Unlike pitaya, which can be picked anytime, kelp can only be harvested during the few hours of low tide.
Therefore, the time for harvesting kelp becomes quite tight.
If they did all the work themselves, they definitely wouldn't be able to finish it.
It would be even better if this work could be shared among the villagers.
However, Chen Fang's method is indeed feasible, and Pei Yao does intend to teach everyone her family's method of drying seaweed.
In fact, all fishermen along the coast dry seaweed, but they all have different methods, resulting in varying quality and appearance.
Therefore, Pei Yao wanted them to all use her method.
This method also makes the seaweed look better and the quality more consistent.
After the group discussed these matters, the dumplings were almost finished being wrapped. Pei Yao's dumplings were large and plump, and she wrapped a whole table of round dumplings.
Pei Yao took two plates of dumplings to the kitchen to boil water and cook them.
With so many dumplings, it will probably take two pots to cook them all.
Pei Yao cooked one pot of dumplings first, and then added the rest after the first pot was cooked.
Pei Xuan stared wide-eyed at the people surrounding her older sister, watching her cook dumplings.
She found it very interesting; she had only ever eaten dumplings before, and this was the first time she had ever seen dumplings made and cooked.
Pei Yao cooked a pot of food and then set aside some to steam in a steamer.
Some people like boiled dumplings, while others prefer steamed dumplings.
Making another flavor is good, it gives you more choices.
By the time Pei Yao finished cooking the dumplings, Shen Yu and his group had almost finished unloading their goods and were leading their horses back.
Pei Yao and Yun Niang were carrying two large bowls of dumplings as they walked out.
Upon seeing them return, I quickly greeted them, "The dumplings are ready! Come and eat!"
Pei Dalang walked at the front, sniffing the fragrance in the courtyard.
"Hey, I'm here."
Pei Erlang then tied the horse back to the stable in the corner of the courtyard.
Everyone sat around the table, looking at the plump, glistening dumplings, and couldn't help but swallow hard.
Everyone started eating. On the table was the dipping sauce that Pei Yao had prepared. Pei Yao's sauce was simple, consisting of some chili pepper pieces, soy sauce, and Sichuan peppercorns, with a squeeze of lemon juice at the end.
This seasoning looks simple, but it tastes incredibly delicious.
The whole family ate to their hearts' content, and not a single dumpling was left on the table.
Pei Yao thought to herself, thankfully she had made enough dumplings for lunch.
Shen Yu finished eating the dumplings and left first, as he had to rush to see Doctor Lin.
The county was far away, and the Pei family did not dare to linger. They bid him farewell and told him to be careful on his journey.
After seeing Shen Yu off, everyone sat in the courtyard to rest.
"Oh no, I'm too full. I don't think I want to eat dinner."
Pei Yichen had eaten the most dumplings earlier, and now his stomach was bloated, so he lay on the bench in the yard in distress.
He looked melancholy.
Chen Fang glanced at her son speechlessly: "You brat, I told you not to force yourself to eat when you couldn't, but you wouldn't listen. Now you're stuffed."
Chen Fang felt ashamed when she thought about how her son had eaten so extravagantly and without any regard for his image.
This child must have a gluttonous stomach.
Pei Yichen: "It's all because my sister's dumplings are so delicious! If I wasn't so full, I could have eaten ten more!"
Pei Yichen spoke in an exaggerated tone.
Chen Fang: "......."
Pei Yao had been working all morning and was hungry, so she ate a bit more and was feeling a little full now.
Hearing Pei Yichen's words, he couldn't help but let out a burp.
The village was very quiet in the afternoon, as most of the villagers had just finished lunch and were taking a nap.
Even the village dogs fell silent, with only a few scattered cries of chickens and ducks frolicking around.
The Pei family had eaten too much at noon, so they weren't sleepy at the moment.
Pei Yao suggested taking them to see the neighboring courtyard.
Everyone agreed with Pei Yao's suggestion. They had just eaten and it would be good for them to move around to aid digestion.
...
The once chaotic and dilapidated courtyard has become much cleaner and tidier after Pei Yao and Shen Yu spent the morning tidying it up, and it looks quite comfortable now.
Pei Yao repeated what she had just said to Yunniang and the others to Pei Dalang and Pei Erlang.
This also includes having villagers help harvest seaweed.
The family was very satisfied after looking at the yard.
"Yao'er, if we were to open a workshop, wouldn't we need to obtain the necessary permits?"
Pei Erlang had just heard Pei Yao say that she wanted to use this courtyard to open a workshop to make lychee wine in the future.
Kyoto has a clear regulation that all people who open workshops must register with the local government office to facilitate subsequent tax payments.
I just wonder if it's the same in Lingnan...
At this point, Pei Dalang chimed in, "That's right, Yao'er."
Pei Yao had thought about this question before, and had even asked Uncle Niu Er about it together:
"Father, Uncle, don't worry. I asked Grandpa Niu and the others beforehand, and it is indeed necessary to register with the government. However, Grandpa Niu said that he will handle it for us, so we don't need to worry about it."
Pei Dalang and Pei Erlang were relieved to hear this.
The tide was going out in the evening, so Pei Yao planned to start brewing the lychee wine that Gu Mingqian had asked for this afternoon.
After whispering a few words to Pei Yao, Chen Fang left the courtyard and headed towards Aunt Fang's house.
Pei Yao had observed the kitchen on the far side when she was cleaning. The layout was similar to Pei Yao's, but the difference was that Fu Chun's kitchen only had one stove.
The iron pot on top is long gone; it's estimated that it was divided up by the villagers.
The other rooms were the same; they were almost completely empty, with hardly anything usable left. So when Pei Yao and Shen Yu were cleaning, they simply cleaned everything up, leaving nothing behind.
There was nothing in this courtyard, so Pei Yao had to go back to her own courtyard to steam the glutinous rice.
The Pei family has been selling lychee wine almost every day lately, so they have brewed quite a lot of lychee wine themselves. It's just that Gu Mingqian wanted way too much this time.
All the wine at home wasn't enough, so we needed to brew some more.
......
Chen Fang walked towards the Li family's house at the entrance of the village.
Aunt Fang ate lunch today, but because she had just picked a lot of pitaya seeds, she didn't take a nap.
At this moment, the family was sitting in the yard, busy processing the thunder fruit while chatting about this and that.
The first to react upon hearing a knock on the door was the Li family's big yellow dog, who was gnawing on a bone.
It scrambled to its feet, not even bothering to pick its own bones, and barked wildly at Chen Fang, who was knocking on the gate of the courtyard, with its eyes closed.
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