Chapter 192: New product: Ficus pumila seeds rubbed into ice powder, colored with wild fruits, made into...
Zhang Lamei thinks Lin Shu's family is unlucky, and Lin Shu also thinks she is unlucky.
If I really get stuck with such a bad relative, my family will never have peace in the future.
Lin Shu was relieved when her uncle's family came to visit her this time. Otherwise, she would always be worried that their family would suddenly show up again to claim to be relatives.
Lin Dashan is a man who values family ties and is easily influenced by others. A'niang is tougher than him, but she is kind-hearted. This time, it was because her aunt's family was greedy and her misery was not played to the point, so A'niang did not fall for it.
So let's make a scene. The bigger the fuss, the better. After it gets out of hand, everyone will know that the two families have severed ties and will never have any contact with each other again. If their family ever becomes truly prosperous, the uncle's family won't be able to get close to them anymore.
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Aye seemed unhappy that she used her body as an excuse to chase people away.
Lin Shu hugged him and acted coquettishly, "It doesn't matter. Even if the villagers all know that I'm a pampered sickly girl, so what? I have my own life to live. I don't care what others say."
Zhou Ye frowned. "Ah Shu, if you want to completely sever ties with your uncle's family, we need to find another way. Don't curse yourself."
Lin Shu burst out laughing. "If I say I'm not feeling well, does that mean I'm truly not feeling well? Then if I say I'm strong and have immense strength like you, does that mean I too can become immensely strong?"
Zhou Ye rubbed her head helplessly, "I know you don't care about these, but Ah Shu, I do."
"Then let me calm your frightened heart tonight?" Lin Shu leaned close to his ear and whispered something, which made Zhou Ye's ears turn red instantly.
Most of the villagers in Tianshui Village are simple and honest, and people like my aunt are a minority. Lin Shu still enjoys eating, drinking and having fun in Tianshui Village.
However, after this incident, her aunt spread the news that she was a delicate and sickly woman, and when she passed by in the village, people would always look at her strangely, most of them with sympathy and sighs, and a few were gloating.
Poor people can't afford to get sick, and a single illness costs a lot of money. They thought the Lin family was going to start living a good life, but then this happened. Some people who had originally thought of borrowing money from the Lin family gave up the idea and even dared not get too close to the Lin family, fearing that if they got too close, they would be asked to borrow money in return.
He Guixiang was happy to be alone. She didn't want to deal with these villagers who suddenly came to her for friendship. Tianshui Village was so small that she could always find some connections to get close to them. After all, those who should be close to her wouldn't stop being close to her just because Ah Shu was not well. For example, Zhang Qiaohua's family, Lin Zhaodi's family, and Li Chunmiao's family would be close to her.
As for the younger brothers who followed Xiao Pu, the elders in the family were grateful and felt closer than distant.
In fact, most villagers are nice people. When they see Zhou Ye and Lin Shu, the young couple, they will still exchange a few words with them.
Apart from these, there was not much change in the couple's life after they got married, except that Zhou Ye spent less time in the fields and he spent more time with Lin Shu.
In their spare time, they would go to the mountains together to pick mushrooms and fruits. At noon, Zhou Ye would learn to read with Lin Shu. Although sometimes he would go to bed to rest for a while while learning, he would not behave himself well with his words and hands, which always made Lin Shu blush.
The ficus pears in the mountains are gradually ripening, and the sea buckthorns are also ripe. More wild fruits are emerging, including loquats, wild grapes, wild kiwis, and sour dates. The pyracantha trees in the mountains are also starting to turn red, but many fruits are more delicious after frost.
Zhou Ye held Lin Shu's hand and walked openly on the country road, no longer hiding like before.
When villagers saw the two holding hands, they would just smile in good faith, and the more aggressive women would make a joke. Lin Shu usually acted like a shy young wife, and A Ye would handle the rest.
The mountains are Zhou Ye's home turf. He always knows which places have more mushrooms, which places have more fruits, and which places the villagers will not set foot on. Then he chooses the thickest and largest tree, presses Lin Shu on it and kisses her hard. It's not just a kiss, he also eats a few bites of peaches, which makes Lin Shu turn into a puddle of water and whimper.
Once, Zhou Ye took Lin Shu for a long walk and found a cave. The cave was extremely hidden. There was a waterfall and a pool of water not far away, but the cave was not damp.
Zhou Ye moved a large rock to block the entrance of the cave, and suddenly there were only two people left in the cave.
There is a crack in the top of the cave, and light leaks in, so it is not pitch black.
Lin Shu saw the thick layer of hay on the ground, as if someone had lived here several times.
Before she could continue thinking, Zhou Ye had already taken off his clothes and spread them on her. He laid her down as she screamed and covered her up in an instant.
