Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 918

"It's not a luxury. Candied fruits need to be preserved for a long time. It's better to use silver knives. Kitchen knives have rust, and preserved fruits are fragile!" Yang Ruoqing explained.

In the modern world, stainless steel knives and plates are mostly used to do this.

In this era, she couldn't find stainless steel supplies.

It was simply replaced by silverware.

Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun were quick to do things, and quickly cut the apricots and kiwi into pieces according to Yang Ruoqing's instructions.

Here, in the cleaned pot, the water has boiled.

Yang Ruoqing put the weighed caramel into the water, and added a proper amount of licorice, tangerine peel, and hawthorn slices.

When the color of the boiling water in the pot changes, she puts the pulp in to scald and blanch together.

Pick it up with a bamboo ladle and put it in the dustpan, control the moisture, let it stand there, free your hands, and then blanch the next batch of pulp.

Everyone has a division of labor.

The errands of Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun are to wash the fruit, peel the skin and cut the meat.

Bai Laowu waited for the fire in the stove.

Yang Huazhong was in charge of drying, with a fan made of plantain leaves in his hand, to repel mosquitoes and flies, and prevent them from touching the pulp that was taken out of the pot.

"Qing'er, what should I do?" Luo Fengtang didn't get an errand yet, so he was in a hurry.

Yang Ruoqing pursed her lips and smiled: "I borrowed the big iron bucket that Uncle Luo used to forge in the afternoon, you go and light the fire inside, remember to use fruit charcoal!"

Luo Fengtang nodded readily, turned around and went to work.

When the moisture content of the pulp here was almost controlled, Yang Ruoqing put them into a large iron bucket for the final drying process.

Drying is carried out in a high temperature environment close to sealing.

Bai Laowu circled the iron bucket several times.

I asked Yang Ruoqing several times when the bucket lid could be lifted.

Yang Ruoqing just shook her head.

When the time is up, it will be revealed naturally.

Finally, when Bai Laowu asked the tenth time, Yang Ruoqing put down the bamboo ladle in her hand, wiped her hands and came to the big iron bucket.

Mrs. Sun and the others gathered around to witness this miraculous moment.

When the lid of the big iron bucket was pried open by Luo Fengtang, a strange smell came out, making people salivate.

Not to mention the people in the kitchen, even Da'an, who was reading at night with a light on in the east wing, couldn't help running out.

"Sister, what is so fragrant?"

he asks.

"Come and take a look and you'll know!"

Yang Ruoqing's laughter came from the kitchen.

Da'an ran into the kitchen, just in time to see Yang Ruoqing spread the dried apricots and kiwi fruit out of the iron bucket evenly on the two large sieves.

Is it hot? It's so fragrant that people can't get enough of it!

Mrs. Sun took a small bowl, picked a few into the bowl while it was hot, turned around and placed it on the inside of the stove where it was next to the Kitchen God's face.

Bai Laowu saw that Mrs. Sun had provided for the Kitchen God, so he couldn't bear it any longer. He reached out and grabbed a dried apricot, put it in his mouth, and chewed it...

"How does it taste? Can you eat it?" Yang Huazhong asked Bai Lao Wu with a smile.

Bai Laowu gave a thumbs up.

"I ate three bowls of rice at night, and I can't hold half of my saliva in my stomach. Why am I so hungry all of a sudden!"

Bai Lao Wudao, grabbed another dried kiwi fruit and put it in his mouth.

"It's so delicious. Even the emperor's old man can't eat such delicious dried apricots and kiwis. We are more blessed than the emperor's old man!"

Bai Laowu praised while eating.

Yang Huazhong and the others all laughed.

To be praised by Bai Lao Wu shows that Qing'er's preserved fruit is good.

Here, Yang Ruoqing smiled and greeted everyone to eat.

The first batch of preserved fruit is naturally to be shared with the closest people.

Making money is important, sharing happiness with loved ones is even more important.

Yang Ruoqing took two yuan to taste it herself.

She has a certain appreciation standard for food, and she can't help being proud of the preserved fruit she made.

Licorice tangerine peel and hawthorn are added to make the sweetness more natural, colorful and layered.

What you experience on the tip of your tongue is no longer monotonously sweet.

It is a kind of sweetness with sourness, and a kind of indescribable sweetness in the sourness.

When chewing, it is very chewy, and when swallowed, the aftertaste is endless.

And with the participation of these medicinal herbs, the preserved fruit is more conducive to preservation.

"This candied fruit is a rarity, give some to everyone tomorrow to try something new." Sun suggested.

Yang Ruoqing nodded.

Relatives and friends at home have to give some.

The members of the transportation team and the medicinal team must also send some.

After Yang Ruoqing made two more batches of preserved fruit, Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun basically understood it.

After teaching them, Yang Ruoqing doesn't have to worry about this anymore.

……

"Qing'er, who's the letter? What's written in the letter?"

Luo Fengtang leaned over and asked Yang Ruoqing.

This letter is about my uncle sending Daan and Dajie to the school in the town in the morning, and Chef Zhou is waiting at the school gate.

Said the letter to Tianxianglou, which arrived yesterday evening, and asked Uncle Qing'er to hand it over to Qing'er.

Hearing Luo Fengtang's question, Yang Ruoqing handed the letter to Luo Fengtang to read by himself.

Luo Fengtang was surprised after reading it.

"Isn't the date of diagnosis agreed with the Zou family in the middle of the month? Besides, you have already been there in the middle of this month, why did you send another letter urging you to go?" Luo Fengtang was puzzled.

Yang Ruoqing pondered for a while, and said: "The letter was written by Mrs. Zou. She didn't elaborate on the reason, but I guess it has something to do with Zou Lin'er in all likelihood."

Luo Fengtang was silent.

Yang Ruoqing said: "I'll go to the county seat tomorrow to see what's going on."

In the middle of the month, she gave Zou Liner a checkup, and Zou Liner's physical condition has improved significantly compared to before.

It shouldn't be a big deal, she thought to herself.

Luo Fengtang said: "I will accompany you."

Yang Ruoqing said: "But, the herb-collecting team and the transportation team..."

"Qing'er, you are so busy and stupid," Luo Fengtang laughed.

"Didn't you say to take a day off tomorrow and let everyone rest at home? Didn't you forget it yourself?" he said.

Yang Ruoqing patted her head.

"Oh, look at my memory."

"Well, let's go to the county together tomorrow, and it just so happens that Da'an's school is also closed tomorrow."

"I brought Da'an and Dajie with me. They have been studying very hard these days, so I took them to the county town to relax, and bought them some pens, ink, paper and inkstone along the way." She said.

……

The two boys have grown so big, the farthest place has been to Qingshui Town.

It was the first time to go to Wanghai County.

The two boys were very excited, just after dawn, Luo Fengtang drove the carriage over to pick up the three siblings.

After eating the breakfast made by Mrs. Sun, everyone got into the carriage under Mrs. Sun's instructions and drove towards the county seat.

After leaving Qingshui Town, the two boys sat in the carriage, watching the scenery passing by the roadside, discussing in a low voice, exchanging views with each other.

Yang Ruoqing and Luo Fengtang sat side by side in front of the carriage.

Also chatting all the way.

The weather was fine, sunny and breezy.

I really answered that sentence, the horse bell rang and the jade bird sang, I took my brothers to the county...

(End of this chapter)