Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 12014

As the heat continues, a thick layer of soybean skin gradually appears on top of the soy milk. It is dark yellow with a light green tinge and is solid.

"Mother, bring that sieve over here," Yang Ruoqing instructed, pointing to the side.

"Here it comes." Madam Sun immediately brought over a large, clean sieve, on which a mesh cotton mat had already been laid.

Da Sunshi, Yang Huazhong, Sunshi, and Xiao Hua all gathered around, their eyes all falling on the pair of extra-long and extra-large chopsticks in Yang Ruoqing's hand.

These enormous chopsticks are longer and thicker than the large chopsticks used by street vendors selling fried dough sticks.

Yang Ruoqing held a large chopstick in each hand. She leaned slightly forward and dipped the two chopsticks diagonally down the left and right sides of the pot. Then she quickly lifted them up, and a round sheet of dough, about the diameter of the pot's opening, was picked out and laid flat on the large sieve next to her.

"Wow, sis, you're amazing! You can do this without it falling apart at all!" Xiaohua exclaimed in disbelief.

Everyone else was also shocked by Yang Ruoqing's technique. Madam Sun said, "If I were to pick them, and I was even a little slow, they might fall apart."

Yang Ruoqing smiled, then moved to the large pot inside and did the same thing, picking out a whole sheet of dough and spreading it flat in another large sieve.

"We'll peel them off later. Let's take these two out to air them for a while first."

Yang Ruoqing and Sun Shi each carried a large sieve to the outside of the kitchen and placed it on a pre-prepared rack.

Then, she went to prepare the sieves again. It was her first time making spicy strips, and she didn't plan to make too many, just four sheets, two large and two small.

Four sheets of bean curd skin should be enough to make about three pounds of spicy strips, which is enough for the kids and everyone else to try.

If the response is good, she can switch to another ingredient to continue making spicy strips. Having a skill to rely on makes her feel so relaxed.

While the second batch of bean curd sheets was still forming, Yang Ruoqing took some time to start making the seasoning for the spicy strips.

Freshly cooked bean curd sheets have no flavor. The key to making delicious spicy strips lies in the seasoning.

Yang Ruoqing's seasoning is absolutely the soul of spicy strips; it has a sweet and spicy flavor and is oily but not greasy.

During this process, Liu and Yang Huazhou also came over. Yang Huazhou came over to help because his family was grinding tofu with Yang Huazhong and the others today.

As for Liu, she simply had breakfast and wandered around the village a couple of times, but couldn't find any suitable friends to gossip with, so she came to visit someone at the village entrance.

When they met Yang Huazhou on the main road in front of the house, they learned that the three families were grinding tofu together that day. So, Liu immediately followed them.

Her goal was clear: first, to get some free sweet tofu pudding; second, because there were many people there, she could chat while drinking the sweet tofu pudding.

As soon as I arrived in the backyard, I saw four sieves placed at the entrance of the kitchen, two large and two small, with... bean curd sheets drying inside?
"Aren't we making tofu today? Why are you drying bean curd sheets too? Oh, it smells so good! Third Sister-in-law, what are you making?"

Liu had a keen sense of smell. As soon as she entered the kitchen, she was immediately drawn to the spicy seasoning that Yang Ruoqing had prepared. While sniffing it intensely, she couldn't wait to move towards the group, her target being the earthenware pot containing something that Sun was holding.

Sun smiled and looked at Yang Ruoqing, "Qing'er is making spicy strips, this is the sauce she made." "Spicy strips? What are spicy strips? Are they for eating with rice or as a snack?" Liu first moved closer to Sun, lowered her head to examine the tempting sauce in the bowl, and then looked up to ask Yang Ruoqing.

Yang Ruoqing said, "To be precise, they are small snacks to satisfy cravings."

"Oh, the best snacks are the ones that satisfy my cravings. And I just happen to have a mouth that's always craving something."

Liu's self-deprecating remark amused everyone in the kitchen. Yang Ruoqing also smiled and said to Liu, "Fourth Aunt, don't go. When the spicy strips are ready, you can try them."

Liu may be unreliable in other aspects, but she is an expert when it comes to food and drink. If she says something is delicious, then it really is delicious.

Furthermore, Liu was adept at providing emotional value. Even if the food didn't taste very good, she could always find other aspects to praise it, ensuring that no one's goodwill would be disappointed. As for her purpose in doing so, it was obvious: to continue enjoying this culinary delight next time, and the time after that.

Soon, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan from the front yard finished their egg drop soup and came over. "Mom, when are the spicy strips ready?"

As soon as Yuanyuan entered, she asked a question, and Tuantuan also looked around with her eyes searching.

At this moment, Yang Ruoqing was already cutting spicy strips on the cutting board. Hearing their questions, she smiled and turned around, saying, "It will be ready in the time it takes to drink a bowl of tea. Go and call Da Shunzi and Xiao Shunzi over."

"Don't go and call them. They went to the pasture with Feng'er and the others today and won't be back until after lunch," Madam Sun reminded them.

"Oh? They went too? That's great, I'll save some for them." Yang Ruoqing nodded, turned around and continued working.

Today, we're making tofu at home. Originally, Feng'er, Fuwa, and Jun'er were planning to stay home and drink sweet tofu pudding, but then it turned out that Duo'er from the grassland was going to slaughter the last cow before the New Year.

So early in the morning, Duo'er and Xiang Shengnan came together to pick up her family to eat fresh beef. Since they couldn't go to make tofu at home, the children went as representatives.

Perhaps Duo'er went to the Sun family to invite Old Sun again, so she brought Da Shunzi and Xiao Shunzi along as well. With so many children, it was lively to gather together, and eating beef became secondary.

As for the two children from the Luo family, and Wuyou and her siblings, they were naturally all on Xiaoduo's invitation list.

But none of the three of them really wanted to go today, so they stayed home.

"Tuanbao, Yuanbao, go to Grandma Wuga's house and call her older sister and younger brother over to eat spicy strips." Sun instructed the two of them to run the errand with a loving expression.

The two little ones were happy to run errands and were about to go when Yang Huazhou, who was adding coagulant to the soy milk, called them back.

"Don't go. Nobody's home. I locked the gate when I came over."

"Where are they? Where did Suyun and the children go?" Sun asked in surprise.

Last night, when Bao Suyun came over to deliver soybeans, she said she would come over today to help with the fire and grinding tofu. But now that the sun is high in the sky, she hasn't shown up yet. It turns out she's not home.

"Oh, they went to Jiangjia Village as guests. Guiling's family had some business to attend to," Yang Huazhou said casually, though no one noticed the slight unease that flashed across his eyes.

I wish you all a happy Lantern Festival!