when they heard Liu Yifan say: "The cave and the cellar at home are full of the mountain products we get, the sweet potatoes that are sun-dried, and they are enough to eat. And I think the persimmons on the mountain are already eighty ripe and ready to be made into persimmons, so I thought we’ll start making persimmons tomorrow instead of making mountain products!”

"Yes, I also think there is enough food for us to spend the winter. Let's make more sweet dried persimmons. I like sweets." Li Zhenzhu said excitedly.

"I have no objection either, but do we need to prepare anything?" Xie Xiaonian agreed.

"Tomorrow, you just need to bring a knife to peel the skin, but there is no big vat on the mountain. After drying, we have to take it back and put it in the vat in the cellar to keep it in the shade." Liu Yifan made persimmons many times when he was at home, so Very confident.

In the next few days, the three of them began to pick persimmons, peel them, and dry them in the sun. They were very busy, but the results were gratifying.

Next to the cave, they made persimmons on the drying rack made of bamboo. There are roughly 3 or 4 persimmons, which is enough even if you add them as gifts.

Before going down the mountain on the 11th, Li Zhenzhu said to Xie Xiaonian: "Xiao Nian, Lin Xiaodan gets married tomorrow, and we two are going to congratulate him, so we can't come here. If you can't move the shelf for drying persimmons, we won't be drying them tomorrow." , one day less is nothing."

"It's okay, I'll just move slowly, don't worry! But when Lin Xiaodan gets married, your educated youth center will be cleaner again, saving her from staring at you every day."

"Yes, I wish she could get married soon. If it weren't for the educated youths who came together, we would be too ignorant if we didn't go. I would be told by others that I wouldn't like to go. With that money, I might as well go Let's buy something delicious." Li Zhenzhu said with a pouted mouth.

"It's a good thing that the person she married is not in the same production team as me, and it's unlikely that we will run into each other in the future." Li Zhenzhu said with a smile before the two of them could speak.

Seeing her like that, Xie Xiaonian shook her head with a smile, she really has the heart of a child.

After Lin Xiaodan's wedding, the villagers have also been busy harvesting autumn and sowing winter wheat.

And during this time, Xie Xiaonian was not idle either. Except for a few days in the later period, she was alone on the mountain, picking a lot of apples, and using the space in the sugarcane forest to pick up It looks good, but nearly half of it was cut back.

But because it couldn't fit in the cave, Xie Xiaonian put the sugar cane upright in a free place outside the cave, and planned to make sugar together when Li Zhuzhu and the others were not working.

When the autumn harvest was over, it was already October 10th. When the three of them went up the mountain together, Xie Xiaonian said, "Do you want to eat candy?"

"Sugar? Where's the sugar? Xiao Nian, do you have any sugar? I want to eat, I want to eat, I've come here, and the amount of sugar I eat is less than 5 pieces!" Li Zhenzhu looked at Xie Xiaonian and said expectantly.

"I don't have any sugar." Xie Xiaonian wanted to tease Li Zhuzhu, so she pretended to be helpless.

"Ah, no, why did you say that without you, you actually hooked my glutton. Hey! Candy tickets are too precious. Neither Liu Yifan nor I have them. It's all because I came here suddenly. Otherwise, my mother would definitely prepare sugar tickets for me." Yes." Li Zhenzhu said dejectedly.

She has a sweet tooth the most, but since she went to the countryside, she has hardly eaten sugar, and she has never even drank sugar water.

As for Liu Yifan, a boy, when he came, although the family gave him money and some food coupons, there were really no sugar coupons.

Xie Xiaonian saw that the groundwork was almost done, so she said proudly: "Although I don't have candy, I can make candy."

"What are you talking about, Xiao Nian, you know how to make candy, is it true or not, you know how to make candy? So good!" Li Zhenzhu stood still, eyes wide open, and looked at Xie Xiaonian in surprise.

At this time, Li Zhenzhu felt that Xie Xiaonian is a genius, she can do everything, she can't even make the most in-demand candy.

And although Li Zhenzhu was asking whether it was true or not, she already believed in Xie Xiaonian's ability to make candy, because Xie Xiaonian never said big things, and she would do what she said.

"Of course, although it's not like the candy you bought, it still tastes good. Do you want to eat it? Do you want to learn how to make it?" Xie Xiaonian said proudly.

After staying with Li Zhenzhu for a long time, Xie Xiaonian occasionally looks like a 16-year-old girl.

"I want it, of course I want it, I haven't eaten candy for a long time, what should I do, let's do it quickly." After Li Zhenzhu finished speaking, she pulled Xie Xiaonian and was about to run up the mountain.

(End of this chapter)