This is the second update today, making plum juice.
After making the soy sauce, Jiang Zhi only cleaned the stove surface slightly, put the soy sauce in a cool place to store, and tied the bag of soybean residue tightly before soaking it in lukewarm salt water. Then she collapsed onto the bed, exhausted.
She said she wasn't busy this morning, but she was actually incredibly busy. She went to the market, went shopping, bought clothes, cooked, cleaned the house, and even made some soy sauce.
Adding to the fact that she hadn't slept well last night, Jiang Zhi happily decided to give herself some free time to catch up on sleep this lazy morning!
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After a good night's sleep, Jiang Zhi felt incredibly refreshed!
When she woke up, she sat up, stretched, and felt completely relaxed.
In a good mood, Jiang Zhi started tinkering with food and drinks again!
She glanced into the main room and chuckled: Gu Yuan had probably gone back to her own home to continue practicing martial arts; Pei Ye and You Yi were probably bored in the house and had gone out for a ride to have some fun!
So, in the empty main room, only Xiao Mahua was still engrossed in reading and writing calligraphy.
Jiang Zhi was lost in thought when suddenly her eyes lit up.
Let's make some plum soup to cool her down and refresh her!
Anyway, it's quick and easy to do!
Jiang Zhi first ran out and asked her neighbor for money to buy a small basket of dried plums.
Actually, this money was given to You Yi when he asked Jiang Zhi to take care of Xiao Mahua. Now it's back to its rightful owner.
As Jiang Zhi thought this, she handed the money to her neighbor, Auntie, and in return received a whole basket of glossy black plums that were in season!
Then Jiang Zhi put the dried plums into the water ladle, added a little salt, and carefully washed them by hand!
After washing, Jiang Zhi took out the pool of glossy black plums and let them air dry.
At this moment, she asked Xiao Mahua to put down her book and take the small purse that Jiang Zhi had specially bought for her at the market to the doctor's shop in the center of the city to buy some licorice, hawthorn, and [unclear] candy.
To prevent Xiao Mahua from forgetting, Jiang Zhi even counted the money on her fingers and helped her count it again. She also wrote a small list for her, which she put in her money bag, and then spoke to the little girl in a gentle voice.
When she saw that small figure slowly moving towards its destination, Jiang Zhi finally came to her senses and couldn't help but smile wryly.
How could she really raise someone else's little girl as her own child?
Subconsciously, I taught her how to interact with people, cultivated her composure and calmness, and corrected her bad habits...
He taught this child everything he hadn't received growing up, bit by bit, showing that he himself had also learned through hardship and struggle...
As she pondered, Jiang Zhi sighed softly:
Oh well, let's just consider it a lesson to myself who has never been through the ups and downs of society!
She gently washed her hands, then opened the book "Tiangong Kaiwu" that Xiao Mahua had been reading. She turned a few pages, intending to check the homework she had assigned Xiao Mahua before bedtime: to familiarize herself with all the words on those pages and be able to give a basic explanation of what the book was about.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the little twister opened the book that was hidden on the table, a page that was not tightly held down floated down with the movement and fell to the ground.
Jiang Zhi bent down, picked up the page with her hand, and then burst out laughing again.
With Jiang Zhi's occasional guidance and the little girl's own hard work, Xiao Mahua can now write some simple characters. Although they are not as elegant and flexible as Jiang Zhi's own writing, they have the advantage of a beginner's naivety and neatness.
With that same brushstroke, she wrote "Waterworker, Woman!" on that half-fallen page of the book.
Jiang Zhi could easily guess that the little guy probably wanted to praise her, which was why he was diligently practicing his handwriting on this page.
Unexpectedly, the little girl probably mistook the character "姜" for the easier-to-write character "江", while the more difficult-to-write character "芝" was selectively abandoned by her, thus forming the four characters: one, two, three, and four.
Jiang Zhi couldn't help but chuckle to herself, but she also felt an even greater affection for the little twisted dough stick.
She quietly put the page back in its place for Little Twist, and made a slight decision in her heart:
Today's task has one more thing to do: learn the characters for "ginger" and "sesame" first!
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When Xiao Mahua pushed open the door with one hand holding the medicine bag and the other, she was greeted by Jiang Zhi's unusually gentle gaze, which startled her. She subconsciously began to recall whether she had done anything wrong.
As Jiang Zhi took the small medicine bag that Xiao Mahua was carrying tightly, she asked a few questions about the price in a gentle voice. After getting a general idea of the price, she patted Xiao Mahua's fluffy little head and sent her back to her studies.
Jiang Zhi opened the small medicine bag herself, looked inside at the five or six pieces of licorice root about the length of a finger, and the dried hawthorn and taffy wrapped in oil paper on the other side. Jiang Zhi opened and counted them one by one, and after confirming that Xiao Mahua had not been tricked, she smiled slightly, picked up the small medicine bag, and went into the kitchen.
Sour plum drink is easy to make, at least for Jiang Zhi!
There's only one prerequisite: first, choose a pot that hasn't been touched by oil or meat.
This is also Jiang Zhi's experience in making beverages. To put it simply, you shouldn't cook vegetables recently, as they are prone to absorbing other flavors.
If you add a touch of fried rice flavor to the plum juice, even Jiang Zhi won't be able to resist!
Believe it or not, one of Jiang Zhi's apprentices in her previous life actually did this: she used a pot of soup that had been used to stew pig's trotters to make passion fruit lemon tea. When the finished product came out, even Jiang Zhi couldn't save it and almost fainted!
As her mind wandered aimlessly, Jiang Zhi couldn't help but chuckle at her past memories, only to feel a pang of sadness at the same time...
Although her thoughts were in turmoil, Jiang Zhi's hands were not slow at all.
She first placed the dried plums and hawthorns in a basin, washed away the surface dust with running clean water, then carefully picked out the dust from the crevices with her hands, and finally removed the shells from the hawthorns and dried plums, which was considered the initial cleaning.
Then, following the order of placing licorice at the bottom, layering dried plums, then hawthorn, and finally topping with rock sugar, Jiang Zhi stacked these ingredients into the medicine pot one by one, and added water to cover the rock sugar.
That would mean the initial phase of the project is complete.
This medicine pot was bought for Xiao Mahua by the You family a few years ago. As soon as Xiao Mahua heard Jiang Zhi's request, she found it for her in no time. It's perfect for this occasion. Several years have passed, the smell of the medicine residue has dissipated, but it's been overcooked, making it just the right time.
Jiang Zhi held the jar, which was full of medicine, in both hands and gently lifted it onto the fire. As soon as the huge flames licked it, bubbles began to rise from the bottom.
Jiang Zhixian kept adding firewood, and the fire grew bigger and bigger until it became a boiling fire.
This is also where Jiang Zhi's experience lies. Whenever making soup, she usually starts by boiling it over a high flame until it boils, and then gradually reduces the heat to allow the flavors to slowly infuse.
When the plum juice turned slightly dark and small, dense bubbles spread from the bottom of the pot to the edge, Jiang Zhi knew that the plum juice had boiled, but was far from being cooked.
A note from the author:
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The second update is here!
My darlings, please read this! [cheering emojis]
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