Chapter 134 Sugar Water
After Jiang Fubao washed up, he sat in the yard to eat breakfast.
Sudden.
A scream broke the peace of the Jiang family.
"Big watermelon——"
"Oh my, this watermelon is really big."
Zhang Jinlan and Sun Pingmei, who had entered the house to get the goods, exclaimed in unison.
"What's wrong?"
Upon hearing the noise, others also ran to Jiang Fubao's room.
Only Jiang Fubao was there, sitting on a chair and continuing to eat her breakfast, indifferent.
"There's a watermelon! It's so big."
Compared to the watermelon Ma Chunxia gave me yesterday evening.
The watermelon in front of me has grown bigger.
There were not only watermelons, but also some purple, yellow, pink and white things in the basin.
The Jiang family has never seen it before.
Zhang Jinlan knows.
I guess only my granddaughter knows about this thing.
She picked up the basin, walked out, came to Jiang Fubao, and asked softly: "Fubao, tell grandma what this is? And that watermelon, is it sent by the gods?"
"Yes, I asked the old man with white beard for it. He said he would send a watermelon to our house every day. And this is taro balls. The old man with white beard said to boil the taro balls and soak them in cooled sugar water. Then cut the watermelon into fingernail-sized pieces and put them in the mung bean soup. It will be taro balls in sugar water. It is delicious."
Jiang Fubao explained.
By the way, tell your family the steps to make sugar water.
So that grandma wouldn’t know what taro balls are used for.
After hearing this, Zhang Jinlan nodded blankly.
"Okay, grandma, take it to the shop and let us make it. The portion is quite large. If it tastes good, we can sell it."
"I always listen to grandma."
Jiang Fubao ate the last spoonful of porridge.
He raised his head and gave his grandma a big smile.
She obediently took the empty bowl and put it in the basin in the kitchen.
After the whole family has finished eating, the aunts will take it away to wash.
"Okay, pack up and get ready to go."
After everyone has finished their meal and is ready.
At Zhang Jinlan's order.
The ox cart left Jiangjia Village.
Arrive at the backyard of the shop.
Everyone is busy with their own things, with clear division of labor, and no one is idle when there is a main task.
Of course, except Jiang Fubao.
The sausages and potatoes are sold out.
The workload for everyone will be much less.
Jiang Fubao's sister-in-law also came to help today.
Qian Xile sat by the stove, cooking taro balls in a clay pot.
As she stirred the taro balls, they gradually became soft. She washed them twice with well water and then poured out the water.
Then pour the cooled syrup into the casserole.
Soaking.
The watermelon also cooled down in the well.
After Zhang Jinlan cut it in half.
His eyes were wide open.
"Look, this watermelon has no seeds."
The red flesh is paired with a rind that is only a few millimeters thick.
It looks particularly attractive.
The fresh fragrance of watermelon gradually spreads.
Everyone sniffed.
"Mom, what does this watermelon taste like?"
Sun Pingmei looked at the watermelon without blinking.
Shining straight.
"I'll cut some for you to taste."
Zhang Jinlan picked up the left half of the watermelon and cut it in half again, then took a quarter of the watermelon and cut it into slices.
In the end, everyone held a piece of watermelon that was neither too thin nor too thick in their hands.
Sun Pingmei took the first bite.
After taking just one bite, she was stunned.
"Mom, it's so sweet. There is such a sweet watermelon in the world. It's so delicious. This is worthy of being called a watermelon. What I ate last night tasted like dog shit."
Sun Pingmei was about to cry.
She had never tasted such sweet watermelon.
It's like drinking sugar water.
No, it tastes better than sugar water.
After all, sugar water doesn’t have the aroma of melon pulp.
There was so much juice that it flowed down the corners of her mouth.
She marveled at the deliciousness of the watermelon.
But the last sentence made the yard quiet instantly.
"Pah, pah, pah, what the hell is that? You're just eating, why are you talking like that?"
"Hey! Second sister-in-law, you're making it impossible for me to eat."
The two sisters-in-law looked at Sun Pingmei with resentment.
"Hey, I'm just making an analogy, don't take it seriously."
Sun Pingmei also realized that she had said the wrong thing, so she smiled foolishly and changed the subject.
"You know what? No wonder it's a fairy product. It's really delicious. I can't bear to sell it."
Zhang Jinlan finished the watermelon in her hand but was still not satisfied.
I can't wait to eat all the rest.
"Mom, how about we eat the cut watermelon ourselves and sell the remaining half?"
The suggestions given by Sun Pingmei were selfish.
She didn't eat enough either.
"Okay, give each of you two pieces, and keep the rest for Yamato and Eryong. Hang the uncut piece in the well to keep it stable to prevent it from spoiling. Bring it home to your father and his family to eat in the evening. As for the other half, cut it into cubes as Fubao said and put it in the mung bean soup."
Zhang Jinlan didn't hesitate at all.
Just agreed.
Everyone cheered quietly.
They temporarily dropped what they were doing.
Squatting on the ground and eating voraciously.
After eating.
Everyone's hands were stained with watermelon juice and became sticky.
"Okay, now that you've had your fill, let's get back to work. Pingmei, bring me a bowl so I can make the sweet soup that Fubao mentioned."
Zhang Jinlan scooped a bucket of water from the well.
Washed the hands.
He gave instructions to the second daughter-in-law.
"Okay, I'll go right away."
The yard is just this small.
In a blink of an eye, Sun Pingmei brought the bowl over.
At this time, the mung bean soup has been cooked and put into ice cubes to cool down.
Zhang Jinlan took the bowl and first filled half a bowl with mung bean soup.
Then scoop two spoonfuls of diced watermelon and put it in.
Finally, I counted eight taro balls and put them in.
Stir well.
Zhang Jinlan didn't eat first.
Instead, he scooped up a spoonful and put it into the second daughter-in-law's mouth.
The second daughter-in-law is not picky about food and eats everything.
But as long as she says it's delicious.
It must taste good.
"Oh my goodness, it's really delicious. It's icy cold, with the sweetness of watermelon, the softness of taro balls, and the sandy texture and soup of mung beans. Mom, if I sell this, customers will definitely go crazy for it. It's so refreshing.
But the stuff inside is really expensive, how about we raise the price? We won’t sell green bean soup anymore, we’ll just sell this sweet soup at a higher price.”
Sun Pingmei couldn't bear to swallow it.
She looked at the bowl in her mother-in-law's hand with heartache.
If this bowl only costs three cents.
What a cheap guest.
The watermelon and taro balls inside are what immortals eat.
If she were to say, selling it for ten cents would be worthy of it.
"It's really delicious, so I can sell it. As for the price, it will definitely go up. I'll just sell it for 20 cents a bowl."
After Zhang Jinlan finished speaking, Sun Pingmei took a breath of cool air.
Her mother-in-law is even more cruel than her.
"I calculated that we can only sell about 60 bowls at most. If we sell them too cheaply, we won't make much money, so the price must be high. Of course, the mung bean soup will still be sold as usual, at three cents a bowl. There is no conflict between the two.
After all, although most of the customers who come to our shop are from wealthy families, there are also some who are not so wealthy. If they can’t afford other things to eat, they can just buy a bowl of cheap green bean soup to drink. Once they get used to it, when they have more money in the future, they may buy meat cakes and other things. ”