Chapter 127 Grinding Tofu, Zhou Sinian's Candied Haws
The one pushing the millstone was Mrs. Huang, who was waiting to drink soy milk. The sound of the millstone was no less than that of a donkey. Mingdai wanted to take over for her for a while, but she was unwilling to do so.
Soon, the first pot of soy milk was put into the pot. Aunt Huang lit the fire while Mingdai watched the pot.
The aroma of soy milk gradually spread out, and the people in the room, one adult and four children, soon became unable to sit still.
Led by Zhou Sinian, the five of them got off the kang and ran to the kitchen following the smell.
The soy milk is just about ready to be boiled.
Mingdai asked Zhou Sinian to pick up five bowls and put them on the table, and put some sugar in the bowls.
Zhou Sinian carefully put three spoonfuls of sugar in his own bowl, while the four children perfunctorily poured one spoonful and left it at that.
Pour the mellow soy milk in, and the sweet taste comes out immediately.
Five people sat around the table drinking soy milk, each of them had a white beard.
As they drank, Mingdai started to order tofu pudding.
The gypsum is from her space. After it melts, pour it evenly into the pot and stir it evenly. Soon the soy milk in the pot begins to solidify, forming white and tender tofu pudding.
Ming Dai served a bowl to each of the four children, one adult and four children, who were lining up with their bowls, and asked Zhou Sinian to take them to his room to eat.
Soon the kitchen was empty, Mingdai took out the tools she had prepared in advance and started pressing tofu.
Mingdai cooked three pots of soy milk and pressed six sheets of tofu, enough for them to eat until April or May next year.
Although Aunt Huang and her family have fewer beans, they can still make two pots. If they eat them sparingly, they can last until April or May next year.
While the tofu was being pressed, Ming Dai used starch to make a brine, added the oil skin she had just peeled off and chopped peanuts, and called the adults and four children in the room. Zhou Sinian had a bowl of salted tofu pudding for himself, and two of the four children had a bowl each, because they had small stomachs and couldn't eat more.
Mingdai and Huang Auntie also drank two bowls each and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
When the hot tofu came out, the children could only watch, and Zhou Sinian and Mingdai only let him taste it.
She fried some chili peppers and mixed them with hot tofu to finish her lunch.
Noon, at the captain's house.
Liu Dazhu looked at the hard cornmeal cake and the steaming boiled water. His wife and daughter-in-law were not at home, and the three of them gave him this to eat? ! !
“Bang!”
Liu Lai Fu burst into tears: Hit me again!
Liu Laiwang covered his head in confusion: Why are you hitting me!
Liu Laifa lowered his head and said: Wife, it’s better to marry a few years later!
Finally, Aunt Huang and her two daughters-in-law left with the tofu in their hands, intending to go home and cut it all up and freeze it. This year, there will be one more delicious dish for the New Year’s Eve dinner!
Ming Dai put a plate of hot tofu in the space warehouse to keep it warm, cut a plate directly, asked Zhou Sinian to light the fire, and fried the tofu.
She also planned to freeze the rest. She thought Zhou Sinian would like the magical taste of frozen tofu.
She also made a jar of fermented bean curd and put it in the space to ferment. The flavor of the sesame oil fermented bean curd was perfect for porridge.
Before the Chinese New Year, Mingdai fried some radish balls and meatballs in a hot pan, and also made a lot of hemp leaves made of glutinous rice flour. Zhou Sinian liked them very much, but Mingdai was afraid that he would get a sore throat, so she only let him eat a few a day.
On the last day of Zhou Sinian's 20th birthday, Mingdai presented him with candied haws, and Zhou Sinian was happy the whole day.
She went to the captain's house to ask for straw and made a straw target.
The hawthorns that Auntie Huang gave her were soft and not very sour. They were coated with a thin layer of caramel, four of them strung together, and filled with grass targets.
Zhou Sinian smiled from the moment he started making the Tanghulu, and his eyes widened even more when he saw the Tanghulu that had been filled with the target.
"Ming Dai! This tree is beautiful!!"
Ming Dai was amused by his analogy and handed him the straw target: "Here you go! The candied haws you've always wanted to eat!"
Zhou Sinian happily took it, held it in his hand and looked at it over and over again. It was not until Mingdai reminded him that he carefully took a string and took a bite.
"Woo woo!"
It turns out that children of all ages can’t resist a string of candied haws!
“Ming Dai, it’s so delicious!!!”
Ming Dai also took one and ate it while laughing: "Take this first, I'll make you some strawberry ones, that one is also delicious."
Zhou Sinian nodded excitedly, holding up the straw target and reluctant to put it down.
Mingdai took the temperature into consideration and did it outside the space.
Zhou Sinian was holding a straw target in the yard, eating and playing, but he soon became unwilling to stay in the yard and wanted to go out and show his little brothers! !
He has a tree of candied haws!!!
Ming Dai saw him twisting around at the door like a pig, his red headscarf dangling so hard that it hurt her eyes: "What are you doing?"
Zhou Sinian laughed: "Mingdai, I want to go out and play for a while."
Mingdai looked at the stars in his eyes and knew that he wanted to go out and show off.
"Then you can only go to the captain's house and give one to each of their children. Don't go to other people's houses and tease other children!"
Zhou Sinian nodded repeatedly: "I know, I know!"
Ming Dai was relieved to see that he was dressed warmly: "Okay, go early and come back early, I will give you a surprise later!"
Zhou Sinian happily agreed and went out carrying the candied haws.
