Yang scoffed and said, "You were only given a small glass of white wine, so it's not very strong. If it was plum wine, you might as well just drink the fruit juice."
Su Qingluan smiled and said, "Drinking too much is harmful to the body. We can rest assured if Dad drinks some less strong wine. Besides, plum wine is sweet and sour, and as women, we can also try some."
"Then can I drink plum wine too?" When the little girl Su Xueyan heard that "women can also try it", her eyes lit up and she seemed eager to try it.
"You?" Yang teased, "You can't even drink a little mustard without crying. You'd better stop drinking."
After being stewed under pressure, the pig's stomach, which was originally very tough, becomes easy to break when bitten. Although it is still very elastic, it is not difficult to bite, but rather very soft and glutinous.
Because it was a dish of cold-mixed shredded tripe, Su Qingluan added a lot of spices. Su Xueyan naturally couldn't handle such a "heavy taste", but she was still eager to try it, so Su Qingluan simply picked out a few cilantro for her to satisfy her craving.
Aside from the spicy shredded tripe, the other dishes tonight were all quite light. This was the only dish that was spicy, fresh, and had a very chewy texture. The spice went really well with the rice, so everyone ate quite a bit tonight.
After dinner, Su Guangfu became visibly sleepy and could barely open his eyes, so Yang asked him to go wash up and go to bed. Meanwhile, Su Qingluan began to wash the green plums she had bought and prepare to make wine.
In fact, brewing plum wine is very simple, but there are still many small details to pay attention to. At least in her previous life, Su Qingluan failed three times in brewing wine, and each time there was a different "surprise".
Considering that the winemaking conditions in this era were more crude and primitive, Su Qingluan had already memorized the places where he might fail long ago.
First, wash the plums. This step is much simpler than the modern method of adding salt water and baking soda to remove pesticide residues—in those days, organic pesticides were not common, so simply washing with water to remove surface stains was sufficient.
However, after washing the plums, it is equally troublesome to remove the stems at the root - if this part is not picked off, the brewed fruit wine will have a bitter taste of the stems, so it must be removed.
On the way, the younger brother went to review his lessons. His younger sister Su Xueyan came over and saw Su Qingluan pulling out the "little bunches" one by one. She thought it was very interesting and wanted to help.
Su Qingluan shook her head: "You just cut your nails yesterday, so you can't really pinch such a small fruit stem. I won't bother you to help for now!"
In fact, there is another point. Su Qingluan was afraid of discouraging the child's enthusiasm, so she didn't say it.
Although it seems simple to remove the fruit stem, there is a little trick to it: rotate the fruit stem a full circle to allow it to naturally separate from the fruit. Do not pull it off with brute force, otherwise the peel will easily be pulled off together.
When brewing green plum wine, the peel of the plum cannot be damaged. Otherwise, not only will the flesh easily contaminate the wine, but more importantly, the broken-skinned fruit will easily rot even if soaked in white wine, and the entire jar of wine will be ruined.
If you know the quality has changed, throwing away an entire jar of wine is a bit of a shame, but it's not a big deal. The concern is that if the deterioration is minor and can't be seen with the naked eye, drinking such wine will only cause vomiting and diarrhea. If you're not careful, it will cause you to die, which would be a real injustice.
Su Qingluan picked the plum stems one by one, while Su Xueyan watched beside her and then began to count on her fingers with her head down.
After a moment, the little girl rolled her eyes and tugged at her elder sister's sleeve: "The day after tomorrow is the day for her to rest."
Su Qingluan's "Su Ji" has a day of "rest" every ten days. Of course, unlike the rest days of officials in the government to tidy up their appearance, Su Qingluan just wanted to give everyone some time to rest.
Originally, Su Qingluan wanted to follow the example of her previous life and have two days off a week, but there is a saying that "too much is as bad as too little". In this world, except for officials who have a "ten-day holiday", which is the so-called "rest day", and it is only once every ten days, the rest of the work is basically non-stop all year round, and they can only take a few days off during the New Year.
If you need to take leave for ordinary reasons, your wages will be deducted.
At Su Qingluan's place, everyone gets three days of personal leave each year, and no wages are deducted for taking leave during these three days. In addition, there is one "rest day" every ten days, and national holidays such as Shangsi Festival are not counted as holidays.
From Su Qingluan's perspective, this kind of vacation is simply too harsh, to the point where even the capitalists who loudly declared "996 is a blessing" in their previous life would cry.
However, in an era when the concept of "vacation" was generally non-existent, Su Qingluan knew that if there were too many holidays, "Su Ji" would become too out of place.
The most important thing is that "Su Ji" is a service industry after all, especially the stores responsible for front-line sales. It is even more impossible for them to take a vacation every few days, so they all work in shifts.
Even so, in the eyes of the employees of "Su Ji", they actually have so many holidays here without salary deductions, which is simply like a paradise. This makes Su Qingluan shed tears of sympathy for these poor working people: people who have never enjoyed social welfare are really too pitiful!
Su Xueyan had calculated Su Qingluan's day off, so she must have something to say. Sure enough, the little girl, seeing her elder sister buried in her work, looked at her with a half-smile on her face and said nothing, "Sister, if the weather is good that day, we..."
"No." Su Qingluan refused very decisively, quite heartless and unreasonable.
Su Xueyan said angrily: "But I haven't said what I'm going to do yet!"
"Whatever you want to do, you have to do it yourself," Su Qingluan reached out and pinched the tip of her sister's nose, then continued to work on her own things, "because my sister has something to do that day."
Su Xueyan was obviously a little unhappy and pouted, but compared to Su Xuanhe, a naughty kid who would start to act up once he didn't get his way, Su Xueyan was still a very angelic little angel.
She felt awkward for a while, then she came to her senses and started bargaining: "...Well, since Sister said she's busy, she must have something very important to do. So how about we go on an outing on our next day off?"
Su Qingluan didn't say anything final: "If Sister has time and the weather is good."
"Sister, is the matter really so important? What is it?" Su Qingluan repeatedly postponed her original outing plan, which made Su Xueyan curious about what her sister was going to do.
Su Qingluan smiled mysteriously upon hearing this: "You need to learn how to cheat and deceive."
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