Chapter 9 Preparing to Make Konjac Tofu
"you--"
This damn girl!
Zhang was furious and felt that Xu Zhichun was talking about her, but she had no evidence.
Zhang growled, "Anyway, they are the elders!"
She was anxious!
Xu Zhichun ignored him and focused on his own business.
Zhang felt that she had her in her power. Look, she didn't dare to talk back if she said one more word. Humph, she's just a strong-willed girl. She finally felt relieved and started washing her clothes.
Xu Zhichun took the washed konjac home and planned to do it today, go through the process first and then make some tricks later.
Peel the konjac and cut it into small cubes the size of fingers and more than half an inch long. There is a mill in the backyard of my house, which can grind the konjac cubes into pulp.
How much I miss soy milk makers and food processors. They are useless in the harbor warehouse because there is no electricity.
I tried making it today, not a large quantity, but it was very easy to make.
After grinding, a handful of rice straw is burned and the ashes are used to boil water, which is lye water.
After mixing the lye water and konjac paste evenly, place it in a large bowl and let it sit until it solidifies.
After solidifying for half a day, cut it into large pieces and put it into the pot to cook for about two hours. Then rinse it with clean water and change the water every half an hour or so. After changing it two or three times, continue to rinse it with clean water. It will be done if it is soaked overnight.
When eating, take it out, wash it with clean water, cut it into slices or strips, and it tastes good when mixed with cold dishes, stir-fried, or stewed with chicken or meat.
If she wants to sell this, she has to sell it because it is new and rare, something that no one else has but hers.
Fresh things always sell well.
When floating the konjac cubes in clean water, Xu Zhichun smiled with satisfaction.
Good, everything went well.
Let it float overnight and try it tomorrow.
After making the konjac tofu, she peeled the bamboo shoots and threw them into the pigpen. The pigs would eat the tender ones and use the old ones to pad the pigpen for manure.
The shelled bamboo shoots were cut into pieces, spread out in a winnowing basket and placed outside to dry. The mushrooms were also sorted and dried.
There were a lot of fresh bamboo shoots and mushrooms in the fresh food warehouse of the harbor warehouse. Xu Zhichun found some that could be passed off as genuine, and took out about 20 kilograms of them and dried them together.
After it is dried and stored, there is more dry goods in the harbor warehouse and you can mix it again.
Perfect.
Seeing that it was getting late, the children would be home from school soon, so she had to quickly prepare a big meal for the chickens and the two pigs.
Chickens are really animals that remember to eat. There is no need for her to "cluck, cluck, cluck" to lure them back. When the time comes, they all come back by themselves, circling around her impatiently with shining eyes and eager clucking sounds.
“Both, both!”
Xu Zhichun smiled as he scooped a ladle of fragrant chicken feed, added a few handfuls of corn kernels and a handful of fish bone powder, mixed it with chopped wild vegetables, and poured it into the trough.
The chickens jumped up with a "whoosh".
I picked up five eggs today. I will give them more nutrition so that they can lay more eggs.
I fed the chickens and pigs, cooked the rice, fried two crucian carps, washed the vegetables, and looked outside countless times before I finally saw the child come back.
Xu Zhichun finally let go of the worry he had been carrying.
"Mingxuan!"
The boy's two books were carefully wrapped in an old bundle, and he was holding a large bunch of fresh pig grass in his arms.
Xu Zhichun quickly stepped forward and took the armful of pig grass. "Why aren't you back so late? Why did you go out to pick pig grass? Come back earlier next time, okay?"
Liang Mingxuan called out "sister-in-law" and pursed his lips: "I didn't go to pick pig grass on purpose. I saw some on the roadside. Don't worry, sister-in-law, I won't run around after school."
Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "Anyway, from now on, come back early, otherwise my sister-in-law will worry."
"Um."
"Go wash your hands and rest for a while. Sister-in-law is making dinner."
"good."
The child put down his book, washed his hands, and went to feed the chickens and pigs. Seeing that the short firewood piled in the corner of the kitchen was running low, he went to the backyard to chop the long firewood into short pieces, carried them into the kitchen and stacked them neatly. Then he picked up a bamboo broom that was taller than him and swept the yard.
Xu Zhichun smiled helplessly, shook his head, and let him go.
Dinner consisted of steamed white rice, two crucian carps stewed with shredded radish soup, egg custard with three steamed eggs, and a bowl of stir-fried lettuce.
Where did the crucian carp come from? Of course, they were caught in the river. Yes, she is so awesome.
"Come on, drink the soup first. Although sister-in-law was lucky, she caught this fish with great difficulty. Although it is a little small, the stewed soup tastes good. Fish soup is delicious and nourishing. Drink it quickly."
"Sister-in-law drinks too."
"Oh good!"
Drink the soup first and then eat. After the uncle and sister-in-law finished their dinner, Liang Mingxuan helped clean up the dishes and followed Xu Zhichun like a little tail to help.
Seeing the konjac tofu floating in the water, Liang Mingxuan was very curious, "Sister-in-law, what is this?"
He would have said it even if Xu Zhichun hadn't asked, so he explained it with a smile.
Liang Mingxuan nodded. "So that's how it is. My sister-in-law's hometown must be a place of great beauty and talent, so she could come up with such a method. Even poisonous things can be made into delicious food."
“Who says it’s not?”
Thinking of the modern world of feasting and drinking and advanced technology, Xu Zhichun sighed and really missed it.
There is no use in reminiscing.
She jokingly said, "Konjac is poisonous. Do you really believe that my sister-in-law can make delicious food with it?"
Liang Mingxuan said without hesitation: "Of course."
"Why?"
"Because that's what my sister-in-law said."
Xu Zhichun covered his mouth and giggled. This child is really good at talking.
"Because it's what my sister-in-law said, you just believe it."
"Well, what my sister-in-law said must be true."
Xu Zhichun was a little touched, feeling that his love for the child was not in vain.
She patted his shoulder gently: "Of course it's true. Sister-in-law is still counting on it to make money. Don't worry, our lives will definitely get better and better in the future."
Liang Mingxuan looked up at her and said, "I will study hard and repay my sister-in-law in the future."
Although Xu Zhichun was fully intending on having the child repay her, she felt a bit guilty for being too snobbish after hearing the child speak so seriously. She said with a gentle look, "Sister-in-law knows everything, so there's no need to say it again. Just study hard and don't push yourself too hard, okay? It's okay, we'll take it slow."
It doesn’t matter if I don’t pass the exam, I can still do business with her.
But these words did not sound like words of comfort and were inappropriate, so Xu Zhichun did not say them.
Besides, given the child's temperament, it would be difficult for him to fail the exam.
Liang Mingxuan nodded, indicating that he would go read a book immediately.
Xu Zhichun lit an extra lamp and said, "I'll watch for a while and then go to sleep. I want to watch it early tomorrow. The light is dim and it hurts my eyes."
"Um."
The next morning, after the children went to school, Xu Zhichun prepared a big meal for the chickens and pigs at home, and drank some blood-tonifying oral liquid from the harbor warehouse. He had discovered some bird's nest cups yesterday and ate one as well.
I was a little greedy, so I ate two more pieces of chocolate.
After changing the water for the konjac tofu, she planned to go up the mountain again.
(End of this chapter)
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