Chapter 265 Passionate
Hearing Su Daya's excited voice, Shen Yueyao knew that she could make malt sugar.
When Dabao and Erbao heard the sound, they both looked towards the stove.
The two men didn't bother to watch Shen Yueyao making the bread oven. They ran quickly towards the stove.
Shen Yueyao watched their actions, and the smile on her face became even wider.
Children are curious about everything.
At this moment, she still had soil in her hands.
She put down the shovel, filled a basin with water, washed her hands, and then went into the stove.
Su Daya excitedly showed Shen Yueyao what was hanging on the shovel and said, "Third Aunt, this is the consistency."
Su Erya was also waiting for instructions from her third aunt to see if she needed to light the fire again.
Su Daya and Su Erya had never made candy at home, nor had they heard of anyone making candy.
So the two of them were still excited at this time.
Shen Yueyao looked at the consistency of the malt and glutinous rice water in the pot and said, "That's good."
"This way you don't have to light the fire, let it cool down first."
"Let's prepare some other things, like peanut, sesame, and soybean flour."
"Er Ya, please help light the fire in this pot. I'll go get the peanuts, sesame seeds, soybeans and other things."
"good."
There are two large pots on the left and right sides of the stove.
Convenient for cooking.
Su Erya makes fire very quickly.
Shen Yueyao put peanuts, sesame seeds and soybeans in a pot according to the proportion and fried them.
After frying, grind it into fine powder using a grinding wheel.
Knowing that flour needed to be ground, Su Daya came to the yard to help.
"Aunt San, these are what you need to make candy."
Su Daya never knew that making sugar involved these steps.
I didn't expect there would be peanuts, sesame seeds and other things.
Peanuts, sesame seeds and soybeans are fried and you can smell the aroma of fried food.
Shen Yueyao said: "Actually, we don't need to add these, but we eat it at home, so we can make it as delicious as we want. If we add these, the malt sugar we make will also be nutritious."
Su Daya nodded vigorously, turning the millstone as she walked, quickly grinding it into fine powder.
After they ground all of these into powder, the glutinous rice malt sugar also cooled down.
"Can we eat it like this?" Su Erya looked at the cooled object and thought it was malt sugar.
Shen Yueyao shook her head and said, "It's okay to eat like this, but we have to make something more delicious."
"So you need to pull it... just like making ramen noodles, pull it like this, watch me do it."
Shen Yueyao got a clean wooden stake and kept pulling the cooled malt sugar.
"Aunt San, how long are we going to pull this? Are we going to keep pulling like this?"
Su Daya and Su Erya looked at their third aunt and both felt that pulling this thing seemed to take a lot of strength.
Shen Yueyao said, "You have to pull it until it's bright white. When it's bright white, it will have a luster and it won't be this color anymore. Keep pulling it like this and you'll notice the color changing."
Su Daya and Su Erya felt it was a magical feeling.
They all wanted to try the feeling of pulling malt sugar.
"Aunt San, let's do it."
"Yes, Third Aunt, we also have the strength."
Shen Yueyao said: "Well, okay, you two can stay here for a while, and take turns to work, so it will be easier."
Su Erya had just burned firewood and her hands were covered in dust, so she quickly washed them and prepared to start.
Su Daya took over Shen Yueyao's action and started pulling malt sugar.
“You really put in a lot of effort.”
Su Erya watched from the side and said, "I feel like it looks pretty good when it's pulled like this, very shiny and smooth. The key is that I can smell a sweet scent next to it."
Su Daya kept pulling hard, thinking that she would be able to eat the malt sugar soon.
It feels different when you make something yourself.
Shen Yueyao mixed the peanut powder.
Also fry some sesame seeds so that they can be sprinkled on the maltose.
There are also almonds. The almonds were given to Shen Yueyao by her parents when she came back. They are all peeled almonds, so just fry them directly.
Shen Yueyao took out some thin oil paper.
In this era, there was no such thing as plastic wrapping paper, and people mostly used oil paper to wrap things.
However, if you want to wrap malt sugar, such a large piece of oil paper is very large.
Shen Yueyao cut the oil paper into small pieces with scissors so that it would be easier to wrap the malt sugar.
Wait until Shen Yueyao is done with her work.
Su Daya and Su Erya were still struggling to pull the malt sugar.
Shen Yueyao rolled up her sleeves and said, "Let me do it!"
Su Daya felt a little sore in her arms.
But Su Erya felt okay.
