When the village distributed grain earlier, Yang Liu specifically asked her father to take the sweet potatoes and yams.
Later, she felt that it was not enough, so she asked her father to ask the secretary to buy 200 kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes from the team.
Seeing her family buy so much of this, the secretary was shocked. He thought that if she ate so many sweet potatoes for three meals a day, she would probably become a fart king in the future.
Yang Liu was afraid that others would become suspicious, so she said that she bought it and sent it to Chu Yue's relatives.
Every year, the leftover things distributed by the team are used to feed pigs. This time, their family paid cash to buy them, so the people in the team were naturally happy.
Although I am surprised, I will not ask the reason to get to the bottom of it.
The process of making sweet potato flour is not complicated, but it is difficult for her to complete it alone, so she definitely needs help.
Seeing that she wanted to find Yang Nan, Chu Yue immediately volunteered and said that he could do the job.
Yang Liu said with disdain: "Can you do it?"
"Liuliu, it's enough for you to do it. I'll be your hands and feet." After saying that, he pulled her to the kitchen and prepared to start.
The rack needed for filtering is very simple. Just take two wooden sticks to form a cross, then hang it under the eaves with a rope, and tie a piece of gauze underneath.
However, her family did not have a stone mill. Usually, people in the village would take the things they needed to grind to Uncle Tao's house. There was a stone mill in front of his house, and he also had a donkey, which was very convenient.
Yang Liu remembered that one hundred kilograms of sweet potatoes could make twenty kilograms of sweet potato flour.
For her first time, she planned to try 50 kilograms.
After washing and chopping the sweet potatoes at home, they were divided into two buckets, and Chu Yue took them over.
Because the stone mill is often used by villagers, you can just rinse it with water.
I don’t know if Chu Yue was angry, but usually when people came to grind things, the donkey was very obedient. I don’t know what happened today, no matter how you whip it from behind, it just won’t move.
Yang Liu looked at the donkey that was as steady as a rock, and then looked at Chu Yue's face that was as black as the bottom of a pot. She immediately became more certain of one thing, that is, Chu Yue was indeed her nemesis.
Seeing that his wife was looking at him with a frustrated expression, it seemed as if she was saying, "See, even a donkey doesn't like you. You are my nemesis."
In order to overturn her idea, Chu Yue had no choice but to pull away the annoying donkey and push the millstone himself.
He pushed out two large buckets with his hands. In the end, he had no idea what day it was. He couldn't even tell the directions and could only walk in circles.
On his way home, if Yang Liu hadn't been there to lead the way, he felt like he might have gone to the wrong place.
The person behind was as tired as a dog, but Yang Liu felt in a good mood.
He also hummed a little tune with great interest.
Yang Liu took the ground powder back to filter it, then washed the powder again, and finally put it in a basin to settle overnight.
The next day, she poured out the clear water on top and put the remaining solidified powder in gauze to filter out the excess water, commonly known as falling powder.
Finally, after the powder is dry, put it outside to dry, and it will become sweet potato starch.
In addition to being used to make sweet potato flour, it can also be used to make shrimp chips and potato skins.
The finished vermicelli will need to be placed outside to dry, so she has asked Chu Yue to go to the woods behind to cut bamboo poles.
The last step of making sweet potato noodles requires two people.
After the water in the pot boiled, Yang Liu put the evenly mixed sweet potato starch in a colander, and poured it into the pot to boil. Then Chu Yue scooped up the cooked vermicelli and put it in cold water.
Finally, take it out to dry and it becomes sweet potato starch.
In the evening, when her parents came back, she made a bowl of hot and sour noodles for them.
It tastes sour and spicy, and is very appetizing.
Yang Bai was so engrossed in the food that he almost buried his head in the bowl. The corners of the little guy's mouth were still greasy, and he said happily, "Second sister, this is really delicious."
"As long as it tastes good, there's more in the pot. Finish your meal and I'll make more for you."
Yang Liu couldn't go there to grind sweet potatoes every day, mainly because there were too many people and she was afraid of being too conspicuous.
The last time she went to grind sweet potatoes, she found that not only Zhang Guilan was staring at her, but even Li Dazui came over to ask her all sorts of questions.
You can fool people once or twice, but if you do it too many times, you will be exposed.
Last time, she kept two kilograms for herself and gave two kilograms to her second aunt's family. There were about five kilograms left, which she sent directly to Zhao Liu in town.
After deducting the cost, she can earn fifty cents per pound of sweet potato vermicelli on average.
Of course, labor costs are not included.
The main reason is that people’s labor in this era is not very valuable, so it can be almost ignored.
Although Chu Yue didn't want his wife to be so tired, at least she was willing to let him stay by her side and help her, and she was still very happy about this.
Since he sent out the translated materials, he would ask his colleagues in the office almost every day if there was a postman to deliver letters to him.
Almost a month had passed and there was still no reply. He had almost given up hope when suddenly someone told him that there was a letter for him outside.
Chu Yue ran over in a hurry, but when he finished reading the contents, his whole face was covered with a layer of frost.
After school in the afternoon, he asked Yang Bai to go home first, saying that he had something to do at the Youth League Office.
Yang Liu sent sweet potato starch to Zhao Liu last time and also told him how to make Ants Climbing Trees and Pickled Sweet Potato Starch Shredded Pork. So this time he got feedback that this dish was particularly popular in their factory.
Moreover, he ordered 20 kilograms directly from her at one time, and he also paid a deposit.
Because Yang Liu needs to increase production now, he makes it at home, chopping the sweet potatoes into small pieces in a basin with a knife.
In the past, Chu Yue was the one doing this kind of hard labor. I don’t know why he hasn’t come back today.
When she heard the door open outside, she thought he was back and shouted.
But it was Yang Bai who answered, "Second sister, my brother-in-law said he had something to do at the Youth League Office and asked me to come back first."
Today, when she went to the canal construction site to deliver food to her parents, she ran into those female educated youth, especially Qin Meixia, who was sarcastic to her.
It would be useless even if she married Chu Yue because his family did not approve of her as a daughter-in-law, so it would be useless for her to do so.
Although Yang Liu retorted harshly, considering that Chu Yue had not returned home yet, she always felt that there was something she didn't know.
If that man dared to do something to hurt her behind her back, she would make him pay for it.
The more she thought about it, the stronger her grip became.
Yang Bai looked at the knife dancing with great force in her second sister's hand, and her eyelids kept twitching. She always felt that her second brother-in-law was in trouble.
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