Chen Ye took the gauze and washed it carefully several times with water to clean the flying catkins on it. Then he cleaned the big pot to remove any oil and added a small amount of clean water.
Then he opened the gauze and poured the goat milk in the basin into the pot through the gauze: "Tied up the fire and turned it to a low fire."
The gauze at that time was not like the bandages of later generations that were rolled up in narrow sheets, but were large sheets with sufficient width and length.
The fire was lit, and Chen Ye washed a few almonds and put them into goat's milk to cook together. The goat's milk was thick and easy to stick to the pot, so it had to be stirred from time to time to prevent the bottom from getting sticky.
"Ye Zi, can these almonds really remove the fishy smell from milk?"
"It should be possible. We'll know after trying it." She had only seen or heard about it, and had never actually tried or drunk this kind of fresh goat milk, so she didn't dare to say for sure that it would work.
After a while, the goat milk in the pot gave off a milky aroma, but without a strong smell of mutton. Chen Ye found some sugar and put some in. He couldn't afford to put too much, but if he didn't put any in, it would feel like something was missing.
Sheep milk started to boil: "Tie up the heat and turn off the heat. Use the lowest heat. This must be cooked on low heat, otherwise it will easily burn the bottom of the pot."
After cooking for a while, Chen Ye felt that it was almost done. At least the bacteria inside should have been killed after being cooked for so long. She was just a reserve player who was good at theory but a novice in hands-on practice.
"Okay, okay," Chen Ye deftly poured all the goat milk in the pot into a basin, put clean water in the pot to clean it, and added some water to keep the remaining fire warm.
"Hold on and bring the bowl over. How about we all try it?"
There were four people in total, and they squeezed out nearly two pounds of goat milk at a time. Each person had a large bowl. Chen Ye didn't hesitate and took a sip, smacking his lips. "It's delicious, with a particularly strong milky flavor."
In just a short while, a thick layer of milk skin appeared in the basin. It was obvious that the milk was of high purity, but the production was less and the time was shorter.
She remembered a kind of dairy goat whose lactation period lasted about nine months. If one wanted to drink goat's milk for a long time, one had to get that kind of goat, but there were no dairy goats that specialized in producing milk here.
After hearing Chen Ye say it was delicious, the three of them carefully sipped from the edge of the bowl and savored the taste for a while.
"You know what, the food cooked this way doesn't have that fishy smell. It's quite fragrant and especially strong. It should taste good if you add some water to it." Old man Luo really didn't know that almonds had this function.
Chen Shengli also nodded: "The taste is good, I can accept it." He would give the money to Ye Zi no matter what. After all, the grandfather and grandson ate and drank more, and he couldn't let the child suffer.
Shuanzhu took a sip and his eyes lit up. He didn't care about the heat and drank several more mouthfuls in succession. A milky white circle appeared on his mouth.
"Sister, Hu Zi is talking nonsense. This is so delicious. I have never tasted anything so delicious."
Chen Ye...you spoke as if you had drunk enough delicious drinks.
"It tastes good. Drink a bowl every day from now on. I guarantee you'll grow taller."
"Almonds are good. Let Shuanzhu come to my place and get some." Old man Luo obviously liked to drink it too.
"There are actually other ways to remove the fishy smell, but you still have to try to see if they work. For example, tea leaves can remove the fishy smell, as can radishes and mung beans. It's said that vinegar can also remove the fishy smell."
Tea leaves won’t work, as they’re too expensive and hard to come by, but you can try other methods.
"Then try them all. This stuff is especially good for treating physical weakness. Old Chen, it's good for you to drink more. You should also drink more Shuanzhu and Ye Zi. You are still growing, and drinking this is good for bone growth."
"That's a lot. Come and have a bowl every day."
"Okay, then I won't be polite. But you can add more water. This one is too strong and it makes your throat burn." I will give Ye Zi something good to compensate her later. I can't let the child suffer.
"Tie it up. Go get some more grass for the sheep. It just gave birth and its stomach is empty. It needs to eat more."
"Okay, grandpa. I'll go now. Grandpa, do you want to take the sheep out to graze?" He also wanted to go out to graze the sheep like Hu Zi, so that his friends would envy him.
"Not for now, let's talk about it later."
She didn't care about the rest of the things. As for the money given by the young grandfather, she said she didn't want anything. She had eaten a lot of the young grandfather's food, so how could she have the nerve to let the young grandfather pay for it.
Watching the light in the sky gradually dim, Chen Ye picked up his homemade bamboo basket, carefully opened the door of his house, slipped out of the door and walked towards the other side of the bridge.
Bamboo baskets are more common in the south. There are very few bamboos here, so the baskets used by every household are all woven from willow branches. The baskets woven from willow branches are sturdy, but an empty basket is very heavy and not as light as those woven from bamboo.
Chen Ye accidentally discovered this small bamboo forest deep in the mountains behind the village. The bamboos were not thick and looked like they were malnourished. She brought some back and made some small bamboo tubes and a backpack for her own use.
Chen Ye tried to walk in the shadows where the moonlight could not reach. Few villagers went out at this time, but there were exceptions. If she really met someone, it would be difficult to explain why she went out so late at night. It would be better to be careful and avoid running into other people.
The place where Chen Ye hid things was not far away, but few people went there, and the place was relatively secretive and no one had discovered it, so there would be no danger if he came there at night.
Holding the tree trunk with one hand, Chen Ye used the other hand to take things out of the tree hole. It took him a long time to stop. The tree hole was not shallow. In a short while, the backpack on Chen Ye's back was full, which showed how much things Chen Ye had hidden here.
After listening carefully and finding no strange sounds around, Chen Ye hurried home.
After entering the house and locking the door, Chen Ye stood at the door without moving. After waiting for a long time without feeling the presence of other people, he went directly to the backyard and entered the cellar, and went up to the third floor of the secret room at the back in one breath.
With the help of the moonlight coming in through the small hole in the stone wall, Chen Ye first lowered a straw curtain. This was a homemade blind she made. When she needed to light a lamp at night, she would lower it so that no light that shouldn't appear would be seen from outside the stone wall.
After the straw curtain was lowered, Chen Ye felt at ease to light the oil lamp she had brought in on the desk.
This is where she often hangs out. Sunlight can shine in from outside during the day. Although it is not as bright as outside, it is still bright enough for her to read.
She couldn't bear to throw away the broken books on the bookshelf, so she found a box to put them in and moved it to the next floor, which used to be her bedroom. She didn't plan to use the place, so it would be nice to use it as a warehouse.
She put all the previous owner's things there, and she had no plans to use that floor.
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