Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 33 Corn Melaleuca Candy

Corn Melaleuca Sugar, the main raw material is of course corn, but the ingredients are made of malt. Yang Lishi said it too fast at the beginning, so the malt has not yet come out. There is really no way, Yang Lishi had to delay it for two days before making it. .

Corn Melaleuca Candy is a rectangular candy with the characteristics of fragrance, sweetness, crispness and crispness. It tastes sweet and delicious, and it looks very attractive when sprinkled with a thin layer of corn foam.

Chunqiu got up early in the morning and walked around around Yang Lishi. Yang Lishi fed the chickens, followed, Yang Lishi picked vegetables, followed, Yang Lishi poured slops, and followed.

Because Mrs. Yang and Li are going to eat candy today, not only Chunqiu has such an idea, even Huzi and Xiaoshitou, who have always been crazy, are hanging around in the kitchen. Foodies like Chunhua are even more indispensable, so when Yang When Mrs. Li turned her head, she saw rows of villains circling not far behind her buttocks.

"Hey, what are you all doing? Why don't you go out to play?" Yang Li was frightened by this, and almost threw the malt in her hand, her voice was a little broken, and she quickly patted her chest and panted, my dear, What is this?
"Grandma, we want to eat candy." Chunhua stared straight at the malt in Mrs. Yang's hand, her eyes glowed green, like a wolf cub who had been hungry for several days.

"It's not good yet, hurry up and go out to play, don't get in the way." Seeing Chunhua's expression, Yang Li was furious, and she knew how to eat and eat every day, and she couldn't do anything, her eyes stared fiercely With a glance at Chunhua, Chunhua was frightened back to her senses.

Chunhua was frightened by Yang Lishi's fierce eyes and took a big step back, her tone was stuttering, "Grandma, I...I will stay and help"

Chunqiu looked at the frightened second sister who was still pretending to be calm and wanted to stay. She didn't know what to say, but she still persisted in front of her family's biggest boss!How commendable it is!

"Then what about you two? What are the two boys doing in the kitchen? Hurry up, don't make trouble, or I won't give you food." After hearing this, Mrs. Yang and Li ignored Chunhua and turned to look at Huzi and Xiaoshitou instead. , You talk about the two boys hanging around in the kitchen if they don't go out, I really owe you a beating.

"Grandmother, I... want to help too." Hu Zi didn't want to leave either, so why would the second sister stay and help? Don't think that he can fool him when he is young, because he wants to eat more, he wants it too!Huzi's brain is spinning, he is very smart, grandma don't try to scare him.

"Me too, the second sister is here, and I want to stay too." When Xiaoshitou said this, his tone was not condescending, because Chunhua was staring at him viciously not far away.

Yang Lishi looked at the children in front of him, a little impatient, and regardless of Huzi and Xiaoshitou's wishes, he drove them away abruptly, leaving only Chunqiu and Chunhua sisters.

"Hua'er, go hold the firewood to light the fire, Qiu'er, go to the warehouse to get some corn groats." While chopping the malt, Yang Lishi ordered the two people behind him without looking back.

"Hey..." Chunhua didn't expect that she would be left behind by Grandma, she agreed in a brisk voice, and ran out quickly after she finished speaking, fearing that Grandma would chase her away a second later.

Chunqiu looked at the place where there was no one there, silently bowed her head and walked out, she should take the corn kernels.

When Chunqiu came back with corn groats in her arms, her second sister Chunhua was already squatting at the stove and lighting a fire. Chunqiu put the corn groats in her hand on the chopping board beside Yang Lishi, raised her head and asked, "Grandma?" , then what am I doing?"

Mrs. Yang Li had already chopped up the malt and poured it directly into a clean basin. After hearing Chunhua's words, she turned her head and smiled, "Grandma's good granddaughter, just rest." It's not that her good granddaughter is sharp-eyed, but her family is going to lose a hen, so Yang and Li are getting more and more rare now that she looks at her age, and she is even more sure that she didn't love her for nothing before, you see!This is not going to repay her, it's like filling soup dumplings, but it was thought up by my good granddaughter.