Soon, embarrassing sounds of splashing water and impact were heard in the cave.
Lin Shu was forced to cry several times. Zhou Ye was like a wild beast in the mountains. The more she cried, the more excited he became.
There were too many things to worry about in the thatched hut. Zhou Ye didn't like the way she suppressed her emotions and didn't say anything. But it was different outside. He could always use various methods to force her to cry and scream. The sound was so beautiful that his soul seemed to fly away.
When she was bullied too much, he hugged her and coaxed her, kissing her until she got wet, and then he ate her up completely.
Lin Shu felt that Zhou Ye should not be called Zhou Ye, he should be called Zhou Beast. He looked honest in front of others, but he was not honest at all in front of her!
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"Aye, look, there are still a lot of ficus carica fruits here!" Lin Shu and Zhou Ye each carried a basket on their backs. Half a day later, the baskets were only half full. The main reason was that Zhou Ye was a bastard and never did his job.
Zhou Ye put down his backpack, jumped lightly, and pulled down the vine of the ficus pumila fruit that was wrapped around the old tree. He then swiftly picked off the ripe fruits on it.
The fruits of the Ficus pumila can be dried and stored, so pick as many as you can. The sea buckthorn can be used to make sea buckthorn paste, so there is no such thing as too much.
The rest of the time, I picked various wild fruits, especially those with pigments, which were just right for coloring the ice jelly made from the lychee fruit.
The two returned home with a full load, and He Guixiang was the only one at home mending clothes.
"Ashu, this wild fruit doesn't seem to be edible. Why did you pick so many?" He Guixiang looked at the litchi fruits in the basket.
Lin Shu explained with a smile: "Mother, this is a good thing that is not inferior to Guanyin Chai. It can also be used to make ice jelly. It is called Xili, also known as Magnolia, so the ice jelly made with it is also called Magnolia tofu.
We sell ice jelly made from Chinese angelica wood every day. We have almost picked all the Chinese angelica wood in the mountains. Aunt Lin was worried two days ago, saying that the quantity was less these two days. Now, the ficus pumila is ripe, and we can use the ficus pumila fruit to supplement the supply!
The ice jelly made from split lychees is light in color, and we can also dye it into various colors using the juice of wild fruits. Mother will know when I make it."
He Guixiang was very interested after hearing this. She quickly put down the work in her hands and worked with Lin Shu to process the lychees.
Seeing that there was no one who needed help here, Zhou Ye decided to go to the fields. He worked quickly, and even if he only went to the fields for an hour, he could help Lin Dashan do a lot of work.
"Then go ahead. You and Dad both need a share, I'll save it for you!"
Zhou Ye looked at her smiling face and couldn't help but soften his brows. He helped her put the things in the backpack in order before leaving.
Lin Shu squatted beside him and watched him busying himself, like a small mushroom growing next to a tree stump.
He Guixiang looked at the couple's affectionate look and smiled in her heart. After all, they had just gotten married and it was the time when everything was sweet and sweet.
"Aye, drink some water before you leave." Lin Shu reminded.
Zhou Yedu walked out, but when he heard this, he came back and drank a bowl of water.
When Zhou Ye finally left, Lin Shu leaned her head out to watch him walk away, but when she turned around, she was met with a playful smile on A Niang's face.
"I really don't want to be separated from Aye. Just don't let him go to the fields. He listens to you."
Lin Shu quickly shook her head. "What's the point of being stuck together all the time? You'll get bored after a while."
He Guixiang looked at her with a smile, without exposing her inconsistency.
"Mother, don't be distracted, let's continue making ice jelly."
"Okay, okay, I won't talk about Aye anymore."
The main method of making ice jelly from ficus pumila fruit is to use the seeds inside the fruit, but ficus pumila fruit is divided into male and female, that is, female fruit and male fruit. The male fruit has no seeds, so the female fruit must be used.
When the female fruit is cut in half, there are a large number of small seeds similar to sesame seeds in the middle. These seeds are rich in gelatin, just like the leaves of the Alocasia odora.
However, making ice jelly with the seeds of the fig is even simpler than making it with Guanyin Chai. There is no need for wood ash to "add brine", it can just solidify after rubbing it.
He Guixiang followed Lin Shu's instructions and cut all the lychee fruits she picked in half. She threw away the male fruits and took out the seeds from the female fruits, leaving only those to be eaten today. She spread the rest in their shells on a large bamboo sieve and stored them in a cool place.
Drying the seeds in the shell in the shade can maximize the preservation of the pectin in the seeds. If stored properly, they can be stored for a year or so without any problem. Of course, they will definitely be eaten up before that long.