Zhou Sinian came out just to show off his candied haws, but it was cold and everyone was staying at home, with no children or even dogs outside.
He carried the candied haws on his shoulder, feeling somewhat disappointed, until he reached the captain's house, when he became happy again.
After knocking on the door twice as a token of his appreciation, he pushed the door open.
The bang startled several people in the room. Liu Lai Fu got off the kang to take a look, and saw Zhou Sinian carrying a candied haws into the yard.
Zhou Sinian was excited when he saw people.
He held up the straw target in front of him and showed Liu Lai Fu his candied haws from all angles. Only when he saw his mouth open in shock did he walk inside with satisfaction.
Liu Lai Fu was surprised by the amount of candied haws in his hand, and watched him squeeze through and go into the house with his mouth wide open.
Liu Dazhui was cleaning his tobacco pipe on the kang, the women were doing needlework, the useless sons were sleeping, and the children were gathered around reading the comic strip that Mingdai had just given them.
When Zhou Sinian came in, everyone was busy with their own things. They thought it was Liu Lai Fu who came in and no one looked up.
Zhou Sinian waited for a while, and when he saw that no one reacted, he frowned.
Liu Lai Fu, who followed in, took a look and immediately understood!
He cleared his throat and coughed loudly.
“Ahem!!”
The coughing scared Auntie Huang so much that she almost got stabbed by the needle: "What the hell are you coughing about! I'm so scared..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw Zhou Sinian standing at the door with the candied haws in his hand that he could not ignore.
"Wow!"
“Wow!!”
“Wow wow wow!!”
“Wow wow wow wow!!!”
While the adults were still in shock, the children had already jumped off the kang in ecstasy and were circling around Zhou Sinian.
The exclamations of "wow wow wow" made Zhou Sinian extremely satisfied.
The admiring looks of the little potatoes and their constant shouts of “Big Brother, Big Brother!” made him unable to suppress a smile.
After showing off enough, the children couldn't control their saliva, so Zhou Sinian squinted his eyes and picked out the four smallest strings on the straw target and handed them to them.
Tiedan glanced at his grandfather. Liu Dazhu didn't expect Zhou Sinian to be so generous. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded.
The children then happily took it, licked it carefully, and jumped for joy at the delicious taste.
Tiedan took it, but did not eat it first. Instead, he gave it to his grandparents and let them eat first.
Aunt Huang and Liu Dazhu shook their heads with satisfaction and looked at the happy children under the kang with sympathy. They had a better impression of Zhou Sinian.
Although it might be Xiao Ming, the educated youth, who instructed it, but the big devil Zhou Sinian doesn't want to give it, and no one can get it down!
Goudan followed suit and handed it to his parents.
He just wanted to do it for show. After all, there were only four of them, and he would feel bad if he gave one away.
Liu Lai Fu touched his son's head and refused, but Mrs. Huang bit one off.
Goudan was stunned when he saw that one of the candied haws was missing!
Looking at my mother who was eating happily, and then looking at the candied haws in my hand, I burst into tears!
Aunt Huang was so angry that she started swearing again.
I also wanted to give yellow peaches and yellow apricots to my parents, but they both refused.
Liu Laifa looked at this and then that, and thought it would be a good idea to get married early.
Finally, amid Goudan’s crying, Zhou Sinian left carrying the straw target.
When he reached the door, he seemed to remember something, took a string of cigarettes from the straw target, and walked back.
Next to the stable at the door, the horse pricked up its ears, and only dared to stick its head out and continue eating grass when it heard no more movement.
Just as it was eating happily, a shadow covered it.
In an instant, the hair on the horse's back stood up and it stood still, not daring to move.
Soon, the shadow disappeared, and a bunch of red fruits fell into the trough.
The horse waited until the footsteps faded away before poking its head out to look. After making sure that the person had left, it went to look at the fruit in the manger without any worries.
It smelled it first, hmm, it smelled good.
Then lick it with your tongue.
Um?!!!
What a divine smell! !
He rolled up his long tongue and bit the whole candied haws into his mouth.
The sweetness of the sugar residue mixed with the sweet and sour taste of hawthorn is the most delicious thing Ma has ever eaten in his short life!!
The horse looked at the open door and thought, he's actually quite nice.
Although he shaved his tail, he gave the horse sweet fruits to eat!
Afterwards, Zhou Sinian carried his own candied haws tree and knocked on the doors of his younger brothers' homes one by one, showing them his candied haws tree in various ways.
He didn't know where his home was, and the four Tiedan guys who followed him would point it out to him.
Zhou Sinian had gone crazy and had completely forgotten what Mingdai had told him. Every time he left someone's house, he could always hear the crying of one or more children behind him.
Only after everyone had visited their homes did Zhou Sinian walk towards Liu Dazheng's home with satisfaction.
On the way, Zhou Sinian met Mr. Liu San who came out to watch the fun. He was in a good mood and gave him a string of cigarettes. Mr. Liu San was so happy that he forgot about Zhou Sinian beating him.
When Liu Dazheng saw his brother Si Nian coming over with a target full of candied haws, he was also shocked!
When Zhou Sinian gave him two skewers, he was so moved that he almost cried.
Wuwu, it has to be his brother Si Nian!
I am thinking about myself while eating candied haws!
Zhou Sinian looked at the crying Liu Dazheng with disdain, picked up his candied haws and went home.
Ming Dai said there is a surprise when she returns home!!
He must hurry home to have a look!