Chapter 231 Mosquito Repellent Methods
Cui's eyes lit up when she looked at Shen Yueyao.
Because he was too excited and couldn't believe what he heard, his eyes widened.
Even Ye's breath was held, and the movements of her hands stopped. She looked up at Shen Yueyao without blinking.
Shen Chengzhou was stunned.
Shen Shaochen even forgot to put firewood into the stove.
They all looked at Shen Yueyao.
Shen Yueyao had just said this simply, but she didn't expect everyone to look at her in shock.
The excited and disbelieving expressions explained their feelings.
Amidst everyone's expectant gazes, Shen Yueyao nodded and said, "It is indeed possible to make sugar, but it requires sugarcane and a step-by-step process to make it."
In fact, if you make brown sugar in batches, you can sell it.
Ye's heartbeat was a little faster with excitement, and her brain was buzzing. She murmured softly, "Sugar on the market is very expensive, especially brown sugar. It's a noble thing. People usually don't buy it. They only buy a little when they really need it."
"When a family treats guests with brown sugar eggs, it is a wonderful way of entertaining them. Brown sugar is not usually served."
Ye still remembered that when she was in confinement after giving birth, Cui was very kind to her and even bought her some brown sugar.
Originally, you couldn’t buy brown sugar in town.
Sugar costs only a few dozen coins per pound, which can buy a lot of grain.
If her mother-in-law hadn't felt sorry for her at that time, she wouldn't have been able to eat brown sugar.
Even now, they can't buy candy freely.
Even though their lives are better now and they have made a lot of money, they are used to living frugally and do not indulge in extravagance.
Therefore, they will not buy too many expensive things. At most, they will buy a little so that they can use it occasionally at home, so that they don’t find themselves without such things when they need them.
Ye's heart was pounding with excitement at the thought of making her own brown sugar.
If someone else said this, Ye would not believe it. If everyone could make brown sugar, brown sugar on the market would not be so expensive.
But when Shen Yueyao said this, Ye believed it.
If Yao Niang says it can be done, then it can definitely be done.
Chen Chengzhou said: "Just now my daughter said that it needs sugarcane to make it, but we have never seen such a thing as sugarcane in our town."
Shen Chengzhou knew what sugarcane was.
But he had never seen sugarcane in the town or in the nearby mountains.
Cui's excited expression dimmed. "Indeed, without sugarcane, there's no way to make sugar, right?"
Shen Yueyao smiled and said: "Although it is not white sugar or brown sugar, you can make malt sugar. It is simple to make malt sugar. You can use wheat and glutinous rice."
"But it's not good for children to eat too much sweets, so I didn't do these things."
"If you want to eat it, soak the wheat tonight. After two or three days, the wheat will germinate and you can make malt sugar."
Cui's gloomy expression instantly brightened up, and she said excitedly, "My daughter, we can do it in two or three days."
Chen Chengzhou said: "Why are you in such a hurry? My daughter came home to rest and play, how can I tire her out?"
Cui slapped her forehead and said, "Look at me, I'm just too excited."
Ye said, "Sister, it's okay as long as we know we can do it. We don't have to do it. Now our family has a business that can make money. We don't have to do everything. Don't overwork yourself."
She just admired her sister's ability and said she could do anything.
Shen Yueyao shook her head and said, "I'm not tired. I can't stay idle at home either. Doing these things is like playing."
“It’s very fulfilling to make delicious food by yourself.”
She likes this feeling.
In fact, she can't sit still if she just sits there and plays.
"Third sister-in-law, go get some wheat and soak it overnight. I wonder if there's any glutinous rice at home?"
Ye thought for a moment and looked at Cui.
Cui thought about it and shook her head, saying, "We really don't have glutinous rice at home, but we can go to town to buy some. The grain store in town has it, and the price is not expensive."
Ye said quickly, "I'll go to town to buy it tomorrow."
Shen Shaochen said: “I can just go buy it, you stay at home.”
Now that they don’t have to go to the noodle shop to look after the store every day, Shen Shaochen and Ye have relatively free time.
On weekdays, if there were any errands that needed to be done, Shen Shaochen was reluctant to use Ye Shi, so he would do it himself if he could.
Shen Yueyao was very happy to see that her third brother knew how to care for his third sister-in-law.
Third sister-in-law is so nice, third brother should just know how to show some love to her.
While talking, Shen Yueyao stirred the rock sugar in the pot, and the rock sugar in the pot melted quickly.
After melting, add the apricot meat and continue to cook.
Shen Shaochen continued to make fire.
