Liu Li was surprised by the jar of soy sauce in front of her. "I've always seen people making soy sauce in the spring, but how come you're making it in the dead of winter? And yours is even fermented."
"I don't know either. There's always firewood in the house every day. Maybe I'm just lucky and happened to run into a dead mouse while busy." Xu Manman herself found it unbelievable.
"This can't be done with luck alone. To make soybean paste, the climate, environment, and temperature are all essential. The requirements are very high." Liu Li felt that she was very experienced in serving food, but she couldn't do it.
Xu Manman took some out of the jar and asked, "Can you help me taste it?"
Liu Li took the initiative to dip her chopsticks in the food and said, "Hmm...it tastes good."
Wan Fang and Xu Meili also tried the taste and nodded in agreement.
Xu Manman tasted it herself and found that it tasted like mature soybean paste. She was happy.
To celebrate the success of making soybean paste, Xu Manman steamed a pot of rice, fried egg paste with soybean paste, and made eggplant sauce.
I fried luncheon meat, fried peanuts, steamed mashed potatoes, and finally broke off a large cabbage. I was afraid that the outside was too old, so I only kept the tender leaves inside.
I didn’t throw away the leftovers. I soaked them in water for a while and used them to make a bowl of shrimp and cabbage soup.
Everything is ready and put on the table, and what we eat at noon is - a deluxe version of a big lunch pack.
It is a dish that can better reflect the characteristics of soybean paste.
It’s a pity that there are few vegetables now, otherwise she would have made a big harvest and dipped everything in soybean paste to make it more authentic.
Both of them were very satisfied with the meal. It was the first time for Chen Ming to experience this way of eating. It looked simple and rough, but there were a lot of things in it.
Therefore, the ingredients are fully mixed, and the delicate mashed potatoes fully blend the flavors of various ingredients.
Adding fried peanuts makes the rice dumpling taste richer, and the cabbage leaves on the outside not only relieve greasiness but also add a crisp taste.
The two siblings finished the whole bowl of rice in one gulp.
"Manman, this is really delicious, and the sauce tastes great too." Chen Ming, who was full, was still sighing.
"Well, let's send some back home. This is great for stewing or stir-frying." If I made it myself, of course I have to let everyone taste it.
"Why don't you just go tomorrow morning? You won't be late for classes when you come back." My cousin has been stuck in the house for a long time because of the things going on at the educated youth point, so she can go to the commune to relax.
"That's fine, but isn't sending just the soybean paste too little?"
They didn't have anything to send right now. Xu Manman pondered for a moment, "The leathers are ready. I'll send one to each family. Then I'll make some bean buns later. After they're steamed, they'll freeze hard overnight. I'll be able to mail them tomorrow morning. Anyway, it won't thaw on the way here."
Last time, I went to the market and got the method of tanning leather from the boss. When we came back, we took out the rabbit skins we had saved up a few days ago. There weren't many, only 5 pieces in total. Each family got one, and the remaining one was used to make a shoe insole for my cousin.
She also secretly dealt with the things in Xu Manman's space. She had originally planned to make a rabbit fur blanket for herself, but the wild rabbits had inconsistent patterns and colors, some were gray and some were white. Xu Manman thought it was not good-looking. She decided to wait until she had enough rabbits. It was time to put those little cuties to use.
To make bean buns, Xu Manman took out cornmeal, glutinous rice flour, red beans and white sugar from the cabinet.
Chen Ming is responsible for working with the dough, while Xu Manman is responsible for preparing the filling.
Before class, I prepared the dough and fillings, and after class, I rolled out the dough and started wrapping.
It wasn't until it was completely dark that we steamed and froze all the tofu buns. Dinner for the two of us consisted of tofu buns with some side dishes.
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Today's balance: RMB, remaining check-in points: 160 points
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The next day was a one-stop process of signing in, shopping, mailing, picking up packages, and eating, so that I could return to the village before class.
Now that all the educated youth have arrived, the shifts have returned to their original form.
Xu Manman only needs to take turns once every five days. Today is Liu Hua's class, and it will be her turn tomorrow.
Although you don't have to attend classes, you can't be absent or late.
While reading, she heard a noisy sound from next door. Xu Manman looked out and saw many people pouring out from the next classroom.
Because I was close, I could hear two women arguing.
The woman who was obviously older was roaring, "You little bastard, you bully us every day, beating your mother-in-law at home and asking your husband to serve you tea and water. Our whole family treats you like an ancestor.
My poor daughter, you brought her home, saying she would live a good life, but look at her, her body is covered in wounds."
The woman started crying again, and she kept talking while crying.
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