The main reason is that Su Erya has been doing a lot of work since she was a child, so her body has been well-trained.
Su Daya's physical fitness is still not as good as Su Erya's.
Shen Yueyao said: "Da Ya, you should exercise more often. I taught Er Ya a set of Tai Chi boxing before. You can learn it. Practicing more can strengthen your body."
Su Daya nodded and said, "Yes!"
“I used to think cooking wasn’t a physically demanding task, but now I realize that some foods do require effort.”
Shen Yueyao thought that only here people used firewood to make fire and cook in big pots.
In this technological age, if you want to practice cooking, you have to learn how to flip the wok.
Both test the strength of the wrist.
"If you want to cook delicious food in the future, especially noodles, you actually need some strength. If you have strength in your wrists, kneading the dough and making noodles will be much easier."
In fact, delicacies are divided into white and red cases.
White case mainly refers to pastries and noodles, while red case refers to cooking seasonings.
"If you are interested in cooking, I will teach you some more food recipes when I have time."
"Even if I open a small noodle shop in the future, business will be very good."
This is the advantage of being in this era. The food culture is backward and the seasonings are not as rich as in the technological age, but any food from the technological age will be very popular.
Su Erya said without hesitation: "Aunt San, I want to learn. I feel very happy when cooking delicious food, especially when I eat it, I feel a sense of accomplishment."
Su Daya said, "Aunt San, I also want to learn. As long as you teach me, I will study hard."
After experiencing some things, Su Daya also understood that there is no distinction between high and low in doing things.
Learn a technical skill so that you won’t go hungry.
Having a skill will make people more confident.
Anyway, she felt that she had learned a lot from her third aunt and had become much more confident.
I won’t be afraid of this or that anymore.
Shen Yueyao nodded and said, "Okay, from now on, whatever I do, you will follow and learn. If you don't understand or can't remember, ask me and I will explain it to you in detail."
"In fact, if I have the ability in the future, even if I don't open a shop, I can start an academy and become a female teacher to teach cooking."
Set up a college?
Su Daya and Su Erya really didn't dare to think about such an idea.
“Can we still run the academy?”
The famous academies in the Great Yan Dynasty were all founded by great scholars and were all very prestigious.
To be honest, those college presidents and teachers are very respected.
They are women, how dare they think of such things.
This is the instinctive thought in their minds.
But when they paused and thought again, they realized that their Third Aunt taught them that they should dare to think and do many things.
Women can also do some things well and be respected.
The two of them were excited when they thought about running an academy, having their own apprentices and students, and being respected.
Not to mention, when they dare to think about something, their whole body is filled with passion.
Shen Yueyao said: "Of course, when we have the ability, we can set up an academy."
Shen Yueyao actually wanted to set up a girls' college to teach girls some survival skills.
You can open embroidery classes, cooking classes, accounting classes, medical classes, etc.
But this is just an idea.
She also doesn't know when it will be implemented.
Bringing some changes to this era is not something that can be achieved overnight.
She also needs to rely on Su Xueyi's status behind her to do some things.
It only works if there is background support behind it.
"Let's not talk about that for now. I'm telling you this idea because I want to tell you that as long as you work hard to learn your abilities, you'll always be able to use them in the future. Even iron forging requires strength, right?"
"Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared. If you work hard and learn real skills, you can seize the opportunity when it comes..."
Shen Yueyao told Daya and Erya a lot of profound truths, which made both of them excited and felt like they had endless energy.
Shen Yueyao looked at the two people and wanted to laugh. It felt a bit like a pie in the sky.
But she does have a lot on her mind.
Since we are in this era, we can actually do something in the future.
In fact, it’s not about wanting to help others selflessly or doing whatever you want.
But she understood that if she did that, her social influence would be greater.
By then, it will not be so easy for anyone to take action against the Su family.
Just like when the Su family was exiled before, if the Su family had a high social influence and social status, with many students under their tutelage, someone who wanted to exile the Su family would have to think twice.
This was a feudal society, and the emperor had the final say. If one wanted to better protect one's family, one needed to make some preparations and take some measures.
When Su Xueyi returns to the capital, she will also take Dabao and Erbao with her.
She also has to consider many things for her elder and second child.
She hopes her children can live a safe and stable life.
It would be best if the Su family would always be valued.
Other noble families and royal officials did not dare to touch the Su family.
While thinking about things, Shen Yueyao also finished making malt sugar.
"Look, it's very good to be white like this."
"Come, take out the big panel and put it on the table in the yard. We'll make some really delicious malt sugar later."