After boiling for an incense stick of time, the contents of the pot will become thick.
"It's ready when it becomes thick. The jam is ready. Pour the jam into a bottle and let it cool before eating."
Cui looked at the thick jam, smelled its sweet aroma, and exclaimed in amazement, "So this is apricot jam. It's so easy to make."
It looks so simple, but no one has ever thought of making jam with apricots before, and no one knows what jam is.
"My dear daughter, you know so much. We have something delicious to eat again."
Cui feels that her life is comfortable now. Her son, daughter-in-law and daughter are all good, her grandson is smart and sensible, and the family has a business to make money, so she doesn't have to worry about food.
The most important thing is that I can eat the delicious food made by my daughter from time to time.
I have to say, when I think of delicious food, I feel excited.
Now I don’t think about how to eat enough every day, but how to eat well.
The eldest and second child were both lying on the stove, unable to help but look into the pot.
Even Xuanxuan followed his two brothers curiously, looking so cute with his well-behaved appearance.
The three of them didn’t cry or make a fuss, so it was very worry-free.
Looking at their eager eyes, Shen Yueyao felt soft in her heart.
"It's a little hot right out of the pot, so you can't eat it yet. Wait until it cools down a bit before you can eat it."
Cui hurriedly brought the jar over.
Shen Yueyao and Ye used a spoon to scoop the jam from the pot and put it into the jar.
Three small jars were filled at once, which can feed the whole family for many days.
Cui asked, "My dear, can we just eat it with a spoon after it cools down?"
Shen Yueyao explained: "You can put some jam when cooking, and you can also spread jam on steamed buns when eating them. You can eat them however you want. In fact, there is no fixed pattern for eating. You can be creative at will."
"For example, you can fry a poached egg and spread jam on it."
Just listening to it, everyone felt like saliva was coming out of their mouths.
Just thinking about it makes me feel delicious.
Ye went to look at the pickled apricots nearby and said, "Sister, there should be enough time. Are these pickled?"
Shen Yueyao nodded and said, "Well, this time is enough. The purpose of pickling is to remove the sour taste of the apricots."
"Mom, these are the two big jars for canning, right?"
"Yes, just use these two big jars, my girl. Aren't these two jars enough?"
Shen Yueyao said: "It's enough. Let's steam it to sterilize it first."
Cui and the others didn't understand what disinfection was, but they just knew to do as their daughter said.
So I steamed the big pot.
In fact, if there is alcohol, you can wipe it with alcohol, but there is no alcohol in this era.
Once done, add the pickled apricots.
When Ye took it, she found some water in the basin, "Why is there more water in the basin?"
As Shen Yueyao put apricots into the jar, she explained, "These are the sour parts of the pickled water. This way the canned apricots will be sweeter."
Ye and the others all suddenly understood.
It turns out there is such a saying.
When it comes to cooking, they really don't know as much as Yao Niang.
"If you want to put water in here, you need to put purified water. We make our own purified water..."
As she spoke, Shen Yueyao taught everyone how to steam and how to collect purified water.
After the purified water is prepared, put it into a jar, add rock sugar and sugar, then cover it with a lid and steam it in a pot.
After steaming, tighten the lid to seal.
"Okay, now you can put it away after it cools down and eat it whenever you want."
Shen Chengzhou took a look and said with emotion: "Making jam is much easier than canning."
Shen Yueyao smiled and said, "Different flavors, if you ask me, canned food tastes better."
"Actually, you can eat the apricots you can't eat like this."
Cui said, "One can of canned food is enough for us. When you go home, Yaoniang, take this can of canned food with you. These two cans of jam will be perfect for your mother-in-law and Da Ya and Er Ya to try."
Shen Yueyao said: "Mom, it's okay, leave these at home for you to eat, I'll just bring some apricots home and cook them when I get home."
"It's mainly because Da Ya and Er Ya are eager to learn, so I can teach them while I'm doing it."
Since Yaoniang said so, Cui Shi did not insist on letting her take these things back.
After finishing these things, everyone sat down to rest and talk.
Erbao tugged at Shen Yueyao's hand and said, "Mom, maltose, maltose."
Erbao's eyes were shining, and he looked like he wanted to eat malt candy.
Even Dabao blinked his big eyes at Shen Yueyao.
Xuanxuan licked his lips, he wanted to eat candy.
Shen Yueyao was amused by the expressions of the three little guys. She smiled and said, "I can't forget the malt sugar."
