Chapter 25 Honey Wax
I don't know what the food made from these things tastes like.
But she thought it must be delicious.
Everything that is made by Aunt San is delicious.
After finishing these things, it was already dark and it was difficult to see clearly.
Shen Yueyao asked Su Erya to go back and rest, but Su Erya didn't want to go back to rest.
She knew that Third Aunt still needed to knead the dough, so she wanted to help.
"Aren't you tired?"
Su Erya was full of energy and shook her head, "I'm not tired. I had a full meal at noon and at night, so I'm very energetic now."
In the past, when I was hungry, even if I went to bed early at night, my stomach would growl with hunger.
But after eating a full meal, the feeling of having a full stomach is different.
At this time, Su Erya's eyes were also eager to learn and learn cooking skills.
Shen Yueyao looked at Su Erya's eyes and knew that she would not be able to sleep even if she went back now. This child seemed to be eager to work and study.
In this way, Shen Yueyao would not insist on letting her go back.
"Then I'll boil some water and drink some."
"Aunt San, don't bother. I'll boil some water."
Su Erya is very perceptive and rushes to do the work.
The reason why Shen Yueyao said to boil water was actually to boil some spiritual spring water for the family to drink.
In this way, Su Erya can replenish her energy by drinking some spiritual spring water, which is good for her health.
Dabao and Erbao were not afraid of the cold either. They ran around in the yard with their gourd cup toys.
Shen Yueyao washed the teapot and teacups, then brought them into the house and put them away.
After boiling the water, Shen Yueyao poured it into the gourd teacup and drank it after it cooled down.
She scooped some more to use in kneading the dough.
Using Lingquan water to knead the dough makes the finished product taste sweeter and softer.
Su Erya knew how to knead dough and said, "Aunt San, do you want to prepare the filling? We'll make the pancakes later."
Su Erya had never eaten roujiamo. She only knew the roujiamo that her third aunt sold at her stall in the morning. It was made of flour on the outside and meat on the inside.
Shen Yueyao said: "To make roujiamo, the steamed buns outside need to be made with leavened dough. Just knead the dough at night. When the dough is ready tomorrow morning, you can get up and make it right away."
Speaking of making dough, Shen Yueyao knew that there was no yeast powder using modern technology here, and they all used the old method to make dough.
Most people in the village use the yeast fermentation method, which is to knead the dough, put it in a container, cover it with dry flour, and the lactic acid bacteria in the flour will ferment naturally.
However, people usually keep a little fermented dough, pinch out a piece of dough, and use the remaining dough as yeast when making dough again in the future.
In fact, this method of making dough is also prone to poor fermentation, and the dough that is fermented is also closely related to the kneading and temperature of the dough.
Shen Yueyao added some spiritual spring water to avoid the problem of poor fermentation, and the noodles made from the noodles will be softer and more fragrant.
Su Erya also knows how to make dough, but she always feels that the dough she makes tastes a bit sour and is a bit hard, and she doesn’t know what the problem is.
"Aunt, this is good, right? The fermented dough should be good too."
Shen Yueyao nodded and said, “Well, there shouldn’t be any problem.”
After she finished, she looked at the lit oil lamp beside her and said, "Actually, it would be even better if it was fermented with honey. Adding a little sugar would make the noodles softer, more fragrant, and sweeter in the mouth."
Unfortunately, she didn't even see the honey.
In this day and age, anything sweet is expensive.
"Honey?"
Su Erya had not been to the mountains very often, but she heard that some children in the village had been stung by bees while playing in the mountains, so maybe there was honey there.
Shen Yueyao nodded and said, "Yes, it's honey. If you have a honeycomb, you can also make beeswax. That way, you won't feel bad about lighting candles at night."
Productivity was low in this era and candles were expensive.
Shen Yueyao is reluctant to buy candles now. If she can make candles herself, she can save money.
She could actually make a lot of things by hand, but unfortunately she didn't have that much material.
Some materials are very expensive to buy, and if you look for them, you may not know if they are available in the mountains.
Su Erya opened her eyes wide in surprise and asked, "Aunt San, can honey really be used to make candles?"
Su Erya looked excited and seemed to be in disbelief.
She had never known or heard of it.
I thought candles were made using a special method.
Shen Yueyao smiled and said, “Yes, I will teach you a lot of things in the future, and you will know how wonderful nature is. Many things that grow naturally are treasures.”
Su Erya was listening nearby and felt very magical.
Su Xueyi returned to the house silently. Even in the inner room, he could hear the sounds coming from the kitchen.
He also heard clearly what Shen Yueyao said to Su Erya.
In fact, a house like this will not be soundproof even if the door is closed.
Although Shen Yueyao was talking to Su Erya, she also noticed Su Xueyi's movements.
She went to the inner room and lit the oil lamp on the table so that Su Xueyi could read.
Based on her memory, she knew that before Su Xueyi's books were sold, she used to read at night.
So despite the current conditions at home, Shen Yueyao doesn't want to save this little bit of lamp oil.
She also felt that the night was too dark, without even a light on, and it felt too quiet.
Light a small oil lamp, the dim light is on, and you will have a warm feeling in your heart.
Lighting is truly a magical thing.
Su Erya's eyes showed a desire to learn knowledge, and she said excitedly: "Aunt San, I will listen carefully and learn well."
Shen Yueyao nodded.
"Okay, the noodles are ready now. We can start working on it tomorrow morning."
Su Erya asked, "Aunt San, are you going to sleep or do something else?"
Su Erya looked like she didn't want to go back.
Shen Yueyao looked at her with a bit of amusement, but still said softly: "I still have something to make, if you have nothing to do, just watch from the side."
"Okay!" Su Erya nodded happily.
Shen Yueyao blew out the oil lamp and went into the west room, which was the room where she and Su Xueyi slept.
This way, you can do something with the help of light and save some lamp oil.
Shen Yueyao felt helpless in her heart, she never thought that she could be so frugal now.
Su Xueyi was reading a book at the table. The book was the one that Shen Yueyao bought for him.
Shen Yueyao took out her previous set of clothes from the cabinet, as well as the leftover scraps from making bellybands for the two treasures, and then the sewing box.
Looking at these, Su Erya whispered, "Aunt San, do you want to do needlework?"
Shen Yueyao explained softly: “I bought a lot of scraps of cloth at the cloth shop during the day and wanted to make something.”
When Shen Yueyao took out the large sack of rags, Su Erya looked at them and realized they were really rags. "Aunt, these rags can't even be used to patch clothes."
Shen Yueyao said: "It's not for patching, it's for filling things. There are a lot of these scraps of cloth and they are very cheap. It cost five cents in total. If I used cotton, it would be expensive."
Shen Yueyao was going to make some dolls with needle and thread.
This way the clothes can also be put to good use.
These clothes are really too colorful and eye-catching, and she can't wear them out.
It would be better to make these clothes into something else.
If these clothes were made into dolls, the colorful colors would look great if matched well.
Su Erya was very curious and watched carefully.
Shen Yueyao first drew the shape of the puppet on the back of the cloth.
She used charcoal made from burning fire to draw a cute cat on the back of the cloth, and then cut it out with scissors according to the instructions.
Then sew it up, leaving a hole to stuff things in, then turn it right side out and stuff the scraps of cloth in.
Stuff it until it is bulging, and then use needle and thread to sew out the eyes, nose and mouth.
This is how a puppet is made.
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