Wrap the fine seeds with gauze and rub them back and forth in mountain spring water. This will produce a large amount of thick juice.
While He Guixiang was kneading the juice, Lin Shu was not idle either. She crushed the wild fruits she picked separately, squeezed out the juice, and then mixed the juice into colored juice.
Ground loquat, also known as Mandixiang, is sweet and juicy, and the juice it makes is purple-red.
Wild grapes are small and sparse in clusters, dark purple-black in color, with a strong sweet and sour taste, and the juice obtained is purple-black.
Wild kiwi fruit is only the size of a quail egg. When ripe, it has a sweet and sour fragrance, and the juice obtained is yellow-green.
The sea buckthorn fruit is golden in color, sour and sweet, and the juice obtained is orange-yellow.
Divide the juice from the Ficus pumila seeds into four portions and add each of the four colored juices to each mix. The uncured ice jelly quickly becomes stained by the juices, creating a truly beautiful sight! Not only is it stained, but it also imparts a subtle fruity aroma, sometimes sweet and sour, sometimes fragrant.
If there is residue in the juice, it needs to be filtered. After filtering, wait for the juice to solidify.
The ice jelly made from ficus pumila seeds solidifies slowly. If it is at room temperature, it will take one or two hours. However, because the mountain spring water is cool, only half an hour is enough.
By the time Lin Zhaodi finished selling the ice jelly and came to divide the profits, the ice jelly made by Xilizier had almost solidified.
Lin Zhaodi was pleasantly surprised when she saw it. "Ah Shu, what is this? So many colors, as clear as amber, it looks delicious just by looking at it!"
Lin Shu smiled and said, "Auntie, you guessed it right. We don't have that much ice jelly made with Guanyin Chai anymore. It's a good opportunity for us to launch a new product."
While chatting and laughing, Lin Shu had already prepared three bowls of ice jelly, with two spoonfuls of different colored ice jelly in each bowl.
No fruits or beans were added, just a spoonful of rock honey water was poured in.
Lin Zhaodi ate very slowly, savoring each color of ice jelly carefully. The more she savored, the more excited she became. "Ashu, did you put wild fruits in it? What a good idea! I have a feeling that once this new ice jelly comes out, more people will buy it!"
He Guixiang also praised it highly, "It tastes like wild fruit and is smoother and more refreshing than the one we had before."
Lin Shu ate it with a spoon, looking very satisfied. The ice jelly made with Guanyin wood was more like tofu, while the ice jelly made with ficus pumila seeds had a texture like jelly, and of course it was smoother.
This is not served chilled, it tastes better when chilled.
There are not as many lychees as Guanyincha on the mountain, so they can be sold at a higher price.
"Aunt Lin, the ingredients for this new ice jelly are hard to find, so we'll sell it for fifteen cents a bowl. We don't need to sell too much each day, thirty or forty servings will do. Customers will be served on a first-come, first-served basis."
"Okay!" Lin Zhaodi responded excitedly.
Now her ice jelly stall has become famous. Ah Shu asked her to give it a name. Coincidentally, both she and Ah Shu had the surname Lin, so she named it Lin's Ice Jelly.
Many ladies and young ladies in the town like to eat her ice jelly, and they even have their maids and servants line up to buy it.
Of course, the process of selling ice jelly was not smooth sailing. In the middle of the process, some people came to her door and wanted to ask her to buy the recipe for making ice. Most of them used threats and inducements, which annoyed Lin Zhaodi. Later, A Shu came up with an idea and signed a contract with a prominent family in Jingxi Town.
That family was a local tycoon who owned many shops. Seeing the business opportunity in ice making, Lin Shu went to meet them because of their friendly attitude.
After some discussion, Lin Shu agreed to sell the ice-making recipe to the other party, but only after three months. After that, the hot weather would be over, and there would be no chance to use ice. This meant that the other party could resume the ice-making business after the summer arrived next year. The family was quite reasonable and agreed to all of Lin Shu's terms.
With the protection of local powerful people, no one dared to cause trouble for Lin Zhaodi's ice jelly stall anymore.
Lin Zhaodi was worried at first, fearing that the ice jelly stall business would get worse next year, but she eventually came to terms with it.
If she had no one to protect her, her stall might have run into a lot of troubles, and she would have earned less money, but she would have been able to ensure safety and success, and not suffer any losses.
Thinking about the colorful ice jelly that will be launched tomorrow, Lin Zhaodi was very happy when she left.
With Ah Shu here, even if the iced food no longer has the advantage of being iced next year, her ice jelly stall will still have no worries about business!
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The author has something to say: Ahem~ Doesn’t this chapter mention the wildness of a cave? I’ll write about it in detail in the extra chapter after I finish the main text.
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