Chunqiu saw the background full of flowers blooming behind her grandma. Although she liked how grandma treated her like this, she still felt a lot of pressure.

"Grandma, Qiu'er can help you with the work." Chunqiu used her unique trick, pulling on Yang Lishi's cuff to act coquettishly.

"Okay~, let's grind with Grandma." Yang Lishi showed a chrysanthemum face and agreed to Chunqiu's request.

Mrs. Yang and Li held the basin, followed by Chunqiu. The two came to the small mill under the pear tree in the courtyard. This small mill was used by the Yang family to grind beans and other small things. Not too big, Mrs. Yang and Li can grind it with one hand.

"Qiu'er, do you know how to add the contents of this basin to the mill later?" Yang Li said to Chunqiu after washing the surrounding area of ​​the mill with water and wiping it clean with a rag.

"Hey, I know, Grandma, don't worry." Chunqiu stretched out his hand and patted his small chest to assure that this little thing is fine.

Seeing Chunqiu's confident little appearance, Yang Li smiled even more happily, her good granddaughter is amazing.

The two men grind and pick it up for about 10 minutes before grinding all the contents in the basin into a fine slurry, put the ground malt slurry and ground corn together, and add a lot of water to make the mixture After being completely soaked in water, the two returned to the kitchen after finishing their work. At this time, the water in the kitchen was also boiled. Mrs. Yang and Li asked Chunhua to rest for a while, and put it into the pot to cook when it was completely soaked.

"Okay, you two go to play first, and come back later after the fire is lit." Yang Li waved his big hand and boldly let the two leave.

Chunhua didn't say that she would stay and help this time, it might take a long time for the candy to come, and she's not stupid, so she didn't do it.

When the two came out, Chunhua secretly glanced at Yang Lishi, and found that Yang Lishi didn't notice, and then pulled Chunqiu away, "Second sister, what's the matter?" Chunqiu was a little curious, looked at What is that mysterious look on Chunhua's face?
"Do you know what happened the day before yesterday, that Aunt Wang from the next door came over?" Chunhua lay down next to Chunqiu's ear and whispered.

"What? I don't know." Chunqiu honestly shook his head, the day before yesterday?Come next door?Chunqiu thought about it carefully, the time is a bit far away, she has no impression, she doesn't know.

"Zuzu" Chunhua looked at Chunqiu, who didn't know anything, with a disgusted expression on her face, and then she thought of something, and said in a sad tone, "The next door came when it was dark, so I'm going to take a pee then, just noticed”

"Ah? What is Aunt Wang doing here? Didn't the hen come back?" Chunqiu thought for a while, and found out that this was the one who had a connection with the neighbor?The chickens are all back.

"You're so stupid." Chunhua looked at Chunqiu with an affirmative tone.

...You are stupid!Chunqiu's face became stiff all of a sudden, he was disgusted by a brat, Chunqiu roared inwardly...

"Why else, isn't it just a gift, I'm afraid our family will say it out?" Chunhua had an expression that I knew all about. With a swearing face, after finishing speaking, he glanced at Chunqiu with disgust, meaning that you really don't know much.

"No, Second Sister, didn't everyone in the village see the quarrel?" Chunqiu said.

"You don't understand. People in our village are so busy. As long as grandma doesn't talk about it in the future, who cares about this? Don't you all ask about the new wife of Lao Li's family now?" Chunhua looked at you with a naive expression. Looking at Chunqiu, I was taken aback for a while.

"..." Chunqiu, she was so naive! ! !
But her second sister is so knowledgeable!Chunqiu sighed in his heart, was it so precocious in ancient times?But then something was wrong in my heart, when did her second sister care about this?Don't you eat?
"Second sister, why do you still care about this?" Chunqiu asked.

As soon as Chunhua heard Chunqiu's words, her face was filled with grief and indignation, and she said in a vicious tone, "Huh, Grandma has collected a lot of things, and there is my favorite sweet-scented osmanthus cake in it, but she didn't even give it to me, I saw it all It's over." At the end, he almost cried.

