For example, how to use the bellows to make the stove fire burn more vigorously.
Every time Su Qingluan made a fire herself, she would either use too much force and blow out the sparks that had finally started, or for some reason, thick smoke would rise up. Once, she even almost set the kitchen on fire.
As a chef in his previous life, he almost ordered the kitchen to go out of business in this life. This was an experience Su Qingluan had never expected.
So the job of lighting the stove was given to Yang. Su Qingluan had given up on this job which she could not master no matter what.
By the time Yang lit the stove, Su Qingluan had already cut the prepared red dates in half and removed the pits. She then kneaded the glutinous rice flour with hot water into a smooth, non-sticky dough, and cut it into small, white, plump, and miniature doughs of appropriate size, and sandwiched them between two and a half dates.
Seeing Su Qingluan throw in the jujubes mixed with glutinous rice dough, Yang smiled and said, "Just steam it like this?"
Su Qingluan nodded: "Just add a little osmanthus honey when it comes out of the pot." In fact, the two jars of "secret weapons" in her cabinet can also be poured on top, but considering that it has a special purpose, Su Qingluan can only use osmanthus honey instead, which is a bit too sweet for her.
After the glutinous rice dates were steamed, Su Qingluan placed them one by one on a plate and poured a layer of osmanthus honey on the surface. Then Su Qingluan picked up a date and handed it to Yang: "Mother, would you like to try it?"
Yang shook her head and said, "You kids love these sweets the most. Leave them for Erzhuang and Sanya! Mother doesn't want to eat them."
In fact, Su Qingluan understood that Yang Shi was not "unwilling to eat" but "reluctant to eat".
"Mother," Su Qingluan said with great disapproval in her tone, "My younger brothers and sisters are still young, and my younger brother is especially weak in the process of changing his teeth. Eating too much sweets will inevitably lead to tooth decay. How can we let them eat so many glutinous rice dates as they please? What's more..."
Yang turned around, waiting for Su Qingluan's next words, but unexpectedly, Su Qingluan quickly put a cooled glutinous rice date into Yang's mouth.
"Mother, you've already touched the dates in your mouth, so you might as well eat them." Su Qingluan smiled like a little fox.
Yang shook her head, took a careful bite, and then looked up: "No date pit?"
"It's easy to knock out a tooth if there's a date pit," Su Qingluan said teasingly. "My second brother just had his new tooth grow back a few days ago. If he knocks out a tooth because of a date pit, won't he be crying?"
Yang heard Su Qingluan's joking intention, shook her head and smiled helplessly: "You, just like to tease your brothers and sisters every day." As she said that, she chewed the glutinous rice date in her mouth carefully.
The long, high-temperature steaming softens the skin of the dates, which used to be irritating and cause coughing. The glutinous rice dough, which was originally very flexible, becomes softer and stickier after being steamed at high temperatures.
Jujubes already have a rich sweetness, which is further enhanced by the high temperature. However, the sweetness of jujubes is more intense, while the addition of osmanthus honey adds a layer of gentle sweetness. The two sweetnesses overlap and blend together to form a more distinct sweetness.
Although Yang said she would not eat them, who could truly resist such a soft, sweet snack? So, before she knew it, she had devoured several glutinous rice dates.
So it was no surprise that these glutinous rice dates were sought after by younger brothers and sisters. Of course, Su Qingluan also ate a lot of them because she wanted to "calm herself down".
As for Su Guangfu, he was the only one in the family who really didn't like sweets, so he just tasted it symbolically and didn't eat any more.
Perhaps human energy is not enough to sustain tension for too long, or perhaps Su Qingluan's anxious mood was soothed by eating sweets, so she was not as nervous as she was when she first planned to go to the door to express her gratitude.
So much so that the next day, when Su Qingluan received a message from Xie Zian's house informing her that Mr. Xie would be free in two days and could see her, Su Qingluan was not too excited or nervous.
Two days later, Su Qingluan solemnly took out the two carefully prepared small jars from the cabinet and murmured, "Victory or failure depends on this one move. Let's see if you two can carve out a path to wealth for the villagers."
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