As she spoke, she looked at her parents and said, "Mom and Dad, first get some wheat and soak it overnight. After two or three days, it will sprout and we can make malt sugar."
Cui's eyes narrowed into slits as she smiled. "I want to eat malt sugar, too. But I saw you were tired just now, so how could I let you do so much work?"
"I'm not tired. I feel happy when my family cooks and eats delicious food together."
She felt that this was the relaxed and comfortable pastoral life.
You can cook whatever you want to eat. In your spare time, the whole family can sit together to study food and chat. It's very comfortable.
Ye hurried to get a basin of wheat and soaked the wheat in water as Shen Yueyao said.
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At this time, Chai and her friends were still enjoying the cool air at the street gate.
Chai's grandson tugged at her clothes and said, "Grandma, it smells so good."
"What does it smell like? Are you hungry?"
"Didn't you have a full meal tonight?"
Chai made dumplings in the evening.
This is a delicacy that we usually don’t want to make during the Chinese New Year.
At most, we make some dumplings during the Chinese New Year, but no one eats them, so how can they fill people up?
But my daughter-in-law and daughter worked in the Shen family vermicelli workshop for more than 20 days, and their wages were paid yesterday.
Including the bonus, the two of them directly took back one or two taels of silver.
Chai was so happy that she went out to buy some meat this morning and even used white bread to make dumplings, which was equivalent to a celebration.
Chai is still savoring the taste of the dumplings, and she feels so happy after eating them.
It is true that the food in summer is not as good as in winter, but as long as the food is delicious, the whole family will eat more even if it is hot.
Chai's grandson said, "It smells good, very good."
The woman next to her said, "Sister Chai, your Erzhu is right. I smelled a fragrance too. It's coming from Sister Cui's house. They must be cooking something delicious again."
Chai smelled it carefully. "I thought it smelled like apricots, but it's different. It has a sweet fragrance. Oh, it smells good. It must be something delicious."
“Girl Shen is really amazing, she knows a lot and can make all kinds of delicious food.”
"Sister Cui and the others are in for a treat."
Chai patted her grandson's hand and said, "That's enough. That's someone else's stuff. Grandma taught you not to covet other people's things."
There are mosquitoes in the summer nights, and there are no mosquito nets at this time.
Fortunately, Shen Yueyao made sachets for her parents using medicinal herbs.
Hanging it by the bed can repel mosquitoes and insects, allowing you to sleep soundly in the summer.
I can’t get a good rest unless I get bitten by mosquitoes.
Shen Yueyao felt that even if she mentioned mosquito nets, no one would understand.
Shen Yueyao knew that in the summer here, people often used sachets and planted grass that could repel mosquitoes.
Some people also burn mugwort.
In fact, it would be more convenient to use a mosquito net.
If Fourth Brother wants to start a cloth shop business, he can make and sell mosquito nets.
This kind of thing is not available on the market now, but once it is promoted, the business will definitely be good.
Because in summer, everyone needs a mosquito net if they want to have a good sleep.
With so many dignitaries in the entire Dayan Dynasty, they would naturally be willing to spend money to buy mosquito nets.
If ordinary people cannot afford to buy mosquito nets, they can only continue to use the old methods to repel mosquitoes.
If the cost of mosquito nets is reduced, ordinary people can afford them.
The family sat together and talked, and Cui told Shen Yueyao the details of the vermicelli workshop.
"Because your third brother and his wife run a shop that's famous for its duck blood vermicelli, everyone knows vermicelli is a good thing. Some people even asked about buying vermicelli to make vermicelli soup, but only your third brother and his wife can make it, so their inquiries were useless."
"When we started making vermicelli to sell, your third brother and his wife put up a sign outside their shop saying we were selling vermicelli. When the noodle shop and restaurant owners heard the news, they all came to buy vermicelli from us. But we had just started making it, so we didn't make much. As soon as we made it, they bought it all..."
"After that, your fourth brother contacted some merchants, and they also came to place orders with us in advance. In this way, there is no need to worry about sales."
"Actually, these merchants, including those from other places, were a little hesitant to do business with us villagers. But thanks to your reputation, when they heard we were your parents, they felt reassured and placed orders right away..."
"In order to get the business done quickly, I didn't build a workshop yet. I rented a few empty houses in the village to use as workshops. This saved time and effort, so I could hire people to make vermicelli right away. Now it's the end of the month, and everyone has worked for over 20 days. I paid them 20 coins a day, and I took some of the money I earned from the workshop as bonuses. I gave each person a bonus of 100 coins, so they were all very happy to receive over 500 coins..."
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