...Sure enough, it was because of eating that Chunqiu was unable to complain. No wonder her second sister remembered it so clearly, and she was so emotional that she didn't eat the sweet-scented osmanthus cake.

"Second sister, the candy will be ready in a while, let's eat candy." Chunqiu decided to divert Chunhua's attention, otherwise, the whole village should know about the second sister's mouth the next day, and then the gift next door will be given away for nothing up.

"Sugar? Grandma hasn't called out yet." Chunqiu's eyes lit up at first when he heard Tang, and then darkened again. He looked down at the fluttering little feet, curling his lips in displeasure.

"Hua'er, Qiu'er, come in and light the fire." As if hearing Chunhua's complaint, Yang Li's voice rang out as soon as Chunhua finished speaking.

"Hey, grandma, I'm here." Chunhua ran in like a gust of wind, without caring about Chunqiu.

Looking at the disappearing Chunhua, Chunqiu feels very helpless, really, there is really nothing more important than food in her second sister's heart.

"Slow down, you idiot, let's see if you still eat if you knock it down." As soon as Chunqiu entered the door, he heard Yang and Li's scolding, including Chunhua's indifferent smirk. Is this another quarrel?Sure enough, she couldn't have too much hope for her second sister.

Chunqiu entered the room and saw that it was Chunhua who accidentally bumped the pot containing the syrup, which almost made Yang and Li useless.

"Hurry up and light the fire." Yang Li waved his hand in annoyance.She really can't get along with this heartless insight, or she will die of anger.

Yang Lishi put the pot into the pot to cook, and she also stirred it frequently with chopsticks to prevent the fine paste from burning.

Put the boiled fine pulp into a clean basin again, put in an appropriate amount of raw malt pulp, and when the juice is clear and not turbid, Yang Lishi returns the dregs juice together with it to the pot and boils again.

After boiling, Mrs. Yang and Li filter it with a fine gauze bag found in the kitchen. The filtered juice is clear, and then it is put into a pot to boil.

Observe that when the color turns to brownish yellow, turn to low heat and fry until the sugar solution can be scooped up with a shovel and the pieces can fall off, and when the bubbles on the surface are as big as a bull's eye, immediately remove from the pot.

"Okay, I'm going to fry the popcorn, Qiu'er, come here and stir it, don't let it get mushy." After Yang Li said, she asked Chunhua to start another stove.

Chunqiu quickly took it from the side, stirring the syrup in front of him carefully.

When all the preheated corn burst in the cold, Mrs. Yang and Li took out these cornflowers and crushed them, and then used a sieve to sift out the large ones.

"Qiu'er, take out the basin." "Grandma, where do you put it?" "Just put it aside, the rest of the grandma comes, Qiu'er just watch it obediently."

After Yang Li finished speaking, he washed the chopping board with water and dried it first, spread a layer of clean kraft paper on it, and sprinkled a layer of fried corn flour on the front, and spooned the prepared corn flour. Scoop up the sugar and put it on the fine corn flour. Because of the continuous stirring in spring and autumn, the softness of the syrup is just right. After spreading the syrup, Yang Lishi sprinkled a layer of corn flour on the corn sugar. Slowly press it around and press it thinly. After pressing it into thin slices, it will be shaped into a tube. Sprinkle a small amount of corn flour on the side. long short section.After the temperature dropped, Mrs. Yang and Li directly took out two pieces and handed them to Chunhua and Chunqiu, who had been screaming greedily beside her, and said with a smile, "Try it."

"It's delicious." Chunhua put the candy into her mouth in one bite, chewing it crunchy and sweet. "Grandma, I want more..." Chunhua stared at Yang Lishi longingly after eating, and she was not afraid of Yang Lishi staring at her at this time.

"I just know how to eat, eat, eat, eat and become a big fat pig. Let's see who raises you, and I will give it to you." Although Yang Li's tone was a bit harsh.But he still gave Chunhua another two yuan.

Chunqiu was eating and laughing beside her, her grandma is really a proud old lady.

Typical knife mouth tofu heart.

(End of this chapter)