Happy peasant girl

Chapter 260 Fruit Wine Jam (3)
The next morning, Linqingxi got up early, and she decided to pick some wild fruits in the mountains first, to see if they could be made into fruit wine and jam.

Bai Hua, Bai Yang, Hai Tong, Hai Lan, Zong Zhu, and Zong Jie followed her. Except for Lin Qingxi, each of them had a basket behind them.

There are three roads to go to Dajie Mountain, one is to cross the Shanmei River and go through the deep mountains to get there, one is to pass through the secret garden, and the other is to go around Damei Mountain and walk through the side path.

The first two roads are convenient and dangerous, and the last road will take some time, but it is the safest.Lin Qingxi decided to take the third path, because the path she is looking for in the future not only needs to be able to pass by herself, but also many ordinary people can pass safely.

After walking for a long time to Dajie Mountain, several people went up the mountain. After inspecting several mountains, Linqingxi was delighted to see ripe peaches, apricots, red bayberries, wild big cherries and some open-field strawberries.

I don't know if it's because it's behind the deep mountains and in the middle of the Bihu Mountains, so the wild fruits in these mountains are not picked by anyone, but are eaten by wild beasts in the mountains.

"Girl, I see that there are more wild fruits on the mountain over there. Our baskets have already been filled, why don't I go back and call some people over?" Zongzhu found that there were too many ripe wild fruits on the mountain, and he ate them. It tastes very delicious, and if you don't take it off quickly, it may fall on the ground and you can't eat it.

"Let's go back first. It seems that these fruits will be picked off quickly in the next few days. In this way, after you go back later, you can call all the idle strong laborers in Xiyuan, and then call some idle ones in the village." People, then find some rack carts and baskets, pick these fruits and put them in the creek garden. I asked some female workers to help wash and mash the fruits. Tonight, we will try to make fruit wine and jam, poplar, Hurry up and go to the town to buy some small porcelain jars and wax paper." Without further ado, Lin Qingxi decided to go back and start trying to make fruit wine and jam.

So, a few people returned to Xiyuan first with a basket full of various wild fruits on their backs, and after putting down the basket, they all went to work according to Linqingxi's prior instructions.

As soon as they arrived at Xiyuan, Linqingxi asked Lily of the Valley to find several large wooden basins, and then began to wash and sort these wild fruits.

"Lily of the valley, Pittosporum, wash the peaches, apricots, and cherries first, then choose the ones that have no broken skins, and then chop them up. Take out the fruit juice from the pulp, and then I will teach you what to do. Hailan, you and I wash the red bayberry and strawberry, and then go get some sugar and sprinkle it on it. After a while, we will boil it over high heat." Lin Qing While washing red bayberries and strawberries, Xixi gave instructions to several people.

"Yes, girl!" Several people hurriedly followed Lin Qingxi's instructions step by step.

Soon, Baihua brought people into Dajie Mountain again, Baiyang also took people to the town to buy everything Linqingxi needed, and Qiangwei also selected people from Nayuan for Linqingxi, mainly women. apprenticeship.

The Xiyuan side was very busy, although Linyuan Mountain and Linzhongguo were also busy, but at first they thought that Linqingxi was going to pick the fruits from the mountain to sell for money, but it was not the same thing.

After Xin Moyang and Jingxiu knew that Linqingxi was competing with the wild fruits on the mountain, they also came to Xiyuan to help, but Linqingxi felt that they were a little in the way, so they asked them to help pick the fruits.

One is a majestic prince's son, and the other is even more important, but without further ado, the two of them really had to take their servants to Dajie Mountain to help Bai Hua.

In the evening, the jam has already been boiled and put into the jar, and the fruit wine is also fermented in the wine barrel.However, the follow-up fruit pickers also slowly came back, and after a while, wild fruits from the mountains were everywhere in the creek garden.

Lin Nian Yu, Lin Nian Shui and a few children from the village were waiting to pick up the leaks, because Lin Qingxi said that those fruits with broken skins are best eaten.

"Little aunt, are there any wild fruits that can be eaten?" Lin Nianshui looked greedily at Lin Qingxi who was busy washing the fruits and asked.

"All of these can be eaten, you can eat as much as you want!" Lin Qingxi said, looking at him with a smile.

"Grandpa won't let me eat it, saying that my little aunt has saved these fruits for great use, and she wants to sell them for money." Lin Nianshui said in a low voice.

"It's okay, eat it, my little aunt is selling it for money, and she's also buying you delicious food. Since you like to eat these fruits, then eat them. How much can your little stomach eat? This yard is full of fruits." " Lin Qingxi tapped Lin Nianshui's small head lightly and said with a smile.

"Is it really edible?" Lin Nianshui's lovely big eyes were shining brightly.

"Of course, let's eat!" Lin Qingxi said.

"Great!" Lin Nianshui shouted happily, and told Lin Nianshui and the others the "exciting" news.

But even so, Lin Qingxi later discovered that Lin Nianyu was also very restrained, only eating fruits that could not be used to make fruit wine and jam.

Linqingxi is an expert in making fruit wine. Although the sugar and yeast used in ancient times are incomparable with those used in modern times, as long as the purity of sugar and yeast is increased, and these fruits are originally green and pollution-free top raw materials, then the produced Fruit wine must also be the best.

So, from the next day, she led Haitong and Hailan to study how to improve the purity of sugar and yeast. After repeated trials many times, she finally succeeded three days later.

With the sugar and yeast she wanted, Linqingxi began to make fruit wine and jam in large quantities, and in order to harvest the ripe fruits on the mountain as soon as possible, she sent half of the female workers in Nayuan to pick fruits on the mountain.

Fortunately, these female workers originally lived in the Bihu Mountains, and almost everyone went to the mountains to cut grass and chop firewood, so they were not afraid of walking on mountain roads.

Half of the various wild fruits picked were made into jams, and the other half were made into vats of fruit wine. Although the work efficiency of Nayuan and Xiuyuan was a little lower due to busy work, Linqingxi was still given to all the female workers. salary.

After dinner that day, Linqingxi took out five kinds of jams that he specially made to share with his family, each with a small wooden spoon in his hand.

"Little aunt, strawberry jam is the best!" Lin Nianshui ate a spoonful and wanted to dig another spoonful, but was stopped by Wu.

In the past two days, Lin Nianshui, a little glutton, ate too much fruit, and his little stomach couldn't take it anymore. Otherwise, Jing Xiu had given him the pills for digestion, and the child would probably be rolling in pain.

"I like to eat red bayberry, and I always feel that I can't eat enough!" Lin Juhua, who has been pregnant for two months, also felt a little embarrassed. In the past two days, Lin Qinghao brought her a lot of fruit from Xiyuan, and her favorite food is red bayberry .

(End of this chapter)