Chapter 90 "Wow! Candied Haws!!"
Song Shiwei felt itchy on her face from his kiss, so she pushed him up and looked straight into his eyes.
"Tell me, how deep is the wound, and how long is the cut!"
Zhou Tingyue's eyes flashed and he was about to speak.
Then I heard her say again: "I want to hear the truth!"
He sighed helplessly and smiled.
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you! It's really not that serious. I just stabbed him with a dagger, two or three centimeters deep! It didn't hurt any vital parts, it was just a flesh wound. I really didn't lie to you!"
Song Shiwei stared at him for three or four seconds, and when he saw that he really didn't seem to be lying, he believed it.
But she was still worried.
"How about I go to the health center with you to have another look?"
She was afraid that the military doctor had only done a makeshift bandage. What if it wasn't cleaned properly and it became inflamed and festered again?
Zhou Tingyue smiled and hugged her tightly: "My dear wife, military doctors are strictly trained before they can go on missions, how could they not clean it up? And I will go to change the dressing tomorrow, then, you can go with me and see it with your own eyes, okay?"
Song Shiwei breathed a sigh of relief after hearing him say that.
"Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow!"
After telling him to have a good rest, she wiped her tears and stood up, ready to continue making candied haws for the children. After that, she would prepare dinner.
As a result, just as she washed the wild hawthorns and took the knife to continue cutting bamboo sticks, she saw Zhou Tingyue coming out of the house.
He changed his clothes and wore a white shirt on the upper body and clean military pants on the lower body.
He rolled up his sleeves and walked towards her.
Song Shiwei raised his head and looked at him: "Why did you come out? Go lie down and take a rest!"
But Zhou Tingyue took the knife and bamboo from her with a smile.
"My injury is not serious. My arms and legs are not injured. Why do I need to stay in bed? Besides, I have never been bedridden with an injury more serious than this. Don't worry, I know what to do! Aren't we going to make candied haws for the children? You go ahead and I'll cut the bamboo sticks!"
How could Song Shiwei agree to this, but she couldn't persuade Zhou Tingyue.
In the end, there was no choice but to let him go since he really didn't look like anything was wrong.
Before leaving, he reminded me: "Don't use too much force on your arm. After all, the wound is on your shoulder! If it splits, you will be in trouble!"
Zhou Tingyue smiled and blinked: "Yes, Chief!"
This made Song Shi smile out loud.
"Virtue!"
After saying that, he turned and went to the kitchen.
Since he was sharpening bamboo sticks, Song Shiwei prepared to cook dinner first. Anyway, a coal stove would be enough to make candied haws, so he could cook in a clay pot first.
There was not much food left at home, and Zhou Tingyue was injured again. She wanted to go to the service point to see what she could buy, and by the way, ask what time the pork would arrive tomorrow morning so that she could queue up.
After all, when having a barbecue tomorrow, they can’t just eat seafood. Seafood is an irritant and Zhou Tingyue can’t eat it. She has to prepare some pork and vegetables, which will also taste good when grilled!
After boiling the cornmeal, Zhou Tingyue was asked to watch the pot. She took the money and ticket and went to the service point.
At this time, there are still quite a few people at the service counter. It is also meal time, and many people come to buy things, or children from home come to join in the fun.
Song Shiwei took a look and found that there were quite a few vegetables left, but no meat.
Ms. Zhou at the service counter also said, "We're about to close, if you guys want to buy something, hurry up!"
Song Shiwei bought some potatoes, eggplants, corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, sweet potatoes, cabbage, and two kilograms of soybeans and mung beans.
She can soak these beans herself when she gets home, and when they sprout, they become crispy bean sprouts. When the weather gets colder and there is nothing to eat, bean sprouts can be a rare delicacy.
When she left, she did not forget to ask Sister Zhou.
"What time do we have pork tomorrow?"
Sister Zhou looked at the list in her hand and thought about it.
"Around seven in the morning, right? We should be able to get half a pig, but the meat sells out very quickly, so if you want to buy some, you must come early!"
Song Shiwei took note of it, said hello to her, and went back with the things.
When he got home, Zhou Tingyue actually took out a lot of sharpened bamboo sticks and placed a bunch of them at his feet.
And each one is smooth, without any burrs.
I couldn't help but sigh, he has such a skillful hand.
A few children were still there peeling walnuts and playing games, obviously having a lot of fun.
Song Shi smiled, turned around and went into the house to cook.
While the cornmeal paste was still not ready, she boiled the syrup in a small pot.
There is also a big bag of rock sugar at home, which Zhou Tingyue bought in advance.
If you want to make delicious candied haws, the most important and crucial step is to boil the syrup.
Song Shiwei puts rock sugar and water in equal proportions into a pot and simmers over low heat. When the rock sugar is completely melted and keeps bubbling, you can add a few drops of sesame oil.
The syrup made in this way is bright in color and crispier.
After cooking for about fifteen to twenty minutes, dip it with chopsticks. If the syrup does not drip, put it in water to cool. If it is not sticky when touched with your hand, it is hard.
During this time, Song Shiwei took some of the bamboo sticks that Zhou Tingyue had sharpened, cleaned them, removed the stems of the dried hawthorns, and then put them on the sticks one by one.
When stringing, put the smaller ones at the bottom and the larger ones at the top. This way the candied haws will look better.
Find a clean large porcelain plate, spread oil evenly on it, and when the syrup is ready, Song Shiwei sprinkles white sesame seeds on it and stirs it. Then he picks up the strings of hawthorns and quickly rolls them in the pot, takes them out and places them on the porcelain plate.
She roughly counted them just now and there were fifteen strings in total.
By the time all the candied haws were made, there was almost no syrup left in the pot.
When Song Shiwei was taking the prepared candied haws out of the house, he was first spotted by the sharp-eyed Zhou Wei.
"Wow!! Candied Haws!!!"
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His voice instantly attracted the attention of all the children, and they all ran over here.
Many of them are good friends with Zhou Wei and his friends, such as Shi Tou from Sun Meimei's family, who is not very old, only one year older than Zhou Wei.
Song Shiwei distributed the candied haws to them one by one.
She didn't give any gifts to those who didn't play well with Zhou Wei and Xinxin, such as Xiaodouzi and Jiang Fengqin's youngest son.
These are all made from rock sugar. Sugar was very expensive in those days. She would not sit around doing nothing but share the food with Zhou Xiaomei and Jiang Fengqin's children!
Besides, Shitou and the others are all children of Sun Meimei, Jian Qiu and Wang Chunxiang.
The entire family compound knew that they had a good relationship, so it was normal for her to give it to them.
I watched her distribute the candied haws one by one, and she had already distributed all of them before it was my turn.
Xiao Douzi cried out "wah" and started crying.
Children are like this, they will cry when they are unhappy!
He cried miserably, and stomped his feet at Song Shiwei and the others as if he was bullied: "You are all bad people!!"
After saying that, he covered his face and ran home!
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