Su Daya and Su Erya hurried into the house to get the large panel.
The panels used by the villagers are all large panels. If placed on the bed, they can take up half of the bed.
In this era, most villagers live together as a whole family.
Cooking is always done in a big pot, especially when making pasta.
Sometimes when cooking, the whole family sits around the panel and can either sit or work.
In fact, Shen Yueyao also likes to use this kind of large panel. When cooking, she doesn’t feel like she is cooking. The whole family sits around the large panel and works together, which feels like leisure time.
Because it is very relaxing to talk while doing something.
It is especially useful when making noodles or dumplings.
"Aunt San, do I need to knead it like dough?"
Shen Yueyao said, "Almost. I'll grab a few pieces and roll each into a long pancake. I'll put these crushed peanuts and sesame seeds in it. Watch me do it."
Shen Yueyao rolled the malt sugar into a cake, sprinkled peanut and sesame powder on it, then wrapped it up, rolled it up, and rolled it into a long strip.
Su Daya and Su Erya are very smart and can do it just by watching.
I don’t know when Dabao and Erbao came to the panel and sat on the stools.
"Mom, let's help too."
Dabao and Erbao blinked their big eyes at Shen Yueyao, wanting to join in and help.
In the eyes of the two treasures, this might be a fun thing.
Shen Yueyao smiled and said, "Okay, you guys will help later, but for now, just watch from the side."
When they were all rolled into thin strips, the strips were too large to be spread out on the panel and could only be rolled into a circle.
"Okay, now the malt sugar is ready. We can eat it directly like this."
“But to make it even better, sprinkle some sesame seeds on it.”
As she spoke, Shen Yueyao plucked a few and said, "Try them all."
Su Daya and Su Erya picked them up and ate them excitedly.
Shen Yueyao also gave it to Dabao and Erbao to eat, "Look, this is malt sugar, try it."
"Eat slowly, it's a little sticky. After eating, be sure to brush your teeth before going to bed at night."
"Uh-huh."
"Uh-huh."
Dabao and Erbao nodded vigorously in order to eat malt sugar.
The two little guys licked it first,
Shen Yueyao looked at how they ate and said, "You can bite it with your teeth. Look at me eating like this."
Shen Yueyao ate it with her teeth.
Su Daya said excitedly: "Aunt, this candy is delicious, much better than the candy bought outside. The candy bought outside doesn't have this taste, and the candies are a bit hard. This one sticks to your teeth and tastes good."
Su Erya ate malt candy and smiled until her eyes narrowed into slits.
From now on, if they want to eat candy, they don’t have to buy it.
You can cook and eat it later.
Besides, she felt that the candies she made were much more delicious than those sold outside.
Su Daya and Su Erya felt that such small pieces were not enough to eat.
They ate several pieces at once.
I still feel like eating.
"Is it true that I can't eat too much sugar?" Su Erya still wanted to eat it, but she felt that everything should be controlled and limited, and not eaten freely.
This is the principle that Third Aunt taught them.
Shen Yueyao said: "You haven't eaten candy for a long time. It's okay to eat a little more this time. Just don't eat it every day. But if you eat candy, you must brush your teeth before going to bed at night, otherwise you won't be able to eat anything if your teeth are damaged and hurt."
Su Daya and Su Erya nodded. Since their third aunt said so, they could eat more.
The two of them ate with a smile on their faces.
The eldest and second baby eat slowly, so their little teeth easily get stuck.
But despite being so clingy, the two of them enjoyed their meal very much.
Dabao ate one, looked at the door and said, "Give it to grandma."
Shen Yueyao smiled and said, "Your grandma doesn't love you in vain. You know to think of grandma when you eat. Don't worry, the fruit malt candy is all left for your grandma. There are still some."
"But we can't eat so much right away. It will easily get dusty if we leave it like this. So, we can wrap it in oil paper and cut it into small pieces. This way, it will be easier to eat."
When wrapping the malt sugar, Dabao and Erbao also helped.
The two people moved slowly but carefully, wrapping each piece bit by bit.
To them, sugar is a very precious thing, so they are very careful when wrapping it for fear of damaging it.
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At this time, Mrs. Meng was washing clothes by the river.
In fact, in the summer, these women all like to go to the river. Although they are busy washing clothes, they can still feel cool by splashing water.
Under the willow trees by the river, people were sitting on stone benches, including old people and young women, all chatting while washing clothes.
The sound of a mallet hitting clothes continued.
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